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![[Sarah Sophia Banks?] An Old Maid on a Journey.](jpegs/56156.jpg)
[Sarah Sophia Banks?] An Old Maid on a Journey.
B. [compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del. [Etched by James Gillray.]
Publish'd November 20th 1804 by H.Humphrey, No 27 St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. 260 x 385mm (10¼ x 15¼"), with very large margins; watermarked 'J Whatman 1807'. Colour slightly faded.
This is said to be an unkind caricature of Miss Sarah Sophia Banks (1744-1818), sister of Sir Joseph Banks the naturalist. If so she wears one of her three riding habits, which she called 'hitem, titem, and scrub', as she enters an inn with her entourage. Sir Joseph donated her collection of prints and coins to the British Museum.
BM Satires 10300.
[Ref: 56156] £360.00
B. [compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del. [Etched by James Gillray.]
Publish'd November 20th 1804 by H.Humphrey, No 27 St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. 260 x 385mm (10¼ x 15¼"), with very large margins; watermarked 'J Whatman 1807'. Colour slightly faded.
This is said to be an unkind caricature of Miss Sarah Sophia Banks (1744-1818), sister of Sir Joseph Banks the naturalist. If so she wears one of her three riding habits, which she called 'hitem, titem, and scrub', as she enters an inn with her entourage. Sir Joseph donated her collection of prints and coins to the British Museum.
BM Satires 10300.
[Ref: 56156] £360.00
Thomas Banks R.A.
Geo. Dance del. Feby. 1793. Wm. Daniell Fecit.
Published by Willm. Daniell No. 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square London, Septr. 15, 1809.
Soft-ground etching. 268 x 197mm. 10½" x 7¾".
Thomas Banks (1735 - 1805), English sculptor. He was taught drawing by his father, and in 1750 was apprenticed to a woodcarver. In his spare time he worked at sculpture, spending his evenings in the studio of the Flemish émigré sculptor Peter Scheemakers. Before 1772, when he obtained a travelling studentship given by the Royal Academy and proceeded to Rome, he had already exhibited several fine works. Banks was paid 500 guineas for the group which depicts Shakespeare, reclining against a rock, between the Dramatic Muse and the Genius of Painting.
[Ref: 8426] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Geo. Dance del. Feby. 1793. Wm. Daniell Fecit.
Published by Willm. Daniell No. 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square London, Septr. 15, 1809.
Soft-ground etching. 268 x 197mm. 10½" x 7¾".
Thomas Banks (1735 - 1805), English sculptor. He was taught drawing by his father, and in 1750 was apprenticed to a woodcarver. In his spare time he worked at sculpture, spending his evenings in the studio of the Flemish émigré sculptor Peter Scheemakers. Before 1772, when he obtained a travelling studentship given by the Royal Academy and proceeded to Rome, he had already exhibited several fine works. Banks was paid 500 guineas for the group which depicts Shakespeare, reclining against a rock, between the Dramatic Muse and the Genius of Painting.
[Ref: 8426] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Harper
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with wide margins. Good impression; glued to backing sheet along left edge at corners; uncut.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection, and collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36669] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with wide margins. Good impression; glued to backing sheet along left edge at corners; uncut.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection, and collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36669] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![Miss Harper [in pencil]](jpegs/36671.jpg)
Miss Harper [in pencil]
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet along left edge.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 36671] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet along left edge.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 36671] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Bannister Jun.r and Mr Parsons as Scout and Sheepface in the Village Lawyer.
Painted by S. De Wilde. Engraved by J.R. Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London Published as the Act directs July 1. 1796, by I.R. Smith King Str.t Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, open-letter state. 635 x 480mm (25 x 19"). Narrow margins, a few marks and small knocks in edges.
John Bannister (1760-1836, son of actor Charles Bannister) as the lawyer Scout on the left, trying to persuade William Parsons (1735-95) as Sheepface beside him. A scene from George Colman's comedy 'The Village Lawyer', premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 28 August 1787.
CS 11, ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64588] £320.00
Painted by S. De Wilde. Engraved by J.R. Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London Published as the Act directs July 1. 1796, by I.R. Smith King Str.t Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, open-letter state. 635 x 480mm (25 x 19"). Narrow margins, a few marks and small knocks in edges.
John Bannister (1760-1836, son of actor Charles Bannister) as the lawyer Scout on the left, trying to persuade William Parsons (1735-95) as Sheepface beside him. A scene from George Colman's comedy 'The Village Lawyer', premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 28 August 1787.
CS 11, ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64588] £320.00
M.r Bannister Jun.r and M.r Parsons. as Scout and Sheepface in the Village Lawyer.
Painted by S. De Wilde. Engraved by J.R. Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London Published as the Act directs July 1. 1796, by I.R. Smith King Str.t Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 635 x 480mm (25 x 19"), with large margins. Repaired margins. Repaired tear top right.
John Bannister (1760-1836, son of actor Charles Bannister) as the lawyer Scout on the left, trying to persuade William Parsons (1735-95) as Sheepface beside him. A scene from George Colman's comedy 'The Village Lawyer', premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 28 August 1787.
CS 11, iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64589] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by S. De Wilde. Engraved by J.R. Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London Published as the Act directs July 1. 1796, by I.R. Smith King Str.t Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 635 x 480mm (25 x 19"), with large margins. Repaired margins. Repaired tear top right.
John Bannister (1760-1836, son of actor Charles Bannister) as the lawyer Scout on the left, trying to persuade William Parsons (1735-95) as Sheepface beside him. A scene from George Colman's comedy 'The Village Lawyer', premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 28 August 1787.
CS 11, iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64589] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Banqueting House.]](jpegs/37784.jpg)
[The Banqueting House.]
[T. Malton Delin & Fecit.]
[Publish'd May 21st 1781 & sold by T Malton No 8 Carlisle Street Soho]
Aquatint with etching, hand coloured. 325 x 470mm (12¾ x 18½"). Trimmed to image, laid on sheet with watercolour border. Repaired tears to mount edges.
A view of the Banquesting House by Thomas Malton (1748-1804), from his first series of London views, a dozen plates published 1781-87, larger than his better known 'Pictureque Tour' series. Malton etched a smaller version of this scene, duplicating even the staffage, for the Tour.
See Adams 72.
[Ref: 37784] £460.00
[T. Malton Delin & Fecit.]
[Publish'd May 21st 1781 & sold by T Malton No 8 Carlisle Street Soho]
Aquatint with etching, hand coloured. 325 x 470mm (12¾ x 18½"). Trimmed to image, laid on sheet with watercolour border. Repaired tears to mount edges.
A view of the Banquesting House by Thomas Malton (1748-1804), from his first series of London views, a dozen plates published 1781-87, larger than his better known 'Pictureque Tour' series. Malton etched a smaller version of this scene, duplicating even the staffage, for the Tour.
See Adams 72.
[Ref: 37784] £460.00
Banquet offert à l'honorable Représentant Monsieur l'Abbé de Foere, le 14 Février 1841, A l'occasion de la remise d'une Médaille, au nom des Flandres Réunies, en reconnassance de son zéle à soutenir les intérets de l'Industrie et du Commerce, et pour perpétuer la mémorie de ses differentes propositions en faveur du Pavillon National [...]
[1841].
Engraving, 1 sheet folded to make 4pp. menu, each page 255 x 205mm. 10 x 8". Creases and paper wrinkling; blue album paper on left side front and back; slight tears.
Menu for a banquet to be held at the Hôtel de Commerce in Bruges in honour of Abbé de Foere and his support for Belgian industry and commerce. The name of the appointee, 'Monsieur Chantrell Destappens', is handwritten in pen on the reverse.
[Ref: 11131] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[1841].
Engraving, 1 sheet folded to make 4pp. menu, each page 255 x 205mm. 10 x 8". Creases and paper wrinkling; blue album paper on left side front and back; slight tears.
Menu for a banquet to be held at the Hôtel de Commerce in Bruges in honour of Abbé de Foere and his support for Belgian industry and commerce. The name of the appointee, 'Monsieur Chantrell Destappens', is handwritten in pen on the reverse.
[Ref: 11131] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Still-life banquet piece]](jpegs/45998.jpg)
[Still-life banquet piece]
[?Robert Robinson, c.1680]
Fine mezzotint, sheet 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed to image (possibly losing text beneath image); false margins added on album sheet.
Food and drink (including game, grapes and other fruit) on a covered table. Probably engraved by painter and engraver Robert Robinson (fl.1674-d.1706). Robinson is chiefly remembered for early mezzotints such as this, while the most notable of his surviving paintings are the panels he painted for a house on St Botolph Street in the City of London, now housed at the Sir John Cass School in Aldgate.
See Ref: 40220
[Ref: 45998] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[?Robert Robinson, c.1680]
Fine mezzotint, sheet 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed to image (possibly losing text beneath image); false margins added on album sheet.
Food and drink (including game, grapes and other fruit) on a covered table. Probably engraved by painter and engraver Robert Robinson (fl.1674-d.1706). Robinson is chiefly remembered for early mezzotints such as this, while the most notable of his surviving paintings are the panels he painted for a house on St Botolph Street in the City of London, now housed at the Sir John Cass School in Aldgate.
See Ref: 40220
[Ref: 45998] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Still-life banquet piece]](jpegs/40220.jpg)
[Still-life banquet piece]
I Beckett ex [illegible traces of effaced inscription, lower right]
Mezzotint, platemark 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"), with very large margins. 19th century impression on wove paper.
Crabs and prawns on a platter on a covered table; grapes, peaches, an open melon, plums and a lemon behind; silver tobacco jar upper left. Mezzotint by painter and engraver Robert Robinson (fl.1674-d.1706). Robinson is chiefly remembered for early mezzotints such as this, while the most notable of his surviving paintings are the panels he painted for a house on St Botolph Street in the City of London, now housed at the Sir John Cass School in Aldgate.
State ii/ii (Christopher Lennox-Boyd database).
[Ref: 40220] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
I Beckett ex [illegible traces of effaced inscription, lower right]
Mezzotint, platemark 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"), with very large margins. 19th century impression on wove paper.
Crabs and prawns on a platter on a covered table; grapes, peaches, an open melon, plums and a lemon behind; silver tobacco jar upper left. Mezzotint by painter and engraver Robert Robinson (fl.1674-d.1706). Robinson is chiefly remembered for early mezzotints such as this, while the most notable of his surviving paintings are the panels he painted for a house on St Botolph Street in the City of London, now housed at the Sir John Cass School in Aldgate.
State ii/ii (Christopher Lennox-Boyd database).
[Ref: 40220] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Public Banquet To The Suite Of His Majesty Louis Philippe, King Of The French, and the Officers of the French Squadron, by the Mayor & Inhabitants of the Port of Portsmouth & Vicinities Saturday 12th. Octr. 1844.
Charpentier, Sct. Portsmouth [c.1844].
Ticket, lithograph on laminated paper, 115 x 150mm. 4½ x 6". Some staining.
An unallocated ticket to an 1844 banquet in honour of the visiting Louis Philippe (1773 – 1850), King of the French from 1830 to 1848. With vignette of the French and British crowns and flags, a representation of the 1830 French constitution adjacent to the British royal coat of arms.
[Ref: 9263] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Charpentier, Sct. Portsmouth [c.1844].
Ticket, lithograph on laminated paper, 115 x 150mm. 4½ x 6". Some staining.
An unallocated ticket to an 1844 banquet in honour of the visiting Louis Philippe (1773 – 1850), King of the French from 1830 to 1848. With vignette of the French and British crowns and flags, a representation of the 1830 French constitution adjacent to the British royal coat of arms.
[Ref: 9263] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
His Majesty's Royal Banqueting House of Whitehal. London. 1713.
H.Terasson delin et sculp 1713.
[London: D.Mortier., 1713.]
Engraving. 420 x 570mm A few small worm holes.
A view of the exterior of the Banquetting House, with the entrance to the Palace of Whitehall on the left. Cannons are set in the wall on the right. From 'Britannia Illustrata'.
[Ref: 7301] £450.00
H.Terasson delin et sculp 1713.
[London: D.Mortier., 1713.]
Engraving. 420 x 570mm A few small worm holes.
A view of the exterior of the Banquetting House, with the entrance to the Palace of Whitehall on the left. Cannons are set in the wall on the right. From 'Britannia Illustrata'.
[Ref: 7301] £450.00
His Majesty's Royal Banqueting House of Whitehal. London. 1713.
H.Terasson delin et sculp 1713.
[London: D.Mortier., 1713.]
Engraving. 420 x 570mm, large margins. A few small worm holes. Old ink numeral.
A view of the exterior of the Banquetting House, with the entrance to the Palace of Whitehall on the left. Cannons are set in the wall on the right. From 'Britannia Illustrata'.
[Ref: 63932] £360.00
H.Terasson delin et sculp 1713.
[London: D.Mortier., 1713.]
Engraving. 420 x 570mm, large margins. A few small worm holes. Old ink numeral.
A view of the exterior of the Banquetting House, with the entrance to the Palace of Whitehall on the left. Cannons are set in the wall on the right. From 'Britannia Illustrata'.
[Ref: 63932] £360.00
![[Ye Old Woolpack,]](jpegs/61053.jpg)
[Ye Old Woolpack,] 2 proof slight burnishing on shade side.
[R.H. Eason.]
[n.d., c.1950.]
Etching. 130 x 185mm (5 x 7¼"), with very large margins. 'Banstead' added in different hand.
The Woolpack pub, 186 High Street, Banstead. A proof before extra etching on the pub sign and on the bracket holding the lantern.
[Ref: 61053] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[R.H. Eason.]
[n.d., c.1950.]
Etching. 130 x 185mm (5 x 7¼"), with very large margins. 'Banstead' added in different hand.
The Woolpack pub, 186 High Street, Banstead. A proof before extra etching on the pub sign and on the bracket holding the lantern.
[Ref: 61053] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Madame Banti.
Painted by J.Hopkins. Engraved by J.Singleton.
Published Feb.y. 15th, 1797, by J.Hopkins, No.27 King Street, Holborn, near Bloomsbury Square.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Cut to plate.
Portrait of Brigida Giorgi Banti (1759-1806) best known by her husband's surname and her stage-name, as Brigida Banti, was an Italian soprano.
[Ref: 64249] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J.Hopkins. Engraved by J.Singleton.
Published Feb.y. 15th, 1797, by J.Hopkins, No.27 King Street, Holborn, near Bloomsbury Square.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Cut to plate.
Portrait of Brigida Giorgi Banti (1759-1806) best known by her husband's surname and her stage-name, as Brigida Banti, was an Italian soprano.
[Ref: 64249] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Bapteme Russe.
h.te Be.
[n.d. c.1821.]
Fine lithograph, paper watermarked. Image area 203 x 272mm. 8 x 10¾". Trimmed to image and around title area.
Russian baptism where the baby is held aloft over the font, with family members to the right. From an uncoloured copy of "Moeurs et costumes des Russes représentés en 50 planches coloriées exécutées en lithographie -- par A. C. Houbigant".
[Ref: 26566] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
h.te Be.
[n.d. c.1821.]
Fine lithograph, paper watermarked. Image area 203 x 272mm. 8 x 10¾". Trimmed to image and around title area.
Russian baptism where the baby is held aloft over the font, with family members to the right. From an uncoloured copy of "Moeurs et costumes des Russes représentés en 50 planches coloriées exécutées en lithographie -- par A. C. Houbigant".
[Ref: 26566] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Baptism.
R. Westall R.A. Delt. R.M. Meadows Sculpt.
Pub.d by R. Boywer Historic Gallery Pall Mall, Sept.r 1. 1806.
Stipple. 630 x 480mm, 24¾ x 19". Edges chipped, creased.
A priest conducting a baptism, with the participants in Elizabethen dress. One of a series, with 'Marriage', 'Sacrament' & 'Confirmation'.
[Ref: 11226] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
R. Westall R.A. Delt. R.M. Meadows Sculpt.
Pub.d by R. Boywer Historic Gallery Pall Mall, Sept.r 1. 1806.
Stipple. 630 x 480mm, 24¾ x 19". Edges chipped, creased.
A priest conducting a baptism, with the participants in Elizabethen dress. One of a series, with 'Marriage', 'Sacrament' & 'Confirmation'.
[Ref: 11226] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![Baptism. [&] Marriage.](jpegs/8027.jpg)
Baptism. [&] Marriage.
R. Westall R.A. Delt. R.M. Meadows Sculpt.
Pubd. by R. Boywer Historic Gallery Pall Mall, Sept.r 1.1806.
Pair of stipple engravings with etching and aquatint, sheets c.630 x 470mm. Trimmed to plate. Foxing to upper edge of images.
Two scenes in church interiors showing a priest conducting the respective ceremonies, with the participants in Elizabethen dress. Titles in open letters. 'Sacrament' and 'Confirmation' (in the BM) also engraved in the same style and issued as companion prints by Meadows after Westall, published earlier the same year, in January 1806.
[Ref: 8027] £380.00 view all images for this item
R. Westall R.A. Delt. R.M. Meadows Sculpt.
Pubd. by R. Boywer Historic Gallery Pall Mall, Sept.r 1.1806.
Pair of stipple engravings with etching and aquatint, sheets c.630 x 470mm. Trimmed to plate. Foxing to upper edge of images.
Two scenes in church interiors showing a priest conducting the respective ceremonies, with the participants in Elizabethen dress. Titles in open letters. 'Sacrament' and 'Confirmation' (in the BM) also engraved in the same style and issued as companion prints by Meadows after Westall, published earlier the same year, in January 1806.
[Ref: 8027] £380.00 view all images for this item
![[The Baptist] In lance Vatis abstulit caesum caput. Buchanan Bayt.](jpegs/60427.jpg)
[The Baptist] In lance Vatis abstulit caesum caput. Buchanan Bayt.
Pet: Schenck fec et exc.
Amstelod: cum Privil. [n.d. c.1700]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 250 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate.
A scene from George Buchanan's (1506 -82) tragedy 'The Baptist' (Baptistes). Title translates from latin as 'He removed the severed head on a tray.' A person in oriental dress, including turban, holds the the head of John the Baptist on a tray.
[Ref: 60427] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pet: Schenck fec et exc.
Amstelod: cum Privil. [n.d. c.1700]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 250 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate.
A scene from George Buchanan's (1506 -82) tragedy 'The Baptist' (Baptistes). Title translates from latin as 'He removed the severed head on a tray.' A person in oriental dress, including turban, holds the the head of John the Baptist on a tray.
[Ref: 60427] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Barabbas with the Condemned Thieves. St. Luke chap. XXIII.v.XVIII.
Painted by Benj.n West, Esq.r P.R.A. Drawn by Henry Corbould. Engraved by Edward Scriven, Hist.l Engraver to The Prince Regent & the Princess of Wales. London: Published by T. Clay, N.o 18 Ludgate Hill, June 4; 1814.
London, 1814.
Rare stipple and etching. 375 x 475mm (14¾ x 18¾"). Trimmed to plate top, left and right edges. Some toning.
Barabbas and two other thieves are restrained and in cuffs, and appear to be surrounded by a number of soldiers in the background. According to the Synoptic Gospels, Barabbas, imprisoned for murder and insurrection against the Roman state according to Mark and Luke, was released by Pontius Pilate according to a Passover tradition whereby a prisoner could have their death sentence communted by popular demand. The story goes that the crowd of Jewish people ask for Barabbas's release, thereby condemning Jesus to death, though the plausibility of Barabbas's release is contested by some historians.
[Ref: 53952] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Benj.n West, Esq.r P.R.A. Drawn by Henry Corbould. Engraved by Edward Scriven, Hist.l Engraver to The Prince Regent & the Princess of Wales. London: Published by T. Clay, N.o 18 Ludgate Hill, June 4; 1814.
London, 1814.
Rare stipple and etching. 375 x 475mm (14¾ x 18¾"). Trimmed to plate top, left and right edges. Some toning.
Barabbas and two other thieves are restrained and in cuffs, and appear to be surrounded by a number of soldiers in the background. According to the Synoptic Gospels, Barabbas, imprisoned for murder and insurrection against the Roman state according to Mark and Luke, was released by Pontius Pilate according to a Passover tradition whereby a prisoner could have their death sentence communted by popular demand. The story goes that the crowd of Jewish people ask for Barabbas's release, thereby condemning Jesus to death, though the plausibility of Barabbas's release is contested by some historians.
[Ref: 53952] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
St. Ann's Garrison and the Savannah, Barbados, looking towards the Line Barracks. This Print is respectfully dedicated by Permission to his Excellency Lieut. General Wood, C.B. & K.H. By his obedient Servant W.H. Freeman, M.D. Barbados.
E. Walker, Lith. from a Daguerrotype by W.H. Freeman, M.D. Nov.r 1853. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, 17, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields... And by Israel Bowen, Barbados. [n.d., c.1853.]
A large and rare lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 500 x 660mm (19¾ x 26"). The image laid on card as issued.
The garrison of St Ann's Fort on parade, with crowds of onlookers and a military band. The scene was taken from a daguerrotype (the first commercially successful photographic process) by Dr W.H. Freeman, the Physician in Attendance at Government House, a pair to 'Looking towards the Barracks'.
[Ref: 46553] £2,200.00
E. Walker, Lith. from a Daguerrotype by W.H. Freeman, M.D. Nov.r 1853. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, 17, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields... And by Israel Bowen, Barbados. [n.d., c.1853.]
A large and rare lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 500 x 660mm (19¾ x 26"). The image laid on card as issued.
The garrison of St Ann's Fort on parade, with crowds of onlookers and a military band. The scene was taken from a daguerrotype (the first commercially successful photographic process) by Dr W.H. Freeman, the Physician in Attendance at Government House, a pair to 'Looking towards the Barracks'.
[Ref: 46553] £2,200.00
St. Barbara.
Sold by Tho: Bakewell next the Horn Tavern Fleet Street [n.d., c.1700].
Mezzotint, sheet 125 x 90mm. 5 x 3½". Trimmed to plate.
Saint Barbara, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara (3rd century - December 4, 306), was a Christian saint and martyr. Although there is no reference to her in the authentic early Christian writings, nor in the original recension of Saint Jerome's martyrology, veneration of her was common from the seventh century. Supposedly shut in a tower by her father Dioscurus in order to discourage suitors, she was eventually executed by his sword. Because of doubts about the historicity of her legend, she was removed from the official Catholic calendar in 1969. However, she continues to be a popular saint in modern times, perhaps best known as the patron saint of artillerymen, military engineers, miners and others who work with explosives because of her legend's association with lightning. Published by Thomas Bakewell (1670 - 1764; fl.). Very rare.
[Ref: 10493] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sold by Tho: Bakewell next the Horn Tavern Fleet Street [n.d., c.1700].
Mezzotint, sheet 125 x 90mm. 5 x 3½". Trimmed to plate.
Saint Barbara, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara (3rd century - December 4, 306), was a Christian saint and martyr. Although there is no reference to her in the authentic early Christian writings, nor in the original recension of Saint Jerome's martyrology, veneration of her was common from the seventh century. Supposedly shut in a tower by her father Dioscurus in order to discourage suitors, she was eventually executed by his sword. Because of doubts about the historicity of her legend, she was removed from the official Catholic calendar in 1969. However, she continues to be a popular saint in modern times, perhaps best known as the patron saint of artillerymen, military engineers, miners and others who work with explosives because of her legend's association with lightning. Published by Thomas Bakewell (1670 - 1764; fl.). Very rare.
[Ref: 10493] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sancta Barbara Der Hochgebornen Reichsgraefin Luise von Wallmoden Gimborn unterthaenigst gewidmet von J Gerh Huck. as Orginal befindet sich in der Gallerie des H Feldmarshall Reichsgrafen von Wallmoden Gimborn.
Parmegianino pinx.t J: Gerh Huck Sculp
Hannover 1803.
Rare mezzotint, 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"), with large margins. Paper aged. Tipped into album sheet at sides.
Depiction of Saint Barbara holding her tower and a quill.
[Ref: 61604] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Parmegianino pinx.t J: Gerh Huck Sculp
Hannover 1803.
Rare mezzotint, 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"), with large margins. Paper aged. Tipped into album sheet at sides.
Depiction of Saint Barbara holding her tower and a quill.
[Ref: 61604] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[St. Barbara.]](jpegs/43708.jpg)
[St. Barbara.]
HHolbein inv. Whollar fecit, ex Collectione Arundeliana, 1647.
Etching. Scarce; Sheet: 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4¾"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Time stained.
A portrait of a woman, wearing long robes, holding a chalice and wafer and standing by a lake. Pennington identifies her as Saint Barbara on account of her resemblance to a portrait of the saint in the stained glass at Bale. The Strawberry Hill Catalogue 1842 lists this as Ann Boleyn.
Pennington 176.
[Ref: 43708] £380.00
HHolbein inv. Whollar fecit, ex Collectione Arundeliana, 1647.
Etching. Scarce; Sheet: 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4¾"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Time stained.
A portrait of a woman, wearing long robes, holding a chalice and wafer and standing by a lake. Pennington identifies her as Saint Barbara on account of her resemblance to a portrait of the saint in the stained glass at Bale. The Strawberry Hill Catalogue 1842 lists this as Ann Boleyn.
Pennington 176.
[Ref: 43708] £380.00
![[The Barbary Sheep] The Aoudad.](jpegs/50357.jpg)
[The Barbary Sheep] The Aoudad. Ovis Tragelaphus.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 355 x 245mm (14 x 9½"), with very large margins.
The Barbary Sheep of North Africa. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 50357] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 355 x 245mm (14 x 9½"), with very large margins.
The Barbary Sheep of North Africa. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 50357] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Vue de l'isle Barbe à une lieue de Lyon.
Grobon del et sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 310mm (8 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate.
The Roman church of Notre-Dame on Île Barbe, on the Saone near Lyon. Drawn and etched by Jean Michel Grobon (1770-1853). According to the BM 'all his prints bar one precede 1800'.
[Ref: 59405] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Grobon del et sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 310mm (8 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate.
The Roman church of Notre-Dame on Île Barbe, on the Saone near Lyon. Drawn and etched by Jean Michel Grobon (1770-1853). According to the BM 'all his prints bar one precede 1800'.
[Ref: 59405] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Louis Barbedor.]](jpegs/31128.jpg)
[Louis Barbedor.] Lodoicus Barbedor e Stato Regii [...]
J. Boulanger delin. et sculpsit
1650
Engraving, very scarce; 17th century watermark of a crown; 315 x 220mm (12¼ x 8½"). Trimmed inside platemark; crease through centre.
Louis Barbedor (1589-1670), writing master. Anagrams of his name in Latin below. Published in 'Les Escritures financière et italienne bastarde dans leur naiveté'. Engraved by Jean Boulanger (1608-c.1680).
[Ref: 31128] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Boulanger delin. et sculpsit
1650
Engraving, very scarce; 17th century watermark of a crown; 315 x 220mm (12¼ x 8½"). Trimmed inside platemark; crease through centre.
Louis Barbedor (1589-1670), writing master. Anagrams of his name in Latin below. Published in 'Les Escritures financière et italienne bastarde dans leur naiveté'. Engraved by Jean Boulanger (1608-c.1680).
[Ref: 31128] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Barber]](jpegs/47660.jpg)
[The Barber]
G.B. O'Neill 30 [c.1880]
Etching on india, platemark 80 x 85 (3¼ x 3¼"), with large margins.
Etching by George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917),
[Ref: 47660] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. O'Neill 30 [c.1880]
Etching on india, platemark 80 x 85 (3¼ x 3¼"), with large margins.
Etching by George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917),
[Ref: 47660] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Barber.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 135 x 225mm, 5½ x 9". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
An educational image showing a barber shaving a client with a straight-edge razor.
[Ref: 16437] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 135 x 225mm, 5½ x 9". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
An educational image showing a barber shaving a client with a straight-edge razor.
[Ref: 16437] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Barber. London.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Etching. Sheet 45 x 65mm (1¾ x 2½"). Trimmed.
A trade label, probably for a draper.
[Ref: 61350] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Etching. Sheet 45 x 65mm (1¾ x 2½"). Trimmed.
A trade label, probably for a draper.
[Ref: 61350] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Goody-Two-Shoes Turned Barber or Colonial Concilation. HB Sketches 208.
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducote's Lithography. 70 St. Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 28th 1832.
Lithograph. Size: 370 x 280mm. (14½ x 11").
This appears to be an attack on the pending measure of emancipation, demanded by public opinion and the Abolitionists, which was to be a leading issue at the general election, when the country was placarded with the Abolitionists' bill. Goderich, Colonial Secretary, was under the influence of Howick his Under-Secretary: both were in favour of immediate emancipation. When Goderich was removed from the Colonial Office on account of opposition (said to be Brougham's) to the Bill which he had in preparation, Howick resigned.
BM satires: 17158
[Ref: 31416] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducote's Lithography. 70 St. Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 28th 1832.
Lithograph. Size: 370 x 280mm. (14½ x 11").
This appears to be an attack on the pending measure of emancipation, demanded by public opinion and the Abolitionists, which was to be a leading issue at the general election, when the country was placarded with the Abolitionists' bill. Goderich, Colonial Secretary, was under the influence of Howick his Under-Secretary: both were in favour of immediate emancipation. When Goderich was removed from the Colonial Office on account of opposition (said to be Brougham's) to the Bill which he had in preparation, Howick resigned.
BM satires: 17158
[Ref: 31416] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
J.T. Barber Beaumont.
Drawn on Stone (from the bust by E.H. Bailey, R.A.) by J..H. Lynch No 50 Upper Seymour St. Euston Sq.r. J. Graf Printer to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Lithograph on india, with large margins. Printed area 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½").
John Thomas Barber Beaumont (1774-1841), army officer, painter, author, and philanthropist, member of the Society of Antiquaries & Geological Society. He was miniature painter to the Duke of Clarence, the future king William IV of Great Britain. In 1803 he raised a rifle corps named The Duke of Cumberland's Sharp Shooters, which later became Queen Victoria's Rifles. As a businessman Beaumont founded the Provident Institution and Savings Bank in 1806 and the County Fire and the Provident Life insurance offices in 1807.
[Ref: 31270] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone (from the bust by E.H. Bailey, R.A.) by J..H. Lynch No 50 Upper Seymour St. Euston Sq.r. J. Graf Printer to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Lithograph on india, with large margins. Printed area 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½").
John Thomas Barber Beaumont (1774-1841), army officer, painter, author, and philanthropist, member of the Society of Antiquaries & Geological Society. He was miniature painter to the Duke of Clarence, the future king William IV of Great Britain. In 1803 he raised a rifle corps named The Duke of Cumberland's Sharp Shooters, which later became Queen Victoria's Rifles. As a businessman Beaumont founded the Provident Institution and Savings Bank in 1806 and the County Fire and the Provident Life insurance offices in 1807.
[Ref: 31270] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Covent Garden Market in the Year 1815.
Drawn on Stone by David Barber, from an original Picture in the possession of Mr. Butler of Covent Garden. Printd by Engelmann & Co.
Published by John Kendrick No. 54 Leicester Square. [n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. 250 x 310mm.
[Ref: 7444] £380.00
Drawn on Stone by David Barber, from an original Picture in the possession of Mr. Butler of Covent Garden. Printd by Engelmann & Co.
Published by John Kendrick No. 54 Leicester Square. [n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. 250 x 310mm.
[Ref: 7444] £380.00
The Barber of Seville.
Publish'd Mar 15. 1808 by Lauire & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 180 x 220mm (7 x 8½ "). Trimmed, losing letterpress song, with foxing.
An illustration to a ten-verse poem (not present) satirising Gioachino Rossini's 'Barber of Seville. A woman with cross-eyes and a hairy chin sits under a grape-trellis and an orange-tree; a barber kneels at her feet. In the song the amour promises to shave her every morning if she will marry him.
BM Satire 11195.
[Ref: 46482] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd Mar 15. 1808 by Lauire & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 180 x 220mm (7 x 8½ "). Trimmed, losing letterpress song, with foxing.
An illustration to a ten-verse poem (not present) satirising Gioachino Rossini's 'Barber of Seville. A woman with cross-eyes and a hairy chin sits under a grape-trellis and an orange-tree; a barber kneels at her feet. In the song the amour promises to shave her every morning if she will marry him.
BM Satire 11195.
[Ref: 46482] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Barber of Seville. Extracted from the Monthly Mirror - New Series No. XIV.
Publish'd Mar 15. 1808 by Lauire & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured etching. 190 x 225mm (7½ x 8¾"), with letterpress underneath, sheet 290 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides.
An illustration and ten-verse poem satirising Gioachino Rossini's 'Barber of Seville. A woman with cross-eyes and a hairy chin sits under a grape-trellis and an orange-tree; a barber kneels at her feet. In the song the amour promises to shave her every morning if she will marry him.
BM Satire 11195.
[Ref: 54351] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd Mar 15. 1808 by Lauire & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured etching. 190 x 225mm (7½ x 8¾"), with letterpress underneath, sheet 290 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides.
An illustration and ten-verse poem satirising Gioachino Rossini's 'Barber of Seville. A woman with cross-eyes and a hairy chin sits under a grape-trellis and an orange-tree; a barber kneels at her feet. In the song the amour promises to shave her every morning if she will marry him.
BM Satire 11195.
[Ref: 54351] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Is this 'Barber Ross A'? (New Reading) vide Tragedy of Barbarossa.
Etch'd & Publish'd by Peeping Tom. Coventry St.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Etching with hand colour, 349 x 247mm. Occasional spotting.
Alexander Ross the barber and perfumer who published a 'Treatise on Bear's Grease, with observations...to preserve the head of hair..' in 1795. He was also an O.P. ('old prices') rioter, with 'OP' inscribed on his hat. When the new Covent Garden theatre was opened in 1809, the charges of admission were increased; but night after night for three months a throng crowded the pit, shouting “O P!” Much damage was done, and the manager was obliged at last to give way.
BM Satires: 11435. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes. From the Minto Wilson Collection.
[Ref: 7799] £420.00
Etch'd & Publish'd by Peeping Tom. Coventry St.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Etching with hand colour, 349 x 247mm. Occasional spotting.
Alexander Ross the barber and perfumer who published a 'Treatise on Bear's Grease, with observations...to preserve the head of hair..' in 1795. He was also an O.P. ('old prices') rioter, with 'OP' inscribed on his hat. When the new Covent Garden theatre was opened in 1809, the charges of admission were increased; but night after night for three months a throng crowded the pit, shouting “O P!” Much damage was done, and the manager was obliged at last to give way.
BM Satires: 11435. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes. From the Minto Wilson Collection.
[Ref: 7799] £420.00
The Barber's Nuptials. A True Tale.
W. Day, Printer, 17, Goswell Street. [n.d., c.1820.]
Letterpress. Sheet 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼").
A broadsheet songsheet, with a poem by Rev. George Huddesford (1749-1809), a painter and a satirical poet of Oxford. This verse was first published in 'Salmagundi: a Miscellaneous Combination of Original Poetry', 1791
[Ref: 42358] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W. Day, Printer, 17, Goswell Street. [n.d., c.1820.]
Letterpress. Sheet 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼").
A broadsheet songsheet, with a poem by Rev. George Huddesford (1749-1809), a painter and a satirical poet of Oxford. This verse was first published in 'Salmagundi: a Miscellaneous Combination of Original Poetry', 1791
[Ref: 42358] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Barbers-Shop in Assize Time. _ from a Picture painted by H.W. Bunbury Esq.r.
The Last Work of the Late James Gillray _ 582
Now first Published May 15th 1818 By G. Humphrey nephew and successor ro the late M.rs Humphrey _ 27 S.t James's Street [but H.G. Bohn, 1852].
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 425 x 585mm (16¾ x 23¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene of the interior of a country barber's shop, with men being shaved and wigs on stands. Gillray seems to have worked on this plate during lucid moments in his madness, but it might have been completed by Cruikshank.
BM Satires 11779.
[Ref: 68221] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Last Work of the Late James Gillray _ 582
Now first Published May 15th 1818 By G. Humphrey nephew and successor ro the late M.rs Humphrey _ 27 S.t James's Street [but H.G. Bohn, 1852].
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 425 x 585mm (16¾ x 23¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene of the interior of a country barber's shop, with men being shaved and wigs on stands. Gillray seems to have worked on this plate during lucid moments in his madness, but it might have been completed by Cruikshank.
BM Satires 11779.
[Ref: 68221] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Barber's Shop.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Del.t. C. Knight Sculp.t.
Published April 21, 1803 by Jn.º Harris, N.º 3, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8, Old Broad Street, London.
Coloured stipple, sheet 390 x 490mm (15¼ x 19¼"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate.
A busy interior, with hair being dressed, shaving and dogs sparring over a wig.
[Ref: 69236] £320.00
H. Bunbury Esq.r Del.t. C. Knight Sculp.t.
Published April 21, 1803 by Jn.º Harris, N.º 3, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8, Old Broad Street, London.
Coloured stipple, sheet 390 x 490mm (15¼ x 19¼"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate.
A busy interior, with hair being dressed, shaving and dogs sparring over a wig.
[Ref: 69236] £320.00
John Barber Esq.r. Lord Mayor of the City of London in the Memorable Year 1733.
B. Dandridge pinx.t. 1737. J.Faber fecit 1740.
Price 2.d & Sold by I.Faber at the Golden-Head Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins on three sides. Paper lightly toned. Creases in margins.
Originally a printer, Barber (1676-1741) made a fortune in the South Sea Company, from which he had the acumen to extricate himself before the crash.
CS: 21, state ii of ii (CS could find only three of the first state). Sharpe 303.Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64700] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
B. Dandridge pinx.t. 1737. J.Faber fecit 1740.
Price 2.d & Sold by I.Faber at the Golden-Head Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins on three sides. Paper lightly toned. Creases in margins.
Originally a printer, Barber (1676-1741) made a fortune in the South Sea Company, from which he had the acumen to extricate himself before the crash.
CS: 21, state ii of ii (CS could find only three of the first state). Sharpe 303.Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64700] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
John Barber Esq.r. Lord Mayor of the City of London in the Memorable Year 1733.
B. Dandridge pinx.t. 1737. J.Faber fecit 1740.
Price 2.d & Sold by I.Faber at the Golden-Head Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm, 14 x 9¾". Tight margins on three sides.
Originally a printer, Barber made a fortune in the South Sea Company, from which he had the acumen to extricate himself before the crash.
CS: 21, state ii of ii (CS could find only three of the first state)
[Ref: 10484] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
B. Dandridge pinx.t. 1737. J.Faber fecit 1740.
Price 2.d & Sold by I.Faber at the Golden-Head Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm, 14 x 9¾". Tight margins on three sides.
Originally a printer, Barber made a fortune in the South Sea Company, from which he had the acumen to extricate himself before the crash.
CS: 21, state ii of ii (CS could find only three of the first state)
[Ref: 10484] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Iohn Barber Esqr. Lord Mayor of London in ye: year 1733.
[London: T. Cooper, 1741?]
Copper engraving, scarce frontispiece to 'The Life & Character of John Barber, Esq; late Lord-Mayor of London, deceased'. Sheet 210 x 150mm, 8¼ x 6". Trimmed to image.
The Prime Minister Robert Walpole was concerned to reduce the burden of the land tax and shift government revenues to other sources. "The excise scheme of 1733 promised revenues which would permit a permanent reduction of the land tax. The measure involved converting the customs duties on tobacco and wine into inland duties. It followed on other fiscal measures that moved in this direction, tea, chocolate, and coffee and then the year before salt. The opposition was intense and effective against the measure. Opponents revived longstanding criticisms of such measures: "Excise duties involved giving extensive powers of search to revenue officers, and a wide jurisdiction to magistrates and excise commissioners. Moreover, merchants and traders--both those engaged in circumventing the existing customs duties and those who paid them--disliked the prospect of dealing with "officious excisemen". When the City of London [John Barber] formally presented its petition against the excise on 10 April, 1733, Walpole's majority fell to seventeen. A Revolt in the Lords looked likely and on the following day Walpole announced the withdrawal of the excise scheme. John Barber (1676 - 1741), Lord Mayor of London, wearing a shoulder-length curly wig, white cravat, chain of office and a coat trimmed with fur. With his April 9th 1733 speech to the Common Council of Alderman inscribed below portrait. Reduced copy in reverse of the portrait engraved by Gerard Vandergucht (see 16630). After Bartholomew Dandridge (1691 - c.1754).
[Ref: 16652] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[London: T. Cooper, 1741?]
Copper engraving, scarce frontispiece to 'The Life & Character of John Barber, Esq; late Lord-Mayor of London, deceased'. Sheet 210 x 150mm, 8¼ x 6". Trimmed to image.
The Prime Minister Robert Walpole was concerned to reduce the burden of the land tax and shift government revenues to other sources. "The excise scheme of 1733 promised revenues which would permit a permanent reduction of the land tax. The measure involved converting the customs duties on tobacco and wine into inland duties. It followed on other fiscal measures that moved in this direction, tea, chocolate, and coffee and then the year before salt. The opposition was intense and effective against the measure. Opponents revived longstanding criticisms of such measures: "Excise duties involved giving extensive powers of search to revenue officers, and a wide jurisdiction to magistrates and excise commissioners. Moreover, merchants and traders--both those engaged in circumventing the existing customs duties and those who paid them--disliked the prospect of dealing with "officious excisemen". When the City of London [John Barber] formally presented its petition against the excise on 10 April, 1733, Walpole's majority fell to seventeen. A Revolt in the Lords looked likely and on the following day Walpole announced the withdrawal of the excise scheme. John Barber (1676 - 1741), Lord Mayor of London, wearing a shoulder-length curly wig, white cravat, chain of office and a coat trimmed with fur. With his April 9th 1733 speech to the Common Council of Alderman inscribed below portrait. Reduced copy in reverse of the portrait engraved by Gerard Vandergucht (see 16630). After Bartholomew Dandridge (1691 - c.1754).
[Ref: 16652] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Le Cardinal Barberini]](jpegs/57423.jpg)
[Le Cardinal Barberini]
R. Nanteuil ad vivum pin. et Sculpebat 1663.
Cum privilegio Regis.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 350 x 275mm (13¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed.
A half portrait of Cardinal Antonio Barberini (1608-1671) in an oval garland of oak leaves atop a plinth decorated with a coat of arms. He wears typical clerical dress with skull cap and the isignia of the Order of the Saint-Eprit. Antonio was an influential figure of the House of Barberini, which helped shape the politics, religion art and music of 17th century Italy. His uncle was appointed Pope Urban VIII in 1623 and elevated Antonio and his brothers to Cardinal.
PW 10.
[Ref: 57423] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
R. Nanteuil ad vivum pin. et Sculpebat 1663.
Cum privilegio Regis.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 350 x 275mm (13¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed.
A half portrait of Cardinal Antonio Barberini (1608-1671) in an oval garland of oak leaves atop a plinth decorated with a coat of arms. He wears typical clerical dress with skull cap and the isignia of the Order of the Saint-Eprit. Antonio was an influential figure of the House of Barberini, which helped shape the politics, religion art and music of 17th century Italy. His uncle was appointed Pope Urban VIII in 1623 and elevated Antonio and his brothers to Cardinal.
PW 10.
[Ref: 57423] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Pop In & Popt Out. A noted Wag on frolic bent / Once on a time did stop / Where blocks & wigs in window plac'd / Bedeck'd a Barber's Shop [...]
[Alfred Mills]
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yard 2 Jan. 1806.
Rare etching with hand-colouring, sheet 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate on right. Creasing, repaired tear.
Comic song set at a barber's shop.
BM Satires 10652. See [Ref: 41574] for one with slighlty different colouring.
[Ref: 67891] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Alfred Mills]
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yard 2 Jan. 1806.
Rare etching with hand-colouring, sheet 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate on right. Creasing, repaired tear.
Comic song set at a barber's shop.
BM Satires 10652. See [Ref: 41574] for one with slighlty different colouring.
[Ref: 67891] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A barbers shop a medley shews, of monsters, wigs, drawn-teeth and news, while one is shav’d another bleeds, a third the Grub Street Journal reads. The master full of Whig and Tory, talks politics and tells a story, and swears he is not such a sot, but that he knows full well, what’s what.
[Drawn by Egbert van Heemskerck.]
[n.d,. engraved c.1730, but printed c.1800.)
Engraving. 290 x 250mm (11½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Paper brittle, backed on thin tissue.
A satire about a barber's shop, with the characters with animal heads. One cat is being shaved, another, a female, is being bled. Painted by Egbert van Heemskerck II (c.1674 - 1744.)
[Ref: 19725] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn by Egbert van Heemskerck.]
[n.d,. engraved c.1730, but printed c.1800.)
Engraving. 290 x 250mm (11½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Paper brittle, backed on thin tissue.
A satire about a barber's shop, with the characters with animal heads. One cat is being shaved, another, a female, is being bled. Painted by Egbert van Heemskerck II (c.1674 - 1744.)
[Ref: 19725] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Pop In & Popt Out. A noted Wag on frolic bent / Once on a time did stop / Where blocks & wigs in window plac'd / Bedeck'd a Barber's Shop [...]
[Alfred Mills]
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yard 2 Jan. 1806.
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8½"). Small margins.
Comic song set at a barber's shop.
BM Satires 10652. See [Ref: 67891] for one with slighlty different colouring.
[Ref: 41574] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Alfred Mills]
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yard 2 Jan. 1806.
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8½"). Small margins.
Comic song set at a barber's shop.
BM Satires 10652. See [Ref: 67891] for one with slighlty different colouring.
[Ref: 41574] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona.]](jpegs/41254.jpg)
[Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona.]
Axel H. Haig [signed in pencil].
London Published 1919 by W.R. Howell & Co, The Gallery, Bedford Row Chambers, W.C. Copyright Registered. Printed by Chas. Welch.
Etching 470 x 315mm (18½ x 12½"), with very large margins.
Axel Herman Haig (1835-1921), Swedish printmaker, painter and architect. While studying architecture with William Burgess in London Haig became interested in Gothic architecture and became known as the 'Piranesi of the Gothic Revival' for his evocations of the medieval world.
[Ref: 41254] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Axel H. Haig [signed in pencil].
London Published 1919 by W.R. Howell & Co, The Gallery, Bedford Row Chambers, W.C. Copyright Registered. Printed by Chas. Welch.
Etching 470 x 315mm (18½ x 12½"), with very large margins.
Axel Herman Haig (1835-1921), Swedish printmaker, painter and architect. While studying architecture with William Burgess in London Haig became interested in Gothic architecture and became known as the 'Piranesi of the Gothic Revival' for his evocations of the medieval world.
[Ref: 41254] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Siege of Barcelona, 1714] Aggressio duorum propugnaculorum, a fossore cuniculario labe facta. Attaque de deux Bastions les breches faits par le Mineur.](jpegs/62548.jpg)
[Siege of Barcelona, 1714] Aggressio duorum propugnaculorum, a fossore cuniculario labe facta. Attaque de deux Bastions les breches faits par le Mineur. Median fol.º No. 75.
Georg Matthaüs Probst del. et sculp.
Georg Balthasar Probst excud. A.V. [Augsburg, c.1780.]
Coloured engraving. 320 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Mounted.
A vue d'optique of the siege of Barcelona during the War of the Spanish Succession, based one of the set of six views of the siege by Jacques Rigaud for Belidor's 'La science des ingénieurs dans la conduite des travaux de fortification et d'architecture civile'. This plate shows soldiers entering the city through the three breaches made in the walls my miners. The image has been reversed for viewing through a zograscope, a device of lenses and mirrors designed to give a sense of depth, which transposed the image, resulting in the need for a title in reverse above the print.
[Ref: 62548] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Georg Matthaüs Probst del. et sculp.
Georg Balthasar Probst excud. A.V. [Augsburg, c.1780.]
Coloured engraving. 320 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Mounted.
A vue d'optique of the siege of Barcelona during the War of the Spanish Succession, based one of the set of six views of the siege by Jacques Rigaud for Belidor's 'La science des ingénieurs dans la conduite des travaux de fortification et d'architecture civile'. This plate shows soldiers entering the city through the three breaches made in the walls my miners. The image has been reversed for viewing through a zograscope, a device of lenses and mirrors designed to give a sense of depth, which transposed the image, resulting in the need for a title in reverse above the print.
[Ref: 62548] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Representation of the most Considerable Actions in the Seige of a Place. The Opening of the Trenches...
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, London. [n.d., c.1750.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Sheet: 215 x 430mm (8½ x 17''). Trimmed, title excised and glued on back, stained. Edge in black for Vue d'Optique machine.
A scene showing the town of Barcelona during the Siege of Barcelona (1713-14). Ranks of soldiers march across the fields towards the city.
[Ref: 49206] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, London. [n.d., c.1750.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Sheet: 215 x 430mm (8½ x 17''). Trimmed, title excised and glued on back, stained. Edge in black for Vue d'Optique machine.
A scene showing the town of Barcelona during the Siege of Barcelona (1713-14). Ranks of soldiers march across the fields towards the city.
[Ref: 49206] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Place given up to Plunder. Tis very seldom that a Place will expose and abandon it self to the fury of the Soldiers...
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, London. [n.d., c.1750.]
Fine hand-coloured engraving. Sheet: 215 x 430mm (8½ x 17''). Trimmed, title excised and glued on back. Edge in black for Vue d'Optique machine.
A scene showing the town of Barcelona during the Siege of Barcelona (1713-14). Soldiers run across the ruins while the city burns behind.
[Ref: 49205] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, London. [n.d., c.1750.]
Fine hand-coloured engraving. Sheet: 215 x 430mm (8½ x 17''). Trimmed, title excised and glued on back. Edge in black for Vue d'Optique machine.
A scene showing the town of Barcelona during the Siege of Barcelona (1713-14). Soldiers run across the ruins while the city burns behind.
[Ref: 49205] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)