[Shaver, A French Bulldog Asleep.]
H.D. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, Restricted edition of 325 proofs, plate destroyed. 70 x 155mm (2¾ x 6"). Framed with publisher's title label on backboard. Slight discolouration at edges. Unexamined out of frame.
Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in paintings of dogs and animals. He studied at the Slade School of Art and his first painting was exhibited in 1881. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets and frequented London Zoo. His daughter, Dorothy was the executor of his will, which directed her to destroy most of the plates for his etchings. From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54839] £1,200.00
[Girl and Poodle.]
François Flameng.
Etching, 350 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Stamp of Société des Amis de l'Eau-Forte, Paris in bottom left; signed in pencil by the artist.
A girl with a poodle. Remarque Proof. Lugt: 113.
[Ref: 9108] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Girl with a Mastiff.]
19. Heywood Hardy [pencil signature]
[n.d. c.1900]
Etching. 202 x 254mm. 8" x 10".
Heywood Hardy [British Painter, 1843-1933].
[Ref: 8687] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Golden Labrador]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 178 x 222mm (7" x 8¾"). Limited edition: 148/250.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 9704] £150.00
(£180.00 incl.VAT)
Golden Retriever. [Pencil title]
Lucy Dawson [Signed in pencil]
[n.d. c.1930]
Etching 175 x 255mm.
Lucy Dawson d.1954 was noted for her paintings and etchings of dogs of all breeds. Under the pseudonym 'Mac' she illustrated books as well.
[Ref: 1597] £360.00
[Golden Retriever & Squirrel.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 241 x 336mm (9½" x 13¼"). Limited edition 148/200.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 9709] £170.00
(£204.00 incl.VAT)
[Gun dogs at rest.]
[Painted by James Hardy, Etched by E. G. Hester.]
[n.d. c.1880.]
Etching on india, proof before letters. 265 x 375mm.
A Gordon Setter and a Pointer at rest, with the day's bag behind. A remarque of 'a drive' lower left.
[Ref: 3019] £420.00
[Gordon Highlanders.]
Maud Earl.
Copyright 1902. Published by the Berlin Photographic Company Berlin - London V. 133 New Bond Street.
Photogravure, 300 x 370mm. s;oght foxing on plate mark and margin
Gordon Setters, 'Heather Countess' & Heather Ronald'. - Owner - Robert Chapman, Esqr. No.13 British Hounds & Gundogs - limited to 500.
[Ref: 36022] £300.00
[Gordon Setters]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 241 x 349mm (9½" x 13¾"). Limited edition 193/200.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 9695] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
La Courmandise. Braque Francais et Griffon. The Gluttony _ La Glotonía.
Lith par J. Didier d’après le tableau original de Zacharie Noterman.
Paris, Desgodets et C.ie 20 Rue Hautefeuille. London V.or Delarue. Imp. Lemercier, rue de Seine 57 Paris. [n.d. c.1860.]
Coloured lithograph. 596 x 786mm. 23½ x 31". Repaired tears.
A Braque Francais and a Grifon digging into a basket of dead fowl, including pheasant.
[Ref: 25912] £480.00
Streamline. [Ink mss.]
Diana Thorne [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c. 1920.]
Etching. 300 x 150mm. Crease inside plate mark top right also through margin
[Ref: 6128] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Greyhound.]
H. Rayner. Henry Rayner [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1939.]
Drypoint etching. Platemark: 145 x 125mm (5¾ x 5"), with very large margins.
A portrait of a Greyhound. Limited to 15 pulls. Rayner (1902-1957) worked in the Antipodes before studying at the Royal Academy. He was a friend of Sickert.
[Ref: 40130] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Greyhounds] [The Slip]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 190 x 228mm (7½" x 9"). Limited edition: 43/250.
A pair of greyhounds on leads held by a courser. An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 9682] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Greyhound & Hare.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Etching signed by the artist. 110 x 95mm (4½ x 3¾"). Limited edition: 33/250.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 47899] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Macédoines No.11. Greyhound & Spaniel.
E.d. Traviés.
Paris Berrieux .r. rue des Grnads Augustins 1g. London Gambart et c. 25 Berners St, Oxford St. [n.d., c.1840].
Coloured lithograph, printed area 220 x 270mm.
An oval image is within a very ornate lithographed border the greyhound and Spaniel rest on a terrace.
[Ref: 6177] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Der Windhund. Canis Leporarius. Le Levrier. 1. Die englische Dogge. Canis molossus anglicus. Le Dogue de forte race. 1/9. 39.
[n.d. c.1847.]
Lithograph with small margins. 330 x 228mm (13 x 9").
A Greyhound and Mastiff. From "Panorama der Saeugethiere lithographirt und herausgegeben von H. Reichert". See Ref: 29496 for reverse version.
[Ref: 29495] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Griffon]
Signed Carsberg?.
n.d. c. 1930
Etching 200 x 260mm.
[Ref: 1191] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Sienna Dog [pencil]. [Griffon Bruxellois]
H.Rayner.
[n.d., c.1942.]
Drypoint etching, printed in brown, signed in pencil. 180 x 140mm.
Also known as 'Alfie'. Rayner (1902-1957) worked in the Antipodes before studying at the Royal Academy. He was a friend of Sickert.
[Ref: 10719] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Alfie [pencil]. [Griffon Bruxellois]
H.Rayner.
[n.d., c.1942]
Drypoint etching, printed in sanguine, signed in pencil. 180 x 140mm.
Also known as 'The Sienna Dog'. Rayner (1902-1957) worked in the Antipodes before studying at the Royal Academy. He was a friend of Sickert.
[Ref: 10718] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Basset Griffon Vendeen.
O De. Penne [Facsimile signature.]
[Goupil, c.1880.]
Colour photolitho with hand finishing. Oval, 480 x 410mm.
Early proof from Goupil's own reserve stock.
[Ref: 1666] £480.00
La Chasse du Lievre. [Hare hunting].
Peinte par G. Morland et Dirigee par A. Suntach.
Publieé les 15 Septembre 1791 par Antoine Suntach.
Stipple with very large margins. Platemark: 270 x 315mm (10 ½ x 12¼"). A fine impression.
A man is preparing his rifle to the left, as his dog smells a hare in the undergrowth at the lower right. After English painter, George Morland (1762/3 - 1804) renowned for his scenes of English rural life and picturesque landscapes. Engraved and published by Italian reproductive stipple engraver, Antonio Suntach (1744 - 1828). Part of a series of nine hunting scenes, including some plates after Ibbetson. Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 33221] £390.00
Hare Shooting.
G. Morland pinx.t London.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Mixed method engraving. 340 x 370mm. Repaired tear, just touching the title.
[Ref: 4292] £550.00
Mr. John Harrison of Childs-hill, Hampstead. To the Friends & acquaintance of Mr. John Harrison this plate is with pleasure inscribed by Their most ob.t H.ble Serv.t J. Hassell.
Painted by Forster. Engrav'd by J. Hassell.
London Publish'd Jany. 1st 1799 by J. Hassell No. 23 Clarges Street Piccadilly.
Coloured aquatint. 385 x 555mm. Laid on card. Slightly trimmed, plate mark still visible.
A hunter with a musket, a dead bird at his feet and his dogs.
[Ref: 2550] £420.00
[High Life.]
Painted by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. Engraved by C.C. Hollyer.
London Published Oct, 17th 1873 by Henry Graves & Co. Proprietors Publishers to H.M. the Queen, and to H.R.H the Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall Copyright Registered. Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1873 by WilliamSchaus in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. Printsellers Association Blind stamp.
Mezzotint, Limited edition 205 proofs. 590 x 490mm.
The Deerhound image from Landseer's diptych “High Life / Low Life”. Printsellers:169. Letters but no engraved title.Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3678] £420.00
[A pack of hounds around a camp fire in a snowy wood.]
[illegible signature.]
[n.d., c.1880.]
Photogravure, fine colour. Image 580 x 420mm (22¾ x 16½"). Surface cracks & creases in image.
Unidentified European hunting dogs.
[Ref: 47435] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Hunting Dog lying on leopard skin]
C.O. Murray del.t & aaft.
Rare etching. India paper proof with publishers' stamp, Plate 274 x 355mm. 10¾ x 14".
A dog lying, with one eye open looking at viewer, on a leopard skin rug. On the dresser behind him is a violin, bow, book, jug, landscape painting and rifle.
[Ref: 19366] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Studies of a 'Huskie'. Jules, son of 'Chinook'.
Diana Thorne [pencil signature].
[n.d. c. 1920]
Etching. 325 x 215mm. Background rubbed top left.
[Ref: 6129] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
An Irish Epitaph.
Woodward del. Cruikshank F.
Published by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside. [n.d. c.1807.]
Hand-coloured etching. 235 x 331mm (9¼ x 13"). Trimmed to the image. Messy.
A scene in a country churchyard; An old Irish couple, with a dog, gaze at a (tilted) tombstone to the right, inscribed: 'Here lies Iohn Highley. whose Father & Mother. were Drown'd in their passage to America. Had they both lived they would have been Buried Here.' The dog is seen cocking his leg below. BM Satires 10914. Reid 23.
[Ref: 52240] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Irish Terrier head.]
Alice Banwell [Pencil signature.]
[n.d, c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with blindstamp 'Rembrandt Guild Artist's Proof', very large margins.
[Ref: 60114] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Islay Begging.]
Engraved by Thomas Landseer, A.R.A., in his 78.th Year. [EL: artist's monogram.]
London Published Dec.r 19.th 1874 by Henry Graves & Co, the Proprietors Publishers to H.M. the Queen &, T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall, Copyright Registered. [Published by Henry Graves & Co. Printsellers and Publishers to Her Majesty the Queen and T.R.H. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Pall Mall, London. Sold by D. Woodcock & Co., 17, Farringdon Street, London.]
Mixed method engraving, proof before letters on india. Printseller's Association Stamp. Artist Proof Edition, Limited to One Hundred Copies. Plate 502 x 381mm. 19¾ x 15". Uncut, mint.
Islay begging; a full-face portrait of Her Majesty's favourite terrier. The picture belongs to Her Majesty the Queen and hangs at Osborne. From "Her Majesty's Pets being a Collection of Twenty Steel-Place Engravings from Paintings by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. By Special Permission of, and Dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen". Ex Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23020] £420.00
[Whippet or Italian Greyhound.]
[Anon., n.d., c.1845.]
Fine lithograph with original hand colour, heightened in white. Sheet 210 x 220mm. 8¼ x 8¾". Sheet trimmed; corners clipped.
A delightful head study of an Italian Greyhound or a Whippet, the smallest of the sighthounds; a detail copied from a larger composition.
[Ref: 19454] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Jack In Office. From a Picture in the possession of John Sheepshanks Esq.r. Proof.
Painted by Edwin Landseer, R.A. Engraved by Benj.n P. Gibbon. Printed by McQueen.
London, Published Dec.r. 29, 1834, by Colnaghi & Co. Pall Mall East; F.G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street; Wyatt and Son, Oxford; and the Engraver, 89 Albany Sreet.
Proof etching on india paper. 510 x 435mm, very large margins. Tear in platemark at top. Foxing on left.
A fat Jack Russell terrier sits on a cart in a yard with two food bowls beside him, dominating four other dogs on the ground who look up at him hopefully. 'A Jack in Office' was a slang expression for a pompous government official. Graves: 191.
[Ref: 52081] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Jack Russell]
Signed Carsberg?.
n.d. c. 1930
Etching 200 x 260mm.
[Ref: 1192] £110.00
(£132.00 incl.VAT)
[Jack Russell.]
B. Howitt-Lodge/[19]22 [signed and dated in image.]
Copyright. John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd. London. [c.1925.]
Colour photolithograph, image 260 x 210mm. 10¼ x 8¼".
A Jack Russell terrier appears at an open window, imploring the viewer to play with the ball it has deposited on the window-sill.
[Ref: 15271] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Jack Russell & Rat.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Etching signed by the artist. 105 x 95mm (4 x 3¾"), with very large margins. Limited edition: 200/250. Mint.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 59653] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Jack Russell.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 180 x 220mm (7 x 8¾"), with very large margins. Limited edition: 71/250. Mint.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 59654] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Jack Russell Terriers.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 235 x 345mm (9¼ x 13½"), with very large margins. Limited edition: 115/250. Mint.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 59656] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
[William Jackson] A Jack in Office.
R Dighton del.t.
Pub. Jan.y 4.th 1793.
Hand-coloured etching, plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6''), with very large margins. On paper watermarked 1816.
A caricature portrait of exciseman William Jackson shown with his excise book in his pocket and a poodle urinating on his legs. BM Satire 8395. For another version of this print see 50997.
[Ref: 60039] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Keeshond]
H.Rayner.
[n.d., c.1939]
Drypoint etching, signed in pencil. 175 x 130mm.
Rayner (1902-1957) worked in the Antipodes before studying at the Royal Academy. He was a friend of Sickert.
[Ref: 4790] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.]
[British, n.d., c.1845.]
Fine hand coloured lithograph with gum arabic, sheet 150 x 120mm. 6 x 4¾". Sheet trimmed, trace of vertical crease.
An attractive Victorian dog portrait in vivid original colour.
[Ref: 19441] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[A Bonnie Prince Charlie.]
H.D. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature]
London Published in the year 1902 by the Fine Art Society (Lon) 148 New Bond Street W.
Etching, proof on vellum, limited edition of 325 (plate destroyed), signed by the artist. 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾). Framed. Some spotting. Unexamined out of frame.
Portrait of a King Charles Spaniel. From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 52094] £790.00
[King Charles Spaniels.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 250 x 305mm (9¾ x 12"), with very large margins. Limited edition: 95/150. Mint.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 59662] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Chivied.
Painted by Samuel J. Carter. Engraved by A.C. Alais. Printed by A. Holdgate.
London. Published July 17th 1886, by Henry Graves & Co. Proprietors Publishers to HM the Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint with engraving. Platemark: 695 x 550mm (27¼ x 21½"). Damage to edges of sheet. Staining in margins. Very large margins.
Two kittens look down at three puppies, who have chased them up into a tree. A later issue of this print was published with the title, 'Baffled'. After reputed animal painter Samuel John Carter (1835-1892).
[Ref: 39244] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Black Labrador in the marsh.]
G.Vernon Stokes.
Coloured drypoint etching, 57 of 75, signed by the artist. 205 x 280mm.
[Ref: 5728] £380.00
[Black Labrador & Pheasant.]
G.Vernon Stokes.
Coloured drypoint etching on india, 41 of 75, signed by the artist. 245 x 290mm.
[Ref: 5730] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Golden Labrador & Springer Spaniel.]
G.Vernon Stokes.
Coloured drypoint etching, 51 of 75, signed by the artist. 250 x 295mm.
[Ref: 5737] £320.00
[Golden Labrador & Springer Spaniel.]
G.Vernon Stokes.
Framed coloured drypoint etching, 250 x 295mm (9¾ x 11½") Edition: 8/75. Unexamined out of frame.
A golden retriever and a springer spaniel watching some birds. By animal artist George Vernon Stokes (1873-1954).
[Ref: 60160] £320.00
[Black Labrador & Woodcock]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Limited dition: 67/250.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 60170] £170.00
(£204.00 incl.VAT)
[Black Labrador.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 175 x 220mm (7 x 8¾"), with very large margins. Limited edition: 52/250. Mint.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 59670] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Black Labrador & Pheasant.]
G.Vernon Stokes.
Framed coloured drypoint etching, 245 x 290mm (9¾ x 11½") Edition: 47/75.
A black labrador carrying a pheasant. By animal artist George Vernon Stokes (1873-1954).
[Ref: 60158] £320.00