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Gulielmus Smyth Episc: Lincoln:s Primus Walliæ Præses Academiæ Oxon: Cancellarius Aulæ Regiæ & Coll: Ænei Nasi Fund.ru Unus Aº Dº 1512.
[after Wilhelm Sonmans.]
Summa cum Humili: & Observantia D.D.D. J. Faber. [n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
William Smyth (or Smith, c. 1460-1514), Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1493-6), Bishop of Lincoln (1496 until his death), Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1500-c.1502), Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches and co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford. One of a set of portraits of founders of Oxford Colleges after portraits by Wilhelm Sonmans (d.1708), now in the Bodleian Library
CS 34.
[Ref: 51981] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[after Wilhelm Sonmans.]
Summa cum Humili: & Observantia D.D.D. J. Faber. [n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
William Smyth (or Smith, c. 1460-1514), Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1493-6), Bishop of Lincoln (1496 until his death), Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1500-c.1502), Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches and co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford. One of a set of portraits of founders of Oxford Colleges after portraits by Wilhelm Sonmans (d.1708), now in the Bodleian Library
CS 34.
[Ref: 51981] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Chansonnette Ecrite sous la dictée du Magister de Saint-Ouen, à la Fête donnée, le 30 Août 1818, par M. le Colonel Ternaux, pour célébrer la fête du Roi et l'inauguration de la statue de Henri IV, en présence de M. le Maréchal Duc de Reggio.
[1818]
Songsheet, 4pp. letterpress. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Some creasing, staining on last page.
A song commissioned for the inauguration ceremony for the equestrian statue of Henri IV by the Pont Neuf in Paris, replacing the 1614 original destroyed in the Revolution.
[Ref: 52002] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[1818]
Songsheet, 4pp. letterpress. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Some creasing, staining on last page.
A song commissioned for the inauguration ceremony for the equestrian statue of Henri IV by the Pont Neuf in Paris, replacing the 1614 original destroyed in the Revolution.
[Ref: 52002] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
A Squall. Le Coup de Vent.
J. Vernet Pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit. Rob.t Sayer Excudit.
London, printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, No 53, Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 5 April 1773.
Mezzotint. 460 x 555mm (16 x 21¾"), with large margins. Repaired tears, some abrasion in margins.
Fishermen work in a river before a ruined tower and a classical city, under dark, threatening clouds.
[Ref: 52074] £450.00
J. Vernet Pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit. Rob.t Sayer Excudit.
London, printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, No 53, Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 5 April 1773.
Mezzotint. 460 x 555mm (16 x 21¾"), with large margins. Repaired tears, some abrasion in margins.
Fishermen work in a river before a ruined tower and a classical city, under dark, threatening clouds.
[Ref: 52074] £450.00
S.t James's Day.
[Published as the Act directs, August 5, 1793, by T. Prattent 46 Cloth Fair West Smithfield, London.]
Etching. Sheet 195 x 250mm (7¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's inscription.
A street scene with a man and woman at a stall opening oysters. A barber kneels upon his wig-box to eat oysters, while a small boy picks his pocket of a comb. A blackened sweep looks at a single oyster in his hand. St. James's day is 25th July; one of his emblems is a shell.
BM Satires 8402
[Ref: 52038] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Published as the Act directs, August 5, 1793, by T. Prattent 46 Cloth Fair West Smithfield, London.]
Etching. Sheet 195 x 250mm (7¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's inscription.
A street scene with a man and woman at a stall opening oysters. A barber kneels upon his wig-box to eat oysters, while a small boy picks his pocket of a comb. A blackened sweep looks at a single oyster in his hand. St. James's day is 25th July; one of his emblems is a shell.
BM Satires 8402
[Ref: 52038] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Parish Church of St Margarets Westm:r where the Speaker & House of Commons resort on extraordinary Festivals &c. Engrav'd for Warners Illustration of the Book of Common Prayer.
Brooke fecit in Fleet Street.
Printed for I. Crockatt & I. Hodges. [n.d., 1754.]
Engraving. 340 x 200mm (13½ x 8"), with very large margins. Tears in margins. Crease top right
From Fernando Warner's 'An Illustration of the Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England'. Warner (1703-68), an Anglican minister in London and Surrey, is described in DNB as ''much esteemed as a popular preacher, and his writings show him to have been a man of wide learning and more than ordinary ability''.
[Ref: 51997] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Brooke fecit in Fleet Street.
Printed for I. Crockatt & I. Hodges. [n.d., 1754.]
Engraving. 340 x 200mm (13½ x 8"), with very large margins. Tears in margins. Crease top right
From Fernando Warner's 'An Illustration of the Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England'. Warner (1703-68), an Anglican minister in London and Surrey, is described in DNB as ''much esteemed as a popular preacher, and his writings show him to have been a man of wide learning and more than ordinary ability''.
[Ref: 51997] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Elizabeth Stanhope] Contemplation.](jpegs/52000.jpg)
[Elizabeth Stanhope] Contemplation.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Car.e Watson. Engraver to her Majesty.
Publish'd Jan. 1st. 1790, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall London.
Stipple and mezzotint. 355 x 290mm (14 x 7½"), with large margins. Uncut.
Portrait of Elizabeth Stanhope, daughter of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, and wife of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington.
Hamilton: Pg 135 III of IV.
[Ref: 52000] £380.00
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Car.e Watson. Engraver to her Majesty.
Publish'd Jan. 1st. 1790, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall London.
Stipple and mezzotint. 355 x 290mm (14 x 7½"), with large margins. Uncut.
Portrait of Elizabeth Stanhope, daughter of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, and wife of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington.
Hamilton: Pg 135 III of IV.
[Ref: 52000] £380.00
![Stanley [facsimile signature]](jpegs/52077.jpg)
Stanley [facsimile signature] [The Right Hon.ble Lord Stanley. Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.]
Painted by Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A. Engraved by James Faed.
London, Published June 15th. 1868, by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen, and T.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales, 6, Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint, proof before title, on chine collé. 760 x 490mm (30 x 19¼"), with Printsellers' Association blind stamp. Limited edition 325. Some wear to edge at bottom, surface soiling.
Edward Henry Stanley (1826-93, 15th Earl of Derby, who was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs twice: firstly 1866-8, in the premiership of his father, Edward Smith-Stanley; and secondly 1874-8, under Benjamin Disraeli.
[Ref: 52077] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A. Engraved by James Faed.
London, Published June 15th. 1868, by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen, and T.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales, 6, Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint, proof before title, on chine collé. 760 x 490mm (30 x 19¼"), with Printsellers' Association blind stamp. Limited edition 325. Some wear to edge at bottom, surface soiling.
Edward Henry Stanley (1826-93, 15th Earl of Derby, who was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs twice: firstly 1866-8, in the premiership of his father, Edward Smith-Stanley; and secondly 1874-8, under Benjamin Disraeli.
[Ref: 52077] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Walter de Stapledon] Gualterus Stapledonus](jpegs/51979.jpg)
[Walter de Stapledon] Gualterus Stapledonus Episc: Exon & Magn: Angl: Thesaur.s Coll: Exon: et Aulae Cerv:uæ fund: Aº Dº 1316 [...]
[after Wilhelm Sonmans.]
Summa cum Humil: & Observantia D.D.D. J. Faber. [n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
Walter de Stapledon (1261-1326), Bishop of Exeter (1308-26) Lord Treasurer in 1320 & 1326, and founder of Exeter College, Oxford. One of a set of portraits of founders of Oxford Colleges after portraits by Wilhelm Sonmans (d.1708), now in the Bodleian Library
CS 34.
[Ref: 51979] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[after Wilhelm Sonmans.]
Summa cum Humil: & Observantia D.D.D. J. Faber. [n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
Walter de Stapledon (1261-1326), Bishop of Exeter (1308-26) Lord Treasurer in 1320 & 1326, and founder of Exeter College, Oxford. One of a set of portraits of founders of Oxford Colleges after portraits by Wilhelm Sonmans (d.1708), now in the Bodleian Library
CS 34.
[Ref: 51979] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Steam Coach.
[G. Davis.]
Published by J. Didsbury 22 Southampton St. Strand. [n.d., c.1820.]
Extremely scarce lithograph, with hand colour. Sheet size: 235 x 285mm (9¼ x 11¼"). Diagonal crease and small stains.
Goldsworthy Gurney’s Steam Carriage passing the gates of Hyde Park, with passengers onboard including a mother and child peeping out through the window of the carriage in the centre, and a boy playing a trumpet towards the front. There are four chimneys at the rear of the coach. Passers by, including one figure on a donkey, can be seen looking at the coach.
[Ref: 52100] £480.00
[G. Davis.]
Published by J. Didsbury 22 Southampton St. Strand. [n.d., c.1820.]
Extremely scarce lithograph, with hand colour. Sheet size: 235 x 285mm (9¼ x 11¼"). Diagonal crease and small stains.
Goldsworthy Gurney’s Steam Carriage passing the gates of Hyde Park, with passengers onboard including a mother and child peeping out through the window of the carriage in the centre, and a boy playing a trumpet towards the front. There are four chimneys at the rear of the coach. Passers by, including one figure on a donkey, can be seen looking at the coach.
[Ref: 52100] £480.00
A View of Surat.
Rooker Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. 180 x 260mm (7 x 10¼") large margins. Stain in image.
The trading fort at Surat, Gujerat.
[Ref: 52057] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Rooker Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. 180 x 260mm (7 x 10¼") large margins. Stain in image.
The trading fort at Surat, Gujerat.
[Ref: 52057] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Sydney. Etablissement principal de la Nouvelle Galles du Sud.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on chine collé. 290 x 390mm. (11½ x 15¼") large margins. Slight lifting of chine collé.
This view of Circular Quay, Sydney Cove in New South Wales, Australia, shows Fort Macquarie at the left, the present site of the Sydney Opera House. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). The French expedition moored in Port Jackson during August and September 1831.
[Ref: 51986] £690.00
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on chine collé. 290 x 390mm. (11½ x 15¼") large margins. Slight lifting of chine collé.
This view of Circular Quay, Sydney Cove in New South Wales, Australia, shows Fort Macquarie at the left, the present site of the Sydney Opera House. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). The French expedition moored in Port Jackson during August and September 1831.
[Ref: 51986] £690.00
Vue de George's Street à Sydney. (Nouvelles Galles de Sud.)
de Sainson pinx. Alexis Noël lith. fig par V. Adam.
J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Langlumé. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph. Printed area 260 x 335mm (10¼ x 13¼") very large margins.
A view George Street, Sydney's original high street, thus probably Australia's first street. In the centre is Bungaree (c.1775-1830), a leader of the Kuringgai people of the Broken Bay, dressed in flamboyant European military dress. A valuable mediator between the locals and the Europeans, he joined Flinders on his circumnavigation of Australia (1801-3), helping smooth interactions with the various peoples the expedition encountered. He died shortly after D'Urville's visit; obituaries were published in the Sydney Gazette and The Australian. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 51987] £550.00
de Sainson pinx. Alexis Noël lith. fig par V. Adam.
J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Langlumé. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph. Printed area 260 x 335mm (10¼ x 13¼") very large margins.
A view George Street, Sydney's original high street, thus probably Australia's first street. In the centre is Bungaree (c.1775-1830), a leader of the Kuringgai people of the Broken Bay, dressed in flamboyant European military dress. A valuable mediator between the locals and the Europeans, he joined Flinders on his circumnavigation of Australia (1801-3), helping smooth interactions with the various peoples the expedition encountered. He died shortly after D'Urville's visit; obituaries were published in the Sydney Gazette and The Australian. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 51987] £550.00
![[A Bengal Tiger.]](jpegs/52085.jpg)
[A Bengal Tiger.]
HD. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
Frost & Reed Ltd, Bristol & London, 1915.
Etching, signed artist's proof. 190 x 350mm (7½ x 13¾"), with large margins, Frost & Reed blind stamp. Mint.
A pacing tiger, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1918.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 52085] £1,250.00
HD. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
Frost & Reed Ltd, Bristol & London, 1915.
Etching, signed artist's proof. 190 x 350mm (7½ x 13¾"), with large margins, Frost & Reed blind stamp. Mint.
A pacing tiger, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1918.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 52085] £1,250.00
![[Advert] Mr Mechi's Establishments, 4, Leadenhall Street & 112, Regent Street, London.](jpegs/52040.jpg)
[Advert] Mr Mechi's Establishments, 4, Leadenhall Street & 112, Regent Street, London. Appropriate and useful Presents, from 5s. to £200 each, are exhibited at these establishments, consisting of Dressing Cases, Work Boxes, Writing Desks, Despatch Cases, the new Travelling Bag... Every Attention & Civility will be shewn to Inspecting Visitors, Whether Purchasors or not.
[n.d., 1857.]
Wood engraved advert. 400 x 295mm (15¾ x 11½").
A full-page advert on the back of an issue of 'Herbert Fry's National Gallery of Photographic Portraits'. It is illustrated with a large view of the interior of one of Mr Mechi's shop, the fronts of both shops, five illustrations of his work boxes and bags, and the Royal crest.
[Ref: 52040] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 1857.]
Wood engraved advert. 400 x 295mm (15¾ x 11½").
A full-page advert on the back of an issue of 'Herbert Fry's National Gallery of Photographic Portraits'. It is illustrated with a large view of the interior of one of Mr Mechi's shop, the fronts of both shops, five illustrations of his work boxes and bags, and the Royal crest.
[Ref: 52040] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
What d'ye think of me?
[after Robert Dighton.]
434. London printed for Bowles & Carver, No69 St Paul's Church Yard. [n.d., c.1797.]
Mezzotint with strong original colour. 180mm x 140mm (7'' x 5''). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of a busty barmaid, with her hands on her hips. Standing and looking towards the right. Behind her is chalked ale house score board with tankards and glasses.
BM Satires 9103.
[Ref: 52128] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
434. London printed for Bowles & Carver, No69 St Paul's Church Yard. [n.d., c.1797.]
Mezzotint with strong original colour. 180mm x 140mm (7'' x 5''). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of a busty barmaid, with her hands on her hips. Standing and looking towards the right. Behind her is chalked ale house score board with tankards and glasses.
BM Satires 9103.
[Ref: 52128] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire. To Mrs Cholmley, of Whitby and of Howsham, the Proprietor; This View of that celebrated Manastic Structure, is by Permission most humbly dedicated, by her much obliged and devoted Servantm John Buckler.
Drawn & Etched by J. Buckler F.S.A. Engraved by R. Reeve.
Published March 1812 by J. Buckler, Bermondsey, Surrey.
Aquatint. Sheet 505 x 645mm (20 x 25½"), on Whatman paper. Trimmed within plate, repaired tears bottom left, surface abrasions.
A detailed view of the ruins of Whitby Abbey.
[Ref: 52073] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etched by J. Buckler F.S.A. Engraved by R. Reeve.
Published March 1812 by J. Buckler, Bermondsey, Surrey.
Aquatint. Sheet 505 x 645mm (20 x 25½"), on Whatman paper. Trimmed within plate, repaired tears bottom left, surface abrasions.
A detailed view of the ruins of Whitby Abbey.
[Ref: 52073] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Will Watch, the Bold Smuggler. Star no 26.
Cunthorp del.
Alvey, lith. London R.d.
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Tear through inscription taped.
A illustration of a famous ballad. Will Watch takes his leave of Sue for his last smuggling trip before mending his ways; however he is killed in a sea chase.
[Ref: 52067] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Cunthorp del.
Alvey, lith. London R.d.
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Tear through inscription taped.
A illustration of a famous ballad. Will Watch takes his leave of Sue for his last smuggling trip before mending his ways; however he is killed in a sea chase.
[Ref: 52067] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The King and his Ministers in Council. To Her most excellent Majesty, Adelaide, Queen of England, This Print is dedicated by Her most Loyal, Respectful, and Obedient Subject, John Knight.
Drawn on Stone by O'Conner. R. Martin, Lithog. 124, High Holborn.
London. Printed for John Knight, 51 Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1832.]
Fine coloured lithograph on chine collé. 235 x 270mm (9¼ x 10½"). Chine collé abraded in inscription, hole in backing card.
Scarce portrait of William IV and his ministers, including Broughton, Grey, Holland, Russell and Lansdowne, around a table on which are papers relating to Parliamentary reform. William gave the Royal Assent to the Reform Bill on 7 June 1832.
[Ref: 52032] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by O'Conner. R. Martin, Lithog. 124, High Holborn.
London. Printed for John Knight, 51 Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1832.]
Fine coloured lithograph on chine collé. 235 x 270mm (9¼ x 10½"). Chine collé abraded in inscription, hole in backing card.
Scarce portrait of William IV and his ministers, including Broughton, Grey, Holland, Russell and Lansdowne, around a table on which are papers relating to Parliamentary reform. William gave the Royal Assent to the Reform Bill on 7 June 1832.
[Ref: 52032] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Attack of the Kaffirs on the Troops under the Command of L.t Col. Fordyce of the 74th Highlanders, while forcing their way through the Kroomie Forest on the 8th of September 1851. Dedicated by permission to Major Gen.l Henry Somerset, C.B. & K.H. Commanding the 1st Division of the forces at the Cape of Good Hope.
Painted by H.y Martens from a sketch by Mr Baines. Engraved by J. Harris.
London, Published Nov.r 1st 1852, by Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 515 x 685mm (20¼ x 27"). Trimmed to plate, bottom right corner snipped.
A scene from the Eighth Xhosa War (1850-3), with a column of soldiers attacked by Xhosa spearmen in a narrow ravine. Lieut. Colonel John Fordyce had realised that the regiment's usual scarlet tunics were not suited to African warfare, so issued his men with the olive canvas jackets shown here. He was killed at Waterkloof a month later. The war is now best known for the wreck of HMS Birkenhead in 1852. The new recruits, many destined for the 74th, stood in rank as the women and children escaped in lifeboats, commemorated in the ''Birkenhead drill'' of Rudyard Kipling's poem.
[Ref: 52071] £550.00
Painted by H.y Martens from a sketch by Mr Baines. Engraved by J. Harris.
London, Published Nov.r 1st 1852, by Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 515 x 685mm (20¼ x 27"). Trimmed to plate, bottom right corner snipped.
A scene from the Eighth Xhosa War (1850-3), with a column of soldiers attacked by Xhosa spearmen in a narrow ravine. Lieut. Colonel John Fordyce had realised that the regiment's usual scarlet tunics were not suited to African warfare, so issued his men with the olive canvas jackets shown here. He was killed at Waterkloof a month later. The war is now best known for the wreck of HMS Birkenhead in 1852. The new recruits, many destined for the 74th, stood in rank as the women and children escaped in lifeboats, commemorated in the ''Birkenhead drill'' of Rudyard Kipling's poem.
[Ref: 52071] £550.00