[Human Passions Delineated] 23. [&] 24.
[John Collier as 'Tim Bobbin']
Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773 [in Rochdale by John Collier].
Two engravings on one sheet, each 125 x 200mm (5 x 8"). Wear on left edge, stain and hole in background of 24.
Two satires: above, a French barber turns an Englishman with a hairy mole into a macaroni; below, a man greets two women, all dressed in the macaroni fashion. Two plates from 'Human Passions Delineated' by John Collier (1708-1786), an English caricaturist and satirical poet who used the pseudonym Tim Bobbin. He considered himself to be the 'Lancashire Hogarth' and he both wrote and illustrated this collection of Lancashire dialect poetry. It contained some 120 plates, savagely parodying the behaviour of both the upper and lower classes. Not in BM Satire, but see BM 1978,U.1037.25 & 26.
[Ref: 69267] £140.00
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[Human Passions Delineated] 25. [&] 26.
[John Collier as 'Tim Bobbin'] Tho.s Sanders sculpt.
Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773 [in Rochdale by John Collier].
Two engravings on one sheet, each 125 x 200mm (5 x 8").
Two satires: above, a sailor is being refused his prize money from the capture of Havana by an official; below, an old woman sells wooden spoons to a wealthy farmer. Two plates from 'Human Passions Delineated' by John Collier (1708-1786), an English caricaturist and satirical poet who used the pseudonym Tim Bobbin. He considered himself to be the 'Lancashire Hogarth' and he both wrote and illustrated this collection of Lancashire dialect poetry. It contained some 120 plates, savagely parodying the behaviour of both the upper and lower classes. Not in BM Satire, but see BM 1978,U.1037.27 & 28.
[Ref: 69270] £140.00
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[Human Passions Delineated] 28.
[John Collier as 'Tim Bobbin']
Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773 [in Rochdale by John Collier].
Engraving. 125 x 200mm (5 x 8"), large margins Creasing.
Two men fight. From 'Human Passions Delineated' by John Collier (1708-1786), an English caricaturist and satirical poet who used the pseudonym Tim Bobbin. He considered himself to be the 'Lancashire Hogarth' and he both wrote and illustrated this collection of Lancashire dialect poetry. It contained some 120 plates, savagely parodying the behaviour of both the upper and lower classes. Not in BM Satire, but see BM 1978,U.1037.30.
[Ref: 69275] £50.00
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[Human Passions Delineated] 29.
[John Collier as 'Tim Bobbin']
Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773 [in Rochdale by John Collier].
Engraving. 125 x 200mm (5 x 8"), large margins Publication line weakly inked.
Darby and Joan seated, he with tankard, she with her pipe. From 'Human Passions Delineated' by John Collier (1708-1786), an English caricaturist and satirical poet who used the pseudonym Tim Bobbin. He considered himself to be the 'Lancashire Hogarth' and he both wrote and illustrated this collection of Lancashire dialect poetry. It contained some 120 plates, savagely parodying the behaviour of both the upper and lower classes. Not in BM Satire, but see BM 1978,U.1037.31.
[Ref: 69276] £50.00
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[Human Passions Delineated] 31.
[John Collier as 'Tim Bobbin'] T. Sanders Sculpt.
Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773 [in Rochdale by John Collier].
Engraving. 125 x 200mm (5 x 8"), large margins
Two men argue. From 'Human Passions Delineated' by John Collier (1708-1786), an English caricaturist and satirical poet who used the pseudonym Tim Bobbin. He considered himself to be the 'Lancashire Hogarth' and he both wrote and illustrated this collection of Lancashire dialect poetry. It contained some 120 plates, savagely parodying the behaviour of both the upper and lower classes. Not in BM Satire, but see BM 1978,U.1037.33.
[Ref: 69277] £50.00
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[Human Passions Delineated] 34.
[John Collier as 'Tim Bobbin']
Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773 [in Rochdale by John Collier].
Engraving. 125 x 200mm (5 x 8"), large margins Tear taped.
A clergman refusing charity to a poor old lady as he smokes and drink. From 'Human Passions Delineated' by John Collier (1708-1786), an English caricaturist and satirical poet who used the pseudonym Tim Bobbin. He considered himself to be the 'Lancashire Hogarth' and he both wrote and illustrated this collection of Lancashire dialect poetry. It contained some 120 plates, savagely parodying the behaviour of both the upper and lower classes. Not in BM Satire, but see BM 1978,U.1037.36.
[Ref: 69272] £80.00
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[Human Passions Delineated] 35. [&] 36.
[John Collier as 'Tim Bobbin'] Tho.s Sanders sculpt.
Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773 [in Rochdale by John Collier].
Two engravings on one sheet, each 125 x 200mm (5 x 8"), large margins.
Two satires: above, a caricatured general and adjutant are shown in conversation; below, Toby and his wife are ruined by the legal costs of the case that they have won, as a lawyer takes the winnings. Two plates from 'Human Passions Delineated' by John Collier (1708-1786), an English caricaturist and satirical poet who used the pseudonym Tim Bobbin. He considered himself to be the 'Lancashire Hogarth' and he both wrote and illustrated this collection of Lancashire dialect poetry. It contained some 120 plates, savagely parodying the behaviour of both the upper and lower classes. Not in BM Satire, but see BM 1978,U.1037.37 & 38.
[Ref: 69269] £140.00
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[Human Passions Delineated] 38.
[John Collier as 'Tim Bobbin']
Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773 [in Rochdale by John Collier].
Engraving. 125 x 200mm (5 x 8"), large margins. Long tear through image.
A fat townsman and a lean countryman. From 'Human Passions Delineated' by John Collier (1708-1786), an English caricaturist and satirical poet who used the pseudonym Tim Bobbin. He considered himself to be the 'Lancashire Hogarth' and he both wrote and illustrated this collection of Lancashire dialect poetry. It contained some 120 plates, savagely parodying the behaviour of both the upper and lower classes. Not in BM Satire, but see BM 1978,U.1037.13.
[Ref: 69274] £30.00
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[Human Passions Delineated] 39. The Pluralist and old Soldier.
Tim Bob. [John Collier] inv. et Pinx. & sculp 1770.
Publish'd as the Act directs May 1773 [in Rochdale by John Collier].
Two engravings, total printed area 365 x 235mm (14¼ x 9¼"), large margins Left edge scuffed and worn, tear in verse taped.
An ex-soldier with a wooden leg is refused charity by a rich clergyman. From 'Human Passions Delineated' by John Collier (1708-1786), an English caricaturist and satirical poet who used the pseudonym Tim Bobbin. He considered himself to be the 'Lancashire Hogarth' and he both wrote and illustrated this collection of Lancashire dialect poetry. It contained some 120 plates, savagely parodying the behaviour of both the upper and lower classes. Not in BM Satire, but see BM 1978,U.1037.41.
[Ref: 69279] £50.00
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Mrs. Arabella Hunt Dyed December 26th 1705 Were there on Earth another Voice like thine,/ Another Hand, so Blest with skill Divine;/ The late afflicted World some hopes might have,/ And Harmony recall thee from the Grave.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1706.
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper.
Arabella Hunt (1662-1705), singer and musician. In 1680 Hunt married 'James Howard', in fact a woman named Amy Poulter, as revealed by Hunt when she launched a suit for annulment after they separated. Hunt also alleged Poulter to be a hermaphrodite, but a jury of five midwives declared Poulter a 'perfect woman in all her parts' after examination. The marriage was annulled in 1682. Hunt never remarried, but had a successful career as singer, lutenist and teacher at the English court. She instructed Princess Anne in singing and became a favourite of Queen Mary, who awarded her a pension of £100 per annum. She often performed Purcell's compositions, accompanied by the composer. Engraving published shortly after Hunt's death, taken from the 1692 portrait by Kneller in the Government Art Collection, which currently hangs in Downing Street. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 137 I of II.
[Ref: 69326] £260.00
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Mrs. Arabella Hunt Dyed December 26th 1705 Were there on Earth another Voice like thine,/ Another Hand, so Blest with skill Divine;/ The late afflicted World some hopes might have,/ And Harmony recall thee from the Grave.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1706.
Mezzotint, plate 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with very large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
Arabella Hunt (1662-1705), singer and musician. In 1680 Hunt married 'James Howard', in fact a woman named Amy Poulter, as revealed by Hunt when she launched a suit for annulment after they separated. Hunt also alleged Poulter to be a hermaphrodite, but a jury of five midwives declared Poulter a 'perfect woman in all her parts' after examination. The marriage was annulled in 1682. Hunt never remarried, but had a successful career as singer, lutenist and teacher at the English court. She instructed Princess Anne in singing and became a favourite of Queen Mary, who awarded her a pension of £100 per annum. She often performed Purcell's compositions, accompanied by the composer. Engraving published shortly after Hunt's death, taken from the 1692 portrait by Kneller in the Government Art Collection, which currently hangs in Downing Street. CS 137 I of II.
[Ref: 69327] £290.00
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Anne Hurle for Forgery & M.Spalding. At the Place of Execution, Feb 8, 1804.
Doyle sculp.
Pub. by Alex.Hogg & Co, Oct 17, 1807.
Engraving. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into right side of plate.
Portrait of Anne Hurle, hanged for forgery in 1804, and Methuselah Spalding who had been convicted of sodomy at the previous Sessions held on the 30th of November 1803. On the morning of execution, Ann and Spalding were brought from their cells and pinioned in the Press Room. They were then taken out into the yard and loaded into a horse drawn cart covered in a black cloth which emerged from the prison at about 8.10 a.m. for the short ride to the gallows.
[Ref: 68785] £130.00
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L'Indifferent. Tirée du Cabinet de M.r Massé.
A, Watteau pinxit. G. Scotin Sculp.
a Paris avec privilege du Roy [n.d., 1729].
Etching with engraving. 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), large margins.
A man with a tricorn and cape dances in a wooded landscape.
[Ref: 69481] £190.00
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[Ivanhoé] The Maid of Judah. Fancy Sketches N.º 4.
Printed by Lefevre & Kohler, 53, Newman S.t.
London: Published by G.S. Tregear, 96, Cheapside [n.d., c.1830].
Lithograph. Printed area 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8").
A young Jewish girl plays a lyre. Gioachino Rossini's three-act opera 'Ivanhoé' was first performed in England in 1829, with the title 'The Maid of Judah'. It is likely this is a portrait of the singer playing Rebecca.
[Ref: 69478] £160.00
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Stanislaus Joannes Jablonowski Supremus Exercituum Regni Poloniae Dux.
[J. Mariette fecit.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving, unfinished proof. Sheet 115 x 180mm (4½ x 7"). Trimmed to image, mounted in album paper at edges. Slight pinhole in centre.
A medallion portrait of Prince Stanislaw Jan Jablonowski (1634-1702) within a military-themed decorative border. A military leader, he led the right wing of Polish cavalry forces at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. He was a candidate for the Polish throne after the death of King John III Sobieski in 1693. This state lacks Mariette's name and the bottom right of the plinth and the shield are unfinished.
[Ref: 69397] £130.00
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Jacques II., Roi d'Angleterre. Né a Londres le 14 8.bre 1633
N. de Largillierre pinx. Pinssio Sculp.
[n.d., c.1701.]
Engraving. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), large margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of James II, wearing armour, a lace cravat and long wig.
[Ref: 69422] £95.00
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Jacque 2 Roy d'Angleterre. DEcosse et DIrlande Né le 24 Octobre 1633 Couronné le 3 May 1685 et Décedé Le 15 Septembre 1701.
N. de Larg.e [Largillierre] P. Gravé par E. Descrochers et se vend chez luy a Paris rüe S.t Jacque ou Mecenas.
[n.d., c.1701.]
Engraving. 155 x 105mm (6 x 4"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of James II, wearing armour, a lace cravat and long wig.
[Ref: 69424] £130.00
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[Robert Banks Jenkinson] The R.t Hon.ble Robert Banks. Lord Hawkesbury. Secretary of State for the Home Department, & Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, &c. &c. &c.
Painted by J. Hoppner Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Henry Meyer.
London, Published April 14, 1808 by R. Cribb, N.º 288, Holborn.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins.
A half-length portrait of Robert Banks Jenkinson (1770-1828), at the time Home Secretary and Leader of the House of Lords. Before the end of the year he had become Earl of Liverpool on the death of his father. The plate was reissued in 1813, after he became a Tory Prime Minister. Of Australian interest as Lord Liverpool's government managed Britain's strategy at the Congress of Vienna and navigated early global exploration, which led to places like the Hawkesbury River and the Sydney suburb of Liverpool being named in honour of his family. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Kivell & Spence pg 157.
[Ref: 69417] £330.00
[Robert Banks Jenkinson] The R.t Hon.ble Robert Banks. Earl of Liverpool.
Painted by J. Hoppner Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Henry Meyer.
London, Published April 14, 1813 by R. Cribb, N.º 288, Holborn.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait of Robert Banks Jenkinson (1770-1828), published the year after he became a Tory Prime Minister. The plate was first published in 1808, when he was Lord Hawkesbury, Home Secretary and Leader of the House of Lords. Before the end of the year he had become Earl of Liverpool on the death of his father. Of Australian interest as Lord Liverpool's government managed Britain's strategy at the Congress of Vienna and navigated early global exploration, which led to places like the Hawkesbury River and the Sydney suburb of Liverpool being named in honour of his family. Kivell & Spence pg 157. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69419] £180.00
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Entrance to the Great Hall, Karnac.
L.T. [Lady Louisa Tenison]. Dickinson & Son Lith.
[London: Dickinson and Son, 1846.]
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 310 x 410mm (12¼ x 16") very large margins.
A view looking towards the Great Hypostyle Hall in the Precinct of Amon-Re, Karnak. From the rare 'Sketches in the East by Lady Louisa Tenison. Drawn on stone by Dickinson & Son', which contaained 30 plates. Lady Louisa Mary Anne Tenison (c.1820-82), the daughter of the 1st Earl of Lichfield, married Edward King Tenison of Kilronan Castle (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1856) in 1838 visited Egypt, Syria and Palestine with him in 1843. Not in Abbey Travel.
[Ref: 69507] £320.00
Great Hall, Karnac.
L.T. [Lady Louisa Tenison]. Dickinson & Son Lith.
[London: Dickinson and Son, 1846.]
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 300 x 390mm (11¾ x 15¼") very large margins.
A view looking down the Great Hypostyle Hall in the Precinct of Amon-Re, Karnak, its roof long gone. From the rare 'Sketches in the East by Lady Louisa Tenison. Drawn on stone by Dickinson & Son', which contaained 30 plates. Lady Louisa Mary Anne Tenison (c.1820-82), the daughter of the 1st Earl of Lichfield, married Edward King Tenison of Kilronan Castle (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1856) in 1838 visited Egypt, Syria and Palestine with him in 1843. Not in Abbey Travel.
[Ref: 69508] £320.00
[Thomas Knipe S.T.P. Westmonasteriensis Ecclesiæ Praebendarius, Scholæ Regiæ Archididascalus. Ob. 5 Die Aug. Anno D:ni 1711. Ætat. suæ 73.]
M. Dahl pinx. 1696. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1712.
Mezzotint, scarce proof before letters. 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"), with large margins. Old ink mss. in bottom margin. Repairs lower margin
A half-length portrait in oval of Thomas Knipe (1638-1711), who was headmaster of Westminster School from 1695 until his death, after being assistant to he predecessor, Richard Busby, for 30 years. Not in CS but very similar to 152; Russell 152a, i of ii.
[Ref: 69387] £320.00
The Right Hon.ble Charles John Lord Koningsmarke, Earle of Stegholme & Westerweeks, Lord of Retenbourg & Newhaven &c, Who was tryed & acquitted from being an Accessory to y.e barbarous murther of Tho: Thyne Esq.r y.e 21.th Feb. 1682.
R. White sculp. 82.
Rare engraving. Sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10½"). Trimmed close to image, tears, laid on card. Damaged.
A half-length portrait in oval of Swedish soldier Carl Johann von Königsmarck (1659-86). He was accused of hiring three assassins to kill Thomas Thynne in order to have an affair with Thynne's rich wife, Elizabeth Seymour. Thynne was shot in Pall Pall, and the three killers and Königsmarck were soon rounded up and put on trial. Königsmark was acquitted of the charge of being an accessory before the fact (jury corruption according to diarist John Evelyn), but was banished. He joined the army of his uncle Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck in Greece, where he died of wounds during the Morean War.
[Ref: 69429] £260.00
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[Pyotre Kozlovsky] L'Aimable Roué.
London Pub:d 6 April 1813, by H Humphries St James Street.
Coloured etching. 240 x 300mm (9½ x 12¾"). Narrow margins. Light creasing where previously folded and restored. Creasing.
A caricature portrait of Prince Pyotr Borisovich Kozlovsky (1783-1840) riding a fine horse, his obesity forcing him to lean backwards. The title is a nickname, which Kozlovsky used himself. A Russian diplomat and a man of letters, Kozlovsky visited London in 1812-3, when his girth was caricatured in George Cruikshank's 'Longitude and Latitude of St. Petersburgh'. Lord Byron planned to accompany him back to Italy in 1813 but didn't. BM Satires 12126.
[Ref: 69105] £160.00
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N.A. Laurie [facsimilie signature].
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing sheet. Sheet 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Slight soiling.
A cavalry officer leaning against rock.
[Ref: 69420] £160.00
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Anthony Leigh or the Spanish Fryar.
[After Sir Godfrey Kneller] J. Smith fecit.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell-Street Covent-Garden. [n.d. c.1700]
Mezzotint, sheet 410 x 245mm (16¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper on three corners.
Portrait of comedian Anthony Leigh (d. 1692), in the role of the 'Spanish Friar' in Dryden's eponymous tragi-comedy. Leigh was popular with Charles II and the public, and played the friar in 1681-2, although the play was subsequently forbidden by James II. Charles, Earl of Dorset, commissioned Kneller to paint Leigh's portrait to commemorate the performance. CS 155, state iii of v. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69447] £260.00
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Stanislas Leszinski. Elu Roy de Pologne à Varsovie le 12 juillet 1705. Couronné le 4 Octobre 1705.
A Paris chez E. Desrochers rue de soin prés la rue St. Jacq [n.d., c.1710].
Engraving. Sheet 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"). Trimmed to image, mounted in album paper at edges.
Stanislas Leszczynski (1677–1766), King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, forced to abdicate twice. From a series of small portraits by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668-1741).
[Ref: 69399] £70.00
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The Right Honourable John Lord Gower, Lord Privy Seal [...] Anno 1743.
Vanlo Pinx. J. Faber fecit.
Sold by C. Hitch in Paternoster Row, London, and by S. Parsons at Newcastle Under Lime.
Mezzotint, 355 x 255mm (14 x 10") Small margins.
John Leveson-Gower, first Earl Gower (1694-1754), politician. Leader of the Tories in the Lords in the 1730s, after Walpole's fall he was the one Tory to take high office (as lord privy seal and a privy councillor, from 1742) in the new ministry, as delebrated here. However, he resigned in December 1743, soon after this print was published. He subsequently regained his position as lord privy seal and held it until his death. Gower's proximity to the whig administration provoked suspicion that he had deserted Tory principles (Dr Johnson included him in his dictionary definition for 'renegado' although the printer removed the reference). CS: 163.
[Ref: 69362] £190.00
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Her Highness Princess Louisa. The Fifth and Youngest Daughter to His Majesty King George 2.d.
Arth: Pond ad Vivum pinx.t J. Faber fecit.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square. [n.d. c.1740]
Mezzotint, 325 x 220mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Very faded E.M.H.' ink stamp of collector Mrs. E.M. Hamilton, London, on reverse. Trimmed to image.
State before alteration to inscription, and before address changed from Faber's to Bowles. Three-quarter length bust portrait of Louisa of Great Britain (1724-1754), before she became Queen of Denmark and Norway. She wears a low-necked gown with flowers at the breast and head, frilled sleeves and ermine-lined cloak hanging over right shoulder and her hair up in ringlets. CS 226 I of II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69434] £180.00
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Love & Hope. [&] Love and Jealousy.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delint. C. Knight fecit.
London: Published Dec.r 1st 1786 by W. Dickinson, Engraver and Printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street.
Pair of stipples, printed in brown, 400 x 450mm (15¾ x 17¾"), with large margins and original tissue guards stuck on left edge. On 18th century watermarked paper. 'Hope' with tear touching bottom platemark; both with spotting and staining, faint creasing.
A pair of of oval scenes: in 'Love & Hope' a soldier flirts with a woman by a gate; in 'Love and Jealousy' a woman with a spindle is courted by a sailor as another looks on.
[Ref: 69298] £690.00
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Temple of Luxor.
[Lady Louisa Tenison] Dickinson & Son Lith.
[London: Dickinson and Son, 1846.]
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 310 x 410mm (12¼ x 16") very large margins.
A view of the First Pylon, the entrance to the Temple of Luxor, with twin statues of Ramesses II half-buried. To the left is an obelisk; its pair is now in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. From the rare 'Sketches in the East by Lady Louisa Tenison. Drawn on stone by Dickinson & Son', which contaained 30 plates. Lady Louisa Mary Anne Tenison (c.1820-82), the daughter of the 1st Earl of Lichfield, married Edward King Tenison of Kilronan Castle (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1856) in 1838 visited Egypt, Syria and Palestine with him in 1843. Not in Abbey Travel.
[Ref: 69506] £260.00
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Nicolas Machiavel. Citoien et Secretaire de Florence. Né à Florence, mort en 1580.
AParis chez Odieuve quai de l'Ecole ala nelle Image. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1750.]
Etching. Sheet 125 x 65mm (5 x 2½"). Trimmed, mounted in album paper at edges.
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian historian, philosopher, humanist and a writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was a founder of modern political science (with his treatise 'The Prince'), diplomat, political philosopher, playwright, and a civil servant of the Florentine Republic.
[Ref: 69415] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Martin Madan] The Reverend Mr. Madan.
R. Manwaring fecit.
Printed for S. Hooper at the East Corner of the New Church in the Strand As the Act Directs [n.d., c.1750]
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins. Time stained.
A three-quarter seated portrait Martin Madan (1725-90), barrister and clergyman. In 1780, Madan published 'Thelyphthora, or A Treatise on Female Ruin', in which he advocated polygamy. CS 2.
[Ref: 69289] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[The Holy Family] And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
Pub.d by A. Poggi, S.t Georges Row, Oct.r 15 1785. London.
Stipple, printed in brown. 275 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Narrow margin at bottom, repaired bottom left. Bit messy on left.
An oval scene of Mary about to suckle Jesus, watched by a youthful angel.
[Ref: 69472] £190.00
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Skeleton of the Young Mammoth in the Museum at Philadelphia.
Pub.d by Sir Richard Phillips & Co. May 31st 1821.
Rare engraving. Sheet 190 x 245mm (7½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to printed border, edges chipped, stained. Damaged.
A mounted skeleton, with a man reaching up to touch the bottom of its ribcage. In 1801 a pit of fossilized mammoth bones was discovered on a farm in upstate New York. It was excavated by Charles Willson Peale, a naturalist and museum curator, with a team of twenty-five men to help him dig out the bones. The remains were transported to Philadelphia, where the sculptor William Rush modelled the missing bones in wood so the skeleton could be assembled. Peale then took the skeleton on the road, selling tickets to view it and even eat dinner within it, before returning it to Philadelphia and his museum of natural history there. When American president Thomas Jefferson sent the Lewis & Clark expedtion across North America in 1804 he hoped they would find a live mammoth, not realising they had been long extinct.
[Ref: 69407] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
His Grace John Duke of Rutland &c.
Jarvas pinx.
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head ye South side of Bloomsbury Square. [n.d. c.
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"), with very large margins. Damaged restored.
Three-quarter length portrait of English nobleman, John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland (1696-1779) standing and turned slightly to the left. He is dressed in the robes of the Order of the Garter, with one hand resting on a plumed hat placed on a table to his left and the other on the hilt of his sword. He faces forward, looking directly at the viewer. Manners was styled Marquess of Granby from 1711, until he succeeded to the title in 1721, cutting short a brief career in the House of Commons, where he had represented Rutland as a Whig. Charles Jervas (c. 1675–1739) was an Irish portrait painter. After studying for a year in London under Godfrey Kneller, he made copies of the Raphael cartoons at Hampton Court Palace by 1695, the proceeds of which funded travels to France and Italy. He was in Paris by 1699 and lived in Rome from 1703 to 1708, producing copies of Old Masters and acting as an agent for collectors. Returning to London in 1709, he married a wealthy widow, built a substantial art collection, and became friends with writers including Richard Steele, Jonathan Swift, and Alexander Pope, the latter briefly taking painting lessons from him. Jervas also pursued literary interests, most notably a translation of Don Quixote. In 1723 he succeeded Kneller as Principal Painter to the King. He made several short visits to Ireland and travelled again to Italy in 1738, dying soon after his return to London in 1739. CS 312 state undescribed. Russell 312 state III. From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdo
[Ref: 69435] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Mar Saba] Convent of Sta Saba.
L. Tenison. Dickinson & Son Lith.
[London: Dickinson and Son, 1846.]
Rare tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17") very large margins.
A view of the walls of Mar Saba, a Greek Orthodox Christian monastery in the West Bank. From the rare 'Sketches in the East by Lady Louisa Tenison. Drawn on stone by Dickinson & Son', which contaained 30 plates. Lady Louisa Mary Anne Tenison (c.1820-82), the daughter of the 1st Earl of Lichfield, married Edward King Tenison of Kilronan Castle (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1856) in 1838 visited Egypt, Syria and Palestine with him in 1843. Not in Abbey Travel.
[Ref: 69504] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Marie Antoinette D'Autriche, reine de France, Vous qui fixez ces traits et du coeur et des yeaux, Ozez en les voyant vous trouver malheureux.
M.da La M.ise de Brehan Pinxt. I. Murphy Sculp.t.
Published for the Proprietor by John & Josiah Boydell Shakespeare Gallert Pall Mall; April 1. 1795.
Mezzotint, 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with very large margins. Creasing.
Three-quarter-length seated portrait of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) in her cell at the Conciergerie, awaiting trial by the Revolutionary Tribunal, turned to the right while facing forward, dressed in a black gown with a long veil over her cap, a medallion of the Dauphin at her neck, her right hand resting on a book in her lap, 'a life of Mary, Queen of Scots,' beside her sits a bust of Louis XVI and a paper bearing parts of his will, with a barred prison window behind her to the upper left. The original oil painting by Anne Flore Millet, marquise de Bréhan (1749-1826) is in the collection of Musée Carnavalet. CS 8. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68626] £390.00
[Mary II] [Maria D:G: Angl:. Scot: Franc: et Hiber: Regina &ct.]
[J: Vandervaart pinxit. J. Smith fecit.]
[Cum Privilegio Regis, Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street.] [n.d., 1690.]
Mezzotint, very rare proof before title. Sheet 335 x 245mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tear in left edge, stains.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of Mary II (1662-94), daughter of James II, who gained the throne in the 1688 Revolution, becoming joint ruler with her husband William of Orange (William III) CS: 174, i of ii.
[Ref: 69386] £320.00
[Queen Mary II] Maria D.G. Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ et Hiberniæ Regina &ct.
Vandervaart Pinxit. I: Smith fecit. Cum Privilegio Regis.
Sold by E. Cooper at y.e 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street. [n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark; sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed.
Half-length portrait of Mary II (1662-94) leaning over a balcony and resting on her left arm while holding a fan. Her head is turned to the right, and she wears a high lace cap, gloves, and an ornate dress adorned with bows, lace, and a brooch at the breast. A curtain and pilasters form the background. CS 176 II of II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69438] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Rev.d Francis Kelly Maxwell M: A: Chaplain to the Asylum.
P. Dawe pinx.t et fecit.
Published April 24.th 1773. Printed for Philip Dawem N.º 4, Goodge Street, Tottenham Court Road.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins Ink spot in title.
A half-length portrait in oval of Francis Kelly Maxwell (d.1782), Chaplain to the Magdalen Asylum. CS 7, unlisted state published by Dawe, between i and ii.
[Ref: 69290] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
West-Hill Surry. The Seat of D.H Rucker.
Drawn & Engraved by J. Hassell.
Lodnon Pub.d by J. Hassell 1 Sep.t 1804.
Aquatint, sheet 205 x 275mm (8¼ x 11"). Trimmed losing platemark at top.
A view of the manor house Melrose Hall, in West Hill, Surrey, the country estate of Daniel Henry Rucker (1766–1843), a wealthy London and West Indies merchant. The house was designed by the architect Jesse Gibson (1748–1828) comissioned by by Daniel's uncle, John Anthony Rucker (1719-1825). In 1863, Melrose Hall was sold to a charity and became The Royal Hospital for Incurables, now the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability.
[Ref: 69491] £50.00
(£60.00 incl.VAT)
The Hon.ble Margaret Mercer Elphinstone.
Painted by George Sanders. Engraved by Charles Turner.
Published May 3. 1813, by C. Turner, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Rare mezzotint on india, 400 x 430mm (15½ x 17"). Small tears to edges at bottom.
Almost full-length seated portrait of Margaret, Baroness Keith (1788-1867), seated facing forward on a draped chair, she rests her right elbow on a round table, her hand supporting her temple. Her left arm lies on the tabletop. She wears a turban with a long veil drawn forward and a dress adorned with a brooch centered beneath the collar. A curtain appears to the right of the scene. The Hon. Margaret Mercer Elphinstone married Charles, Comte de Flahaut, aide-de-camp to Napoleon, on 20th June 1817. Whitman 180. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69433] £260.00
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Milford Haven. Dedicated by Permission to the Hon. R.F. Grevill. 1854. The Haven is 20 miles long and varies from 1 to 3 miles in width, Opposite Milford it is 1½ mile.
Sketched by J.W. Wright. Maclure, MacDonald & Macgregor, Lith.rs to the Queen, London, Manchester & Liverpool.
Published Fredk Pitman, 20. Paternoster Row, London, and by J.W. Wright Milford Haven.
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet 435 x 680mm (17 x 26¾). Repaired tears. Small stain in title.
A view of Royal Navy ships in Milford Haven with the town, dedicated to local landownser Robert Fulke Greville (1800-67), who was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire the year of publication. It was published jointly by a local artist and Frederick Pitman, younger brother of the inventor of Pitman shorthand.
[Ref: 68738] £390.00
Edward Miller. Mus: Doct: Doncaster.
Painted & Engraved by T. Hardy.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Stipple. 265 x 200mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins. Old ink mss. ownership inscription on top edge of Colonel Cooke M.P.
A half-length portrait of Edward Miller (1731-1807), musical director, organist and historian of Doncaster. As a composer he is most noted as the writer of the hymn tunes Rockingham and Galway. For a time he was a flautist in Handel's orchestra. In 1756 he was appointed organist of St George's Minster Doncaster, where he remained for 50 years. In 1786 Cambridge University awarded him a doctorate.
[Ref: 69296] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Monk Surpriz'd. Teh Pious Mother seeks the Hermits Aid, / And to his Prayers commends the Lovely Maid. / Struck by her Charms, the Monk forgets his Vow, / And needs Himself the Grace he would bestow.
Vlaughels Pinx.t. Houston Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles _ at N.º 13 _ in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
A hermit is dazzled by a young girl. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69254] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
M.rs Armstrong.
J. R Smith pinx et fecit.
Published 25.th March 1778 by W.m Humphrey.
Fine mezzotint scratched letter proof, 265 x 200mm (10½ x 8"). Small margins. Laid on paper. Light staining.
Three-quarter length seated portrait, her upper body turned towards the viewer. Her right arm rests on a chair, her head is slightly tilted as she looks to the right, and her hands are folded in her lap. She wears a simple dress, a light scarf, and a lace-trimmed cap over her full hair. All set within an oval frame. This woman was most likely a courtesan. CS: 3. Frankau: 15; O' Dench: 118 I of II.
[Ref: 69349] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cacophanie.
Peint par A. Weisz. Gravé par Paul Giradet.
Berlin - Verlag von Goupil & Co. Imprimé et Publié par Goupil & Cie Editeurs le 1er 8bre 1878 - Paris - Londres - La Haye. New York - Published by M. Knoedler.
Mixed-method engraving. 550 x 440mm (21¾ x 17¼"), with very large margins. Spotting in margins. Staining top left margin.
An elegant interior with a woman putting her fingers in her ears to block the noise coming from the bewigged man playing the cello. To one side is a umbrella yarn swift.
[Ref: 69428] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
L'Enjambée Impériale. (Faqc-simile d'une gravure de l'époque.
F.x Fleury del. Alith Allier en Grenoble.
[n.d., 1867.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 235 x 305mm (9¼ x 12"). Stitch holes in top edge.
'The Imperial Stride': Napoleon steps from Elba on to French soil for the Hundred Days, watched by French military. Victoria & Albert Museum E.790-1968.
[Ref: 69466] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Luise Neumann.]
Kriehuber 853.
Lithograph. Mounted over image, sight size (oval) 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"). Creasing.
A three-quarter portrait of German actress Luise Neumann (1818-1905), the daughter of actress Amalie Haizinger (1800-84). She debuted aged 16 at the Karlsruhe Theatre, but spent most of her career at the Burgtheater in Vienna. She left the stage in 1857, after her marriage to Karl Graf von Schönfeld.
[Ref: 69324] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)