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The Old Complaint! ''Time are horrid bad.''
[nd. c.1830.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 235 x 275mm (9¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed close to the image.
A man, spectacles resting on his forehead, stands above a table with an empty cashbox, accounts ledger and bills.
[Ref: 51417] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[nd. c.1830.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 235 x 275mm (9¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed close to the image.
A man, spectacles resting on his forehead, stands above a table with an empty cashbox, accounts ledger and bills.
[Ref: 51417] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Alaska] A Woman of Oonalashka.](jpegs/51198.jpg)
[Alaska] A Woman of Oonalashka.
J.Webber del. Delattre sc.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving, fine impression. 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate on 3 sides.
An Unangan woman, a native of Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska. Russian fur traders called her tribe the Aleut. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51198] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J.Webber del. Delattre sc.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving, fine impression. 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate on 3 sides.
An Unangan woman, a native of Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska. Russian fur traders called her tribe the Aleut. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51198] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
An Opossum of Van Diemen's Land.
J. Webber del. P. Mazell sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Trimmed to the plate.
John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives. Most of the illustrations in the Official Account, 'A Voyage to the Pacific', were his.
[Ref: 51203] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. P. Mazell sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Trimmed to the plate.
John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives. Most of the illustrations in the Official Account, 'A Voyage to the Pacific', were his.
[Ref: 51203] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Chasse a l'Opossum N.lle Hollande.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Aquatint. Sheet 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Trimmed into plate on two sides.
Australian Aborigines hunting opossum, one climbing a tree using an axe for grip.
[Ref: 51353] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Aquatint. Sheet 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Trimmed into plate on two sides.
Australian Aborigines hunting opossum, one climbing a tree using an axe for grip.
[Ref: 51353] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Otto Koenig von Griechenland.
[after Joseph Carl Stieler.]
[Germany, c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Otto, prince of Bavaria (1815-67) became the first modern King of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the Great Powers (the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire). In 1862 he was deposed, dying in exile in Bavaria in 1867. After a painting celebrating his appointment by Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1851), now in the Benaki Museum, Athens.
[Ref: 51306] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[after Joseph Carl Stieler.]
[Germany, c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Otto, prince of Bavaria (1815-67) became the first modern King of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the Great Powers (the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire). In 1862 he was deposed, dying in exile in Bavaria in 1867. After a painting celebrating his appointment by Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1851), now in the Benaki Museum, Athens.
[Ref: 51306] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
South East View of Christ Church Cathedral. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCIII [1803].
Drawn by E. Days. Engraved by James Basire.
[Oxford, 1803.] Price Two Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, pinholes in the margins.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 4 pence per year.
[Ref: 51434] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Days. Engraved by James Basire.
[Oxford, 1803.] Price Two Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, pinholes in the margins.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 4 pence per year.
[Ref: 51434] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
St Frideswide's Shrine, in Christ-Church Cathedral. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXV [1815].
Drawn by C. Wild. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price Five Shillings.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The interior of Christ Church Cathedral, with the shrine of Saint Frithuswith, (c.650-725), an abbess who is now the patron saint of Oxford University. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at one shilling per year.
[Ref: 51429] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by C. Wild. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price Five Shillings.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The interior of Christ Church Cathedral, with the shrine of Saint Frithuswith, (c.650-725), an abbess who is now the patron saint of Oxford University. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at one shilling per year.
[Ref: 51429] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Divinity School. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXVI [1816].
Drawn by John Buckler 1804. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp top left margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The interior of the Divinity School, illustrating the very elaborate lierne vaulting designed by William Orchard in the 1480s. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51428] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by John Buckler 1804. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp top left margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The interior of the Divinity School, illustrating the very elaborate lierne vaulting designed by William Orchard in the 1480s. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51428] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Part of the Quadrangle of Exeter College. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXIII [1813].
Drawn by C. Wild. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price Three Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, damp stains.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at one shilling per year.
[Ref: 51431] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by C. Wild. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price Three Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, damp stains.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at one shilling per year.
[Ref: 51431] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
AView of the Theatre, Printing House, &c. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCC [1800].
Drawn by E. Days. Engraved by James Basire. J. Cole, Cal, sc.
[Oxford, 1800.] Price Two Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, pinholes in the margins.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 4 pence per year.
[Ref: 51437] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Days. Engraved by James Basire. J. Cole, Cal, sc.
[Oxford, 1800.] Price Two Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, pinholes in the margins.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 4 pence per year.
[Ref: 51437] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Theatre. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXX [1820].
Drawn by J. Bucker 1815. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Parker, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, creasing in almanack, damp stains in margins.
The Oxford Almanack is an annual almanac published since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51436] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J. Bucker 1815. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Parker, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, creasing in almanack, damp stains in margins.
The Oxford Almanack is an annual almanac published since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51436] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
View of St Peter's Church, The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCIX [1809].
Drawn by Thyne O'Niell. Engraved by James Basire.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price Three Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, wear to the edges.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at one shilling per year.
[Ref: 51433] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Thyne O'Niell. Engraved by James Basire.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price Three Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, wear to the edges.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at one shilling per year.
[Ref: 51433] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Wadham College from the Garden. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXIX [1819].
Drawn by C. Wild. Engraved by J. Skelton.
Published by J. Parker, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The Oxford Almanack is an annual almanac published since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51425] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by C. Wild. Engraved by J. Skelton.
Published by J. Parker, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The Oxford Almanack is an annual almanac published since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51425] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Carte de L'Oceanie ou cinquieme partie du Monde.
Par A.H. Brué, Geographe de S.A.R. Monsieur.
a Paris Chez J. Goujon, Editeur Propriétaire, Rue de Bac, No 6, près le Pont Royal. 1822, Revue et Augementée en 1825.
Engraved map with original outline colour. Sheet 630 x 930mm (24¾ x 36½"), with publisher's blind stamp.. Pair of holes top corners.
A large and detailed map of the Pacific and Australasia, also showing the coastlines of America and Asia. Australia is depicted before the expeditions of Hume & Hovell and Sturt, so little detail is shown other than the Blue Mountains.
[Ref: 51350] £350.00
Par A.H. Brué, Geographe de S.A.R. Monsieur.
a Paris Chez J. Goujon, Editeur Propriétaire, Rue de Bac, No 6, près le Pont Royal. 1822, Revue et Augementée en 1825.
Engraved map with original outline colour. Sheet 630 x 930mm (24¾ x 36½"), with publisher's blind stamp.. Pair of holes top corners.
A large and detailed map of the Pacific and Australasia, also showing the coastlines of America and Asia. Australia is depicted before the expeditions of Hume & Hovell and Sturt, so little detail is shown other than the Blue Mountains.
[Ref: 51350] £350.00
Entreview du Commodore Byron avec les Patagons.
R. de Launay sculp.
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1777.]
Engraving. 230 x 380mm (9 x 15"). Trimmed into plate lower left by binder, folded as issued.
John Byron coming ashore to meet the Patagonians, who tower above Byron and his crew. HMS Dolphin is on the right. Before his account was published a rumour spread that the Patagonians Byon met were nine feet tall, confirming older accounts of them being giants; however the text described them as 6 feet 6 inches. This scene was copied for the first French edition of Hawkesworth, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774, which contained the official account of Cook's first voyage.
[Ref: 51220] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
R. de Launay sculp.
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1777.]
Engraving. 230 x 380mm (9 x 15"). Trimmed into plate lower left by binder, folded as issued.
John Byron coming ashore to meet the Patagonians, who tower above Byron and his crew. HMS Dolphin is on the right. Before his account was published a rumour spread that the Patagonians Byon met were nine feet tall, confirming older accounts of them being giants; however the text described them as 6 feet 6 inches. This scene was copied for the first French edition of Hawkesworth, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774, which contained the official account of Cook's first voyage.
[Ref: 51220] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![Robert Patterson [facsimile autograph].](jpegs/51181.jpg)
Robert Patterson [facsimile autograph].
T.H. Maguire 1849.
M. & N. Hanhart Lith. Printers.
Lithograph on india. Printed area 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½).
Robert Patterson (1802–1872) Belfast-born businessman and naturalist, founder member of the Belfast Natural History Society (1821), elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1859. He wrote 'Patterson's Zoological Diagrams, prepared for the Department of Science and Art' (1859), which was illustrated by Joseph Wolf. His son and grandson, both Roberts, were also naturalists.
Wellcome 2249.
[Ref: 51181] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
T.H. Maguire 1849.
M. & N. Hanhart Lith. Printers.
Lithograph on india. Printed area 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½).
Robert Patterson (1802–1872) Belfast-born businessman and naturalist, founder member of the Belfast Natural History Society (1821), elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1859. He wrote 'Patterson's Zoological Diagrams, prepared for the Department of Science and Art' (1859), which was illustrated by Joseph Wolf. His son and grandson, both Roberts, were also naturalists.
Wellcome 2249.
[Ref: 51181] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jonathan Peel, Secretary of State for War.]](jpegs/51412.jpg)
[Jonathan Peel, Secretary of State for War.]
[Engraved by Thomas Lewis Atkinson after Sir Francis Grant.
London, Published July 2nd 1866 by Henry Graves & Co., the Proprietors, Publishers to the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales _ 6 Pall Mall.
Rare mixed-method engraving on chine collé, proof before all letters. 710 x 470mm (28 x 18½") with very large margins. Two small tears and foxing in the margins.
A seated portrait of Lieutenant-General Jonathan Peel (1799-1879), published the year he became the Conservative Secretary of State for War for the second time. A keen follower of horse racing, he owned Orlando, winner of the 1844 Derby.
PSA Lt Ed AP 50, BL 50.
[Ref: 51412] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Thomas Lewis Atkinson after Sir Francis Grant.
London, Published July 2nd 1866 by Henry Graves & Co., the Proprietors, Publishers to the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales _ 6 Pall Mall.
Rare mixed-method engraving on chine collé, proof before all letters. 710 x 470mm (28 x 18½") with very large margins. Two small tears and foxing in the margins.
A seated portrait of Lieutenant-General Jonathan Peel (1799-1879), published the year he became the Conservative Secretary of State for War for the second time. A keen follower of horse racing, he owned Orlando, winner of the 1844 Derby.
PSA Lt Ed AP 50, BL 50.
[Ref: 51412] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Attack and Capture of the Forts at the Entrance of the River Pei-Ho_ China on the 20th May 1858. By the Allied British and French Gun Boats and Boats of the Squadron in the Gulf of Pechili. Respectfully dedicated by permission to their Excellencies Rear Admiral Sir M. Seymout K.C.B. and Rear Admiral E. Reigault de Genouilby G.E.L.H. K.C.B.
From a Sketch by F.J.E.B. Bedwell. _ T.Picken Lith. Day & Son, Chromolith. to the Queen.
London Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 400 x 600mm (15¾ x 23½"), with very large margins. Image trimmed and laid on sheet with printed titles, as issued.
In 1858 a British naval squadron with Royal Marines attempted to capture the Taku forts at the entrance to the Pei-Ho River, and were ignominiously defeated.
[Ref: 51390] £750.00
From a Sketch by F.J.E.B. Bedwell. _ T.Picken Lith. Day & Son, Chromolith. to the Queen.
London Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 400 x 600mm (15¾ x 23½"), with very large margins. Image trimmed and laid on sheet with printed titles, as issued.
In 1858 a British naval squadron with Royal Marines attempted to capture the Taku forts at the entrance to the Pei-Ho River, and were ignominiously defeated.
[Ref: 51390] £750.00
![[George Percy, 5th Duke.] His Grace, The Duke of Northumberland.](jpegs/51414.jpg)
[George Percy, 5th Duke.] His Grace, The Duke of Northumberland.
[Engraved by Samuel Bellin, after J. Sydney Willis Hodges.]
London, Published June 14th 1867, by Thomas McLean, 7 Haymarket, S.W.
Mezzotint on chine collé, Printsellers' blindstamp. 520 x 415mm (20½ x 16¼") with very large margins. Some foxing.
George Percy (1778-1867) became 5th Duke of Northumberland aged 86, dying 2½ years later, two months after this portrait was published.
[Ref: 51414] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Samuel Bellin, after J. Sydney Willis Hodges.]
London, Published June 14th 1867, by Thomas McLean, 7 Haymarket, S.W.
Mezzotint on chine collé, Printsellers' blindstamp. 520 x 415mm (20½ x 16¼") with very large margins. Some foxing.
George Percy (1778-1867) became 5th Duke of Northumberland aged 86, dying 2½ years later, two months after this portrait was published.
[Ref: 51414] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Arch Crossing the Ravine. Triumphal Arch crossing the Ravine leading to Petra [in plate].
David Roberts R.A.
London Pub.d by F.G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Aug. 18th 1842.
Tinted lithograph with later colour. Printed area 390 x 295mm (15¼ x 11½").
An ancient bridge over the ravine that leads to Petra. It collapsed in 1896.
From David Robert's monumental six volume ''Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. From drawings made on the spot by David Roberts...'', lithographed by Louis Haghe.
[Ref: 51294] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
David Roberts R.A.
London Pub.d by F.G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Aug. 18th 1842.
Tinted lithograph with later colour. Printed area 390 x 295mm (15¼ x 11½").
An ancient bridge over the ravine that leads to Petra. It collapsed in 1896.
From David Robert's monumental six volume ''Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. From drawings made on the spot by David Roberts...'', lithographed by Louis Haghe.
[Ref: 51294] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![No. [144053] This Policy of Assurance Witnesseth,](jpegs/51367.jpg)
No. [144053] This Policy of Assurance Witnesseth, that [Mess.rs Edwards & Moore of the Dry Dock Liverpool Painters ~] have paid the Sum of [Five Shillings] to the Phoenix Assurance-Company of London...
[filled in 29th September 1798.]
Letterpress insurance document with engraved logo and woodcut border, filled in with old ink mss, four blind stamps with Nuremberg signatures. Verso in ink: "The interest in this policy has become the property of Capt James Borrowdale of Liverpool" Sheet 600 x 330mm (23¾ x 13"). Folds.
The Phoenix Assurance Company was founded as a fire insurance company in 1680, existing for just over 300 years, being bought by Sun Alliance & London in 1984. At the time this policy was issued the company was helping to fund Richard Horwood's monumental 24-sheet map of London, the first (but unsuccessful) attempt to number every house in London.
[Ref: 51367] £320.00
[filled in 29th September 1798.]
Letterpress insurance document with engraved logo and woodcut border, filled in with old ink mss, four blind stamps with Nuremberg signatures. Verso in ink: "The interest in this policy has become the property of Capt James Borrowdale of Liverpool" Sheet 600 x 330mm (23¾ x 13"). Folds.
The Phoenix Assurance Company was founded as a fire insurance company in 1680, existing for just over 300 years, being bought by Sun Alliance & London in 1984. At the time this policy was issued the company was helping to fund Richard Horwood's monumental 24-sheet map of London, the first (but unsuccessful) attempt to number every house in London.
[Ref: 51367] £320.00
![No 60. [Highland Piper.]](jpegs/51351.jpg)
No 60. [Highland Piper.]
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed within plate.
A Highland piper playing his bagpipes, dressed in his kilt and feather bonnet, a castle behind. From 'The Costume of Great Britain', a book containing 60 plates of people at work and scenes of everyday life. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate the book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 51351] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed within plate.
A Highland piper playing his bagpipes, dressed in his kilt and feather bonnet, a castle behind. From 'The Costume of Great Britain', a book containing 60 plates of people at work and scenes of everyday life. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate the book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 51351] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Singular Rock, by the Road Side, Ten Miles from Carnarvon and Three from Beddgelert. It is called Pitt's Head, Because it bears a Sportive Resemblance to the Head of that Celebrated Statesman.
Published by H. Humphreys, Castle Square Carnarvon [n.d., c.1850.
Steel engraving. Sheet 125 x 175mm (5 x 6¾"). Laid on album paper.
A rock near the bottom of one of the paths to the summit of Snowdon, named after William Pitt the younger.
[Ref: 51395] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Published by H. Humphreys, Castle Square Carnarvon [n.d., c.1850.
Steel engraving. Sheet 125 x 175mm (5 x 6¾"). Laid on album paper.
A rock near the bottom of one of the paths to the summit of Snowdon, named after William Pitt the younger.
[Ref: 51395] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Power. The Popular Comedian. Tyrone Power [facsimile signature.] Designed for & presented Gratis with No 124 of The Fly.
W. Clerk lith, 102 High Holborn.
London published by Glover & Co, Water Lanem Fleet St.
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Small tear in edge.
Portrait of (William Grattan) Tyrone Power (1795 - 1841), Irish stage actor, comedian, author and theatrical manager.
[Ref: 51368] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
W. Clerk lith, 102 High Holborn.
London published by Glover & Co, Water Lanem Fleet St.
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Small tear in edge.
Portrait of (William Grattan) Tyrone Power (1795 - 1841), Irish stage actor, comedian, author and theatrical manager.
[Ref: 51368] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Raiatea] Vue de l'Isle d'Ulietea avec une Double Pirogue et un hangar où les Insulaires retirent leurs Bâtiments de mer.](jpegs/51224.jpg)
[Raiatea] Vue de l'Isle d'Ulietea avec une Double Pirogue et un hangar où les Insulaires retirent leurs Bâtiments de mer.
le Veau Dir
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1774.]
Engraving. 235360mm (9¼ x 14¼") very large margins
A scene on Raiatea, illustrating a native boat and a boathouse. It was sketched by Sydney Parkinson, who had died before the expedition reached England; however, after a dispute over ownership of his work with Parkinson's brother, Hawkesworth removed every reference to Parkinson from the Official Account of Cook's first voyage. This scene was copied by Robert Benard for the first French edition, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774.
[Ref: 51224] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
le Veau Dir
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1774.]
Engraving. 235360mm (9¼ x 14¼") very large margins
A scene on Raiatea, illustrating a native boat and a boathouse. It was sketched by Sydney Parkinson, who had died before the expedition reached England; however, after a dispute over ownership of his work with Parkinson's brother, Hawkesworth removed every reference to Parkinson from the Official Account of Cook's first voyage. This scene was copied by Robert Benard for the first French edition, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774.
[Ref: 51224] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![Lovell Reeve [facsimile signature].](jpegs/51183.jpg)
Lovell Reeve [facsimile signature].
T.H. Maguire.
M. & N. Hanhard Imp. [n.d., 1851.]
Lithograph on india. Printed area 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½").
Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-65) , conchologist and publisher, author of 'Conchologia Systematica' (2 vols. London, 1841–2).
Wellcome 2460.
[Ref: 51183] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
T.H. Maguire.
M. & N. Hanhard Imp. [n.d., 1851.]
Lithograph on india. Printed area 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½").
Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-65) , conchologist and publisher, author of 'Conchologia Systematica' (2 vols. London, 1841–2).
Wellcome 2460.
[Ref: 51183] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Regatta = Ball at Ranelagh XXIII June MDCCLXXV.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1775.
[London, c.1775.]
Etching, very fine impression. Image 195 x 225mm (7¾ x 8¾"), with large margins.
A ticket for the Regatta Ball held at the Ranelagh Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, on 23rd June 1775. Old Father Thames stands at the front of a conch shell on the river holding forth three medals from Britannia; Abundance and a putto with shield behind, Triton and Siren in water, two naked children rowing boats far left. The Rotunda on far bank to left background. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme 1969, iii/iii.
[Ref: 51270] £320.00
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1775.
[London, c.1775.]
Etching, very fine impression. Image 195 x 225mm (7¾ x 8¾"), with large margins.
A ticket for the Regatta Ball held at the Ranelagh Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, on 23rd June 1775. Old Father Thames stands at the front of a conch shell on the river holding forth three medals from Britannia; Abundance and a putto with shield behind, Triton and Siren in water, two naked children rowing boats far left. The Rotunda on far bank to left background. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme 1969, iii/iii.
[Ref: 51270] £320.00
![[Lord Frederick Roberts.]](jpegs/51397.jpg)
[Lord Frederick Roberts.]
Copperfield 1915 [pencil signature].
Photogravure, signed proof on Japanese paper. Sheet 690 x 505mm (27¼ x 20"). Some creasing. Slight stain at top.
Equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914), 1st Earl Roberts, who saw service in the Indian Rebellion, Second Afghan War and Second Boer War, probably engraved by Charles Furfe after a photograph by John Copperfield.
[Ref: 51397] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Copperfield 1915 [pencil signature].
Photogravure, signed proof on Japanese paper. Sheet 690 x 505mm (27¼ x 20"). Some creasing. Slight stain at top.
Equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914), 1st Earl Roberts, who saw service in the Indian Rebellion, Second Afghan War and Second Boer War, probably engraved by Charles Furfe after a photograph by John Copperfield.
[Ref: 51397] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
An Exact Prospect of the City of Rochester taken from Finsbery Windmill by Ja: Collins.
[London: Joseph Smith, n.d. c.1710]
Scarce engraving. Image 285 x 600mm (11¼ x 23½"). Small margins. Trimmed at bottom, losing all of a second view of Chatham bar the title, bottom right corner built up.
A view of Rochester from across the Medway, with Royal Navy warships at anchor.
[Ref: 51237] £360.00
[London: Joseph Smith, n.d. c.1710]
Scarce engraving. Image 285 x 600mm (11¼ x 23½"). Small margins. Trimmed at bottom, losing all of a second view of Chatham bar the title, bottom right corner built up.
A view of Rochester from across the Medway, with Royal Navy warships at anchor.
[Ref: 51237] £360.00
![[George Bridges Rodney.] Britons behold the Man.](jpegs/51273.jpg)
[George Bridges Rodney.] Britons behold the Man.
J. Miller del, et sculp.
Published according to Act, June 24, 1783, Dorset Court, near Parliament Street.
Scarce stipple, printed in sanguine. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾") very large margins.
A medallion portrait of Admiral George Brydges Rodney (c.1718-92), held on a plinth by figures of Time and Fame. An open book lists the commanders he beat, including Spaniard Juan de Lángara (Cape St Vincent); Dutchman Count Byland (Sint Eustatius, Dutch Antilles); and Frenchman François Joseph Paul de Grasse (Battle of the Saintes in April 1782)
[Ref: 51273] £320.00
J. Miller del, et sculp.
Published according to Act, June 24, 1783, Dorset Court, near Parliament Street.
Scarce stipple, printed in sanguine. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾") very large margins.
A medallion portrait of Admiral George Brydges Rodney (c.1718-92), held on a plinth by figures of Time and Fame. An open book lists the commanders he beat, including Spaniard Juan de Lángara (Cape St Vincent); Dutchman Count Byland (Sint Eustatius, Dutch Antilles); and Frenchman François Joseph Paul de Grasse (Battle of the Saintes in April 1782)
[Ref: 51273] £320.00
To the Commodore, Officers and Members of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club This Print of the 1st Sailing Match of the Season of the R.M.Y.C., on Monday, June 16th 1845, (Appearance of the Yachts in the Crosby Channel) Is respectfully inscribed by their obedient Servant, Henry Melling.
HM 1835. Henry Melling Invenit et Lithog.
Liverpool, published by the Artist, at the R.M.Y Club Room, Slater Street, June 30th 1845.
Rare tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 365 x 540mm (14¼ x 21¼"). A little soiling and nicks in the edges.
A line of racing yachts, a paddle steamer in the distance. Henry Melling (1808-79) was a founder member of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club in 1844. He worked in oil, watercolour and pastel, as well as etching and lithography, not exclusively marine scenes.
[Ref: 51476] £480.00
HM 1835. Henry Melling Invenit et Lithog.
Liverpool, published by the Artist, at the R.M.Y Club Room, Slater Street, June 30th 1845.
Rare tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 365 x 540mm (14¼ x 21¼"). A little soiling and nicks in the edges.
A line of racing yachts, a paddle steamer in the distance. Henry Melling (1808-79) was a founder member of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club in 1844. He worked in oil, watercolour and pastel, as well as etching and lithography, not exclusively marine scenes.
[Ref: 51476] £480.00
![So wechselt Freud und Leid: [...]](jpegs/51359.jpg)
So wechselt Freud und Leid: [...]
Georg Philipp Rugendas inv. del. et Sculpsit.
Johann Christian Leopold excudit Augustæ Vindelicorum cum Gratia et Privilegio Sacræ Cæsareæ Magestatis. [Augsburg, n.d., 1730.]
Mezzotint. 410 x 515mm (16 x 20¼"). Thread margins, holes patched, central crease.
A camp scene: a woman cooks eggs as a man starts to pluck a goose; a soldier dances with another woman; and, in the background, a man is being held down and beaten with a stick.
[Ref: 51359] £320.00
Georg Philipp Rugendas inv. del. et Sculpsit.
Johann Christian Leopold excudit Augustæ Vindelicorum cum Gratia et Privilegio Sacræ Cæsareæ Magestatis. [Augsburg, n.d., 1730.]
Mezzotint. 410 x 515mm (16 x 20¼"). Thread margins, holes patched, central crease.
A camp scene: a woman cooks eggs as a man starts to pluck a goose; a soldier dances with another woman; and, in the background, a man is being held down and beaten with a stick.
[Ref: 51359] £320.00
![[Battle scene] Militis Hungarici prima est audacia Virtus [...]](jpegs/51361.jpg)
[Battle scene] Militis Hungarici prima est audacia Virtus [...]
Georg Philipp Rugendas Junior fecit.
G.P. Rugendas Senior excud. Johann Christian Leopold excudit Augustæ Vindelicorum cum Gratia et Privilegio Sacræ Cæsareæ Magestatis. [Augsburg, n.d., 1730.]
Rare mezzotint. 410 x 515mm (16 x 20¼"). Thread margins, holes patched, repaired tear central crease.
A battle scene, with cavalrymen in melée.
[Ref: 51361] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Georg Philipp Rugendas Junior fecit.
G.P. Rugendas Senior excud. Johann Christian Leopold excudit Augustæ Vindelicorum cum Gratia et Privilegio Sacræ Cæsareæ Magestatis. [Augsburg, n.d., 1730.]
Rare mezzotint. 410 x 515mm (16 x 20¼"). Thread margins, holes patched, repaired tear central crease.
A battle scene, with cavalrymen in melée.
[Ref: 51361] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Keyplate to the Grand Picture of the Allied Generals and their Staff Officers Before Sebastopol. Painted by T. Barker Esq. K.L.H. from Photographs and Sketches taken in the Crimea expressly for this picture by Roger Fenton Esq. for Mess.rs Tho.s Agnew & Sons, of Manchester, and Mr John Garle Browne of Leicester.
Published May 18th, 1859 by Mess.rs Tho.s Agnew & Sons, Manchester, and Mr John Garle Browne, Leicester, The owners of the Picture.
Etched keyplate, scarce. 470 x 645mm (18½ x 25½"), laid on board for hanging under the original print. A little wear at the top in the title.
The keyplate with an index of 97 people and places on a hillside overlooking Sevastapol. Thomas Jones Barker (1815-82) based his painting on photographs by Roger Fenton (1819-69), whose 'The Valley of the Shadow of Death', showing a road littered with spent cannon balls, is regarded as the first iconic photograph of war. Fenton was commissioned to photograph the Crimean War by the publishers of this print, Thomas Agnew & Sons.
[Ref: 51398] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Published May 18th, 1859 by Mess.rs Tho.s Agnew & Sons, Manchester, and Mr John Garle Browne, Leicester, The owners of the Picture.
Etched keyplate, scarce. 470 x 645mm (18½ x 25½"), laid on board for hanging under the original print. A little wear at the top in the title.
The keyplate with an index of 97 people and places on a hillside overlooking Sevastapol. Thomas Jones Barker (1815-82) based his painting on photographs by Roger Fenton (1819-69), whose 'The Valley of the Shadow of Death', showing a road littered with spent cannon balls, is regarded as the first iconic photograph of war. Fenton was commissioned to photograph the Crimean War by the publishers of this print, Thomas Agnew & Sons.
[Ref: 51398] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1843. Proof.
Painted by Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, 15½ Holland St Kensington. Printed by Brooker & Harrison.
Published (with permission) by Charles Augustus Mornewick Jun.r.
Mixed-method engraving. 705 x 455mm (27¾ x 18"); With very large margins, which have tears.
Charles Shaw-Lefevre (1794-1888), 1st Viscount Eversley, Whig Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839 to 1857, in his robes. The original oil is in the Parliamentary Art Collection.
[Ref: 51418] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, 15½ Holland St Kensington. Printed by Brooker & Harrison.
Published (with permission) by Charles Augustus Mornewick Jun.r.
Mixed-method engraving. 705 x 455mm (27¾ x 18"); With very large margins, which have tears.
Charles Shaw-Lefevre (1794-1888), 1st Viscount Eversley, Whig Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839 to 1857, in his robes. The original oil is in the Parliamentary Art Collection.
[Ref: 51418] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A Shepherd Boy.
James Ward R.A.Pinx.t et Del.t. Printed by P. Simoneau.
London Published May 1st 182[5?] No 6 Newman S. & R. Ackermann Strand.
Rare lithograph. Sheet 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to the image on three sides, publication line weakly inked.
A young shepherd boy, leaning against a gnarled tree. James Ward, an artist famed for his mezzotint animal scenes, also experimented with making his own lithographs.
[Ref: 51475] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
James Ward R.A.Pinx.t et Del.t. Printed by P. Simoneau.
London Published May 1st 182[5?] No 6 Newman S. & R. Ackermann Strand.
Rare lithograph. Sheet 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to the image on three sides, publication line weakly inked.
A young shepherd boy, leaning against a gnarled tree. James Ward, an artist famed for his mezzotint animal scenes, also experimented with making his own lithographs.
[Ref: 51475] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Jonas Slichting à Bukowiez Eques Polonius. Natus A. 1592. Den Selcihoviæ in MArch Brandenb, d. 1. Novembr. A. 1661.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 135 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼") very large margins. Crease.
Jonas Slichting von Bukowicz (1592-1661), a Polish theologian.
[Ref: 51189] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 135 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼") very large margins. Crease.
Jonas Slichting von Bukowicz (1592-1661), a Polish theologian.
[Ref: 51189] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[A toy Spaniel.]](jpegs/51355.jpg)
[A toy Spaniel.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Etching. Sheet 130 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½"). Trimmed into plate, laid on album paper.
[Ref: 51355] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1750.]
Etching. Sheet 130 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½"). Trimmed into plate, laid on album paper.
[Ref: 51355] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Louis Spohr. Kurfürstlich Hessischer Hofkapellmeister under Doctor der Musik.
A. Hatsfield lith.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet 195 x 155mm (7¾ x 6"). Trimmed.
Louis Spohr (1784-1859), a German composer, violinist and conductor known as the 'forgotten master' for once having been as famous as Beethoven. His influence was key in the development of German music drama with his greatest triumph in the oratorio. In the later 19th century he was still popular enough for Gilbert and Sullivan to mention him in the same breath as Bach and Beethoven.
[Ref: 51188] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A. Hatsfield lith.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet 195 x 155mm (7¾ x 6"). Trimmed.
Louis Spohr (1784-1859), a German composer, violinist and conductor known as the 'forgotten master' for once having been as famous as Beethoven. His influence was key in the development of German music drama with his greatest triumph in the oratorio. In the later 19th century he was still popular enough for Gilbert and Sullivan to mention him in the same breath as Bach and Beethoven.
[Ref: 51188] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Still Life with Dining Table.]](jpegs/51113.jpg)
[Still Life with Dining Table.]
Peint par Prevost. Gravé par Castel.
à Paris chez Bance Ainé M.d d'Estampes, Rue S.t Denis, No.214.
Fine & very scarce colour-printed stipple, with hand-colour. Sheet: 290 x 345mm (11½ x 13½''). Cut to platemark on 3 sides.
See ref: 51112 & 51114
[Ref: 51113] £450.00
Peint par Prevost. Gravé par Castel.
à Paris chez Bance Ainé M.d d'Estampes, Rue S.t Denis, No.214.
Fine & very scarce colour-printed stipple, with hand-colour. Sheet: 290 x 345mm (11½ x 13½''). Cut to platemark on 3 sides.
See ref: 51112 & 51114
[Ref: 51113] £450.00
![[Still Life with Dining Table and Fruit.]](jpegs/51114.jpg)
[Still Life with Dining Table and Fruit.]
Peint par Prevost. Gravé par Castel.
à Paris chez Bance Ainé M.d d'Estampes, Rue S.t Denis, No.214.
Fine & very scarce colour-printed stipple, with hand-colour. Sheet: 290 x 345mm (11½ x 13½''), large margins on 3 sides. Repaired tear at top in margin. Cut to platemark at top.
See ref: 51113 & 51112
[Ref: 51114] £450.00
Peint par Prevost. Gravé par Castel.
à Paris chez Bance Ainé M.d d'Estampes, Rue S.t Denis, No.214.
Fine & very scarce colour-printed stipple, with hand-colour. Sheet: 290 x 345mm (11½ x 13½''), large margins on 3 sides. Repaired tear at top in margin. Cut to platemark at top.
See ref: 51113 & 51112
[Ref: 51114] £450.00
![[Still Life with Classical Urn.]](jpegs/51112.jpg)
[Still Life with Classical Urn.]
Peint par Prevost. Gravé par Ruotte.
à Paris chez Bance Ainé M.d d'Estampes, Rue S.t Denis, No.214.
Fine & very scarce colour-printed stipple, with hand-colour. Sheet: 290 x 345mm (11½ x 13½''). Cut to platemark.
See ref: 51113 & 51114
[Ref: 51112] £450.00
Peint par Prevost. Gravé par Ruotte.
à Paris chez Bance Ainé M.d d'Estampes, Rue S.t Denis, No.214.
Fine & very scarce colour-printed stipple, with hand-colour. Sheet: 290 x 345mm (11½ x 13½''). Cut to platemark.
See ref: 51113 & 51114
[Ref: 51112] £450.00
Panoramic View of Sydney, New South Wales. First settled by Commodore Phillip, January 1788, with 927 persons -- Population of the Colony June 1797. 712,019.
H. Harrell sc.
Supplement to The Grapic, Dec 27th, 1879.
Wood Engraving with later hand colour. Sheet 255 x 1290mm (10 x 50¾). Folded as issued.
A large view of Sydney from Balmain, issued to subscribers to 'The Graphic Newspaper'.
[Ref: 51358] £650.00
H. Harrell sc.
Supplement to The Grapic, Dec 27th, 1879.
Wood Engraving with later hand colour. Sheet 255 x 1290mm (10 x 50¾). Folded as issued.
A large view of Sydney from Balmain, issued to subscribers to 'The Graphic Newspaper'.
[Ref: 51358] £650.00
Vue de l'Isle d'Otahiti et de plusiers Pirogues.
Benard Fecit.
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1774.]
Engraving. 235360mm (9¼ x 14¼") very large margins Uncut.
A small Tahitian dugout boat, sketched by Sydney Parkinson, who had died before the expedition reached England; however, after a dispute over ownership of his work with Parkinson's brother, Hawkesworth removed every reference to Parkinson from the Official Account of Cook's first voyage. This scene was copied by Robert Benard for the first French edition, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774.
[Ref: 51223] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Benard Fecit.
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1774.]
Engraving. 235360mm (9¼ x 14¼") very large margins Uncut.
A small Tahitian dugout boat, sketched by Sydney Parkinson, who had died before the expedition reached England; however, after a dispute over ownership of his work with Parkinson's brother, Hawkesworth removed every reference to Parkinson from the Official Account of Cook's first voyage. This scene was copied by Robert Benard for the first French edition, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774.
[Ref: 51223] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Man of Van Diemen's Land.
J. Webber del. J. Caldwell sc.
[n.d., c.1784.]
Engraving. Plate: 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾''). Cut to platemark.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A portrait of a man from Tasmania, known as Van Dieman's Land until the mid nineteenth century. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51000] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. J. Caldwell sc.
[n.d., c.1784.]
Engraving. Plate: 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾''). Cut to platemark.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A portrait of a man from Tasmania, known as Van Dieman's Land until the mid nineteenth century. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51000] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public Lecturer on Medical Botany. [also] Entrance into that most noble Public Gallery and admirable Medical Establishment Guys Hospital.
Russell, R.A. pinx. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp. [also] Elmes, Archt.t del.t. W. Woolnoth Sculp.t.
London Published May 1 1799.
A single plate with a stipple portrait and an engraved view. 480 x 360mm (19 x 14¼"), with wide margins.
A portrait of Dr Robert Thornton, famed for his 'Temple of Flora' flower prints, with a view of Guy's Hospital underneath. The view was published in Thornton's 'A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'.
[Ref: 51370] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Russell, R.A. pinx. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp. [also] Elmes, Archt.t del.t. W. Woolnoth Sculp.t.
London Published May 1 1799.
A single plate with a stipple portrait and an engraved view. 480 x 360mm (19 x 14¼"), with wide margins.
A portrait of Dr Robert Thornton, famed for his 'Temple of Flora' flower prints, with a view of Guy's Hospital underneath. The view was published in Thornton's 'A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'.
[Ref: 51370] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Tiger
J. Collett del et inv.t. Smith sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs. [n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 135 x 185mm (5¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
A recumbent tiger with a bone.
[Ref: 51342] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
J. Collett del et inv.t. Smith sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs. [n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 135 x 185mm (5¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
A recumbent tiger with a bone.
[Ref: 51342] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. ''Aunt Chloe preparing Supper.''
[after Louisa Corbaux.]
London, Printed and Pub.d Oct.r 29th 1852, by Stannard & Dixon, 7, Poland St.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 150 x 210mm Laid on album paper at corners.
An illustration from the beginning of Harriet Beecher Stowe's important anti-slavery novel, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Here Tom sits with a writing tablet as his wife cooks and their three children play. George Shelby, son of the slave owner, stands behind Tom's chair. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' first appeared as a serial in 1851, then as a book in 1852, both being an instant success. This English illustrated edition also appeared in 1852, with illustrations by Louisa Corbaux.
[Ref: 51298] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[after Louisa Corbaux.]
London, Printed and Pub.d Oct.r 29th 1852, by Stannard & Dixon, 7, Poland St.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 150 x 210mm Laid on album paper at corners.
An illustration from the beginning of Harriet Beecher Stowe's important anti-slavery novel, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Here Tom sits with a writing tablet as his wife cooks and their three children play. George Shelby, son of the slave owner, stands behind Tom's chair. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' first appeared as a serial in 1851, then as a book in 1852, both being an instant success. This English illustrated edition also appeared in 1852, with illustrations by Louisa Corbaux.
[Ref: 51298] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[A small town in a wooded valley.]](jpegs/51383.jpg)
[A small town in a wooded valley.]
J. Koller 1776 [in ink].
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 200 x 290mm (8 x 11½").
[Ref: 51383] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Koller 1776 [in ink].
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 200 x 290mm (8 x 11½").
[Ref: 51383] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vienna] Ansicht der Vorstaedte Weissgaerber und Landstrasse.](jpegs/51374.jpg)
[Vienna] Ansicht der Vorstaedte Weissgaerber und Landstrasse.
J. Wett del. A. Leitner sc.
[Vienna: P. P. Mechitaristen, 1832.]
Engraving with hand colour. 205 x 580mm (8 x 22¾). Some creasing, repairs on left edge.
A rare Panorama of Landstrasse, a district of Vienna.
[Ref: 51374] £450.00
J. Wett del. A. Leitner sc.
[Vienna: P. P. Mechitaristen, 1832.]
Engraving with hand colour. 205 x 580mm (8 x 22¾). Some creasing, repairs on left edge.
A rare Panorama of Landstrasse, a district of Vienna.
[Ref: 51374] £450.00