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The Night Wind. [in pencil]
The Night Wind. [in pencil]
R. C. Peter [in image and in pencil]
[n.d., c.1925.]
Mezzotint signed by the artist, 450 x 340mm (17.7 x 13.3”), with very large margins. Inscribed with 'To Jack Blamfied New Year 1927' in bottom left. Foxing in margins.
A woman with flowing hair leaps on her right leg into the night. The sea ripples in the background and four sleeping babies lie, entangled in her cloak, against a starry sky. Robert Charles Peter (1888-1980), member of the Royal Society of Painters.
Ex: Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 62580]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Daniel O'Connell] Alarming Comet of 1835.
[Daniel O'Connell] Alarming Comet of 1835. HB Sketches No105.
[John Doyle.] A Ducote's Lithography St Martins Lane.
Published by T. Mc.Lean 26, Haymarket 10.th Aug.t 1835.
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed close to printed border.
Halley's Comet of 1835 with the head of Daniel O'Connell, and heads of other men its tail, flying from Ireland towards England.
See reference 45736 for coloured version.
[Ref: 62491]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Bullerfield [Butterfield?] Swearing a Witness at the Old Bailey.
Bullerfield [Butterfield?] Swearing a Witness at the Old Bailey.
[John Nixon.]
Pub Jany 1st 1796 by E & S Harding Pall Mall.
Stipple with etching. Sheet 150 x 220mm (6 x 8¾"). Trimmed close to image, corners snipped.
A satirical scene at the Central Criminal Court, with a clerk in wig and gown holding a bible for a witness.
Guildhall: q9820443. Not in BM.
[Ref: 62535]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Old Bond Street.]
[Old Bond Street.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[1928.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 315 x 225mm (12½ x 9").
A view of Old Bond Street looking towards Piccadilly, with several recognisable business signs including fine art dealers Agnew's. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 62481]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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An Opal Morning [in pencil]
An Opal Morning [in pencil]
Nat. Long. [in image and signed in pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Very fine coloured etching, titled and signed by the artist. Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamps. Plate 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"), with large margins. Slight mount burn.
Two women in a rowing boat. One is fully nude about to dive into the water while the other is half covered by a towel and braces herself against the side about to get up. Nathaniel Long (1893-1955), book and magazine illustrator and printmaker who specialized in eroticised female etching. In 1948 he illustrated editions of both 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and 'The Coral Island'.
Provenance: From the Artist's Studio.
[Ref: 62513]   £480.00  
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Ornamental Glasses (Köpping'sche Ziergläser.)
Ornamental Glasses (Köpping'sche Ziergläser.)
K [in image]. Karl Köpping [in pencil].
[c.1896] from the periodical Pan , vol. II, no. 3 (Oct-Nov-Dec 1896).
Etching 255 x 150mm (10 x 6”), with very large margins. Foxing on edge of margins.
Two art-nouveau glasses in the shape of flowers.
BM 1992,0125.6
[Ref: 62581]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Otters and Salmon.]
[Otters and Salmon.]
Engraved by Charles George Lewis after Edwin Henry Landseer.
[April 28th 1871] by J. McQueen, 31 Great Marlborough Street, Regent Street, London.
Mezzotint with engraving. Artist's proof before letters 25/100. 770 x 530mm (30 x 21"), with very large margins. Embossed stamp of the Printsellers Association. Mount burn. Mint.
An otter standing over a dead salmon on a rock, looking back to left with a snarl at another otter which approaches; waterfall and mountain stream bordered by rocks in the background.
[Ref: 62634]   £420.00  
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[Magdalen Tower and Bridge, &c.]
[Magdalen Tower and Bridge, &c.]
Drawn by E. Dayes. Engraved by James Basire.
[Oxford, 1797.]
Engraving, proof before title. 350 x 490mm (13¾ x 19¼") very large margins.
A view looking up at Magdalen Bridge and Tower from the banks of the Cherwell, published as the Oxford Almanac for 1797. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674.
[Ref: 62280]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Vue De Saint Gervais Et Des Quais.
Vue De Saint Gervais Et Des Quais.
E. Kayser [in crayon].
[n.d. c.1930]
Etching, 165 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"). Thread margin at top. Some staining middle top & bottom.
A view of the Saint Gervais Church from the Seine, in Paris. Edmond Charles Kayser (1882-1965) was a French etcher, founder member of the Peintres-Graveurs Indépendants in 1923. A large collection of his work is now in the Musée du Mont-de-Piété in Bergues.
[Ref: 62612]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[Pendley Manor] To the Honourable S.r Richard Anderson Bar:t this Plate of the Mannor House of Penley is Humbly Dedicated by John Oliver.
[Pendley Manor] To the Honourable S.r Richard Anderson Bar:t this Plate of the Mannor House of Penley is Humbly Dedicated by John Oliver. Pag. 594.
[London: Benjamin Griffin et al, 1700.]
Engraving. 285 x 325mm (11¼ x 12¾") very large margins.
A view of the original Pendley Manor, near Tring, burned down in 1835. From Sir Henry Chauncy's 'Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire'.
[Ref: 62543]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Hugh Percy] The Right Honourable Hugh Lord Warkworth,
[Hugh Percy] The Right Honourable Hugh Lord Warkworth, Aid de Camp to His Majesty. Member of Parliament for the City & Liberty of Westminster.
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t. J. Finlayson delin.t et fec.t.
publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov.r 2.d 1765. Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street. Price 5s:
Mezzotint, very fine & rare impression. Sheet 360 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, horizontal fold flattened.
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742-1817), British army officer and British peer. He participated in the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Long Island during the American Revolutionary War, but resigned his command in 1777 due to disagreements with his superior, General Howe. He was styled Lord Warkworth from 1750 to 1766, and subsequently Earl Percy. He was later promoted to full colonel and appointed an aide-de-camp to the King in 1764. He was half brother to James Smithson, founding donor to the Smithsonian.
CS: 18.
[Ref: 62485]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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In the Covert [in pencil].
In the Covert [in pencil].
W Travis Jackson [in pencil].
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching signed by the artsit, 125 x 100mm (5 x 4"), with very large margins.
Two pheasants in a woodland.
[Ref: 62620]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Phenology] Lord Suffield's Remarks on Mr. Marsham's Indications of Spring.
[Phenology] Lord Suffield's Remarks on Mr. Marsham's Indications of Spring.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Letterpress with wood-engraved border. Top right signature of ... Martineau ink mss. ownership inscription dated 1804.; Sheet 350 x 475mm (13¾ x 18¾"). Splits in folds taped, some spotting.
A phenological table giving the earliest and latest recorded dates of the first appearences each spring of 27 species over a period of up to 60 years. Robert Marsham F.R.S. (1707-97) of Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, first published his Indications of Spring in 1789 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
[Ref: 62567]   £360.00  
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Ayr Street, Piccadilly London
Ayr Street, Piccadilly London
Edward Prust [signed in pencil]
circa 1926 [in pencil]
Etching signed by the artist, 300 x 375mm (11¾ x 14¾"), with very large margins. Dusty margins. Small taped tear in left margin. Very slightly creased in margins.
A busy scene on Regent Street looking towards Air Street. Edward C. Prust (1891-1978)
[Ref: 62591]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Pointer] Dash.
[Pointer] Dash. A valuable Pointer, in the possession of Col.l Thornton.
S. Gilpin Pinx. Engraved by R. Pollard. Aqu.t by F. Jukes.
Published Feb.y 11, 1788 by S. Gilpin, Knightsbridge & R. Pollard No. 15, Braynes Row, Spa Fields, London.
Aquatint with etching and roulette, with hand colour. Sheet 435 x 550mm (17 x 21½"). Trimmed to platemark. Borders bit dusty.
A pointer in undergrowth, tail up. It was a prize-winning dog, belonging to Colonel Thomas Thornton (1757-1823), a Yorkshire sportsman who is regarded as having rekindled British falconry. After Sawrey Gilpin (1733-1807)
Siltzer: p. 125.
[Ref: 62281]   £580.00  
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L’Aubreuvoir Paris au Pont Mariey.
L’Aubreuvoir Paris au Pont Mariey.
Aepere [August-Louis Lepere]
1902.
Etching, 195 x 265mm (7¾ x 10½"), with small margins.
A view of Pont Marie bridge which crosses the Seine in Paris, France.
[Ref: 62601]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Potters Heigham [pencil].
Potters Heigham [pencil].
W.P. Robins 1921.
Etching, signed and dated by the artist in pencil. 175 x 275mm (7 x 10¾") very large margins. Faint mount burn.
A view of a river bank on the Norfolk Broads, with a thatched cottage and grazing cow. William Palmer Robins (1882-1959), member of the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, and the Chicago Society of Etchers.
[Ref: 62562]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Pottery and Leather Dressing. Pl. 1.
Pottery and Leather Dressing. Pl. 1.
Drawn & Etch'd by W.H. Pyne.
Pub. by Pyne. London, Pub.d Novem.r 1802 by Pyne & Nattes.
Aquatint. 295 x 230mm (11¾ x 9") very large margins.
Vignette scenes of pottery making and leather dressing from Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain…'. William Henry Pyne was an English writer, painter and illustrator. He trained at a drawing academy in London. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1790. He specialized in picturesque settings including groups of people rendered in pen, ink and watercolour. Pyne was one of the founders of Royal Watercolour Society in 1804.
[Ref: 62455]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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The Pretty Milleners.
The Pretty Milleners.
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Printsellers, N.º 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 7 Nov.r 1781.
Mezzotint and etching, with hand colour. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Framed, showing platemark. Unexamined out of frame.
Two young women sitting sewing, one working on a bonnet, the other on a piece of gauzy striped material, On a table are ribbons, threads and flowers.
[Ref: 62578]   £360.00  
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To Vice Admiral, The Right Honourable Sir George Cockburn. G. C. B. & M.P.
To Vice Admiral, The Right Honourable Sir George Cockburn. G. C. B. & M.P. This Plate Representing an Action with the Spanish Slave Ship Frigate "Velos Passahera," captured by boarding by H.M. Ship Primrose, Commander Will.m Broughton, off Whydah, Bight of Benin the 6.th September. 1830.
Engraved by E. Duncan. Painted by W. J. Huggins. Marine Painter to His Majesty and Published by him Sept.r 1.st 1831 at 105 Leadenhall Street, London.
Fine & rare aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. J. Whatman, Turkey Mill 1830 watermark; Sheet 485 x 635mm (19 x 25"), large margins. Trimmed to plate at top.
Stern view of small British ship, HMS Primrose, alongside large Spanish slave frigate, Veloz Passagera; with smoke from the cannons and the British crew pouring onto Spanish foredeck. A small wooden life boat is drifting in the foreground. The capture of the Spanish slaver with a cargo of 555 slaves actually took place on the 7th September 1830 not the 6th as stated in the print's inscription. In the hand to hand conflict which followed, Edward Harris Butterfield again signalised himself, and, when Broughton had been badly hurt, succeeded to the command. The enemy did not surrender until she had lost 46 killed and 20 wounded, and caused a loss to the British of 3 killed and 13 wounded. After marine painter William John Huggins (1781 - 1845), who began his working life as a seaman with the East India Company. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and was given royal patronage for his work.
[Ref: 61514]   £850.00  
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Quadrupeds or Little Boneys Last Kick.
Quadrupeds or Little Boneys Last Kick.
[G. Cruikshank fec.t]
[Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1813 by W.N. Jones 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 180 x 520mm (7 x 20½"). Trimmed to image, losing title and inscriptions, split in centre fold with toning. Loss on left margin.
Tsar Alexander, as the Russian bear, stands in the centre holding Napoleon suspended in the air by one jack-booted leg, and plying a large birch-rod. Jack Frost, a hideous goblin, tweaks Napoleon's nose. Behind an army of Russian bears drive the French into the 'Sea of Troubles'.
BM Satires 11992, with extensive description.
[Ref: 62474]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Reynard's Last Shift.
Reynard's Last Shift. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors. 402.
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, N.º 69 St Pauls Ch. Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date excised, c.1769]
Mezzotint and etching, with fine hand colour. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A fox, pursued by hounds and members of the hunt, takes refuge in the cottage of a farmer, where the wife and daughters wave brooms at the intruders.
[Ref: 62579]   £390.00  
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Rhossili [in pencil].
Rhossili [in pencil].
A J Lavender [in pencil].
[n.d. c.1930]
Etching with artists signature, 175 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"), with large margins.
A view of Rhossili Bay on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula in Wales.
[Ref: 62611]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Rhythm [in pencil].
Rhythm [in pencil].
Nat. Long. [in image and signed in pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Very fine etching, titled and signed by the artist. Plate 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"), with mint, uncut margins.
Two women play on a makeshift seesaw at the beach. Nathaniel Long (1893-1955), book and magazine illustrator and printmaker who specialized in eroticised female etching. In 1948 he illustrated editions of both 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and 'The Coral Island'.
Provenance: From the Artist's Studio.
[Ref: 62502]   £320.00  
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[Richmond Bridge.]
[Richmond Bridge.]
James Ness.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 195 x 270mm (7¾ x 10½"). Small margins.
A view of Richmond Bridge from the East Twickenham bank.
Not in: Bamber Gascoigne.
[Ref: 62569]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Avenue at Chaulnes.]
[The Avenue at Chaulnes.]
[Published for the artist, & sold by the Cotswold Gallery, 59 Frith Street, Soho Sqaure, W.1. c.1918-22.]
Fine dry-point etching. 203 x 152mm (8 x 6”), with large margins. Uncut.
From 'Landscapes of the War' 1918-1922. View of an avenue of dead trees, with trunks standing without branches, and a collapsed structure blocking the road in foreground. The artist Sir William Rothenstein (1872 – 1945) acted as an Official War Artist to the British and Canadian armies on the Western Front during WW1, recording the devastation caused by war.
BM 1960,0409.247
[Ref: 62554]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Bourlon Church.]
[Bourlon Church.]
[Published for the artist, & sold by the Cotswold Gallery, 59 Frith Street, Soho Sqaure, W.1. c.1918-22.]
Fine dry-point etching. 165 x 140mm (6½ x 5 ½”), with large margins. Some soiling in the edge of the margins. Uncut.
From 'Landscapes of the War' 1918-1922. View of a village with buildings damaged by war, in foreground at centre, church with ruined tower and rubble of stones in front. The artist Sir William Rothenstein (1872 – 1945) acted as an Official War Artist to the British and Canadian armies on the Western Front during WW1, recording the devastation caused by war.
BM 1960,0409.243
[Ref: 62556]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Church Square at Bourlon No.10.]
[The Church Square at Bourlon No.10.]
[Published for the artist, & sold by the Cotswold Gallery, 59 Frith Street, Soho Sqaure, W.1. c.1918-22.]
Fine dry-point etching. 230 x 140mm (9 x 5 ½”), with large margins. Uncut.
From 'Lanscapes of the War' 1918-1922. View of derelict buildings damaged by war, surrounded by leafless trees with broken branches, with church at centre during. The artist Sir William Rothenstein (1872 – 1945) acted as an Official War Artist to the British and Canadian armies on the Western Front during WW1, recording the devastation caused by war.
BM 1960,0409.244
[Ref: 62553]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Fresnes No.2.]
[Fresnes No.2.]
[Published for the artist, & sold by the Cotswold Gallery, 59 Frith Street, Soho Sqaure, W.1. c.1918-22.]
Fine dry-point etching. 203 x 140mm (8 x 5 ½”), with large margins. Uncut.
From 'Landscapes of the War' 1918 - 1922. A sketch of Fresnes, France. Broken branches of dead trees lying on the ground, with rubble of destroyed wooden buildings behind, and a dead leafless tree with broken branches standing at centre. The artist Sir William Rothenstein (1872 – 1945) acted as an Official War Artist to the British and Canadian armies on the Western Front during WW1, recording the devastation caused by war.
BM 1960,0409.239
[Ref: 62551]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Havrincourt.]
[Havrincourt.]
[Published for the artist, & sold by the Cotswold Gallery, 59 Frith Street, Soho Sqaure, W.1. c.1918-22.]
Fine dry-point etching. Head & Co. watermark. 203 x 140mm (8 x 5 ½”), with large margins. Some soiling in the edge of margins. Slight foxmark top left in margin.
From 'Landscapes of the War' 1918-1922. View of buildings ruined by war, with fragments of walls standing among dead trees with broken branches during the First World War. The artist Sir William Rothenstein (1872 – 1945) acted as an Official War Artist to the British and Canadian armies on the Western Front during WW1, recording the devastation caused by war.
BM 1960,0409.250, BM 1949,0411.680
[Ref: 62555]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Rothenstein Landscape.]
[Rothenstein Landscape.]
[Published for the artist, & sold by the Cotswold Gallery, 59 Frith Street, Soho Sqaure, W.1. c.1918-22.]
Dry-point etching, Head & Co. watermark; 235 x 155mm (9¼ x 6”), with large margins. Some soiling in the edge of the margins. Uncut.
From 'Landscapes of the War' 1918-1922. View of a woodland, damaged by war. In the right foreground two large trees stand dead with broken branches depicting the impact of the First World War. The artist Sir William Rothenstein (1872 – 1945) acted as an Official War Artist to the British and Canadian armies on the Western Front during WW1, recording the devastation caused by war.
[Ref: 62557]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Old Houses at Perrone No.5.]
[Old Houses at Perrone No.5.]
[Published for the artist, & sold by the Cotswold Gallery, 59 Frith Street, Soho Sqaure, W.1. c.1918-22.]
Fine dry-Point etching, Head & Co. watermark. 203 x 140mm (8 x 5 ½”), with large margins. Some soiling in the edge of the margins. Uncut.
From 'Landscapes of the War' 1918-1922. View of wooden houses damaged by war, the one at centre with pointed roof, and pile of broken timber lying at front on top of a low stone wall. The artist Sir William Rothenstein (1872 – 1945) acted as an Official War Artist to the British and Canadian armies on the Western Front during WW1, recording the devastation caused by war.
[Ref: 62552]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Outside Bourlon Wood No.1.]
[Outside Bourlon Wood No.1.]
[Published for the artist, & sold by the Cotswold Gallery, 59 Frith Street, Soho Sqaure, W.1. c.1918-22.]
Dry-point etching. 235 x 157mm (9¼ x 6”), with large margins. Some soiling in the edge of the margins. Uncut.
From 'Landscapes of the War' 1918-1922. View of a wooded area with broken trunks of dead trees standing without branches; church and other buildings seen in background at right and left. The artist Sir William Rothenstein (1872 – 1945) acted as an Official War Artist to the British and Canadian armies on the Western Front during WW1, recording the devastation caused by war. Bourlon Wood memorial stands today to commemorate the series of battles the Canadian Corps fought in the final months of the Great War.
[Ref: 62550]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Royal Exchange.]
[The Royal Exchange.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d., 1927.]
Drypoint etching, signed in pencil by the artist. 270 x 330mm (10¾ x 13").
View of the Royal Exchange's west front, with bustling street scene outside, including traffic and pedestrians. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 62482]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[St. Raphael.]
[St. Raphael.]
Fred A. Farrell [in pencil].
[n.d. c.1925]
Etching signed by the artist, 190 x 375mm (7½ x 14¾"), with very large margins. Embossed stamp of the Fine Art Trade Guild.
A view of the waterfront of Saint Raphael towards the Basilica Notre-Dame de la Victoire. Frederick Arthur Farrell (1882-1935), a Scottish self-taught etcher & watercolourist, was the official artist with the 51st Highlanders during the First World War.
[Ref: 62633]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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The Sea Nymph [in pencil]
The Sea Nymph [in pencil]
Nat. Long. [in image and signed in pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Very fine etching, titled and signed by the artist. Plate 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"), with mint, uncut margins.
Nude female waterskiing. Nathaniel Long (1893-1955), book and magazine illustrator and printmaker who specialized in eroticised female etching. In 1948 he illustrated editions of both 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and 'The Coral Island'.
Provenance: From the Artist's Studio.
[Ref: 62507]   £420.00  
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Sheep Shearing, &c.
Sheep Shearing, &c.
Drawn & Etch'd by W.H. Pyne.
London, Pub.d Sep.r 1804 by Pyne & Nattes.
Aquatint. 290 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"), large margins.
Vignette scenes of sheep shearing, from Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain…'. William Henry Pyne was an English writer, painter and illustrator. He trained at a drawing academy in London. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1790. He specialized in picturesque settings including groups of people rendered in pen, ink and watercolour. Pyne was one of the founders of Royal Watercolour Society in 1804.
[Ref: 62458]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Silence!
Silence! (Collection of J.S. Forbes Esq.)
L. Alma Tadema R.A. pinx. Ed. Ramus sc.
L'Art. Imp. A. Clement, Paris [c.1883].
Etching. 290 x 220mm (11½ x 8½"), very large margins. Some foxing on the edge of margins.
A woman lays in front of a cubiculum, holding her index finger to her lips commanding silence.
[Ref: 62584]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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A Perspective View on the East side of the Hague with the Winter deversions their &c.
A Perspective View on the East side of the Hague with the Winter deversions their &c. Vüe de Hyver, de la Haye vers la Coupagne due cote de L'ouest.
J. June, sculp, 1763.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whttle, 53 Fleet Street, London. [
Engraving with fine contemporary hand colour. 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Laid on board, tear through inscription area into corner of image bottom right repaired.
Figures enjoying various activities at a frost fair on the ice at The Hague in the west of the Netherlands, with horse-drawn sleighs, skaters and a refreshment tent.
[Ref: 62476]   £360.00  
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[Skittles] Games Pl. 1.
[Skittles] Games Pl. 1.
Drawn & Etch'd by W.H. Pyne.
Publishd by Pyne Mar 1 1803. London, Published Nov. 1 1802. by Pyne & Nattes.
Aquatint. 225 x 295mm (9 x 11½"). Creased on left.
From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain…'. It depicts games of skittles, bowls etc. William Henry Pyne was an English writer, painter and illustrator. He trained at a drawing academy in London. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1790. He specialized in picturesque settings including groups of people rendered in pen, ink and watercolour. Pyne was one of the founders of Royal Watercolour Society in 1804.
[Ref: 62453]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Albert Smith [facsimile signature].
Albert Smith [facsimile signature].
Baugniet 1844. [facsimile signature in plate]. Drawn From Life On Stone By Baugniet. M & N. Hanhart, Lithographic Printers.
Published By Leader & Cock, 63, New Bond St, Corner Of Brook St. London.
Lithograph on india laid paper. Sheet 500 x 350mm. (30¾ x 20") Slight tear in left margin centre.
Albert Richard Smith [1816 - 1860], author and lecturer. On 12 August 1851 he made an ascent of Mont Blanc, and on 15 March 1852 produced at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly an entertainment descriptive of the ascent and of Anglo-continental life, which became the most popular exhibition of the kind ever known. From that time until 6 July 1858 he continued at the Egyptian Hall his career of success as a public entertainer, giving various new sketches of character and illustrations by William Beverley, but always keeping Mont Blanc as the central point of attraction. On 24 Aug. 1854 he gave his performance before the queen and the prince consort at Osborne House. This shows Smith at Chamonix.
[Ref: 61518]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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A Mapp of the Parish of St Anns, Taken from the last Survey with Corrections and Additions.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Anns, Taken from the last Survey with Corrections and Additions.
Engraved map. 320 x 185mm (12½ x 7¼") very large margins. Central crease as normal.
A map of Soho, bounded by Wardour Street in the west, Oxford Street in the north and Charing Cross Road (Hog Lane!) in the east, and Leicester Square (Leicester Fields) in the south. Soho Square is named King's Square. Originally engraved for the 6th edition of Stow's 'Survey of London', 1720.
[Ref: 62466]   £160.00  
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The Song of Spring [in pencil].
The Song of Spring [in pencil].
Nat. Long. [in image and signed in pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Very fine etching, titled and signed by the artist. Plate 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"), with mint, uncut margins.
A half-naked woman holding a fruit turns to look at a statue of Pan playing the pipes, atop a water pump. Nathaniel Long (1893-1955), book and magazine illustrator and printmaker who specialized in eroticised female etching. In 1948 he illustrated editions of both 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and 'The Coral Island'.
Provenance: From the Artist's Studio.
[Ref: 62503]   £320.00  
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[Ploughing on the South Downs]
[Ploughing on the South Downs]
N.H [in image] Norman Hirst pinx. et sculp [in pencil].
Copyright. Published August 1.st 1924 by Vicars Brothers.12. Old Bond St. London
Mezzotint, 200 x 275mm (8 x10¾"). Taped into original mount at one corner.
A rural landscape; a farmer ploughs a field with a team of oxen. Norman Hirst (1862-1956), mezzotinter and etcher. Born at Liverpool, Hirst was a student at Leeds, Lucerne and in Germany, where he began to engrave in 1875. He subsequently worked at Bushey, Christchurch and Langport, Somerset, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1890 to 1929. Along with distinguished contemporaries such as Frank Short and Seymour Haden, Hirst was a member of the Society of Mezzotint Engravers, founded in 1898.
Ex Collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 62592]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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The Spaniel.
The Spaniel.
Painted by R.R. Reinagle R.A. [John Scott aqua forte fecit.]
London Published 1828 by Moon, Boys, Graves, 6. Pall Mall.
Etching and engraving, scratched-title proof, fine impression. 425 x 450mm (16¾ x 17¾"), large margins left & right. Trimmed to plate at bottom and top, Scott's inscription abrased.
A water spaniel standing beside a woodland stream. The plate has a long and complicated history: the British Museum has an etched outline progress proof, 'Published June 1st. 1822 by John Scott No 13 Regent Street Pall Mall London'; the Wellcome Collection has the published plate, dedicated to Baron Northwick, 'Commenced by John Scott, finished by John Webb' with the publication line 'London (6 Pall Mall) : Moon, Boys & Graves, printsellers to His Majesty, 1830.'
See BM 1875,0410.17 for etched progress proof dated 1822; & Wellcome 565609i for completed print,
[Ref: 62449]   £590.00  
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The Sprite [in pencil]
The Sprite [in pencil]
Nat. Long. [in image and signed in pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Very fine etching, titled and signed by the artist. Plate 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"), with mint, uncut margins.
A nude woman running along a sandy beach, arms outstretched to embrace the elements. Nathaniel Long (1893-1955), book and magazine illustrator and printmaker who specialized in eroticised female etching. In 1948 he illustrated editions of both 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and 'The Coral Island'.
See ref: 53193 for framed version. Provenance: From the Artists Studio.
[Ref: 62511]   £420.00  
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A Mapp of the Parish of St Giles's in the Fields taken from the last Survey with Corrections and Additions.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Giles's in the Fields taken from the last Survey with Corrections and Additions.
Engraved map. 330 x 370mm (13 x 14½"), very large margins. Folds and creases as normal. Small tear at bottom.
A map of the parish of St Giles, covering the Seven Dials area of Covent Garden, Great Russell Street (with Montague house, now the British Museum), High Holborn, Great Queen Street and Lincoln's Inn Fields. Originally engraved for the 6th edition of Stow's 'Survey of London', 1720.
[Ref: 62465]   £190.00  
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The Fish Quay (St Ives).
The Fish Quay (St Ives). Original Dry Point Etching by Sam Garratt. Edition Limited to 300 Artist's Proofs. Plate to be Destroyed.
Sam Garratt [pencil signature.]
Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. Publishers to their Majesties. [n.d., c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist, publisher's blind stamps. 200 x 175mm (8 x 7") very large margins. In original mount with publisher's title label, as above. Mint. Glued into mount at top corner.
A horse and cart loading barrels, surrounded by seagulls, by Sam Garratt (1864-1946).
[Ref: 62595]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Il est venue le brave S.t Michel, Faire avec nous la Kermesse a Brussel.
Il est venue le brave S.t Michel, Faire avec nous la Kermesse a Brussel.
Lithogr. de Jobard.
Déposé [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 295 x 240mm (11½ x 9½"), watermarked 'Hennessey'.
A statue-like figure of St Michael in armour stands on a bat-like Satan, sword raised. A cross sword seems to be embedded in his forehead. A Kermesse is a Dutch festival.
[Ref: 62467]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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St. Peters Norfolk [in pencil on the mount].
St. Peters Norfolk [in pencil on the mount].
W R Hay [in image]. William R. Hay [in pencil].
[n.d. c. 1920]
Etching signed by the artist, 160 x 320mm (6¼ x 12½"), with very large margins. Taped into original mount at top corners.
A view of one of the St. Peter's Churches in Norfolk. William Robert Hay (1886-1964).
[Ref: 62609]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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