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Mercurius. Inter Veneram et Lunam apparet...
Ra. Urbinas inu. N. Dorigny del et Sculp.
[Rome, 1696.]
Engraving with very large margins. 290 x 215mm (11½ x 8½").
A depiction of Mercury as a god, caduceus in hand, an angel overhead, with the zodiac symbols for Virgo and Gemini, from a mosaic designed by Raphael in the Chigi Chapel, in La Madonna del Popolo, Rome. The plate was engraved by Nicolas Dorigny (1658-1746) for his 'The Seven Planets, and the Creation of the Sun and Moon'.
[Ref: 35444] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Ra. Urbinas inu. N. Dorigny del et Sculp.
[Rome, 1696.]
Engraving with very large margins. 290 x 215mm (11½ x 8½").
A depiction of Mercury as a god, caduceus in hand, an angel overhead, with the zodiac symbols for Virgo and Gemini, from a mosaic designed by Raphael in the Chigi Chapel, in La Madonna del Popolo, Rome. The plate was engraved by Nicolas Dorigny (1658-1746) for his 'The Seven Planets, and the Creation of the Sun and Moon'.
[Ref: 35444] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mercury.]](jpegs/49685.jpg)
[Mercury.]
H.C. [Jan Collaert I.]
[n.d., c.1577.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾''). Trimmed in an oval losing a decorative border, laid on album sheet.
A mythological scene showing Mercury, holding his winged staff. From a series of six engravings showing the character from the myth of the Judgement of Paris by Jan Collaert I (1525-1580).
[Ref: 49685] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
H.C. [Jan Collaert I.]
[n.d., c.1577.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾''). Trimmed in an oval losing a decorative border, laid on album sheet.
A mythological scene showing Mercury, holding his winged staff. From a series of six engravings showing the character from the myth of the Judgement of Paris by Jan Collaert I (1525-1580).
[Ref: 49685] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mercury instructing Jupiter. No 265
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published 5 August 1777.
Hand coloured mezzotint with large margins. Platemark: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
An infant Mercury sitting on the left, gesturing as he instructs an infant Jupiter who reclines beside him, with a swan. A cockerel can be seen on the hillside behind them. For un-coloured version, see item ref: 32820.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32818] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published 5 August 1777.
Hand coloured mezzotint with large margins. Platemark: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
An infant Mercury sitting on the left, gesturing as he instructs an infant Jupiter who reclines beside him, with a swan. A cockerel can be seen on the hillside behind them. For un-coloured version, see item ref: 32820.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32818] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Mercury instructing Jupiter.
[Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published 5 August 1777].
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 145 x 110mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
An infant Mercury sitting on the left, gesturing as he instructs an infant Jupiter who reclines beside him, with a swan. A cockerel can be seen on the hillside behind them. For coloured version see item ref: 32818.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32820] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published 5 August 1777].
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 145 x 110mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
An infant Mercury sitting on the left, gesturing as he instructs an infant Jupiter who reclines beside him, with a swan. A cockerel can be seen on the hillside behind them. For coloured version see item ref: 32818.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32820] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Cupidon Achette Trop Cher. Engraved from a fine high finished Painting in Water Colours after the Antique by F. Bartolozzi.
Jos. Tturts pinx. F. Bartolozzi Sculps.
London, Pub. Dec.r 1. 1786 by J. Thane. Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Stipple printed in colour with large margins. Platemark: 200 x 225mm (8 x 8¾"). Slight staining.
Mercury and Venus leading a young girl towards Jupiter and Juno, seated on a throne on the left. On the far right, Cupid is seen crying. Within an oval. After British printmaker, author and poet, Joseph Strutt (1749 - 1802). Engraved by one of the founding members of the RA, and the founding President of the short-lived Society of Engravers, Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815).
De Vesme 389. V of V.
[Ref: 36457] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Jos. Tturts pinx. F. Bartolozzi Sculps.
London, Pub. Dec.r 1. 1786 by J. Thane. Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Stipple printed in colour with large margins. Platemark: 200 x 225mm (8 x 8¾"). Slight staining.
Mercury and Venus leading a young girl towards Jupiter and Juno, seated on a throne on the left. On the far right, Cupid is seen crying. Within an oval. After British printmaker, author and poet, Joseph Strutt (1749 - 1802). Engraved by one of the founding members of the RA, and the founding President of the short-lived Society of Engravers, Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815).
De Vesme 389. V of V.
[Ref: 36457] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mercury and Venus]](jpegs/33164.jpg)
[Mercury and Venus]
F.X. Haberman inv. et del.
Joh. Georg Hertel, exc A.V.
Etching, sheet 215 x 305mm (8½ x 12"). Trimmed on platemark. Small spot on left.
Venus and Mercury, with elaborate rococo design. By Franz Xaver Haberman (1721-1796), Augsburg engraver of a range of subjects.
[Ref: 33164] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
F.X. Haberman inv. et del.
Joh. Georg Hertel, exc A.V.
Etching, sheet 215 x 305mm (8½ x 12"). Trimmed on platemark. Small spot on left.
Venus and Mercury, with elaborate rococo design. By Franz Xaver Haberman (1721-1796), Augsburg engraver of a range of subjects.
[Ref: 33164] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mercury Bay New Zealand.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 145 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½"). Torn.
Two vignette illustrations, probably commemorating Cook's visit in 1769. The upper scene shows a European ship surrounded by canoes, the lower a large waka.
[Ref: 44656] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 145 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½"). Torn.
Two vignette illustrations, probably commemorating Cook's visit in 1769. The upper scene shows a European ship surrounded by canoes, the lower a large waka.
[Ref: 44656] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Relieving the Prisoners. I was in Prison, & Ye came unto me. St Matth. C.25 V.36.
Old Franck Pinxit. H. Fletcher Sculp.t.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard and John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Trimmed to platemark top and left, partially top right and bottom. Bit tatty.
A street scene under an elaborate archway, from a series illustrating corporal works of mercy engraved by Henry Fletcher after Frans Franken. Fletcher (fl. 1710-53), is best known for engraving Furber's Twelve Months of Flowers and Fruit.
[Ref: 44284] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Old Franck Pinxit. H. Fletcher Sculp.t.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard and John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Trimmed to platemark top and left, partially top right and bottom. Bit tatty.
A street scene under an elaborate archway, from a series illustrating corporal works of mercy engraved by Henry Fletcher after Frans Franken. Fletcher (fl. 1710-53), is best known for engraving Furber's Twelve Months of Flowers and Fruit.
[Ref: 44284] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Triumph of Mercy When he, whom even our joys provoke,/ The fiend of Nature, join'd his yoke, And rush'd in wrath to make our isle his prey [...]
W. Artaud pinx.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
London, Publish'd Feb 16 1794 by Tho.s Macklin Poets Gall.y Fleet Street.
Stipple printed in brown, sheet 420 x 495mm (16½ x 19½"). Trimmed inside platemark; nick to lower edge; crease to top left. Bit tatty.
'The Triumph of Mercy', engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi from one of the eight history paintings that William Artaud (1763-1823) painted for Thomas Macklin's 'The British Poets' (this one has lines from William Collins' 'Ode to Mercy' below the image). Only half of the 1788 painting survives (New Haven, Yale Centre for British Art) but that is no less that 8½ x 6 feet and shows the influential of Gavin Hamilton's monumental compositions.
De Vesme 1439
[Ref: 39657] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W. Artaud pinx.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
London, Publish'd Feb 16 1794 by Tho.s Macklin Poets Gall.y Fleet Street.
Stipple printed in brown, sheet 420 x 495mm (16½ x 19½"). Trimmed inside platemark; nick to lower edge; crease to top left. Bit tatty.
'The Triumph of Mercy', engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi from one of the eight history paintings that William Artaud (1763-1823) painted for Thomas Macklin's 'The British Poets' (this one has lines from William Collins' 'Ode to Mercy' below the image). Only half of the 1788 painting survives (New Haven, Yale Centre for British Art) but that is no less that 8½ x 6 feet and shows the influential of Gavin Hamilton's monumental compositions.
De Vesme 1439
[Ref: 39657] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Cloathing the Naked. I was Naked, & Ye Cloathed me. St Matth. C.25 V.36.
Old Franck Pinxit. H. Fletcher Sculp.t.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard and John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark; 280 x 260mm (11 x 10¼"). Small margins.
A street scene under an elaborate archway, from a series illustrating corporal works of mercy engraved by Henry Fletcher after Frans Franken. Fletcher (fl. 1710-53), is best known for engraving Furber's Twelve Months of Flowers and Fruit.
[Ref: 44282] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Old Franck Pinxit. H. Fletcher Sculp.t.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard and John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark; 280 x 260mm (11 x 10¼"). Small margins.
A street scene under an elaborate archway, from a series illustrating corporal works of mercy engraved by Henry Fletcher after Frans Franken. Fletcher (fl. 1710-53), is best known for engraving Furber's Twelve Months of Flowers and Fruit.
[Ref: 44282] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Giving Drink to the Thirsty. I was Thirsty & ye Gave me Drink. St Matth. C.25 V.35.
Old Franck Pinxit. H. Fletcher Sculp.t.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard and John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1740.]
Etching, 18th century watermark; 265 x 260mm (10½ x 10¼"). Small margins.
A street scene under an elaborate archway, from a series illustrating corporal works of mercy engraved by Henry Fletcher after Frans Franken. Fletcher (fl. 1710-53), is best known for engraving Furber's Twelve Months of Flowers and Fruit.
[Ref: 44281] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Old Franck Pinxit. H. Fletcher Sculp.t.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard and John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1740.]
Etching, 18th century watermark; 265 x 260mm (10½ x 10¼"). Small margins.
A street scene under an elaborate archway, from a series illustrating corporal works of mercy engraved by Henry Fletcher after Frans Franken. Fletcher (fl. 1710-53), is best known for engraving Furber's Twelve Months of Flowers and Fruit.
[Ref: 44281] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Feeding the Hungry. I was an Hungred, & Ye gave me Meat. St Matth. C.25 V.35.
Old Franck Pinxit. H. Fletcher Sculp.t.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard and John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark; 280 x 260mm (11 x 10¼"). Large margins on 3 sides; cut to platemark on right.
A street scene under an elaborate archway, from a series illustrating corporal works of mercy engraved by Henry Fletcher after Frans Franken. Fletcher (fl. 1710-53), is best known for engraving Furber's Twelve Months of Flowers and Fruit.
[Ref: 44283] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Old Franck Pinxit. H. Fletcher Sculp.t.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard and John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark; 280 x 260mm (11 x 10¼"). Large margins on 3 sides; cut to platemark on right.
A street scene under an elaborate archway, from a series illustrating corporal works of mercy engraved by Henry Fletcher after Frans Franken. Fletcher (fl. 1710-53), is best known for engraving Furber's Twelve Months of Flowers and Fruit.
[Ref: 44283] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[Edward Meredith.] Meredith the Singer [old ink mss.].](jpegs/57712.jpg)
[Edward Meredith.] Meredith the Singer [old ink mss.].
Publish'd Dec.r 16 by T. Macklin 1798.
Mezzotint. 305 x 255mm (12 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, old ink mss. in title area, slight soiling in edges.
The British Museum describes the sitter as Edward Meredith (c.1741-1824), bass singer of Liverpool. According to Fleming: ''One of the most acclaimed singers to be in the choir was Edward Meredith (d.1809), who had been discovered by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in a cooper's workshop. Wynn subsequently paid for Meredith's education and launched him into a solo career. Meredith arrived in Durham in December 1778 and received a salary [as a lay-clerk] of £50 with an initial £10 given gratis. He quickly became crucial to the choir's concerts and filled the role of Polytheme in Acis and Galatea the following February. He also sang in Newcastle that same month''.
Chaloner Smith: 109 (Engraver not ascertained: Class III). Fleming ;A Century of Music Production in Durham City'. Provenance Davidson Album. 1711-1811
[Ref: 57712] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd Dec.r 16 by T. Macklin 1798.
Mezzotint. 305 x 255mm (12 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, old ink mss. in title area, slight soiling in edges.
The British Museum describes the sitter as Edward Meredith (c.1741-1824), bass singer of Liverpool. According to Fleming: ''One of the most acclaimed singers to be in the choir was Edward Meredith (d.1809), who had been discovered by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in a cooper's workshop. Wynn subsequently paid for Meredith's education and launched him into a solo career. Meredith arrived in Durham in December 1778 and received a salary [as a lay-clerk] of £50 with an initial £10 given gratis. He quickly became crucial to the choir's concerts and filled the role of Polytheme in Acis and Galatea the following February. He also sang in Newcastle that same month''.
Chaloner Smith: 109 (Engraver not ascertained: Class III). Fleming ;A Century of Music Production in Durham City'. Provenance Davidson Album. 1711-1811
[Ref: 57712] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Angela Merici.] D.N. Pio VI Pont Max. Effigiem Angelae Mericiae](jpegs/54967.jpg)
[Angela Merici.] D.N. Pio VI Pont Max. Effigiem Angelae Mericiae Matris dedicat Sodalitas Ursulinarum quod oraculo eius honores caelitum Sactorum tantae Magistrae decreti sunt.
Petrus Angetti inv et del. Carolus Antoni sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving., on verso ink Maria Teresa Gasvarni; 505 x 325mm (20 x 12¾"), with large margins. Slight foxing. Uncut.
An allegory of the canonisation of Angela Merici (1474-1540), founder of the Company of St. Ursula in 1535 for the education of poor girls.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 54967] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Angetti inv et del. Carolus Antoni sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving., on verso ink Maria Teresa Gasvarni; 505 x 325mm (20 x 12¾"), with large margins. Slight foxing. Uncut.
An allegory of the canonisation of Angela Merici (1474-1540), founder of the Company of St. Ursula in 1535 for the education of poor girls.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 54967] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Merionethshire Macaroni.
Pubd. accordg. to Act Octr. 1st. 1772 by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, platemark 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Small margins.
A Welsh country squire(?), his face a grotesque profile. He has a long, thin, tightly-bound queue. Under his right arm is a knotted stick. His sword has a large old-fashioned hilt. He wears a hat trimmed with a leek, his coat is long; round his neck is knotted a striped neck-cloth. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c 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.4' upper left and '20' upper right.
BM Satires: 5035.
[Ref: 37926] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. accordg. to Act Octr. 1st. 1772 by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, platemark 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Small margins.
A Welsh country squire(?), his face a grotesque profile. He has a long, thin, tightly-bound queue. Under his right arm is a knotted stick. His sword has a large old-fashioned hilt. He wears a hat trimmed with a leek, his coat is long; round his neck is knotted a striped neck-cloth. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c 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.4' upper left and '20' upper right.
BM Satires: 5035.
[Ref: 37926] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Merit.
F. Bartolozzi Esq.r R.A. Inv.t Del.t & Sculp.t
London Pub: March 15. 1795 by A: Molteno, Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, No.76, St. James's Street.
Stipple and etching. 210 x 152mm. 8¼ x 6".
A winged child seated on a cloud holding up a laurel reef.
De Vesme: 659; iv/iv.
[Ref: 20460] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
F. Bartolozzi Esq.r R.A. Inv.t Del.t & Sculp.t
London Pub: March 15. 1795 by A: Molteno, Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, No.76, St. James's Street.
Stipple and etching. 210 x 152mm. 8¼ x 6".
A winged child seated on a cloud holding up a laurel reef.
De Vesme: 659; iv/iv.
[Ref: 20460] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![Merite defended by Wisdom [against] Malice Fanatism, Murder, Robbery & Oppression.](jpegs/54492.jpg)
Merite defended by Wisdom [against] Malice Fanatism, Murder, Robbery & Oppression.
[n.d., c.1771.]
Rare & scarce etching. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, damage and staining at edges. Damaged.
George III sits on a globe, surrounded by his ministers. A figure of Wisdom (Athena/Minerva), saying 'Not Guilty', spears a woman holding a torch which has a winged demon in its smoke. Prone on the ground is a Fury. Another demon pulls a chain, dragging three men (Fox? and a man with a coronet slipped over his eyes) to hell. Probably a satire of the supposed inappropriate relationship between Augusta, the Princess Dowager, and Lord Bute. We have been unable to trace another example.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 54492] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1771.]
Rare & scarce etching. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, damage and staining at edges. Damaged.
George III sits on a globe, surrounded by his ministers. A figure of Wisdom (Athena/Minerva), saying 'Not Guilty', spears a woman holding a torch which has a winged demon in its smoke. Prone on the ground is a Fury. Another demon pulls a chain, dragging three men (Fox? and a man with a coronet slipped over his eyes) to hell. Probably a satire of the supposed inappropriate relationship between Augusta, the Princess Dowager, and Lord Bute. We have been unable to trace another example.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 54492] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Merlin. Male. Immature Plumage.
E. Neale.
[n.d., c.1880.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 335 x 430mm (13¼ x 17").
A young merlin with its prey, in a coastal landscape. Edward Neale (1833-1904) provided illustrations for a number of bird books: this plate is probably from E.T. Booth's ''Rough Notes on the Birds observed during 25 years' Shooting and Collecting in the British Isles''.
[Ref: 50328] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
E. Neale.
[n.d., c.1880.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 335 x 430mm (13¼ x 17").
A young merlin with its prey, in a coastal landscape. Edward Neale (1833-1904) provided illustrations for a number of bird books: this plate is probably from E.T. Booth's ''Rough Notes on the Birds observed during 25 years' Shooting and Collecting in the British Isles''.
[Ref: 50328] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Such was the glassy globe that Merlin made... Gent. Mag. 1735. p.761 671 715.
[1735]
Engraving. Sheet: 210 x 120mm (8¼ x 4¾''). Trimmed.
An illustration from Spencer's 'Faerie Queene' showing Merlin and his globe from the Gentleman's Magazine.
[Ref: 51137] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[1735]
Engraving. Sheet: 210 x 120mm (8¼ x 4¾''). Trimmed.
An illustration from Spencer's 'Faerie Queene' showing Merlin and his globe from the Gentleman's Magazine.
[Ref: 51137] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Merlin's Mechanical Museum.] Merlin Princes Street Hanover Square.](jpegs/62424.jpg)
[Merlin's Mechanical Museum.] Merlin Princes Street Hanover Square.
Milton F. Tower.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 55 x 50mm (2¼ x 2"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
The bookplate of Merlin's Mechanical Museum, opened by John Joseph Merlin (1735-1803), a Belgian inventor and maker of automatons, most famously the Silver Swan now in the Bowes Museum. On Merlin's death his collection was purchased by Thomas Weeks; when Weeks died in 1834 it was auctioned off, and Charles Babbage, 'father of the computer', bought an automaton of a dancer and bird that he had seen at the Mechanical Museum as a child.
[Ref: 62424] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Milton F. Tower.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 55 x 50mm (2¼ x 2"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
The bookplate of Merlin's Mechanical Museum, opened by John Joseph Merlin (1735-1803), a Belgian inventor and maker of automatons, most famously the Silver Swan now in the Bowes Museum. On Merlin's death his collection was purchased by Thomas Weeks; when Weeks died in 1834 it was auctioned off, and Charles Babbage, 'father of the computer', bought an automaton of a dancer and bird that he had seen at the Mechanical Museum as a child.
[Ref: 62424] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
John Joseph Merlin, The Celebrated Mechanic.
G.P.H. delt. et Sculp.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Stipple with etching. 140 x 215mm (5½ x 8½"). Trimmed into lower edge of plate.
John-Joseph Merlin was born in 1735 in the city of Huy, Belgium, and died in 1803 in London. He was an inventor, noted for the invention of roller skates. He also improved musical instruments and manufactured automats, such as Cox's timepiece. He created Merlin's Mechanical Museum to display his machines. Probably by George Perfect Harding (1781 - 1853), portrait painter, copyist and antiquary.
[Ref: 7523] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
G.P.H. delt. et Sculp.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Stipple with etching. 140 x 215mm (5½ x 8½"). Trimmed into lower edge of plate.
John-Joseph Merlin was born in 1735 in the city of Huy, Belgium, and died in 1803 in London. He was an inventor, noted for the invention of roller skates. He also improved musical instruments and manufactured automats, such as Cox's timepiece. He created Merlin's Mechanical Museum to display his machines. Probably by George Perfect Harding (1781 - 1853), portrait painter, copyist and antiquary.
[Ref: 7523] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
John Joseph Merlin, The Celebrated Mechanic.
C.P.H. del.t et Sculp. [after Thomas Gainsborough]
[Kirby's Wonderful and Eccentric Museum, or, Magazine of Remarkable characters 1803].
Rare engraving with stipple, sheet 105 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate. Title removed and glued to the print.
Oval portrait of John Joseph Merlin (born Jean-Joseph Merlin, 1735 –1803) after the one by Gainsborough with a mechanical chariot designed by him. Merlin was a Belgian Freemason, clock-maker, musical-instrument maker and inventor. Notable items he manufactured include; the Silver Swan, Cox's timepiece and inline skates.
[Ref: 57060] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C.P.H. del.t et Sculp. [after Thomas Gainsborough]
[Kirby's Wonderful and Eccentric Museum, or, Magazine of Remarkable characters 1803].
Rare engraving with stipple, sheet 105 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate. Title removed and glued to the print.
Oval portrait of John Joseph Merlin (born Jean-Joseph Merlin, 1735 –1803) after the one by Gainsborough with a mechanical chariot designed by him. Merlin was a Belgian Freemason, clock-maker, musical-instrument maker and inventor. Notable items he manufactured include; the Silver Swan, Cox's timepiece and inline skates.
[Ref: 57060] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Mermaid. Ebbing tides bear no delay. / Stormy winds are far away. / Come with me and we will go / Where the rocks of Coral grow.
Drawn by Huet Villiers. Engraved by G. Maile.
London, Published 1st June 1823, by S. Knight, 3 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange.
Stipple. Sheet 160 x 185mm (6¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate. Borders bit messy.
A short-haired woman swimming in the sea, illustrating 'The Mermaid's Song' by Anne Hunter (1742-1821), which was set to music by Joseph Haydn in 1794.
[Ref: 54206] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Huet Villiers. Engraved by G. Maile.
London, Published 1st June 1823, by S. Knight, 3 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange.
Stipple. Sheet 160 x 185mm (6¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate. Borders bit messy.
A short-haired woman swimming in the sea, illustrating 'The Mermaid's Song' by Anne Hunter (1742-1821), which was set to music by Joseph Haydn in 1794.
[Ref: 54206] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Meroë.] Die Zweii Pÿramiden beii dem Brabmal des Ægÿptischen Königs Moeris [...]](jpegs/33737.jpg)
[Meroë.] Die Zweii Pÿramiden beii dem Brabmal des Ægÿptischen Königs Moeris [...] Les deux Pÿramides dela hauteur d'un Stade, que Moeris Roi d'Egypte fit dresser pour soi et pour la Reine prés de son Mausolée au Milieu du grand Lac, fair parses ordres et appelle de son nom.
J: B: Fischers de E: delin.
[Leipzig, 1725.]
Engraving with very large margins. 305 x 430mm (12 x 17"). Spotting.
A pair of pyramids in Meroë, a kingdom of the Upper Nile, set on an island, a temple between them. It was published in Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach's 'Entwürst Einer Historischen Architectur', a study of the architecture of the ancient world. Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723) was a successful Austrian architect: his baroque works include the Schönbrunn Palace, Karlskirche, and the Austrian National Library in Vienna. He also studied ancient architecture, publishing 'A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture' in 1721, taking on classical influences in his building.
[Ref: 33737] £350.00
J: B: Fischers de E: delin.
[Leipzig, 1725.]
Engraving with very large margins. 305 x 430mm (12 x 17"). Spotting.
A pair of pyramids in Meroë, a kingdom of the Upper Nile, set on an island, a temple between them. It was published in Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach's 'Entwürst Einer Historischen Architectur', a study of the architecture of the ancient world. Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723) was a successful Austrian architect: his baroque works include the Schönbrunn Palace, Karlskirche, and the Austrian National Library in Vienna. He also studied ancient architecture, publishing 'A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture' in 1721, taking on classical influences in his building.
[Ref: 33737] £350.00
Samuel Merriman, M.D. Ætat 84.
Engraved by Corner from a Miniature of the same size by Richmond.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Engraving on indiawith very large margins. 270 x 200mm (10½ x 8").
Samuel Merriman (1731-1818), a physician specialising in midwifery. He is said to have attended more than ten thousand births.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 34969] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Corner from a Miniature of the same size by Richmond.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Engraving on indiawith very large margins. 270 x 200mm (10½ x 8").
Samuel Merriman (1731-1818), a physician specialising in midwifery. He is said to have attended more than ten thousand births.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 34969] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year in London.
M.E. Esq,r del. G.H. sc.
London, Pub.d by Pyall & Hunt, 18 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden [n.d., c.1825].
Coloured aquatint. 330 x 205mm (13 x 8"). Some soiling to edges.
A snow scene in London. Drawn by Egerton, and engraved by Hunt.
BM: 14999. Hickman: p.60.
[Ref: 2321] £320.00
M.E. Esq,r del. G.H. sc.
London, Pub.d by Pyall & Hunt, 18 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden [n.d., c.1825].
Coloured aquatint. 330 x 205mm (13 x 8"). Some soiling to edges.
A snow scene in London. Drawn by Egerton, and engraved by Hunt.
BM: 14999. Hickman: p.60.
[Ref: 2321] £320.00
A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Star New Series No. 4.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, rare. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Tears taped, surface soiling.
A portly man extends his hand. Around his neck is a monocle on a cord; a decanter and glass sit on a table behind.
[Ref: 49493] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, rare. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Tears taped, surface soiling.
A portly man extends his hand. Around his neck is a monocle on a cord; a decanter and glass sit on a table behind.
[Ref: 49493] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Merry Companions.
Ostade pinx. Printed by Dean & Munday Threadneedle Street.
London, Pub.d Aug. 1830 by A. Friedel, Cambridge House Kennington, and sold by the principal Book & Printsellers in Town & Country.
Lithograph. Printed area 440 x 325mm (17¼ x 12¾"). Small margins.
The inside of a Dutch tavern, one patron playing the violin. By Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85).
[Ref: 52138] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Ostade pinx. Printed by Dean & Munday Threadneedle Street.
London, Pub.d Aug. 1830 by A. Friedel, Cambridge House Kennington, and sold by the principal Book & Printsellers in Town & Country.
Lithograph. Printed area 440 x 325mm (17¼ x 12¾"). Small margins.
The inside of a Dutch tavern, one patron playing the violin. By Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85).
[Ref: 52138] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Le Ménetrier en Guinguette. The Merry Left Handed Fiddler.
London Pub.d May 1829 by A. Friedel Surrey Street Strand.
Lithograph, rare with large margins. 406 x 266mm. 16 x 10½".
A young boy playing the violin with his left-hand; seen through arched window frame with leaves running over the top. After a painting attributed to Frans Hals in an earlier print.
For an earlier mezzotint from the same painting see ref. 2926
[Ref: 24881] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d May 1829 by A. Friedel Surrey Street Strand.
Lithograph, rare with large margins. 406 x 266mm. 16 x 10½".
A young boy playing the violin with his left-hand; seen through arched window frame with leaves running over the top. After a painting attributed to Frans Hals in an earlier print.
For an earlier mezzotint from the same painting see ref. 2926
[Ref: 24881] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Merry Musicians.
Caravaggie, pinx.t. On Stone by F. Sexton.
Drawn, Printed & Published at Friedel's Lithographic Establishment, 252, Tottenham Court Road and at the Polytechnic Insitution, 308 Regent Street London.
Lithograph. Printed area 390 x 495mm (15½ x 19½"). Several repaired tears, one entering image
A singer, guitarist and piper. Although the scene is attributed to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, we cannot verify this. The Polytechnic Insitution opened in 1838, receiving a Royal charter in 1839; it is now the University of Westminster.
[Ref: 52148] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Caravaggie, pinx.t. On Stone by F. Sexton.
Drawn, Printed & Published at Friedel's Lithographic Establishment, 252, Tottenham Court Road and at the Polytechnic Insitution, 308 Regent Street London.
Lithograph. Printed area 390 x 495mm (15½ x 19½"). Several repaired tears, one entering image
A singer, guitarist and piper. Although the scene is attributed to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, we cannot verify this. The Polytechnic Insitution opened in 1838, receiving a Royal charter in 1839; it is now the University of Westminster.
[Ref: 52148] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Merry Ships Crew_or Nautical Philosophers.
Williams fecit.
[n.d., c.1818.]
Hand-coloured etching. In ink on right "You flog ....". Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''). Trimmed, paper tone and damage top right.
A scene on a quay in which a woman with a parasol and a naval officer walk arm in arm, on the right a sailor comes and talks to them.
BM Satire 13080.
[Ref: 50963] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Williams fecit.
[n.d., c.1818.]
Hand-coloured etching. In ink on right "You flog ....". Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''). Trimmed, paper tone and damage top right.
A scene on a quay in which a woman with a parasol and a naval officer walk arm in arm, on the right a sailor comes and talks to them.
BM Satire 13080.
[Ref: 50963] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Merry Thought! No 18.
London. Published by J.L. Marks, 11, Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Aquatint and etching. 300 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, laid on album paper. Slight crease.
A stout man laughing, holding a full glass of port.
[Ref: 57689] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
London. Published by J.L. Marks, 11, Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Aquatint and etching. 300 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, laid on album paper. Slight crease.
A stout man laughing, holding a full glass of port.
[Ref: 57689] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Merry Thought.
Publish'd 12th May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Engraving. 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾). Brittle edges.
Two women pull a wishbone. The negro servant clearing the table is eating the leftovers.
[Ref: 6878] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd 12th May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Engraving. 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾). Brittle edges.
Two women pull a wishbone. The negro servant clearing the table is eating the leftovers.
[Ref: 6878] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Merry Wives of Windsor] [Falstaff at Hern's Oak.]](jpegs/64415.jpg)
[Merry Wives of Windsor] [Falstaff at Hern's Oak.]
[[H. Bunbury Esq.r del. Benedetti sculp.t.]
[London, Publish'd May 30th 1793 by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.]
Stipple with etching, scarce progress proof before letters. Sheet 380 x 470mm (15 x 18½"). Trimmed within plate, etches chipped and soiled.
Falstaff wearing antlers, with a young women on each side, a procession approaching at right and a priest with horns watching from the tree at left. From the series 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 64415] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[[H. Bunbury Esq.r del. Benedetti sculp.t.]
[London, Publish'd May 30th 1793 by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.]
Stipple with etching, scarce progress proof before letters. Sheet 380 x 470mm (15 x 18½"). Trimmed within plate, etches chipped and soiled.
Falstaff wearing antlers, with a young women on each side, a procession approaching at right and a priest with horns watching from the tree at left. From the series 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 64415] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Shakespeare. Merry Wives of Windsor. Act V. Scene V.
Painted by Rob.t Smirke R.A. Engraved by Is.c Taylor Jun.
Published Jany. 1. 1795 by John & Josiah Boydell, at his Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall _ & at No. 90 Cheapside, London
Engraving with etching, fine impression, open letter proof before quote from play, J. Whatman 1794 watermark. 495 x 625mm (19½ x 24½"), with large margins. Crease top margin.
Falstaff as Herne the Hunter, with stag's horns on head, lies prostrate in front of 'Herne's Oak', taunted by local children pretending to be fairies. Mistresses Page and Ford enjoy the spectacle on the left. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59325] £420.00
Painted by Rob.t Smirke R.A. Engraved by Is.c Taylor Jun.
Published Jany. 1. 1795 by John & Josiah Boydell, at his Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall _ & at No. 90 Cheapside, London
Engraving with etching, fine impression, open letter proof before quote from play, J. Whatman 1794 watermark. 495 x 625mm (19½ x 24½"), with large margins. Crease top margin.
Falstaff as Herne the Hunter, with stag's horns on head, lies prostrate in front of 'Herne's Oak', taunted by local children pretending to be fairies. Mistresses Page and Ford enjoy the spectacle on the left. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59325] £420.00
Miss Brunton as Horatia.
-ner Del et Sculp_
Pubd Novb.r 2 1785 by T. Walker N.44 Pater Noster Row.
Stipple and line engraving, printed in red ink. Plate 133 x 102mm. 5¼ x 4". Slight tear on right.
Anne Brunton Merry (1769-1808) was an actress. She married three times, first: Robert Merry; second: Thomas Wignell; and third: William Warren.
Harvard Volume III: p.199; 16. See Ref: 20940 for black ink impression.
[Ref: 20939] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
-ner Del et Sculp_
Pubd Novb.r 2 1785 by T. Walker N.44 Pater Noster Row.
Stipple and line engraving, printed in red ink. Plate 133 x 102mm. 5¼ x 4". Slight tear on right.
Anne Brunton Merry (1769-1808) was an actress. She married three times, first: Robert Merry; second: Thomas Wignell; and third: William Warren.
Harvard Volume III: p.199; 16. See Ref: 20940 for black ink impression.
[Ref: 20939] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
M.rs Merry.
-ner Del et Sculp_
[Pubd Nov.br 2 1785 by T. Walker N.44 Pater Noster Row.]
Stipple and line engraving, printed in black ink. 134 x 108mm. 5¼ x 4¼". Mounted in album paper.
Anne Brunton Merry (1769-1808) was an actress. She married three times, first: Robert Merry; second: Thomas Wignell; and third: William Warren.
Harvard Volume III: p.199; 16 [black ink impression.] See Ref: 20939 for red ink impression with varying title.
[Ref: 20940] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
-ner Del et Sculp_
[Pubd Nov.br 2 1785 by T. Walker N.44 Pater Noster Row.]
Stipple and line engraving, printed in black ink. 134 x 108mm. 5¼ x 4¼". Mounted in album paper.
Anne Brunton Merry (1769-1808) was an actress. She married three times, first: Robert Merry; second: Thomas Wignell; and third: William Warren.
Harvard Volume III: p.199; 16 [black ink impression.] See Ref: 20939 for red ink impression with varying title.
[Ref: 20940] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Anne Merry] The Child of Nature.](jpegs/63041.jpg)
[Anne Merry] The Child of Nature.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Rare stipple, sheet 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Title bit messy.
Three-quarter length portrait of Anne Merry, when Miss Brunton, in character as Amanthis in Inchbald's 'Child of Nature,' in an oval, standing to the left with hands joined.
[Ref: 63041] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1790.]
Rare stipple, sheet 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Title bit messy.
Three-quarter length portrait of Anne Merry, when Miss Brunton, in character as Amanthis in Inchbald's 'Child of Nature,' in an oval, standing to the left with hands joined.
[Ref: 63041] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Bunton as Horatia.
Inven.t, Del. et Sculp.
Pubd Novb.r 2 1785 by T. Walker N.44 Pater Noster Row.
Etching, printed in sanguine. Sheet: 120 x 100mm (4¾ x 4''). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of the actress Anne Bruton Merry (1769-1808) set within an oval.
Harvard Volume III: p.199.
[Ref: 50269] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Inven.t, Del. et Sculp.
Pubd Novb.r 2 1785 by T. Walker N.44 Pater Noster Row.
Etching, printed in sanguine. Sheet: 120 x 100mm (4¾ x 4''). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of the actress Anne Bruton Merry (1769-1808) set within an oval.
Harvard Volume III: p.199.
[Ref: 50269] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Elizabeth Merry.]](jpegs/20932.jpg)
[Elizabeth Merry.]
R. Cosway R.A. del. Anth.y Cardon sculp.t
[n.d. c.1790.]
A fine proof stipple with etching. Plate 330 x 223mm. 13 x 8¾". Trimmed to the plate.
Elizabeth Merry (née Death) (active 1824.) Wife of Anthony Merry the diplomat (1756-1835).
Daniell: 105.
[Ref: 20932] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
R. Cosway R.A. del. Anth.y Cardon sculp.t
[n.d. c.1790.]
A fine proof stipple with etching. Plate 330 x 223mm. 13 x 8¾". Trimmed to the plate.
Elizabeth Merry (née Death) (active 1824.) Wife of Anthony Merry the diplomat (1756-1835).
Daniell: 105.
[Ref: 20932] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Fire-Engine Presented to F. Hodges, Esq., of Lambeth, For valuable Services rendered by his efficient Brigade in extinguishing Fires; Manufactured by Merryweather & Sons, of Long Acre, and Lambeth, London.
Savill and Edwards, Printers, Chandos Street, Covent Garden [n.d., c.1865].
Wood engraving, manufacturer's promotional handbill/supplement; sheet 260 x 325mm. 10¼ x 11¾". Folds, as usual, some tearing at extremities; some marginal spotting.
The illustration shows Victorian ladies and gentlemen admiring a rather elaborately-decorated horse-drawn fire engine; list of prizes won by the engine at various industrial exhibitions below. Merryweather and Sons, one of the leading makers of fire engines throughout the 19th century.
[Ref: 20489] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Savill and Edwards, Printers, Chandos Street, Covent Garden [n.d., c.1865].
Wood engraving, manufacturer's promotional handbill/supplement; sheet 260 x 325mm. 10¼ x 11¾". Folds, as usual, some tearing at extremities; some marginal spotting.
The illustration shows Victorian ladies and gentlemen admiring a rather elaborately-decorated horse-drawn fire engine; list of prizes won by the engine at various industrial exhibitions below. Merryweather and Sons, one of the leading makers of fire engines throughout the 19th century.
[Ref: 20489] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Merseburg in Meissen, een Vorstelyke Residentiestadt. Mnerseburgum in Misnia, clara urbs, sedes Principis.
Pet: Schenk ex: Amstelod: cum Privil.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼").
Merseburg, south Germany on the River Saale; seen here across fields with the great Cathedral-and-Palace in the background. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
[Ref: 28699] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Pet: Schenk ex: Amstelod: cum Privil.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼").
Merseburg, south Germany on the River Saale; seen here across fields with the great Cathedral-and-Palace in the background. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
[Ref: 28699] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Merton Chapel.
A. Pugin del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
London Pub. 1st May 1813 at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"). Large margins on 3 sides.
A view of the interior of Merton Chapel, Oxford.
[Ref: 62962] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
A. Pugin del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
London Pub. 1st May 1813 at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"). Large margins on 3 sides.
A view of the interior of Merton Chapel, Oxford.
[Ref: 62962] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Merton College. North Window of the Ante Chapel.
A. Pugin del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t.
London Pub. May 1st 1813 at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"), large margins. Tiny tear in the left margin.
A view of the exterior of Merton College, the North Window of the Ante Chapel, Oxford.
[Ref: 62963] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A. Pugin del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t.
London Pub. May 1st 1813 at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"), large margins. Tiny tear in the left margin.
A view of the exterior of Merton College, the North Window of the Ante Chapel, Oxford.
[Ref: 62963] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Walterus de Merton Summus Angliæ Cancell:s. Episc: Roff:s Fund:r Coll: Merton Aº D.ni 1267.
[after Wilhelm Sonmans.]
Summa. cum Humil: & Observantia D.D.D. J. Faber. [n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
Walter de Merton (1205-77), Lord Chancellor of England, Bishop of Rochester and founder of Merton College, Oxford. One of a set of portraits of founders of Oxford Colleges after portraits by Wilhelm Sonmans (d.1708), now in the Bodleian Library.
CS 34.
[Ref: 51982] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[after Wilhelm Sonmans.]
Summa. cum Humil: & Observantia D.D.D. J. Faber. [n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
Walter de Merton (1205-77), Lord Chancellor of England, Bishop of Rochester and founder of Merton College, Oxford. One of a set of portraits of founders of Oxford Colleges after portraits by Wilhelm Sonmans (d.1708), now in the Bodleian Library.
CS 34.
[Ref: 51982] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[7 pen and ink sketches of Mesapotamia/Iraq and a pencil drawing of the Pyramids.]](jpegs/2353.jpg)
[7 pen and ink sketches of Mesapotamia/Iraq and a pencil drawing of the Pyramids.]
[From a C19th sketchbook by the Estcourt Family.]
[2 pages dated 1828.]
The Estcourt family descend from one of William the Conqueror's knights, and held the Shipton Moyne estate (nr. Tetbury, Glos) from 1303 until the house was demolished in 1964. C19th members of the family include the MP for Wiltshire, a general in the Crimean War and the vicar of Long Neunton.
See Item 8.
[Ref: 2353] £850.00
[From a C19th sketchbook by the Estcourt Family.]
[2 pages dated 1828.]
The Estcourt family descend from one of William the Conqueror's knights, and held the Shipton Moyne estate (nr. Tetbury, Glos) from 1303 until the house was demolished in 1964. C19th members of the family include the MP for Wiltshire, a general in the Crimean War and the vicar of Long Neunton.
See Item 8.
[Ref: 2353] £850.00
Mesetin.
[Martin Engelbrecht., c.1740.]
Original hand coloured etching and engraving, 235 x 155mm. 9¼ x 6". Stain from verso form colouring to another character.
A harlequin in the Commedia dell'arte. By Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9724] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Martin Engelbrecht., c.1740.]
Original hand coloured etching and engraving, 235 x 155mm. 9¼ x 6". Stain from verso form colouring to another character.
A harlequin in the Commedia dell'arte. By Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9724] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Claude de Mesme Comte d'Avaux Con.er du Roy en ses Conseils d'Estat, Gressier de l'Ordre du St Esprit, Surintendant des Finances et Plenipotentiaire pour la Paix Generale.
B. Moncornet excudit.
[n.d. c.1670.]
Engraving. 157 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Claude de Mesme, Count of Avaux, half-length, slightly turned to left, wearing sash with insignia of the Order of the Saint-Esprit over dark buttoned doublet with slashed sleeves; standing in front of window partly hidden by curtain, and opening onto a landscape. Claude de Mesme, Comte d'Avaux (1595-1650) was a French diplomat and public administrator. He served as Superintendent of Finances of France from 1649 to 1650. His first major post was that of French Ambassador to the Republic of Venice, and later in Denmark and Sweden. In 1635, he contributed to the achievement of an armistice between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
[Ref: 26038] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
B. Moncornet excudit.
[n.d. c.1670.]
Engraving. 157 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Claude de Mesme, Count of Avaux, half-length, slightly turned to left, wearing sash with insignia of the Order of the Saint-Esprit over dark buttoned doublet with slashed sleeves; standing in front of window partly hidden by curtain, and opening onto a landscape. Claude de Mesme, Comte d'Avaux (1595-1650) was a French diplomat and public administrator. He served as Superintendent of Finances of France from 1649 to 1650. His first major post was that of French Ambassador to the Republic of Venice, and later in Denmark and Sweden. In 1635, he contributed to the achievement of an armistice between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
[Ref: 26038] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Messageries Générales & Berlines du Mont-Blanc. (Service Réunis) Système Inversable. Only diligence authorised to take Coock’s tickets. Sans changement de voiture. Diligences. Entre. Genève. Sallanches. St. Gervai-Les-Bains et Chamonix. Services à grande vitesse coincident à l’arrivée à Genève avec les trains pour la France, l’Italie, la Suisse et les bateaux à vapeur….[also in English to Right.]
[n.d. c.1800.]
Lithograph. 342 x 495mm. 13½ x 19½". Damaged. Loss of bottom half.
It was in 1870 that records were made regarding the three main companies transporting their clients to Chamonix via Sallanches.
[Ref: 15296] £480.00
[n.d. c.1800.]
Lithograph. 342 x 495mm. 13½ x 19½". Damaged. Loss of bottom half.
It was in 1870 that records were made regarding the three main companies transporting their clients to Chamonix via Sallanches.
[Ref: 15296] £480.00
![[France] Masséna, Général de Division, a l'Armée d'Italie, puis Général en Chef des Armées du Danube et d'Italie.](jpegs/28217.jpg)
[France] Masséna, Général de Division, a l'Armée d'Italie, puis Général en Chef des Armées du Danube et d'Italie.
Bonne maison pinxit. Lavachez sculp. Reville inv et del.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Mezzotint and etching. 430 x 285mm (17 x 11¼"). Bottom left corner missing.
Oval mezzotint portrait of André Masséna (1758-1817), surrounded by an etched border with engraved text and a scene representing his defence of Genoa in 1800. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'. André Masséna, Marshal of France (1804); Duke of Rivoli (1808); and Prince of Esslingen (1810). He entered the army in 1775 and served as a soldier; in 1789 he retired but entered the revolutionary army in 1791. In 1793 he was a brigadier general and took part in the siege of Toulon. In 1794 he became a division general. Massena operated successfully at the head of the vanguard of the army in Napoleon’s Italian campaign of 1796-97. In 1799 he commanded troops in Switzerland and defeated General A. M. Rimskii-Korsakov’s Russo-Austrian corps. In 1800, Massena commanded the troops besieged at Genoa. In the war between Austria and France in 1809 he commanded the left wing at Wagram. In 1810-11 he was commander of troops in Portugal but was removed for a series of defeats. In 1814 he went over to the side of the Bourbons and in 1815 was made a peer of France.
[Ref: 28217] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Bonne maison pinxit. Lavachez sculp. Reville inv et del.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Mezzotint and etching. 430 x 285mm (17 x 11¼"). Bottom left corner missing.
Oval mezzotint portrait of André Masséna (1758-1817), surrounded by an etched border with engraved text and a scene representing his defence of Genoa in 1800. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'. André Masséna, Marshal of France (1804); Duke of Rivoli (1808); and Prince of Esslingen (1810). He entered the army in 1775 and served as a soldier; in 1789 he retired but entered the revolutionary army in 1791. In 1793 he was a brigadier general and took part in the siege of Toulon. In 1794 he became a division general. Massena operated successfully at the head of the vanguard of the army in Napoleon’s Italian campaign of 1796-97. In 1799 he commanded troops in Switzerland and defeated General A. M. Rimskii-Korsakov’s Russo-Austrian corps. In 1800, Massena commanded the troops besieged at Genoa. In the war between Austria and France in 1809 he commanded the left wing at Wagram. In 1810-11 he was commander of troops in Portugal but was removed for a series of defeats. In 1814 he went over to the side of the Bourbons and in 1815 was made a peer of France.
[Ref: 28217] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)