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Henry Baker.
Henry Baker. Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, and of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Author of "The Microscope made easy." "Employment for the Microscope", and other Works. Born May 8, 1698; died Nov.r 25, 1774.
Thomson pinx. Nutter sculpt.
Publish'd by J.Nichols & Son, Jan.y 1st 1812. [But later]
Stipple engraving on watermarked paper 1809. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼").
Portrait of Henry Baker (1698 - 1774), British naturalist. In 1740, he was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Society. In 1744, he received the Copley gold medal for microscopical observations on the crystallization of saline particles.
W151-1
[Ref: 68295]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Baker of Ditchingham.]
[John Baker of Ditchingham.]
[n.d., c.1806.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate,
A portrait caricature of John Baker of Ditchingham, in the style of Dighton. It shows him in old age, full-length, walking cobbles, both hands behind his back, holding top hat. The attribution comes from the BM example, which is titled in pencil; Baker is described as an eccentric character but the print is classified as a portrait of an 'acrobat/street-performer', although giving no details.
BM: 1853,0112.2206.
[Ref: 41735]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Madam Baker.
Madam Baker.
G. Kneller pinx: I. Beckett fe.
J. Smith ex:
Mezzotint. 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Thread margins, creased.
An oval portrait of a woman in a low-cut dress, her long hair draped forward over her shoulder.
CS 5, state ii of ii, originally published by Beckett.
[Ref: 65368]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Madam Baker.
Madam Baker.
G. Kneller pinx: I. Beckett fe.
J. Smith ex:
Mezzotint. 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed to image on three sides, old ink mss. at bottom.
An oval portrait of a woman in a low-cut dress, her long hair draped forward over her shoulder.
CS 5, state ii of ii, originally published by Beckett. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
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"Society" Bijou Portraits, No. 69, Baker Pasha.
"Society" Bijou Portraits, No. 69, Baker Pasha. Supplement to "Society," April 26, 1884.
"Ink Photo", Sprague & c.o, London.
London, 1884.
Photogravure. 330 x 210mm (13 x 8¼"). Creasing in upper and lower left corners. Bit dusty.
Portrait of Valentine Baker, also known as Baker Pasha (1827-1887). He joined the British Army after his formal education. His was dismissed after he was charged with assualting a woman on a train. After serving his sentence he joined the Ottoman Army but after helping to achieve a peace, he moved to Cairo after being offered command of the Egyptian police, a position he held until his death.
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Walter Baker by Worlidge [ms]
Walter Baker by Worlidge [ms]
[by Thomas Worlidge, c.1755]
Etching, platemark 200 x 155mm (8 x 6"). Fine impression; slight stains.
Portrait by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with number '61' added top right to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced. Dack reproduces an impression of this print with the following inscription in ms: 'This Portrait of Walter Baker (M.D. so created by himself) Painter, Designed & Etched by Thomas Worlidge Painter in the Little Piazza Covent Garden'.
State i/ii; W61; D15; O'D incorrectly identifies this as a portrait of scientist Henry Baker, F.R.S.
[Ref: 32864]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Dr Walter Baker] [61]
[Dr Walter Baker] [61]
[by Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching in sepia, Collector's mark at bottom; platemark 200 x 160mm (7¾ x 6½"). Printed on thick paper
Posthumous impression of an etching by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66). Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. After his death, his widow published further impressions of his plates, adding new numbers to the plates to correspond with her own catalogue numbers, as here. The identity of the sitter follows that on the British Museum's impression of the same print.
see BM 1877,0811.1275. Ex: Collection of the Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
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William Baker Esq.r M.P.
William Baker Esq.r M.P.
Painted by Dance. Engraved by M. Bovi.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Rare stipple. 330 x 245mm (13 x 9¾"). Cut to platemark.
Sir William Baker (1705-1770), shown with one hand resting on a volume of Milton. As well as being an MP he was the 11th Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1760-70.
[Ref: 40520]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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William Baker [facsimile signature.]
William Baker [facsimile signature.]
H.P. Briggs, R.A. F. Joubert, F.S.A.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mixed-method engraving, with armorial remarque. 540 x 430mm.
Seated half-length portrait, elbow on one book, resting on another.
NPG D7478, no biography.
[Ref: 21802]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Le Patissier a la Mode.
Le Patissier a la Mode.
C. Malapeauy. Im.de Lemercier et C.ie.
Bourdet Jeune, éditeur. à Paris chez Dupin, Galerie Colbert. [n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph. 279 x 356mm. 11 x 14". Spotting.
Inside a pâtisserie in Paris; a woman sat behind a counter with pastries and sweets on, speaking to a female customer who is paying for her goods, a gentleman admires the display, and a family of three standing looking at the cakes on the shelves to the right. A table in the near left foreground holds various bottles of liqueur.
[Ref: 22873]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Marchand de Gateaux. Bruxelles.
Marchand de Gateaux. Bruxelles.
J.J. Eeckhout fc. Déposé. Lith: de Burggraaff.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand coloured lithograph. 241 x 190mm. 9½ x 7½". Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Scene in Brussels, a cake seller: a young man holding a basket in one hand, strapped across his chest. In the other hand he holds a slice of cake.
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Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque.
Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque. The Lion & The Lamb. Perhaps You'd Like To Take The Lady From Me Sir?
Alfred Crowquill, delt. et lith. M & N. Hanhart, Impt.
Published by E. Sidebetham, 38, Burlington Arcade [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured lithograph, sheet 380 x 280mm. Light foxing to margins, some spotting to image.
Illustrations to Jullien's Bal Masque quadrille, by Alfred Henry Forrester, best known under the name of Alfred Crowquill (1804 - 1872). Louis Antoine Jullien (1812 -1860) conducted a series of winter season promenade concerts at the Covent Garden Theatre, which were highly successful; and on March 4th, 1844, the first bal-masqué given in England in the 19th century took place at Covent Garden under his auspices. In 1822 Forrester wrote for the Hive and in 1823 for the Mirror. He next applied himself to the study of drawing and modelling, as well as to wood and steel engraving. He was also the writer of burlesques, drew pantomimic extravaganzas for the pictorial papers, and exhibited pen-and-ink sketches in the miniature room of the Royal Academy in 1845 and 1846. For a time he contributed sketches to ‘Punch,' where his work will be found in vols. ii. iii. and iv., and then went over to the ‘Illustrated London News' as a member of the literary and pictorial staff. As a writer and illustrator of his own writings he was very popular; upwards of twenty works came from his pen, many of them being children's books. For some years the London pantomimes were indebted to him for designs, devices, and effects. In 1851 he modelled a statuette of the Duke of Wellington, which he produced a fortnight before the duke's death and presented to Queen Victoria and the allied sovereigns. At the time when he originally started as an artist there was not much competition, and he consequently found constant work. His works have enjoyed a considerable amount of popularity.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7818]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque.
Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque. I've Hardly The Face To Ask You: But Are You Angel Enough. To Smile When Nobody Asks You To Dance.
Alfred Crowquill, delt. et lith. M & N. Hanhart, Impt.
Published by E. Sidebetham, 38, Burlington Arcade [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured lithograph, sheet 379 x 279mm. Light foxing to margins.
Illustrations to Jullien's Bal Masque quadrille, by Alfred Henry Forrester, best known under the name of Alfred Crowquill (1804 - 1872). Louis Antoine Jullien (1812 -1860) conducted a series of winter season promenade concerts at the Covent Garden Theatre, which were highly successful; and on March 4th, 1844, the first bal-masqué given in England in the 19th century took place at Covent Garden under his auspices. In 1822 Forrester wrote for the Hive and in 1823 for the Mirror. He next applied himself to the study of drawing and modelling, as well as to wood and steel engraving. He was also the writer of burlesques, drew pantomimic extravaganzas for the pictorial papers, and exhibited pen-and-ink sketches in the miniature room of the Royal Academy in 1845 and 1846. For a time he contributed sketches to ‘Punch,' where his work will be found in vols. ii. iii. and iv., and then went over to the ‘Illustrated London News' as a member of the literary and pictorial staff. As a writer and illustrator of his own writings he was very popular; upwards of twenty works came from his pen, many of them being children's books. For some years the London pantomimes were indebted to him for designs, devices, and effects. In 1851 he modelled a statuette of the Duke of Wellington, which he produced a fortnight before the duke's death and presented to Queen Victoria and the allied sovereigns. At the time when he originally started as an artist there was not much competition, and he consequently found constant work. His works have enjoyed a considerable amount of popularity.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
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Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque.
Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque. Smith Your Wife's In The Boxes!
Alfred Crowquill, delt. et lith. M & N. Hanhart, Impt.
Published by E. Sidebetham, 38, Burlington Arcade [n.d., c.1850].
Lithograph, sheet 266 x 203mm. Foxing and staining, trimmed to printed border.
Illustrations to Jullien's Bal Masque quadrille, by Alfred Henry Forrester, best known under the name of Alfred Crowquill (1804 - 1872). Louis Antoine Jullien (1812 -1860) conducted a series of winter season promenade concerts at the Covent Garden Theatre, which were highly successful; and on March 4th, 1844, the first bal-masqué given in England in the 19th century took place at Covent Garden under his auspices. In 1822 Forrester wrote for the Hive and in 1823 for the Mirror. He next applied himself to the study of drawing and modelling, as well as to wood and steel engraving. He was also the writer of burlesques, drew pantomimic extravaganzas for the pictorial papers, and exhibited pen-and-ink sketches in the miniature room of the Royal Academy in 1845 and 1846. For a time he contributed sketches to ‘Punch,' where his work will be found in vols. ii. iii. and iv., and then went over to the ‘Illustrated London News' as a member of the literary and pictorial staff. As a writer and illustrator of his own writings he was very popular; upwards of twenty works came from his pen, many of them being children's books. For some years the London pantomimes were indebted to him for designs, devices, and effects. In 1851 he modelled a statuette of the Duke of Wellington, which he produced a fortnight before the duke's death and presented to Queen Victoria and the allied sovereigns. At the time when he originally started as an artist there was not much competition, and he consequently found constant work. His works have enjoyed a considerable amount of popularity.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7819]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque.
Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque. You Shall Dance One More __ Pon My Word You Must Excuse Me Ive. No Key And Promised To Be Home Early.
Alfred Crowquill, delt. et lith. M & N. Hanhart, Impt.
Published by E. Sidebetham, 38, Burlington Arcade [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured lithograph, sheet 378 x 279mm. Light foxing to margins.
Illustrations to Jullien's Bal Masque quadrille, by Alfred Henry Forrester, best known under the name of Alfred Crowquill (1804 - 1872). Louis Antoine Jullien (1812 -1860) conducted a series of winter season promenade concerts at the Covent Garden Theatre, which were highly successful; and on March 4th, 1844, the first bal-masqué given in England in the 19th century took place at Covent Garden under his auspices. In 1822 Forrester wrote for the Hive and in 1823 for the Mirror. He next applied himself to the study of drawing and modelling, as well as to wood and steel engraving. He was also the writer of burlesques, drew pantomimic extravaganzas for the pictorial papers, and exhibited pen-and-ink sketches in the miniature room of the Royal Academy in 1845 and 1846. For a time he contributed sketches to ‘Punch,' where his work will be found in vols. ii. iii. and iv., and then went over to the ‘Illustrated London News' as a member of the literary and pictorial staff. As a writer and illustrator of his own writings he was very popular; upwards of twenty works came from his pen, many of them being children's books. For some years the London pantomimes were indebted to him for designs, devices, and effects. In 1851 he modelled a statuette of the Duke of Wellington, which he produced a fortnight before the duke's death and presented to Queen Victoria and the allied sovereigns. At the time when he originally started as an artist there was not much competition, and he consequently found constant work. His works have enjoyed a considerable amount of popularity.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
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Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque.
Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque. The Early Bird. What Tired Already? Shut Its Dear Little Mouth, For I Am Engaged By Twenty More Partners!
Alfred Crowquill, delt. et lith. M & N. Hanhart, Impt.
Published by E. Sidebetham, 38, Burlington Arcade [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured lithograph, sheet 381 x 279mm. Light foxing to margins.
Illustrations to Jullien's Bal Masque quadrille, by Alfred Henry Forrester, best known under the name of Alfred Crowquill (1804 - 1872). Louis Antoine Jullien (1812 -1860) conducted a series of winter season promenade concerts at the Covent Garden Theatre, which were highly successful; and on March 4th, 1844, the first bal-masqué given in England in the 19th century took place at Covent Garden under his auspices. In 1822 Forrester wrote for the Hive and in 1823 for the Mirror. He next applied himself to the study of drawing and modelling, as well as to wood and steel engraving. He was also the writer of burlesques, drew pantomimic extravaganzas for the pictorial papers, and exhibited pen-and-ink sketches in the miniature room of the Royal Academy in 1845 and 1846. For a time he contributed sketches to ‘Punch,' where his work will be found in vols. ii. iii. and iv., and then went over to the ‘Illustrated London News' as a member of the literary and pictorial staff. As a writer and illustrator of his own writings he was very popular; upwards of twenty works came from his pen, many of them being children's books. For some years the London pantomimes were indebted to him for designs, devices, and effects. In 1851 he modelled a statuette of the Duke of Wellington, which he produced a fortnight before the duke's death and presented to Queen Victoria and the allied sovereigns. At the time when he originally started as an artist there was not much competition, and he consequently found constant work. His works have enjoyed a considerable amount of popularity.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7814]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque.
Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque. That's About The Step I Think Maria? Yes Love, Now Isn't He A Duck!
Alfred Crowquill, delt. et lith. M & N. Hanhart, Impt.
Published by E. Sidebetham, 38, Burlington Arcade [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured lithograph, sheet 379 x 279mm. Light foxing to margins.
Illustrations to Jullien's Bal Masque quadrille, by Alfred Henry Forrester, best known under the name of Alfred Crowquill (1804 - 1872). Louis Antoine Jullien (1812 -1860) conducted a series of winter season promenade concerts at the Covent Garden Theatre, which were highly successful; and on March 4th, 1844, the first bal-masqué given in England in the 19th century took place at Covent Garden under his auspices. In 1822 Forrester wrote for the Hive and in 1823 for the Mirror. He next applied himself to the study of drawing and modelling, as well as to wood and steel engraving. He was also the writer of burlesques, drew pantomimic extravaganzas for the pictorial papers, and exhibited pen-and-ink sketches in the miniature room of the Royal Academy in 1845 and 1846. For a time he contributed sketches to ‘Punch,' where his work will be found in vols. ii. iii. and iv., and then went over to the ‘Illustrated London News' as a member of the literary and pictorial staff. As a writer and illustrator of his own writings he was very popular; upwards of twenty works came from his pen, many of them being children's books. For some years the London pantomimes were indebted to him for designs, devices, and effects. In 1851 he modelled a statuette of the Duke of Wellington, which he produced a fortnight before the duke's death and presented to Queen Victoria and the allied sovereigns. At the time when he originally started as an artist there was not much competition, and he consequently found constant work. His works have enjoyed a considerable amount of popularity.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
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Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque.
Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque. What Not One Kiss. Why We Both Belong To The Sea.
Alfred Crowquill, delt. et lith. M & N. Hanhart, Impt.
Published by E. Sidebetham, 38, Burlington Arcade [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured lithograph, sheet 384 x 281mm. Light foxing to margins.
Illustrations to Jullien's Bal Masque quadrille, by Alfred Henry Forrester, best known under the name of Alfred Crowquill (1804 - 1872). Louis Antoine Jullien (1812 -1860) conducted a series of winter season promenade concerts at the Covent Garden Theatre, which were highly successful; and on March 4th, 1844, the first bal-masqué given in England in the 19th century took place at Covent Garden under his auspices. In 1822 Forrester wrote for the Hive and in 1823 for the Mirror. He next applied himself to the study of drawing and modelling, as well as to wood and steel engraving. He was also the writer of burlesques, drew pantomimic extravaganzas for the pictorial papers, and exhibited pen-and-ink sketches in the miniature room of the Royal Academy in 1845 and 1846. For a time he contributed sketches to ‘Punch,' where his work will be found in vols. ii. iii. and iv., and then went over to the ‘Illustrated London News' as a member of the literary and pictorial staff. As a writer and illustrator of his own writings he was very popular; upwards of twenty works came from his pen, many of them being children's books. For some years the London pantomimes were indebted to him for designs, devices, and effects. In 1851 he modelled a statuette of the Duke of Wellington, which he produced a fortnight before the duke's death and presented to Queen Victoria and the allied sovereigns. At the time when he originally started as an artist there was not much competition, and he consequently found constant work. His works have enjoyed a considerable amount of popularity.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
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To Sir Robt. Howell Vaughn Bart. this view on the River Dee near Bala is with the greatest respect inscribed by his Obedient and Obliged Servants T.Walmsley and F.Jukes.
To Sir Robt. Howell Vaughn Bart. this view on the River Dee near Bala is with the greatest respect inscribed by his Obedient and Obliged Servants T.Walmsley and F.Jukes.
From a Picture by T.Walmsley. Engraved by F.Jukes.
London. Pubd. Oct. 2 1792 by F.Jukes No. 10 Howland Street.
Aquatint with original hand colour. 350 x 450mm. Small puncture in bottom margin.
Engraved by Jukes.
[Ref: 3496]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Bala Lake.
Bala Lake.
London, Published by Thomas McLean, Haymarket, 1822.
Hand coloured aquatint; part printed on 1820 J. Whatman watermarked paper. Platemark: 160 x 228mm (6¼ x 8¾"). Fine hand colouring.
A fine landscape view of Bala Lake and the surroundig area, in Gwynedd, Wales. The lake was the largest natural body of water in Wales prior to the level being raised by Thomas Telford to help support the flow of the Ellesmere Canal. From 'A Picturesque Description of North Wales: Embelished with Twenty Select Views From Nature', published in 1823 by Howlett and Brimmer, 10 Frith Street, Soho.
Abbey: 525.
[Ref: 33341]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Bala Hissar, or Citadel of Cabul.
Bala Hissar, or Citadel of Cabul.
S. Bull Sc.t
Published by Henry Colburn, Great Marlborough Street, 1844.
Steel engraving. Plate 127 x 203mm. 5 x 8". Trimmed to the plate top and bottom.
The Bala Hissar is the famour citadel of Kabul, built during the 5th century B.C. It served as the prime defensive shelter for the ruler of Afghanistan. The Citadel was destroyed in 1879 by General Roberts during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
[Ref: 20166]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Balaam's Ass.
Balaam's Ass.
Elyse Lord [signed in pencil.]
[n.d. c.1930.]
Etching with pencil signature. Sheet 196 x 260mm (7¾ x 10¼"). Toning, damage, repaired hole.
Balaam, the diviner in the Torah; seen here on his ass. Jewish interest. Elyse Ashe Lord (1900-1971), British.
[Ref: 30402]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the method of Drying Fish at St. Peter & Paul. Kamtschatka.
Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the method of Drying Fish at St. Peter & Paul. Kamtschatka.
J. Webber R. A. fecit.
London Pub.d April 1. 1809 by Boydell & Comp.y No. 90 Cheapside.
Aquatint with large margins and very fine hand colour on watermarked paper, 'J. Whatman. 1819'. Platemark: 325 x 450mm (12¾ x 17½"). Small stain in left margin.
A thatched building, at the edge of a river where men are fishing with large nets. Behind is a thatched hut on stilts and a large frame from which fish are hanging to dry, with surrounding figures working, gathering and storing the fish. A woman and child are in the foreground, beside a pot hanging from a tripod over a fire. Wooded hills are in the background to the left. John Webber was the official artist on Cook's final voyage through the Pacific; his drawings formed the basis for printed illustrations to the account of 'A Voyage to the Pacific', published in 1784.
Vol. III. Book VI page 375.
[Ref: 31817]   £420.00  
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[Bala Lake] To the Hon.ble Thos. Fitzmaurice this view of Bala-Pool on the River-Dee
[Bala Lake] To the Hon.ble Thos. Fitzmaurice this view of Bala-Pool on the River-Dee is with great respect inscribed by his Obedient and Obliged Servants T.Walmsley and F.Jukes.
From a Picture by T.Walmsley. Engraved by F.Jukes.
London. Pubd. Oct. 2 1792 by F.Jukes No. 10 Howland Street.
Aquatint, printed in colour and hand finished. 350 x 450mm (13¾ x 17¾"). Small puncture in title area.
Bala Lake, Gwynedd.
[Ref: 3497]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Two officials from the Ottoman court]  Balbadgi.  Kislar Aga, Chef des Eunuques noirs.
[Two officials from the Ottoman court] Balbadgi. Kislar Aga, Chef des Eunuques noirs.
Lith. de Langlume et Cie.
[French, n.d., c.1828.]
Lithograph in fine early colour by hand. Sheet 280 x 220mm, 11 x 8¾".
The Ottoman court harem was under the administration of Black Eunuchs and White Eunuchs. Black Eunuchs were Africans who served the concubines and officials in the Harem together with chamber maidens of low rank. The White Eunuchs were Europeans from the Balkans. They served the recruits at the Palace School and were from 1582 prohibited from entering the Harem. An important figure in the Ottoman court was the Chief Black Eunuch (Kizlar Agasi or Dar al-Saada Agasi). In control of the Harem and a network of spies, the Chief Eunuch was involved in almost every palace intrigue. From Charles Deval's 'Deux annees a Constantinople et en Moree...'.
[Ref: 27909]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Balboa Discovering the Southern Ocean.
Balboa Discovering the Southern Ocean.
Brighty del.t. Romney sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1817.]
Engraving. Plate: 200 x 160mm (8 x 6¼'') very large margins.
A historical scene showing the Spanish conquistador Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1519) discovering the Pacific. Balboa was the first to reach the Pacific from the New World and he founded Santa María la Antigua del Darién, the first permanent European settlement in the Americas.
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[Balboa claiming the Pacific Ocean for Spain.]
[Balboa claiming the Pacific Ocean for Spain.] [Toma de posesion de la mar del sur.]
[Drawn and lithographed by Vicente Urrabieta Ortiz.]
[Madrid : Lit. J. Donon y Ayguals de Izco, 1849.]
Lithograph with hand colour; rare. Printed area 350 x 445mm (13¾ x 17¾"). Some toning. Cut inside titles.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c.1475-1519) crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and became the first European to reach the Pacific from the New World. From 'Colección de láminas de la Historia de la Marina Real Española. Litografías de los Mejores Artistas Españoles.'
[Ref: 35917]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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The Bald Fac'd Doe.
The Bald Fac'd Doe. 10.
E.T.Invt. Epping Sc. [Darly]
Pub by MDarly Strand May 29th 1772 accor to Act.
Etching, part 18th century paper with watermark. Plate 178 x 127mm. 7 x 5". Tears to the edges.
A stout woman standing in profile, her hand is thrust beneath her apron, a bunch of keys hangs from her waist. She wears a cap, elbow sleeves, a figured handkerchief or scarf, and a straight full skirt over a quilted petticoat. She is Mrs. Owen, keeper of an inn at Epping, the Bald-Faced Stag in Epping Forest, a well-known inn and a resort of Londoners for venison feasts and City hunts. After Edward Topham (1751 - 1820). From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c designed by the greatest personages, artists &c', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.3' upper left and '10' upper right.
BM Satires: 5011.
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Philippus Baldæus Delphensis V.D. M. Primo Annum in Punte Gale, Postea in Regno Iaffnapatnam in Insula Ceylon 8 Annos, Iam in Geervliet 2. Ætatis 38. A. 1671.
Philippus Baldæus Delphensis V.D. M. Primo Annum in Punte Gale, Postea in Regno Iaffnapatnam in Insula Ceylon 8 Annos, Iam in Geervliet 2. Ætatis 38. A. 1671.
vr. Sÿdervelt. I:v P. A. Blooteling sculp.
[1671.]
Engraving. Plate: 275 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½'') very large margins.
A portrait of Dutch minister Philips Baldaeus (1632-1671) who travelled to Ceylon.
[Ref: 49119]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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A View of Baldock in Hertfordshire. [&] The Mill at Baldock in Herts.
A View of Baldock in Hertfordshire. [&] The Mill at Baldock in Herts.
From a Drawing by Master Chapman. The Figures by R. Pollard. Engrav'd by F.Jukes.
London. Pub.d as the Act directs, May 1 1787 by F. Jukes No.3 Howland Street.
Pair of coloured aquatints with stipple. Each 380 x 495mm (15 x 19½"). Framed. Paper toned; artist's imscription badly printed. Unexamined out of frame.
A pair of fine rustic views of Baldock, both with agricultural themes.
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A View of a Farm Yard, on the side of the Road, near Baldock, Hertford-shire.
A View of a Farm Yard, on the side of the Road, near Baldock, Hertford-shire.
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver. No 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London.
Etching. Sheet 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, to image at sides, crease, repair in image.
A village with people holding conversations.
[Ref: 61245]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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A View of Baldock in Hertfordshire. Drawn Oct.r 20th 1786.
A View of Baldock in Hertfordshire. Drawn Oct.r 20th 1786. [&] The Mill at Baldock in Herts.
['The Mill'] From a Drawing by Master Chapman. The Figures by R. Pollard. Engrav'd by F.Jukes.
London. Pub.d as the Act directs, May 1 1787 by F. Jukes No.3 Howland Street.
Pair of aquatints with stipple. Each 380 x 495mm (15 x 19½"). Crack in the platemark of 'Mill', worm holes in the margins of both plates, one hole in the title area of 'Mill'.
A pair of fine rustic views of Baldock, both with agricultural themes.
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Baldwin's view over the City of Chester from Lunardi's balloon [&] Lunardi's [balloon].
Baldwin's view over the City of Chester from Lunardi's balloon [&] Lunardi's [balloon].
[n.d., c.1796.]
Two engraved coloured scraps, the aerial view with stipple and green aquatint, glued to album page with excised captions, sheet c.147 x 212mm.
Excised from engravings by Barlow for the 'Encylopaedia Londinensis' published by J Wilkes. The full plate originally showed four early hot-air balloons arranged around the view over Chester. In addition to Lunardi's, they included Montgolfier's balloon, Blanchard's balloon, and Charles and Robert's balloon. Extremely rare.
[Ref: 7777]   £360.00  
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Caleb Baldwin.
Caleb Baldwin.
Published by John McGowan, G.t Windmill S.t [1826].
Stipple. 190 x 110mm (7½ x 4¼"). Stained.
Caleb Ramsbottom (1769-1827), aka Caleb Baldwin, lightweight bare-knuckle boxer. From John Badcock's 'The Fancy; or The True Sportsman’s Guide: Being Authentic Memoirs of the Lives, Actions, Prowess, and Battles of the Leading Pugilists, from the Days of Figg and Broughton, to the Championship of Ward. By an Operator'.
[Ref: 50616]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Franciscus Baldwinus.
Franciscus Baldwinus.
N. L'armessin sculp.
[n.d., 1682.]
Engraving, 190 x 140mm, 7½ x 5½". Trimmed.
Francis Baldwin (1520-1573), a jurist prominent as first a friend and then opponent of John Calvin. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts'.
[Ref: 16998]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Mister Baldwin.
Mister Baldwin. Supplement to the New Statesman and Nation, November 4, 1933 (3).
Low.
Photo-lithograph. Sheet size: 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Slight paper toning.
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (1867 - 1947) was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars. Three times Prime Minister, he is the only premier to have served under three monarchs (George V, Edward VIII and George VI). By New Zealand born artist, Sir David Low (1891 - 1963). Unhappy with the political leadership of the British establishment David Low created his cartoon character, Colonel Blimp in 1934.
[Ref: 37146]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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William Charles Baldwin.
William Charles Baldwin.
J E Mayall Photo. Joseph Brown sc.
[London, Richard Bentley 1862.]
Rare stipple & etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed, spotted.
Full-length portrait of William Charles Baldwin. (1826-1903), frontispiece to his 'African Hunting: from Natal to the Zambezi' (1863). In 1851 Baldwin sailed for South Africa, taking seven deerhounds. He hunted mainly mounted on horseback, but found the deerhounds little use, so used local dogs, He claimed to be the second white man to set eyes on the Victoria Falls in 1860. He returned to England in 1861.
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Ioannes Balaeus.
Ioannes Balaeus. Haec est Balaei facies generosa Britanni, Cuius dicuntur Bibliotheca libri, Haec fraudes aperit multas, scelera impia multa Papae, quem dicit nequitiae esse Patrem.
Hh [etched in plate at top right.]
Cum privil. [n.d. c.1599, but later?.]
Engraving. 172 x 120mm. 6¾ x 4¾".
Portrait of John Bale, half length to left, long beard, wearing cap and gown; Dutch letterpress on verso. Illustration to Jacob Verheiden's "Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies" (The Hague: 1602). John Bale, Bishop of Ossory (1495-1563) was a Protestant controversialist. From a series of fifty-one book-illustrations showing portraits by Hendrik Hondius I (Hollstein 156-208). The set was first published in 1599 by the artist and re-published between 1602 and 1604 by Nieulandt and Janssen.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25201]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Johannes Van Balen
Johannes Van Balen Bon Painctre en petit et en grand [...] ouil ce tient mentinant,
Johannes van Balen pinxit. W: Hollar fecit.
J: Meyssens excudit [1649]
Etching, platemark 164 x 113mm (6? x 4?"). Laid onto album sheet.
Portrait of the Flemish artist Jan Van Balen (1611-54) etched after a self-portrait (now lost) by Wenceslaus Hollar. This is one of nine portraits etched by Hollar, when in Antwerp, for a collection of portraits published there by Meyssens in 1649 under the title 'Image de divers hommes desprit sublime'. Below the portrait is a biographical note, as Pennington notes, 'in execrable French'.
Pennington: 1356 iii/v. For a later state see ref. 4223.
[Ref: 23793]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Arthur Balfour.]
[Arthur Balfour.]
[Painted by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema] Minnie Cormack [pencil signature.]
[British, c.1890.]
Mezzotint on india laid paper, a rare signed engraver's proof, 520 x 390mm (20½ x 15¼"). Crease to image lower right; some loss of india surface below image.
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848 - 1930), Prime Minister and philosopher. Balfour first made his mark as a philosopher, publishing A Defence of Philosophic Doubt in 1879. He entered politics in 1874 through the patronage of his uncle, Lord Salisbury. He succeeded Salisbury as prime minister in 1902 but was unable to keep together a party divided by issues of Free Trade and Protectionism. He resigned in December 1905. During the First World War, he worked as First Lord of the Admiralty and, from 1916 to 1919, as Foreign Secretary. The Balfour Declaration of November 1917 gave British support to 'the establishment in Palestine of a home for the Jewish people'. Balfour continued in politics until the age of eighty: he had served for twenty-seven years as a member of the cabinet. The oil painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 - 1912), exhibited 1891, is on display in the Dining Room at Bodelwyddan Castle n Denbighshire, North Wales.
See NPG: 2949.
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Arthur James Balfour [facsimile signature].
Arthur James Balfour [facsimile signature].
Fiddes Watt 1919 [?] Fiddes Watt A.R.S.A. pinxit. Emery Walker ph. sc.
[?1919 in image]
Photogravure on chine collé. 635 x 405mm (25 x 16"), with large margins.
A three-quarter lenth portrait of Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), hands on lapels of his jacket. He read moral sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge (1866-9).
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[The Right Hon.ble A.J. Balfour, M.P.]
[The Right Hon.ble A.J. Balfour, M.P.]
L. Alma-Tadema. M. Cormack. [pencil signatures]
London Published 25th May, 1832, by P & D. Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14 Pall Mall East, S.W.
Proof mezzotint on chine collé, one of 225 signed by the artist and engraver. Sheet size: 520 x 390mm (20¼ x 15¼"). Printsellers' Association blindstamp. Some spotting of backing card.
Seated portrait of Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930), 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister from July 1902 to December 1905. He read moral sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge (1866-9).
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[Arthur James Balfour] Foreign Policy. Bay H.A by Successful - True as Steel.
[Arthur James Balfour] Foreign Policy. Bay H.A by Successful - True as Steel.
Signed Nap.
[n.d., c.1890.]
Watercolour and gouache, sheet 250 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Heightened with white on buff paper.
A caricature of a bay horse with the head of Arthur James Balfour, British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905. In 1917 as foreign secretary he issued "the Balfour Declarations".
See V & A.
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The Rt Hon. Arthur James Balfour [with signature]
The Rt Hon. Arthur James Balfour [with signature]
[Dessines Specialement par Noel Dorville.] [G. Gounouilhou]
G. Gounouilhou, Imprimeur-Editeur Paris-Bordeaux 1909
Lithograph. 430 x 290mm.
[From 'Les Pomoteurs De L'Entente Cordiale. Album Comprenant Cinquante portraits Dessines Specialement par Noel Dorville] Balfour, Arthur James, first Earl of Balfour 1848-1930, philosopher and statesman.
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The Right Hon.ble A.J. Balfour, M.P.
The Right Hon.ble A.J. Balfour, M.P.
Painted by L. Alma-Tadema. R.A. Engraved by M. Cormack.
London Published 25th May, 1832, by P & D. Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14 Pall Mall East, S.W.
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 510 x 390mm (20 x 15¼"). Trimmed inside platemark. Scuff marks to surface. Tear in right edge of sheet. Damaged.
A portrait of Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848 - 1930), a British Conservative politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from July 1902 to December 1905 when he succeeded Lord Salisbury, coming into power practically at the same moment as the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and the end of the second Boer War.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
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[Jabez Spencer Balfour] Work for the Girl Flogger.
[Jabez Spencer Balfour] Work for the Girl Flogger. Truth Christmas Number, December 25, 1893.
FCG.
Rare colour-printed wood-engraving. Sheet 320 x 210mm (12½ x 8¼").
A satire on the fall of the Liberator Building Society due to massive fraud, with the main perpetrator, Jabez Spencer Balfour (M.P. for Burnley), being flogged with a cat o' nine tails. Two of his conspirators, solicitor H.G. Wright and contractor J.W. Hobbs, watch from prison cells. Balfour (1843-1916) built up the largest building society in the country, with mostly non-conformist investors. However he was lending society funds to property companies to buy properties owned by him. When the swindle was discovered his businesses collapsed owing over £7 million (about £500 million today). However at the time of this satire he was not in custody, but in hiding in Argentina with his mistress. However in just over a year he was tracked down by Inspector Frank Froest of Scotland Yard, kidnapped, brought back to England and sentenced to 14 years hard labour, most of which he served in Portland Prison. 'The Truth' was a newspaper
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James Balfour Esq.r.
James Balfour Esq.r. Secretary & Treasurer of the Edinburgh Company of Golfers. 1795. By desire of the Company.
Henry Raeburn pinx.t. J. Jones sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs by Will.m Murray, Bookseller, Parliament Close Edin.gh October 1796.
Mezzotint. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"). Contemporary double frame. Unexamined out of frame.
Portrait of James Balfour (1705-95), Scottish advocate, author of three philosophical books and keen golfer, seated and gesturing as if in conversation. On his desk are books titled 'Record of the Gent. Golfers' and 'Bet Book'. As Secretary to the Edinburgh Company of Golfers he would have been involved in compiling the original rules of golf in 1777. His great-great-grandson was Robert Louis Stevenson, who was christened Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson. The Gentlemen Golfers of Edinburgh held the first recorded open golf championship on 2nd April 1744.
CS: 4
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[Balinese slave in riding costume]
[Balinese slave in riding costume] Une esclave balienne
[after Cornelis de Bruyn, published c.1737]
Engraving, platemark 310 x 200mm (11½ x 7¾").
Plate from the Dutch artist and writer Cornelis de Bruyn's (1652-1727) 'Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and part of the East-Indies', as the 1737 English translation was titled. Visiting an estate near Batavia (modern Jakarta), de Bruyn writes: 'I drew two Baliers, who were slaves to Mr. Kastelein, with the dress they wore in this as well as in their own country ... the 203d plate represents them in the habit they wear on horseback; a black mantle being cast over their body, and their head covered with flowered linnen, and a red hat. They have likewise a handkerchief in their hand, on this as well as on other occasions'.
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[Balinese slave]
[Balinese slave] Une esclave balienne
[after Cornelis de Bruyn, published c.1737]
Engraving, platemark 310 x 200mm (11½ x 7¾").
Plate from the Dutch artist and writer Cornelis de Bruyn's (1652-1727) 'Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and part of the East-Indies', as the 1737 English translation was titled. Visiting an estate near Batavia (modern Jakarta), de Bruyn writes: 'I drew two Baliers, who were slaves to Mr. Kastelein, with the dress they wore in this as well as in their own country. They fold part of their habit, which is usually made of striped stuff, round their waist to which they fasten it by one end, and suffer the rest to flow down to their feet. The upper part of their attire, which is of a different colour, covers their breast, and then descends to their knees. They generally have a handkerchief in their hand, and their hair is plaited into a point on the upper part of their head. Their arms and feet are naked'.
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[Set of eight scenes] The Baliff's Hunt.
[Set of eight scenes] The Baliff's Hunt. Going Out in the Morning. [&] Plate 2. In Full Scent. [&] Plate 3. Breaking Cover. [&] Plate 4. The Pursuit. [&] Plate 5. At Fault. [&] Plate 6. The Second Escape. [&] Plate 7. Double and Squat. [&] Plate 8. The Seizure.
Woodward Del. Rowlandson Scul.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Eight coloured etchings. Each sheet 90 x 145mm (3½ x 5¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper in a strip, concertinaed into a leather pouch with facsimile of Rowlandson's signature.
A work of bailiffs chasing a debtor through the streets satirised as a fox hunt.
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