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Conradus Mel. Potent: Regis Prussiae Concionator Aulicus in Eccles...
J. Gole fecit.
[German, c.1710.]
Mezzotint, 250 x 160mm. 9¾ x 6¼". Some marginal damage, one chip.
Conrad Mel (1666 - 1733), theologian and writer, professor of theology at the University of Konigsberg and member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Bust portrait in inscribed oval frame, German quotation from Psalm below; four symbolic vignettes to corners, of a human skull, timer, beehive, and serpent-ring. He supposedly was father of 28 children, eight sons and sixteen daughters. By Jacob Gole (c.1660 - 1724).
[Ref: 15400] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Gole fecit.
[German, c.1710.]
Mezzotint, 250 x 160mm. 9¾ x 6¼". Some marginal damage, one chip.
Conrad Mel (1666 - 1733), theologian and writer, professor of theology at the University of Konigsberg and member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Bust portrait in inscribed oval frame, German quotation from Psalm below; four symbolic vignettes to corners, of a human skull, timer, beehive, and serpent-ring. He supposedly was father of 28 children, eight sons and sixteen daughters. By Jacob Gole (c.1660 - 1724).
[Ref: 15400] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Melancholy Loss of the Medal.
[William Heath.]
[n.d c.1825.]
Hand-coloured etching. 253 x 368mm. 10 x 14½". Trimmed.
A magistrate sits behind his table listening intently to the angry harangue of a naval officer who faces the accused, demure-looking, plainly-dressed woman, wearing a checked apron tucked round her waist, but evidently a prostitute. She is supported by two keen-looking lawyers. The officer, who is paunchy and wears very wide white trousers, stands with legs apart, right arm extended with pointing forefinger. Behind him stand a footboy in livery and two rough-looking men.
See BM Satires: 15602.
[Ref: 25610] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
[n.d c.1825.]
Hand-coloured etching. 253 x 368mm. 10 x 14½". Trimmed.
A magistrate sits behind his table listening intently to the angry harangue of a naval officer who faces the accused, demure-looking, plainly-dressed woman, wearing a checked apron tucked round her waist, but evidently a prostitute. She is supported by two keen-looking lawyers. The officer, who is paunchy and wears very wide white trousers, stands with legs apart, right arm extended with pointing forefinger. Behind him stand a footboy in livery and two rough-looking men.
See BM Satires: 15602.
[Ref: 25610] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Dr. Philippus Melanchton. Natus Ao.1497 Denatus Ao.1560.
R. Houston fecit.
Printed for H. Parker & E. Bakewell in Cornhill. London.
Mezzotint, with large margins. Plate 260 x 203mm. 10¼ x 8". Creasing.
Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560) was a German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and molder of Protestantism.
[Ref: 24534] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
R. Houston fecit.
Printed for H. Parker & E. Bakewell in Cornhill. London.
Mezzotint, with large margins. Plate 260 x 203mm. 10¼ x 8". Creasing.
Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560) was a German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and molder of Protestantism.
[Ref: 24534] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Melanchthon.
1532. [Monogram of Lucas Cranach the Elder.]
[Munich: J. Stuntz, c.1830.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½").
Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt, 1497-1560), a German reformer who collaborated with Martin Luther. The painter, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, a supporter of the Protestant Reformation and Friend of Luther. This print was published in 'Les Oeuvres Lithographiques', a huge series of reproductive plates of paintings, by Johann Nepomuk Strixner (1782 - 1855) and Ferdinand Piloty (1786-1844). Their work did much to popularise lithography, as they showed the technique could achieve all the same effects as other engraving techniques.
[Ref: 31795] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
1532. [Monogram of Lucas Cranach the Elder.]
[Munich: J. Stuntz, c.1830.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½").
Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt, 1497-1560), a German reformer who collaborated with Martin Luther. The painter, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, a supporter of the Protestant Reformation and Friend of Luther. This print was published in 'Les Oeuvres Lithographiques', a huge series of reproductive plates of paintings, by Johann Nepomuk Strixner (1782 - 1855) and Ferdinand Piloty (1786-1844). Their work did much to popularise lithography, as they showed the technique could achieve all the same effects as other engraving techniques.
[Ref: 31795] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Phiippus Melanchthon.
AD [monogram of Albrecht Dürer] inventor. H. [Hendrick Hondius] fe.
[The Hague, 1602.]
Engraving. 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½") very large margins. Small abrasion in print surface top left, spotting.
Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt, 1497-1560), a German reformer who collaborated with Martin Luther. From Jacob Verheiden's ''Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies''.
[Ref: 63330] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
AD [monogram of Albrecht Dürer] inventor. H. [Hendrick Hondius] fe.
[The Hague, 1602.]
Engraving. 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½") very large margins. Small abrasion in print surface top left, spotting.
Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt, 1497-1560), a German reformer who collaborated with Martin Luther. From Jacob Verheiden's ''Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies''.
[Ref: 63330] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Kenny's Mill (late Dight's), Yarra Yarra Falls 1863.
F. Cogné drawn & lith. Printed by C. Trodel.
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 320 x 375mm, 11½ x 13¾". Scratch through image.
Thomas Kenny (c.1820-1866) leased Dight's Mill to set up a paper mill, importing machinary from Scotland that could create sheets 72 inches wide. However his death in 1866 ended the venture. From 'The Melbourne Album Containing a Series of Views of Melbourne & Country Districts'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 11434] £330.00
F. Cogné drawn & lith. Printed by C. Trodel.
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 320 x 375mm, 11½ x 13¾". Scratch through image.
Thomas Kenny (c.1820-1866) leased Dight's Mill to set up a paper mill, importing machinary from Scotland that could create sheets 72 inches wide. However his death in 1866 ended the venture. From 'The Melbourne Album Containing a Series of Views of Melbourne & Country Districts'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 11434] £330.00
Fitzroy Gardens (1863).
F. Cogné drawn & lith. Printed by Ch. Trodel.
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Tinted lithograph with early hand colour, gum arabic highlights. Printed area 320 x 375mm (11½ x 13¾"). Mount burn around image.
Fitzroy Gardens, named after Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, governor of New South Wales, were made a public garden in 1848. From 'The Melbourne Album Containing a Series of Views of Melbourne & Country Districts'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 11435] £420.00
F. Cogné drawn & lith. Printed by Ch. Trodel.
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Tinted lithograph with early hand colour, gum arabic highlights. Printed area 320 x 375mm (11½ x 13¾"). Mount burn around image.
Fitzroy Gardens, named after Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, governor of New South Wales, were made a public garden in 1848. From 'The Melbourne Album Containing a Series of Views of Melbourne & Country Districts'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 11435] £420.00
Collins Street Melbourne.
Drawn & Lithog by Edmund Thomas. E.T. 53.
Printed by R. Quarrill & Co. 214 King Street Melbourne. [1853.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet size: 285mm 410mm (11¼ x 16"). Repaired tear to lower edge. Creases to sheet.
A view depicting Collins Street, central Melbourne, wirth many pedestrains outsisde shops, including 'T. Alison & Co. Drapery Millinery & Establishment'. By painter and lithographer Edmund Thomas, born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He arrived at Port Phillip on 25th November 1852 and was listed as a practising artist of 118 Collins Street East, Melbourne, the same year. From the series 'Victorian Views' published by F. Varley, 1854.
[Ref: 37712] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Lithog by Edmund Thomas. E.T. 53.
Printed by R. Quarrill & Co. 214 King Street Melbourne. [1853.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet size: 285mm 410mm (11¼ x 16"). Repaired tear to lower edge. Creases to sheet.
A view depicting Collins Street, central Melbourne, wirth many pedestrains outsisde shops, including 'T. Alison & Co. Drapery Millinery & Establishment'. By painter and lithographer Edmund Thomas, born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He arrived at Port Phillip on 25th November 1852 and was listed as a practising artist of 118 Collins Street East, Melbourne, the same year. From the series 'Victorian Views' published by F. Varley, 1854.
[Ref: 37712] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Parliament House, Melbourne.
(After a Photograph by York & Son, Notting Hill W.)
[British/Australian, n.d., c.1880.]
Chromolithograph with gum arabic, sheet 180 x 255mm. 7 x 10".
Parliament House in Melbourne, located at Spring Street in East Melbourne at the edge of the Melbourne city centre, has been the seat of the Parliament of Victoria, since 1855 (except for the years 1901 to 1927, when it was occupied by the Parliament of Australia).
Not found in NLA.
[Ref: 26337] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
(After a Photograph by York & Son, Notting Hill W.)
[British/Australian, n.d., c.1880.]
Chromolithograph with gum arabic, sheet 180 x 255mm. 7 x 10".
Parliament House in Melbourne, located at Spring Street in East Melbourne at the edge of the Melbourne city centre, has been the seat of the Parliament of Victoria, since 1855 (except for the years 1901 to 1927, when it was occupied by the Parliament of Australia).
Not found in NLA.
[Ref: 26337] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Collins St. / Melbourne].](jpegs/54019.jpg)
[Collins St. / Melbourne]. Genuine original etching limited edition by Fabian Swire (London artist) / Series five Subjects and Places of Interest.
[n.d. after 1930].
Signed etching with original label as issued.130 x 75mm (5 x 3"), with margins. Sheet laid at top in original mount. Slight foxing below signature.
A view of Collins Street, which runs through the centre of Melbourne, published as part of Fabian Swire's fifth series Subjects and Places of Interest.
[Ref: 54019] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. after 1930].
Signed etching with original label as issued.130 x 75mm (5 x 3"), with margins. Sheet laid at top in original mount. Slight foxing below signature.
A view of Collins Street, which runs through the centre of Melbourne, published as part of Fabian Swire's fifth series Subjects and Places of Interest.
[Ref: 54019] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Fitzroy Gardens (1863).
F. Cogné drawn & lith. Printed by Ch. Trodel.
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Tinted lithograph with early hand colour. Printed area 320 x 375mm (11½ x 13¾") large margins.
Fitzroy Gardens, named after Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, governor of New South Wales, were made a public garden in 1848. From 'The Melbourne Album Containing a Series of Views of Melbourne & Country Districts'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 46163] £360.00
F. Cogné drawn & lith. Printed by Ch. Trodel.
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Tinted lithograph with early hand colour. Printed area 320 x 375mm (11½ x 13¾") large margins.
Fitzroy Gardens, named after Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, governor of New South Wales, were made a public garden in 1848. From 'The Melbourne Album Containing a Series of Views of Melbourne & Country Districts'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 46163] £360.00
View of Melbourne.
[n.d., c.1860]
Woodblock engraving with large margins. Sheet: 290 x 200mm (11½ x 8"). Some slight staining. Laid on an album sheet.
View overlooking the city of Melbourne, Australia, depicting farmland with goats and the city beyond.
[Ref: 33607] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1860]
Woodblock engraving with large margins. Sheet: 290 x 200mm (11½ x 8"). Some slight staining. Laid on an album sheet.
View overlooking the city of Melbourne, Australia, depicting farmland with goats and the city beyond.
[Ref: 33607] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Camp Hill, Moonee Ponds
[Anon., c.1860]
Watercolour on card with decorative embossed border, sheet 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). `
A building in Moonee Ponds, now an inner suburb of Melbourne in Australia. It was named by the politician Donald Kennedy (1807-64), after his native valley in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
[Ref: 44780] £650.00
[Anon., c.1860]
Watercolour on card with decorative embossed border, sheet 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). `
A building in Moonee Ponds, now an inner suburb of Melbourne in Australia. It was named by the politician Donald Kennedy (1807-64), after his native valley in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
[Ref: 44780] £650.00
City of Melbourne, Capital of Australia Felix. Founded June 1837. No. 2. Native Woman. Bushman. Native Black. Roughing it out. - I say Jack when did you put off your Clothes? Not for this last Fortnight!!
[drawn by John Adamson.]
[Glasgow, Maclure & MacDonald, 1840.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 235 z 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed, losing map of Melbourne underneath, creases. Damaged.
A rare broadsheet with a prospect of Melbourne before it became a city, three half-length portraits of local residents and a satire of European bushmen.
State Library of Victoria H95.183.
[Ref: 55049] £450.00
[drawn by John Adamson.]
[Glasgow, Maclure & MacDonald, 1840.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 235 z 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed, losing map of Melbourne underneath, creases. Damaged.
A rare broadsheet with a prospect of Melbourne before it became a city, three half-length portraits of local residents and a satire of European bushmen.
State Library of Victoria H95.183.
[Ref: 55049] £450.00
Melbourne from the Botanical Gardens.
Drawn & Engraved by H. Winkles.
The London Printing and Publishing Company [n.d., c.1855].
Steel engraving, sheet 190 x 275mm. 7½ x 10¾".
A prospect of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from the Royal Botanic Gardens. The discovery of gold in 1851 led to the Victorian gold rush, and Melbourne, which served as the major port and provided most services for the region, experienced rapid growth. Within months, the city's population had increased by nearly three-quarters, from 25,000 to 40,000 inhabitants. By Henry Winkles (1800 - 1860), from 'Australia' by R. Montgomery Martin.
NLA 3042219.
[Ref: 20632] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by H. Winkles.
The London Printing and Publishing Company [n.d., c.1855].
Steel engraving, sheet 190 x 275mm. 7½ x 10¾".
A prospect of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from the Royal Botanic Gardens. The discovery of gold in 1851 led to the Victorian gold rush, and Melbourne, which served as the major port and provided most services for the region, experienced rapid growth. Within months, the city's population had increased by nearly three-quarters, from 25,000 to 40,000 inhabitants. By Henry Winkles (1800 - 1860), from 'Australia' by R. Montgomery Martin.
NLA 3042219.
[Ref: 20632] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Sheepwash Creek near Sandhurst - (1863).
F. Cogné drawn & lith. Ch. Trodel print..
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 320 x 375mm, 11½ x 13¾".
Sheepwash Creek, east of Melbourne. From 'The Melbourne Album Containing a Series of Views of Melbourne & Country Districts'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 11433] £380.00
F. Cogné drawn & lith. Ch. Trodel print..
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 320 x 375mm, 11½ x 13¾".
Sheepwash Creek, east of Melbourne. From 'The Melbourne Album Containing a Series of Views of Melbourne & Country Districts'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 11433] £380.00
New Houses Of Parliament __ Melbourne.
Ed. Gilks del. et lith.
Printed by J. Fergusson. [n.d., c.1855.]
Wood engraving, image c.100 x 190mm. 4 x 7½". Sheet trimmed, glued to scrap sheet.
Parliament House in Melbourne, located at Spring Street in East Melbourne at the edge of the Melbourne city centre, has been the seat of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia, since 1855 (except for the years 1901 to 1927, when it was occupied by the Parliament of Australia). It is the largest 19th century building in Australia that still functions as a public building. Perhaps an illustration to a graphic journal.
[Ref: 10789] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Ed. Gilks del. et lith.
Printed by J. Fergusson. [n.d., c.1855.]
Wood engraving, image c.100 x 190mm. 4 x 7½". Sheet trimmed, glued to scrap sheet.
Parliament House in Melbourne, located at Spring Street in East Melbourne at the edge of the Melbourne city centre, has been the seat of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia, since 1855 (except for the years 1901 to 1927, when it was occupied by the Parliament of Australia). It is the largest 19th century building in Australia that still functions as a public building. Perhaps an illustration to a graphic journal.
[Ref: 10789] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Union Bank Of Australia, Melbourne.
W.H.L. [monogram to plate lower right.] Fr. Schenck. Lithr. Edinr.
[Edinburgh, n.d., c.1855.]
Lithograph, image 85 x 140mm. 3¼ x 5½". Glue stains to corners.
From as series of views in Australia by lithographer and printer Frederick Schenck.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 10775] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
W.H.L. [monogram to plate lower right.] Fr. Schenck. Lithr. Edinr.
[Edinburgh, n.d., c.1855.]
Lithograph, image 85 x 140mm. 3¼ x 5½". Glue stains to corners.
From as series of views in Australia by lithographer and printer Frederick Schenck.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 10775] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Government Offices & Signal Station, Melbourne.
W.H.L. [monogram to plate lower right.] Fr. Schenck. Lith Edinr.
[Edinburgh, n.d., c.1855.]
Lithograph, image 80 x 140mm. 3¼ x 5½".
From as series of views in Australia by lithographer and printer Frederick Schenck. After the lithograph by Thomas Ham.
National Library of Australia: 2997376. Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 10769] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
W.H.L. [monogram to plate lower right.] Fr. Schenck. Lith Edinr.
[Edinburgh, n.d., c.1855.]
Lithograph, image 80 x 140mm. 3¼ x 5½".
From as series of views in Australia by lithographer and printer Frederick Schenck. After the lithograph by Thomas Ham.
National Library of Australia: 2997376. Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 10769] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Melbourne] Queens Wharf.](jpegs/10758.jpg)
[Melbourne] Queens Wharf. Yarra Yarra.
[Drawn and lithographed by F. Cogne.]
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 390 x 510mm. 15¼ x 20". Tatty and chipped extremities, tear lower right.
A steamship and rowing boats at Queen's Wharf, Melbourne, Australia. In the 1850s Queen’s Wharf became the gateway to the goldfields. Standing here you could have seen the steamers ferrying passengers from ships anchored in Port Phillip Bay, and heard the babble of tongues — English, Scottish, Irish, American, German, Chinese — as the newcomers claimed their baggage and set out to look for lodgings in the nearby hotels and boarding houses. From the 'The Melbourne album : containing a series of views of Melbourne & country districts : respectfully dedicated to, and patronized by His Excellency Sir Charles Darling', published by Charles Troedel 1864'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 10758] £590.00
[Drawn and lithographed by F. Cogne.]
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 390 x 510mm. 15¼ x 20". Tatty and chipped extremities, tear lower right.
A steamship and rowing boats at Queen's Wharf, Melbourne, Australia. In the 1850s Queen’s Wharf became the gateway to the goldfields. Standing here you could have seen the steamers ferrying passengers from ships anchored in Port Phillip Bay, and heard the babble of tongues — English, Scottish, Irish, American, German, Chinese — as the newcomers claimed their baggage and set out to look for lodgings in the nearby hotels and boarding houses. From the 'The Melbourne album : containing a series of views of Melbourne & country districts : respectfully dedicated to, and patronized by His Excellency Sir Charles Darling', published by Charles Troedel 1864'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 10758] £590.00
An Hindoo Temple erected in Melchet Park, in the County of Wilts.
Drawn & Engraved by W.m Daniell.
[n.d. c.1802.]
Extremely rare hand-coloured aquatint. 356 x 464mm (14 x 18¼"). Some creasing.
View of an Indian temple at left, built on a hill, surrounded by trees and shrubs on three sides, with an elegantly dressed man and woman standing near the porch, the man pointing at the building.
[Ref: 52448] £1,250.00
Drawn & Engraved by W.m Daniell.
[n.d. c.1802.]
Extremely rare hand-coloured aquatint. 356 x 464mm (14 x 18¼"). Some creasing.
View of an Indian temple at left, built on a hill, surrounded by trees and shrubs on three sides, with an elegantly dressed man and woman standing near the porch, the man pointing at the building.
[Ref: 52448] £1,250.00
Meldert Camp. Netherlands. Brabant.
[n.d. c.1820]
Ink and watercolour map. 175 x 235mm (7 x 9¼"). Trimmed and pasted on album paper.
A competent manuscript map of a military camp at Meldert, south east of Leuven. The map was probably drawn for a history of the Seven Years' War (1756-63). On the reverse is a printed map of the Low Countries from that period.
[Ref: 62828] £130.00
[n.d. c.1820]
Ink and watercolour map. 175 x 235mm (7 x 9¼"). Trimmed and pasted on album paper.
A competent manuscript map of a military camp at Meldert, south east of Leuven. The map was probably drawn for a history of the Seven Years' War (1756-63). On the reverse is a printed map of the Low Countries from that period.
[Ref: 62828] £130.00
Nuptiae Meleagri et Atalantae. 14.
Polidoro pinxit. Camillo Tinti sculpsit Romae 1772.
Romae in Hortis Marchionis del Bufalo.
Engraving with small margins, plate 241 x 317mm (9½ x 12½"). Glued to backing sheet.
The marriage of Meleagar and Atalanta, after the painting by Polidoro da Caravaggio on the facade of the demolished Ninfeo in the Palazzo Bufalo Cancellieri, taken down in 1885 and now in the Museo di Roma. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates.
[Ref: 35210] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Polidoro pinxit. Camillo Tinti sculpsit Romae 1772.
Romae in Hortis Marchionis del Bufalo.
Engraving with small margins, plate 241 x 317mm (9½ x 12½"). Glued to backing sheet.
The marriage of Meleagar and Atalanta, after the painting by Polidoro da Caravaggio on the facade of the demolished Ninfeo in the Palazzo Bufalo Cancellieri, taken down in 1885 and now in the Museo di Roma. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates.
[Ref: 35210] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Nuptiae Meleagri et Atalantae. 14.
Polidoro pinxit. Camillo Tinti sculpsit Romae 1772.
Romae in Hortis Marchionis del Bufalo.
Engraving. 241 x 317mm (9½ x 12½"), with wide margins. Water stain upper left of margin.
The marriage of Meleagar and Atalanta. After the painting on the facade of the demolished Ninfeo in the Palazzo Bufalo Cancellieri, taken down in 1885 and now in the Museo di Roma. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates.
[Ref: 31002] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Polidoro pinxit. Camillo Tinti sculpsit Romae 1772.
Romae in Hortis Marchionis del Bufalo.
Engraving. 241 x 317mm (9½ x 12½"), with wide margins. Water stain upper left of margin.
The marriage of Meleagar and Atalanta. After the painting on the facade of the demolished Ninfeo in the Palazzo Bufalo Cancellieri, taken down in 1885 and now in the Museo di Roma. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates.
[Ref: 31002] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Meleager et Atalanta. 12.
Giulio Romano delin. Franc. Lonsing. sculpsit. 1772.
Romae in Aedibus Burghesianis existens.
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 280 x 490mm (11 x 19¼"). Water staining and tear to left edge.
The hunt for the Calydonian Boar; at the centre of a pastoral landscape, Meleager drives a spear into the mouth of the dangerous wild boar, laid upon by hounds after he brought it down. To the left stands Atalanta poisted to shoot another arrow; to the right, their fellow heroic hunters raise their lances, also poised to strike the boar. After the drawing in the Musee du Louvre. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates.
[Ref: 31007] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Giulio Romano delin. Franc. Lonsing. sculpsit. 1772.
Romae in Aedibus Burghesianis existens.
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 280 x 490mm (11 x 19¼"). Water staining and tear to left edge.
The hunt for the Calydonian Boar; at the centre of a pastoral landscape, Meleager drives a spear into the mouth of the dangerous wild boar, laid upon by hounds after he brought it down. To the left stands Atalanta poisted to shoot another arrow; to the right, their fellow heroic hunters raise their lances, also poised to strike the boar. After the drawing in the Musee du Louvre. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates.
[Ref: 31007] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Meleager et Atalanta.
Giulio Romano delin. Franc. Lonsing. sculpsit. 1772.
Romae in Aedibus Burghesianis existens.
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 280 x 490mm (11 x 19¼"). Uncut.
The hunt for the Calydonian Boar; at the centre of a pastoral landscape, Meleager drives a spear into the mouth of the dangerous wild boar, laid upon by hounds after he brought it down. To the left stands Atalanta poisted to shoot another arrow; to the right, their fellow heroic hunters raise their lances, also poised to strike the boar. After Giulio Romano (?1499-1546), painter and architect trained by Raphael. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates.
[Ref: 35215] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Giulio Romano delin. Franc. Lonsing. sculpsit. 1772.
Romae in Aedibus Burghesianis existens.
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 280 x 490mm (11 x 19¼"). Uncut.
The hunt for the Calydonian Boar; at the centre of a pastoral landscape, Meleager drives a spear into the mouth of the dangerous wild boar, laid upon by hounds after he brought it down. To the left stands Atalanta poisted to shoot another arrow; to the right, their fellow heroic hunters raise their lances, also poised to strike the boar. After Giulio Romano (?1499-1546), painter and architect trained by Raphael. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates.
[Ref: 35215] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Meleager and Atalanta]](jpegs/38607.jpg)
[Meleager and Atalanta] From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr. Sayer / See Ovids Metamor.s Book VIII Pa. 54
R. Wilson pinx.t. R. Earlom sculp.
Rob.t Sayer Excudit / London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller No 53 in Fleet Street / Published as the Act directs Sep.r 20 1771
Mezzotint, 465 x 560mm (18¼ x 22"). Very large margins (tatty). Repaired tear at top.
Atalanta (drawing her bow lower left) and her lover Meleager (on horseback with spear) slay the huge boar which Diana sent to devastate the countryside of Calydon. Dramatic rocky landscape with waterfall behind, showing the influence of Salavator Rosa's sublime scenery on British landscape. Subject from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', a rich source of subject matter for artists. Engraved by leading mezzotint engraver Richard Earlom after the painting, c.1770, by Richard Wilson (now in the Tate collection). The publisher of this print, Robert Sayer, was the first recorded owner of the painting.
Wessely 80
[Ref: 38607] £330.00
R. Wilson pinx.t. R. Earlom sculp.
Rob.t Sayer Excudit / London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller No 53 in Fleet Street / Published as the Act directs Sep.r 20 1771
Mezzotint, 465 x 560mm (18¼ x 22"). Very large margins (tatty). Repaired tear at top.
Atalanta (drawing her bow lower left) and her lover Meleager (on horseback with spear) slay the huge boar which Diana sent to devastate the countryside of Calydon. Dramatic rocky landscape with waterfall behind, showing the influence of Salavator Rosa's sublime scenery on British landscape. Subject from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', a rich source of subject matter for artists. Engraved by leading mezzotint engraver Richard Earlom after the painting, c.1770, by Richard Wilson (now in the Tate collection). The publisher of this print, Robert Sayer, was the first recorded owner of the painting.
Wessely 80
[Ref: 38607] £330.00
![[Meleager and Atalanta]](jpegs/38961.jpg)
[Meleager and Atalanta] Engraved from an Original Picture, Painted by R. Wilson and J. Mortimer.
Painted by R. Wilson. Engraved by W. Woollett & B. Pouncy
[London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1st. December, 1779]
Engraving, sheet 410 x 545mm (16 x 21½"). Trimmed inside platemark, possibly losing text; 1st Published state.
Atalanta (drawing her bow lower left) and her lover Meleager (on horseback with spear) slay the huge boar which Diana sent to devastate the countryside of Calydon. Dramatic rocky landscape with waterfall behind, showing the influence of Salavator Rosa's sublime scenery on British landscape. Subject from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', a rich source of subject matter for artists. Engraved by leading mezzotint engraver Richard Earlom after the painting, c.1770, by Richard Wilson (now in the Tate collection). The publisher of this print, Robert Sayer, was the first recorded owner of the painting. The legend to the final state of this print attributes the painting to Wilson and another artist, John Hamilton Mortimer, although Mortimer's involvement is doubted by Spencer-Longhurst et al in their recent catalogue raisonné of Wilson's work.
Fagan 103 V of VIII (state unknown); for a mezzotint of the same painting see ref 38607.
[Ref: 38961] £320.00
Painted by R. Wilson. Engraved by W. Woollett & B. Pouncy
[London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1st. December, 1779]
Engraving, sheet 410 x 545mm (16 x 21½"). Trimmed inside platemark, possibly losing text; 1st Published state.
Atalanta (drawing her bow lower left) and her lover Meleager (on horseback with spear) slay the huge boar which Diana sent to devastate the countryside of Calydon. Dramatic rocky landscape with waterfall behind, showing the influence of Salavator Rosa's sublime scenery on British landscape. Subject from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', a rich source of subject matter for artists. Engraved by leading mezzotint engraver Richard Earlom after the painting, c.1770, by Richard Wilson (now in the Tate collection). The publisher of this print, Robert Sayer, was the first recorded owner of the painting. The legend to the final state of this print attributes the painting to Wilson and another artist, John Hamilton Mortimer, although Mortimer's involvement is doubted by Spencer-Longhurst et al in their recent catalogue raisonné of Wilson's work.
Fagan 103 V of VIII (state unknown); for a mezzotint of the same painting see ref 38607.
[Ref: 38961] £320.00
Meleager and Atalanta. In the Gallery ay Houghton. Size of the Picture F. 10. I. 7. by F. 20. I. 9½ long.
Rubens Pinxit. G. Farington delin. John Boydell excudit 1781. Richard Earlom, Sculpsit.
Published Jan.y. 1st. 1781 by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint with stipple. Plate: 880 x 520mm (34¾ x 20½"), with large margins. Central crease as issued. Repaired cracking along platemark.
A mythological scene showing the hunt of the Calydonian Boar led by the Greek hero Meleager. The fierce huntress Atalanta, with whom Meleager was in love is shown having fired an arrow into the side of the beast. As Atalanta drew the first blood she was awarded the hide. Enraged that the hide had been awarded to a woman, the fellow huntsmen, among who were Meleager's uncle and brother, fought and were killed by Meleager who was in turn killed by his mother for murdering her son and brother.
[Ref: 40630] £330.00
Rubens Pinxit. G. Farington delin. John Boydell excudit 1781. Richard Earlom, Sculpsit.
Published Jan.y. 1st. 1781 by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint with stipple. Plate: 880 x 520mm (34¾ x 20½"), with large margins. Central crease as issued. Repaired cracking along platemark.
A mythological scene showing the hunt of the Calydonian Boar led by the Greek hero Meleager. The fierce huntress Atalanta, with whom Meleager was in love is shown having fired an arrow into the side of the beast. As Atalanta drew the first blood she was awarded the hide. Enraged that the hide had been awarded to a woman, the fellow huntsmen, among who were Meleager's uncle and brother, fought and were killed by Meleager who was in turn killed by his mother for murdering her son and brother.
[Ref: 40630] £330.00
Melen y Nant, near Snowdon.
From the Original drawing by P.I. De Loutherbourg R.A.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, Jan.y 1 1805.
Coloured aquatint. 310 x 390mm, 12¼ x 15½". Tears in edges.
From 'Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain' by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812).
Abbey Scenery 9 or 10.
[Ref: 26429] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
From the Original drawing by P.I. De Loutherbourg R.A.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, Jan.y 1 1805.
Coloured aquatint. 310 x 390mm, 12¼ x 15½". Tears in edges.
From 'Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain' by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812).
Abbey Scenery 9 or 10.
[Ref: 26429] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Giovanni Meli.
Luigi Clemenson del. Fratelli Costanzo Inc.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Very rare & fine mezzotint. Sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Giovanni Meli (1740-1815), Sicilian doctor poet.
[Ref: 56656] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Luigi Clemenson del. Fratelli Costanzo Inc.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Very rare & fine mezzotint. Sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Giovanni Meli (1740-1815), Sicilian doctor poet.
[Ref: 56656] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Camille Mellinet?]](jpegs/61262.jpg)
[Camille Mellinet?]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce tinted lithograph with some hand colour. Sheet 565 x 395mm (22¼ x 15½"). Repaired tear, creasing, soiling.
A man standing, hat in hand, leaning against his horse, in a garden with statuary. A pencil note on the reverse names him as Camille Mellinet (1795-1843), French printer, journalist and historian.
[Ref: 61262] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce tinted lithograph with some hand colour. Sheet 565 x 395mm (22¼ x 15½"). Repaired tear, creasing, soiling.
A man standing, hat in hand, leaning against his horse, in a garden with statuary. A pencil note on the reverse names him as Camille Mellinet (1795-1843), French printer, journalist and historian.
[Ref: 61262] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Melling.
Vigneron 1830. [signed and dated to plate.]
Imp. Lith. de Villain.
Lithograph, sheet 395 x 540mm (15½ x 21¼").
Antoine Ignace Melling (1763-1831), French painter and architect of German origins, sitting in a landscape. He was appointed in 1795 architect to the sister of the Ottoman sultan. He returned to Paris in 1803, and produced his 'Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore' between 1809-19 in 13 livraisons. Later, shortly before publication of this print, his 'Voyage pittoresque dans les Pyrénées françaises' appeared. Both titles are inscribed on the portfolio of sketches supported by his left hand. He was appointed landscape painter to the Empress Josephine.. By Pierre Roch Vigneron (1789 - 1872).
BL: 002453379.
[Ref: 17581] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Vigneron 1830. [signed and dated to plate.]
Imp. Lith. de Villain.
Lithograph, sheet 395 x 540mm (15½ x 21¼").
Antoine Ignace Melling (1763-1831), French painter and architect of German origins, sitting in a landscape. He was appointed in 1795 architect to the sister of the Ottoman sultan. He returned to Paris in 1803, and produced his 'Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore' between 1809-19 in 13 livraisons. Later, shortly before publication of this print, his 'Voyage pittoresque dans les Pyrénées françaises' appeared. Both titles are inscribed on the portfolio of sketches supported by his left hand. He was appointed landscape painter to the Empress Josephine.. By Pierre Roch Vigneron (1789 - 1872).
BL: 002453379.
[Ref: 17581] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Mellish] M.r. Mellish.](jpegs/34435.jpg)
[William Mellish] M.r. Mellish.
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. by Richard Dighton as the Act Directs July 29 1822.
London, Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 170 x 245mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Staining on left and lower edge. Some surface dirt.
Full-length protrait in profile of William Mellish (1764-1838), an MP and supporter of William Pitt who served for both Grimsby and Middlesex, who stands holding a pen in one hand which is poised above a piece of paper held in the other.
BM 14417.A
[Ref: 34435] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. by Richard Dighton as the Act Directs July 29 1822.
London, Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 170 x 245mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Staining on left and lower edge. Some surface dirt.
Full-length protrait in profile of William Mellish (1764-1838), an MP and supporter of William Pitt who served for both Grimsby and Middlesex, who stands holding a pen in one hand which is poised above a piece of paper held in the other.
BM 14417.A
[Ref: 34435] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Harriot Mellon] A Bold stroke for a Wife no chicken Hazard!!!](jpegs/58464.jpg)
[Harriot Mellon] A Bold stroke for a Wife no chicken Hazard!!!
[William Heath.]
Pub April 21st 1822 by S W Fores Picadilly.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 295mm (9 x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper. Slight loss left bottom in title at corners. Very slight loss top left.
Harriot Mellon, the immensely rich widow of the banker Thomas Coutts, in widow’s dress, with two suitors on their knees. Both Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, and the Marquis of Worcester (identified by the paper in his pocket), were widowers with huge debts. Behind, the anxious face of a man in barrister's wig and bands peers through the curtain. This satire was first published with the same imprint but with Harriot in party dress, the speech arranged differently and no barrister.
BM Satires 14424a.
[Ref: 58464] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
Pub April 21st 1822 by S W Fores Picadilly.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 295mm (9 x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper. Slight loss left bottom in title at corners. Very slight loss top left.
Harriot Mellon, the immensely rich widow of the banker Thomas Coutts, in widow’s dress, with two suitors on their knees. Both Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, and the Marquis of Worcester (identified by the paper in his pocket), were widowers with huge debts. Behind, the anxious face of a man in barrister's wig and bands peers through the curtain. This satire was first published with the same imprint but with Harriot in party dress, the speech arranged differently and no barrister.
BM Satires 14424a.
[Ref: 58464] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Hawking Ride unto St Alban's vide Shak. 'A Falc'ner William is, when Harriet hawks; With her of tarsels and of Lures he talks. vide Prior!
[Monogram of William Heath - 'Paul Pry'] Esq.r Del et Sculp.t.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political & other Caricatures are daily Publishing. [n.d., c.1827]
Etching with very fine hand colour. Sheet 245 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A satire of the Duke of St Albans with his new duchess, Harriot Mellon, out hawking. The Duke sits on a bucking donkey while his much larger wife rides an impressive white horse, carrying two hawks to the duke's one. Harriot had been an actress who married Thomas Coutts and inherited his fortune before marrying William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans in 1827, who was 23 years her junior. By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole; however his monogram (a man holding an umbrella) was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), so Heath reverted to using his own name.
[Ref: 51580] £320.00
[Monogram of William Heath - 'Paul Pry'] Esq.r Del et Sculp.t.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political & other Caricatures are daily Publishing. [n.d., c.1827]
Etching with very fine hand colour. Sheet 245 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A satire of the Duke of St Albans with his new duchess, Harriot Mellon, out hawking. The Duke sits on a bucking donkey while his much larger wife rides an impressive white horse, carrying two hawks to the duke's one. Harriot had been an actress who married Thomas Coutts and inherited his fortune before marrying William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans in 1827, who was 23 years her junior. By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole; however his monogram (a man holding an umbrella) was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), so Heath reverted to using his own name.
[Ref: 51580] £320.00
[To Sam.l Oldknow Esqr. _The Proprietor, This West View of Mellor Mill in Derbyshire is with the greatest respect, inscribed by his obedient H.ble Servants, F.Jukes & V.Zanetti.]
[From an original Picture by J.Parry. Engraved by F.Jukes.]
[Published July 12th 1803 by Francis Jukes, No. 10 Howland Street _ And Vittore Zanetti, Repository of Arts, Manchester.]
Aquatint with very fine original hand colour, very large margins, proof before all letters 370 x 480mm (14½ x 18¾"), on paper watermarked 'J Ruse'. Several tears in margin, one just entering plate at bottom. Slight time staining.
Mellor Mill, a six-story cotton mill in Marple (now Greater Manchester), built by Samuel Oldknow 1793-5. Extremely rare & fine image. Oldknow (1756-1828) was a cotton manufacturer at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. Early in his career he used the 'putting-out' system of production, distributing raw cotton to spinners and yarn to weavers who worked in their own homes and workshops. This could not compete against the Indian muslin trade, so he secured money to built this factory. A financial crisis caused by the French Revolutionary Wars put him on the brink of bankrupcy, but he was saved by a partnership with Richard Arkwright. By the time this print was published the mill had over 500 employees, including a number of parish apprentices who were brought up from London. He was known as a good employer: his farming interests allowed him to supply his workers with food and he built them housing. He also introduced his own system of paper money to pay his workforce which could be exchanged for goods at the village shop or for cash via third parties. However by the time of his death he was £206,000 in debt. Oldknow also invested in the Peak Forest Canal, on which was the Marple Aqueduct, which was also the subject of an aquatint by Joseph Parry and Francis Jukes.
See Ref: 35461
[Ref: 56183] £620.00
[From an original Picture by J.Parry. Engraved by F.Jukes.]
[Published July 12th 1803 by Francis Jukes, No. 10 Howland Street _ And Vittore Zanetti, Repository of Arts, Manchester.]
Aquatint with very fine original hand colour, very large margins, proof before all letters 370 x 480mm (14½ x 18¾"), on paper watermarked 'J Ruse'. Several tears in margin, one just entering plate at bottom. Slight time staining.
Mellor Mill, a six-story cotton mill in Marple (now Greater Manchester), built by Samuel Oldknow 1793-5. Extremely rare & fine image. Oldknow (1756-1828) was a cotton manufacturer at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. Early in his career he used the 'putting-out' system of production, distributing raw cotton to spinners and yarn to weavers who worked in their own homes and workshops. This could not compete against the Indian muslin trade, so he secured money to built this factory. A financial crisis caused by the French Revolutionary Wars put him on the brink of bankrupcy, but he was saved by a partnership with Richard Arkwright. By the time this print was published the mill had over 500 employees, including a number of parish apprentices who were brought up from London. He was known as a good employer: his farming interests allowed him to supply his workers with food and he built them housing. He also introduced his own system of paper money to pay his workforce which could be exchanged for goods at the village shop or for cash via third parties. However by the time of his death he was £206,000 in debt. Oldknow also invested in the Peak Forest Canal, on which was the Marple Aqueduct, which was also the subject of an aquatint by Joseph Parry and Francis Jukes.
See Ref: 35461
[Ref: 56183] £620.00
The Melodious Songstress. Andante. Set by Sig.r Putti of Cambridge. 30.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Etching, engraving and musical notation, rare with large margins; paper watermarked. Plate 324 x 196mm (12¾ x 7¾").
From "Calliope, or English Harmony: a collection of the most celebrated English and Scots Songs". Pictorial headpiece and flute part.
[Ref: 31248] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1740.]
Etching, engraving and musical notation, rare with large margins; paper watermarked. Plate 324 x 196mm (12¾ x 7¾").
From "Calliope, or English Harmony: a collection of the most celebrated English and Scots Songs". Pictorial headpiece and flute part.
[Ref: 31248] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Crieur de Melons. Pedant l'este hautement je méscrie Achetés des melons tourangeaux, ou langeais, Quitres souvent n'en vinrent de la vie, Et sortent de fumier de houille, ou d'un marais.
Chez N. Bonnart, a l'Aigle avec privil.
Paris [n.d. c.1675-1700].
Etching with engraving. 270 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½") very large margins Toning.
A street vendor selling melons from his basket. Published by Nicolas Bonnart from a series of 215 prints of figures in a wide variety of contemporary French costume and fashion.
[Ref: 54896] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Chez N. Bonnart, a l'Aigle avec privil.
Paris [n.d. c.1675-1700].
Etching with engraving. 270 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½") very large margins Toning.
A street vendor selling melons from his basket. Published by Nicolas Bonnart from a series of 215 prints of figures in a wide variety of contemporary French costume and fashion.
[Ref: 54896] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Melpomene]](jpegs/43426.jpg)
[Melpomene]
G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pub'd. as the Act directs Mar.h 1 1787 by F. Bartolozzi.
Etching printed in sepia, platemark 255 x 230mm (10 x 9"), with very large margins.
Melpomene, the Tragic Muse, watching on as a boy weeps over a dead friend. Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani (it was published in 'A Set of Etchings by Francis Bartolozzi R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the Late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.' in 1788.
Calabi & De Vesme 442.ii
[Ref: 43426] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pub'd. as the Act directs Mar.h 1 1787 by F. Bartolozzi.
Etching printed in sepia, platemark 255 x 230mm (10 x 9"), with very large margins.
Melpomene, the Tragic Muse, watching on as a boy weeps over a dead friend. Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani (it was published in 'A Set of Etchings by Francis Bartolozzi R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the Late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.' in 1788.
Calabi & De Vesme 442.ii
[Ref: 43426] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Melpomene distributing gifts]](jpegs/46491.jpg)
[Melpomene distributing gifts] Melpomene distribuant ses dons
[after Charles Eisen]
a Paris chez Basan [c.1760]
Engraving, platemark 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾") large margins.
Mythological scene after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These also included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, La Fontaine and Erasmus.
[Ref: 46491] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
[after Charles Eisen]
a Paris chez Basan [c.1760]
Engraving, platemark 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾") large margins.
Mythological scene after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These also included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, La Fontaine and Erasmus.
[Ref: 46491] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Melrose Abbey, Moon Light. Inscribed as a Tribute of Respect to the Revered Memory of Sir Walter Scott. Proof.
Drawn & Engraved by T.M. Richardson.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Published by T.M. Richardson, 53, Blackett Street [n.d., c.1835].
Scarce mezzotint with etching. 370 x 430mm (14½ x 17"). Tears taped.
The ruins of Melrose Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in Roxburghshire. Scott supervised the extensive repair work that was to preserve the ruins in 1822.
[Ref: 57335] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by T.M. Richardson.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Published by T.M. Richardson, 53, Blackett Street [n.d., c.1835].
Scarce mezzotint with etching. 370 x 430mm (14½ x 17"). Tears taped.
The ruins of Melrose Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in Roxburghshire. Scott supervised the extensive repair work that was to preserve the ruins in 1822.
[Ref: 57335] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Melton Breakfast. To Rowland Errington Esq.re Master of the Quorn Hounds, this Engraving from the Original Picture in his possession, Is with permission most respectfully dedicated by his much obliged and Obedient Servants, Hodgson & Graves.
Painted by F.Grant. Engraved by Cha.s G. Lewis.
London Published [***] 1839 by Hodgson & Graves, Her Majesty's Printsellers, 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 560 x 790mm, 22 x 31". Some staining, left margin chipped.
The famous painting of the Quorn Hunt of Melton Mowbray preparing for the day. Portraits of (left to right) Massey Stanley, the Earl of Wilton, the Count Matuchevitch, Lord Gardner, W.L.Gardner, W.L. Gilmour, T. Stevens, Sir Frederick Johnstone, Lord Rokeby, Lord Forester, Lord Kinnaird, Rowland Errington, Mr. Errington's servant. Sir Francis Grant was educated at Harrow, and intended to make his career in the legal profession; however his love of art and fox-hunting turned him aside to become a painter. His equestrian portraits and portraits of aristocrats led to royal patronage, including that of Queen Victoria. He became president of the R.A.
see E.F. Wilder, 'English Sporting Prints', pp.142-3.
[Ref: 10019] £360.00
Painted by F.Grant. Engraved by Cha.s G. Lewis.
London Published [***] 1839 by Hodgson & Graves, Her Majesty's Printsellers, 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 560 x 790mm, 22 x 31". Some staining, left margin chipped.
The famous painting of the Quorn Hunt of Melton Mowbray preparing for the day. Portraits of (left to right) Massey Stanley, the Earl of Wilton, the Count Matuchevitch, Lord Gardner, W.L.Gardner, W.L. Gilmour, T. Stevens, Sir Frederick Johnstone, Lord Rokeby, Lord Forester, Lord Kinnaird, Rowland Errington, Mr. Errington's servant. Sir Francis Grant was educated at Harrow, and intended to make his career in the legal profession; however his love of art and fox-hunting turned him aside to become a painter. His equestrian portraits and portraits of aristocrats led to royal patronage, including that of Queen Victoria. He became president of the R.A.
see E.F. Wilder, 'English Sporting Prints', pp.142-3.
[Ref: 10019] £360.00
The South West View of Melton Constable in the County of Norfolk, the Seat of S.r Jacob Astley, Bart:t, is humbly Inscrib'd by His Oblig'd Serv:ts Sam:l & Nath:l Buck.
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck delin. et sculp.t August 1741. No I Garden Court Middle Temple.
Scarce engraving, 18th century watermark. 380 x 600mm (15 x 23½"). Trimmed to plate, creases, tears repaired.
Melton Constable Hall, built 1664-70, now grade 1 listed. The Park was landscaped by Capability Brown in 1764-9.
[Ref: 59339] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck delin. et sculp.t August 1741. No I Garden Court Middle Temple.
Scarce engraving, 18th century watermark. 380 x 600mm (15 x 23½"). Trimmed to plate, creases, tears repaired.
Melton Constable Hall, built 1664-70, now grade 1 listed. The Park was landscaped by Capability Brown in 1764-9.
[Ref: 59339] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The South West View of Melton Constable in the County of Norfolk, the Seat of S.r Jacob Astley, Bart:t, is humbly Inscrib'd by His Oblig'd Serv:ts Sam:l & Nath:l Buck.
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck delin. et sculp.t August 1741. No I Garden Court Middle Temple.
Scarce engraving. 380 x 600mm (15 x 23½"), large margins. Repairs to margins.
Melton Constable Hall, built 1664-70, now grade 1 listed. The Park was landscaped by Capability Brown in 1764-9.
[Ref: 58724] £480.00 (£576.00 incl.VAT)
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck delin. et sculp.t August 1741. No I Garden Court Middle Temple.
Scarce engraving. 380 x 600mm (15 x 23½"), large margins. Repairs to margins.
Melton Constable Hall, built 1664-70, now grade 1 listed. The Park was landscaped by Capability Brown in 1764-9.
[Ref: 58724] £480.00 (£576.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Melville.
Painted by Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C. Turner.
London, Published Jan.y 1. 1810 by C. Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, printed in brown. 400 x 280mm (15¾ x 11"). Some spotting. Small margins.
Three-quarter portrait of a young girl singing from an album of music, standing behind a parapet with a trompet and sheet music, organ pipes behind. A cherub on a cloud upper left listens.
Whitman 370, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii, with letters partially filled in.
[Ref: 64891] £320.00
Painted by Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C. Turner.
London, Published Jan.y 1. 1810 by C. Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, printed in brown. 400 x 280mm (15¾ x 11"). Some spotting. Small margins.
Three-quarter portrait of a young girl singing from an album of music, standing behind a parapet with a trompet and sheet music, organ pipes behind. A cherub on a cloud upper left listens.
Whitman 370, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii, with letters partially filled in.
[Ref: 64891] £320.00
Miss Melville.
Painted by Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C. Turner.
London, Published Jan.y 1. 1810 by C. Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, printed in brown. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
Three-quarter portrait of a young girl singing from an album of music, standing behind a parapet with a trompet and sheet music, organ pipes behind. A cherub on a cloud upper left listens.
Whitman 370, state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iii, with open letters.
[Ref: 64892] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C. Turner.
London, Published Jan.y 1. 1810 by C. Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, printed in brown. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
Three-quarter portrait of a young girl singing from an album of music, standing behind a parapet with a trompet and sheet music, organ pipes behind. A cherub on a cloud upper left listens.
Whitman 370, state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iii, with open letters.
[Ref: 64892] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Melville Castle, Scotland.
J.R. Hamble.
[n.d., c.1812.]
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished, rare. 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Tear just entering plate repaired.
Melville Castle, near Dalkeith, Midlothian, showing the original tower house just prior to its demoliton for replacement by the current building, designed 1786-91 by James Playfair for Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. The castle is now a luxury hotel and wedding venue.
[Ref: 46332] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
J.R. Hamble.
[n.d., c.1812.]
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished, rare. 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Tear just entering plate repaired.
Melville Castle, near Dalkeith, Midlothian, showing the original tower house just prior to its demoliton for replacement by the current building, designed 1786-91 by James Playfair for Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. The castle is now a luxury hotel and wedding venue.
[Ref: 46332] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Lieu.t H.B. Melville. 54th Native Bengal Infantry.
[after Vincent Eyre.]
[London, John Murray, 1843.]
Lithograph. Printed area 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼").
Henry Beresford Melville in Afghan dress. A portrait from Vincent Eyre's 'Portraits of the Kabul Prisoners', from an original drawing made during Eyre's captivity in Afghanistan after the Retreat from Kabul during the 1st Afghan War (1838-1842). Melville was appointed an ensign in the 54th Bengal Native Infantry in 1837. Promoted to lieutenant in 1840, he took part in the 1st Afghan War (1839-1842) and was taken hostage by Akbar Khan following the uprising of November 1841 and was released in September 1842 when Major-General Sir George Pollock's Army of Retribution arrived in Kabul. Promoted to captain in 1843, he was invalided back to England in 1851 where he died four years later.
[Ref: 34924] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[after Vincent Eyre.]
[London, John Murray, 1843.]
Lithograph. Printed area 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼").
Henry Beresford Melville in Afghan dress. A portrait from Vincent Eyre's 'Portraits of the Kabul Prisoners', from an original drawing made during Eyre's captivity in Afghanistan after the Retreat from Kabul during the 1st Afghan War (1838-1842). Melville was appointed an ensign in the 54th Bengal Native Infantry in 1837. Promoted to lieutenant in 1840, he took part in the 1st Afghan War (1839-1842) and was taken hostage by Akbar Khan following the uprising of November 1841 and was released in September 1842 when Major-General Sir George Pollock's Army of Retribution arrived in Kabul. Promoted to captain in 1843, he was invalided back to England in 1851 where he died four years later.
[Ref: 34924] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Members' Plate. Sir Maurice: ''I say old fellow, I shall have to make the running this time! If you hand't been in the Coalition Handicap, you would'nt have had all that weight to carry!!''.
[W. Henley, 1. Southgate Street, Gloucester, c.1860.]
Scarce wood engraving. Sheet 115 x 205mm (4½ x 8"), on Whatman laid paper. Trimmed, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
One jockey addresses another, who has a Chinese man riding pillion.
[Ref: 61044] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[W. Henley, 1. Southgate Street, Gloucester, c.1860.]
Scarce wood engraving. Sheet 115 x 205mm (4½ x 8"), on Whatman laid paper. Trimmed, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
One jockey addresses another, who has a Chinese man riding pillion.
[Ref: 61044] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)