Banditti Returning. From an Original Drawing of J. Mortimer, in the Collection of Richard Payne Knight Esq.r.
Drawn by J. Mortimer 1775. Etch'd by R. Blyth. London Publish'd as the Act directs, Nov.r 9.th 1780, by R. Blyth N.o 27, Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
London, 1780.
Etching. 395 x 440mm (15½ x 17¼"), with very wide margins. Foxing in upper margin. Small tears, mostly repaired, along lower edge. Small stain bottom left.
A bandit wearing armour and a helmet, holding a female captive, who looks down to left, her clothes in disarray, another bandit to right, one hand on his hip, holding a spear in the other, beside a man wearing a plumed helmet who gazes questioningly at the woman, while other bandits approach the cave from the left, bringing captives in oriental dress.
[Ref: 53966] £260.00
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[Banditti with a female captive.]
Mortimer Pinxit. J.R. Smith Sculpsit.
Published Feb.14th 1780 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at corners. Good impression of a rare print.
Banditti scene after John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-79), published soon after the artist's death. Influenced by the works of Salvator Rosa (immensely popular during the period), Mortimer incorporated Rosa's disturbing banditti and occult subject matter in the 1770s. This print is usually regarded as a generic banditti scene: a preparatory drawing in the collection of Richard Payne Knight (now in the British Museum) was etched by Robert Blyth and published in November 1780 with the title 'Banditti Returning'. However, a related painting by Mortimer (Newcastle, Hatton Gallery) is titled 'The Sacrifice of Polyxena'. In Euripides' plays, Polyxena was sacrificed at the end of the Trojan War to appease the gods. Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Ex: Collection Christopher Mendez; D'Oench 145. Frankau: Not in.
[Ref: 36371] £260.00
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I Banditi Italiani. The Italian Banditti. No. 19. Engraved from an Original Picture of Francisco Simonini, in the Possession of Mr. Panton Betew.
Francisco Simonini Pinx.t. F. Vivares Sculp.t.
Published by Franc.s Vivares April 25th. 1759.
Fine etching. 400 x 500mm (15¾ x 19¾"), with large margins. Small tears to margins.
A group of bandits cross a stream to attack a party of travellers; some beg for mercy, holding out bags of money, while another man rides away. Engraved by Francis Vivares (1709-80) after Francesco Simonini (1686 - c.1755), a pair to 'La divisione delle preda. The Booty Divided'. Boydell republished the plates in 1781.
[Ref: 53370] £280.00
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[Three banditti on horseback menacing a crouching figure.]
[Anon., c.1810.]
Pen lithograph, scarce; sheet 270 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Staining and mould to edges.
Dramatic early pen lithograph. The new medium allowed artists to draw directly onto a prepared stone, allowing them to make prints which arguably resembled drawings more than any earlier printmaking technique. Unlike many printmaking techniques, lithography required no special training as artists could work directly onto the plate and leave specialist printers to actually make the prints. For this reason many artists who were not trained printmakers (such as Géricault and Delacroix) often worked in lithography.
[Ref: 36954] £180.00
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Banditti at Market. From an Original Picture, in the Possession of Jos.h Fortnom Esq.r
Jn.o Mortimer pinx. Jno Hall sculp.t
London Publishd as the Act directs May 1.st 1780, by I. Hall, Berwick Street Soho, and I. Boydell Cheapside.
Mint engraving. 380 x 305mm (15 x 12"), with large margins.
Three banditti and a girl with a basket of eggs; the girl seated at left with her head bent down, on a step outside a building, one of the banditti watching her and leaning on a shield decorated with a cross. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection. Sunderland: 138b.
[Ref: 28410] £240.00
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A Capt.n of Banditti sending out a Party.
[I.H. Mortimer.]
Publish'd Dec.r 8, 1778 by I Mortimer.
Etching. Plate 300 x 197mm. 11¾ x 7¾".
Captain standing at left, leaning on a stone block and pointing to right, where an armoured banditti sits, others in a line at left behind the block, only their heads seen. From a series of "Fifteen etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds".
[Ref: 28027] £120.00
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Banditti going out. From an Original Drawing of J. Mortimer, in the Collection of Richard Payne Knight Esq.r [&] Banditti returning. From an Original Drawing of J. Mortimer, in the Collection of Richard Payne Knight Esq.r
Drawn by J. Mortimer, 1775. Etch'd by R. Blyth.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Nov.r 9.th 1780, by R. Blyth No.27, Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
Pair of etchings. 395 x 450mm (15½ x 17¾").
Two bandits wearing helmets and carrying spears, either side of a man wearing a turban who carries a cross-bow, one directing him, pointing to the left towards a caravan ascending a mountain path in the distance, while a fourth man ties his sandal behind them and other men, including one wearing a turban who looks back over his shoulder, start down the path from the cave. [&] A bandit wearing armour and a helmet, holding a female captive, who looks down to left, her clothes in disarray, another bandit to right, one hand on his hip, holding a spear in the other, beside a man wearing a plumed helmet who gazes questioningly at the woman, while other bandits approach the cave from the left, bringing captives in oriental dress. Sunderland: 102a & 103a.
[Ref: 21708] £260.00
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[Three warriors in mountains.]
[B. M. Fischer, c.1810.]
Pen lithograph, sheet 320 x 215mm (12½ x 8½"). Trimmed.
Early pen lithograph. The new medium allowed artists to draw directly onto a prepared stone, allowing them to make prints which arguably resembled drawings more than any earlier printmaking technique. Unlike many printmaking techniques, lithography required no special training as artists could work directly onto the plate and leave specialist printers to actually make the prints. For this reason many artists who were not trained printmakers (such as Géricault and Delacroix) often worked in lithography. Ex: collection of the late H. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36950] £260.00
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Banditti on the look out.
[I.H. Mortimer.]
Publish'd Dec.r 8, 1778 by I Mortimer.
Etching. Plate 300 x 197mm (11¾ x 7¾"). Crease.
Two banditti standing, leaning against a stone block which one figure rests his arm over beside his removed helmet, the other looking out to right with hand on hilt of sword; landscape with river beyond at lower right. From a series of "Fifteen etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds".
[Ref: 28030] £120.00
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[Banditti Returning.]
Mortimer Pinxit.t. I.B.Smith Sculpsit.
Published Feb.y. 14, 1780 by J.Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Very fine mezzotint. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Small margins, tiny tear on upper left and tiny crease on upper right.
Three men stand at an entrance, another crouches in the background. One of the men is holding a woman captive at right. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Not recorded.
[Ref: 64496] £290.00
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[Storming a Banditti Stronghold]. From an original drawing of Mortimer in the possession of Mr. Richard Thorhold.
Drawn by Mortimer. Etch'd by Blyth.
London publish'd as the act directs. May 1st, 1782, by R. Blyth, No. 27, Great castle Street, Cavendish Square.
Etching. 345 x 280mm. (13½ x 11"), with large margins.
Four men fighting, two brandishing swords, one a club, the fourth pulling another's hair. After John Hamilton Mortimer (1740 - 1799), painter of historical and romantic literary themes. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28420] £160.00
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View of Banff.
Waterston. Edinburgh.
Published by William Smith, Bookseller, 22, Low Street, Banff.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 350 x 420mm (13¾ x 16½"), very large margins.
A rare locally-published view of Banff from above the town. On the right is John Smeaton's bridge over the River Deveron. Before the town is Duff House, built 1735-40 by William Adam, father of Robert Adam.
[Ref: 60735] £280.00
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Representation of Storming and taking Bangalore, by the Marquis Cornwallis.
P. Lausau delin.t. J. Pass Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1800]
Etching and engraving with large margins. Plate: 210 x 175mm (8¼ x 7"). Central crease as issued.
Battle scene depicting the storming of Bangalore by Cornwallis after six weeks of seige during the Third Anglo-Mysore War. Cornwallis sought to take Bangalore, a Mysorean garrison, in order to secure his position against Mysore's ruler Tipu Sultun. Whilst besieging Bangalore Cornwallis's army was harried by Tipu's own army which had followed Cornwallis to Bangalore. The image depicts Cornwallis charging the town of Bangalore while artillery fire bombards the city. An explosion in the top left corner throws bodies into the air. To the left an injured British soldier is carried by two others out of the field of battle.
[Ref: 33535] £70.00
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The Bath, built by Lord Penryn, near Bangor, N. Wales.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs Longman, & Co. Paternoster Row, & W. Daniell, 9 Cleveland St. Fitzroy Square, London. May, 1, 1815.
Aquatint with fine original hand colour. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"). Large margins, uncut.
A coastal view,depicting a building at the end of a long pier in the middle ground, with four columns supporting a pediment in the porch. various figures are seen near a rowing boat in the foreground. From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'. Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 36136] £140.00
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The Bath, built by Lord Penryn, near Bangor, N.Wales.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs Longman & Co. Paternoster Row & W. Daniell 9 Cleveland St. Fitzroy Square, London, May 1. 1815.
Coloured aquatint. Plate 222 x 298mm. 8¾ x 11¾". Slight stain in the lower margin, and into lower right-hand plate.
A view of the Bath near Bangor, north west Wales. From William Daniell's Second Volume of "Voyage around Great Britain". Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 18090] £110.00
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The Bath, built by Lord Penryn, near Bangor, N. Wales.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs. Longman & C.o. Paternoster Row & W. Daniell 9 Cleveland S.t. Fitzroy Square, London, May 1. 1816.
Coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 300 x 230mm (12" x 9").
View of a neoclassical style bath house situated at the end of a jetty, men in a rowing boat disembark. The Welsh coastline forms the backdrop to the scene. Plate 33 from Vol II of "Voyage Round Great Britain". Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 33891] £110.00
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The Bank, Looking Towards the Mansion House.
T.S.Boys Del et Lithog.
[London, T.S. Boys, 1843.]
Tinted lithograph with added colour. 435 x 320mm. (17¼ x 12½").
View along Threadneedle Steet with the Bank of England on the right and the Mansion House [the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London] in the distance. Published for Thomas Shotter Boys' 'London As It Is". Abbey: 240.
[Ref: 31368] £360.00
The Bank.
T. Malton delin.t & fecit.
Publish'd Oc.t 1.st 1781 by T. Malton N.o 8 Carlisle Street. Soho, London.
Etching with aquatint and fine hand-colour. Plate 370 x 505mm (14½ x 19¾"), with very large margins
View from the Mansion House, looking towards the Bank of England, with the church of St Christopher le Stocks before the bank on the left; the view clustered with other buildings, a sign on the far right building reads "By her Majestys Royal / Letters Patent Irwins / Fruit Lozenge Drops"; many figures in foreground including a man on crutches with one leg, men unloading a cart on the left and groups of smartly dressed men in black hats.
[Ref: 68920] £680.00
Principal Front of the Bank of England [&] View of the West Quadrangle at the Bank of England with the Court Room. Designed by Sir Rob.t Taylor.
Drawn and Engav'd by T. Malton.
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan: 1.st 1790 by M.A. Taylor.
Pair of etchings with aquatint. Sheets 400 x 525mm (15¾ x 20¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate. 'Principal' laid on archival paper. Faint mountburn.
Two views of the Bank of England as designed by English architect and sculptor, Sir Robert Taylor (1714 -88).
[Ref: 68919] £950.00
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The Bank Macaroni.
Pub accord to Act April 17th 1773 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5".
A portly and rather self-important looking man in profile holding a quill pen, presumably a manager or employee of a bank. From 'Characters, Macaronies & Caricatures, by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.6' upper left and '1' upper right. BM Satires: 4707.
[Ref: 14351] £220.00
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The Bank of England.
Drawn, Printed & Published by G.J. Cox, Lithographer at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, 309, Regent St. [n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph on india. 165 x 215mm. 6½ x 8½".
A horse and carriage in the street and pedestrians on the pavement, outside the Bank of England.
[Ref: 23763] £65.00
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A View of The Bank of England.
T.H. Shepherd del.t. D.l Havell sculp.t.
[London, Published Aug.t 1.st 1816, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.]
Fine hand coloured aquatint. Framed, visible area 400 x 500mm (15¾ x 19¾"). Mounted over image lower right and over inscription. Unexamined out of frame.
View of the south front of the Bank of England from Theadneedle Street, with part of the Mansion House on the left. Drawn by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864) for Ackermann's 'Views of London' (1811-22), a series of 18 large aquatints, coloured by hand. The majority of prints are after Shepherd, but Gendall, Pugin & Rowlandson also contributed.
[Ref: 57368] £1,650.00
[The Bank of England.]
Fred. A. Farrell [signed in pencil]
[n.d. c.1925]
Framed etching. Plate 260 x 375mm. 10¼ x 14¾".
The Bank of England and part of the Royal Exchange, London; traffic and people outside the buildings.
[Ref: 22720] £320.00
North Front of the Bank. Pl.65.
Published July 31.st 1797 by T. Malton.
Coloured aquatint, sheet 415 x 310mm (16¼ x 12¼"). Slight rubbing in sky. Trimmed to platemark.
A view looking towards Lothbury, Corinthian columns support the portico on the left, elegantly dressed figures roam the street. Plate to 'A Picturesque Tour Through the Cities of London and Westminster, illustrated With the most interesting Views, accurately delineated And executed in Aquatinta by Thomas Malton', 1792 - 1801. Crace 1878 XXII.9. Adams 1983 72.65. Abbey Scenery 204.65
[Ref: 58331] £180.00
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[Comic Bank Note.] Bank of Experience. No.55. to pay on demand for the Governor of the World the Sum of Five Pounds to any person who can find a better paper than the Paul Pry, or a greater fool than the bearer of this note.
For the Governor & Compy. Leukin Jones.
1839, Feb.y. 10.
Engraving. Sheet: 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½''). Trimmed.
A "Skit note" to advertise the weekly satirical paper "Paul Pry", the note "signed" by Leukin Jones, printer and publisher of the paper.
[Ref: 64241] £180.00
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[Comic Bank Note.] Bank of Fashion 1823. I promise to cut any Lady or Gentleman's hair Superior to any man in Europe, or forfeit on Demand the Sum of one hundred pounds, 1823 Oct.r 24, London, 24, Oct.r 1823.
For Self and Comp.a 46, Threadneedle St. and 13, Fleet St. J. Money.
Engraving. Sheet: 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½''). Trimmed, time-stained. Creasing top left.
A comic bank note issued by a hairdresser to persuade them to patronise his shop in Threadneedle Street.
[Ref: 64238] £180.00
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[Comic Bank Note.] Bank of Fashion 1823. I promise to cut any Lady or Gentleman's hair Superior to any man in Europe, or forfeit on Demand the Sum of one hundred pounds, 1823 Oct.r 24, London, 24, Oct.r 1823.
For Self and Comp.a 46, Threadneedle St. and 13, Fleet St. J. Money.
Engraving. Sheet: 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½''). Trimmed.
A comic bank note issued by a hairdresser to persuade them to patronise his shop in Threadneedle Street.
[Ref: 64239] £180.00
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[Comic Bank Note.] Bank of Fashion 1823. I promise to cut any Lady or Gentleman's hair Superior to any man in Europe, or forfeit on Demand the Sum of one hundred pounds, 1823 Oct.r 24, London, 24, Oct.r 1823.
For Self and Comp.a 46, Threadneedle St. and 13, Fleet St. J. Money.
Engraving. Sheet: 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½''). Trimmed, laid on album sheet and stained.
A comic bank note issued by a hairdresser to persuade them to patronise his shop in Threadneedle Street.
[Ref: 48954] £180.00
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Anticipations of the Golden Age! Now coming & showing the probable style of a coster monger when that "good time" is come!!
George Cruikshank.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper. Some foxing.
A satirical commentary on the Bank Restriction Act 1797 which removed the requirement for the Bank of England to convert banknotes into gold. This period, known as the Restriction Period, lasted until 1821. The scene depicts a costermonger, or street seller walking with a cart, a flag sign on the cart states 'No bank notes or coppers taken'. Behind him is a street cryer who says "Here's your perry winkles, winkles, winkles. O!_ a Guinea a pint_John! Vheel the Ba'ree over to the lady!_" In the background are signs which state 'J.Silver Gold Refiner', 'T.Brush the Regular Gold Dustman', 'G.Swab Water Gilder' and 'JW.Blows Gold Beater'.
[Ref: 66901] £90.00
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[Comic Bank Note.] Bank of Economy. £50. Promise to pay on Demand the sum of fifty pounds if any Article purchased at Hulls Cheap & Fashionable Hat & Cap Warehouse. 38 South Street, Manchester Square, can be equaled at any Shop in London for the Price.
1827, August 18, London. For the Self and Comp.a. J.Hull.
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed, some small tears and creasing.
A comic fifty pound bank note issued by Hulls Cheap & Fashionable Hat & Cap Warehouse.
[Ref: 64237] £90.00
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[Banknote] Christchurch, Wimbourne & Ringwood Bank. Promise to pay the Bearer the Sum of One Pound on Demand [...] for Dean, Clapcott, Quartley & Co.
Chatfield & Coleman ac.
[1825.]
Engraved bank note with ink mss and overstamp. 105 x 190mm (4 x 7½"). Bottom right corner torn away to signify the note being cashed. Mounted on card at corners.
With a vignette of Christchurch Priory.
[Ref: 61235] £85.00
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[Banknote] Christchurch & Wimbourne Bank. Promise to pay the Bearer the Sum of One Pound on demand [...] for Dean, Clapcott, Quartley & Co.
[1825.]
Engraved bank note with ink mss. 100 x 180mm (4 x 7"). Bottom right excised to signify the note being cashed. Mounted on card at corners.
With a vignette of Christchurch Priory.
[Ref: 61236] £85.00
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[Banknote] Dorchester Bank. I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand One Pound, Dorchester __ 18__ End,,d _ For Rob.t Pattison.
[c.1820.]
Engraved bank note, unused. 100 x 200mm (4 x 8"). Slight staining. Mint.
With the arms of Dorchester. Founded in 1786, merged with Wilts & Dorset Banking Company in 1897. BM CIB.775, example of 1824.
[Ref: 61240] £90.00
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[Banknote] Dorsetshire General Bank. I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand, One Pound, Value received Bridport _ day of _ 180_ on demand [...] For William Fowler, William Good & Comp.y.
Thorowgood sculp.
[c.1805.]
Engraved bank note, unused. 100 x 200mm (4 x 8"), with three pence tax blind stamp. Near Mint.
With a vignette view of a shipyard.
[Ref: 61239] £90.00
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[Songsheet] The Banks of the Dee. The Jolly Skiffsman. I'm Going Ober de Mountain.
Walker, Printer, Durham.
Letterpress with woodcut vignette and border. Sheet 255 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Tear bottom centre repaired.
The lyrics to three popular ballads. 'The Banks of the Dee' was written by John Tait in 1775, when a friend left Scotland to join the British forces in America in the runup to the American War of Independence. When Robert Burns complained that nightingales sing from a bush, never a tree, Tait changed the lyrics from 'nightingale sung' to 'pigeon coo'd'. 'I'm Going ober de Mountain' was written by Daniel Decatur Emmett (1815-1904), founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition, the Virginia Minstrels.
[Ref: 63640] £130.00
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The Right Hon: Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B. President of the Royal Society. From an original Picture by T. Lawrence, Esq. R.A. in the Possession of Samuel Lysons, Esq.
Drawn by W. Evans. Engraved by A. Cardon.
Published Jan. 1 1810, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple. 395 x 305mm (15½ x 12"). Trimmed to plate on right. Bit dusty.
A portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) after Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), seated with left arm resting on a volume labelled 'Royal Society', to which he was elected in 1766. Banks, a botanist, naturalist and patron of the natural sciences, took part in Captain James Cook's first Circumnavigation (1768-71). He was the leading founder of the African Association, the British organization dedicated to the exploration of Africa, and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 63180] £190.00
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The Right Hon: Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B. President of the Royal Society. From an original Picture by T. Lawrence, Esq. R.A. in the Possession of Samuel Lysons, Esq.
Drawn by W. Evans. Engraved by A. Cardon.
Published Jan. 1 1810, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple. 395 x 305mm (15½ x 12"). Trimmed to plate.
A portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) after Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), seated with left arm resting on a volume labelled 'Royal Society', to which he was elected in 1766. Banks, a botanist, naturalist and patron of the natural sciences, took part in Captain James Cook's first Circumnavigation (1768-71). He was the leading founder of the African Association, the British organization dedicated to the exploration of Africa, and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy. NLA 2183997.
[Ref: 53620] £220.00
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Mr.Bankes. [Sir Joseph Banks.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 100 x 100mm (4 x 4").
Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820), botanist and explorer. Banks was a patron of the natural sciences and made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768 - 1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, and after 6 months in New Zealand, Australia, returning to immediate fame. Banks actively promoted British settlement in New South Wales and supported the broader colonisation of Australia. He also endorsed the establishment of Botany Bay as a penal settlement for the transportation of convicts and served as a principal adviser to the British government on matters relating to Australia. He is credited with introducing eucalyptus, acacia, and the genus later named in his honour, Banksia, to the Western world. Approximately eighty plant species bear his name in recognition of his contributions to botany. In addition, he was a principal founder of the African Association and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which played a significant role in the establishment of the Royal Academy. Author of 'Modern, authentic and com[plete] system of universal geography. Including all the late important discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated. Navigators of various nations, in the different hemispheres; and containing a genuine history and des', 1790. W164-6. Kivell & Spence page 20.
[Ref: 68300] £160.00
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Sir J. Banks. From a Picture by T. Phillips, in the Possession of the Royal Society. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Proof.
Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff.
London, Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street. [n.d. c.1835.]
Stipple, proof printed in chine collé. 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8").
Sir Joseph Banks, shown as President of the Royal Society. The original painting, by Thomas Phillips, is now in the National Portrait Gallery. Published in the ''The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs'', 1833-7.
[Ref: 52691] £130.00
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Sir Joseph Banks Bar.t President of the Royal Society.
Painted by J. Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to His Majesty, and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales_ Engraved by J. Collyer A._
Published as the Act directs May 16th 1789. Sold by W. Dickenson, Bond Stre. J. Cary, Strand, W. DArling, Newport Str. T. Simpson St Pauls Church Yard, and J. Collyer White Lion Row, Islington. Price 3s.
Stipple, sheet 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate mark.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences holding a 'Carte de la Lune par J. Russell' (map of the moon by J. Russell). Banks was leading founder of the African Association, a British organisation dedicated to the exploration of Africa, and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy. He joined James Cook on his first voyage around the Pacific, and they came across New Zealand and Australia, where Cook mapped the coastline and made landfall at Botany Bay and at Endeavour River. Banks took a great interest in the British colonisation of the continent and was to be the greatest proponent of settlement of New South Wales. He was in fact the general advisor to the government on all Australian interests.
[Ref: 55263] £140.00
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The Right Hon: Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, K.B. President of the Royal Society. From an original Picture by T. Lawrence, Esq. R.A. in the Possession of Samuel Lysons, Esq.
From an original Picture by T. Lawrence, Esq, R.A. in the Possession of Samuel Lysons Esq. Drawn by W. Evans, Engraved by A. Cardon.
Published Jan. 1. 1810 by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand London.
Stipple. 380 x 300mm (15 x 12"). Some foxing.
Half-length portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) the famed naturalist and botanist, who found fame after an expedition to Labrador and Newfoundland and after accompanying James Cook on his first voyage around the Pacific. Banks held the position of President of The Royal Society for 41 and advised on the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Banks is depicted wearing his star of the Order of the Bath, his hand resting on a book titled 'The Royal Society'.
[Ref: 35718] £220.00
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Sir Joseph Banks Bar.t K.B. P.R.S. From the original of Sir Thomas Lawrence in The British Museum. Drawn by W.m Derby (with the Permission of the Trustees) and engraved by H. Robinson.
London, Published Jan. 1 1831 by Harding & Lepard, Pall Mall East
Stipple. 375 x 265mm (14¾ x 10½"). Large margins on 3 sides.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the English botanist, naturalist and patron of the natural sciences, who took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768-1771).
[Ref: 62083] £95.00
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The Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks.K.B. President of the Royal Society.
Geo. Dance del. June 27,1803. W.m Daniell Fecit.
[Published by Will.m Daniell No.9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London June 1, 1811.]
Soft ground etching. 270 x 200mm (10½" x 8") large margins. Margins bit messy.
Sir Joseph Banks, Bt, KCB, FRS. (1743-1820), naturalist who sailed with Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific, and subsequently esteemed patron of science and President of the Royal Society.
[Ref: 53834] £190.00
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Rt. Hon.ble Sr. Joseph Banks K.B. European Magazine.
Engraved by Ridley.
Pub by J Sewell Cornhill Oct 1 1802 [but later].
Stipple. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½").
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the English botanist, naturalist and patron of the natural sciences. Banks took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768-1771). He was the leading founder of the African Association, the British organization dedicated to the exploration of Africa, and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 58704] £80.00
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Sir J.ph Banks (Voyageur-Naturaliste,) Président de la société royale de Londres. Né à Revesby dans le Comté de Lincoln (Angleterre), en 1743. Mort à Londres, le 9 Mai 1820.
Dessiné d’après le Tableau de Th. Phillips, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed to plate top & bottom.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) the naturalist, botanist and explorer who was patron of science and President of the Royal Society, 1778-1820. He sailed with Captain Cook to the Pacific on his first voyage aboard the Endeavour, 1768-71, and compiled a unique natural history collection. He held a position of great influence in the scientific world and he advised on ventures such as the Kew Botanic Gardens and the first British colonies in Australia. W: 164 - not in. Kivell & Spence: pg.20.
[Ref: 54236] £120.00
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To the King's most excellent Majesty, This Print of Sir Joseph Banks, Bar.t [...]
Painted by Tho.s Phillips, R.A. Engraved by N. Schiavonetti.
London, Published 1812, by N. Schiavonetti. N.o 12, Michael's Place, Brompton.
Etching on chine collé, 515 x 390mm (20¼ x 15¼"), with large margins. Slightly foxed.
Three-quarter length portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), naturalist and patron of science, sitting at a desk and holding a paper on a cushion in front of him with his right hand. The chair is decorated with a coat of arms bearing the Royal Society motto 'Nullius in Verba'. Banks took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768-1771). He was the leading founder of the African Association, the British organization dedicated to the exploration of Africa, and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy. Provenance: G. Usslub Lugt 1221.
[Ref: 59636] £1,250.00
Ioseph Banks Bar.t. Praesident der Königl. Societaet der Wissenschaften zu London.
Conrad Westermayr fecit.
[German, n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. Sheet 180 x 100mm (7 x 4"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into plate on left.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) the English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences holding a map of Africa. As the leading founder of the African Association, Banks was a patron of Mungo Park's expeditions to find the path of the Niger River. From "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden". Kivell & Spence: pg.17.
[Ref: 55918] £180.00
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[Joseph Banks.]
H. Gievedon. 1826.
Lith de C. Motte. [Stampted:] Contemporains Estrangers. [n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 500 x 325mm (19¾ x 12¾"). Crease to upper right corner. Small stain in lower left.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the English botanist, naturalist and patron of the natural sciences. Banks took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768-1771). He was the leading founder of the African Association, the British organization dedicated to the exploration of Africa, a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy.
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M,,rs Banks.
H.D. Hamilton Pinx.t. R. Lowrie [Robert Laurie] fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.º 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 20 August 1772.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), 18th century watermark. Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
A profile portrait in oval of a woman with jewellery in her hair. Chaloner Smith suggests this is probably Mary Banks (1747-1817), ''the daughter of William Southouse, Esq., of Wimbledon, Surrey; married, 1768, the Rev. Mr. Banks, nephew to Sir Henry Banks, Knt., and alderman of London". CS 6, state ii of ii.
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[M,,rs Banks.]
H.D. Hamilton Pinx.t. R. Lowrie [Robert Laurie] fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, as the Act directs, 8 July 1772.
Fine mezzotint, scarce scratched letter proof before title. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins and 18th century watermark.
A profile portrait in oval of a woman with jewellery in her hair. Chaloner Smith suggests this is probably Mary Banks (1747-1817), ''the daughter of William Southouse, Esq., of Wimbledon, Surrey; married, 1768, the Rev. Mr. Banks, nephew to Sir Henry Banks, Knt., and alderman of London". CS 6, state i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
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