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The Club Houses, Pall Mall. R. Ackermann's Series, No. 7.
Drawn by G.S. Shepherd. T. Picken, lith. Days & Son, lith.rs to The Queen.
[London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1851.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Printed area 245 x 280mm (9¾ x 11"), with very large margins.
A view of Pall Mall, looking towards the National Gallery and St Martin's in the Fields. On the right are the Reform Club and the Travellers Club. London's Pall Mall was first street in the world to be lit by gaslight in January 1807.
[Ref: 41337] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by G.S. Shepherd. T. Picken, lith. Days & Son, lith.rs to The Queen.
[London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1851.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Printed area 245 x 280mm (9¾ x 11"), with very large margins.
A view of Pall Mall, looking towards the National Gallery and St Martin's in the Fields. On the right are the Reform Club and the Travellers Club. London's Pall Mall was first street in the world to be lit by gaslight in January 1807.
[Ref: 41337] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Andrea Palladio].](jpegs/28365.jpg)
[Andrea Palladio].
[V. Raggio. J. Bernardi].
[n.d., c.1790].
Engraving with large margins. Platemark: 370 x 275mm. (14½ x 10¾"). Laid on sheet; pencil additions.
Portrait of architect Anrdrea Palladio (1508 - 1580); half length; facing right; open book showing architectural studies in hand. Andrea Palladio was an Italian architect active in the Republic of Venice. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily by Vitruvius, is widely considered the most influential individual in the history of Western architecture.
[Ref: 28365] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[V. Raggio. J. Bernardi].
[n.d., c.1790].
Engraving with large margins. Platemark: 370 x 275mm. (14½ x 10¾"). Laid on sheet; pencil additions.
Portrait of architect Anrdrea Palladio (1508 - 1580); half length; facing right; open book showing architectural studies in hand. Andrea Palladio was an Italian architect active in the Republic of Venice. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily by Vitruvius, is widely considered the most influential individual in the history of Western architecture.
[Ref: 28365] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Palladio. From a Picture by L. Biglioschi, in the Collection of the Capitol, at Rome. Under the Superintendance of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Proof.
Engraved by B. Woodman.
London, Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street. [n.d. c.1835.]
Stipple engraving on steel, printed on chine collé. 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"), with large margins.
Andrea Palladio (1508-80), Italian architect whose treatise, 'The Four Books of Architecture', has made him one of the most influential individuals in the history of architecture. Published in the ''The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs'', 1833-7.
[Ref: 52693] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by B. Woodman.
London, Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street. [n.d. c.1835.]
Stipple engraving on steel, printed on chine collé. 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"), with large margins.
Andrea Palladio (1508-80), Italian architect whose treatise, 'The Four Books of Architecture', has made him one of the most influential individuals in the history of architecture. Published in the ''The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs'', 1833-7.
[Ref: 52693] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
P.re Simon Pallas (Voyageur et Polygraphe), Membre de l’Académie de St. Petersbourg et Associé étranger de l’Institut de France (1.ère Classe). Né à Berlin le 22 Septembre 1741 Mort à Berlin le 7 Septembre 1811.
Dessiné et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Cut to platemark.
Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811) the German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia. In 1767 he was invited by Catherine II of Russia to become professor at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and from 1768 to 1774 he led an expedition to central Russian provinces, collecting natural history specimens. He settled in St. Petersburg, becoming a favourite of Catherine II and teaching natural history to the Grand Dukes Alexander and Constantine. She gave him a large estate at Simferopol, where he lived until the death of his second wife. He was then granted permission to leave Russia by Emperor Alexander and he returned to Berlin.
W: 2210-2.
[Ref: 29630] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Cut to platemark.
Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811) the German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia. In 1767 he was invited by Catherine II of Russia to become professor at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and from 1768 to 1774 he led an expedition to central Russian provinces, collecting natural history specimens. He settled in St. Petersburg, becoming a favourite of Catherine II and teaching natural history to the Grand Dukes Alexander and Constantine. She gave him a large estate at Simferopol, where he lived until the death of his second wife. He was then granted permission to leave Russia by Emperor Alexander and he returned to Berlin.
W: 2210-2.
[Ref: 29630] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Dr. Pet. Sim. Pallas. Russ. Kais. Staats-Rath; des Heil. Wladimir Ordens Ritter; der K. Adadem. d. Wiss. derfreyen Oecon. Societ. das. u. viel. andern gelehrt. Gesellsch. Mitglied.
P. Geisler del.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stippl with large margins. Plate 132 x 84mm (5¼ x 3¼").
Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811) the German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia. In 1767 he was invited by Catherine II of Russia to become professor at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and from 1768 to 1774 he led an expedition to central Russian provinces, collecting natural history specimens. He settled in St. Petersburg, becoming a favourite of Catherine II and teaching natural history to the Grand Dukes Alexander and Constantine. She gave him a large estate at Simferopol, where he lived until the death of his second wife. He was then granted permission to leave Russia by Emperor Alexander and he returned to Berlin. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
W.2210 - not in.
[Ref: 29744] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
P. Geisler del.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stippl with large margins. Plate 132 x 84mm (5¼ x 3¼").
Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811) the German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia. In 1767 he was invited by Catherine II of Russia to become professor at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and from 1768 to 1774 he led an expedition to central Russian provinces, collecting natural history specimens. He settled in St. Petersburg, becoming a favourite of Catherine II and teaching natural history to the Grand Dukes Alexander and Constantine. She gave him a large estate at Simferopol, where he lived until the death of his second wife. He was then granted permission to leave Russia by Emperor Alexander and he returned to Berlin. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
W.2210 - not in.
[Ref: 29744] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[12 plates from ''Album Palliere: Escenas Americanas Reduccion de Cuadros, Aquarelles, y Bosquejos''.]](jpegs/52030.jpg)
[12 plates from ''Album Palliere: Escenas Americanas Reduccion de Cuadros, Aquarelles, y Bosquejos''.]
Peint par Palliere. Imp Pelvilain.
[Buenos Aires: Fusoni Brothers, 1864.]
12 (of 52) tinted lithographs. Sheets c.340 x 520mm (13½ x 20½"), with wide margins. A few signs of wear, occasional spotting.
An extremely rare collection of views after Juan Lèon Pallière, depicting life in South America in the mid-19th century, with Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Subjects include gauchos, street traders in Buenos Ayres, farmers and river men. Pallière was born in Argentina 1823 and trained as an artist in France before returning to South America in 1848. His album was published in Buenos Aires and, although Borba de Moraes' 'Bibligraphia Brasiliana' counts 52 plates, we have been unable to trace a complete example.
Borba de Moraes: 'Bibligraphia Brasiliana', p648, 'Very rare album, so sought after by Argentinians'. Not listed on OCLC.
[Ref: 52030] £2,700.00 view all images for this item
Peint par Palliere. Imp Pelvilain.
[Buenos Aires: Fusoni Brothers, 1864.]
12 (of 52) tinted lithographs. Sheets c.340 x 520mm (13½ x 20½"), with wide margins. A few signs of wear, occasional spotting.
An extremely rare collection of views after Juan Lèon Pallière, depicting life in South America in the mid-19th century, with Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Subjects include gauchos, street traders in Buenos Ayres, farmers and river men. Pallière was born in Argentina 1823 and trained as an artist in France before returning to South America in 1848. His album was published in Buenos Aires and, although Borba de Moraes' 'Bibligraphia Brasiliana' counts 52 plates, we have been unable to trace a complete example.
Borba de Moraes: 'Bibligraphia Brasiliana', p648, 'Very rare album, so sought after by Argentinians'. Not listed on OCLC.
[Ref: 52030] £2,700.00 view all images for this item
![[Palm Grove, Pulé.]](jpegs/11889.jpg)
[Palm Grove, Pulé.]
Thomas Handforth [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1928.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 170 x 190mm, 6¾ x 7½".
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948), Prominent American artist and etcher. He travelled extensively through Northern and Central America also in the Pacific, Asia and North Africa.
[Ref: 11889] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Handforth [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1928.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 170 x 190mm, 6¾ x 7½".
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948), Prominent American artist and etcher. He travelled extensively through Northern and Central America also in the Pacific, Asia and North Africa.
[Ref: 11889] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Chiromancy.
Published by Longman & C.o 1810.
Rare etching, plate 180 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), with large margins.
A numbered diagram of a hand, presumbably it originally came with a key, for palm reading.
[Ref: 57068] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Published by Longman & C.o 1810.
Rare etching, plate 180 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), with large margins.
A numbered diagram of a hand, presumbably it originally came with a key, for palm reading.
[Ref: 57068] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Old Woman.]](jpegs/4531.jpg)
[Old Woman.]
Electrotint. 1842. [T. Sampson.]
"Electrotint", making paintings in such a manner that copper plate & Blocks can be taken from them by Voltaic Electricity. - Edward Palmer.
100 x 160mm.
A process invented by Edward Palmer and patented in 1841. An advertisment is recorded in the Times dated 1842 for the above booklet with 4 illustrated plates. This plate is not described.
[Ref: 4531] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Electrotint. 1842. [T. Sampson.]
"Electrotint", making paintings in such a manner that copper plate & Blocks can be taken from them by Voltaic Electricity. - Edward Palmer.
100 x 160mm.
A process invented by Edward Palmer and patented in 1841. An advertisment is recorded in the Times dated 1842 for the above booklet with 4 illustrated plates. This plate is not described.
[Ref: 4531] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
To the Curious in Pens. Palmer's Royal, Portable, and other Pens, (Suited to Ladies as Well as Gentleman's Hands.) Sold Wholesale and Retail, at His Royal Pen Manufactory, East Grinstead, Sole Proprietor of the Royal Portable Pens.
Palmer, Printers, East Grinstead. [n.d., c.1810.]
Letterpress advert, 2pp, verso lists the London & country stockists. Sheet 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Folds and spotting.
[Ref: 52262] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Palmer, Printers, East Grinstead. [n.d., c.1810.]
Letterpress advert, 2pp, verso lists the London & country stockists. Sheet 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Folds and spotting.
[Ref: 52262] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Catalogue of the Etchings of Samuel Palmer
with Introduction, Notes, etc. by R.G. Alexander.
Publication Number Sixteen. The Print Collectors' Club. 5A Pall Mall East, London, S.W.I. MCMXXXVII. [1937].
Book: 8vo (249 x 186mm). pp. 107 including 22 b/w illustrations. Limited edition 355/375. Cloth binding with Print Collectors' Club emblem stamped on front binding in gilt, and title along spine. Binding worn. Some sporadic spotting.
Samuel Palmer (January 27, 1805 - May 24, 1881) was an English landscape painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key figure in English Romanticism and produced visionary pastoral paintings.
[Ref: 10332] £120.00
with Introduction, Notes, etc. by R.G. Alexander.
Publication Number Sixteen. The Print Collectors' Club. 5A Pall Mall East, London, S.W.I. MCMXXXVII. [1937].
Book: 8vo (249 x 186mm). pp. 107 including 22 b/w illustrations. Limited edition 355/375. Cloth binding with Print Collectors' Club emblem stamped on front binding in gilt, and title along spine. Binding worn. Some sporadic spotting.
Samuel Palmer (January 27, 1805 - May 24, 1881) was an English landscape painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key figure in English Romanticism and produced visionary pastoral paintings.
[Ref: 10332] £120.00
The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
G Kneller pinx:
I. S[mith ex.] [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm. Trimmed within plate, tipped into album page. Some foxing.
Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) (1640 - 1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. 'Barbara' added in ink mss. above title. Published by the famous early mezzotinter and re-publisher of older plates John Smith (1652 - 1743), after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723).
Chaloner Smith: 22, II.
[Ref: 11591] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G Kneller pinx:
I. S[mith ex.] [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm. Trimmed within plate, tipped into album page. Some foxing.
Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) (1640 - 1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. 'Barbara' added in ink mss. above title. Published by the famous early mezzotinter and re-publisher of older plates John Smith (1652 - 1743), after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723).
Chaloner Smith: 22, II.
[Ref: 11591] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Barbara Parmer] The Dutchess of Cleaveland.](jpegs/54650.jpg)
[Barbara Parmer] The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
P Lely pinx: E Lutterell fec:
I.Beckett ex: [n.d., c.1670.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, tipped onto album sheet at corners.
Seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) (1640-1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s. In 1670 Charles made her Duchess of Cleveland, giving her Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace. In 1683 she had the palace pulled down to sell the building materials to pay her gambling debts.
CS 5, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 54650] £320.00
P Lely pinx: E Lutterell fec:
I.Beckett ex: [n.d., c.1670.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, tipped onto album sheet at corners.
Seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) (1640-1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s. In 1670 Charles made her Duchess of Cleveland, giving her Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace. In 1683 she had the palace pulled down to sell the building materials to pay her gambling debts.
CS 5, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 54650] £320.00
The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
P.Lely pinxit. R. Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1678.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Small tear in lower edge of sheet.
Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) (1640 - 1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. Three-quarter length seated to the left, glancing towards the viewer, wearing a luxurious gown and pearl necklace. After Dutch painter and collector Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
CS: 9
[Ref: 37594] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
P.Lely pinxit. R. Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1678.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Small tear in lower edge of sheet.
Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) (1640 - 1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. Three-quarter length seated to the left, glancing towards the viewer, wearing a luxurious gown and pearl necklace. After Dutch painter and collector Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
CS: 9
[Ref: 37594] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![Dutchess of Cleavland [in image in pencil].](jpegs/42080.jpg)
Dutchess of Cleavland [in image in pencil].
[Anon., c. 1685.]
Mezzotint, sheet 90 x 75mm (3½ x 3"). Pencil title in image.
Rare early mezzotint of Barbara Palmer [née Villiers] (1640 - 1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. Cleveland was the first acknowledged royal mistress in Britain for some centuries and was both admired and feared for her influence, beauty and personality. For all the criticisms of her extravagant expenditure and her (as well as the king's) infidelities, she maintained her position for some ten years and secured great wealth and high honours for her children.
[Ref: 42080] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c. 1685.]
Mezzotint, sheet 90 x 75mm (3½ x 3"). Pencil title in image.
Rare early mezzotint of Barbara Palmer [née Villiers] (1640 - 1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. Cleveland was the first acknowledged royal mistress in Britain for some centuries and was both admired and feared for her influence, beauty and personality. For all the criticisms of her extravagant expenditure and her (as well as the king's) infidelities, she maintained her position for some ten years and secured great wealth and high honours for her children.
[Ref: 42080] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
P Lely Eques pinx: Cum Privilegio Regis. R Williams fe:
E Cooper ex: [n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, sheet 410 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Trimmed.
Whole length seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), Mistress of Charles II.
CS 13 II of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65445] £360.00
P Lely Eques pinx: Cum Privilegio Regis. R Williams fe:
E Cooper ex: [n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, sheet 410 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Trimmed.
Whole length seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), Mistress of Charles II.
CS 13 II of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65445] £360.00
The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
P Lely Eques pinx: Cum Privilegio Regis. R Williams fe:
E Cooper ex: [n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, 410 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Thread margins.
Whole length seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), Mistress of Charles II.
CS 13 II of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65447] £420.00
P Lely Eques pinx: Cum Privilegio Regis. R Williams fe:
E Cooper ex: [n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, 410 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Thread margins.
Whole length seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), Mistress of Charles II.
CS 13 II of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65447] £420.00
The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
P Lely Eques pinx: [ R Williams fe:]
I Smith Ex: Sold by I: Smith near the Fountain Tavern in the Strand [n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, 410 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Small margins and tipped into album sheet at sides, watermarked '1894'. Pinhole on platemark at bottom.
Whole length seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), Mistress of Charles II. Third state, with altered production details including erasing of engraver's name.
CS 13 III of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65448] £360.00
P Lely Eques pinx: [ R Williams fe:]
I Smith Ex: Sold by I: Smith near the Fountain Tavern in the Strand [n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, 410 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Small margins and tipped into album sheet at sides, watermarked '1894'. Pinhole on platemark at bottom.
Whole length seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), Mistress of Charles II. Third state, with altered production details including erasing of engraver's name.
CS 13 III of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65448] £360.00
![[Barbara Dutchess of Cleveland.]](jpegs/64931.jpg)
[Barbara Dutchess of Cleveland.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1779, for W: Shropshire, No.158, & T. Watson, No.142, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint. Proof before title. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Trimmed to plate and backed onto album paper at corners. Vertical creases across image. Tear lower left title.
Portrait of Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine (1640 - 1709) as Minerva standing three-quarter length to left holding shield in right hand, spear in left. She was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled. From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'.
Goodwin: 34; CS 5. O'Donoghue 15. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64931] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1779, for W: Shropshire, No.158, & T. Watson, No.142, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint. Proof before title. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Trimmed to plate and backed onto album paper at corners. Vertical creases across image. Tear lower left title.
Portrait of Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine (1640 - 1709) as Minerva standing three-quarter length to left holding shield in right hand, spear in left. She was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled. From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'.
Goodwin: 34; CS 5. O'Donoghue 15. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64931] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Elihu Palmer, Copied from the best Likeness that appeared in America. Tho' darkness drear obscured his visual ray, His mind, unclouded felt no loss of day: In Reason's cause his nervous thoughts combin'd Flow to the world, and harmonize mankind.
Engraved for & Published by R. Carlile, 84, Fleet St. London. [n.d., 1820s]
Stipple engraving. 135 x 200mm. Light foxing, mostly in margins. Glued to scrap sheet at 4 corners.
Elihu Palmer was an ex-Baptist minister who formed the 'Deistical Society of New York.' He wrote the 'Principles of Nature' in 1801.
Eric R. Schlereth, 'Age of Infidelity: the politics of religious controversy in the early national United States', p. 84
[Ref: 1168] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved for & Published by R. Carlile, 84, Fleet St. London. [n.d., 1820s]
Stipple engraving. 135 x 200mm. Light foxing, mostly in margins. Glued to scrap sheet at 4 corners.
Elihu Palmer was an ex-Baptist minister who formed the 'Deistical Society of New York.' He wrote the 'Principles of Nature' in 1801.
Eric R. Schlereth, 'Age of Infidelity: the politics of religious controversy in the early national United States', p. 84
[Ref: 1168] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
James Palmer Esq.r Late Treasurer of Christ's Hospital. from the original picture by Sir Thomas Lawrence in the Court Room.
Engraved by H.J. Robinson.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Chine collé steel engraving. Sheet 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Slight cockling of india paper.
James Palmer (1740-1826) was treasurer of Christ's Hospital 1798-1824. The school still owns the original oil.
[Ref: 55253] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by H.J. Robinson.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Chine collé steel engraving. Sheet 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Slight cockling of india paper.
James Palmer (1740-1826) was treasurer of Christ's Hospital 1798-1824. The school still owns the original oil.
[Ref: 55253] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lady Jemima Palmer]. Beauty, how sweet they unaffected Grace...](jpegs/67422.jpg)
[Lady Jemima Palmer]. Beauty, how sweet they unaffected Grace...
D'Agar pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in S.t. Paul's Church Yard, & J.no Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, creases, repairs in inscription area
A three-quarter portrait of Lady Jemima Palmer (d.1763), seated on a grassy bank, a sprig of a fruit tree in her hand. She was the daughter of Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet, of Calke Abbey, where the original oil remains (NT 290418). According to their records Sir John paid David D'Agar's bill in November 1724. Jemima married Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Carlton, in 1735, bearing him three sons and two daughters.
CS 273, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67422] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
D'Agar pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in S.t. Paul's Church Yard, & J.no Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, creases, repairs in inscription area
A three-quarter portrait of Lady Jemima Palmer (d.1763), seated on a grassy bank, a sprig of a fruit tree in her hand. She was the daughter of Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet, of Calke Abbey, where the original oil remains (NT 290418). According to their records Sir John paid David D'Agar's bill in November 1724. Jemima married Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Carlton, in 1735, bearing him three sons and two daughters.
CS 273, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67422] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
John Palmer. Visibilia Temporaria.
W. Hogarth Pinx. B. Baron Sculp.
1749.
Rare etching, sheet 100 x 65mm (4 x 2¾") Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of John Palmer (1749- (fl.)), Barrister of the Inner Temple, bust to the left, wearing cravat and cap, in circle; arms below and motto 'Visibilia Temporaria'.
R. Paulson page 14. BM C.C.1.148.
[Ref: 59105] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
W. Hogarth Pinx. B. Baron Sculp.
1749.
Rare etching, sheet 100 x 65mm (4 x 2¾") Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of John Palmer (1749- (fl.)), Barrister of the Inner Temple, bust to the left, wearing cravat and cap, in circle; arms below and motto 'Visibilia Temporaria'.
R. Paulson page 14. BM C.C.1.148.
[Ref: 59105] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Palmer.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet top left corner.
John Palmer (1744-98), actor, also known as 'Plausible Jack'. A popular and versatile actor, Palmer was believed to have performed over 375 different parts in his career. Palmer's remarkable career took him to many parts of the British Isles, including spells in Scotland and Ireland. After establishing himself as an actor, Palmer opened a new theatre, the Royalty, on Wellclose Square in East London. The theatre was open for less than two years however, and failed to offer the alternative to the West End which Palmer hoped to provide. His later career involved producing spectacles at the Royal Circus, but he was an actor to the last. Palmer had been beset by accidents throughout his career, including a near-fatal accident when a stage trap was released too quickly, and a stabbing when a spring in a dagger failed to work. He continued to work strenuously right up to his death, when taking on a lead role in Benjamin Thompson's 'The Stranger' at short notice. Clearly struggling, Palmer collapsed on stage and died during the fourth act. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii; O'D 7; for the Royal Circus see ref. 8120. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 36673] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet top left corner.
John Palmer (1744-98), actor, also known as 'Plausible Jack'. A popular and versatile actor, Palmer was believed to have performed over 375 different parts in his career. Palmer's remarkable career took him to many parts of the British Isles, including spells in Scotland and Ireland. After establishing himself as an actor, Palmer opened a new theatre, the Royalty, on Wellclose Square in East London. The theatre was open for less than two years however, and failed to offer the alternative to the West End which Palmer hoped to provide. His later career involved producing spectacles at the Royal Circus, but he was an actor to the last. Palmer had been beset by accidents throughout his career, including a near-fatal accident when a stage trap was released too quickly, and a stabbing when a spring in a dagger failed to work. He continued to work strenuously right up to his death, when taking on a lead role in Benjamin Thompson's 'The Stranger' at short notice. Clearly struggling, Palmer collapsed on stage and died during the fourth act. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii; O'D 7; for the Royal Circus see ref. 8120. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 36673] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![Rob.t Palmer [facsimile signature].](jpegs/2304.jpg)
Rob.t Palmer [facsimile signature].
Painted by E.U. Eddis. Engraved by J.J.Chant.
London, Published August 18th 1863 by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors Publishers to the Queen, 6. Pall Mall.
Mezzotint on india, Printsellers' Association blindstamp. 600 x 490mm. Crease in image.
Robert Palmer (1793-1872), Tory MP for Berkshire 1825-31. He was a magistrate in 1815 and High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1818. In his will he endowed 'Robert Palmer's Almshouse Charity,' which remains active today.
[Ref: 2304] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by E.U. Eddis. Engraved by J.J.Chant.
London, Published August 18th 1863 by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors Publishers to the Queen, 6. Pall Mall.
Mezzotint on india, Printsellers' Association blindstamp. 600 x 490mm. Crease in image.
Robert Palmer (1793-1872), Tory MP for Berkshire 1825-31. He was a magistrate in 1815 and High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1818. In his will he endowed 'Robert Palmer's Almshouse Charity,' which remains active today.
[Ref: 2304] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Theophilia Palmer.]](jpegs/68019.jpg)
[Theophilia Palmer.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
Publish'd June 11th 1777 by W.m Humphrey Gerrard Street & J.R. Smith N.º 10 Batemans Buildings Soho Square London.
Mezzotint, 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Repaired tear left centre margin.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'.
CS 128, ii of iii. Hamilton pg 125, ii of iii. Frankau 266, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iv, 'false 2nd state... line added to left eyelid'. See [Ref: 66380
[Ref: 68019] £380.00
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
Publish'd June 11th 1777 by W.m Humphrey Gerrard Street & J.R. Smith N.º 10 Batemans Buildings Soho Square London.
Mezzotint, 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Repaired tear left centre margin.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'.
CS 128, ii of iii. Hamilton pg 125, ii of iii. Frankau 266, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iv, 'false 2nd state... line added to left eyelid'. See [Ref: 66380
[Ref: 68019] £380.00
![[Theophilia Palmer.]](jpegs/68021.jpg)
[Theophilia Palmer.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
Published June 24th 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with very large margins.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'.
CS 128, iii of iii. Hamilton pg 125, iii of iii. Frankau 266, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 68022] for scratched letter proof. See [Ref: 66380] & [Ref: 6138
[Ref: 68021] £360.00
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
Published June 24th 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with very large margins.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'.
CS 128, iii of iii. Hamilton pg 125, iii of iii. Frankau 266, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 68022] for scratched letter proof. See [Ref: 66380] & [Ref: 6138
[Ref: 68021] £360.00
![[Theophilia Palmer.]](jpegs/68020.jpg)
[Theophilia Palmer.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
Published June 24th 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside.
Fine mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at edges.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'.
CS 128, iii of iii. Hamilton pg 125, iii of iii. Frankau 266, ii of iii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68020] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
Published June 24th 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside.
Fine mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at edges.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'.
CS 128, iii of iii. Hamilton pg 125, iii of iii. Frankau 266, ii of iii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68020] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Theophilia Palmer.]](jpegs/68022.jpg)
[Theophilia Palmer.]
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Published the 11th June 1777 by J.R. Smith N.º 10 Batemans Soho Square & W.m Humphrey Gerrard St.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), 18th century watermark. Thread margins, slight central crease.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'.
CS 128, i of iii. Hamilton pg 125, i of iii. Frankau 266, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68022] £320.00
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Published the 11th June 1777 by J.R. Smith N.º 10 Batemans Soho Square & W.m Humphrey Gerrard St.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), 18th century watermark. Thread margins, slight central crease.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'.
CS 128, i of iii. Hamilton pg 125, i of iii. Frankau 266, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68022] £320.00
The Palmerston Cabinet. 1865.
Clarke. London 1865. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.
London Publishe Dec.r 11th 1865 by J. Ross, 64, Charlotte St. Fitzroy Square.
Oval lithograph mounted on printed card, very scarce & rare, total printed area 580 x 450mm, 23 x 17¾".
A medallion portrait of Prime Minster Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), surrounded by portraits of fourteen of his cabinet, including Gladstone. Palmerston has died two months before this print was published, on 18th October 1865, two days before his eighty-first birthday. From left to right, the portraits are: (top)Lord Clarendon, Lord Stanley of Alderley; (row 2) the Duke of Argyll, Lord Cranworth, Lord de Grey; (row 3) Sir George Grey, William Gladstone, Palmerston, Lord Russell, Duke of Somerset; (row 4) Sir L. Wood, Lord Granvile, Edward Cardwell; (row 5) Charles Villiers & Thomas Milner-Gibson.
[Ref: 27797] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Clarke. London 1865. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.
London Publishe Dec.r 11th 1865 by J. Ross, 64, Charlotte St. Fitzroy Square.
Oval lithograph mounted on printed card, very scarce & rare, total printed area 580 x 450mm, 23 x 17¾".
A medallion portrait of Prime Minster Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), surrounded by portraits of fourteen of his cabinet, including Gladstone. Palmerston has died two months before this print was published, on 18th October 1865, two days before his eighty-first birthday. From left to right, the portraits are: (top)Lord Clarendon, Lord Stanley of Alderley; (row 2) the Duke of Argyll, Lord Cranworth, Lord de Grey; (row 3) Sir George Grey, William Gladstone, Palmerston, Lord Russell, Duke of Somerset; (row 4) Sir L. Wood, Lord Granvile, Edward Cardwell; (row 5) Charles Villiers & Thomas Milner-Gibson.
[Ref: 27797] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Remains of the Great Temple in Palmira seen from the West. Les Ruins du Grand Temple dans Palmira du coté del'Occident. 1. The Temple of the Sun. 2. The great Column. 3. The Arch. 4. One side of the long Portico. 5. Columns which still support a considerable part of their Entablature. 6. A Building erected by the Turks.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer opposite Felter Lane, Fleet Street London, 1756.
Framed coloured engraving. Image 395 x 260mm (15½ x 10¼"). Frame 455 x 325mm (18 x 12¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
The temples of Palmyra, in the Syrian desert. View of ruins looking down an avenue of corinthian columns towards an archway, with other groups of columns in the background to left and to right, rubble in the foreground and figures in oriental dress, includinga two men sitting in the centre foreground, one of them drawing.
[Ref: 67774] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Rob.t Sayer opposite Felter Lane, Fleet Street London, 1756.
Framed coloured engraving. Image 395 x 260mm (15½ x 10¼"). Frame 455 x 325mm (18 x 12¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
The temples of Palmyra, in the Syrian desert. View of ruins looking down an avenue of corinthian columns towards an archway, with other groups of columns in the background to left and to right, rubble in the foreground and figures in oriental dress, includinga two men sitting in the centre foreground, one of them drawing.
[Ref: 67774] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A General Prospect of Palmira from the North West.
[engraved by Thomas Bowles? after Giovanni Battista Borra.]
London, Printed fro Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1756].
Engraving with very fine hand colour. 280 x 385mm (11 x 15¼") very large margins. Tear in top margin taped. Oxidisation in middle of image.
A view of the ruins of Palmyra, after views in Robert Wood's account of his journey to Palmyra and Balbec, made in 1750-51, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the architect Giovanni Battista Borra, the official draughtsman.
[Ref: 57573] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[engraved by Thomas Bowles? after Giovanni Battista Borra.]
London, Printed fro Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1756].
Engraving with very fine hand colour. 280 x 385mm (11 x 15¼") very large margins. Tear in top margin taped. Oxidisation in middle of image.
A view of the ruins of Palmyra, after views in Robert Wood's account of his journey to Palmyra and Balbec, made in 1750-51, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the architect Giovanni Battista Borra, the official draughtsman.
[Ref: 57573] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pamela and Phyloclea.
Sir P.Lely pinxt. Engraved by V.Green, Engraver to his majesty, & to the Elector palatine.
Publish'd Nov.r 17th 1777, by W.Shropshire, No. 158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½").
'Here nor Treason is hid vailed in Innocence, / Nor Envie's Snakie Eye findes any Harbour here.' Sydney's Arcadia.
[Ref: 3828] £200.00 (£240.00 incl.VAT)
Sir P.Lely pinxt. Engraved by V.Green, Engraver to his majesty, & to the Elector palatine.
Publish'd Nov.r 17th 1777, by W.Shropshire, No. 158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½").
'Here nor Treason is hid vailed in Innocence, / Nor Envie's Snakie Eye findes any Harbour here.' Sydney's Arcadia.
[Ref: 3828] £200.00 (£240.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pamela, Plate 7].](jpegs/66686.jpg)
[Pamela, Plate 7]. Pamela undressing herself (Mrs Jewkes being first got to bed) while M.r B. disguised in the maids clothes, with the apron thrown over his face, is impatiently waiting for the execution of his plot.
Jos: Highmore inv. et pinx. L. Truchy sculp.
Published, acording to Act of Parliament, July 1.st. 1762. [But later]
Engraving, 300 x 370mm (11¾ x 14½"). Small tears.
As the virtuous Pamela undresses, her employer prepares to sexually assault her. One of twelve plates illustrating Samuel Richardson's hugely popular novel, 'Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded', 1740. First published 1745.
[Ref: 66686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Jos: Highmore inv. et pinx. L. Truchy sculp.
Published, acording to Act of Parliament, July 1.st. 1762. [But later]
Engraving, 300 x 370mm (11¾ x 14½"). Small tears.
As the virtuous Pamela undresses, her employer prepares to sexually assault her. One of twelve plates illustrating Samuel Richardson's hugely popular novel, 'Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded', 1740. First published 1745.
[Ref: 66686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pamela, Plate 7].](jpegs/66687.jpg)
[Pamela, Plate 7]. Pamela on her knees before her Father, whom she has discovered behind the door, having overturned the card table on her way. S.r Simon Darnford, his Lady &c. observing her with eagerness and admiration. M.r B. struck with this scene is waiting the issue.
Jos: Highmore inv. et pinx. L. Truchy sculp.
Published, acording to Act of Parliament, July 1.st. 1762. [But later]
Engraving. 300 x 370mm (11¾ x 14½"). Binding marks on left edge.
At a gathering on the local gentry Pamela rushes to her father to reassure him that she has not been forced into the relationship with Mr B. One of twelve plates illustrating Samuel Richardson's hugely popular novel, 'Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded', 1740. First published 1745.
[Ref: 66687] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Jos: Highmore inv. et pinx. L. Truchy sculp.
Published, acording to Act of Parliament, July 1.st. 1762. [But later]
Engraving. 300 x 370mm (11¾ x 14½"). Binding marks on left edge.
At a gathering on the local gentry Pamela rushes to her father to reassure him that she has not been forced into the relationship with Mr B. One of twelve plates illustrating Samuel Richardson's hugely popular novel, 'Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded', 1740. First published 1745.
[Ref: 66687] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pamela and Phyloclea.
Sir P. Lely pinxit. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Published Novr. 17th. 1777, by W. Shropshire, No.158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof, title in open letters, and uncleaned title area. 250 x 190mm, 9¾ x 7½". A fine and richly inked impression, lacking lower margin.
Two shepherdesses in oval frame, one with crook, the other holding a bird's nest with two doves sitting on it. A scene illustrating 'The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia' (1580, pub. 1590) by Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586). After Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
Chaloner Smith: 155. Whitman: 204.
[Ref: 13785] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sir P. Lely pinxit. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Published Novr. 17th. 1777, by W. Shropshire, No.158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof, title in open letters, and uncleaned title area. 250 x 190mm, 9¾ x 7½". A fine and richly inked impression, lacking lower margin.
Two shepherdesses in oval frame, one with crook, the other holding a bird's nest with two doves sitting on it. A scene illustrating 'The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia' (1580, pub. 1590) by Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586). After Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
Chaloner Smith: 155. Whitman: 204.
[Ref: 13785] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pamela and Phyloclea. Here nor Treason is hid vailed in Innocence,/ Nor Envie's Snakie Eye findes any Harbour here. Sydney's Arcadia.
Sir P. Lely pinxit. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Published Novr. 17th. 1777, by W. Shropshire, No.158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, . 255 x 190mm, 10 x 7½". A fine impression, with good margins.
Two shepherdesses in oval frame; one with crook, the other in wide-brimmed hat with exposed breast, holding a bird's nest with two doves sitting on it. A scene illustrating 'The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia' (1580, pub. 1590) by Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586). After Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
Chaloner Smith 155. Whitman 204. Only state.
[Ref: 22476] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sir P. Lely pinxit. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Published Novr. 17th. 1777, by W. Shropshire, No.158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, . 255 x 190mm, 10 x 7½". A fine impression, with good margins.
Two shepherdesses in oval frame; one with crook, the other in wide-brimmed hat with exposed breast, holding a bird's nest with two doves sitting on it. A scene illustrating 'The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia' (1580, pub. 1590) by Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586). After Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
Chaloner Smith 155. Whitman 204. Only state.
[Ref: 22476] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pampas Fox] Azara's Fox.](jpegs/45775.jpg)
[Pampas Fox] Azara's Fox. Canis Azaræ.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
The Pampas Fox from the pampas of Argentina, Uruguay, etc. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45775] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
The Pampas Fox from the pampas of Argentina, Uruguay, etc. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45775] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
![[Olympia Maidalchini]](jpegs/46412.jpg)
[Olympia Maidalchini] Stranier ch'intorno à questa Imago giri / Stupido il guardo, e dubio il tuo pensiero: [...]
Francesco Raspantino Invent.
Joseph Greut. con licenza de superior Incid. 1647
Rare engraving, platemark 285 x 195mm (11¼ x 7¾"). Small margins.
Olympia Maidalchini (1594-1657), wife of Pamphilio Pamphilij. Engraving after Francesco Raspantino (1637-47, fl.), a pupil of Domenichino who inherited all of his drawings, some of which were later acquired by George III and remain in the Royal Collection.
[Ref: 46412] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Francesco Raspantino Invent.
Joseph Greut. con licenza de superior Incid. 1647
Rare engraving, platemark 285 x 195mm (11¼ x 7¾"). Small margins.
Olympia Maidalchini (1594-1657), wife of Pamphilio Pamphilij. Engraving after Francesco Raspantino (1637-47, fl.), a pupil of Domenichino who inherited all of his drawings, some of which were later acquired by George III and remain in the Royal Collection.
[Ref: 46412] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
A Sacrifice to Pan. From the Original Picture Painted by Andrea Sacchi, In the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Lincoln; To whom this plate is Dedicated by his Lordship's most Obliged and most Obedient Servant John Boydell. No. 49.
Andrea Sacchi Pinx.t. F. Aliamet Sculpsit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, Jan: 1.st 1769.
Engraving. Platemark: 480 x 600mm (19 x 23½"). Small margins. Light spotting in margins.
A mythological scene in which several figures are shown sacrificing goats to Pan, the classical god of flocks and shepherds. Being a rustic god Pan was not worshipped in temples but in natural settings such as the landscape depicted. Pan, shown with legs of a goat and holding his characteristic pipes watches the proceedings from the left while a druid prepares a sacred fire to the right of the image. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38301] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Andrea Sacchi Pinx.t. F. Aliamet Sculpsit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, Jan: 1.st 1769.
Engraving. Platemark: 480 x 600mm (19 x 23½"). Small margins. Light spotting in margins.
A mythological scene in which several figures are shown sacrificing goats to Pan, the classical god of flocks and shepherds. Being a rustic god Pan was not worshipped in temples but in natural settings such as the landscape depicted. Pan, shown with legs of a goat and holding his characteristic pipes watches the proceedings from the left while a druid prepares a sacred fire to the right of the image. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38301] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pan et Sirinx. Ovid. metam. livr. I.
N. Poussin pinxit, B. Picart sculpsit 1724.
Etching, sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"). Trimmed within plate, losing plate number. One repaired wormhole.
Pan chasing Syrinx on a reed-fringed river bank. Two river nymphs are visible in the foreground on the right. In continuation of the legend; she asked for their assistance and they transformed her into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god's frustrated breath blew across them. Pan cut the reeds to fashion the first set of panpipes, named syrinx after her.
Andresen: 359.
[Ref: 58990] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
N. Poussin pinxit, B. Picart sculpsit 1724.
Etching, sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"). Trimmed within plate, losing plate number. One repaired wormhole.
Pan chasing Syrinx on a reed-fringed river bank. Two river nymphs are visible in the foreground on the right. In continuation of the legend; she asked for their assistance and they transformed her into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god's frustrated breath blew across them. Pan cut the reeds to fashion the first set of panpipes, named syrinx after her.
Andresen: 359.
[Ref: 58990] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Fetes au Dieu Pan - Dies Panos Festi.
A. Watteau pinxit. M. Aubert Sculpsit.
A Paris avec privilege du Roy [n.d., 1734].
Very fine etching, 410 x 490mm, 16 x 19¼". A fine impression, with good margins.
Feast in honour of Pan: people gathered on a terrace at the edge of a water in a wooded rocky landscape; on the left, a couple sitting and playing guitar near a grotto around which naked people are lying, pouring water out of bowls. In the middle, Harlequin and a man dressed in black reading a book while Pierrot plays flute (both characters in the Commedia dell'arte); on the right, satyrs, women and children sitting around a carafe of wine. The print was advertised by Veuve Chéreau and Surugue in 'Mercure', April 1734. After Antoine Watteau ( 1684 - 1721), from the 'Recueil Jullienne' series, Plate 228 to 'L'Oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau Peintre du Roy'. Jean de Jullienne (1686 - 1766) was a Parisian collector and patron of the arts who owned some 450 drawings by Watteau, and had them engraved.
BM 1838,0526.2.112.
[Ref: 25807] £450.00
A. Watteau pinxit. M. Aubert Sculpsit.
A Paris avec privilege du Roy [n.d., 1734].
Very fine etching, 410 x 490mm, 16 x 19¼". A fine impression, with good margins.
Feast in honour of Pan: people gathered on a terrace at the edge of a water in a wooded rocky landscape; on the left, a couple sitting and playing guitar near a grotto around which naked people are lying, pouring water out of bowls. In the middle, Harlequin and a man dressed in black reading a book while Pierrot plays flute (both characters in the Commedia dell'arte); on the right, satyrs, women and children sitting around a carafe of wine. The print was advertised by Veuve Chéreau and Surugue in 'Mercure', April 1734. After Antoine Watteau ( 1684 - 1721), from the 'Recueil Jullienne' series, Plate 228 to 'L'Oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau Peintre du Roy'. Jean de Jullienne (1686 - 1766) was a Parisian collector and patron of the arts who owned some 450 drawings by Watteau, and had them engraved.
BM 1838,0526.2.112.
[Ref: 25807] £450.00
Panama. CCCXXXVII.
Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibl. Inst. in Hildbh.
Eigenthum d. Verleger. [n.d. c.1850.]
Engraving. 185 x 260mm. 7¼ x 10¼".
A view of Panama with a castle in the foreground to the right. From Joseph Meyer's "Universum oder abbildung und beschreibung des sehenswerthesten ... der natur und kunst" (Hildburghausen : 1833-1860).
[Ref: 26022] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibl. Inst. in Hildbh.
Eigenthum d. Verleger. [n.d. c.1850.]
Engraving. 185 x 260mm. 7¼ x 10¼".
A view of Panama with a castle in the foreground to the right. From Joseph Meyer's "Universum oder abbildung und beschreibung des sehenswerthesten ... der natur und kunst" (Hildburghausen : 1833-1860).
[Ref: 26022] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
![The City of Panama [titled in pencil lower right].](jpegs/22329.jpg)
The City of Panama [titled in pencil lower right].
JPennell [signed in pencil.]
[Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1912.]
Large lithograph from an edition limited to 50, scarce, sheet 655 x 525mm. 25¾ x 20¾". Foxing; laid on card.
View down onto the buildings of the old town of Panama City, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama, the southernmost country of Central America. It is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal. The view is from the Tivoli Hotel, Ancon, the veranda to the right. Captioned in reverse in plate. From ‘Joseph Pennell's pictures of the Panama Canal', the artist's most famous lithographic series. In January of 1912, Pennell went to the Isthmus of Panama to draw the work on the canal for Century Magazine and London Illustrated News. There were 28 large lithographs in the series, issued in an edition of 50. Joseph Pennell (1857 - 1926) was a painter, illustrator and etcher, born in Pennsylvania, USA, the son of Philadelphia Quaker parents. He was a pupil in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 1878-80, and his unusual ability in etching was early recognized by his instructor, James L. Claghorn.
See Print Collector's Quarterly Oct. 1912 p.291. See Library of Congress 12023736.
[Ref: 22329] £480.00
JPennell [signed in pencil.]
[Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1912.]
Large lithograph from an edition limited to 50, scarce, sheet 655 x 525mm. 25¾ x 20¾". Foxing; laid on card.
View down onto the buildings of the old town of Panama City, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama, the southernmost country of Central America. It is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal. The view is from the Tivoli Hotel, Ancon, the veranda to the right. Captioned in reverse in plate. From ‘Joseph Pennell's pictures of the Panama Canal', the artist's most famous lithographic series. In January of 1912, Pennell went to the Isthmus of Panama to draw the work on the canal for Century Magazine and London Illustrated News. There were 28 large lithographs in the series, issued in an edition of 50. Joseph Pennell (1857 - 1926) was a painter, illustrator and etcher, born in Pennsylvania, USA, the son of Philadelphia Quaker parents. He was a pupil in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 1878-80, and his unusual ability in etching was early recognized by his instructor, James L. Claghorn.
See Print Collector's Quarterly Oct. 1912 p.291. See Library of Congress 12023736.
[Ref: 22329] £480.00
![Cut towards Ancon Hill [titled in pencil lower right].](jpegs/22330.jpg)
Cut towards Ancon Hill [titled in pencil lower right].
J.Pennell [signed in pencil.]
[Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1912.]
Large lithograph from an edition limited to 50, scarce, sheet 485 x 635mm. 19 x 25". Foxing; laid on card.
View of construction work on the Panama Canal in Central America which joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, annual traffic has risen from about 1,000 ships in the canal's early days to 14,702 vessels in 2008. From ‘Joseph Pennell's pictures of the Panama Canal', the artist's most famous lithographic series. In January of 1912, Pennell went to the Isthmus of Panama to draw the work on the canal for Century Magazine and London Illustrated News. There were 28 large lithographs in the series, issued in an edition of 50. Joseph Pennell (1857 - 1926) was a painter, illustrator and etcher, born in Pennsylvania, USA, the son of Philadelphia Quaker parents. He was a pupil in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 1878-80, and his unusual ability in etching was early recognized by his instructor, James L. Claghorn.
See Print Collector's Quarterly Oct. 1912 p.291. See Library of Congress 12023736.
[Ref: 22330] £550.00
J.Pennell [signed in pencil.]
[Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1912.]
Large lithograph from an edition limited to 50, scarce, sheet 485 x 635mm. 19 x 25". Foxing; laid on card.
View of construction work on the Panama Canal in Central America which joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, annual traffic has risen from about 1,000 ships in the canal's early days to 14,702 vessels in 2008. From ‘Joseph Pennell's pictures of the Panama Canal', the artist's most famous lithographic series. In January of 1912, Pennell went to the Isthmus of Panama to draw the work on the canal for Century Magazine and London Illustrated News. There were 28 large lithographs in the series, issued in an edition of 50. Joseph Pennell (1857 - 1926) was a painter, illustrator and etcher, born in Pennsylvania, USA, the son of Philadelphia Quaker parents. He was a pupil in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 1878-80, and his unusual ability in etching was early recognized by his instructor, James L. Claghorn.
See Print Collector's Quarterly Oct. 1912 p.291. See Library of Congress 12023736.
[Ref: 22330] £550.00
![[Panama] Marche des Indiens lors qu'ils vont rendre visite à quelcum, ou qu'ils vont à un Festin.](jpegs/60824.jpg)
[Panama] Marche des Indiens lors qu'ils vont rendre visite à quelcum, ou qu'ils vont à un Festin. P.220,
[after Lionel Wafer.]
[Amsterdam: Paul Marret, 1711.]
Engraving. 150 x 285mm (6 x 11¼"). Original binding folds.
Portraits of the Cuna king Lacenta, his wife and children, with his bodyguard, after Lionel Wafer (1640-1705), published in part of a French edition of Dampier's account of his voyages to Australia. Wafer, a Welsh ship's surgeon who served on buccaneer and privateer ships, was injured by a gunpowder blast while with Dampier near Cartagena in 1680. Left with the Cuna Indians on the Darien Isthmus to recover, he integrated with the tribe so much that when his crewmates returned they did not recognise him. In 1695 he published 'A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America', which contained much about Cuna culture and the natural history of Panama. His glowing account influenced the infamous 1698 Darien Scheme that nearly bankrupted Scotland: the 'Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies' hired him as an advisor and quoted his account in their promotional literature.
[Ref: 60824] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[after Lionel Wafer.]
[Amsterdam: Paul Marret, 1711.]
Engraving. 150 x 285mm (6 x 11¼"). Original binding folds.
Portraits of the Cuna king Lacenta, his wife and children, with his bodyguard, after Lionel Wafer (1640-1705), published in part of a French edition of Dampier's account of his voyages to Australia. Wafer, a Welsh ship's surgeon who served on buccaneer and privateer ships, was injured by a gunpowder blast while with Dampier near Cartagena in 1680. Left with the Cuna Indians on the Darien Isthmus to recover, he integrated with the tribe so much that when his crewmates returned they did not recognise him. In 1695 he published 'A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America', which contained much about Cuna culture and the natural history of Panama. His glowing account influenced the infamous 1698 Darien Scheme that nearly bankrupted Scotland: the 'Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies' hired him as an advisor and quoted his account in their promotional literature.
[Ref: 60824] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Mariage des Indiens de Panama. Les Pariens & les Amis Défrichant la Terre que est destinée aux Nouveaux Mariés.
B. Picart, del. Tom. VII. No. 25.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 344 x 217mm. Sheet 391 x 246mm. Some creasing in the bottom right-hand corner.
Two scenes. 1. The marriage of Indians from Panama. Day-to-day business of cutting, selling, playing and harvesting goes on around the coupld on the centre who are to be wed. The woman primarily naked except a loin cloth and veil - draped over her head. 2. The parents and friends clear the Earth that is intended for the newly weds. The digging and sowing of seeds, and the felling of trees to create an area and habitable environment for the newly married couple. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12510] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
B. Picart, del. Tom. VII. No. 25.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 344 x 217mm. Sheet 391 x 246mm. Some creasing in the bottom right-hand corner.
Two scenes. 1. The marriage of Indians from Panama. Day-to-day business of cutting, selling, playing and harvesting goes on around the coupld on the centre who are to be wed. The woman primarily naked except a loin cloth and veil - draped over her head. 2. The parents and friends clear the Earth that is intended for the newly weds. The digging and sowing of seeds, and the felling of trees to create an area and habitable environment for the newly married couple. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12510] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Pandean Minstrels in performance at Vaux-Hall.
E. Burney del. Jn.o Lee sculp.
Published as the Act directs, Dec.r 1st 1806, by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Paternoster Row.
Etching. Sheet 190 x 240mm (7½ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
Five men on stage at Vauxhall Gardens, each with pandean pipes fixed around their necks, allowing them to also play a percussion instrument.
[Ref: 53390] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
E. Burney del. Jn.o Lee sculp.
Published as the Act directs, Dec.r 1st 1806, by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Paternoster Row.
Etching. Sheet 190 x 240mm (7½ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
Five men on stage at Vauxhall Gardens, each with pandean pipes fixed around their necks, allowing them to also play a percussion instrument.
[Ref: 53390] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Capitaine des Pandoures.
[unsigned, c.1750]
Rare engraving, 17th century watermark, sheet 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"). Trimmed to image.
Pandours were a force of Croatian soldiers in the Austrian service in the eighteenth century. Plate from a volume depicting soldiers from various European countries.
[Ref: 47777] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[unsigned, c.1750]
Rare engraving, 17th century watermark, sheet 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"). Trimmed to image.
Pandours were a force of Croatian soldiers in the Austrian service in the eighteenth century. Plate from a volume depicting soldiers from various European countries.
[Ref: 47777] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
St. Vetus's Dance or the Panegyrist and the Patron or a Sley Push for Power. Who aspires, must down as low" As high as soar'd; obnoxious first or last", To basest things.
Veni Vidi fec.t [Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feb.y 1813 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville St.
Hand-coloured etching; paper watermarked. 248 x 387m38m (9¾ x 15¼"). Cut, crease; some spotting.
Satire combining two subjects: the letters of Vetus (later revealed as Edward Sterling) to 'The Times' in 1812 praising Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington in terms of hero-worship, and the controversy over the India Charter Bill. Vetus, on stilts, heads a procession trying to force its way into the Treasury. On the donkey sits Lord Wellesley in oriental dress, much be-jewelled, and carrying on his head a model of the India House. He has a shield inscribed in large letters 'Aut Cæsar aut Nullus'; on this is depicted a realistic hand about to grasp a small crown resting on clouds. His ass has one (superfluous) wooden leg, its own leg being bent back at the knee, and it tramples on two papers inscribed 'Fr[ee] Trade' and 'Free Port[s]'. Behind Wellesley is a second ass, with a thick sheaf of newspapers, 'The Times', bound to its back in place of a saddle and labelled 'Qui Veut'. Beside it walks Canning, who puts out a protesting arm.He is identified by a paper which he holds, inscribed 'To the Electors of Liverpool'. Vetus is dressed like the zanies who accompanied quack doctors for purposes of advertisement. He wears a conical hat in which a pen labelled 'Venial' [? Venal] is thrust. In his sash is a sheaf of papers inscribed 'Vetus Letters'. A gridiron (or 'save-all') decorates the front of his tunic and he wears wide trousers; he blows a trumpet. The other trumpet, held in his left hand and directed from his posterior towards Wellesley. He is followed by a subordinate trumpeter, plainly dressed, who blows through a small trumpet, he holds out a sheaf of 'Vetus's Letters'. Seven other well-dressed men follow Wellesley and Vetus; three of them hold out documents inscribed respectively 'Liverpool', 'Glasgow', and 'H[ull] Petition', showing that they represent the out-ports which were agitating for a share in the trade with India. John Bull stands on the pavement in front of the Treasury door, holding out a spear with which he prods Vetus on the papers in his sash; to the spear shaft is attached a banner inscribed 'Free Trade' in large letters. Castlereagh peeps through the partly open door; other faces are indicated behind him.
BM Satires: 12009.
[Ref: 30562] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Veni Vidi fec.t [Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feb.y 1813 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville St.
Hand-coloured etching; paper watermarked. 248 x 387m38m (9¾ x 15¼"). Cut, crease; some spotting.
Satire combining two subjects: the letters of Vetus (later revealed as Edward Sterling) to 'The Times' in 1812 praising Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington in terms of hero-worship, and the controversy over the India Charter Bill. Vetus, on stilts, heads a procession trying to force its way into the Treasury. On the donkey sits Lord Wellesley in oriental dress, much be-jewelled, and carrying on his head a model of the India House. He has a shield inscribed in large letters 'Aut Cæsar aut Nullus'; on this is depicted a realistic hand about to grasp a small crown resting on clouds. His ass has one (superfluous) wooden leg, its own leg being bent back at the knee, and it tramples on two papers inscribed 'Fr[ee] Trade' and 'Free Port[s]'. Behind Wellesley is a second ass, with a thick sheaf of newspapers, 'The Times', bound to its back in place of a saddle and labelled 'Qui Veut'. Beside it walks Canning, who puts out a protesting arm.He is identified by a paper which he holds, inscribed 'To the Electors of Liverpool'. Vetus is dressed like the zanies who accompanied quack doctors for purposes of advertisement. He wears a conical hat in which a pen labelled 'Venial' [? Venal] is thrust. In his sash is a sheaf of papers inscribed 'Vetus Letters'. A gridiron (or 'save-all') decorates the front of his tunic and he wears wide trousers; he blows a trumpet. The other trumpet, held in his left hand and directed from his posterior towards Wellesley. He is followed by a subordinate trumpeter, plainly dressed, who blows through a small trumpet, he holds out a sheaf of 'Vetus's Letters'. Seven other well-dressed men follow Wellesley and Vetus; three of them hold out documents inscribed respectively 'Liverpool', 'Glasgow', and 'H[ull] Petition', showing that they represent the out-ports which were agitating for a share in the trade with India. John Bull stands on the pavement in front of the Treasury door, holding out a spear with which he prods Vetus on the papers in his sash; to the spear shaft is attached a banner inscribed 'Free Trade' in large letters. Castlereagh peeps through the partly open door; other faces are indicated behind him.
BM Satires: 12009.
[Ref: 30562] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)