Costumes des habitans de la Conception.
Dessiné par Duché-de-Vancy. Réduit par J.M. Moreau le jeune. Gravé par Thomas. L. Aubert scripsit.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797.]
Engraving. 330 x 480mm (13 x 18¾"). Trimmed, faint creasing.
The dress of the European inhabitants of Conception in Chile.
In 1785 Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741-88) was sent by the French to continue Cook's exploration work in the Pacific, in the ships 'Astrolabe' & 'Boussole'. After three years, during which time he visited Chile, California, Alaska, Kamchatka, the Philippines, Japan and Hawaii, he travelled to Australia. Outside Botany Bay he met up with Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet, after which he set sail and was never seen again, despite an extensive rescue mission. Fortunately La Pérouse took every oportunity to send his work back to France: one crew member disembarked in Kamchatka and spent a year crossing Siberia back to France; later journals, charts and letters he left with the British at Botany Bay. Thus his discoveries were not lost with him, but published posthumously in this work, 'Voyage de la Perouse autour du monde..'.
[Ref: 18684] £380.00
[1886 earthquake] Supplement to the New Zealand Herald.
C.P. Wilsons & Horton Chromo-Lith. Auckland.
June 21, 1886.
Three chromolithographs and two litho maps on one sheet. 445 x 290mm (18 x 11½"). Some spotting and wear.
A newspaper sheet published eleven days after the earthquake and volcanic eruptions that hit New Zealand's North Island on June 10th 1886. 150 people, mostly Maori, were killed, and two of New Zealand's most famous natural features, the Pink and White Terraces illustrated here, were destroyed.
[Ref: 44003] £130.00
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Maison de l'Agent Hollandais. à Tondano. (Iles Celèbes.)
de Sainson pinx. V. Adam Lith.
J. Tastu, Editeur. Lith. de Lemercier. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph. Printed area 280 x 350mm.
A view of a building in Tonando, in the Celebes, then governed by the Dutch. 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: 8161] £190.00
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[Well Bred Sitters that never say they are bored]
[After Landseer] [W. H. Simmons pencil signature]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Mixed-method, proof on chine collé. 850 x 650mm (33½ x 25½"), with large margins. Crease in image.
Three dogs, including a poodle, before an array of dead fowl. One dog holds a brush in its mouth, suggesting the dogs belong to the artist. See Landseer Tate Gallery pg 200
[Ref: 56264] £620.00
30 Extraordinary Characters &c. Described in the Work.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Aquatint. Sheet: 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Trimmed, vertical crease and paper loss in bottom left corner. Laid on album sheet.
A collection of thirty freaks and figures, both shunned and celebrated by contemporary society, including: Masaniello, the Neapolitan fisherman who supposedly led an uprising against the Spanish Habsburg rule in Naples in 1647; Billy Waters, one of many black beggars in early 19th-century London; Bampfylde Moore Carws (1693-1759), the English rogue, vagabond and imposter, who claimed to be King of the Beggars; Count Joseph Boruwlaski, the Polish dwarf who fell in love with Durham; Sir Thomas Parkyns (1662-1741), the noted wrestler, seen here clenching his fists, and the author of a book on Cornish Hugg wrestling; Samuel Horsey, who claimed that the surgeon Mr Abernethy cut off his legs without any explanation, who can be seen sliding along Charing Cross; and Lord Rokeby (1712-1800), the English eccentric nobleman who preferred a watery environment to a dry one. Key below identifying the figures, and images of natural phenomena (a water spout, volcanic eruption etc) around the edges.
[Ref: 44689] £95.00
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[Thirty-Third Regiment.] Plate 22.
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. & D. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, Jan.y 1. 1814.
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14½"). Trimmed within plate.
A sergeant of the 33rd (or the 1st West Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot recruiting outside a pub called ''The Lord Wellington'. In 1793 the future Duke of Wellington, purchased a commission in the 33rd as a Major; later the regiment fought with him in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War including Seringapatam, then at Waterloo, a year after this print was published. In 1853 the regiment was renamed the 33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment. From George Walker's 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author's original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire. Abbey Life 432.
[Ref: 60653] £160.00
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No. 3457. Play H. a. Freeman's Pantomime. Character.
Hugo Baruch & Co. Commandit-Gesellschaft. Berlin - London. [n.d. c.1890.]
Watercolour with pen and ink on board. 380 x 196mm. 15 x 7¾".
A young lady in a short dress with a fur head-piece with a red-breasted bird perched on the top; she holds a small parasol in her right hand. A costume design by the large costumier company of Hugo Baruch & Co. for "Mr Freeman's Pantomime". Ex Collection: Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 22696] £230.00
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No. 3576 Play. Mr. Freeman Panto. Character.
Hugo Baruch & Co. Commandit-Gesellschaft. Berlin - London. [n.d. c.1890.]
Watercolour with pen and ink on board. 380 x 196mm. 15 x 7¾".
A young man dressed in a red bowler hat, monocle, ruffled bow-tie and shoulder pieces, attached to a small red jacket with draping tails. He wears a patterened shirt with a white scarf over his left arm; leaning on a cane in his right; wearing knee-length trousers and red-patterened stockings. A costume design by the large costumier company of Hugo Baruch & Co. for "Mr Freeman's Pantomime". Ex Collection: Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 22697] £230.00
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Officers of the British Army, No. 6. 3rd or P. of W. Dragoon Guards. Dedicated by Permission to the Adjatant General of his Majesty's Forces.
L. Mansion & S.t Eschauzier inv. & del. Printed by Lefevre & Co.
London, Published by W. Spooner 253, Regent St. Coloured by C.H. Martin. [n.d., c.1830.]
Fine & rare coloured lithograph. Framed. Printed area: 360 x 280mm (14 x 11''). Frame: 520 x 440mm (20½ x 17¼''). Unexamined out of frame.
A mounted portrait of an officer in the 3rd Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards which was amalgamated into the 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards in 1922.
[Ref: 48973] £320.00
[3 September 1843 Revolution] Aohnai. Le Septembre 1843.
[n.d. c.1844.]
Scarce lithograph, sheet 280 x 345mm (11 x 13½"). Repaired crease.
A view of the 3rd September 1843 Revolution; an uprising by the Hellenic Army in Athens, supported by large sections of the people, against the autocratic rule of King Otto. An army stands outside the Old Royal Palace.
[Ref: 61674] £280.00
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Officers of the British Army, No. 53. 7th (or the P. Royal's) Dragoon Guards. Dedicated by Permission to the Adjatant General of his Majesty's Forces.
L. Mansion & S.t Eschauzier inv. & del. Printed by Lefevre & Co.
London, Published by W. Spooner 253, Regent St. Coloured by C.H. Martin. [n.d., c.1830.]
Rare & fine coloured lithograph. Framed. Printed area: 360 x 280mm (14 x 11''). Frame: 520 x 440mm (20½ x 17¼''). Unexamined out of frame. Foxing.
A mounted portrait of an officer of the 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards which were amulgimated with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, to form the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards in 1922
[Ref: 48967] £320.00
[A Set of 9 Decorative French Scenes.]
Set of 9 engravings, sheet 140 x 135mm (5½ x 5¼"). All glued to an album sheet.
A set of nine decorative French scenes of animals and putti.
[Ref: 45090] £420.00
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Officers of the British Army, No. 55. 9.th (or Queen's Royal) Lancers. Dedicated by Permission to the Adjatant General of his Majesty's Forces.
L. Mansion & S.t Eschauzier inv. & del. Printed by Lefevre & Co.
London, Published by W. Spooner 253, Regent St. Coloured by C.H. Martin. [n.d., c.1830.]
Rare & rare coloured lithograph. Framed. Printed area: 360 x 280mm (14 x 11''). Frame: 520 x 440mm (20½ x 17¼''). Unexamined out of frame. Little foxing.
A mounted portrait of an officer from the 9th Queens Royal Lancers. The regiment was amalgamated with the 12th Royal Lancers to form the 9th/12th Royal Lancers in 1960.
[Ref: 48971] £280.00
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Copy of A Curious Letter From A Gentlemen to a Lady.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Letterpress, sheet 185 x120mm (7¼ x 12¾"). Some time staining. Creased where previously folded. Some holes.
A publication of a letter with an interesting code. If the letter is read directly it seems like a hate letter, however if read you read every other line it is a romantic letter. Presumambly it is written this way as a father is reading the young lady's letters and disapproves of the relationship.
[Ref: 58970] £190.00
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A Frost.
Designed and Etched by Theordore Lane. Eng.d by Geo. Hunt.
Pub March, 1827, by Geo. Hunt, Corner of York St. & Bridges St. Covent Garden.
Etching with hand coloured aquatint. 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½"). Trimmed and tipped into backing sheet, a bit time stained and abrasion in title
A man is carried from the ice, dripping wet and carrying one of his skates, by another gentleman wearing a hat with the words 'Humane Society'. Another man offers him some gin. Originally a pair to 'A Thaw'. See ref 56504. The 'R' of Frost is rubbed out. Hickman pg. 98. i of ii.
[Ref: 56553] £180.00
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A Frost.
Designed and Etched by Theordore Lane. Eng.d by Geo. Hunt.
Pub March, 1827, by Geo. Hunt, Corner of York St. & Bridges St. Covent Garden.
Etching with hand coloured aquatint. 330 x 265mm (13 x 10½"). Faint water stain in top margin and some toning.
A man is carried from the ice, dripping wet and carrying one of his skates, by another gentleman wearing a hat with the words 'Humane Society'. Another man offers him some gin. Originally a pair to 'A Thaw'. See ref 56504. Hickman pg. 98. i of ii.
[Ref: 56505] £220.00
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A Loan. If you please M.rs Soapkins Mother says will you lend her a Pan full of coals till tomorrow.
Drawn by Joe Lisle. [George Hunt.]
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1827.
Etching with hand coloured aquatint, watermark 1827 J. Whatman, Turkey Mills. 240 x 210mm (9½ x 8¼"), very large margins. Some toning.
A young boy wearing a rosette asks an old woman in a dirty apron and old fashioned quilted skirt for some coal on behalf of his mother. Hickman pg. 102. BM 14993.
[Ref: 56502] £260.00
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Oberon and Titania. [&] Oberon & Puck. Vide Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Pair of coloured stipples. Each sheet c.135 x 175mm (5¼ x 7"). Mounted on the same album sheet.
A pair of oval stipples, with the figures looking like children playing the roles.
[Ref: 40753] £120.00
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Helena and Hermia. From A Midsummer Night's Dream. Premium Plate to Subscribers to "The Art Journal'', 1899.
EJP 1899. Painted by Sir Edward John Poynter, P.R.A. Etched by W. Heydemann.
Copyright 1898. Published by H. Virtue & Co. Limited, London.
Etching. 450 x 510mm (17¾ x 20"), with large margins. Foxing.
The two female romantic leads from Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', seated together discussing an embroidery. This etching is taken from the first of two versions in oil by Edward John Poynter (1836-1919); the second, dated 1901, is in the Art Gallery of South Australia.
[Ref: 52195] £190.00
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[A Midsummer Night's Dream] Thisbe. Ev'n in this narrow chinkthey quickly found [/] A friendly passage for a trackless sound, [/] Safely they told their sorrows, and their joys, [/] In whisper'd murmurs, and a dying noise.
J. Hoppner del. W. Nutter Sculp.
Publish'd Dec.r 5th, by Bull & Jeffryes. Ludgate Hill London.
Stipple engraving with large margins. Platemark: 395 x 290mm. (15½ x 11¼"). Slight stain inside platemark on right side.
Thisbe listening through a chink in a stone wall. Pyramus and Thisbe is the story of two lovers in the city of Babylon who occupy connected houses, forbidden by their parents to be wed. Through a crack in one of the walls, they whisper their love for each other. From Shakepeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28402] £280.00
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[A Midsummer Night's Dream] Oberon. _da Blick und Son, ihm schnell ihr Herz gewann, so wagen bald Kinder sich hin uns spielen mit Seinen Locken. Den tapfern Mann ergötzt ihr traulich frohes Gewühl, er wird mit ihnen Kind, und theilt ihr süsses Spiel.
H. Rambery delt. F. John sculpt. Viennae 1769.
Stipple engraving with large margins. Plate 255 x 185mm. 10 x 7¼". Fine.
Oberon is a legendary king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as Consort to Titiana, Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
[Ref: 15464] £95.00
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[A Midsummer Night's Dream] Titania. Puck. What Hempen Home-Spuns Have We Swaggering Here... From the original picture in the possession of William Chamberlayne Esq.r to whom this print is respectfully inscribed by His most obliged & obedient humble Servant, Henry Thompson.
Painted by Henry Thomson R.A. Engraved by W. Say, Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London Published March 21, 1814 by T. MacDonald, 39 Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 620 x 415mm. Framed. Trimmed within platemark at bottom.
A scene from 'A Midsummer's Night Dream', with Titania asleep, watched by Puck. In the background is Bottom with an ass's head. Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 7112] £520.00
[Helena and Hermia. From A Midsummer Night's Dream.]
EJP 1899. Edward John Poynter. W. Heydemann [pencil signatures.]
Copyright 1898. Published by H. Virtue & Co. Limited, London.
Etching on vellum, artist's proof before title. 450 x 510mm (17¾ x 20"), with large margins. Mint.
The two female romantic leads from Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', seated together discussing an embroidery. This etching is taken from the first of two versions in oil by Edward John Poynter (1836-1919); the second, dated 1901, is in the Art Gallery of South Australia.
[Ref: 52194] £490.00
Wants a Situation. A Respectable Middle Aged Man wants a Place in some Law Office the Exchequer would be Prefer'd_ He can speak French & has no objection to make himself generally Useful...
Published by G.S. Tregear, 96 Cheapside. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼''). Trimmed.
A satirical print showing a man looking at want ads on a board.
[Ref: 50467] £140.00
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For A-Maze-Meant and For Amusement. 'Tis no hard task to find the gate / By which you enter in; / But if you don't continue right, You'll end where you begin...
Printed & sold by William Jeffrey 7 Geo: Yard, Lombard Street.
A very rare coloured lithograph. Printed area 260 x 200mm, 10¼ x 8". Small tear.
[Ref: 13803] £160.00
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Vue du viaduc a Borcette près d'Aix-la-Chapelle. Passant devant le Grand Hotel & Bains de la Rose.
N. Ponsart lith. Imp. de Degobert & Spelle à Bruxelles [c.1830]
Lithograph, sheet 150 x 340mm (6 x 13¼").
Viaduct near Aachen, Germany, showing trains crossing.
[Ref: 43620] £130.00
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Aaron and Driver, as Running the first Heat at Maidenhead. 64.
[Richard Roper.]
Pub. by Sayer & Bennett, Map, Chart & Printsellers, London. [n.d. c.1760.]
Copper engraving. Plate 140 x 177mm. 5½ x 7". Uncut.
A depiction of the first heat run in a match between Mr Lamego's chestnust, Driver, and Mr Roger's bay, Aaron. Driver won the first heat; the two horses gallop towards a finishing-post on the left, whipped-on by their jockeys. Race meetings were held at Maidenhead until c.1815. Tate Britain: T02367 [third heat].
[Ref: 21715] £75.00
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Ababdeh riding Dromedaries.
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron and Lehnert.
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 275 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼").
Three Ababda nomads and their camels, with s smooth-haired saluki. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile'. The artist, Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), was a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi. Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32081] £260.00
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Abba Gregorius Aethiops Amharensis Aet LII [parallel text in Amharic]
G.B. v. Sand pinx. Elias Ch. Heiss sculp. Aug. Vind. 1691.
Very rare mezzotint. Sheet 225 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed close to image, surface abrasions. Damaged.
Abba Gregorius (1595-1658), Ethiopian priest and lexicographer. Gregorius travelled to Rome where he met the German scholar Hiob Ludolf and instructed him in the history and culture of Ethiopia, later spending time in Germany at Ludolf's invitation. The two men co-authored books on the Amharic language and Ludolf wrote a 'History of Ethiopia' indebted to what he learnt from Gregorius. Mezzotint by Elias Christoph Heiss (1660-1731), Augsburg-based mezzotinter specialising in portraits. Possibly a pair to the portrait of Ludolf by Heiss after Sand, for which see ref.30232.
[Ref: 64416] £290.00
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Abba Thulle, Roi de Pelew.
A.W. Devis Del. A.M.De Gouy Sculp.
A rare stipple. Sheet: 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed. Slight repaired tear in title.
Captain Henry Wilson when he stayed in the Palau Islands, now known as Belau, after the shipwreck of his East India Company packet Antelope. Wilson and his crew became friendly with the Palauans, especially the high chief of Koror, the ibedul, known by the crew as Abba Thule. Abba Thule's second son, Prince Lee Boo, was chosen to sail to England with the crew. They left the islands on 12 November 1783. Lee Boo survived only six months in England. He died of smallpox and was buried in the churchyard of St Mary's, Rotherhithe, where his grave can still be seen.
[Ref: 46688] £230.00
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L'Art de se Connoitre. caractere du genie de Jacq. Abbadie ne en 1654 mort en 1727.
C. Eisen del. François sculp. et ex. C.P.R.
[Paris: Brunet, c.1760.]
Crayon manner printed in reddish-brown ink, sheet 295 x 220mm. 11½ x 8¾".
Allegorical tribute to Jakob (Jacques) Abbadie (1654? - 1727), French Protestant divine and writer who became dean of Killaloe, in Ireland. A nearly-naked young male figure, with flame burning above his head, studies his reflection in a circular looking-glass; he holds a quill in his right hand. Closed book and dramatic mask on the ground in foreground. After Charles Eisen (1720 - 1778), by Jean Charles François (1717 - 1769), inventor the crayon manner technique of etching in 1757. Numbered 'VIIIe. metha' upper left. For Alexandre Savérien's 'Histoire des Philosophes modernes', published in eight 4to volumes from 1760-1767. 79 plates (and eight frontispieces) were engraved for the book.
[Ref: 22216] £240.00
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Il Sigs: Abbate Segretario. Nell Gabinetto di S.M. il Re di Pol: Elet: di Sassonia.
Cavalier P.L. Ghezzi delin. Matth: Oesterreich Sculps Dresde.
OM [overlapping monogram.] Sculpsit 1750: adi: 15 July Dresde.
Etching, fine, paper 18th century watermark with large margins. Plate 300 x 203mm. 11¾ x 8".
Number 15 from a series of plates of caricatures of the Roman court and its foreign visitors; a man with a book under his right arm. After Pier Leone Ghezzi (1675-1755), regarded as the first professional caricaturist. Based in Rome, he moved freely amongst the Italian nobility, even associating with Pope Clement XI. His satirical portraits include one of Vivaldi and several British grand tourists. Title taken from the index to 'Raccolta di XXIV Caricature Disegnate colla penna dell Celebre Cavalliere Piet: Leon: Ghezzi. Conservati nell Gabinetto di Sua Maestà il Rè di Polonia Elett. di Sassonia'.
[Ref: 23883] £260.00
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Qu'en Dit L'Abbe?
Peint à la Gouasse par N. Lavreince, Peintre du Roi de Suede. Grave par N. De Launay, Graveur du Rois de France et de Dannemarck, et des acad.ies de France et de Copenhague.
[Paris: Nicolas de Launay, 1788.]
Engraving, proof before dedication and publication line. 475 x 350mm (18¾ x 13¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Cut to platemark at bottom.
'What says the abbot?'. While having her hair dressed, a woman asks one of her companions his views on an embroidered fabric her servants hold up. A musician tunes his guitar. Engraved by Nicolas De Launay (1739- c.1792) after Swedish miniature painter Nicolas Lavreince (1737-1807). L & D 94, state ii.
[Ref: 63353] £550.00
Abbeville-France. [in pencil.]
Louis Whirter [signed in pencil.]
Etching, publisher's blind stamp. Plate: 300 x 200mm (11¾ x 8'') very large margins. Printer's crease.
A view of the French town of Abbeville, with the cathedral in the backround.
[Ref: 49383] £45.00
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Abbeville.
Albany E. Howarth. [signed in pencil.]
1922.
Etching, with publisher's stamp on left of Alfred Bell & Co. Plate: 385 x 235mm (15¼ x 9¼''). Mint.
A view in the French town of Abbeville with the church of St. Vulfan in the background. An etching by artist Albany E. Howarth (1872-1936).
[Ref: 49349] £85.00
(£102.00 incl.VAT)
[Edwin Austin Abbey] ["Fairford Abbey"]
Spy [Leslie Ward].
[Vanity Fair, Dec.r 28th 1898.]
Chromolithography, proof before letters. Image 330 x 180mm (13 x 7").
Full-length caricatured portrait of Philadelphia-born artist Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911), famous for his set of murals, ''The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail'' in the Boston Public Library and the official painting of the coronation of King Edward VII. At the time of this portrait he lived in Fairford, Gloucestershire, and was the president of the Artists' Cricket Club.
[Ref: 63903] £75.00
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Abbotsford, The Seat of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Roxburghshire.
Drawn on Stone by J.S. Templeton. Printed by R. Martin.
Published by T. Fisher, Hanway Street, Oxford Street [n.d., c.1840]. Price 1s/6d.
Lithograph on india paper, rare, india 180 x 225mm. 7 x 9". .
Abbotsford, the home of poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832), Melrose, Scotland. An attractive separately-issued print (as the advertised price indicates).
[Ref: 24647] £120.00
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Abd-el-Kader, Bey de Mascara. Né en 1807.
[Paris: Chaillou?, n.d., c.1839.]
Scarce lithograph, sheet 165 x 135mm. 6½ x 5¼". Sheet a little trimmed.
Portrait of Abd El-Kader Ben Muhieddine (1808 – 1883), an Algerian Islamic scholar, Sufi, political and military leader who led a struggle against the French invasion in the mid-nineteenth century, for which he is seen by some Algerians as their national hero. See BNF FRBNF41522016.
[Ref: 24042] £140.00
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Apti Bassa Late governor of Buda who havnig defended the place to the last Extremity was killd upon ye Place
M. Vander Gucht. Scul. [c.1687].
Rare engraving, platemark 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Small margins.
Abdi Pasha (1616-86), Albanian Abdurrahman who was the last Turkish Governor of Buda (now part of Budapest, Hungary). In 1684, during the Great Turkish War, an army of the Holy Roman Empire led by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, took the city and Abdi Pasha died while heroically defending the city with a tiny army. A memorial to him at Buda Castle describes him as a 'noble enemy and a hero'. An illustration from 'The Turkish History from the Original of that Nation...' 1687 by Sir Paul Rycaut.
[Ref: 41462] £160.00
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Les Aigles Brûlés. Dédié aux Braves de la Patrie. Les Braves d e la Vieille-Garde...
A Paris chez Martinet Libraire, Rue du Coq St. Honoré, No.13. [n.d., c.1815.]
Etching with aquatint. Sheet 270 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"). Ink stamp 'Napoleons Premiere epreuve', with imperial eagle. Trimmed to platemark on three sides.
After Napoleon's abdication in 1814, the Old Guard of his army burn their battle flags and eagles and drink the ashes mixed with wine.
[Ref: 55812] £160.00
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Abdolominus Wie spiehlt nicht offt das Gluck [...]
J.E. Nilson inv et del. B.S. Setletsky sc. [lower right of image]
Joh. George Hertel, excud. A.V. 1
Etching, sheet 340 x 215mm (13½ x 8½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
This scene probably relates to the play 'Abdolominus' by French playwright Gabriel-Francois Le Jay (1657-1734). In this play, Alexander the Great appoints his distant relative Abdolomines king of Sidon. Abdolomines preferred to live a simple life, and here he is offered the crown while he dwells in a splendid natural setting. With rococo border and verses in German and Latin below. From a set of decorative prints etched from designs by Johann Esaias Nilson (1721-88), 'the German Watteau'. Nilson was part of a family of artists and established himself as the leading Augsburg artist of his day, whose influence extended across publishing, art academies, a role as court painter, and the decorative arts (especially ceramics).
[Ref: 33168] £140.00
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[Woman abducted by a god?]
EC [ms below image]
[c.1680]
Fine mezzotint, scarce, platemark 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Glued to backing sheet.
[Ref: 46002] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Bibliotheque Publique D'Abd'ul Hamid.] [Title in pencil below image.]
C.N. Cochin Fils direx. D. Née Sculp. 1787.
1787.
Engraving, proof impression before titles. Platemark: 280 x 410mm (11 x 16"). Creases in lower left corner.
An interior view of the public library of Abdul Hamid I or Abd Al-Hamid I (1725 - 1789), the 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning over the Ottoman Empire from 1774 to 1789. After French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic Charles-Nicolas Cochin (1715 - 1790).
[Ref: 39499] £220.00
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Adam Bearing the Murdered Body of Abel_and sighing under the sad burthen slowly moved towards his dwelling. Gessner's Death of Abel, Book the IV. Plate the 1.st [&] The Departure of Cain. They left their cottage Mahala with weeping eyes beheld the dwellings of her parents and of Mirza. Gessner’s Death of Abel. Book V.
H. Singleton pinxit. John Murphy excudit 1799. James Godby sculpsit. [&] H. Singleton pinxit. John Murphy excudit 1800. James Godby sculpsit.
London: Published Jan.y 7. 1799, by John Murphy, North-side Paddington Green. [&] London: Published Jan.y 2. 1800, by John Murphy. No.19 Howland Street Fitzroy Square.
A pair of stipples. Each 596 x 515mm (23½ x 20¼"), with large margins. First of pair cut into platemark along both side edges, some foxing to edges, but images excellent.
Adam and Eve, wearing animal skins, Adam carrying the dead body of his son Abel over his shoulder, approaching across a landscape, with Eve walking behind him, covering her face in her hands, mourning; [&] Cain, wearing animal skins, one hand to his head in despair, holding a son by the other hand, his wife beside him carrying a child and looking behind her sadly at the home they have left, two other children walking just ahead of them, pointing onward. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
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Abelard.
D. Gardner Pinx.t. Tho.s Watson fecit.
London Publish'd May 28th 1782 by Tho.s Watson, 33 Strand.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Small margins.
Imaginary portrait of medieval philosopher Pierre Abelard (1079-1142). This print was published as a pair with an image of Héloïse d'Argenteuil, his lover with whom he corresponded after they were separated (hence the paper and quill). Alexander Popes' poem about the couple ensured their popularity as a subject for artists in the 18th century. Whitman 27.
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[John Abercrombie]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Trimmed to engraved border, laid on album paper.
Full-length portrait of John Abercrombie (1726–1806), Scottish horticulturist, the new frontispiece for the 1800 edition of his 'Every Man His Own Gardener'.
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The Hon.ble Alexander Abercromby, One of the Senators of the College of Justice, and one of the Lords Commissioners of Judiciary for Scotland. From a picture in the Possession of Lord Craig to whom this Plate, is respectfully dedicated by his Lordship's Most Ob.t Serv.t Alexander Lawrie.
Engraved by G. Dawe [after Sir Henry Raeburn].
Published Oct.r 22. 1800 by Alex.r Lawrie, Bookseller, Edinburg.
Fine mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with large margins.
Alexander Abercromby (1745-1795), Lord Abercromby, younger brother of lieutenant-general Sir Ralph Abercromby. The original portrait seems to date from 1792, when Abercromby was made one of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary; this mezzotint was not published until five years after his death.
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Sir Ralph Abercrombie, Knight of the Bath. From the original Picture in the Possession of the Right Honorable Henry Dundas, to whom this Plate is, by permission, respectfully Dedicated, by his obliged Serv.t John Jeffryes.
J. Hoppner R.A. pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds sculp.t.
London, Published 4.th June, 1801, by John Jeffryes, Clapham Road.
Fine mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished, J. Whatman watermark. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 8"), with large margins. Spotting in margins.
Half-length portrait of Ralph Abercrombie (1734-1801), in uniform. The plate was first published in 1799 by Reynolds, with the title 'Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Abercrombie K.B.'. The plate was reissued to commemorate his death following the Battle of Alexandria. Whitman 2. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
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Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Abercrombie K.B.
Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Published Feb. 1. 1799, by S.W. Reynolds, N.º 46, Poland Street, London.
Mezzotint, proof with uncleaned inscription area. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 8"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Ralph Abercrombie (1734-1801), in uniform), published two years before his death following the Battle of Alexandria. The plate was reissued to commemorate his death. Whitman 2.
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View of Old Aberdeen, including Kings College and the Cathedral. Under the Patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. To His Grace Alexander Duke of Gordon, Chancellor, the Rt: Hon:ble Sylvester Lord Glenbervie, Rector Roderick Macleod, D.D. Principal, and the Professors of the University and Kings College of Aberdeen. This View of the Seat of that Ancient Seminary, in respectfully Inscribed by their most obedient humble Servant. John Ewen.
Painted by A. Nasmyth from a drawing by R. Seaton. Engraved by F.C. Lewis.
Pub.d by J. Ewen, Aberdeen 1. March. 1808.
Coloured aquatint. 476 x 621mm. 18¾ x 24½". Laid. Trimmed to the plate along left and lower edge. Repairs.
View of Aberdeen, Kings College and the Cathedral.
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