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Dr. John Hill.
F. Cotes ad Vivum delt. 1757. R: Houston Fecit.
Mezzotint. Plate 350 x 223mm. 13¾ x 8¾". Uncut, stain on left.
Dr Sir John Hill ( c. 1714-1775), MD; naturalist and writer. He won the Order of Vasa from the King of Sweden, after which he called himself "Sir John" Hill. Died of gout which he professed to cure in others!
CS: 64: i.
[Ref: 15779] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
F. Cotes ad Vivum delt. 1757. R: Houston Fecit.
Mezzotint. Plate 350 x 223mm. 13¾ x 8¾". Uncut, stain on left.
Dr Sir John Hill ( c. 1714-1775), MD; naturalist and writer. He won the Order of Vasa from the King of Sweden, after which he called himself "Sir John" Hill. Died of gout which he professed to cure in others!
CS: 64: i.
[Ref: 15779] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Rev.d Rowland Hill, A.M.
S. Mountoy Smith Pinx.t. Thi.s Lupton Sculp.t.
London, Published Sept.r 1. 1828, by Smith & Son, 137 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet 360 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed within the plate.
Rowland Hill (1744-1833), preacher, enthusiastic evangelical and, as a friend of Edward Jenner, an influential advocate of smallpox vaccination. The original portrait, by Samuel Mountjoy Smith (1809-1874), is in the National Gallery.
[Ref: 51283] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
S. Mountoy Smith Pinx.t. Thi.s Lupton Sculp.t.
London, Published Sept.r 1. 1828, by Smith & Son, 137 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet 360 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed within the plate.
Rowland Hill (1744-1833), preacher, enthusiastic evangelical and, as a friend of Edward Jenner, an influential advocate of smallpox vaccination. The original portrait, by Samuel Mountjoy Smith (1809-1874), is in the National Gallery.
[Ref: 51283] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Rev.d Rowland Hill, M.A.
Painted by Derby. Engraved by Freeman.
London, Published February 1st. 1831, by Page & Son, 62 Blackfriars Road.
Engraving. Sheet 400 x 295mm (15¾ x 11¾"). Slight creasing.
Rowland Hill (1744-1833), preacher, enthusiastic evangelical and, as a friend of Edward Jenner, an influential advocate of smallpox vaccination.
[Ref: 53118] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Derby. Engraved by Freeman.
London, Published February 1st. 1831, by Page & Son, 62 Blackfriars Road.
Engraving. Sheet 400 x 295mm (15¾ x 11¾"). Slight creasing.
Rowland Hill (1744-1833), preacher, enthusiastic evangelical and, as a friend of Edward Jenner, an influential advocate of smallpox vaccination.
[Ref: 53118] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble. The Earl of Hillsborough.
London Mag.e Aug.t 1781.
Engraving. Sheet size: 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate at left. Small margins on 3 sides. Cut on left.
A portrait of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793), known as the Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, within a decorative oval. Hill was a British politician of the Georgian era, best known in the United States as the Earl of Hillsborough where he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768 to 1772, a critical period leading toward the American War of Independence.
[Ref: 35651] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
London Mag.e Aug.t 1781.
Engraving. Sheet size: 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate at left. Small margins on 3 sides. Cut on left.
A portrait of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793), known as the Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, within a decorative oval. Hill was a British politician of the Georgian era, best known in the United States as the Earl of Hillsborough where he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768 to 1772, a critical period leading toward the American War of Independence.
[Ref: 35651] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Un Quatuor d'Amateurs. An Amateur Quartett. Ein Siebhaber Concert.
Peint par Hillemacker. Lith. par Theille. Imp. Lemercier, Paris.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by M. Knoedler, in the clerk's Office of the district Court of the United States for the southern District of New York. [Berlin, New York and Paris by Goupil; in London by Gambart.]
Lithograph and tintstone, printed area 460 x 530mm (18 x 21"). Publisher's blindstamp at bottom.
A string-quartet practice, while two women and a child in background to right. A bust of Franz Joseph Haydn, the 'father of the string quartet', occupies a prominent position in the centre of the scene. From the 'études de moeurs' series' showing high society engaged in leisure activities. The series consists of at least four plates.
For other plates in the series see refs. 3192 and 31949
[Ref: 31948] £750.00
Peint par Hillemacker. Lith. par Theille. Imp. Lemercier, Paris.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by M. Knoedler, in the clerk's Office of the district Court of the United States for the southern District of New York. [Berlin, New York and Paris by Goupil; in London by Gambart.]
Lithograph and tintstone, printed area 460 x 530mm (18 x 21"). Publisher's blindstamp at bottom.
A string-quartet practice, while two women and a child in background to right. A bust of Franz Joseph Haydn, the 'father of the string quartet', occupies a prominent position in the centre of the scene. From the 'études de moeurs' series' showing high society engaged in leisure activities. The series consists of at least four plates.
For other plates in the series see refs. 3192 and 31949
[Ref: 31948] £750.00
Un Concert de Famille. A Family Concert / Familien Concert.
Peint par Hillemacker. Lith. par Theille. Imp. Lemercier, Paris.
Publié par Goupil et C.e le 1.er Octobre 1858. Paris, London. / Berlin, Verlag von Goupil & C.ie / New-York, Published by M. Knoedler.
Lithograph and tintstone, printed area 460 x 530mm (18 x 21"). Publisher's blindstamp at bottom; glued to backing board.
A young woman sings, with piano accompaniment, for a family audience. From the 'études de moeurs' series' showing high society engaged in leisure activities. The series consists of at least four plates.
for other plates in the series see refs. 31948
[Ref: 31949] £680.00
Peint par Hillemacker. Lith. par Theille. Imp. Lemercier, Paris.
Publié par Goupil et C.e le 1.er Octobre 1858. Paris, London. / Berlin, Verlag von Goupil & C.ie / New-York, Published by M. Knoedler.
Lithograph and tintstone, printed area 460 x 530mm (18 x 21"). Publisher's blindstamp at bottom; glued to backing board.
A young woman sings, with piano accompaniment, for a family audience. From the 'études de moeurs' series' showing high society engaged in leisure activities. The series consists of at least four plates.
for other plates in the series see refs. 31948
[Ref: 31949] £680.00
Hoylake.
Spy [Leslie Ward.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd lith.
Vanity Fair. July 16th 1903.
Chomolithograph. Printed area 330 x 190mm (13 x 7½"). Tear in right margin.
Harold Horsfall Hilton (1869-1942), golfer, one of only three amateurs to win an Open Championship, firstly at Muirfield in 1893, and again at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, 1897. He was also the first editor of Golf Monthly, an editor of Golf Illustrated and a course designer (for example Ferndown Golf Club in Dorset). Hewas inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978.
[Ref: 40691] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd lith.
Vanity Fair. July 16th 1903.
Chomolithograph. Printed area 330 x 190mm (13 x 7½"). Tear in right margin.
Harold Horsfall Hilton (1869-1942), golfer, one of only three amateurs to win an Open Championship, firstly at Muirfield in 1893, and again at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, 1897. He was also the first editor of Golf Monthly, an editor of Golf Illustrated and a course designer (for example Ferndown Golf Club in Dorset). Hewas inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978.
[Ref: 40691] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Hinda.
[Designed by Fanny Corbaux. Drawn on Stone by Louisa Corbaux.] F. Corbaux.
[London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. 1837.]
Tinted lithograph large margins. 380 x 279mm (15 x 11").
Hinda leaning over a balcony. From 'Pearls of the East. Beauties from Lallarookh'; Lalla Rookh, the oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. Marie Françoise Catherine Doetger "Fanny" Corbaux (1812–1883) was a British painter and biblical commentator. She was also the inventor of kalsomine (calcimine), whitewash with added zinc oxide. Her sister, Louisa (c.1808-1889), lithographed this print.
[Ref: 31078] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[Designed by Fanny Corbaux. Drawn on Stone by Louisa Corbaux.] F. Corbaux.
[London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. 1837.]
Tinted lithograph large margins. 380 x 279mm (15 x 11").
Hinda leaning over a balcony. From 'Pearls of the East. Beauties from Lallarookh'; Lalla Rookh, the oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. Marie Françoise Catherine Doetger "Fanny" Corbaux (1812–1883) was a British painter and biblical commentator. She was also the inventor of kalsomine (calcimine), whitewash with added zinc oxide. Her sister, Louisa (c.1808-1889), lithographed this print.
[Ref: 31078] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Hindoo Girl.
[Designed by Fanny Corbaux. Drawn on Stone by Louisa Corbaux.] F. Corbaux.
[London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. 1837.]
Tinted lithograph, with large margins. 380 x 279mm (15 x 11"). Slight spotting.
Hindoo Girl; a beautiful maiden sat by the side of a tranquil river, watching the water with an intense gaze; the sun sets behind. From 'Pearls of the East. Beauties from Lallarookh'; Lalla Rookh, the oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. Marie Françoise Catherine Doetger "Fanny" Corbaux (1812–1883) was a British painter and biblical commentator. She was also the inventor of kalsomine (calcimine), whitewash with added zinc oxide. Her sister, Louisa (c.1808-1889), lithographed this print.
[Ref: 31081] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[Designed by Fanny Corbaux. Drawn on Stone by Louisa Corbaux.] F. Corbaux.
[London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. 1837.]
Tinted lithograph, with large margins. 380 x 279mm (15 x 11"). Slight spotting.
Hindoo Girl; a beautiful maiden sat by the side of a tranquil river, watching the water with an intense gaze; the sun sets behind. From 'Pearls of the East. Beauties from Lallarookh'; Lalla Rookh, the oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. Marie Françoise Catherine Doetger "Fanny" Corbaux (1812–1883) was a British painter and biblical commentator. She was also the inventor of kalsomine (calcimine), whitewash with added zinc oxide. Her sister, Louisa (c.1808-1889), lithographed this print.
[Ref: 31081] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
A Hindoo Place of Worship.
Daniell Pinx.t/ J. C. Stadler Aquatinta.
Published & Sold July 30 1804 by Edw.d Orme, His Majesty's Printseller, 59 New Bond Street, London.
Coloured aquatint with small margins. Platemark: 327 x 493mm. (12¾ x 19¼").
Scene showing a Brahmin standing by a pillar. The pillar is decorated with a small canopy and some garlands made of white blossoms. From the series titled 'Twenty - Four Views in Hindostan', by Edward Orme, published in London in 1801-4. In addition to "Views of Hindostan", Orme was involved in several other publications including J. Walker’s "The Itinerant" (1799), Francis William Blagdon’s "A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India" (1806) and F.B. Solvyn’s "The Costumes of Hindostan" (1805).
Abbey. 424, 16.
[Ref: 29853] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Daniell Pinx.t/ J. C. Stadler Aquatinta.
Published & Sold July 30 1804 by Edw.d Orme, His Majesty's Printseller, 59 New Bond Street, London.
Coloured aquatint with small margins. Platemark: 327 x 493mm. (12¾ x 19¼").
Scene showing a Brahmin standing by a pillar. The pillar is decorated with a small canopy and some garlands made of white blossoms. From the series titled 'Twenty - Four Views in Hindostan', by Edward Orme, published in London in 1801-4. In addition to "Views of Hindostan", Orme was involved in several other publications including J. Walker’s "The Itinerant" (1799), Francis William Blagdon’s "A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India" (1806) and F.B. Solvyn’s "The Costumes of Hindostan" (1805).
Abbey. 424, 16.
[Ref: 29853] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Baoulya
[by Balthazar Solvyns]
[published Paris, 1811]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark approx 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Uncut sheet.
'This species of boat is the swiftest we know...An example among others cited is of a governor general who in his Baawalee-a performed in eight days the voyage from Lucknow to Calcutta, a distance of four hundred marine leagues' (from letterpress published with print). From the third volume of Balthazar Solvyns' 'Les Hindoûs'. Solvyns (1760-1824), a Flemish artist who lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, etched a collection of 250 plates documenting various aspects of Calcutta life. The set was first published in Calcutta, where it proved a financial failure, and Solvyns produced another set which he published in Paris after returning to Europe, although again the venture was unsuccessful, probably in part due to its publication at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. Solvyns later returned to Antwerp, where William I appointed him Captain of the Port.
[Ref: 33650] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[by Balthazar Solvyns]
[published Paris, 1811]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark approx 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Uncut sheet.
'This species of boat is the swiftest we know...An example among others cited is of a governor general who in his Baawalee-a performed in eight days the voyage from Lucknow to Calcutta, a distance of four hundred marine leagues' (from letterpress published with print). From the third volume of Balthazar Solvyns' 'Les Hindoûs'. Solvyns (1760-1824), a Flemish artist who lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, etched a collection of 250 plates documenting various aspects of Calcutta life. The set was first published in Calcutta, where it proved a financial failure, and Solvyns produced another set which he published in Paris after returning to Europe, although again the venture was unsuccessful, probably in part due to its publication at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. Solvyns later returned to Antwerp, where William I appointed him Captain of the Port.
[Ref: 33650] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Fyl-Tcharra
[by Balthazar Solvyns]
[published Paris, 1811]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark approx 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Uncut sheet.
'The word Feal-charra means elephant's head: and the boat represented in the print take this name from their prow...the Radjahs only, and rich people of the country, make use of them' (from letterpress published with print). From the third volume of Balthazar Solvyns' 'Les Hindoûs'. Solvyns (1760-1824), a Flemish artist who lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, etched a collection of 250 plates documenting various aspects of Calcutta life. The set was first published in Calcutta, where it proved a financial failure, and Solvyns produced another set which he published in Paris after returning to Europe, although again the venture was unsuccessful, probably in part due to its publication at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. Solvyns later returned to Antwerp, where William I appointed him Captain of the Port.
[Ref: 33653] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[by Balthazar Solvyns]
[published Paris, 1811]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark approx 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Uncut sheet.
'The word Feal-charra means elephant's head: and the boat represented in the print take this name from their prow...the Radjahs only, and rich people of the country, make use of them' (from letterpress published with print). From the third volume of Balthazar Solvyns' 'Les Hindoûs'. Solvyns (1760-1824), a Flemish artist who lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, etched a collection of 250 plates documenting various aspects of Calcutta life. The set was first published in Calcutta, where it proved a financial failure, and Solvyns produced another set which he published in Paris after returning to Europe, although again the venture was unsuccessful, probably in part due to its publication at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. Solvyns later returned to Antwerp, where William I appointed him Captain of the Port.
[Ref: 33653] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Mourpenky
[by Balthazar Solvyns]
[published Paris, 1811]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark approx 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Uncut sheet.
'Moor-punkee means peacocks head' (hence the design of the prow). 'The prince or leading person of the Moor-punkee is seated smoking his hooka under a particular canopy, in front of all the others. The grandees and servants of his retinue are under another awning. At the head of the rowers is a Jemidar, who, by his voice and his motions, regulates the measure like the leader of an orchestra...' (from letterpress published with print). From the third volume of Balthazar Solvyns' 'Les Hindoûs'. Solvyns (1760-1824), a Flemish artist who lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, etched a collection of 250 plates documenting various aspects of Calcutta life. The set was first published in Calcutta, where it proved a financial failure, and Solvyns produced another set which he published in Paris after returning to Europe, although again the venture was unsuccessful, probably in part due to its publication at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. Solvyns later returned to Antwerp, where William I appointed him Captain of the Port.
[Ref: 33652] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[by Balthazar Solvyns]
[published Paris, 1811]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark approx 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Uncut sheet.
'Moor-punkee means peacocks head' (hence the design of the prow). 'The prince or leading person of the Moor-punkee is seated smoking his hooka under a particular canopy, in front of all the others. The grandees and servants of his retinue are under another awning. At the head of the rowers is a Jemidar, who, by his voice and his motions, regulates the measure like the leader of an orchestra...' (from letterpress published with print). From the third volume of Balthazar Solvyns' 'Les Hindoûs'. Solvyns (1760-1824), a Flemish artist who lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, etched a collection of 250 plates documenting various aspects of Calcutta life. The set was first published in Calcutta, where it proved a financial failure, and Solvyns produced another set which he published in Paris after returning to Europe, although again the venture was unsuccessful, probably in part due to its publication at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. Solvyns later returned to Antwerp, where William I appointed him Captain of the Port.
[Ref: 33652] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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![[Vessels of all sorts]](jpegs/33649.jpg)
[Vessels of all sorts] Navires
[by Balthazar Solvyns]
[published Paris, 1811]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark approx 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). With letterpress description in French and English. Uncut sheet.
Various indian vessels: 'Here are the high vessels of the Red sea and Persian gulph, the Grabs, the ships of the Maldive isles, made of bambous and coconut trees, masts cordage and anchors. The boats employed in the pearl fishery on the coast of Ceylan, the Vliegers of Batavia, the Proues of Malacca, remarked for their swiftness: the Catamarans of Madras, and infine the Chinese Jonques' (from accompanying letterpress). Also shown, a European frigate. From the third volume of Balthazar Solvyns' 'Les Hindoûs'. Solvyns (1760-1824), a Flemish artist who lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, etched a collection of 250 plates documenting various aspects of Calcutta life. The set was first published in Calcutta, where it proved a financial failure, and Solvyns produced another set which he published in Paris after returning to Europe, although again the venture was unsuccessful, probably in part due to its publication at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. Solvyns later returned to Antwerp, where William I appointed him Captain of the Port.
[Ref: 33649] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[by Balthazar Solvyns]
[published Paris, 1811]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark approx 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). With letterpress description in French and English. Uncut sheet.
Various indian vessels: 'Here are the high vessels of the Red sea and Persian gulph, the Grabs, the ships of the Maldive isles, made of bambous and coconut trees, masts cordage and anchors. The boats employed in the pearl fishery on the coast of Ceylan, the Vliegers of Batavia, the Proues of Malacca, remarked for their swiftness: the Catamarans of Madras, and infine the Chinese Jonques' (from accompanying letterpress). Also shown, a European frigate. From the third volume of Balthazar Solvyns' 'Les Hindoûs'. Solvyns (1760-1824), a Flemish artist who lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, etched a collection of 250 plates documenting various aspects of Calcutta life. The set was first published in Calcutta, where it proved a financial failure, and Solvyns produced another set which he published in Paris after returning to Europe, although again the venture was unsuccessful, probably in part due to its publication at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. Solvyns later returned to Antwerp, where William I appointed him Captain of the Port.
[Ref: 33649] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Ioannes Hindret Reg. Consil. Deposita. Pecuniar. Quaestor. Te linguae celebrent omnes, qui detegis ortus Linguarum Interpres, quae sitorigop, probas. Gallus, Iber, Germanus, Arab, te laudet et Anglus Sed te quam melius praedicet ille liber. Santolius Vistorinus.
Jac. Van Schuppen pinxit. P. Van Schuppen Sculp. 1697.
Engraving. Plate: 145 x 90 (5¾ x 3½"). Trimmed to plate on top and bottom edges.
A portrait of the French linguist Jean Hindret, author of 'L'art de bien prononcer et de bien parler la langue francaise...' 1687.
[Ref: 42052] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Jac. Van Schuppen pinxit. P. Van Schuppen Sculp. 1697.
Engraving. Plate: 145 x 90 (5¾ x 3½"). Trimmed to plate on top and bottom edges.
A portrait of the French linguist Jean Hindret, author of 'L'art de bien prononcer et de bien parler la langue francaise...' 1687.
[Ref: 42052] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Hindoo Girl.
[after Henry Corbould.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Pencil sketch, with indistinct signature (Jemima Woodmason?]. Sheet 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Laid on album paper at corners. blind stamp top left.
A pencil sketch of the statue of a seated woman, arm resting on an urn, sculpted by Sir Richard Westmacott in 1821 for a monument in St John’s Cathedral, Calcutta, erected in honour of Alexander Colvin, a British merchant. A contemporary copy of the illustration drawn by Henry Corbould and engraved by Thomson for 'The Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon', 1825.
[Ref: 60552] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[after Henry Corbould.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Pencil sketch, with indistinct signature (Jemima Woodmason?]. Sheet 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Laid on album paper at corners. blind stamp top left.
A pencil sketch of the statue of a seated woman, arm resting on an urn, sculpted by Sir Richard Westmacott in 1821 for a monument in St John’s Cathedral, Calcutta, erected in honour of Alexander Colvin, a British merchant. A contemporary copy of the illustration drawn by Henry Corbould and engraved by Thomson for 'The Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon', 1825.
[Ref: 60552] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[India] The Twenty-Eight Hindoo lunar mansions.](jpegs/66819.jpg)
[India] The Twenty-Eight Hindoo lunar mansions. [To the most noble John James, Marquis of Abercorn, this curious & valuable fragment of Oriental astronomical science, is respectfully and gratefully inscribed by T. M. [Thomas Maurice].
[engraved by Inigo Barlow.]
[London: W. Bulmer & Co for Thomas Maurice, 1795-8.]
Engraving. Sheet 480 x 260mm (19 x 10¼"). Trimmed to printed border and around title, edges chipped with loss, laid on album paper. Damaged.
A plate illustrating the 28 lunar nakshatras or constellations of the Hindoo zodiac. A folding plate from 'The History of Hindostan; Its Arts, and Its Sciences, as Connected with the History of the Other Great Empires of Asia, During the Most Ancient Periods of the World' by Orientalist scholar Thomas Maurice (1754-1824).
[Ref: 66819] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[engraved by Inigo Barlow.]
[London: W. Bulmer & Co for Thomas Maurice, 1795-8.]
Engraving. Sheet 480 x 260mm (19 x 10¼"). Trimmed to printed border and around title, edges chipped with loss, laid on album paper. Damaged.
A plate illustrating the 28 lunar nakshatras or constellations of the Hindoo zodiac. A folding plate from 'The History of Hindostan; Its Arts, and Its Sciences, as Connected with the History of the Other Great Empires of Asia, During the Most Ancient Periods of the World' by Orientalist scholar Thomas Maurice (1754-1824).
[Ref: 66819] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A true & exact Representation of the Art of Casting & Preparing Letters for Printing.
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine 1750. for J.Hinton at the King's Arms in St Pauls Churchyard. London.
Engraving. 205 x 250mm.
[Ref: 7136] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine 1750. for J.Hinton at the King's Arms in St Pauls Churchyard. London.
Engraving. 205 x 250mm.
[Ref: 7136] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Printing Press. Composing Stick. The Letter Case for the Roman.
W.H. Toms sculp.
Printed for J.Hinton at the King's Arms, St Pauls Churchyard. 1747.
Engraving. 165 x 125mm.
[Ref: 6993] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
W.H. Toms sculp.
Printed for J.Hinton at the King's Arms, St Pauls Churchyard. 1747.
Engraving. 165 x 125mm.
[Ref: 6993] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Hints to bad Horsemen. No.1. Symptoms of Restiveness. [&] No.2. Symptoms of Starting. [&] No.3 Symptoms of Kicking. [&] No.4. Symptoms of Tumbling.
H. Bunbury Esq.r delin. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
London, Publish'd May 10:th 1781 by Watson & Dickinson No.158 New Bond Street.
A scarce set of four stipples. Each 196 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼").
1. A rider in a country road, looking to left, has stopped before a sign-post; his horse has its head turned to right with a church and tress seen on the right; 2. Rider to the left, his horse starting at a man crouching down in some bushes, with a windmill behind; 3. A man on horseback in a landscape looking to right, nearly falling off from the animal kicking up behind; 4. An man to left falling off his horse, which has stumbled to the consternation of a goose and three ducks, barn in background, fence and trees on left with bushes to the right.
Goodwin: 66 to 69 [inclusive].
[Ref: 23947] £600.00 view all images for this item
H. Bunbury Esq.r delin. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
London, Publish'd May 10:th 1781 by Watson & Dickinson No.158 New Bond Street.
A scarce set of four stipples. Each 196 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼").
1. A rider in a country road, looking to left, has stopped before a sign-post; his horse has its head turned to right with a church and tress seen on the right; 2. Rider to the left, his horse starting at a man crouching down in some bushes, with a windmill behind; 3. A man on horseback in a landscape looking to right, nearly falling off from the animal kicking up behind; 4. An man to left falling off his horse, which has stumbled to the consternation of a goose and three ducks, barn in background, fence and trees on left with bushes to the right.
Goodwin: 66 to 69 [inclusive].
[Ref: 23947] £600.00 view all images for this item
Hints to bad Horsemen. No.1. Symptoms of Restiveness. [&] No.2. Symptoms of Starting. [&] No.3 Symptoms of Kicking. [&] No.4. Symptoms of Tumbling.
H. Bunbury Esq.r delin. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
London, Publish'd May 10:th 1781 by Watson & Dickinson No.158 New Bond Street.
A scarce set of four stipples. Each 196 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼"). With two more Bunbury caricatures pasted on reverse. Laid on album paper, plate 1 toned.
1. A rider in a country road, looking to left, has stopped before a sign-post; his horse has its head turned to right with a church and tress seen on the right; 2. Rider to the left, his horse starting at a man crouching down in some bushes, with a windmill behind; 3. A man on horseback in a landscape looking to right, nearly falling off from the animal kicking up behind; 4. An man to left falling off his horse, which has stumbled to the consternation of a goose and three ducks, barn in background, fence and trees on left with bushes to the right.
Goodwin: 66 to 69 [inclusive].
[Ref: 59222] £420.00 view all images for this item
H. Bunbury Esq.r delin. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
London, Publish'd May 10:th 1781 by Watson & Dickinson No.158 New Bond Street.
A scarce set of four stipples. Each 196 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼"). With two more Bunbury caricatures pasted on reverse. Laid on album paper, plate 1 toned.
1. A rider in a country road, looking to left, has stopped before a sign-post; his horse has its head turned to right with a church and tress seen on the right; 2. Rider to the left, his horse starting at a man crouching down in some bushes, with a windmill behind; 3. A man on horseback in a landscape looking to right, nearly falling off from the animal kicking up behind; 4. An man to left falling off his horse, which has stumbled to the consternation of a goose and three ducks, barn in background, fence and trees on left with bushes to the right.
Goodwin: 66 to 69 [inclusive].
[Ref: 59222] £420.00 view all images for this item
Hyppopotame. Habitant l'Afrique, vit dans les Rivières, et se Nourrit d'Herbes, et de Racines; il est Brutal et Stupide.
Dessiné par P. Oudart. Imp: Lith: de F. Noel.
A Paris, chez Noel aine et Cie Editeurs, Rue de Vaugirard No 34.
Lithograph. Sheet: 360 x 270mm (14 x 10½") very large margins. Foxing on right.
A scene with a hippopotamus and crocodile by an Egyptian ruin.
[Ref: 42729] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par P. Oudart. Imp: Lith: de F. Noel.
A Paris, chez Noel aine et Cie Editeurs, Rue de Vaugirard No 34.
Lithograph. Sheet: 360 x 270mm (14 x 10½") very large margins. Foxing on right.
A scene with a hippopotamus and crocodile by an Egyptian ruin.
[Ref: 42729] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Hippocrate, Père de la Médecine.
Vauthier del. Mecou sculp.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Rare stipple. 292 x 229mm. 11½ x 9". Cut.
Hippocrates (c.460 BC - c.380 BC), Greek physician, teacher, and 'father of medicine'. He searched for rational explanations to illness rather than religious or magical ones, founded a school in Cos and (allegedly) wrote an ethical oath that is still taken today by medical practitioners.
W: 1403-4/5?
[Ref: 24598] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Vauthier del. Mecou sculp.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Rare stipple. 292 x 229mm. 11½ x 9". Cut.
Hippocrates (c.460 BC - c.380 BC), Greek physician, teacher, and 'father of medicine'. He searched for rational explanations to illness rather than religious or magical ones, founded a school in Cos and (allegedly) wrote an ethical oath that is still taken today by medical practitioners.
W: 1403-4/5?
[Ref: 24598] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Hippocrates.
J. Chapman, Sc.
London Published Oct. 21. 1809, by J. Wilkes.
Stipple with large margins. Plate 165 x 109mm. 6¼ x 4¼".
Hippocrates (c.460 BC - c.380 BC), Greek physician, teacher, and 'the father of medicine'. He searched for rational explanations to illness rather than religious or magical ones, founded a school in Cos and (allegedly) wrote an ethical oath that is still taken today by medical practitioners. One of a number of stipple heads of Kings and Queens of similar format printed on quarto sheets, by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, 1795-1810. They probably appeared as illustrations to the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings. Compiled ... by John Wilkes'.
See Ref: 9568 for colour printed version. W: 1403-18.
[Ref: 27115] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chapman, Sc.
London Published Oct. 21. 1809, by J. Wilkes.
Stipple with large margins. Plate 165 x 109mm. 6¼ x 4¼".
Hippocrates (c.460 BC - c.380 BC), Greek physician, teacher, and 'the father of medicine'. He searched for rational explanations to illness rather than religious or magical ones, founded a school in Cos and (allegedly) wrote an ethical oath that is still taken today by medical practitioners. One of a number of stipple heads of Kings and Queens of similar format printed on quarto sheets, by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, 1795-1810. They probably appeared as illustrations to the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings. Compiled ... by John Wilkes'.
See Ref: 9568 for colour printed version. W: 1403-18.
[Ref: 27115] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Hippocrates.
J. Chapman, Sc.
London Published Oct. 21. 1809, by J. Wilkes.
Colour printed stipple with etching. Plate: 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), with very large margins.
Hippocrates (c.460 BC - c.380 BC), Greek physician, teacher, and 'the father of medicine'. He searched for rational explanations to illness rather than religious or magical ones, founded a school in Cos and (allegedly) wrote an ethical oath that is still taken today by medical practitioners.
[Ref: 39869] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chapman, Sc.
London Published Oct. 21. 1809, by J. Wilkes.
Colour printed stipple with etching. Plate: 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), with very large margins.
Hippocrates (c.460 BC - c.380 BC), Greek physician, teacher, and 'the father of medicine'. He searched for rational explanations to illness rather than religious or magical ones, founded a school in Cos and (allegedly) wrote an ethical oath that is still taken today by medical practitioners.
[Ref: 39869] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Hippocrates. Taken from a Gem in the possession of J. Tassie Esq.r. in Leicester Square.
J. Chapman, Sc.
London Published Oct.21.1809 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple. Sheet: 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Some very faint foxing.
Profile portrait in a roundel of Hippocrates, below which is a vignette depicting his work as a doctor. Hippocrates is widely considered the father of western medicine establishing medicine as a discipline distinct from other studies and thus establishing it as a profession.
[Ref: 35521] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chapman, Sc.
London Published Oct.21.1809 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple. Sheet: 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Some very faint foxing.
Profile portrait in a roundel of Hippocrates, below which is a vignette depicting his work as a doctor. Hippocrates is widely considered the father of western medicine establishing medicine as a discipline distinct from other studies and thus establishing it as a profession.
[Ref: 35521] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Hippodamia. Who first instituted female races, at the Olympic Games.
Antoni Zucchi delin. Pasteroni sculp.
London: Published 1st July, 1803, by R. Ackermann at the Repository of Arts; 101, Strand.
Stipple, rare. 340 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼"). Creased at pasted areas.
According to myth, King Oenomaos forced all of his daughter's Hippodamia's suitors to a chariot race, executing the losers. When Pelops (hero of the Peloponnese) won, he founded the Olympic Games to thank the gods for the victory. Hippodamia founded women's races in honor of Hera, called Heraea.
[Ref: 32334] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Antoni Zucchi delin. Pasteroni sculp.
London: Published 1st July, 1803, by R. Ackermann at the Repository of Arts; 101, Strand.
Stipple, rare. 340 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼"). Creased at pasted areas.
According to myth, King Oenomaos forced all of his daughter's Hippodamia's suitors to a chariot race, executing the losers. When Pelops (hero of the Peloponnese) won, he founded the Olympic Games to thank the gods for the victory. Hippodamia founded women's races in honor of Hera, called Heraea.
[Ref: 32334] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Death of Hippolytus.]](jpegs/49982.jpg)
[The Death of Hippolytus.] [To His Grace the Duke of Bedford, this print of Hippolitus, Engraved from a capital cabinet picture, by / P. P. Rubens now in his Graces collection (late in the possession of Mr. Bryan.) is with permission dedicated by his Graces much obliged & most obedient servant. B. B. Evans.]
P.P. Rubens pinx. R. Earlom Aqua.t.
Publish'd March 10th 1796 by B.B. Evans.
Stipple, scarce unfinished proof before mezzotint. Sheet 460 x 620mm )18 x 24½"). Edges worn, tear in sky taped.
A sea monster, a bull with fins and a fish tail, causes Hippolytus to be thrown from his chariot and be dragged to his death. A scene from Ovid's retelling of the Greek myth, eventually published May 7th. 1797.
Ex collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 49982] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
P.P. Rubens pinx. R. Earlom Aqua.t.
Publish'd March 10th 1796 by B.B. Evans.
Stipple, scarce unfinished proof before mezzotint. Sheet 460 x 620mm )18 x 24½"). Edges worn, tear in sky taped.
A sea monster, a bull with fins and a fish tail, causes Hippolytus to be thrown from his chariot and be dragged to his death. A scene from Ovid's retelling of the Greek myth, eventually published May 7th. 1797.
Ex collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 49982] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Hippopotamus. Hippopotamus Amphibius.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 245 x 345mm (13 x 9½"), with very large margins.
A herd of hippos at the side of a lake. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 50355] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 245 x 345mm (13 x 9½"), with very large margins.
A herd of hippos at the side of a lake. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 50355] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
XII. Hippopotamus Amphibius. - The Hippopotamus.
W. C. Harris del.t
[London, John Murray, n.d., c.1840-3.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 330 x 450mm. (13 x 17¾").
A study of a Hippopotamus in its natural habitat, from Captain William Cornwallis Harris's 'Portraits of Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa'. Harris (1807 - 1848), an English military engineer, artist and hunter, joined the East India Company in December 1823. In their employ he was able to pursue his taste for field sports and the depiction of wildlife. One of the more notable of the early Victorian travellers, Harris's illustrations of the large African fauna were the first to have any claim to accuracy. They were originally issued in parts 1840-2 and as a volume in 1843.
Abbey Travel 335.
[Ref: 30011] £480.00
W. C. Harris del.t
[London, John Murray, n.d., c.1840-3.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 330 x 450mm. (13 x 17¾").
A study of a Hippopotamus in its natural habitat, from Captain William Cornwallis Harris's 'Portraits of Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa'. Harris (1807 - 1848), an English military engineer, artist and hunter, joined the East India Company in December 1823. In their employ he was able to pursue his taste for field sports and the depiction of wildlife. One of the more notable of the early Victorian travellers, Harris's illustrations of the large African fauna were the first to have any claim to accuracy. They were originally issued in parts 1840-2 and as a volume in 1843.
Abbey Travel 335.
[Ref: 30011] £480.00
Ippopotamoc. Hippopotamus. Behemoth.
Joh. Ph. Aubry fecit.
[Frankfurt: Johann David Zunner, 1691.]
Engraving, very scarce. Printed area 290 x 375mm. (11½ x 14¾"). Trimmed, false margin added. Some foxing & creasing
Two early illustrations of Hippopotami, from Hiob Ludolf's 'Historiam Aethiopicam Antehac Editam Commentarius'. Both show the hippopotamus with two forward-protruding tusk-like teeth. Ludolf (1624-1704), a German orientalist, learned the Ethiopian language from Gregorius, a monk from the Ethiopian province of Amhara. He used this knowledge to research the country, even visiting England to promote a trade scheme, unsuccessfully. The modern scholar Edward Ullendorff called Ludolf 'the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship'.
For a portrait of Ludolf see ref. 26060.
[Ref: 30156] £360.00
Joh. Ph. Aubry fecit.
[Frankfurt: Johann David Zunner, 1691.]
Engraving, very scarce. Printed area 290 x 375mm. (11½ x 14¾"). Trimmed, false margin added. Some foxing & creasing
Two early illustrations of Hippopotami, from Hiob Ludolf's 'Historiam Aethiopicam Antehac Editam Commentarius'. Both show the hippopotamus with two forward-protruding tusk-like teeth. Ludolf (1624-1704), a German orientalist, learned the Ethiopian language from Gregorius, a monk from the Ethiopian province of Amhara. He used this knowledge to research the country, even visiting England to promote a trade scheme, unsuccessfully. The modern scholar Edward Ullendorff called Ludolf 'the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship'.
For a portrait of Ludolf see ref. 26060.
[Ref: 30156] £360.00
De Algemeene en Byzondere Natuurlyke Historie. De Natuur. Tweed Beschouwing.
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved caprice chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with stylised depictions of a hippo, zebra, porcupine, hedgehog and other animals, being managed by two putti.
[Ref: 41270] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved caprice chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with stylised depictions of a hippo, zebra, porcupine, hedgehog and other animals, being managed by two putti.
[Ref: 41270] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
"The Baby Hippopotamus"
[n.d. c.1870's]
Very rare lithograph, sheet 220 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"), with large margins. Creases.
An anthropromorphic satire. A midwife wearing a dress and bonnet holds a baby hippo, just birthed by the hippo laying in a grand bed. Grandparents look pleased, the grandmother sits on a chair while the grandfather stands next to the fireplace wearing a housecoat. Possibly a satire on the first captive-bred hippo at London Zoo; bore by Adhela and fathered by Obaysch in 1871.
[Ref: 61459] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1870's]
Very rare lithograph, sheet 220 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"), with large margins. Creases.
An anthropromorphic satire. A midwife wearing a dress and bonnet holds a baby hippo, just birthed by the hippo laying in a grand bed. Grandparents look pleased, the grandmother sits on a chair while the grandfather stands next to the fireplace wearing a housecoat. Possibly a satire on the first captive-bred hippo at London Zoo; bore by Adhela and fathered by Obaysch in 1871.
[Ref: 61459] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
l'Hippopotame du Jardin des Plantes
Imp. Lemercier Paris [c.1830]
Lithograph with tintstone, sheet 150 x 225mm (6 x 8¾"). Trimmed at top in title.
Hippopotamus at the Méngerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris, opened to the public in 1635, the second oldest zoo in the world. In the early nineteenth century, when this print was published, it boasted the largest collection of exotic animals in Europe.
Private Collection.
[Ref: 43363] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Imp. Lemercier Paris [c.1830]
Lithograph with tintstone, sheet 150 x 225mm (6 x 8¾"). Trimmed at top in title.
Hippopotamus at the Méngerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris, opened to the public in 1635, the second oldest zoo in the world. In the early nineteenth century, when this print was published, it boasted the largest collection of exotic animals in Europe.
Private Collection.
[Ref: 43363] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Hiram King of Tyre, sends presents to King Solomon. 1.Kings Chap. 9 Ver. 11
Painted by Eeckhout. Engrav'd by Jn.o. Murphy
Publish'd Mar. 1.st 1790, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside London.
A very fine mezzotint with margins, 490 x 610mm. 19¼ x 24".
In the Bible, King Hiram of Tyre forms an alliance with King Solomon of Israel to gain access to trading routes leading to Egypt. After a painting by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621-74), a pupil of Rembrandt's.
Ex: the Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14852] £520.00
Painted by Eeckhout. Engrav'd by Jn.o. Murphy
Publish'd Mar. 1.st 1790, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside London.
A very fine mezzotint with margins, 490 x 610mm. 19¼ x 24".
In the Bible, King Hiram of Tyre forms an alliance with King Solomon of Israel to gain access to trading routes leading to Egypt. After a painting by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621-74), a pupil of Rembrandt's.
Ex: the Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14852] £520.00
Hiram King of Tyre, sends Presents to King Solomon.
Painted by Eekhout. Engrav'd by Jno. Murphy.
Publish'd Mar: 1st. 1790 by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, scarce open letter proof, 480 x 605mm. 19 x 23¾". A fine impression, with full large margins.
Solomon, king of Israel, sitting outside his temple to left, with the King of Tyre Hiram's gifts and pieces of masonry about him. The younger man of the two behind him gestures to right towards Hiram, who arrives on shore with two pages carrying his train, and points towards a bowl which another page brings. Set in a classical landscape. After Jacob Joseph Eeckhout (1793 - 1861).
Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14837] £550.00
Painted by Eekhout. Engrav'd by Jno. Murphy.
Publish'd Mar: 1st. 1790 by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, scarce open letter proof, 480 x 605mm. 19 x 23¾". A fine impression, with full large margins.
Solomon, king of Israel, sitting outside his temple to left, with the King of Tyre Hiram's gifts and pieces of masonry about him. The younger man of the two behind him gestures to right towards Hiram, who arrives on shore with two pages carrying his train, and points towards a bowl which another page brings. Set in a classical landscape. After Jacob Joseph Eeckhout (1793 - 1861).
Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14837] £550.00
Rev.d Solomon Hirschel. Chief Rabbi of the German Jews in London.
Engraved by Ridley for the European Magazine from an Original Painting by Drummond.
London. Published by J. Asperne, No. 32 Cornhill. April 2, 1811.
Stipple. Plate: 155 x 120mm (6 x 5"), with narrow margins
A portrait of Rabbi Solomon Hirschel (1761 - 1842), head and shoulders to front, looking to right, with beard and tall fur hat, wearing bands and light patterned gown. An illustration to the European Magazine. Hirschel was the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, from 1802 to 1842. He is best remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to stop the spread of Reform Judaism in Britain by excommunicating its leaders.
[Ref: 55266] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Ridley for the European Magazine from an Original Painting by Drummond.
London. Published by J. Asperne, No. 32 Cornhill. April 2, 1811.
Stipple. Plate: 155 x 120mm (6 x 5"), with narrow margins
A portrait of Rabbi Solomon Hirschel (1761 - 1842), head and shoulders to front, looking to right, with beard and tall fur hat, wearing bands and light patterned gown. An illustration to the European Magazine. Hirschel was the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, from 1802 to 1842. He is best remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to stop the spread of Reform Judaism in Britain by excommunicating its leaders.
[Ref: 55266] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Village landscape with stream]](jpegs/41182.jpg)
[Village landscape with stream]
Norman Hirst pinx et sculp ['NH 1920' in image]
Copyright Published July 1st 1922 by Vicars Brothers 12 Old Bond Street London
Mezzotint, platemark 200 x 270mm (8 x 10½"), with very large margins. Signed in pencil by the artist.
Rare landscape by Norman Hirst (1862-1956), mezzotinter and etcher. Born at Liverpool, Hirst was a student at Leeds, Lucerne and in Germany, where he began to engrave in 1875. He subsequently worked at Bushey, Christchurch and Langport, Somerset, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1890 to 1929. Along with distinguished contemporaries such as Frank Short and Seymour Haden, Hirst was a member of the Society of Mezzotint Engravers, founded in 1898.
[Ref: 41182] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Norman Hirst pinx et sculp ['NH 1920' in image]
Copyright Published July 1st 1922 by Vicars Brothers 12 Old Bond Street London
Mezzotint, platemark 200 x 270mm (8 x 10½"), with very large margins. Signed in pencil by the artist.
Rare landscape by Norman Hirst (1862-1956), mezzotinter and etcher. Born at Liverpool, Hirst was a student at Leeds, Lucerne and in Germany, where he began to engrave in 1875. He subsequently worked at Bushey, Christchurch and Langport, Somerset, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1890 to 1929. Along with distinguished contemporaries such as Frank Short and Seymour Haden, Hirst was a member of the Society of Mezzotint Engravers, founded in 1898.
[Ref: 41182] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Landscape with mother and child in a cart.]](jpegs/41184.jpg)
[Landscape with mother and child in a cart.]
Norman Hirst pinx et sculp.
[n.d., c.1920.]
Mezzotint, platemark 300 x 380mm (11¾ x 15") very large margins. Signed in pencil by the artist.
Rare landscape by Norman Hirst (1862-1956), mezzotinter and etcher. Born at Liverpool, Hirst was a student at Leeds, Lucerne and in Germany, where he began to engrave in 1875. He subsequently worked at Bushey, Christchurch and Langport, Somerset, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1890 to 1929. Along with distinguished contemporaries such as Frank Short and Seymour Haden, Hirst was a member of the Society of Mezzotint Engravers, founded in 1898.
[Ref: 41184] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Norman Hirst pinx et sculp.
[n.d., c.1920.]
Mezzotint, platemark 300 x 380mm (11¾ x 15") very large margins. Signed in pencil by the artist.
Rare landscape by Norman Hirst (1862-1956), mezzotinter and etcher. Born at Liverpool, Hirst was a student at Leeds, Lucerne and in Germany, where he began to engrave in 1875. He subsequently worked at Bushey, Christchurch and Langport, Somerset, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1890 to 1929. Along with distinguished contemporaries such as Frank Short and Seymour Haden, Hirst was a member of the Society of Mezzotint Engravers, founded in 1898.
[Ref: 41184] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G.H. Hirst.
A. Chevallier Tayler 1905 [facsimile signature.]
Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. Lith London.
Chromolithograph with accompanying text sheet. 381 x 254mm. 15 x 10". Some creasing.
George Herbert Hirst (1871-1954), the professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1819 and 1921. He played in 24 Test matches for England between 1897 and 1909, touring Australia twice. Albert Chevallier Tayler (1862-1925), the English artist who specialised in portrait and genre painting. From 'The Empire's Cricketers'.
[Ref: 26501] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A. Chevallier Tayler 1905 [facsimile signature.]
Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. Lith London.
Chromolithograph with accompanying text sheet. 381 x 254mm. 15 x 10". Some creasing.
George Herbert Hirst (1871-1954), the professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1819 and 1921. He played in 24 Test matches for England between 1897 and 1909, touring Australia twice. Albert Chevallier Tayler (1862-1925), the English artist who specialised in portrait and genre painting. From 'The Empire's Cricketers'.
[Ref: 26501] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
To Celebrate His Majesty's Happy Recovery. City Assembly. G.R.
Delegal Sculp Winchester St.
[n.d. c.1789.]
A rare engraving. Plate 140 x 145mm. 5½ x 5¾".
George III suffered from recurrent, and eventually permanent mental illness; it was suggested that he suffered from the blood disease porphyria. There were many moments when his health rendered him useless to the country, leaving his eldest son George, who ruled as Prince Regent and took care of duties when his father was taken sick.
[Ref: 21143] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Delegal Sculp Winchester St.
[n.d. c.1789.]
A rare engraving. Plate 140 x 145mm. 5½ x 5¾".
George III suffered from recurrent, and eventually permanent mental illness; it was suggested that he suffered from the blood disease porphyria. There were many moments when his health rendered him useless to the country, leaving his eldest son George, who ruled as Prince Regent and took care of duties when his father was taken sick.
[Ref: 21143] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[His Majesty's Theatre] The Opera House.](jpegs/21618.jpg)
[His Majesty's Theatre] The Opera House.
Drawn & Engraved by Daniel Havell.
London, Published by J. Taylor, High Holborn, 1826.
Rare etching and aquatint. 160 x 250mm (6¼ x 9¾"). Printer's(?) crease into right side of plate.
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London. The name of the theatre changes with the sex of the monarch. The theatre was established by architect and playwright John Vanbrugh, in 1705, as the Queen's Theatre. It first became the King's Theatre in 1714 on the accession of George I. It was renamed Her Majesty's Theatre in 1837. After 1709, the theatre was devoted to Italian opera and was sometimes known informally as The Opera House. Numbered 'Plate III' upper right. From Edward Wedlake Brayley's 'Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London ... Illustrated with a view of each theatre ... drawn and engraved by the late Daniel Havell' (1826)
Abbey 227, 3. BL Cup.402.i.8.
[Ref: 21618] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by Daniel Havell.
London, Published by J. Taylor, High Holborn, 1826.
Rare etching and aquatint. 160 x 250mm (6¼ x 9¾"). Printer's(?) crease into right side of plate.
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London. The name of the theatre changes with the sex of the monarch. The theatre was established by architect and playwright John Vanbrugh, in 1705, as the Queen's Theatre. It first became the King's Theatre in 1714 on the accession of George I. It was renamed Her Majesty's Theatre in 1837. After 1709, the theatre was devoted to Italian opera and was sometimes known informally as The Opera House. Numbered 'Plate III' upper right. From Edward Wedlake Brayley's 'Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London ... Illustrated with a view of each theatre ... drawn and engraved by the late Daniel Havell' (1826)
Abbey 227, 3. BL Cup.402.i.8.
[Ref: 21618] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Carte de L'Isle d'Hayti, Aujour d'hui l'Espagnole, ou L'Isle de St Domingue, avec les Isles voisins... {repeated in Dutch.]
J. V. Schley direx.
[The Hague, c.1760.]
Engraved map. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½") large margins. Binding folds flattened, rubbed area on right border.
A map of Hispaniola, now divided between Haiti and the Domincan Republic, with eastern Cuba and Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Turks & Caicos Islands. Engraved by Jakob van der Schley for a Dutch edition of Prevost's 'Histoire de Voyages', which reproduced the original illustrations by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.
[Ref: 45247] £160.00
J. V. Schley direx.
[The Hague, c.1760.]
Engraved map. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½") large margins. Binding folds flattened, rubbed area on right border.
A map of Hispaniola, now divided between Haiti and the Domincan Republic, with eastern Cuba and Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Turks & Caicos Islands. Engraved by Jakob van der Schley for a Dutch edition of Prevost's 'Histoire de Voyages', which reproduced the original illustrations by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.
[Ref: 45247] £160.00
Ceremonie Religieuse des Habitans de l'Isle Espagnolle.
B. Picart Deli. [Edo? Bose? Exc] Vol VII. No. 15.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 343 x 222mm. Sheet 390 x 250mm.
A religious ceremony of the inhabitants of Hispaniola. A celebration and dance for the Gods. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12500] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
B. Picart Deli. [Edo? Bose? Exc] Vol VII. No. 15.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 343 x 222mm. Sheet 390 x 250mm.
A religious ceremony of the inhabitants of Hispaniola. A celebration and dance for the Gods. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12500] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Historical Chart listing events and notable people from 1050 to 1800]](jpegs/41534.jpg)
[Historical Chart listing events and notable people from 1050 to 1800]
[n.d., c.1800]
Scarce etching with hand-colouring, 'J Whatman 1811' watermark; platemark 360 x 360mm (14¼ x 14¼") large margins. Tear bottom left.
Unsual and fascinating chronology divided into six sections: 'Eminent Men'; 'Miscellanies'; 'General History'; 'English History'; 'Kings of France, Spain & Scotland, & Popes'; and 'English Sovereigns'.
[Ref: 41534] £380.00
[n.d., c.1800]
Scarce etching with hand-colouring, 'J Whatman 1811' watermark; platemark 360 x 360mm (14¼ x 14¼") large margins. Tear bottom left.
Unsual and fascinating chronology divided into six sections: 'Eminent Men'; 'Miscellanies'; 'General History'; 'English History'; 'Kings of France, Spain & Scotland, & Popes'; and 'English Sovereigns'.
[Ref: 41534] £380.00
Historie Der Kerken En Ketteren Door Godfried Arnold.
[Romeyn de Hooghe.]
[Amsterdam, 1701.]
Rare etching. Sheet 265 x 160mm. 10½ x 6¼". Trimmed to plate.
The titlepage of 'Historie der kerken en ketteren van den beginne des Nieuwen Testaments tot aan het jaar onses Heeren 1688 ... In het Neederduyts vertaald' ['A History of Churches and heretics from the beginning of the New Testament to the Year of Our Lord 1688'] by Gottfried Arnold. The title is surrounded by biblical and classical figures and motifs.
Gottfried Arnold (1666 – 1714) was a German Lutheran theologian and historian. He produced a number of noteworthy works on practical theology, and his hymns made a substantial contribution to the treasury of hymns within the Lutheran church, and a poem used by Johann Sebastian Bach ("Vergiss mein nicht" BWV 505).
By Romeyn de Hooghe (1645 - 1708).
British Library: 000119373. Not in Landwehr.
[Ref: 13527] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Romeyn de Hooghe.]
[Amsterdam, 1701.]
Rare etching. Sheet 265 x 160mm. 10½ x 6¼". Trimmed to plate.
The titlepage of 'Historie der kerken en ketteren van den beginne des Nieuwen Testaments tot aan het jaar onses Heeren 1688 ... In het Neederduyts vertaald' ['A History of Churches and heretics from the beginning of the New Testament to the Year of Our Lord 1688'] by Gottfried Arnold. The title is surrounded by biblical and classical figures and motifs.
Gottfried Arnold (1666 – 1714) was a German Lutheran theologian and historian. He produced a number of noteworthy works on practical theology, and his hymns made a substantial contribution to the treasury of hymns within the Lutheran church, and a poem used by Johann Sebastian Bach ("Vergiss mein nicht" BWV 505).
By Romeyn de Hooghe (1645 - 1708).
British Library: 000119373. Not in Landwehr.
[Ref: 13527] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
History.
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Nov.r 20. 1786, by W. Dickinson Engraver, Bond Street.
Stipple engraving. 205 x 290mm (8 x 11½"). Glued to backing sheet. Top right corner detached.
Neoclassical representation of the Muse Clio with accompanying putti, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Florence 1727- London 1785). A founder member of the Royal Academy and one of the most prolific draughtsmen of his generation,Cipriani produced decorative schemes, drawings for medallions, and concert tickets in a neo-classical style. His fame was partly due to his partnership with his fellow Italian, engraver Francesco Bartolozzi. Bartolozzi engraved many of Cipriani's works and also designed Cipriani's tomb in the Old Chelsea Burial Ground.
[Ref: 14684] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Nov.r 20. 1786, by W. Dickinson Engraver, Bond Street.
Stipple engraving. 205 x 290mm (8 x 11½"). Glued to backing sheet. Top right corner detached.
Neoclassical representation of the Muse Clio with accompanying putti, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Florence 1727- London 1785). A founder member of the Royal Academy and one of the most prolific draughtsmen of his generation,Cipriani produced decorative schemes, drawings for medallions, and concert tickets in a neo-classical style. His fame was partly due to his partnership with his fellow Italian, engraver Francesco Bartolozzi. Bartolozzi engraved many of Cipriani's works and also designed Cipriani's tomb in the Old Chelsea Burial Ground.
[Ref: 14684] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
History.
Macklin excud.t. John Ogborne Sculp.t.
London, Pub.d July 14, 1779 by Tho.s. Macklin, No 1 Lincolns Inn Fields.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 250 x 290mm.
[Ref: 3992] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Macklin excud.t. John Ogborne Sculp.t.
London, Pub.d July 14, 1779 by Tho.s. Macklin, No 1 Lincolns Inn Fields.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 250 x 290mm.
[Ref: 3992] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
History.
F. Bartolozzi fecit 1792.
London. Publish'd May 18th. 1793 by T. Tomkins Foster Lane.
Etching and engraving. 178 x 127mm. 7 x 5". Trimmed.
A woman seating writing on an oval tablet hanging from a tree; beside a her, a little angel seated reading a book.
De Vesme: 629; ii/ii.
[Ref: 20449] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
F. Bartolozzi fecit 1792.
London. Publish'd May 18th. 1793 by T. Tomkins Foster Lane.
Etching and engraving. 178 x 127mm. 7 x 5". Trimmed.
A woman seating writing on an oval tablet hanging from a tree; beside a her, a little angel seated reading a book.
De Vesme: 629; ii/ii.
[Ref: 20449] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Victory of History over Time.]](jpegs/42029.jpg)
[The Victory of History over Time.]
J.B. Cipriani inv.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Publish;d Jan.y 1st 1780, as the Act Directs.
Etching. 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to plate at bottom.
A female figure of History holds back Time (or Chronos) with his scythe. Behind are the arms of the Duke of Marlborough and an allegorical figure of the Thames. The frontispiece to the second volume of 'Marlborough gems' by Dr William Cole (1753-1806)
[Ref: 42029] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J.B. Cipriani inv.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Publish;d Jan.y 1st 1780, as the Act Directs.
Etching. 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to plate at bottom.
A female figure of History holds back Time (or Chronos) with his scythe. Behind are the arms of the Duke of Marlborough and an allegorical figure of the Thames. The frontispiece to the second volume of 'Marlborough gems' by Dr William Cole (1753-1806)
[Ref: 42029] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)