A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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On. Guard. Off. Guard. Guarded.
[Paul Pry Monogram.][William Heath.]
Pub by Tho. McLean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet.
Three scenes showing the demise of a soldier, on the left the soldier stands proud and on guard, the centre image shows the soldier drunk and leaning on a lamp post and the final image shows him in prison having been court martialled.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 46642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry Monogram.][William Heath.]
Pub by Tho. McLean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet.
Three scenes showing the demise of a soldier, on the left the soldier stands proud and on guard, the centre image shows the soldier drunk and leaning on a lamp post and the final image shows him in prison having been court martialled.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 46642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[On Guard.]](jpegs/18766.jpg)
[On Guard.]
[Painted by R. Ansdell. Engraver by Wm.H. Simmons.]
London Published by Ths.Agnew & Sons, Old Bond Street Galleries. W. and H.Blain Ansdell, Savile Row Gallery. W. May 2nd. 1881. Copyright Registered, Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1881 by Mr Knoedler & Co in the Office of the Librarian at Washington.
A scarce mixed method engraving on india laid paper. Plate 761 x 585mm. 30 x 23".. Printsellers stamp. Proof, before all letters, uncut sheet. Limited edition of 250.
A Mastiff watches over a small child in a pram.
PSA
[Ref: 18766] £480.00
[Painted by R. Ansdell. Engraver by Wm.H. Simmons.]
London Published by Ths.Agnew & Sons, Old Bond Street Galleries. W. and H.Blain Ansdell, Savile Row Gallery. W. May 2nd. 1881. Copyright Registered, Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1881 by Mr Knoedler & Co in the Office of the Librarian at Washington.
A scarce mixed method engraving on india laid paper. Plate 761 x 585mm. 30 x 23".. Printsellers stamp. Proof, before all letters, uncut sheet. Limited edition of 250.
A Mastiff watches over a small child in a pram.
PSA
[Ref: 18766] £480.00
On the Thames.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Pen and ink with crayon, with pen inscription to lower left: Mr Cleather [illegible]. 178 x 254mm (7 x 10").
A large boat sat in the shallow waters at the edge of the River Thames with three men in a dinghy fishing to the right; sail boats seen in the background.
[Ref: 24956] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1840.]
Pen and ink with crayon, with pen inscription to lower left: Mr Cleather [illegible]. 178 x 254mm (7 x 10").
A large boat sat in the shallow waters at the edge of the River Thames with three men in a dinghy fishing to the right; sail boats seen in the background.
[Ref: 24956] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[One of the Bucks.]](jpegs/6898.jpg)
[One of the Bucks.]
Frank Gillett [pencil inscription].
[n.d., c.1925.]
Drypoint, signed in pencil. 270 x 335mm.
Titled in pencil in different hand to the signature. Edward Frank Gillett (1874-1927), illustrator for the 'Daily Graphic' 1898-1908. He also worked as a book illustrator, for example for Henty's 'Lion of the North', 1900. Gillett created fewer than fifty drypoints during his career, the majority untitled. Both the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum have comprehensive collections.
Guichard p.39.
[Ref: 6898] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Frank Gillett [pencil inscription].
[n.d., c.1925.]
Drypoint, signed in pencil. 270 x 335mm.
Titled in pencil in different hand to the signature. Edward Frank Gillett (1874-1927), illustrator for the 'Daily Graphic' 1898-1908. He also worked as a book illustrator, for example for Henty's 'Lion of the North', 1900. Gillett created fewer than fifty drypoints during his career, the majority untitled. Both the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum have comprehensive collections.
Guichard p.39.
[Ref: 6898] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
One of the Family.
[Isaac Cruikshank?]
Pubd Decr 20 1795 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the corner of Sackville St _ NB Folios of Caracatures Lent out for the Evening.
Scarce finely hand coloured etching on very faint 18th century watermarked paper. Plate 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), Left corner margin creased. Some staining outside image. Taped tear top margin. Small margins.
Justice Mittimus intrudes between a couple, inviting himself to live with with them ''to see that every thing goes on pretty and smooth in the family''. A satire of the Seditious Meetings Act of 1795 which, although designed to curtail political meetings, was being used against other groups, including prayer meetings.
Not in BM Satires but see 8686.
[Ref: 61891] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Isaac Cruikshank?]
Pubd Decr 20 1795 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the corner of Sackville St _ NB Folios of Caracatures Lent out for the Evening.
Scarce finely hand coloured etching on very faint 18th century watermarked paper. Plate 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), Left corner margin creased. Some staining outside image. Taped tear top margin. Small margins.
Justice Mittimus intrudes between a couple, inviting himself to live with with them ''to see that every thing goes on pretty and smooth in the family''. A satire of the Seditious Meetings Act of 1795 which, although designed to curtail political meetings, was being used against other groups, including prayer meetings.
Not in BM Satires but see 8686.
[Ref: 61891] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
One of the Family.
[Isaac Cruikshank?]
Pubd Decr 20 1795 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the corner of Sackville St _ NB Folios of Caracatures Lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). With publisher's stamp 'SWF'. Trimmed within plate on three sides.
Justice Mittimus intrudes between a couple, inviting himself to live with with them ''to see that every thing goes on pretty and smooth in the family''. A satire of the Seditious Meetings Act of 1795 which, although designed to curtail political meetings, was being used against other groups, including prayer meetings.
[Ref: 50712] £330.00
[Isaac Cruikshank?]
Pubd Decr 20 1795 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the corner of Sackville St _ NB Folios of Caracatures Lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). With publisher's stamp 'SWF'. Trimmed within plate on three sides.
Justice Mittimus intrudes between a couple, inviting himself to live with with them ''to see that every thing goes on pretty and smooth in the family''. A satire of the Seditious Meetings Act of 1795 which, although designed to curtail political meetings, was being used against other groups, including prayer meetings.
[Ref: 50712] £330.00
One, Two and Three.
Designed & drawn on Stone by W.S. Drummond.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, sheet 225 x 165mm. 8¾ x 6½". Sheet trimmed slightly.
A young schoolboy sitting outside a building in a landscape training his collie dog; books resting open on the ground below, hat to right. By painter, illustrator and lithographer William Drummond (British, 1826 - 1849; fl.c.).
[Ref: 19471] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & drawn on Stone by W.S. Drummond.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, sheet 225 x 165mm. 8¾ x 6½". Sheet trimmed slightly.
A young schoolboy sitting outside a building in a landscape training his collie dog; books resting open on the ground below, hat to right. By painter, illustrator and lithographer William Drummond (British, 1826 - 1849; fl.c.).
[Ref: 19471] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)
![[One-Arch Bridge.]](jpegs/34820.jpg)
[One-Arch Bridge.]
[n.d. c.1812.]
Etching. 120 x 145mm (4¾ x 5¾"). Cut.
View of a small one-arch bridge over a river, tall trees on the left bank, and a house behind at right. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871), a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34820] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1812.]
Etching. 120 x 145mm (4¾ x 5¾"). Cut.
View of a small one-arch bridge over a river, tall trees on the left bank, and a house behind at right. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871), a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34820] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Saint Onophrius]](jpegs/43154.jpg)
[Saint Onophrius] Quadro di Giuseppe Ribera d:o lo Spagnoletto Alto Palmi 6 once 2 Largo Pal. 4 once 10 XV
Gius. Magni dis. Carlo Faucci sc. [c.1759]
Engraving, platemark 400 x 300mm (15¾ x 11¾"), with very large margins.
Saint Onophrius, after the 1642 painting by Jusepe de Ribera now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. A skull in foreground. This print was made as part of a set, 'Raccolta di stampe rappresentanti i quadri più scelti dei SS. Marchesi Gerini di Firenze', reproducing paintings from the Gerini collection in Florence. The painting entered the Gerini collection in the late seventeenth century and remained there until the nineteenth century.
[Ref: 43154] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Gius. Magni dis. Carlo Faucci sc. [c.1759]
Engraving, platemark 400 x 300mm (15¾ x 11¾"), with very large margins.
Saint Onophrius, after the 1642 painting by Jusepe de Ribera now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. A skull in foreground. This print was made as part of a set, 'Raccolta di stampe rappresentanti i quadri più scelti dei SS. Marchesi Gerini di Firenze', reproducing paintings from the Gerini collection in Florence. The painting entered the Gerini collection in the late seventeenth century and remained there until the nineteenth century.
[Ref: 43154] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Georges Onslow.
Vigneron.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Lithograph. Sheet 155 x 240 (6 x 9½"). Trimmed.
Portrait of André George Louis Onslow (1784 - 1852), French composer of English descent. His wealth, position and personal tastes allowed him to pursue a path unfamiliar to most of his French contemporaries, more similar to that of his contemporary German romantic composers; his music also had a strong following in Germany and in England.
[Ref: 63241] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Vigneron.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Lithograph. Sheet 155 x 240 (6 x 9½"). Trimmed.
Portrait of André George Louis Onslow (1784 - 1852), French composer of English descent. His wealth, position and personal tastes allowed him to pursue a path unfamiliar to most of his French contemporaries, more similar to that of his contemporary German romantic composers; his music also had a strong following in Germany and in England.
[Ref: 63241] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Flora Island, Lake Rosseau, from Oak Island (Dr. Hall's).
E.Roper.
[n.d., c.1883].
Lithograph with very large margins. Sheet: 370 x 280mm, (14½ x 11).
A view of Flora Island in Lake Rosseau in the Ontario area of Canada. A small sailing boat and some ducks can be seen on the water. Edward Roper (1832-1909) was an English artist who travelled around the world and made several trips to North America.
[Ref: 35063] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
E.Roper.
[n.d., c.1883].
Lithograph with very large margins. Sheet: 370 x 280mm, (14½ x 11).
A view of Flora Island in Lake Rosseau in the Ontario area of Canada. A small sailing boat and some ducks can be seen on the water. Edward Roper (1832-1909) was an English artist who travelled around the world and made several trips to North America.
[Ref: 35063] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Head of Lake Rosseau. Pratt's Just Before the Fire. 1883.
E. Roper.
Lithograph with very large margins; rare. Sheet: 370 x 280mm, (14½ x 11)"/ Large margins. Crease across top left corner.
View across Lake Rosseau. Two figures fish in the foreground while a steam boat sails across the river, a large house can be seen on the far side of the lake. . Edward Roper (1832-1909) was an English artist who travelled around the world and made several trips to North America.
[Ref: 35054] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
E. Roper.
Lithograph with very large margins; rare. Sheet: 370 x 280mm, (14½ x 11)"/ Large margins. Crease across top left corner.
View across Lake Rosseau. Two figures fish in the foreground while a steam boat sails across the river, a large house can be seen on the far side of the lake. . Edward Roper (1832-1909) was an English artist who travelled around the world and made several trips to North America.
[Ref: 35054] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
At Port Carling, behind Stratton Hotel.
E. Roper
[n.d., c.1883].
Lithograph with very large margins. Sheet: 370 x 280mm, (14½ x 11). Some creasing in corners. Small tears in edges.
View of the lake at Port Carling in Ontario, Canada. Several small boats can be seen sailing on the lake. Edward Roper (1832-1909) was an English artist who travelled around the world and made several trips to North America.
[Ref: 35062] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
E. Roper
[n.d., c.1883].
Lithograph with very large margins. Sheet: 370 x 280mm, (14½ x 11). Some creasing in corners. Small tears in edges.
View of the lake at Port Carling in Ontario, Canada. Several small boats can be seen sailing on the lake. Edward Roper (1832-1909) was an English artist who travelled around the world and made several trips to North America.
[Ref: 35062] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Scenes from the life of St Onuphrius]](jpegs/46080.jpg)
[Scenes from the life of St Onuphrius]
[Anon. Italian, c.1650]
Engraving, sheet 440 x 325mm (17¼ x 12¾"). Large tear lower right. Trimmed to platemark.
Vignettes from the life of St Onuphrius, Catholic saint who lived as a hermit in the Egyptian desert in the fourth/fifth century.
[Ref: 46080] £420.00
[Anon. Italian, c.1650]
Engraving, sheet 440 x 325mm (17¼ x 12¾"). Large tear lower right. Trimmed to platemark.
Vignettes from the life of St Onuphrius, Catholic saint who lived as a hermit in the Egyptian desert in the fourth/fifth century.
[Ref: 46080] £420.00
![[Alaska] A Woman of Oonalashka.](jpegs/51198.jpg)
[Alaska] A Woman of Oonalashka.
J.Webber del. Delattre sc.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving, fine impression. 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate on 3 sides.
An Unangan woman, a native of Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska. Russian fur traders called her tribe the Aleut. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51198] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J.Webber del. Delattre sc.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving, fine impression. 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate on 3 sides.
An Unangan woman, a native of Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska. Russian fur traders called her tribe the Aleut. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51198] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
'Ooro' L'un des principauz chefs d'Ouriouriou, Roi des iles Sandwich.
Lith.de Langlame r. de L'Abbaye N 4. Arago fe.
[From book published in 1822] [Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor. Promenade autour du monde (pendant les annees de 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820, sur les corvettes du Roi l'Uranie et la Physicienne, commandees par M. Freycinet)].
Lithograph. Sheet 361 x 274mm. 14¼ x 10¾". Tear into right-hand side of image; some spotting and staining.
Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor [1790-1855] The voyage included a one month visit in the Sandwich Islands, with time spent in Hawaii, Maui and Oahu, as well as visits to Rio de Janeiro, Cape of Good Hope, Montevideo, Mauritius, New South Wales, and the Caroline Islands. 'The Uranie, with a crew of 125 men, entered the Pacific from the West to make scientific observations on geography, magnetism, and meteorology. Arago was the artist of the expedition which visited most notably Australia, the Hawaiian Islands, Tonga, and Tierra del Fuego. The original ship, wrecked off the Falkland Islands, was replaced by the Physicienne which visited Rio de Janeiro.
[Ref: 444] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Lith.de Langlame r. de L'Abbaye N 4. Arago fe.
[From book published in 1822] [Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor. Promenade autour du monde (pendant les annees de 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820, sur les corvettes du Roi l'Uranie et la Physicienne, commandees par M. Freycinet)].
Lithograph. Sheet 361 x 274mm. 14¼ x 10¾". Tear into right-hand side of image; some spotting and staining.
Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor [1790-1855] The voyage included a one month visit in the Sandwich Islands, with time spent in Hawaii, Maui and Oahu, as well as visits to Rio de Janeiro, Cape of Good Hope, Montevideo, Mauritius, New South Wales, and the Caroline Islands. 'The Uranie, with a crew of 125 men, entered the Pacific from the West to make scientific observations on geography, magnetism, and meteorology. Arago was the artist of the expedition which visited most notably Australia, the Hawaiian Islands, Tonga, and Tierra del Fuego. The original ship, wrecked off the Falkland Islands, was replaced by the Physicienne which visited Rio de Janeiro.
[Ref: 444] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Battle of Oosterweel, 1567]](jpegs/38643.jpg)
[Battle of Oosterweel, 1567] Bataille d'Austerweel donnée le 13 mars l'an 1567
[Anon., c.1650]
Engraving, platemark 130 x 165mm (5 x 6½"). Large margins. Creases as normal.
The Battle of Oosterweel, near Antwerp in modern-day Belgium. The battle, which took place in March 1567, is usually considered the start of the Eighty Years' War and saw the Spanish army defeat an army of Calvinist rebels.
[Ref: 38643] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1650]
Engraving, platemark 130 x 165mm (5 x 6½"). Large margins. Creases as normal.
The Battle of Oosterweel, near Antwerp in modern-day Belgium. The battle, which took place in March 1567, is usually considered the start of the Eighty Years' War and saw the Spanish army defeat an army of Calvinist rebels.
[Ref: 38643] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Opaki Plain.
C.D. Barraud del. T.Picken Lith. C.F. Kell Lithographer, Castle S.t Holborn, London E.C.
[London. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1877.]
Fine Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid sheet printed with title etc as issued. Sheet 435 x 560mm (17 x 22").
From 'New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The Illustrations by C.W. Barraud.' Charles Decimus Barraud (1822-97) emigrated to New Zealand in 1849, opening a pharmacy in Wellington with such success that he opened branches in other towns.
[Ref: 61017] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
C.D. Barraud del. T.Picken Lith. C.F. Kell Lithographer, Castle S.t Holborn, London E.C.
[London. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1877.]
Fine Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid sheet printed with title etc as issued. Sheet 435 x 560mm (17 x 22").
From 'New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The Illustrations by C.W. Barraud.' Charles Decimus Barraud (1822-97) emigrated to New Zealand in 1849, opening a pharmacy in Wellington with such success that he opened branches in other towns.
[Ref: 61017] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![An Opal Morning [in pencil]](jpegs/62513.jpg)
An Opal Morning [in pencil]
Nat. Long. [in image and signed in pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Very fine coloured etching, titled and signed by the artist. Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamps. Plate 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"), with large margins. Slight mount burn.
Two women in a rowing boat. One is fully nude about to dive into the water while the other is half covered by a towel and braces herself against the side about to get up. Nathaniel Long (1893-1955), book and magazine illustrator and printmaker who specialized in eroticised female etching. In 1948 he illustrated editions of both 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and 'The Coral Island'.
Provenance: From the Artist's Studio.
[Ref: 62513] £480.00
Nat. Long. [in image and signed in pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Very fine coloured etching, titled and signed by the artist. Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamps. Plate 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"), with large margins. Slight mount burn.
Two women in a rowing boat. One is fully nude about to dive into the water while the other is half covered by a towel and braces herself against the side about to get up. Nathaniel Long (1893-1955), book and magazine illustrator and printmaker who specialized in eroticised female etching. In 1948 he illustrated editions of both 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and 'The Coral Island'.
Provenance: From the Artist's Studio.
[Ref: 62513] £480.00
Catherine Opalinska. Epouse de Stanislas Leszinski et mere de Marie de Leszinski Reine de France Neé le 5. Novembre 1680.
A Paris chez E. Desrochers,
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 105mm (6 x 4''), with very large margins.
A portrait of Catherine Opalinska, wife ofStanislaw I Leszczynski (1677-1761), King of Poland and mother of Marie Leszczynski, wife of Louis XV. From a series of small portraits by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668-1741).
[Ref: 48270] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
A Paris chez E. Desrochers,
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 105mm (6 x 4''), with very large margins.
A portrait of Catherine Opalinska, wife ofStanislaw I Leszczynski (1677-1761), King of Poland and mother of Marie Leszczynski, wife of Louis XV. From a series of small portraits by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668-1741).
[Ref: 48270] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Key to the Splendid Mezzotinto Engraving, by G.H. Phillips, Esq from Danby's Sublime Painting of the Opening of the Sixth Seal.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Rare etching with letterpress, printed in blue. Sheet 285 x 225mm 11¼ x 9"). Laid on canvas, paper age toned.
The key and prospectus for an engraving of Francis Danby's 'An Attempt to illustrate the Opening of the Sixth Seal'. According to the text 'Each Subscriber of One Guinea shall receive one Share, securing One of the Splendid Mezzotinto Engravings of the Picture; and the chance of obtaining either the Grand Original Painting, valued at 1000 Guineas, or the Engraved Steel Plate, which cost 650 Guineas; and shall also receive a Free Admission Ticket admitting one person during the Exhibition'. Danby accused John Martin of stealing the idea of his 'The Deluge' from this painting, which Martin saw during a visit to Danby's studio.
Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36968] £350.00
[n.d., c.1830.]
Rare etching with letterpress, printed in blue. Sheet 285 x 225mm 11¼ x 9"). Laid on canvas, paper age toned.
The key and prospectus for an engraving of Francis Danby's 'An Attempt to illustrate the Opening of the Sixth Seal'. According to the text 'Each Subscriber of One Guinea shall receive one Share, securing One of the Splendid Mezzotinto Engravings of the Picture; and the chance of obtaining either the Grand Original Painting, valued at 1000 Guineas, or the Engraved Steel Plate, which cost 650 Guineas; and shall also receive a Free Admission Ticket admitting one person during the Exhibition'. Danby accused John Martin of stealing the idea of his 'The Deluge' from this painting, which Martin saw during a visit to Danby's studio.
Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36968] £350.00
The Opera.
Printed by W. Day, 17 Gate Street.
Pub.d by R. Ackermann, 96 Strand, 1829.
Chine collé lithograph. 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Slight tear taped on right.
A woman dressed to go to the opera.
[Ref: 41330] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by W. Day, 17 Gate Street.
Pub.d by R. Ackermann, 96 Strand, 1829.
Chine collé lithograph. 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Slight tear taped on right.
A woman dressed to go to the opera.
[Ref: 41330] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Sleepwalker.] La Sonnambula.](jpegs/68710.jpg)
[The Sleepwalker.] La Sonnambula. Revised by Cha.s. W.Glover.
J.Brandard. M&N.Hanhar Imp.t.
[n.d., c.1831.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Stained.
Songsheet for La Sonnambula, or 'The Sleepwalker', an 1831 opera by Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). She walks on a thin plank over the street. Revised by Charles W.Glover (1806-1863), English violinist and composer.
[Ref: 68710] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
J.Brandard. M&N.Hanhar Imp.t.
[n.d., c.1831.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Stained.
Songsheet for La Sonnambula, or 'The Sleepwalker', an 1831 opera by Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). She walks on a thin plank over the street. Revised by Charles W.Glover (1806-1863), English violinist and composer.
[Ref: 68710] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
The Opera.
W. & J.O. Clerk lithog 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Pewtress 67 Newington Causeway, & Ackermann & Co 96 Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Finely hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, sheet 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Some staining.
A young lady in her box at an operatic performance; leaning on the parapet, she holds an opera glass in her gloved right hand.
[Ref: 22593] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
W. & J.O. Clerk lithog 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Pewtress 67 Newington Causeway, & Ackermann & Co 96 Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Finely hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, sheet 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Some staining.
A young lady in her box at an operatic performance; leaning on the parapet, she holds an opera glass in her gloved right hand.
[Ref: 22593] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense. Je donnerais trois operas pour avoir fait votre romance. [What we say and what we think. I would give three operas to have written your romance.]
Lith de Gihaut Frères.
chez Gihaut Frères éditeurs [n.d., c.1830].
Fine coloured lithograph. Printed area 180 x 150mm (7 x 6") with large margins.
Two man stand talking in a music room with instruments.
[Ref: 53397] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Lith de Gihaut Frères.
chez Gihaut Frères éditeurs [n.d., c.1830].
Fine coloured lithograph. Printed area 180 x 150mm (7 x 6") with large margins.
Two man stand talking in a music room with instruments.
[Ref: 53397] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[His Majesty's Theatre] Opera House.](jpegs/58200.jpg)
[His Majesty's Theatre] Opera House.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. J. Bluck, aquat.
London Pub. 1st. March 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 235 x 266mm (9¼ x 10½") very large margins.
His (or Her) Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, established by architect and playwright John Vanbrugh in 1705 as the Queen's Theatre, but by 1709 had become an opera house. This is the interior of the second theatre, designed by Michael Novosielski after the first succumbed to arson in 1789, opened in 1791 and operating until 1867. A plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', one of the key visual sources for London in the late Georgian period.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 58200] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. J. Bluck, aquat.
London Pub. 1st. March 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 235 x 266mm (9¼ x 10½") very large margins.
His (or Her) Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, established by architect and playwright John Vanbrugh in 1705 as the Queen's Theatre, but by 1709 had become an opera house. This is the interior of the second theatre, designed by Michael Novosielski after the first succumbed to arson in 1789, opened in 1791 and operating until 1867. A plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', one of the key visual sources for London in the late Georgian period.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 58200] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
New Musical Fund
L. Legoux sculp. late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A. No.1 Poland Street Soho.
Stipple, sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet, possibly losing text.
Apollo with his lyre standing on clouds, to his right a female figure with dove perched on her head and holding horn of plenty and pair of compasses; another female figure sits to left. In the background a pelican feeds its chicks. A violin and musical instruments below are draped with a banner inscribed 'New Musical Fund'. By French engraver Louis Legoux (1789 - 1804, fl.).
For another state with additional text see ref. 13503.
[Ref: 42475] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
L. Legoux sculp. late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A. No.1 Poland Street Soho.
Stipple, sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet, possibly losing text.
Apollo with his lyre standing on clouds, to his right a female figure with dove perched on her head and holding horn of plenty and pair of compasses; another female figure sits to left. In the background a pelican feeds its chicks. A violin and musical instruments below are draped with a banner inscribed 'New Musical Fund'. By French engraver Louis Legoux (1789 - 1804, fl.).
For another state with additional text see ref. 13503.
[Ref: 42475] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
New Musical Fund. Opera House, Thursday, March 10th. 1803.
L. Legoux sculp. late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A. No.1 Poland Street Soho.
Stipple and etching, ticket/advertisement for a fund-raising musical entertainment. Plate 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Lower right corner chipped with small repair with conservation tissue.
Apollo with his lyre standing on clouds, to his right a female figure with dove perched on her head and holding horn of plenty and pair of compasses; another female figure sits to left. In the background a pelican feeds its chicks. A violin and musical instruments below are draped with a banner inscribed 'New Musical Fund'. By French engraver Louis Legoux (1789 - 1804; active).
[Ref: 13503] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
L. Legoux sculp. late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A. No.1 Poland Street Soho.
Stipple and etching, ticket/advertisement for a fund-raising musical entertainment. Plate 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Lower right corner chipped with small repair with conservation tissue.
Apollo with his lyre standing on clouds, to his right a female figure with dove perched on her head and holding horn of plenty and pair of compasses; another female figure sits to left. In the background a pelican feeds its chicks. A violin and musical instruments below are draped with a banner inscribed 'New Musical Fund'. By French engraver Louis Legoux (1789 - 1804; active).
[Ref: 13503] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
New Musical Fund. Opera House, Thursday, March 15th. 1804.
L. Legoux sculp. late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A. No.1 Poland Street Soho.
Stipple and etching, printed in sepia. Sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate, stained.
Apollo with his lyre standing on clouds, to his right a female figure with dove perched on her head and holding horn of plenty and pair of compasses; another female figure sits to left. In the background a pelican feeds its chicks. A violin and musical instruments below are draped with a banner inscribed 'New Musical Fund'. By French engraver Louis Legoux (1789 - 1804; active). The print came from a collection compiled by Marianne Arnold Ayrton whose father, Samuel Arnold, was thought to be the son of Princess Amelia (1711-1786) through her affair with commoner Thomas Arnold.
See Fitzwilliam. From a collection of ephemera gathered by Marianne Arnold Ayrton (daughter of Samuel Arnold) and her husband William Ayrton.
[Ref: 52955] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
L. Legoux sculp. late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A. No.1 Poland Street Soho.
Stipple and etching, printed in sepia. Sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate, stained.
Apollo with his lyre standing on clouds, to his right a female figure with dove perched on her head and holding horn of plenty and pair of compasses; another female figure sits to left. In the background a pelican feeds its chicks. A violin and musical instruments below are draped with a banner inscribed 'New Musical Fund'. By French engraver Louis Legoux (1789 - 1804; active). The print came from a collection compiled by Marianne Arnold Ayrton whose father, Samuel Arnold, was thought to be the son of Princess Amelia (1711-1786) through her affair with commoner Thomas Arnold.
See Fitzwilliam. From a collection of ephemera gathered by Marianne Arnold Ayrton (daughter of Samuel Arnold) and her husband William Ayrton.
[Ref: 52955] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Opera Medica,
Norimbergae Impensis Ioh. And. & Wolffg: Iun: Endteror: Haered: M.D.C.L.X. [Nuremberg, 1660.]
Engraved titlepage, 290 x 165mm. 11½ x 6½". Chip to lower right corner, affecting image.
Vignettes include a surgical demonstration to student sin a theatre, a skeleton, a courtroom scene and various allegorical figures representing scientific knowledge; also a room full scientific vessels and tools for practical experiments.
A very interesting and decorative titlepage to the book by Gregorius Horst the Elder (1578 - 1636), called the German Aesculapius, professor of medicine at various German universities.
British Library: 001738717.
[Ref: 13141] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Norimbergae Impensis Ioh. And. & Wolffg: Iun: Endteror: Haered: M.D.C.L.X. [Nuremberg, 1660.]
Engraved titlepage, 290 x 165mm. 11½ x 6½". Chip to lower right corner, affecting image.
Vignettes include a surgical demonstration to student sin a theatre, a skeleton, a courtroom scene and various allegorical figures representing scientific knowledge; also a room full scientific vessels and tools for practical experiments.
A very interesting and decorative titlepage to the book by Gregorius Horst the Elder (1578 - 1636), called the German Aesculapius, professor of medicine at various German universities.
British Library: 001738717.
[Ref: 13141] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Opera Season. Quadrille by F. Godfrey. On Airs from Favourite Operas.
M. Watson lith.
London: Edwin Ashdown, Hanover Square W. [n.d., c.1870.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Damage at top.
The cover of a music sheet, with five roundel scenes. Frederick Godfrey was bandmaster of the Coldtream Guards 1863-1880.
[Ref: 41773] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
M. Watson lith.
London: Edwin Ashdown, Hanover Square W. [n.d., c.1870.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Damage at top.
The cover of a music sheet, with five roundel scenes. Frederick Godfrey was bandmaster of the Coldtream Guards 1863-1880.
[Ref: 41773] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
The Noble Peasant. A Comic-Opera. Set to Music by William Shield. Price 10.6d.
F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Printed for Willm. Napier Music-seller to their Majesties No.474 Strand. [1784.]
Engraved titlepage illustrated by Bartolozzi, sheet 155 x 215mm. 6 x 8½". One diagonal crease.
The decorative border including flowers and fronds held by winged putti, and a lyre, pipes and sheet music in the lower part, engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). William Shield (1748 - 1829), composer at Covent Garden, wrote music for upwards of thirty dramatic pieces. This comic opera was written by Thomas Holcroft (1745 - 1809).
British Library: 004655802. De V:
[Ref: 13892] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Printed for Willm. Napier Music-seller to their Majesties No.474 Strand. [1784.]
Engraved titlepage illustrated by Bartolozzi, sheet 155 x 215mm. 6 x 8½". One diagonal crease.
The decorative border including flowers and fronds held by winged putti, and a lyre, pipes and sheet music in the lower part, engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). William Shield (1748 - 1829), composer at Covent Garden, wrote music for upwards of thirty dramatic pieces. This comic opera was written by Thomas Holcroft (1745 - 1809).
British Library: 004655802. De V:
[Ref: 13892] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Operation. The Blood & Vitals from her Wounds he drew, And Fed the Hounds that help'd him to pursue. Dryden.
[1773]
Engraving, sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed.
Britannia sinks to the ground, with blood gushing from wounds in her chest and collected into a bowl. A minister stands over her with a dagger poised to strike again. Satire on British politics published in the 'Oxford Magazine', altering a plate first issued in 1768 to reflect more recent events. On the right in the background, a generic lawyer (originally Lord Mansfield) hands a bowl to the earl of Bute (originally Pitt the Elder). In the foreground, sitting on the steps and drinking greedily, is Lord Talbot.
BM Satires 5127
[Ref: 39528] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[1773]
Engraving, sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed.
Britannia sinks to the ground, with blood gushing from wounds in her chest and collected into a bowl. A minister stands over her with a dagger poised to strike again. Satire on British politics published in the 'Oxford Magazine', altering a plate first issued in 1768 to reflect more recent events. On the right in the background, a generic lawyer (originally Lord Mansfield) hands a bowl to the earl of Bute (originally Pitt the Elder). In the foreground, sitting on the steps and drinking greedily, is Lord Talbot.
BM Satires 5127
[Ref: 39528] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Operation. The Blood & Vitals from her Wounds he drew, And Fed the Hounds that help'd him to pursue. Dryden.
[1773]
Engraving. Plate: 190 x 125mm (7½ x 5''). Small margins on 3 sides.
Britannia sinks to the ground, with blood gushing from wounds in her chest and collected into a bowl. A minister stands over her with a dagger poised to strike again. Satire on British politics published in the 'Oxford Magazine', altering a plate first issued in 1768 to reflect more recent events. On the right in the background, a generic lawyer (originally Lord Mansfield) hands a bowl to the earl of Bute (originally Pitt the Elder). In the foreground, sitting on the steps and drinking greedily, is Lord Talbot.
BM Satires 5127
[Ref: 50376] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[1773]
Engraving. Plate: 190 x 125mm (7½ x 5''). Small margins on 3 sides.
Britannia sinks to the ground, with blood gushing from wounds in her chest and collected into a bowl. A minister stands over her with a dagger poised to strike again. Satire on British politics published in the 'Oxford Magazine', altering a plate first issued in 1768 to reflect more recent events. On the right in the background, a generic lawyer (originally Lord Mansfield) hands a bowl to the earl of Bute (originally Pitt the Elder). In the foreground, sitting on the steps and drinking greedily, is Lord Talbot.
BM Satires 5127
[Ref: 50376] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[A street musician playing an ophicleide.]](jpegs/62668.jpg)
[A street musician playing an ophicleide.]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Watercolour. Sheet 190 x 125mm (7½ x 5"). Laid on card.
A man with a long white beard stands in the street playing an ophicleide, watched by six small children. The ophicleide was invented in 1817 by Jean Hilaire Asté; it was superceded by the tuba at the end of the century.
[Ref: 62668] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1860.]
Watercolour. Sheet 190 x 125mm (7½ x 5"). Laid on card.
A man with a long white beard stands in the street playing an ophicleide, watched by six small children. The ophicleide was invented in 1817 by Jean Hilaire Asté; it was superceded by the tuba at the end of the century.
[Ref: 62668] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
John Opie R.A. To John Boydell Esq.r Aldermann of the City of London This Plate is by Permission, Respectfully Inscribed by his much obliged & humble Serv.t S.W. Reynolds.
Ipse pinx. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Published June 1. 1802 by John Jeffryes, Clapham Road.
Mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
A self-portrait of John Opie, first published by Reynolds in 1798. Boydell published many of Opie paintings, including five subjects for his Shakespeare Gallery, most notibly Juliet's death from Romeo and Juliet.
Whitman 221, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 61634] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Ipse pinx. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Published June 1. 1802 by John Jeffryes, Clapham Road.
Mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
A self-portrait of John Opie, first published by Reynolds in 1798. Boydell published many of Opie paintings, including five subjects for his Shakespeare Gallery, most notibly Juliet's death from Romeo and Juliet.
Whitman 221, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 61634] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Opinions on Reform. No. III. Lord J. Russell. The question is, Why not disfranchise the unconvicted Boroughs? To this I answer, that I do not by any means maintain that the Resolutions I now propose comprise all the Amendments that can be made in the frame of this House...No! the principles of the construction of this House Are Pure and Worthy. Small as the remaining treasure of the Constitution is, I cannot consent to throw it into the wheel for the chance of obtaining a prize in the Lottery of Constitutions."
[n.d. c.1832.]
Letterpress. 241 x 222mm. 9½ x 8¾".
An address by Lord J. Russell, an English Whig and Liberal politician, who was one of the principal leaders of the fight for the Reform Act in 1832.
[Ref: 18346] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1832.]
Letterpress. 241 x 222mm. 9½ x 8¾".
An address by Lord J. Russell, an English Whig and Liberal politician, who was one of the principal leaders of the fight for the Reform Act in 1832.
[Ref: 18346] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
C.W. Opitz.
A. Graff pinx. F.C. Geyler sc.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple printed in brown ink. Platemark: 140 x 90mm (5¾ x 3¾"). Small margins.
A portrait of German actor Christian Wilhelm Opitz (1756 - 1819). Opitz played at the Court Theatre of Mannheim and then in Dresden, after which he was employed as a court actor in St. Petersburg from 1785 - 1789.
[Ref: 37295] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
A. Graff pinx. F.C. Geyler sc.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple printed in brown ink. Platemark: 140 x 90mm (5¾ x 3¾"). Small margins.
A portrait of German actor Christian Wilhelm Opitz (1756 - 1819). Opitz played at the Court Theatre of Mannheim and then in Dresden, after which he was employed as a court actor in St. Petersburg from 1785 - 1789.
[Ref: 37295] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Opium Smokers and Gamblers. In one of their nightly haunts.
Drawn on the Spot by Sir Harry Darell, Bar.t. On Stone by J.H. Lynch.
London Pub.d May 18 1842 by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Puckle, Printsellers to Her Majesty, to the Queen Dowager, to H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, &c, 23, Cockspur S.t.
Scarce tinted lithograph. Sheet 355 x 430mm (14 x 17"), large margins on three sides. Bit dusty
The interior of a Chinese opium den. Sir Harry Darell (1814-53), Baronet of Richmond Hill, entered the army as an ensign in the 18th Foot in 1832, becoming lieutenant in 1835. During the First Opium War he was aide-de-camp of Brigadier-General Burrell of the 18th Irish Regiment: he was present at a conference between J.J.Gordon Bremer and Admiral Chang on board HMS Wellesley (4th July 1840, subject of a lithograph by Darell also published 1842, which includes a self-portrait), just prior to the Taking of Chusan, at which he fought. He was promoted to Captain in 1841. He then served in South Africa with the 7th Dragoon Guards, being promoted to Major in 1847, then Lieut-Colonel by brevet the following year. He died in Sardinia. Although he published 'China, India, Cape of Good Hope and Vicinity. A Series of Thirteen Treble-Tinted Views from Sketches by Lieut.-Col. Sir Harry Darell, Bar.t', this plate predates the book by a decade. This plate seems to be a pair to his view of the Chusan Conference.
[Ref: 61234] £550.00
Drawn on the Spot by Sir Harry Darell, Bar.t. On Stone by J.H. Lynch.
London Pub.d May 18 1842 by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Puckle, Printsellers to Her Majesty, to the Queen Dowager, to H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, &c, 23, Cockspur S.t.
Scarce tinted lithograph. Sheet 355 x 430mm (14 x 17"), large margins on three sides. Bit dusty
The interior of a Chinese opium den. Sir Harry Darell (1814-53), Baronet of Richmond Hill, entered the army as an ensign in the 18th Foot in 1832, becoming lieutenant in 1835. During the First Opium War he was aide-de-camp of Brigadier-General Burrell of the 18th Irish Regiment: he was present at a conference between J.J.Gordon Bremer and Admiral Chang on board HMS Wellesley (4th July 1840, subject of a lithograph by Darell also published 1842, which includes a self-portrait), just prior to the Taking of Chusan, at which he fought. He was promoted to Captain in 1841. He then served in South Africa with the 7th Dragoon Guards, being promoted to Major in 1847, then Lieut-Colonel by brevet the following year. He died in Sardinia. Although he published 'China, India, Cape of Good Hope and Vicinity. A Series of Thirteen Treble-Tinted Views from Sketches by Lieut.-Col. Sir Harry Darell, Bar.t', this plate predates the book by a decade. This plate seems to be a pair to his view of the Chusan Conference.
[Ref: 61234] £550.00
Guerre De Chine. Debarquement Dans La Riviere De Peh-Tang. Le 1er. Aout 1860. Entree et prise de possession du fort et du village le 2 Aout.
Lith. de Haguenthal, Pont-a-Mousson. Comp. et Lith. par G.C. de Fortavion.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph, sheet 310 x 470mm. 12¼ x 18½". Chipped and tatty left edge.
In the summer of 1860, an Anglo-French force with 173 ships sailed from Hong Kong and captured the Chinese port cities of Yantai and Dalian to seal the Bohai Gulf. Then they carried out a landing near at Bei Tang (also spelled Pei Tang), some 3 kilometres from the Dagu Fort on 3 August, which they captured after three weeks on 21 August. From a series of scenes illustrating The Second Opium War, a war of the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China from 1856-1860. The French commander was Charles Guillaume Marie Appollinaire Antoine Cousin Montauban, comte de Palikao (1796 - 1878).
[Ref: 10419] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. de Haguenthal, Pont-a-Mousson. Comp. et Lith. par G.C. de Fortavion.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph, sheet 310 x 470mm. 12¼ x 18½". Chipped and tatty left edge.
In the summer of 1860, an Anglo-French force with 173 ships sailed from Hong Kong and captured the Chinese port cities of Yantai and Dalian to seal the Bohai Gulf. Then they carried out a landing near at Bei Tang (also spelled Pei Tang), some 3 kilometres from the Dagu Fort on 3 August, which they captured after three weeks on 21 August. From a series of scenes illustrating The Second Opium War, a war of the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China from 1856-1860. The French commander was Charles Guillaume Marie Appollinaire Antoine Cousin Montauban, comte de Palikao (1796 - 1878).
[Ref: 10419] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nine sketches of the campaign in China, 1857-8.]](jpegs/28129.jpg)
[Nine sketches of the campaign in China, 1857-8.]
HH Crealock del [four plates signed.]
[British, c.1857 (one plate dated).]
Nine scarce woodcut illustrations, eight of Chinese civilians, one showing an Indian soldier. Printed on a variety of wove and laid papers, four with printed captions. Various sizes, most approx. 25 x 20cm (10 x 8"). Some creasing and light soiling, nicks and small tears to extremities in places.
Lively semi-caricatured depictions - they might now be considered rather crude racial stereotypes - of Asian males and females, featuring a dog and a pig in two of the plates. Two of the sketches show barbers with cut-throat razors; one man is rowing a small boat. They all are evidently sketched from life and may have been printed on campaign from a local (portable?) press, using whatever paper was available. Henry Hope Crealock (1831-1891), soldier, artist and writer, saw active service in a number of fronts including the siege of Sevastopol, the operations at Canton in 1857-8 and the Indian campaigns of 1858 and 1859. He was an accomplished draughtsman, and his sketches of scenes in the Indian mutiny, the China campaign and the Anglo-Zulu War are valuable records of those events. In March 1857 he was appointed deputy adjutant quartermaster-general to the China expeditionary force in the Second Opium War. He was present during the operations at Canton in December 1857 and January 1858. On 20 July 1858 he reached the regimental rank of lieutenant-colonel. Later in his career, as major general, he commanded the 1st Division of the Army in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. After retiring, he republished a series of anti-Russian articles as The Eastern Question in 1885.
[Ref: 28129] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
HH Crealock del [four plates signed.]
[British, c.1857 (one plate dated).]
Nine scarce woodcut illustrations, eight of Chinese civilians, one showing an Indian soldier. Printed on a variety of wove and laid papers, four with printed captions. Various sizes, most approx. 25 x 20cm (10 x 8"). Some creasing and light soiling, nicks and small tears to extremities in places.
Lively semi-caricatured depictions - they might now be considered rather crude racial stereotypes - of Asian males and females, featuring a dog and a pig in two of the plates. Two of the sketches show barbers with cut-throat razors; one man is rowing a small boat. They all are evidently sketched from life and may have been printed on campaign from a local (portable?) press, using whatever paper was available. Henry Hope Crealock (1831-1891), soldier, artist and writer, saw active service in a number of fronts including the siege of Sevastopol, the operations at Canton in 1857-8 and the Indian campaigns of 1858 and 1859. He was an accomplished draughtsman, and his sketches of scenes in the Indian mutiny, the China campaign and the Anglo-Zulu War are valuable records of those events. In March 1857 he was appointed deputy adjutant quartermaster-general to the China expeditionary force in the Second Opium War. He was present during the operations at Canton in December 1857 and January 1858. On 20 July 1858 he reached the regimental rank of lieutenant-colonel. Later in his career, as major general, he commanded the 1st Division of the Army in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. After retiring, he republished a series of anti-Russian articles as The Eastern Question in 1885.
[Ref: 28129] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
Iohannes Operinus, Graecae Linguae Professor et Tipographus Basilien. Tu famam libris vitam scriptoribus addis, Pars tibi mercedis sic ab utroq venit. Aaa4.
[Theodore de Bry.]
[n.d. c.1710.]
Etching. 172 x 139mm. 6¾ x 5½". Trimmed.
Johannes Oporinus (1507-1568) was a humanist printer in Basel.
[Ref: 18662] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Theodore de Bry.]
[n.d. c.1710.]
Etching. 172 x 139mm. 6¾ x 5½". Trimmed.
Johannes Oporinus (1507-1568) was a humanist printer in Basel.
[Ref: 18662] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Oporto (Portugal).
Paris, Gosselin, Impr. Editr., r. St. Jacques 71.
à Lyon chez Gadola. [n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 292 x 369mm. 11½ x 14½".
A view of a paddle-steamer in the centre of the river Duoro, with Porto, Portugal stretched either side of the estuary.
[Ref: 26164] £350.00
Paris, Gosselin, Impr. Editr., r. St. Jacques 71.
à Lyon chez Gadola. [n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 292 x 369mm. 11½ x 14½".
A view of a paddle-steamer in the centre of the river Duoro, with Porto, Portugal stretched either side of the estuary.
[Ref: 26164] £350.00
A View of the City of Oporto. Vue Perspective de la Ville de Oporto. 52.
Published 12.th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, N.o 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand coloured engraving, plate 255 x 425mm (10 x 16¾"), with good margins. Laid on archival paper. Some restoration.
This important trading city on the Douro, Portugal - the so-called 'The Unvanquished City' - was never conquered, although Romans, Moors, and Napoleon tried.
[Ref: 60054] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Published 12.th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, N.o 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand coloured engraving, plate 255 x 425mm (10 x 16¾"), with good margins. Laid on archival paper. Some restoration.
This important trading city on the Douro, Portugal - the so-called 'The Unvanquished City' - was never conquered, although Romans, Moors, and Napoleon tried.
[Ref: 60054] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Feira da Cordoaria Porto. Cordoaria Market_Oporto.
J.J. Forrester Del.t. R.J. Lane A.R.A Direxit. G. Childs Lith.
Published in Oporto by the Author & for him in London by J. Dickinson New Bond Street.
Lithograph, printed on india paper; publisher's stamp. Sheet: 240 x 200mm (9½ x 7¾"). Horizontal crease at top margin.
A view of the market in Oporto showing customers and sellers at the various stalls.
[Ref: 44566] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J.J. Forrester Del.t. R.J. Lane A.R.A Direxit. G. Childs Lith.
Published in Oporto by the Author & for him in London by J. Dickinson New Bond Street.
Lithograph, printed on india paper; publisher's stamp. Sheet: 240 x 200mm (9½ x 7¾"). Horizontal crease at top margin.
A view of the market in Oporto showing customers and sellers at the various stalls.
[Ref: 44566] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Oporto From the Quay of Villa Nova. Proof.
Painted by Lieu.t Col.l Batty. Eng.d by R. Brandard. Triggs Printer.
London Published Dec.r 1 1829 by Moon, Boys & Graves, Printsellers to the King, 6 Pall Mall.
Etching, proof on chine collé. 235 x 305mm (9¼ x 12") very large margins. Ink stamp of the "Robinson Collection" on back. Slight foxing on right.
The busy harbour of Porto. From 'Select Views of some of the Principal Cities of Europe from Original Paintings by Lieut. Col. Robert Batty', 1832. Batty (1789-1848) was wounded when serving with the 1st Foot Guards (now the Grenadier Guards) at Waterloo, but was still serving when this book was published.
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Painted by Lieu.t Col.l Batty. Eng.d by R. Brandard. Triggs Printer.
London Published Dec.r 1 1829 by Moon, Boys & Graves, Printsellers to the King, 6 Pall Mall.
Etching, proof on chine collé. 235 x 305mm (9¼ x 12") very large margins. Ink stamp of the "Robinson Collection" on back. Slight foxing on right.
The busy harbour of Porto. From 'Select Views of some of the Principal Cities of Europe from Original Paintings by Lieut. Col. Robert Batty', 1832. Batty (1789-1848) was wounded when serving with the 1st Foot Guards (now the Grenadier Guards) at Waterloo, but was still serving when this book was published.
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An Opossum of Van Diemen's Land.
J. Webber del. P. Mazell sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Trimmed to the plate.
John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives. Most of the illustrations in the Official Account, 'A Voyage to the Pacific', were his.
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J. Webber del. P. Mazell sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Trimmed to the plate.
John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives. Most of the illustrations in the Official Account, 'A Voyage to the Pacific', were his.
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Petaurine Opossum.
[Anon., c.1806-7]
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 130 x 205mm (5 x 8"). Trimmed.
From Australia probably copied from an illustration in the natural historian George Shaw's 'Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807'.
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[Anon., c.1806-7]
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 130 x 205mm (5 x 8"). Trimmed.
From Australia probably copied from an illustration in the natural historian George Shaw's 'Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807'.
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Chasse a l'Opossum N.lle Hollande.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Aquatint. Sheet 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Trimmed into plate on two sides.
Australian Aborigines hunting opossum, one climbing a tree using an axe for grip.
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[n.d., c.1820.]
Aquatint. Sheet 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Trimmed into plate on two sides.
Australian Aborigines hunting opossum, one climbing a tree using an axe for grip.
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The Mountebanks, Or Opposition Show Box.
Nathaniel NoParty Esq.r inv.t G Cruickshank Sculp.t.
Published Febury 1.st 1812 by M Jones 5 Newgate Street.
Etching, with hand-colour, watermark 1809. Sheet 205 x 485mm (8¼ x 19"). Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued. Some light surface dirt. Holes in right where previously bound.
Plate to the 'Scourge', iii, before p. 87. The show-box is a little platform with four legs that resembles a tall table and has draperies partially covering its front. Opposition members are performing on this. 'Avarice—Treason' (left) and 'Impudence Apostacy' (right) are inscribed on the front legs. A lively thoroughbred horse with the Regent's head, with enormous facial heair, was attached to the platform by means of lead strings or bands that were fastened to the legs on the right and bare the words "Restrictions." Father Time, however, has just sheared these, and the horse gallops off to the right. Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842) clad in an oriental ensemble and a jewelled turban, rides the horse. He holds the reins triumphantly above his head and waves the long, knotted lash of his whip in the direction of the stage he is leaving behind. He thrusts his left leg forward to allow George Canning (1770-1827) (right) to lick his toe obediently. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845) is seated on the edge of the platform, leaning forward to cover the eyes of a startled John Bull, who is standing below with his back to Grey, with a bandage bearing the words "Catholic Emancipation." John is a countryman wearing knee-high gaiters and a short smock. There's a dagger against his breast, maybe dropped from Grey's hand. Standing behind Grey is Samuel Whitbread II (1764-1815), a quack physician dressed in period attire, holding a sign that reads, "Infallible Panacea—Reform." He has medicine bottles in his coat pockets, one of which is marked, "Whitbreads intire." Behind him, a small Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863) dances a Highland fling. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) dressed like a clown, kneels on the left side of the platform. He holds a tumbler and uses a pipe to blow froth out of it, which rises as smoke with the words "Drury Lane Promises, Old Drury Promises" written on it instead of bubbles. With their 'Token of English Credulity' pouches in hand, two vulgar would-be fashionables come forward to the platform to empty their coins into Sheridan's tumbler. A box labelled "State Box" sits to the right of the platform. Papers with the words "Corruption," "Reform," "Abuses," and "Catholic Bill" are projected from beneath the lid. William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (1759-1834), is seated atop a pile of coins and money bags bearing the inscription "16000 Sinecure." His massive rear is marked "Modesty," and he waves a large, heavily frayed piece of swirling drapery in the direction of the departing Regent. A dog with Sir Francis Burdett’s (1770-1844) head jumps towards the horse and starts barking, "Bow woo woo woo," upending an overturned box that is lying on the ground between the platform and the horse's heels. The heads of a dog, a fox, and an ass protrude from the box on short posts. The Right Hon Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), wearing his gown bends beneath the platform to light a barrel bearing the words "Stephens's Inflammable." "Here goes! for a Complete blow up.” he declares. George Ponsonby (1755-1817) is reclining on the ground between John Bull and Perceval, clutching an upside-down bottle marked "Compassion for the Irish."
BM Satires 11846.
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Nathaniel NoParty Esq.r inv.t G Cruickshank Sculp.t.
Published Febury 1.st 1812 by M Jones 5 Newgate Street.
Etching, with hand-colour, watermark 1809. Sheet 205 x 485mm (8¼ x 19"). Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued. Some light surface dirt. Holes in right where previously bound.
Plate to the 'Scourge', iii, before p. 87. The show-box is a little platform with four legs that resembles a tall table and has draperies partially covering its front. Opposition members are performing on this. 'Avarice—Treason' (left) and 'Impudence Apostacy' (right) are inscribed on the front legs. A lively thoroughbred horse with the Regent's head, with enormous facial heair, was attached to the platform by means of lead strings or bands that were fastened to the legs on the right and bare the words "Restrictions." Father Time, however, has just sheared these, and the horse gallops off to the right. Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842) clad in an oriental ensemble and a jewelled turban, rides the horse. He holds the reins triumphantly above his head and waves the long, knotted lash of his whip in the direction of the stage he is leaving behind. He thrusts his left leg forward to allow George Canning (1770-1827) (right) to lick his toe obediently. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845) is seated on the edge of the platform, leaning forward to cover the eyes of a startled John Bull, who is standing below with his back to Grey, with a bandage bearing the words "Catholic Emancipation." John is a countryman wearing knee-high gaiters and a short smock. There's a dagger against his breast, maybe dropped from Grey's hand. Standing behind Grey is Samuel Whitbread II (1764-1815), a quack physician dressed in period attire, holding a sign that reads, "Infallible Panacea—Reform." He has medicine bottles in his coat pockets, one of which is marked, "Whitbreads intire." Behind him, a small Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863) dances a Highland fling. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) dressed like a clown, kneels on the left side of the platform. He holds a tumbler and uses a pipe to blow froth out of it, which rises as smoke with the words "Drury Lane Promises, Old Drury Promises" written on it instead of bubbles. With their 'Token of English Credulity' pouches in hand, two vulgar would-be fashionables come forward to the platform to empty their coins into Sheridan's tumbler. A box labelled "State Box" sits to the right of the platform. Papers with the words "Corruption," "Reform," "Abuses," and "Catholic Bill" are projected from beneath the lid. William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (1759-1834), is seated atop a pile of coins and money bags bearing the inscription "16000 Sinecure." His massive rear is marked "Modesty," and he waves a large, heavily frayed piece of swirling drapery in the direction of the departing Regent. A dog with Sir Francis Burdett’s (1770-1844) head jumps towards the horse and starts barking, "Bow woo woo woo," upending an overturned box that is lying on the ground between the platform and the horse's heels. The heads of a dog, a fox, and an ass protrude from the box on short posts. The Right Hon Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), wearing his gown bends beneath the platform to light a barrel bearing the words "Stephens's Inflammable." "Here goes! for a Complete blow up.” he declares. George Ponsonby (1755-1817) is reclining on the ground between John Bull and Perceval, clutching an upside-down bottle marked "Compassion for the Irish."
BM Satires 11846.
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