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The Right Hon.ble Lord Keith, K.B. Vice Admiral of the Red.
The Right Hon.ble Lord Keith, K.B. Vice Admiral of the Red.
Painted by H.P. Danloux. Engraved by P. Audinet.
London Published by H.P. Danloux, No.11. Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital, March 1. 1801.
Fine etching and engraving with small margins. Plate 359 x 248mm. 14 x 9¾".
Portrait; bust directed to left with left arm thrown out, across his chest, head turned and looking away to right, wearing naval uniform with epaulettes, dark stock and frilled cravat; in an oval frame against a ground of horizontal lines. George Keith Elphinstone (1746-1823) the British admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars. In 1790 he was elected a Member of the Royal Society.
[Ref: 27280]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Right Hon.ble Lord Keith, K.B. Vice Admiral of the Red.]
[The Right Hon.ble Lord Keith, K.B. Vice Admiral of the Red.]
[Painted by H.P. Danloux. Engraved by P. Audinet.]
[London Published by H.P. Danloux, No.11. Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital, March 1. 1801.]
Fine etching and engraving, proof before all letters. Plate 355 x 246mm. 14 x 9¾". Crease on right; false margins added.
Portrait; bust directed to left with left arm thrown out, across his chest, head turned and looking away to right, wearing naval uniform with epaulettes, dark stock and frilled cravat; in an oval frame against a ground of horizontal lines; proof before all letters. George Keith Elphinstone (1746-1823) the British admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars. In 1790 he was elected a Member of the Royal Society. After a portrait by the French emigré Henri Danloux.
[Ref: 27281]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Music cover] The Cracovienne.  Danced by Madlle Fanny Elssler,
[Music cover] The Cracovienne. Danced by Madlle Fanny Elssler, in the Grand Ballet of the Gypsey, Composed by N. C. Bocsha. Pr.75 cts.
N. Currier's Lith. N.Y.
New York Published by Hewitt & Jacques 239 Broadway [n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph, illustrated sheet music cover, rare. Sheet 330 x 220mm, 13 x 8¾". Sheet slightly trimmed.
Dancer Fanny Elssler (1810 - 1884) full length to front, wearing a military jacket, arms crossed in front of waist, hat with feathers, and hair in long braids. Houses and figures behind. She performs the Krakowiak, a fast, syncopated Polish dance in duple time from the region of Krakow. La Gypsy was a ballet in three acts with choreography by Joseph Mazilier; it premiered on 28th January 1839 at the Paris Opera with Elssler and Mazilier.
See Library of Congress LOT 10615-17. Not in Beaumont.
[Ref: 22978]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Fanny Elssler.
Fanny Elssler. Florinde.
Edwin D. Smith. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Nov. 1 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Francesca "Fanny" Cerrito as a water sprite, the title role of 'Ondine, ou La naïade', a ballet with choreography by Jules Perrot and music by Cesare Pugni. Cerrito (11 May 1817 - 6 May 1909) was one of the few 19th century ballerinas who also gained acceptance as a choreographer. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 49518]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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A View near Eltham in Kent. 1.
A View near Eltham in Kent. 1. Twelve Views in Kent, Surry, Hartford-shire &c. Drawn from Nature. No.8.
London, Printed by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No.53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 12 Dec.r 1778.
Engraving, laid on album sheet. 179 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Trimmed.
A countryside scene: a shepherd sitting in a paddock outside his house with three sheep; a windmill in the background. A cart and horse move towards right away from a gate and hut where a man sits guarding the road. From a series of 'Twelve Views in Kent, Surry, Hartford-shire &c. Drawn from Nature'.
See Ref: 31567 for complete set.
[Ref: 34748]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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King John's Barn, Eltham [Interior] [&] [Exterior] (2).
King John's Barn, Eltham [Interior] [&] [Exterior] (2).
Hge L delt. & fect. [&] Drawn & Etched by the late Honble. Heneage Legge.
London, Published by James Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1845.
Pair of etchings, sheets 175 x 210mm (7 x 8¼") [&] 175 x 240mm (7 x 9½"). Both lacking margins.
Two views of Eltham Palace, then in rural Kent (now southeast London), childhood home of Henry VIII. In 1995 its management was handed over to English Heritage which restored the building in 1999 and opened it to the public. After Heneage Legge (1788 - 1844), amateur etcher; son of George, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth. He died the year before these prints were published.
[Ref: 21703]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Habit of Eltruda in the Masque of Alfred.
Habit of Eltruda in the Masque of Alfred. Eltrude, dans le Masque d'Alfred.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Fine original colour. Trimmed inside platemark. Slight staining bottom left.
The character of 'Eltrude' from The Maque of Alfred, an operatic stage work about Alfred the Great. Plate 234 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 34889]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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West view of Ely Cathedral.
West view of Ely Cathedral. Ebenezer William Creak, Choristers' School, Ely.
Rock & Co. London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving, 155 x 110mm. 6 x 4¼". Horizontal creases; trimmed.
A calling-card, with a view of Ely cathedral.
[Ref: 9065]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Views of Ely.
Views of Ely.
Published by Rock & Co. London. [c.1870.]
Attractive souvenir booklet of six steel engraved views, oblong 12mo, stitched into original printed card wrappers; embossed upper cover. Binding scuffed, rubbed and creased; slight foxing to plate margins.
No text save captions; all plates numbered and dated.
[Ref: 18569]   £75.00   view all images for this item
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[Ely.]
[Ely.]
[By T. H. Page]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Manuscript map. Sheet: 95 x 165mm (3¾ x 6½''). Laid on album sheet.
A pen and ink map of the land and roads around Ely. As well as marking the towns the annotations mark good land, swamp areas, bridges and banks.
[Ref: 48953]   £230.00  
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Elysium or Cupid Punish'd.
Elysium or Cupid Punish'd. ... Vide Parnell's Poems.
Stothard Pinx.t. Ogborne sculp.t.
London, publish'd Aug.t 1 1787, by T Macklin No. 19 Fleet Street.
Fine stipple, printed in colours. 270 x 305mm (10¾ x 12"). Narrow margins, repair in unprinted area top right.
Cupid tied to a tree by a group of nymphs.
[Ref: 54743]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Slave Chasing a Fly.]
[Slave Chasing a Fly.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼''). Trimmed, damage, staining and repaired tears.
A satirical scene showing a starved, black man, dressed in leaves chasing a fly with a dagger.
[Ref: 51083]   £150.00   (£180.00 incl.VAT)
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A View of London taken off the Thames near York Buildings
A View of London taken off the Thames near York Buildings Veue de Londres dessine de dessud la Tamise, pres de York Buildings. No.22
John Boydell delin et sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t by Jn.o Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street, in Cheapside London. Price 1.s [c.1750]
Very fine hand coloured engraving on 18th century watermarked paper. Plate 260 x 430mm (10¼ x 17"), with large margins.
A view of the river showing a boat being unloaded at Embankment, near Hungerford Bridge.
[Ref: 56288]   £350.00  
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Thames Embankment.
Thames Embankment.
T.G. Dutton, chromo-lith. Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen.
London, Published June 11th. 1864 by Day & Son, Lithographers to The Queen & H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, Gate Street, Lincolns Inn Fields.
Chromolithograph, image 190 x 360mm. 7½ x 14¼". Laid on card. Slightly foxed margins a little cropped, so lacking some lettering.
View of Victoria Embankment showing a proposed steamboat landing pier on the River Thames at Temple; designed for the Metropolitan Board of Works by J.W. Bazalgette. By Thomas Goldsworth Dutton (1819/20 - 1891; fl.).
[Ref: 26234]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Thames from the Embankment to Blackfriars]
[The Thames from the Embankment to Blackfriars]
Fred. A. Farrell [signed in pencil]
[n.d. c.1925]
Etching. 285 x 365mm.
b.1882. Scotland. Official Artist with the 51st Highlanders 1914-1918.
[Ref: 2437]   £330.00  
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Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794.
Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794. Containing the various Circumstances of the Embassy, with accounts of Customs and Manners of th Chinese; and a Description of the Country, Towns, Cities, &c. &c.
by Æneas Anderson. Then in the Service of his Excellency Earl Macartney, K.B. Ambassador from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China.
London: Printed for J. Debrett, Opposite Burlington-House, Picadilly. 1795.
Rare book. 4to, original, full calf gilt, marbled endpapers; pp.xxiv + 278 + (26)(appendix, glossary and advert). Fine. Slightly scuffed at corners.
A detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney starting from 5pm Tuesday 25th September when the ship sets sail until 1794. The text includes a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 37515]   £1,150.00  
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Morland's Emblematical Palette.
Morland's Emblematical Palette. Engraved from the original painted for the Society founded by him, called Knights of the Palette, & attached to the ceiling of their Assembly Room, under which each Candidate drank his wine to the Founder's health, & became a member. "Spite of detraction, long envied Name. "Shall grace the annels of Immortal fame." "Vide Collins's Life of G.Morland".
London Published Jan 1 1806 by J.Linnell, Streatham Street, Bloomsbury. Engraved by S.W.Reynolds.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 348 x 397mm. Trimmed to plate.
A painter's palette, with a tobacco box, two pipes and a wine glass.
Whitman: 410. Rx: collection of the the Honorable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6806]   £690.00  
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M.r Emblin's Academy [in image].
M.r Emblin's Academy [in image].
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce aquatint with etching. Sheet 320 x 460mm (12½ x 18"). Trimmed into image, laid on paper. Taped into mount.
A view of a school in the High Road, Leytonstone, with pupils flying kites and playing hoops. The building became known as the Royal Lodge because of an unsubstantiated tale that Charles II stayed there.
[Ref: 67056]   £360.00  
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[A kitten playing with a ball of string.]
[A kitten playing with a ball of string.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Rare embossed card with watercolour and bodycolour, sheet 115 x 155mm. 4½ x 6". Vivid colour.
Specially designed for scrap album.
[Ref: 11929]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[A peacock standing on a fence.]
[A peacock standing on a fence.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Rare embossed card with watercolour and bodycolour, sheet 190 x 150mm. 7½ x 6". Vivid colour.
The impressed verso reveals the impressive level of detail in the bird's feathers and foliage beneath, from an intricately worked metal die. Specially designed for scrap album.
[Ref: 11927]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[A peacock standing on a fence.]
[A peacock standing on a fence.]
Dobbs. [Embossed in image.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Handcoloured embossed card. Sheet: 150 x 170mm (6 x 6¾").
A vibrantly coloured peacock stands upon a gate. Item specifically designed for scrap albums.
[Ref: 39853]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Pheasant]
[A Pheasant]
Dobbs. [Embossed image.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Handcoloured embossed card. Sheet: 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
A vibrantly coloured pheasant standing on a tree trunk facing right. An embossed item specifically designed for scrap albums.
[Ref: 39854]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Der Seidensticker.
Der Seidensticker.
[Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Weigel. 1699.]
Engraving. Plate: 85 x 135mm (3¼ x 5¼"). Slight staining.
A scene in an embroiderer's workshop in which a man leans over a large stretched canvas, a younger figure watched from behind. An illustration from 'Etwas für Alle...' by Abraham à Santa Clara (1644-1709).
[Ref: 38899]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph with added colour. 171 x 133mm. 6¾ x 5¼".
Nottinghamshire: a young lady sat at an embroidery easel sewing; a girl watches.
[Ref: 24182]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria Leaving Devonport in the "Emerald" Yacht, Towed by the "Messenger" Steamer, 6th August 1833.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria Leaving Devonport in the "Emerald" Yacht, Towed by the "Messenger" Steamer, 6th August 1833.
P. Gauci lith.
Printed by Graf & Soret.
Lithograph with hand-colouring, sheet 125 x 165mm (5 x 6½"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet with original title pasted on verso of sheet. In mount with embossed title.
The young princess Victoria leaving Devonport in the 'Emerald' yacht, as seen from Barnpool. The excursion was nearly a tragic one: when the yacht failed to stop in the Hamoaze stretch of the River Tamar (which flows past Devonport Dockyard) it was carried under a hulk, damaging the mainmast which fell onto the deck, only narrowly missing the princess. Lithograph by Paul Gauci, whose originally watercolour is in the Royal Collection as part of a scrapbook compiled by Victoria.
[Ref: 41464]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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[Engraving of monument to William Emerson, with original drawing]
[Engraving of monument to William Emerson, with original drawing] In St Mary Overie's or St. Saviour's Southwar, See Pennant's London
Pub. Jan 11 1791 by N Smith Mays Buildings St Martins Lane
Aquatint (230 x 180mm, 9 x 7") and pen-and-ink drawing (195 x 155mm, 7½ x 6"). Drawing glued to backing sheet; unidentified 'W' collector's stamp on both sheets.
Monument to William Emerson (d.1575) in Southwark Cathedral, or the church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, beside London Bridge south of the river Thames. Emerson and his family were benefactors to the church. The engraving was published in a volume on the antiquities of London, and is here offered with what is claimed to be the original drawing for the print.
[Ref: 39747]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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Emigrants Going to Australia.
Emigrants Going to Australia.
C.J. Staniland. LR [monogram].
[Illustrated London News, 1887.]
Wood engraving. Printed area 330 x 470mm (13 x 18½"). Centre fold as usual. Large margins.
Six scenes of the voyage to Australia: 'Good Bye'; 'Getting Berth Numbers'; 'In the Bay of Biscay', the effects of rough seas below decks; 'In a Gale'; 'Fine Weather'; and 'Land Ho !'. From The Illustrated London News, 12 February 1887.
[Ref: 39130]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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The Emigrant Ship Towing Out.
The Emigrant Ship Towing Out.
[Anon., c.1850.]
Woodcut illustration to a graphic periodical, sheet 170 x 200mm. 6¾ x 8". Some creasing.
A ship of emigrants is towed out of a British harbour by a steam tugboat, watched by spectators from the quayside in the foreground.
[Ref: 13504]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Emilia.
Emilia. Der Hochwohlgebohrnen Fräulein Franzisca Freyin von Sickingen...
gemalt von Angelica Kauffman. gestochen von H. Sintzenich.
Heraus gegeben in Mannheim von H. Sintzenich den 1.te Septem: 1781.
Stipple, rare & fine. 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"), with large margins. Slight repair near margin right centre.
Portrait of Emilia, a character in Lessing's drama Emilia Galotti (1772), looking coyly from under her veil.
[Ref: 45212]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Emilius, Bred by Mr. Udney in 1820, get by Orville, out by Emily by Stamford her dam, by Whiskey, out of Grey Dorimant.
Emilius, Bred by Mr. Udney in 1820, get by Orville, out by Emily by Stamford her dam, by Whiskey, out of Grey Dorimant. The Property of Thomas Thornhill Esq.e. To whom this Print is by Permission dedicated by their obedient and much obliged Serv.t S.& J. Fuller.
I.F. Herring Newmarket Pinx.t Cha.s Hunt Sculp.t
London Published Sep.r 18th. 1832 by S.& J. Fuller at their Sporting Gallery 34 Rathbone Place.
Coloured aquatint. Plate 351 x 426mm (13¾ x 16¾").
Emilius started his life with Colonel John Udney, a member of the Jockey club before Robert Robson, the Newmarket trainer took him on; known for schooling so many classic winners for the Dukes of Grafton and Lord Grosvenor. Emilius was undefeated in 1823 during his first season, however this was short-lived, and in his second year he only won one of his four starts and his racing career came to an abrupt end, however his fame lived on.
Hickman: p408.
[Ref: 18394]   £520.00  
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[Emily.]
[Emily.]
Drawn by Miss Julia Conyers. Engraved by P.W. Tomkins Historical Engraver to Her Majesty.
[London: Pub.d as the Act Directs, July 1st, 1796, by P. W. Tomkins No: 49 New Bond Street.]
Stipple, proof before title and publisher's inscription. Sheet 185 x 155mm (7¼ x 6"). Trimmed within plate,
A woman sitting at a large window, trees outside. Conyers (d.1860) married John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley, in 1819. A keen amateur artist, The New York Public Library holds her album of sketches and watercolours by herself and others, including Caroline Lamb.
[Ref: 44108]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Emine Sultane Principale du Grand Turc Hibraim.
Emine Sultane Principale du Grand Turc Hibraim.
[n.d. c.1700.]
Very rare engraving. Plate 228 x 165mm. 9 x 6½". Trimmed close to plate.
A wife of a sultan.
[Ref: 25057]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[An Emir.]
[An Emir.] Emir homme de Loy de la Race de Mahomet.
JB. G. Scotin sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47044]   £330.00  
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Emir Hadge. Caia. A Plebeian.
Emir Hadge. Caia. A Plebeian.
R. Dalton delt. et sculpt.
[London, n.d., c.1780s.]
Copper engraving on laid paper, 190 x 260mm. 7½ x 10¼". Untrimmed folio sheet. Slight fixing off image.
Three Egyptians. From a series of prints depicting the customs, manners, costume etc. of Turkey and Egypt, drawn and engraved by Richard Dalton (1715? - 1791). Dalton, who was trained as an artist, went to Rome to pursue his studies, and in 1749 travelled with Roger Kynaston and John Frederick to Naples and Sicily, where they joined a party consisting of James Caulfeild, Earl of Charlemont, Francis Pierpoint Burton, and others. From thence Dalton accompanied Lord Charlemont on his tour to Constantinople/Istanbul, Greece, and Egypt. Dalton managed to obtain the position of librarian to George III. He was subsequently appointed keeper of the pictures and antiquary to his majesty. He was one of the original members of the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1765, and became their treasurer. He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1767. 'Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt, with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, from Drawings made on the Spot.' was published in London in 1791 and is all three of Dalton's Tours in one volume.
DNB.
[Ref: 21948]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Thomas Emlyn. V.D.M.
Thomas Emlyn. V.D.M. Nat. 27 Maij. 1663. Obiit. 30. Julii. 1741.
J. Highmore pin: G. Van der Gucht Scul.
[n.d., c.1742.]
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 105mm (7¼ x 4"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
Thomas Emlyn (1663-1741), England's first openly unitarian minister. When he published 'An Humble Inquiry into the Scripture Account of Jesus Christ' in 1702, he was sentenced to a year's imprisonment for blasphemy and fined £1000. After two years he was released upon payment of £90.
[Ref: 64361]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Emma.
Emma. She reach'd with trembling step, Her aged Mother's door, He's gone! she cry'd;.
S. Shelley pinx.t. C. Taylor sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Dec.r 1;st 1788, by C. Taylor No.10 near Castle Street, Holborn.
Stipple. Plate: 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½''), with very large margins.
A scene showing a young woman entering a door.
[Ref: 50299]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Emma's Favourite.
Emma's Favourite.
W. Thomas Esq.r Pinx.t. H. Dawe Sculp.t.
Published for the proprietor by T. Bird, 40, Wigmore St.t May 1.st 1830.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 170 x 125mm (6¾ x 5''). Trimmed.
An interior scene showing a young girl holding a kitten while sitting on her mother's lap.
[Ref: 50287]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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[Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy.]
[Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy.]
[Innsbruck: D. Baur, 1603.]
Engraving with large margins. 425 x 295mm (16¾ x 7¾").
Emmanuel Philibert (1528-80), Duke of Savoy from 1553 until his death. At the time his duchy was occupied by the French so he entered the service of his cousin Philip II of Spain, becoming Governor of the Netherlands (1555-59). In 1557 he led the Spanish invasion of France: in the peace talks of 1559 Savoy was returned to him and he married the daughter of the King of France. In 1580 he was a claimant to the throne of Portugal, but lost out to Philip. He moved his capital from Chambéry to Turin, where he died and was buried in the Chapel of the Holy Shroud in Turin Cathedral. He is shown in armour within an alcove with superb architectural details, a strap-work cartouche for a title left blank. On the reverse is a German-text biography relating to another portrait, within an ornate woodcut frame. Published in Jacob Schrenck von Notzing's 'Der aller Durchleuchtigisten und Grossmächtigen Kayser, Durchleuchtigisten unnd Großmächtigen Königen'.
[Ref: 32687]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Faire Emmeline.
Faire Emmeline. Faire Emmeline sighde, faire Emmeline wept...
Stodhart Pinxit. Simon sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1787 by John & Josiah Boydell No9. Cheapside London.
Stipple, fine. Plate: 315 x 380mm (12¼ x 15"), with large margins.
An illustration to an excerpt from 'Percy's Ancient Poetry The Child of Elle' in which Emmeline elopes, escaping down a ladder.
[Ref: 44475]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Pleasure. [&] Sorrow.
Pleasure. [&] Sorrow.
H. Corbould Del. R. Cooper sculp.
London, Published Feb.y 1. 1814. by S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place.
Pair of stipples, printed in colours with fine hand finishing. Sheets c. 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plates.
Two small children admire a captive bird, then mourn its death.
The BM has 'Sorrow' (1940,1109.52, trimmed losing title) and 'Tenderness', with the same children playing with a cat and kittens.
[Ref: 55420]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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Approach of the Emperor of China, to Receive the British Ambassador.
Approach of the Emperor of China, to Receive the British Ambassador.
Drawn by B.Clayton, from a Painting by W. Alexander Esq. On Stone by J.W. Giles.
[1847.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼'').
A scene showing the Emperor of China being brought before a group of Europeans. An illustration from 'The History of China and India Pictorial and Descriptive...' by Julia Corner 1847.
Abbey 468.
[Ref: 50121]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Plate 3: Chinese Emperor on Throne.]
[Plate 3: Chinese Emperor on Throne.]
Mondon le fils Inv. A. Aveline Sculp.
Avec privilege du Roy. [n.d. c.1736.]
Copper engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 235 x 178mm. 9¼ x 7". Large margins, uncut. Some toning around the edges.
A Chinese Emperor sat on a Rococo style ornate throne, with an advisor stood in the background behind, and a huntsman on his knees begging in the front. From a series of forty-two ornament prints, divided into six sets of seven plates each; this plates belongs to the fourth set: "Quatrième livre de formes ornées de rocailles".
[Ref: 23005]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The Empress and Her Attendants Proceeding to the Temple from the Mulberry Grove.
The Empress and Her Attendants Proceeding to the Temple from the Mulberry Grove.
Drawn by Clayton, from an original painting by Fo Shang. On Stone by J.W. Giles.
[1847.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼'').
A view of a Chinese Empress followed by her handmaids in a garden. An illustration from 'The History of China and India Pictorial and Descriptive...' by Julia Corner 1847.
Abbey 468.
[Ref: 50117]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Empress of Russia Travelling.
Empress of Russia Travelling.
Burney. del. Thornthwaite sculp.
Published by Dr Trusler Jan.y. 1790.
Trimmed. 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5). Trimmed to platemark.
Russian scene in which a large sledge, containing the Empress of Russia, is being driven through the snow at the end of a large procession. Beacons burn on the mountain tops and figures watch the procession as it passes.
[Ref: 32119]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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William Empson, M.A.  Law Professor E.I.College, Hailybury.
William Empson, M.A. Law Professor E.I.College, Hailybury.
Painted by J.Linnell. Engraved by W.Walker. [Private Plate]
[n.d. c.1850]
Mezzotint. Plate 431 x 332mm.
William Empson (1791-1852), barrister, professor and journalist, law professor at the East India Company College, Haileybury, 1824-52. After John Linnell (1792-1882).
[Ref: 3911]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Le carquois épuisé.]
[Le carquois épuisé.]
Peint é la gouasse par P.A. Baudouin. Gravé par N. de Launay.
[Paris: Nicolas de Launay, 1775.]
Etching with engraving, rare proof before title. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Top left corner of margin rebuilt.
'The Empty Quiver'. A young man lounges on a bed watching a woman tidying herself up after their encounter.
[Ref: 63337]   £380.00   (£456.00 incl.VAT)
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Dromæus Irroratus.
Dromæus Irroratus. Trans. Zool. Soc. Vol 4. Pl 76.
J.Jury, ad nat. lith. M. & N. Hanhart, Imp.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Coloured lithograph.
An accurate depiction of an emu.
[Ref: 39108]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Emu Sneaking.
Emu Sneaking.
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
An Aboriginal prepares to throw a spear at grazing emus. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57917]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Les Invalides en Goguette.
Les Invalides en Goguette.
[Charlet.] [printed in image.]
Lithog de C. de Last.
Lithograph. Sheet: 335 x 500mm, (13¼ x 19¾"). Large margins. Some foxing and water staining to margins.
Two elderly soldiers support each other as they drunkenly walk home.
[Ref: 36170]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Rue d'un Camp
Rue d'un Camp Destiné pour une Brigade des Gardes du Corps. Dedié a Monseigneur le Duc de Villeroy Pair de France [...]
Chantreau pinxit. J.P. Le Bas Sculp. 1742.
A Paris chez J.P. Le Bas Graveur du Roy rue de la Harpe, vis a vis la rue Percée.
Etching, rare & good impression, platemark 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins.
Fine encampment scene after a painting by the little-known Frennch painter Jérôme François Chantereau (1710-57). Influenced by Watteau and Chardin, Chantereau painted a number of pictures for the king of Denmark.
[Ref: 44116]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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