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Mistletoe Galop. Composed by Albert Keller
Bernasconi. M. & N. Hanhart, Imp.
London: Brewer & Co 23 Bishopsgate St Within E.C. [n.d., c.1870.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½").
The cover of a music sheet, with vignettes of people dancing, two fiddlers and musicians playing in a snow-covered street.
[Ref: 41771] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Bernasconi. M. & N. Hanhart, Imp.
London: Brewer & Co 23 Bishopsgate St Within E.C. [n.d., c.1870.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½").
The cover of a music sheet, with vignettes of people dancing, two fiddlers and musicians playing in a snow-covered street.
[Ref: 41771] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
A Christmas Box.
Leighton, Brothers. [n.d., c.1880s.]
Chromolithograph, illustration to a graphic newspaper/periodical. Sheet 275 x 195mm. 10¾ x 7¾". (Sheet trimmed.)
A little girl gives a coin as Christmas tip to the postman standing at the door and holding letters in his left hand; wintry landscape beyond. George Leighton printed and published the Illustrated London News 1858-1885. He trained under George Baxter, and patented a process of colour printing invented by Dean Wolstenholme, junior.
[Ref: 15174] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Leighton, Brothers. [n.d., c.1880s.]
Chromolithograph, illustration to a graphic newspaper/periodical. Sheet 275 x 195mm. 10¾ x 7¾". (Sheet trimmed.)
A little girl gives a coin as Christmas tip to the postman standing at the door and holding letters in his left hand; wintry landscape beyond. George Leighton printed and published the Illustrated London News 1858-1885. He trained under George Baxter, and patented a process of colour printing invented by Dean Wolstenholme, junior.
[Ref: 15174] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
A Christmas Box.
S.K. inv.t. G.Ck. fec.t.
[London, S. Knight?, c.1826.]
Etching. At top of sheet an envelope front signed by Daniel O' Connell. Sheet 160 x 125mm (6¼ x 5"). Laid on album sheet with printed strips 'G. Cruikshank's Holiday Scenes' pasted above and below.
Theatre box crammed with excited children. A playbill reads 'During the Xmas Holidays- Pantomime of Harlequin- Clown by Mr G [Joseph Grimaldi]'. A related drawing is in the V & A Museum. It was etched by George Cruikshank and originally published by S. Knight (also the artist?) in 1826.
See BM Satires 15190 for one with Knight's publication line.
[Ref: 43908] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
S.K. inv.t. G.Ck. fec.t.
[London, S. Knight?, c.1826.]
Etching. At top of sheet an envelope front signed by Daniel O' Connell. Sheet 160 x 125mm (6¼ x 5"). Laid on album sheet with printed strips 'G. Cruikshank's Holiday Scenes' pasted above and below.
Theatre box crammed with excited children. A playbill reads 'During the Xmas Holidays- Pantomime of Harlequin- Clown by Mr G [Joseph Grimaldi]'. A related drawing is in the V & A Museum. It was etched by George Cruikshank and originally published by S. Knight (also the artist?) in 1826.
See BM Satires 15190 for one with Knight's publication line.
[Ref: 43908] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Christmas Carol, with Music. I saw the Ship come sailing in / On Christmas day, on Christmas day. / I saw the Ship come sailing in / On Christmas day in the morning [...]
Designed & Etched by William B. Scott
Vizetelly & Co Published by Tilt & Bogue, Fleet Street, London
Lithograph with tintstone, printed area 405 x 255mm (16 x 10"). Creasing and some ingrained dirt. Rare.
Decorative presentation of a Christmas carol, written by Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), which remains popular to this day
[Ref: 41273] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Etched by William B. Scott
Vizetelly & Co Published by Tilt & Bogue, Fleet Street, London
Lithograph with tintstone, printed area 405 x 255mm (16 x 10"). Creasing and some ingrained dirt. Rare.
Decorative presentation of a Christmas carol, written by Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), which remains popular to this day
[Ref: 41273] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Christmas Carols.
H.H.
Published 1835, by O. Hodgson. Fleet Street London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 315 x 220mm (12½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to image, tear in left edge.
A comic scene in which a battered young beggar selling songsheets informs a shopper that a pair of pickpockets have stolen her purse.
[Ref: 46890] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
H.H.
Published 1835, by O. Hodgson. Fleet Street London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 315 x 220mm (12½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to image, tear in left edge.
A comic scene in which a battered young beggar selling songsheets informs a shopper that a pair of pickpockets have stolen her purse.
[Ref: 46890] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Merry Christmas Day, in the Watch House, for Milling the Charles. No Bail come yet, Sir,_you must be locked up till morning_now Sir,_walk in.
Designed & Engraved by Theodore Lane.
[n.d. c.1820] London, Pubd. by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket.
Coloured etching. 349 x 254mm. 13¾" x 10".
Theodore Lane (1800-1828), was apprenticed to the miniature painter John Barrow, with whom he studied watercolour portraits and miniatures, exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1819. His real talent, however, lay in his depiction of humorous subjects; a series of thirty-six subjects designed and etched by him, entitled The Life of an Actor, was published in 1825. Lane also etched a number of sets of satirical and comic prints of sporting and social life, and he became well-known for his caricatures of George IV and Queen Caroline. He turned to oil painting in 1825, and within two years was exhibiting work at the Royal Academy. Lane died at the young age of twenty-eight when he fell through a skylight.
Listed in BM undescribed.
[Ref: 14261] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Engraved by Theodore Lane.
[n.d. c.1820] London, Pubd. by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket.
Coloured etching. 349 x 254mm. 13¾" x 10".
Theodore Lane (1800-1828), was apprenticed to the miniature painter John Barrow, with whom he studied watercolour portraits and miniatures, exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1819. His real talent, however, lay in his depiction of humorous subjects; a series of thirty-six subjects designed and etched by him, entitled The Life of an Actor, was published in 1825. Lane also etched a number of sets of satirical and comic prints of sporting and social life, and he became well-known for his caricatures of George IV and Queen Caroline. He turned to oil painting in 1825, and within two years was exhibiting work at the Royal Academy. Lane died at the young age of twenty-eight when he fell through a skylight.
Listed in BM undescribed.
[Ref: 14261] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Christmas Eve.
Painted & Engraved by John Burnet, 1815.
Line engraving, 360 x 260mm. Discoloration.
Scene depicting a card game, by John Burnet (1784-1868). Born in Musselburgh, Edinburghshire, Burnet moved to London in 1806 where he befriended David Wilkie, engraving several plates after the works of that artist. He also produced engravings after Rembrandt, Raphael and other earlier artists besides those of his contemporaries. Burnet was also a respected writer on art.
W. C. Monkhouse, ‘Burnet, John (1784–1868)’, rev. Jennifer Melville, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Provenance Drax Family, Charborough Park, Wareham, Dorset.
[Ref: 13644] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Painted & Engraved by John Burnet, 1815.
Line engraving, 360 x 260mm. Discoloration.
Scene depicting a card game, by John Burnet (1784-1868). Born in Musselburgh, Edinburghshire, Burnet moved to London in 1806 where he befriended David Wilkie, engraving several plates after the works of that artist. He also produced engravings after Rembrandt, Raphael and other earlier artists besides those of his contemporaries. Burnet was also a respected writer on art.
W. C. Monkhouse, ‘Burnet, John (1784–1868)’, rev. Jennifer Melville, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Provenance Drax Family, Charborough Park, Wareham, Dorset.
[Ref: 13644] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Christmas Eve.
Eng. by G. Beyer.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Engraving on india with very large margins. Plate 246 x 165mm (9¾ x 6½").
A rural scene: inside a cottage where an elderly woman, child and mother sit playing cards. The woman turns towards her husband who reaches over her shoulder to look at her card; mistletoe hangs from the ceiling above them.
[Ref: 34783] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Eng. by G. Beyer.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Engraving on india with very large margins. Plate 246 x 165mm (9¾ x 6½").
A rural scene: inside a cottage where an elderly woman, child and mother sit playing cards. The woman turns towards her husband who reaches over her shoulder to look at her card; mistletoe hangs from the ceiling above them.
[Ref: 34783] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Christmas Eve.
Painted & Engraved by John Burnet, 1815.
Etching and engraving. 368 x 285mm (14½ x 11¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; repaired wormholes in the title area.
Inside a cottage, a young woman on the left and an old woman on the right, sitting at a table in the centre, playing cards, a man leaning over the young woman from behind, picking up one of her cards, a child kneeling behind the table, watching the couple, a cat under the table.
[Ref: 28753] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Painted & Engraved by John Burnet, 1815.
Etching and engraving. 368 x 285mm (14½ x 11¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; repaired wormholes in the title area.
Inside a cottage, a young woman on the left and an old woman on the right, sitting at a table in the centre, playing cards, a man leaning over the young woman from behind, picking up one of her cards, a child kneeling behind the table, watching the couple, a cat under the table.
[Ref: 28753] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Christmas Goose. Now Christmas has again arrived, To please each hungry sinner, Let us have a great plumb-pudding and A stunning goose for dinner...
Printed by W.S. Fortey Monmouth Court, Seven Dials. [n.d. c 1860's]
Woodcut with letterpress, sheet 220 x 175mm (8¾ x 7). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet.
A comical song about having goose for Christmas dinner. Fortey was a popular print publisher; he took over the business known as the Catnach Press, where he had been employed for some years.
[Ref: 62034] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by W.S. Fortey Monmouth Court, Seven Dials. [n.d. c 1860's]
Woodcut with letterpress, sheet 220 x 175mm (8¾ x 7). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet.
A comical song about having goose for Christmas dinner. Fortey was a popular print publisher; he took over the business known as the Catnach Press, where he had been employed for some years.
[Ref: 62034] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The New Christmas Pantomime. HB. Sketches N.º 846.
HB [John Doyle]. printed at 70. St Martins Lane.
Published Dec.r 22.nd 1845, by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket.
Lithograph, sheet 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½"). Small repaired tear top left margin.
Pantomime, with the words "Free trade" written on the back of the stage. A man dressed as a woman, in the role of Columbine (William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98)) a Harlequin (Sir Robert Peel), in front of a piece of paper on the floor marked "Sliding scale," while an elderly man, in the role of Pantaloon (Duke of Wellington), stands at left watching on. A clown stands at the right with his hands in his trousers pockets (Sir James Graham) while a man is seen leaving in the background on the left (Lord Russell).
[Ref: 64677] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle]. printed at 70. St Martins Lane.
Published Dec.r 22.nd 1845, by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket.
Lithograph, sheet 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½"). Small repaired tear top left margin.
Pantomime, with the words "Free trade" written on the back of the stage. A man dressed as a woman, in the role of Columbine (William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98)) a Harlequin (Sir Robert Peel), in front of a piece of paper on the floor marked "Sliding scale," while an elderly man, in the role of Pantaloon (Duke of Wellington), stands at left watching on. A clown stands at the right with his hands in his trousers pockets (Sir James Graham) while a man is seen leaving in the background on the left (Lord Russell).
[Ref: 64677] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Christmas Pantomime, N.º 2. Extraordinary Harlequin Leap! HB. Sketches N.º 852.
HB [John Doyle]. Printed at 70 S.t Martins Lane.
Published Jan.y 21st 1846, by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket.
Lithograph, sheet 310 x 440mm (12¼ x 17"). Small repaired tear in left margin.
Peel as Harlequin, jumping head first through a screen inscribed "PROTECT AGRICULTURE CORN LAWS", while Wellington as Pantaloon and Graham as a clown look on in admiration, Russell and Morpeth in envy, the Duke of Norfolk in a fainting fit of horror.
See BM 1882,1209.600 for the original ink sketch.
[Ref: 64711] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle]. Printed at 70 S.t Martins Lane.
Published Jan.y 21st 1846, by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket.
Lithograph, sheet 310 x 440mm (12¼ x 17"). Small repaired tear in left margin.
Peel as Harlequin, jumping head first through a screen inscribed "PROTECT AGRICULTURE CORN LAWS", while Wellington as Pantaloon and Graham as a clown look on in admiration, Russell and Morpeth in envy, the Duke of Norfolk in a fainting fit of horror.
See BM 1882,1209.600 for the original ink sketch.
[Ref: 64711] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Christmas Pudding.
[T. Webster R.A. pinx.t. W. Ridgway Sculp.t.]
London, Virtue & Co. [n.d., 1868.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 225 x 290mm (9 x 11½"). Trimmed within plate, tear taped, stains.
A large group around a dining table, the Christmas pudding before the woman on the left.
[Ref: 57333] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[T. Webster R.A. pinx.t. W. Ridgway Sculp.t.]
London, Virtue & Co. [n.d., 1868.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 225 x 290mm (9 x 11½"). Trimmed within plate, tear taped, stains.
A large group around a dining table, the Christmas pudding before the woman on the left.
[Ref: 57333] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Christmas 1882. The Sunday Schools. St John's Parish, Detroit, Michigan.
[1882]
Pamphlet, 4pp, 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), printed in green.
The programme for a Christmas service, with the lyrics of ten carols. American interest.
[Ref: 63756] £60.00
[1882]
Pamphlet, 4pp, 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), printed in green.
The programme for a Christmas service, with the lyrics of ten carols. American interest.
[Ref: 63756] £60.00
M.R. Christmas.
Se ipse pinx. Humphrey fec.t.
Sold by W.Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm. Mounted on album paper.
Apparently an artist's self-portrait.
CS: 5. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3379] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Se ipse pinx. Humphrey fec.t.
Sold by W.Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm. Mounted on album paper.
Apparently an artist's self-portrait.
CS: 5. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3379] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![The Old School Christs Hospital Hertford [in pencil to right.]](jpegs/22573.jpg)
The Old School Christs Hospital Hertford [in pencil to right.]
Etched by A.E. Wardle [in pencil to left.]
[n.d. c.1950s.]
Etching with stamp on verso 'Arches France'. Plate 292 x 198mm. 11½ x 7¾". Later impression.
Christ's Hospital (known as The Bluecoat School) near Horsham, West Sussex. The school was originally founded in the 16th century in Greyfriars, London and Hertford. The girls part of the school settled in Hertford in 1707 but merged with the boys at Horsham in 1985.
[Ref: 22573] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by A.E. Wardle [in pencil to left.]
[n.d. c.1950s.]
Etching with stamp on verso 'Arches France'. Plate 292 x 198mm. 11½ x 7¾". Later impression.
Christ's Hospital (known as The Bluecoat School) near Horsham, West Sussex. The school was originally founded in the 16th century in Greyfriars, London and Hertford. The girls part of the school settled in Hertford in 1707 but merged with the boys at Horsham in 1985.
[Ref: 22573] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![Christs Hospital Hertford [in pencil to the right.]](jpegs/22572.jpg)
Christs Hospital Hertford [in pencil to the right.] School Hall [in pencil to lower left outside plate.]
Etched by A.E. Wardle [in pencil to the left.]
[n.d. c.1912.]
Etching with stamp on verso 'Arches France'. Plate 203 x 266mm. 8 x 10½". Later impression.
Christ's Hospital (known as The Bluecoat School) near Horsham, West Sussex. The school was originally founded in the 16th century in Greyfriars, London and Hertford. The girls part of the school settled in Hertford in 1707 but merged with the boys at Horsham in 1985.
[Ref: 22572] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by A.E. Wardle [in pencil to the left.]
[n.d. c.1912.]
Etching with stamp on verso 'Arches France'. Plate 203 x 266mm. 8 x 10½". Later impression.
Christ's Hospital (known as The Bluecoat School) near Horsham, West Sussex. The school was originally founded in the 16th century in Greyfriars, London and Hertford. The girls part of the school settled in Hertford in 1707 but merged with the boys at Horsham in 1985.
[Ref: 22572] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Chryseis Restored to her Father, parallel text in French]](jpegs/46757.jpg)
[Chryseis Restored to her Father, parallel text in French]
[G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. - F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1786.]
[London, Publish'd June 12.th 1786, by S. Vivares]
A rare stipple, printed in sepia, platemark 390 x 450mm (15¼ x 17¾"). Proof before all letters. Small margins.
Scene from Homer's 'The Odyssey' in which the enslaved Trojan woman Chryseis is returned to her father after Apollo unleashes a plague on her Greek captors. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85). Bartolozzi was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case, getting around the rules by electing Bartolozzi as a painter). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton enticed Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal.
Calabi & de Vesme 381 ii/v (before all letters, with etched border). Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire.
[Ref: 46757] £420.00
[G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. - F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1786.]
[London, Publish'd June 12.th 1786, by S. Vivares]
A rare stipple, printed in sepia, platemark 390 x 450mm (15¼ x 17¾"). Proof before all letters. Small margins.
Scene from Homer's 'The Odyssey' in which the enslaved Trojan woman Chryseis is returned to her father after Apollo unleashes a plague on her Greek captors. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85). Bartolozzi was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case, getting around the rules by electing Bartolozzi as a painter). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton enticed Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal.
Calabi & de Vesme 381 ii/v (before all letters, with etched border). Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire.
[Ref: 46757] £420.00
Chryseis Restored To Her Father. Chrïseis Rendue a fon Pere. They land, that expiations may be pay'd... With whom Ulysses to the Altar went... Les Nochers jettent... au pied des saints autels... [quotation from Homer's Iliad in English and French.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. F. Bartolozzi sculpx [sic] 1786.
London, Publish'd June 12th. 1787, by S. Vivares No.13, Great Newport Street.
Stipple and etching, 385 x 440mm. 15¼ x 17¼". A fine impression. Repaired top middle near platemark.
A scene from the 'Iliad' epic poem, presumed to be by Homer (9th century BC - 8th century BC; fl.c.): Chryseis, priestess of Apollo on the island of Chryse near Troy, in classical dress, ascending the steps of a colonnaded porch to embrace her father Chryses, who leans forward, wearing a cape decorated with a sun and a laurel wreath. A soldier and a youth stand behind to right, restraining a garlanded bull; women behind them and a girl standing in the left foreground, holding censers. In an oval. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18276] £320.00
G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. F. Bartolozzi sculpx [sic] 1786.
London, Publish'd June 12th. 1787, by S. Vivares No.13, Great Newport Street.
Stipple and etching, 385 x 440mm. 15¼ x 17¼". A fine impression. Repaired top middle near platemark.
A scene from the 'Iliad' epic poem, presumed to be by Homer (9th century BC - 8th century BC; fl.c.): Chryseis, priestess of Apollo on the island of Chryse near Troy, in classical dress, ascending the steps of a colonnaded porch to embrace her father Chryses, who leans forward, wearing a cape decorated with a sun and a laurel wreath. A soldier and a youth stand behind to right, restraining a garlanded bull; women behind them and a girl standing in the left foreground, holding censers. In an oval. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18276] £320.00
Chryses, Priest of Apollo, invoking his God to revenge the Injuries done him by Agamemnon. Hom. Il.d
Painted by B. West / Engrav'd by J.R. Smith
Publish'd March 1st 1774, by W.m Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho, London.
Scarce mezzotint, platemark 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Some creasing off image; repaired breaks along platemark.
During the Trojan War, Agamemnon abducted Chryses' daughter Chryseis and refused Chryses' attempts to ransom her (the gifts which Agamemon rejected lay on the floor). As shown here, Chryses then prayed to Apollo (seen here riding through the sky in his chariot) for revenge, which came in the form of a plague which befell Agamemnon's army. He was forced to return Chryseis in order to end it. The reunion of Chryses with his daughter was perhaps a common theme for artists of this period than the anguished invocation depicted here. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith published in 1774, the year after Benjamin West's painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy. The print was later republished by John Boydell.
D'Oench 36 i/ii; Frankau 81. For Chryses reunited with his daughter, see refs. 18276 and 21858. Ex: The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 38313] £650.00
Painted by B. West / Engrav'd by J.R. Smith
Publish'd March 1st 1774, by W.m Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho, London.
Scarce mezzotint, platemark 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Some creasing off image; repaired breaks along platemark.
During the Trojan War, Agamemnon abducted Chryses' daughter Chryseis and refused Chryses' attempts to ransom her (the gifts which Agamemon rejected lay on the floor). As shown here, Chryses then prayed to Apollo (seen here riding through the sky in his chariot) for revenge, which came in the form of a plague which befell Agamemnon's army. He was forced to return Chryseis in order to end it. The reunion of Chryses with his daughter was perhaps a common theme for artists of this period than the anguished invocation depicted here. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith published in 1774, the year after Benjamin West's painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy. The print was later republished by John Boydell.
D'Oench 36 i/ii; Frankau 81. For Chryses reunited with his daughter, see refs. 18276 and 21858. Ex: The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 38313] £650.00
M.r Thomas Chubb. Aetat: 68; A: D: 1747.
G: Beare Pinxit. G: Bockman fecit.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 375 x 295mm (14¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet. Some foxing.
Half length portrait of English lay Deist writer Thomas Chubb (1679–1747). He wears a white, chin-length wig, coat and neckerchief. He is seated in front of a book, open on a stand to right, holding a quill between hands folded on his chest, an ink-pot beside the stand and two books, one labelled 'Chubbs Tracts' on the other side.
CS 2 only state.
[Ref: 61560] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G: Beare Pinxit. G: Bockman fecit.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 375 x 295mm (14¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet. Some foxing.
Half length portrait of English lay Deist writer Thomas Chubb (1679–1747). He wears a white, chin-length wig, coat and neckerchief. He is seated in front of a book, open on a stand to right, holding a quill between hands folded on his chest, an ink-pot beside the stand and two books, one labelled 'Chubbs Tracts' on the other side.
CS 2 only state.
[Ref: 61560] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!
W. Riviere del.t. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 340 x 265mm (13½ x 10½"). Laid on card.
A boy with a hen and chicks in a wicker cage, watched by a woman with an infant in her arms.
[Ref: 58513] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W. Riviere del.t. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 340 x 265mm (13½ x 10½"). Laid on card.
A boy with a hen and chicks in a wicker cage, watched by a woman with an infant in her arms.
[Ref: 58513] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Chudleigh Rock, Devon. Drawn in commemoration of a Party which visited the Rock 23. June 1832. "The Remembrance of joys that are past as pleasure and mournful to the soul".
T. Leslie.
Pencil Drawing, 210 x 285mm. 8¼ x 11¼". Staining to the image and title area.
Chudleigh Rock, East Dartmoor, Devon. A dramatic limestone outcrop.
See 15970.
[Ref: 15971] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
T. Leslie.
Pencil Drawing, 210 x 285mm. 8¼ x 11¼". Staining to the image and title area.
Chudleigh Rock, East Dartmoor, Devon. A dramatic limestone outcrop.
See 15970.
[Ref: 15971] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Elizabeth Chudleigh] Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston taken at the Bar of the house of Lords.](jpegs/63597.jpg)
[Elizabeth Chudleigh] Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston taken at the Bar of the house of Lords. Apr.l 15 1776.
Published by G. Robinson as the act directs May 1. 1776.
Etching with engraving. Sheet 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins. Trimmed into plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Elizabeth Chudleigh (1720-1788). Having had a short, secret marriage, she bigimously married the Duke of Kingston. When her first husband, by then the Earl of Bristol, brought a case seeking to prove their marriage in order to divorce her, she appeared in the House of Lords in elaborate mourning dress, three years after the death of the Duke. Much ridiculed, she was satirised as 'Kitty Crocodile' in Foote's play 'The Capuchin', 1777.
[Ref: 63597] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Published by G. Robinson as the act directs May 1. 1776.
Etching with engraving. Sheet 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins. Trimmed into plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Elizabeth Chudleigh (1720-1788). Having had a short, secret marriage, she bigimously married the Duke of Kingston. When her first husband, by then the Earl of Bristol, brought a case seeking to prove their marriage in order to divorce her, she appeared in the House of Lords in elaborate mourning dress, three years after the death of the Duke. Much ridiculed, she was satirised as 'Kitty Crocodile' in Foote's play 'The Capuchin', 1777.
[Ref: 63597] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Chumie.
T.W. Bowler, del.t ._ J. Needham lith. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Pub.d Oct.r 1st. 1864 by Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen & H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Gate Str. Linc.ln's Inn F.lds.
Tinted lithograph on India with large margins, title on back card. Printed area 215 x 300mm (8 x 11¾").
Natives herding cattle at Chumie mission station near Lovedale in the Eastern Cape. From 'The Kafir Wars and British Settlers in South Africa. A series of picturesque views from original sketches by T. W. Bowler. With descriptive letterpress by W. R. Thomson'. Thomas William Bowler (d.1869) was a landscape painter who established himself successfully in Cape Town as an artist and teacher of drawing. In 1857 he exhibited at the rooms of the Society of British Artists a drawing of the Royal Observatory, Cape Town; and in 1860, at the Royal Academy, two views of Cape scenery.
Not in Abbey Scenery. British Library: 000440049.
[Ref: 33993] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
T.W. Bowler, del.t ._ J. Needham lith. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Pub.d Oct.r 1st. 1864 by Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen & H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Gate Str. Linc.ln's Inn F.lds.
Tinted lithograph on India with large margins, title on back card. Printed area 215 x 300mm (8 x 11¾").
Natives herding cattle at Chumie mission station near Lovedale in the Eastern Cape. From 'The Kafir Wars and British Settlers in South Africa. A series of picturesque views from original sketches by T. W. Bowler. With descriptive letterpress by W. R. Thomson'. Thomas William Bowler (d.1869) was a landscape painter who established himself successfully in Cape Town as an artist and teacher of drawing. In 1857 he exhibited at the rooms of the Society of British Artists a drawing of the Royal Observatory, Cape Town; and in 1860, at the Royal Academy, two views of Cape scenery.
Not in Abbey Scenery. British Library: 000440049.
[Ref: 33993] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Chumie Missionary Station, Caffraria. [Rev.d W.m Chalmers.]
[n.d., c.1845.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 185 x 245mm (7¼ x 9½").
A view of the landscape around Chumie mission station near Lovedale in the Eastern Cape. Founded by the Glasgow Missionary Society, the missionary was William Chalmers, who preached to the Xhosa in their own language. This print was probably published to raise money for the missions.
[Ref: 46194] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1845.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 185 x 245mm (7¼ x 9½").
A view of the landscape around Chumie mission station near Lovedale in the Eastern Cape. Founded by the Glasgow Missionary Society, the missionary was William Chalmers, who preached to the Xhosa in their own language. This print was probably published to raise money for the missions.
[Ref: 46194] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Rural Church.]](jpegs/14884.jpg)
[A Rural Church.]
W H Sweet [in pencil outside the image.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 273 x 343mm. 10¾ x 13½".
Walter Henry Sweet (1889-1943.) A prolific West country artist who painted street scenes, moorland views and seascapes. This view of a rural church.
[Ref: 14884] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
W H Sweet [in pencil outside the image.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 273 x 343mm. 10¾ x 13½".
Walter Henry Sweet (1889-1943.) A prolific West country artist who painted street scenes, moorland views and seascapes. This view of a rural church.
[Ref: 14884] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Church in Danger, or a very uncommon Parish Dinner. The Churchwarden's got a wide mouth / And his Grinders are like a Sledge Hammer.
London, Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26. Haymarket. [n.d., c.1830].
Hand coloured etching. Platemark: 260 x 370mm. [10¼ x 14½"). Some staining to the top of sheet.
A satirical scene showing an announcment from a pulpit in a church, requesting the wardens to meet to consider eating the church.
[Ref: 31501] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26. Haymarket. [n.d., c.1830].
Hand coloured etching. Platemark: 260 x 370mm. [10¼ x 14½"). Some staining to the top of sheet.
A satirical scene showing an announcment from a pulpit in a church, requesting the wardens to meet to consider eating the church.
[Ref: 31501] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Church in Danger, or a very uncommon Parish Dinner The Churchwarden's got a wide mouth And his Grinders are like a Sledge Hammer. Vide old Song.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼''). Small margins.
A satirical scene showing an announcement from a pulpit in a church requesting the wardens to meet to consider 'the best method of eating the church'.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 50812] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼''). Small margins.
A satirical scene showing an announcement from a pulpit in a church requesting the wardens to meet to consider 'the best method of eating the church'.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 50812] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Church in Danger, or a very uncommon Parish Dinner The Churchwarden's got a wide mouth And his Grinders are like a Sledge Hammer. Vide old Song.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14½ x 10½") Trimmed within plate mark.
Satire showing an announcement from a pulpit in a church requesting the wardens to meet to consider 'the best method of eating the church'.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52716] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14½ x 10½") Trimmed within plate mark.
Satire showing an announcement from a pulpit in a church requesting the wardens to meet to consider 'the best method of eating the church'.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52716] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Church in Danger, or a very uncommon Parish Dinner The Churchwarden's got a wide mouth And his Grinders are like a Sledge Hammer. Vide old Song.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 410 x 285mm (16 x 11'') large margins.
Satire showing an announcement from a pulpit in a church requesting the wardens to meet to consider 'the best method of eating the church'.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 48408] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 410 x 285mm (16 x 11'') large margins.
Satire showing an announcement from a pulpit in a church requesting the wardens to meet to consider 'the best method of eating the church'.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 48408] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[A ruined Catholic church interior with monks praying to the Virgin Mary.] N.º 3.](jpegs/63288.jpg)
[A ruined Catholic church interior with monks praying to the Virgin Mary.] N.º 3.
London Pub.d Feb.y 15th 1800 by Random & Stainbank, No. 17, Old Bond Str. where new Medallions, Transparencies &c are published constantly.
Circular mezzotint & etching, coloured on both sides as a transparency, moon treated with varnish, 1797 watermark. 200 x 190mm (7¾ x 7½"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
An image designed to be held up to a light.
[Ref: 63288] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d Feb.y 15th 1800 by Random & Stainbank, No. 17, Old Bond Str. where new Medallions, Transparencies &c are published constantly.
Circular mezzotint & etching, coloured on both sides as a transparency, moon treated with varnish, 1797 watermark. 200 x 190mm (7¾ x 7½"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
An image designed to be held up to a light.
[Ref: 63288] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Church interior.] No. 35.](jpegs/40421.jpg)
[Church interior.] No. 35.
London Pub.d 1 July 1799 at R. Ackermanns 101 Strand, where new Transparencies Medallions Caracatures & Drawing Books are Publishd weekly.
Mezzotint and etching, coloured on both sides as a transparency, with some gum arabic. Sheet 250 x 220mm (9¾ x 8¾") Trimmed to plate.
A couple strolling through a church with an unleashed dog.
Ex: collections of the Spencer Sisters and the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40421] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d 1 July 1799 at R. Ackermanns 101 Strand, where new Transparencies Medallions Caracatures & Drawing Books are Publishd weekly.
Mezzotint and etching, coloured on both sides as a transparency, with some gum arabic. Sheet 250 x 220mm (9¾ x 8¾") Trimmed to plate.
A couple strolling through a church with an unleashed dog.
Ex: collections of the Spencer Sisters and the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40421] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Church interior.] No. 34.](jpegs/40431.jpg)
[Church interior.] No. 34.
London Pub.d 1 July 1799 at R. Ackermanns 101 Strand, where new Transparencies Medallions Caracatures & Drawing Books are Publishd weekly.
Mezzotint and etching, coloured on both sides as a transparency, with some gum arabic. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8") with large margins.
A family standing before a stained glass window.
Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40431] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d 1 July 1799 at R. Ackermanns 101 Strand, where new Transparencies Medallions Caracatures & Drawing Books are Publishd weekly.
Mezzotint and etching, coloured on both sides as a transparency, with some gum arabic. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8") with large margins.
A family standing before a stained glass window.
Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40431] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Church interior with stained glass window.] No. [4]](jpegs/40438.jpg)
[Church interior with stained glass window.] No. [4]
London Pub.d Feb.y 15th 1800 by Random & Stainbank, No. 17, Old Bond Str. where new Medallions, Transparencies &c are published constantly.
Mezzotint, coloured on both sides as a transparency, window treated with varnish. 195 x 190mm (7¾ x 7½"). Trimmed into plate at sides, losing the plate number.
Ex: collections of the Spencer Sisters and the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40438] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d Feb.y 15th 1800 by Random & Stainbank, No. 17, Old Bond Str. where new Medallions, Transparencies &c are published constantly.
Mezzotint, coloured on both sides as a transparency, window treated with varnish. 195 x 190mm (7¾ x 7½"). Trimmed into plate at sides, losing the plate number.
Ex: collections of the Spencer Sisters and the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40438] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Two figures in church interior]](jpegs/25506.jpg)
[Two figures in church interior] The bursting organs peal/ "Rolling on high, like an harmonious thunder/ The white robes and the lifted eyes; the world/ At peace, and all at peace with one another." Byron. [ms]
[Anonymous, c. 1830]
Coloured lithograph trimmed and pasted onto album sheet with manuscript and decorative border added by hand. Total sheet dimensions 390 x 245mm (15¼ x 9½").
Attractive example of how prints were cut out and placed in Victorian scrapbooks, with unrelated verses from Lord Byron's tragedy 'Werner' added below to suggest a context.
[Ref: 25506] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Anonymous, c. 1830]
Coloured lithograph trimmed and pasted onto album sheet with manuscript and decorative border added by hand. Total sheet dimensions 390 x 245mm (15¼ x 9½").
Attractive example of how prints were cut out and placed in Victorian scrapbooks, with unrelated verses from Lord Byron's tragedy 'Werner' added below to suggest a context.
[Ref: 25506] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Church Militant. See M.r Pennant's literary life. P.21.
[c.1793.]
Mezzotint with etching, with hand colour. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Folded as issued. Small margins.
A man dressed half as a soldier, half as a parson, the soldier saying 'Come Jolly Bacchus God of Wine!', the parson 'Hear Me O Lord for I am poor & needy. A paper on the left is a tailor's final demand. From Pennant's autobiography (first published 1793), satirising what he calls ''the unguarded admission of persons of the most discordant professions into the sacred pale, who, urged by no other call than that of poverty, do not prove either ornamental or useful in their new character''.
[Ref: 58311] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1793.]
Mezzotint with etching, with hand colour. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Folded as issued. Small margins.
A man dressed half as a soldier, half as a parson, the soldier saying 'Come Jolly Bacchus God of Wine!', the parson 'Hear Me O Lord for I am poor & needy. A paper on the left is a tailor's final demand. From Pennant's autobiography (first published 1793), satirising what he calls ''the unguarded admission of persons of the most discordant professions into the sacred pale, who, urged by no other call than that of poverty, do not prove either ornamental or useful in their new character''.
[Ref: 58311] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Church Missionary Station Regent.
Litho. Cye. Mason.
Printed by Waterlow & Sons. [n.d. c. 1870.]
Tinted lithograph with large margins. Rare. Sheet size: 180 x 245mm (7 x 9½").
A view of a Church missionary station, probably West African, with three buildings in the middle ground, paths with figures walking towards a small footbridge over a river in the foreground, and hills in the distace. Historically, missions have been religious communities used to convert local populations to Christianity. Missions often provided the logistics and supplies needed to support that work, as well as a way to 'civilize' recently Christianized indigenous peoples through cultural assimilation and Westernisation.
[Ref: 36321] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Litho. Cye. Mason.
Printed by Waterlow & Sons. [n.d. c. 1870.]
Tinted lithograph with large margins. Rare. Sheet size: 180 x 245mm (7 x 9½").
A view of a Church missionary station, probably West African, with three buildings in the middle ground, paths with figures walking towards a small footbridge over a river in the foreground, and hills in the distace. Historically, missions have been religious communities used to convert local populations to Christianity. Missions often provided the logistics and supplies needed to support that work, as well as a way to 'civilize' recently Christianized indigenous peoples through cultural assimilation and Westernisation.
[Ref: 36321] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Independence of the Kirk.
Nichol Lithog.
Edinburgh, Published by J. Cullen, Drummond Street [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with some hand colour. Sheet 285 x 445mm (11¼ x 17½").
A satire of the opposition to the Veto Act of 1834, which gave congregations a veto over a patron-presented minister if a majority objected, approved by the Church of Scotland. The same year the patron of Auchterarder, the Earl of Kinnoull, presented Robert Young to the parish. After hearing him preach, the heads of family vetoed him. He appealed but the Assembly of 1835 upheld the veto, but in 1838 the Court of Session found in Young's favour, making the Veto Act null and void. The case then went to the House of Lords, who sided with the Court of Session against the Kirk.
[Ref: 61438] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Nichol Lithog.
Edinburgh, Published by J. Cullen, Drummond Street [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with some hand colour. Sheet 285 x 445mm (11¼ x 17½").
A satire of the opposition to the Veto Act of 1834, which gave congregations a veto over a patron-presented minister if a majority objected, approved by the Church of Scotland. The same year the patron of Auchterarder, the Earl of Kinnoull, presented Robert Young to the parish. After hearing him preach, the heads of family vetoed him. He appealed but the Assembly of 1835 upheld the veto, but in 1838 the Court of Session found in Young's favour, making the Veto Act null and void. The case then went to the House of Lords, who sided with the Court of Session against the Kirk.
[Ref: 61438] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Church Stretton.
[n.d. c.1832.]
Lithograph on india with very large margins. Sheet 279 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Some creasing.
A view of Church Stretton, in the Shropshire Hills. The town was nicknamed Little Switzerland in the late-Victorian and Edwardian period, due to its landscape and development as a health resort. The local geology is complex and incorporates some of the oldest rocks in England.
[Ref: 34741] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1832.]
Lithograph on india with very large margins. Sheet 279 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Some creasing.
A view of Church Stretton, in the Shropshire Hills. The town was nicknamed Little Switzerland in the late-Victorian and Edwardian period, due to its landscape and development as a health resort. The local geology is complex and incorporates some of the oldest rocks in England.
[Ref: 34741] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Benjamin Church.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Etching, sheet 220 x 140mm. 8¾ x 5½".
Captain Benjamin Church (c. 1639 - 1718) was an American carpenter, military officer, and Ranger during America's Colonial era, and specifically, King Philip's War. King Philip's War, sometimes called Metacom's War or Metacom's Rebellion, was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day southern New England and English colonists and their Native American allies from 1675–1676. More than half of New England's ninety towns were assaulted by Native American warriors. The war is named after the main leader of the Native American side, Metacomet, Metacom, or Pometacom known to the English as "King Philip".
[Ref: 9901] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1790.]
Etching, sheet 220 x 140mm. 8¾ x 5½".
Captain Benjamin Church (c. 1639 - 1718) was an American carpenter, military officer, and Ranger during America's Colonial era, and specifically, King Philip's War. King Philip's War, sometimes called Metacom's War or Metacom's Rebellion, was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day southern New England and English colonists and their Native American allies from 1675–1676. More than half of New England's ninety towns were assaulted by Native American warriors. The war is named after the main leader of the Native American side, Metacomet, Metacom, or Pometacom known to the English as "King Philip".
[Ref: 9901] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
His Majesties Commission for Building Fifty New Churches
[1727?]
8vo, 11pp., original wrappers, 195 x 120mm (7¾ x 4¾").
The Commission for Building Fifty New Churches was an organisation established in 1710 with the intention of building fifty new churches for the rapidly growing city of London. Although it did not meet its target, it did result in the construction of Nicholas Hawksmoor's iconic London churches. Letters Patent revoking the previous Letters Patent for this commission and appointing (probably re-appointing) 56 commissioners. ESTC lists five copies only (four in the UK, one in the US).
Ex Earl of Hardwicke MSS
[Ref: 39197] £120.00
[1727?]
8vo, 11pp., original wrappers, 195 x 120mm (7¾ x 4¾").
The Commission for Building Fifty New Churches was an organisation established in 1710 with the intention of building fifty new churches for the rapidly growing city of London. Although it did not meet its target, it did result in the construction of Nicholas Hawksmoor's iconic London churches. Letters Patent revoking the previous Letters Patent for this commission and appointing (probably re-appointing) 56 commissioners. ESTC lists five copies only (four in the UK, one in the US).
Ex Earl of Hardwicke MSS
[Ref: 39197] £120.00
![[Proof frontispiece from John Bell's 'The poets of Great Britain, complete from Chaucer to Churchill]](jpegs/43130.jpg)
[Proof frontispiece from John Bell's 'The poets of Great Britain, complete from Chaucer to Churchill] [Churchill vol. 1 / Let one poor sprig of Bay around my head / Bloom... Candidate line 145]
[Cipriani del. Bartolozzi sculp.t]
[Printed for John Bell ... London Jul. 19th 1779]
Etching and engraving printed in sepia, platemark 140 x 95mm (5½ x 3¾"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet; glue stains at corners. Fine proof impression before all letters.
Proof impression of one of twenty-one frontispieces that Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) made for John Bell's 'The Poets of Great Britain', which he published from 1777-82. Bell's edition consisted of 109 volumes in a relatively cheap yet well-produced pocket format, and was a great success. This print, in its later lettered state, was the frontispiece to the first of Bell's edition of poems by Charles Churchill (1732-64). It included a line from his poem 'The Candidate', an attack on John Montagu, earl of Sandwich (1718-92) and his candidature for the high stewardship of Cambridge University. Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was a Florentine engraver who in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. Fine impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work.
Calabi & de Vesme 1651 i/ii; for a portrait of Churchill see ref. 27339.
[Ref: 43130] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
[Cipriani del. Bartolozzi sculp.t]
[Printed for John Bell ... London Jul. 19th 1779]
Etching and engraving printed in sepia, platemark 140 x 95mm (5½ x 3¾"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet; glue stains at corners. Fine proof impression before all letters.
Proof impression of one of twenty-one frontispieces that Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) made for John Bell's 'The Poets of Great Britain', which he published from 1777-82. Bell's edition consisted of 109 volumes in a relatively cheap yet well-produced pocket format, and was a great success. This print, in its later lettered state, was the frontispiece to the first of Bell's edition of poems by Charles Churchill (1732-64). It included a line from his poem 'The Candidate', an attack on John Montagu, earl of Sandwich (1718-92) and his candidature for the high stewardship of Cambridge University. Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was a Florentine engraver who in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. Fine impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work.
Calabi & de Vesme 1651 i/ii; for a portrait of Churchill see ref. 27339.
[Ref: 43130] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Charles Churchill.
[after Hamett Jefferyes.]
[n.d., c.1765.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾").
Oval portrait of satirist Charles Churchill (1732-1764), thinking with a quill in his hand. Under the oval are books including 'The North Briton' and 'Prophecy of Famine', and a pole holding a cap of liberty. Churchill was an ally of John Wilkes and an adversary of William Hogarth. In response to Churchill's 'An Epistle to William Hogarth' (described by Garrick as shocking and barbarous), Hogarth published 'The Bruiser', which caricatured Churchill as a bear with a tankard of porter and a club of lies, with Hogarth's pug urinating on the 'Epistle'.
[Ref: 63365] £320.00
[after Hamett Jefferyes.]
[n.d., c.1765.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾").
Oval portrait of satirist Charles Churchill (1732-1764), thinking with a quill in his hand. Under the oval are books including 'The North Briton' and 'Prophecy of Famine', and a pole holding a cap of liberty. Churchill was an ally of John Wilkes and an adversary of William Hogarth. In response to Churchill's 'An Epistle to William Hogarth' (described by Garrick as shocking and barbarous), Hogarth published 'The Bruiser', which caricatured Churchill as a bear with a tankard of porter and a club of lies, with Hogarth's pug urinating on the 'Epistle'.
[Ref: 63365] £320.00
Mr. Charles Churchill.
J.H. Schaak pinx.t T. Burford fecit.
Publish'd as the Act Directs January 1.st 1765 by Tho.s Burford.
Mezzotint, fine with small margins; paper watermarked. Plate 504 x 355mm. 19¾ x 14".
Portrait, bust in an oval facing front, looking away to left, wearing waistcoat with a high sheen under a plain coat, the lapel of the waistcoat open to show white cravat, with brown hair curled over the ears and a short fringe. Charles Churchill (1732-1764) the satirist and author of 'The Rosciad', 1761, a satire on contemporary actors; although David Garrick was the only one to escape his vitriol. Churchill's other targets included Lord Bute, Tobias Smollett and William Hogarth.
NPG: D1446. CS: 3.
[Ref: 27339] £320.00
J.H. Schaak pinx.t T. Burford fecit.
Publish'd as the Act Directs January 1.st 1765 by Tho.s Burford.
Mezzotint, fine with small margins; paper watermarked. Plate 504 x 355mm. 19¾ x 14".
Portrait, bust in an oval facing front, looking away to left, wearing waistcoat with a high sheen under a plain coat, the lapel of the waistcoat open to show white cravat, with brown hair curled over the ears and a short fringe. Charles Churchill (1732-1764) the satirist and author of 'The Rosciad', 1761, a satire on contemporary actors; although David Garrick was the only one to escape his vitriol. Churchill's other targets included Lord Bute, Tobias Smollett and William Hogarth.
NPG: D1446. CS: 3.
[Ref: 27339] £320.00
Johannes Dux de Marlborough &c.
G. Kneller S.R.A. et Angl. Eq. Aur. pinx.
E.C. Heiss excud. aug. vind. Cum Privileg. S.C.M. [n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 220mm (13 x 8½"). Trimmed to image, tear in top left corner taped.
Portrait in oval of John Churchill (1650-1722) in wig and armour, after a portrait by Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).
[Ref: 60209] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R.A. et Angl. Eq. Aur. pinx.
E.C. Heiss excud. aug. vind. Cum Privileg. S.C.M. [n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 220mm (13 x 8½"). Trimmed to image, tear in top left corner taped.
Portrait in oval of John Churchill (1650-1722) in wig and armour, after a portrait by Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).
[Ref: 60209] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
To the Memory of the Duke of Marlborough.
D. Creti Eques: et N. Ferravoli et J.P. Mirando Pinx. L. Cars Sculp. et D.M.Fratta delin.
John Boydell excudit London.
Engraving. 650 x 415mm (25¾ x 16¼''). Large margins on 3 sides. Some light creasing.
An allegorical scene featuring an invented monument to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, hero of the War of the Spanish Succession, depicting him as a Roman general on horseback. From Boydell's edition of 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne' by Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, first published by Basan in Paris c.1737. Boydell has translated the title into English from Latin and added his name as publisher. McSwiny had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. This series of paintings, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen, was planned for the decoration of the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood.
See BM 1859,0709.685 for the first published state. See: 10619
[Ref: 54252] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
D. Creti Eques: et N. Ferravoli et J.P. Mirando Pinx. L. Cars Sculp. et D.M.Fratta delin.
John Boydell excudit London.
Engraving. 650 x 415mm (25¾ x 16¼''). Large margins on 3 sides. Some light creasing.
An allegorical scene featuring an invented monument to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, hero of the War of the Spanish Succession, depicting him as a Roman general on horseback. From Boydell's edition of 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne' by Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, first published by Basan in Paris c.1737. Boydell has translated the title into English from Latin and added his name as publisher. McSwiny had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. This series of paintings, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen, was planned for the decoration of the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood.
See BM 1859,0709.685 for the first published state. See: 10619
[Ref: 54252] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
John Duc de Marlborough Capitaine General des Armée de sa Majesté Britanique dans l'Allemagne & les Pais bas etc
J. Gole exc. Amst: cum Pivil: [c.1700]
Mezzotint, platemark 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with very large margins.
John Churchill, first duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), soldier and statesman. Rising to become a confidential agent of James, Duke of York, Churchill played a major role in crushing Monmouth's rebellion when James became King in 1685. Just three years later, however, he abandoned his Catholic king in favour of the protestant William of Orange. His influence at court reached its height with the accession of Queen Anne. Promoted to Commander-in Chief of the allied forces, he achieved huge victories against the French in the War of the Spanish Succession. However, the increasing unpopularity of the war and Marlborough's arrogance contributed to his dismissal by Anne in 1711. He eventually regained favour with the accession of George I in 1714.
O'D 46. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40154] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Gole exc. Amst: cum Pivil: [c.1700]
Mezzotint, platemark 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with very large margins.
John Churchill, first duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), soldier and statesman. Rising to become a confidential agent of James, Duke of York, Churchill played a major role in crushing Monmouth's rebellion when James became King in 1685. Just three years later, however, he abandoned his Catholic king in favour of the protestant William of Orange. His influence at court reached its height with the accession of Queen Anne. Promoted to Commander-in Chief of the allied forces, he achieved huge victories against the French in the War of the Spanish Succession. However, the increasing unpopularity of the war and Marlborough's arrogance contributed to his dismissal by Anne in 1711. He eventually regained favour with the accession of George I in 1714.
O'D 46. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40154] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
His Excellency John Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Holy Empire, Marquis of Blanford, Earl of Marlborough, Baron Churchill, of Sandridge and Baron Churchill, of Aumouth; Captain General of all Her Majesty's Forces, Master General of the Ordnance; One of the Lords of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy-Council and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter. Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the States General of the United Provinces & General of the Confederate Armies.
M. Dahl pinxit. I. Simon fect.
Cum Privilegio. Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1715.]
Fine mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Image 341 x 249mm. 13½ x 9¾". Cut and laid on sheet.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), Soldier and statesman. Rising to become a confidential agent of James, Duke of York, Churchill managed to play a major role in crushing the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion when James became King in 1685. Just three years later he abandoned his Catholic king in favour of the Protestant William of Orange. His influence at court reached its height with the accession of Queen Anne. Promoted to Commander-in Chief of the allied forces, he achieved huge victories against the French in the War of the Spanish Succession. However, the increasing unpopularity of the war and Marlborough's arrogance contributed to his dismissal by Anne in 1711. He eventually regained favour with the accession of George I in 1714.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12836] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
M. Dahl pinxit. I. Simon fect.
Cum Privilegio. Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1715.]
Fine mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Image 341 x 249mm. 13½ x 9¾". Cut and laid on sheet.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), Soldier and statesman. Rising to become a confidential agent of James, Duke of York, Churchill managed to play a major role in crushing the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion when James became King in 1685. Just three years later he abandoned his Catholic king in favour of the Protestant William of Orange. His influence at court reached its height with the accession of Queen Anne. Promoted to Commander-in Chief of the allied forces, he achieved huge victories against the French in the War of the Spanish Succession. However, the increasing unpopularity of the war and Marlborough's arrogance contributed to his dismissal by Anne in 1711. He eventually regained favour with the accession of George I in 1714.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12836] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Jean Baron de Churchill, Duc et Comte de Marlborough, Conseiller Intime de la Reyne d'Angleterre Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Jaretiere Commendant Général de 'Artillerie et des Troupes Angloises, Prince du St. Empire.
Wothuk Sculp. [Adriaen Van der Werff.]
A Paris chez Basset rue St. Jacques. [n.d. c.
Engraving. Plate 536 x 404mm. 21 x 16". Some small stains around the edges of the margin.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), Soldier and statesman. Rising to become a confidential agent of James, Duke of York, Churchill managed to play a major role in crushing the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion when James became King in 1685. Just three years later he abandoned his Catholic king in favour of the Protestant William of Orange. His influence at court reached its height with the accession of Queen Anne. Promoted to Commander-in Chief of the allied forces, he achieved huge victories against the French in the War of the Spanish Succession. However, the increasing unpopularity of the war and Marlborough's arrogance contributed to his dismissal by Anne in 1711. He eventually regained favour with the accession of George I in 1714.
[Ref: 12954] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)
Wothuk Sculp. [Adriaen Van der Werff.]
A Paris chez Basset rue St. Jacques. [n.d. c.
Engraving. Plate 536 x 404mm. 21 x 16". Some small stains around the edges of the margin.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), Soldier and statesman. Rising to become a confidential agent of James, Duke of York, Churchill managed to play a major role in crushing the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion when James became King in 1685. Just three years later he abandoned his Catholic king in favour of the Protestant William of Orange. His influence at court reached its height with the accession of Queen Anne. Promoted to Commander-in Chief of the allied forces, he achieved huge victories against the French in the War of the Spanish Succession. However, the increasing unpopularity of the war and Marlborough's arrogance contributed to his dismissal by Anne in 1711. He eventually regained favour with the accession of George I in 1714.
[Ref: 12954] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)