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Britanni Veteris Icon. Dignissimo, Spectatissimoq. Viro Edwardo Nicholas Armigero Filio natu maximo et...Hac Tabula humillime Dicata eft.
Etching and engraving. Plate 39 x 24cm (15½ x 9¾). With small margins. Pinholes in margins.
An dedicant of the God Veteris stands overlooking a port and clusters of buildings off into the distance. He wears a robe and sandals. He holds a staff in his right hand and places his left on his hip. A coat of arms below image. Illustration to Samuel Clarke's edition of 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London: 1712, folio edition, No.26, page 95).
[Ref: 54052] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Etching and engraving. Plate 39 x 24cm (15½ x 9¾). With small margins. Pinholes in margins.
An dedicant of the God Veteris stands overlooking a port and clusters of buildings off into the distance. He wears a robe and sandals. He holds a staff in his right hand and places his left on his hip. A coat of arms below image. Illustration to Samuel Clarke's edition of 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London: 1712, folio edition, No.26, page 95).
[Ref: 54052] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Vir Britannus Pictus. Nobilissimo et Honoratissimo Dnó Dnó Thomæ Vice-comiti Vimuty & Baroni Thynne de Warmister.. Hæc Tabula humillime Dicata eft.
Etching and engraving. Plate 39 x 24cm (15½ x 9¾). Repaired tears and two pinholes in margins. Small margins.
A British Pict warrior standing to front on a hill, naked, tattoed holding spear and a severed head at his feet with another in his right hand and a shield in the left . A coat of arms below image.Illustration to Samuel Clarke's edition of 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London: 1712, folio edition, No.28, page 98).
BM 1857,0214.427
[Ref: 53958] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Etching and engraving. Plate 39 x 24cm (15½ x 9¾). Repaired tears and two pinholes in margins. Small margins.
A British Pict warrior standing to front on a hill, naked, tattoed holding spear and a severed head at his feet with another in his right hand and a shield in the left . A coat of arms below image.Illustration to Samuel Clarke's edition of 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London: 1712, folio edition, No.28, page 98).
BM 1857,0214.427
[Ref: 53958] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fæmina Britanna Picta Viro Spectatissimo Johanni Hanbury de in Comitatu Glocestrice Armigero.Hac Tabula humillime Dicata eft.
Etching and engraving. Plate 39 x 24cm (15½ x 9¾). With small margins. Pinholes in margins.
A tattoed female warrior stands with a fortress, harbour and buildings off into the distance. She wears nothing except a necklace and a belt at her waist that holds a scimitar in a scabbard which falls at her hip. She holds a singular spear in her right hand and carries two more in her left. A coat of arms below image. Illustration to Samuel Clarke's edition of 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London: 1712, folio edition, No.29, page 100).
[Ref: 54006] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Etching and engraving. Plate 39 x 24cm (15½ x 9¾). With small margins. Pinholes in margins.
A tattoed female warrior stands with a fortress, harbour and buildings off into the distance. She wears nothing except a necklace and a belt at her waist that holds a scimitar in a scabbard which falls at her hip. She holds a singular spear in her right hand and carries two more in her left. A coat of arms below image. Illustration to Samuel Clarke's edition of 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London: 1712, folio edition, No.29, page 100).
[Ref: 54006] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Vir Britannus Pictis Vicinus. Viro Generosissimo Thomæ Maule Armigero, Excellentissimo Principi Georgio nuper Daniæ et Norwegiæ Principi Hæreditario Cubiculariorum uno. Hæc Tabula humillime Dicata eft.
Etching and engraving. Plate 39 x 24cm (15½ x 9¾). Repaired tears and two pinholes in margins. Small margins.
A British Pict warrior standing to front on a hill, wearing a belted tunic holding spear, with a scimitar and shield at his waist. A coat of arms below image. Illustration to Samuel Clarke's edition of 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London: 1712, folio edition, No.31, page 104).
[Ref: 53957] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Etching and engraving. Plate 39 x 24cm (15½ x 9¾). Repaired tears and two pinholes in margins. Small margins.
A British Pict warrior standing to front on a hill, wearing a belted tunic holding spear, with a scimitar and shield at his waist. A coat of arms below image. Illustration to Samuel Clarke's edition of 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London: 1712, folio edition, No.31, page 104).
[Ref: 53957] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fæmina Britanna Pictis Vicina. Nobilissimo et Generosissimo Viro, Domino Thomas Hanmer de Hanmer in Agro Hintensi... Hac Tabula humillime Dicata eft.
Etching and engraving. Plate 39 x 24cm (15½ x 9¾). With small margins. Small tears and pinholes in margins.
A female warrior stands on top of a hill overlooking a farm. She wears a tunic that exposes her breasts and a belt at her waist that holds a scimitar in a scabbard, which falls at her hip, where she rests her left hand. In her other hand she holds a spear. A coat of arms below image. Illustration to Samuel Clarke's edition of 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London: 1712, folio edition, No.32, page 106).
[Ref: 54004] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Etching and engraving. Plate 39 x 24cm (15½ x 9¾). With small margins. Small tears and pinholes in margins.
A female warrior stands on top of a hill overlooking a farm. She wears a tunic that exposes her breasts and a belt at her waist that holds a scimitar in a scabbard, which falls at her hip, where she rests her left hand. In her other hand she holds a spear. A coat of arms below image. Illustration to Samuel Clarke's edition of 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London: 1712, folio edition, No.32, page 106).
[Ref: 54004] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Femme Picte.
Tire de Bru.
A Paris chez Duflos rue St. Victor. [n.d. c.1780].
Engraving with hand colour. 278 x 167mm.
From 'Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes' by Pierre Duflos, published 1779-84. The original colour is particularly fine, with gold leaf highlights.
[Ref: 2116] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Tire de Bru.
A Paris chez Duflos rue St. Victor. [n.d. c.1780].
Engraving with hand colour. 278 x 167mm.
From 'Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes' by Pierre Duflos, published 1779-84. The original colour is particularly fine, with gold leaf highlights.
[Ref: 2116] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Marc Auguste Pictet (Physicien), Professeur a l'Académie de Geneve, Membre correspondant de l'Académie des Sciences, de la Société royale de Lonrdes, &a. Né à Geneve le ...... 1752. Mort à Geneve le ...... 1825.
Dessiné d'apres le Portrait original de T. Gainsborough, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 211 x 146mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Cut to platemark.
Marc-Auguste Pictet (1752-1825) the Swiss physicist, chemist, meteorologist and astronomer. He was one of the eight founding members of the Geneva Society of Physics and Natural History. He served as director of the Geneva Observatory for around 30 years, and as such oversaw the installation of a meteorological station on Great St. Bernard mountain in the Alps. His work in astronomy was recognised by having a crater on the Moon, Pictet, named after him.
W: 2305-2.
[Ref: 29632] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné d'apres le Portrait original de T. Gainsborough, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 211 x 146mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Cut to platemark.
Marc-Auguste Pictet (1752-1825) the Swiss physicist, chemist, meteorologist and astronomer. He was one of the eight founding members of the Geneva Society of Physics and Natural History. He served as director of the Geneva Observatory for around 30 years, and as such oversaw the installation of a meteorological station on Great St. Bernard mountain in the Alps. His work in astronomy was recognised by having a crater on the Moon, Pictet, named after him.
W: 2305-2.
[Ref: 29632] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Lieut. General Sir Thomas Picton. G.C.B.&c.&c.
Sir M.A.Shee, P.R.A. C.Turner, A.R.A.
London: Published by Welch & Gwynne, 24 St.James's Street, 1843.
Fine mezzotint. 490 x 395mm (19¼ x 15½"). Small margins.
Portrait of Thomas Picton (1758-1815), British Army officer and colonial administrator. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars and died at Waterloo.
W429. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67105] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Sir M.A.Shee, P.R.A. C.Turner, A.R.A.
London: Published by Welch & Gwynne, 24 St.James's Street, 1843.
Fine mezzotint. 490 x 395mm (19¼ x 15½"). Small margins.
Portrait of Thomas Picton (1758-1815), British Army officer and colonial administrator. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars and died at Waterloo.
W429. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67105] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Jacques de Mosscher Pictor.
J: van Ravestein [Thomas de Keyser]. J: Stolker Fec & Excud.
J. Cruys. Excud: [n.d. 1739-1785.]
Mezzotint. 305 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed with thread margins.
A half portrait that claims to be of Jacob de Mosscher Pictor (1575-1623) after Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn, however Robert Gerhard argues convincingly that the head is taken from the portrait of an unidentified scholar by Thomas de Keyser in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.
RG 'Print Quarterly' 189-901.
[Ref: 57490] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J: van Ravestein [Thomas de Keyser]. J: Stolker Fec & Excud.
J. Cruys. Excud: [n.d. 1739-1785.]
Mezzotint. 305 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed with thread margins.
A half portrait that claims to be of Jacob de Mosscher Pictor (1575-1623) after Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn, however Robert Gerhard argues convincingly that the head is taken from the portrait of an unidentified scholar by Thomas de Keyser in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.
RG 'Print Quarterly' 189-901.
[Ref: 57490] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Playing cards] Pictorial Cards.](jpegs/18944.jpg)
[Playing cards] Pictorial Cards.
No.31, of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub.d July 1 1818 [101 Strand, London].
Four fanciful playing cards from one plate, stipples with hand colouring. Sheet 235 x 140mm. 9¼ x 5½".
Numbered 'Plate 3, Vol. VI' upper right, from Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 18944] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
No.31, of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub.d July 1 1818 [101 Strand, London].
Four fanciful playing cards from one plate, stipples with hand colouring. Sheet 235 x 140mm. 9¼ x 5½".
Numbered 'Plate 3, Vol. VI' upper right, from Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 18944] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Playing cards] Pictorial Cards.](jpegs/18945.jpg)
[Playing cards] Pictorial Cards.
No.26, of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pubd. Feby. 1 1818 [101 Strand, London].
Four fanciful playing cards from one plate, stipples with hand colouring. Sheet 235 x 140mm. 9¼ x 5½".
Numbered 'Plate 9, Vol. V.' upper right, from Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 18945] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
No.26, of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pubd. Feby. 1 1818 [101 Strand, London].
Four fanciful playing cards from one plate, stipples with hand colouring. Sheet 235 x 140mm. 9¼ x 5½".
Numbered 'Plate 9, Vol. V.' upper right, from Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 18945] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Pictorial Model of Rome, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens.
London, J. & R. Harwood, N.º 222 Sept.r 1, 1841.
Steel engraving. Sheet 120 x 185mm (4¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed, stained, creases.
A panorama, or 'Typorama', of Rome created by George Danson (1799-1881), with St. Peter's Basilica behind the Ponte Sant'Angelo, with the Castel Sant'Angelo on the right. The audience stand at the side of a lake representing the 'Tiber'. At night St Peter's was illuminated and there was a firework show around the Castell Sant' Angelo, organised by the Gardens' pyrotechnist Joseph Southby. The same image was used when the typorama was exhibited in Hull.
See Item 64467 for an advertising poster for the gardens and the view of Rome.
[Ref: 64459] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London, J. & R. Harwood, N.º 222 Sept.r 1, 1841.
Steel engraving. Sheet 120 x 185mm (4¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed, stained, creases.
A panorama, or 'Typorama', of Rome created by George Danson (1799-1881), with St. Peter's Basilica behind the Ponte Sant'Angelo, with the Castel Sant'Angelo on the right. The audience stand at the side of a lake representing the 'Tiber'. At night St Peter's was illuminated and there was a firework show around the Castell Sant' Angelo, organised by the Gardens' pyrotechnist Joseph Southby. The same image was used when the typorama was exhibited in Hull.
See Item 64467 for an advertising poster for the gardens and the view of Rome.
[Ref: 64459] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Picture of Innocence No 1.
[Illegible monogram in image.]
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair.
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 280 x 225mm (11 x 8¾"). Mounted on album paper at corners.
A caricatured schoolboy uses a red-hot poker to make frogs jump.
[Ref: 57696] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Illegible monogram in image.]
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair.
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 280 x 225mm (11 x 8¾"). Mounted on album paper at corners.
A caricatured schoolboy uses a red-hot poker to make frogs jump.
[Ref: 57696] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Pictures to Print: The nineteenth-century engraving trade.
Andrew Dyson.
London: Farrand Press, 1984.
4to, blue cloth gilt & d/w; pp. xxx + 234, 95 b/w plates. Owner's blind stamp on endpaper. Rare.
The development of London's print trade in the C19th, focused on Dixon & Ross.
[Ref: 59743] £70.00
Andrew Dyson.
London: Farrand Press, 1984.
4to, blue cloth gilt & d/w; pp. xxx + 234, 95 b/w plates. Owner's blind stamp on endpaper. Rare.
The development of London's print trade in the C19th, focused on Dixon & Ross.
[Ref: 59743] £70.00
![[Four young men and women playing 'pied-de-boeuf']](jpegs/40286.jpg)
[Four young men and women playing 'pied-de-boeuf'] Sir Turcis Occupé d'une aymable présence / Au pied de boeuf se voit surpris [...]
Dessiné par B. Picart 1709
a Paris chez Picart le Romain rue S. Jacques au buste de Monseig. C.P.R.
Engraving, platemark 205 x 305mm (8 x 12") very large margins.
Group of figures playing, with a boy crouched apart from them. 'Pied-de-boeuf' was originally a children's game, in which the players put their hands one on top of another, counting upwards from one; whoever had nine seized a hand not on the pile, saying 'Je tiens mon pied de boeuf' ('I've got my leg of beef!') By Bernard Picart (1673-1733), draughtsman and engraver whose work consisted mostly of drawing and engraving for book publication.
[Ref: 40286] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par B. Picart 1709
a Paris chez Picart le Romain rue S. Jacques au buste de Monseig. C.P.R.
Engraving, platemark 205 x 305mm (8 x 12") very large margins.
Group of figures playing, with a boy crouched apart from them. 'Pied-de-boeuf' was originally a children's game, in which the players put their hands one on top of another, counting upwards from one; whoever had nine seized a hand not on the pile, saying 'Je tiens mon pied de boeuf' ('I've got my leg of beef!') By Bernard Picart (1673-1733), draughtsman and engraver whose work consisted mostly of drawing and engraving for book publication.
[Ref: 40286] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Sera-Valle. Route de Genes a Turin. 1.re P. Pl.6.
Villeneuve del. Lith. de Engelmann, rue de Faun. Montmartrem No.6.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Very scarce ithograph on india. 240 x 321mm (9½ x 12¾"), with wide margins..
A view of Serravalle Scrivia in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region of Piedmont; the flat plains with the Scrivia River in the foreground.
[Ref: 27697] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Villeneuve del. Lith. de Engelmann, rue de Faun. Montmartrem No.6.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Very scarce ithograph on india. 240 x 321mm (9½ x 12¾"), with wide margins..
A view of Serravalle Scrivia in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region of Piedmont; the flat plains with the Scrivia River in the foreground.
[Ref: 27697] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Entrée des Français Dans le Piémont. le 20 Frimaire, an 7.e.
Duplesi-Bertaux inv. & del. Desault Sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching. 235 x 300mm (9? x 11¾").
The Treaty of Paris (1796), giving the French army free passage through Piedmont to attack Italy. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 28237] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Duplesi-Bertaux inv. & del. Desault Sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching. 235 x 300mm (9? x 11¾").
The Treaty of Paris (1796), giving the French army free passage through Piedmont to attack Italy. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 28237] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Turin. Place du Château. Torino. Piazza Castello.
Dessiné d'après nature par. Ph. Benoist. Lith. par Bachlier, fig. par Bayot.
Imp. par Lemercier à Paris. Paris_Bulla éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et Bulla et Delarue, 10, rue J.J.Rousseau.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 460 x 320mm (18 x 12½"), with very large margins.
A detailed view of Place Castello in the northern Italian city of Turin, a square lined with museums and cafes with Palazzo Madama on the left. After Phillipe Benoist (1813-1880)
[Ref: 41850] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné d'après nature par. Ph. Benoist. Lith. par Bachlier, fig. par Bayot.
Imp. par Lemercier à Paris. Paris_Bulla éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et Bulla et Delarue, 10, rue J.J.Rousseau.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 460 x 320mm (18 x 12½"), with very large margins.
A detailed view of Place Castello in the northern Italian city of Turin, a square lined with museums and cafes with Palazzo Madama on the left. After Phillipe Benoist (1813-1880)
[Ref: 41850] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Piedmontese Dance. 25.
Van Lec Berghi del.t James Godby sculp.t
Published & Sold Jan.y 1. 1806 by Edw.d Orme. 59, Bond Street, London.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 252 x 341mm. 10 x 13½".
Inside a curve-rooved tavern with men and women dancing, accompanied by a young man on a guitar; people seated in the background drinking. No:25 from a series of scenes of Italian Scenery. A pre-cursor to ski/tea-dancing! See ref:22863 for another form the same series.
[Ref: 22866] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Van Lec Berghi del.t James Godby sculp.t
Published & Sold Jan.y 1. 1806 by Edw.d Orme. 59, Bond Street, London.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 252 x 341mm. 10 x 13½".
Inside a curve-rooved tavern with men and women dancing, accompanied by a young man on a guitar; people seated in the background drinking. No:25 from a series of scenes of Italian Scenery. A pre-cursor to ski/tea-dancing! See ref:22863 for another form the same series.
[Ref: 22866] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Piel Castle] Peel Castle, Lancashire.](jpegs/33896.jpg)
[Piel Castle] Peel Castle, Lancashire.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs. Longman & Co. Paternoster Row & W. Daniell, Cleveland S.t., Fitzroy Square, London, March 1. 1816.
Coloured aquatint with large margins. 300 x 230mm (12" x 9"). Slightly offset.
View across the bay to the ruins of Piel Castle, on Piel Island, one of the Islands of Furness. Several boats sail across the foreground whilst a group of figures gather around a rowing boat. Masts and buildings can be seen in the background. Plate 45 from "Voyage Round Great Britain".
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 33896] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs. Longman & Co. Paternoster Row & W. Daniell, Cleveland S.t., Fitzroy Square, London, March 1. 1816.
Coloured aquatint with large margins. 300 x 230mm (12" x 9"). Slightly offset.
View across the bay to the ruins of Piel Castle, on Piel Island, one of the Islands of Furness. Several boats sail across the foreground whilst a group of figures gather around a rowing boat. Masts and buildings can be seen in the background. Plate 45 from "Voyage Round Great Britain".
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 33896] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Piel Castle] Peel Castle, Lancashire.](jpegs/47282.jpg)
[Piel Castle] Peel Castle, Lancashire.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs. Longman & Co. Paternoster Row & W. Daniell, Cleveland S.t., Fitzroy Square, London, March 1. 1816.
Coloured aquatint with large margins. 300 x 230mm (12" x 9"), with large margins. On card as usual.
View across the bay to the ruins of Piel Castle, on Piel Island, one of the Islands of Furness. Several boats sail across the foreground whilst a group of figures gather around a rowing boat. Masts and buildings can be seen in the background. Plate 45 from "Voyage Round Great Britain".
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 47282] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs. Longman & Co. Paternoster Row & W. Daniell, Cleveland S.t., Fitzroy Square, London, March 1. 1816.
Coloured aquatint with large margins. 300 x 230mm (12" x 9"), with large margins. On card as usual.
View across the bay to the ruins of Piel Castle, on Piel Island, one of the Islands of Furness. Several boats sail across the foreground whilst a group of figures gather around a rowing boat. Masts and buildings can be seen in the background. Plate 45 from "Voyage Round Great Britain".
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 47282] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sr. Piercy Brett K.t
Miller sculp.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 114 x 77mm. 4½ x 3".
Sir Peircy Brett (1709-1781) of Beckenham, Kent, was master attendant of Sheerness and Chatham Docks. In 1745 as Rear Admiral, he fell in with the French ship 'Elisabeth', which was convoying the frigate on board which Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, was taking passage to Scotland. In 1766 he was made Lord of the Admiralty, a post which he held until 1770 when he became a vice-admiral. Brett became an admiral in 1778 and was buried in a church vault in Beckenham, Kent.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25382] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Miller sculp.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 114 x 77mm. 4½ x 3".
Sir Peircy Brett (1709-1781) of Beckenham, Kent, was master attendant of Sheerness and Chatham Docks. In 1745 as Rear Admiral, he fell in with the French ship 'Elisabeth', which was convoying the frigate on board which Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, was taking passage to Scotland. In 1766 he was made Lord of the Admiralty, a post which he held until 1770 when he became a vice-admiral. Brett became an admiral in 1778 and was buried in a church vault in Beckenham, Kent.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25382] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Lady Mary Pierrepont. 1710. No.1
Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to her Majesty) from a Miniature in the collection of the Marquis of Bute.
Published June 1.1803, by Richard Phillips, No.71, St Paul's Church Yard London.
Stipple with some etching, with large margins, Plate 190 x 120mm. 7½ x 4¾".
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was an English aristocrat and writer. She is remembered for her letters from Turkey, as wife to the ambassador, which have been described by Billie Melman as 'the very first example of a secular work by a woman about the Muslim Orient'. Portrait after a miniature; three-quarters length standing with her right arm resting on a tree branch, her cheek against her hand, her left hand at her side, wearing a simple gown with her hair dressed half up; in an oval; number 1 of a set.
[Ref: 24238] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to her Majesty) from a Miniature in the collection of the Marquis of Bute.
Published June 1.1803, by Richard Phillips, No.71, St Paul's Church Yard London.
Stipple with some etching, with large margins, Plate 190 x 120mm. 7½ x 4¾".
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was an English aristocrat and writer. She is remembered for her letters from Turkey, as wife to the ambassador, which have been described by Billie Melman as 'the very first example of a secular work by a woman about the Muslim Orient'. Portrait after a miniature; three-quarters length standing with her right arm resting on a tree branch, her cheek against her hand, her left hand at her side, wearing a simple gown with her hair dressed half up; in an oval; number 1 of a set.
[Ref: 24238] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Pierrot.
C.P.S. Mai. Mart. Enelbrecht A.V. [n.d., c.1740.]
Original hand coloured etching and engraving, 240 x 155mm. 9½ x 6". Some soiling; lower right corner of sheet missing.
In the Commedia dell'arte, Pedrolino, or Pierrot in French pantomime, is a servant dressed in white. Here he carries a musket over his shoulder, some hunting trophies hanging from his belt. By Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg. Numbered '5' upper right.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9723] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
C.P.S. Mai. Mart. Enelbrecht A.V. [n.d., c.1740.]
Original hand coloured etching and engraving, 240 x 155mm. 9½ x 6". Some soiling; lower right corner of sheet missing.
In the Commedia dell'arte, Pedrolino, or Pierrot in French pantomime, is a servant dressed in white. Here he carries a musket over his shoulder, some hunting trophies hanging from his belt. By Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg. Numbered '5' upper right.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9723] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Pierrot. Collection Grevin.
[***] Londres, S. Miller, 37 Tavistock St. Imp. Becquet à Paris. pv. [n.d., 1870]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 315 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Toning in margins.
A traditional pierrot, dressed in white with a black mask over his eyes and nose. Miller published 'Costumes de théâtre: catalogue des collections des costumes de théâtres' in 1894.
[Ref: 38829] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[***] Londres, S. Miller, 37 Tavistock St. Imp. Becquet à Paris. pv. [n.d., 1870]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 315 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Toning in margins.
A traditional pierrot, dressed in white with a black mask over his eyes and nose. Miller published 'Costumes de théâtre: catalogue des collections des costumes de théâtres' in 1894.
[Ref: 38829] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![Pierrot portant son Déjeuner. (Collection de M. le Baron Alphonse de Rothschild). [&] Pierrot Troublé dans son Repas. (Collection de M. le Baron Alphonse de Rothschild).](jpegs/29935.jpg)
Pierrot portant son Déjeuner. (Collection de M. le Baron Alphonse de Rothschild). [&] Pierrot Troublé dans son Repas. (Collection de M. le Baron Alphonse de Rothschild).
Decamps pinx. F. Leenhoff sc.
L'Art. Imp. Ch. Chardon. [n.d. c.1880.]
Pair of etchings. Plate 341 x 240mm (13½ x 9½").
Pair of etchings showning the commedia dell'arte character Pierrot. In the first he carries his lunch through a wheat field, while in the second he is startled by a hare while eating his lunch.
[Ref: 29935] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Decamps pinx. F. Leenhoff sc.
L'Art. Imp. Ch. Chardon. [n.d. c.1880.]
Pair of etchings. Plate 341 x 240mm (13½ x 9½").
Pair of etchings showning the commedia dell'arte character Pierrot. In the first he carries his lunch through a wheat field, while in the second he is startled by a hare while eating his lunch.
[Ref: 29935] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Major Francis Pierson. of: the 95th Regiment, who unfortunately lost his life, the 6th Ja[nuary] 1781 in an engagement with the French, on the Island of Jersey.
Robert Marcuard scul.
[n.d., c.1781.]
Stipple. Printed in brown ink. Portrait and title printed on both recto and verso. Sheet size: 122 x 95mm (4¾ x 3¾"). Trimmed inside platemark. Sheet slightly grubby.
A portrait of Major Francis Pierson (1757 - 1781), head and shoulders, directed to the right, within an oval. Pierson was a British Army officer who served during the American War of Independence. He was killed in the Battle of Jersey, the last battle on British soil. This portrait is unusual as it is printed on both the recto and verso of the sheet.
[Ref: 35627] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Robert Marcuard scul.
[n.d., c.1781.]
Stipple. Printed in brown ink. Portrait and title printed on both recto and verso. Sheet size: 122 x 95mm (4¾ x 3¾"). Trimmed inside platemark. Sheet slightly grubby.
A portrait of Major Francis Pierson (1757 - 1781), head and shoulders, directed to the right, within an oval. Pierson was a British Army officer who served during the American War of Independence. He was killed in the Battle of Jersey, the last battle on British soil. This portrait is unusual as it is printed on both the recto and verso of the sheet.
[Ref: 35627] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Pietas.
[Abraham Blooteling (?)].
[n.d. c.1700.]
Mezzotint. Plate 102 x 75mm (4 x 3"). Trimmed to plate.
Allegorical head and shoulders of a woman, wearing a veil. This is a copy in reverse of Blooteling's mezzotint titled 'Pietas' after Lairesse.
[Ref: 30879] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Abraham Blooteling (?)].
[n.d. c.1700.]
Mezzotint. Plate 102 x 75mm (4 x 3"). Trimmed to plate.
Allegorical head and shoulders of a woman, wearing a veil. This is a copy in reverse of Blooteling's mezzotint titled 'Pietas' after Lairesse.
[Ref: 30879] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Piety.] Bombycem Pietas, vestemque exusa fluentem...](jpegs/49681.jpg)
[Piety.] Bombycem Pietas, vestemque exusa fluentem...
Abloemaert Invent. W. Swanenburg Sculp. et exc. MDCX.
Nic. Visscher J. exc. P. Schenk Iunior Exc. [c.1730.]
Engraving. Sheet: 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾''). Trimmed. Light staining in edges.
A classical scene showing a young woman surrounded by symbols of the bible, with the ten commandments. Her foot rests on the head of cupid who lied in a bag of gold. An allegory for piety. First published in 1610 by Willem van Swanenburg, this is a later edition published by Pieter Schenk II (1700-1750) c. 1730. It also includes the publication line of Nicolaes Visscher II (1647-1702) who published an edition at the end of the 17th century.
[Ref: 49681] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Abloemaert Invent. W. Swanenburg Sculp. et exc. MDCX.
Nic. Visscher J. exc. P. Schenk Iunior Exc. [c.1730.]
Engraving. Sheet: 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾''). Trimmed. Light staining in edges.
A classical scene showing a young woman surrounded by symbols of the bible, with the ten commandments. Her foot rests on the head of cupid who lied in a bag of gold. An allegory for piety. First published in 1610 by Willem van Swanenburg, this is a later edition published by Pieter Schenk II (1700-1750) c. 1730. It also includes the publication line of Nicolaes Visscher II (1647-1702) who published an edition at the end of the 17th century.
[Ref: 49681] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pig.]](jpegs/47266.jpg)
[Pig.]
Etched by I.C. Zeitter, from the Original Painting by James Ward Esq. R.A. in the Possession of F.H. Baily Esq. R.A.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Etching, printed on chine collé. Plate: 180 x 240mm (7 x 9½") large margins. Uncut.
A portrait of a pig etched by John Christian Zeitter after a drawing by artist James Ward who was well known for his paintings of animals.
[Ref: 47266] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by I.C. Zeitter, from the Original Painting by James Ward Esq. R.A. in the Possession of F.H. Baily Esq. R.A.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Etching, printed on chine collé. Plate: 180 x 240mm (7 x 9½") large margins. Uncut.
A portrait of a pig etched by John Christian Zeitter after a drawing by artist James Ward who was well known for his paintings of animals.
[Ref: 47266] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pig.]](jpegs/60756.jpg)
[Pig.]
Etched by J.C. Zeitter, from the Original Painting by James Ward Esq. R.A. in the Possession of F.H. Baily Esq. R.A.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Etching, printed on chine collé. 180 x 240mm (7 x 9½"), with large margins. Tear in bottom margin repaired.
A portrait of a pig etched by John Christian Zeitter after a drawing by James Ward, George Morland's brother-in-law.
[Ref: 60756] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by J.C. Zeitter, from the Original Painting by James Ward Esq. R.A. in the Possession of F.H. Baily Esq. R.A.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Etching, printed on chine collé. 180 x 240mm (7 x 9½"), with large margins. Tear in bottom margin repaired.
A portrait of a pig etched by John Christian Zeitter after a drawing by James Ward, George Morland's brother-in-law.
[Ref: 60756] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[A sow suckling piglets.]](jpegs/22527.jpg)
[A sow suckling piglets.]
Henry Rayner [signed in plate and in pencil to margin.]
Copyright 1940 [pencil, lower margin.]
Drypoint etching, 110 x 135mm. 4¼ x 5¼". A fine impression, wide margins.
Captioned 'Study' in pencil, apparently in the artist's hand, below the plate. Henry Hewitt Redstone Rayner (1902 - 1957). Australian-born, he worked in the Antipodes before studying at the Royal Academy. He was a friend of Sickert.
[Ref: 22527] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Rayner [signed in plate and in pencil to margin.]
Copyright 1940 [pencil, lower margin.]
Drypoint etching, 110 x 135mm. 4¼ x 5¼". A fine impression, wide margins.
Captioned 'Study' in pencil, apparently in the artist's hand, below the plate. Henry Hewitt Redstone Rayner (1902 - 1957). Australian-born, he worked in the Antipodes before studying at the Royal Academy. He was a friend of Sickert.
[Ref: 22527] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pig Tor Bridge & Tunnel (near Buxton).
Eng.d by Newman & Co. 48 Watling St. London.
Pub.d by John Cumming Bates, Advertiser Office.
Engraving. 178 x 132mm (7 x 5¼"). Rare.
A train crossing the bridge at Pig Tor, Derbyshire, over the River Derwent in the Peak District.
[Ref: 30987] £55.00 (£66.00 incl.VAT)
Eng.d by Newman & Co. 48 Watling St. London.
Pub.d by John Cumming Bates, Advertiser Office.
Engraving. 178 x 132mm (7 x 5¼"). Rare.
A train crossing the bridge at Pig Tor, Derbyshire, over the River Derwent in the Peak District.
[Ref: 30987] £55.00 (£66.00 incl.VAT)
![[Watercolour of a pig, with annotations listing distances between different parts of its body]](jpegs/43191.jpg)
[Watercolour of a pig, with annotations listing distances between different parts of its body] A to B 6 feet B to C 18 Inches C to D 20 Inches H to I 2 feet A to K 1 foot F to G 2 feet 7 inches
[Anon., c.1850]
Watercolour and pen and ink, unique, sheet 145 x 185mm (5¾ x 7¼"). Folds.
[Ref: 43191] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1850]
Watercolour and pen and ink, unique, sheet 145 x 185mm (5¾ x 7¼"). Folds.
[Ref: 43191] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Pig-Faced Lady.
[The Illustrated Police News.]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Wood engraving. 205 x 160mm (8 x 6¼").
A portrait of an elegant lady, with a pig's head. In the late 1814 and early 1815, a rumour swept London that a pig-faced woman was living in Marylebone. In early 1815 the first of many portraits of the Pig-faced Lady of Manchester Square was published.
[Ref: 63194] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[The Illustrated Police News.]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Wood engraving. 205 x 160mm (8 x 6¼").
A portrait of an elegant lady, with a pig's head. In the late 1814 and early 1815, a rumour swept London that a pig-faced woman was living in Marylebone. In early 1815 the first of many portraits of the Pig-faced Lady of Manchester Square was published.
[Ref: 63194] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Exotic dove.]](jpegs/27127.jpg)
[Exotic dove.]
[n.d, c.1780.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour, rare. 440 x 310mm, 17¼ x 12¼".
A fine ornithological plate, similar to the style of George Edwards (showing the bird, a generic ground and a perch, in this case a rock) but twice the size.
[Ref: 27127] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d, c.1780.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour, rare. 440 x 310mm, 17¼ x 12¼".
A fine ornithological plate, similar to the style of George Edwards (showing the bird, a generic ground and a perch, in this case a rock) but twice the size.
[Ref: 27127] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Pigeon Match.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 270 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"), with very large margins. Slight offsetting.
A sporting scene showing several men taking part in a pigeon match in which pigeons are released from traps at set distances. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46244] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 270 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"), with very large margins. Slight offsetting.
A sporting scene showing several men taking part in a pigeon match in which pigeons are released from traps at set distances. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46244] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Pigeon Match.
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 229 x 330mm. 9 x 13". Frame 419 x 520mm. 16½ x 20½".
Gentlemen pigeon shooting. A man seated with dead pigeons holds a string attached to a box to the far right from which pigeons fly out of; a man holding a rifle poised shoots at the flying birds. Other men to the right stand ready to collect the fallen pigeons; three further men by the shooter. Plate 34 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25711] £350.00
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 229 x 330mm. 9 x 13". Frame 419 x 520mm. 16½ x 20½".
Gentlemen pigeon shooting. A man seated with dead pigeons holds a string attached to a box to the far right from which pigeons fly out of; a man holding a rifle poised shoots at the flying birds. Other men to the right stand ready to collect the fallen pigeons; three further men by the shooter. Plate 34 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25711] £350.00
![[June 21st 1889 Old Birds. Crystal Palace F. Club.]](jpegs/47835.jpg)
[June 21st 1889 Old Birds. Crystal Palace F. Club.] [2.nd Prize From Granville. 53 Birds competing. Distance 193 miles. Velocity 763 Won by E. Saunders. West Norwood.]
No.1. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Damage in corners and foxing.
A certificate for 2nd prize for a pigeon race. Central panel with manuscript surrounded by vignette portraits of pigeon scenes of pigeon racing and a railway station.
[Ref: 47835] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
No.1. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Damage in corners and foxing.
A certificate for 2nd prize for a pigeon race. Central panel with manuscript surrounded by vignette portraits of pigeon scenes of pigeon racing and a railway station.
[Ref: 47835] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
![[July 1889 Old Birds.. Crystal Palace F. Club.]](jpegs/47836.jpg)
[July 1889 Old Birds.. Crystal Palace F. Club.] [3rd Prize From Nantes. 19 Birds competing. Distance 300 miles. Velocity 763 Won by E. Saunders. West Norwood.]
No.1. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Damage in corners and foxing.
A certificate for 3rd prize for a pigeon race. Central panel with mauscript surrounded by vignette portraits of pigeons scenes of pigeon racing and a railway station.
[Ref: 47836] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
No.1. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Damage in corners and foxing.
A certificate for 3rd prize for a pigeon race. Central panel with mauscript surrounded by vignette portraits of pigeons scenes of pigeon racing and a railway station.
[Ref: 47836] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
![[July 10, 1889 Old Birds. Crystal Palace Flying Club.]](jpegs/47837.jpg)
[July 10, 1889 Old Birds. Crystal Palace Flying Club.] [Third Prize (and Extra special) From Nantes. 19 Birds competing. Distance 300 miles. Telegraphed next day at 8-15am. Won by E. Saunders. West Norwood.]
No.1. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Damage in corners and foxing.
A certificate for 3rd prize for a pigeon race. Central panel with mauscript surrounded by vignette portraits of pigeons, scenes of pigeon racing and a railway station.
[Ref: 47837] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
No.1. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Damage in corners and foxing.
A certificate for 3rd prize for a pigeon race. Central panel with mauscript surrounded by vignette portraits of pigeons, scenes of pigeon racing and a railway station.
[Ref: 47837] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
![[Old Birds. Crystal Palace Flying Club.]](jpegs/47841.jpg)
[Old Birds. Crystal Palace Flying Club.] [This is to Certify That the First Prize In the Race from Cherbourg was awarded to Mr. E. Saunders. Distance flown 143.1300 yards. Velocity 973 yards per minute. Sixty three Pigeons competed Date June 16th 1892. Mr E. Saunders President W.M. Scott Hon Sec.t.
No.5. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for first prize in a pigeon race. A central panel of manuscript with four portraits of pigeons in the four corners and a vignette showing a man running while carrying a pigeon in a box.
[Ref: 47841] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
No.5. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for first prize in a pigeon race. A central panel of manuscript with four portraits of pigeons in the four corners and a vignette showing a man running while carrying a pigeon in a box.
[Ref: 47841] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Old Birds. Crystal Palace Flying Club.]](jpegs/47840.jpg)
[Old Birds. Crystal Palace Flying Club.] [This is to Certify That the Second Prize In the Race from Nantes was Awarded to Mr. E. Saunders. Distance flown 304-880 yards. Velocity 1052 yards per minute. Twelve Pigeons competed Date July 7th 1892. Mr E. Saunders President W.M. Scott Hon Sec.t.
No.5. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for second prize in a pigeon race. A central panel of manuscript with four portraits of pigeons in the four corners and a vignette showing a man running while carrying a pigeon in a box.
[Ref: 47840] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
No.5. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for second prize in a pigeon race. A central panel of manuscript with four portraits of pigeons in the four corners and a vignette showing a man running while carrying a pigeon in a box.
[Ref: 47840] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Crystal Palace Flying Club. Season 1895. This is to Certify that the First Prize In the Race from Havant was awarded to E. Saunders. Distance flown 57 miles - yards. Velocity 880 yards pers minute. 42 Pigeons Competed. Date August 31 1895.
No.4. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for first prize in a pigeon race with a central portrait of a pigeon.
[Ref: 47838] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
No.4. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for first prize in a pigeon race with a central portrait of a pigeon.
[Ref: 47838] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Crystal Palace Flying Club. This is to Certify that the Thirteenth Prize In the Open Race from Cherbourg was awarded to E. Saunders. Distance flown 143 miles 1300 yards. Velocity 897 yards pers minute. 135 Pigeons Competed. Date August 23 1893.
No.4. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for thirteenth prize in a pigeon race with a central portrait of a pigeon.
[Ref: 47839] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
No.4. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for thirteenth prize in a pigeon race with a central portrait of a pigeon.
[Ref: 47839] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Certificates and Ephemera Relating to Pigeon Racing.]](jpegs/47842.jpg)
[Certificates and Ephemera Relating to Pigeon Racing.]
A rare & interesting collection of 25 pieces of ephemera, including the 1895 Annual report of the Crystal Palace Flying Club, all won by E. Saunders, Peckham Homing Pigeon Society, London Columbarian Society and the United Countess Flying Club. Includes certificates, race results, and reports from the period of 1883 until 1895.
[Ref: 47842] £1,850.00
A rare & interesting collection of 25 pieces of ephemera, including the 1895 Annual report of the Crystal Palace Flying Club, all won by E. Saunders, Peckham Homing Pigeon Society, London Columbarian Society and the United Countess Flying Club. Includes certificates, race results, and reports from the period of 1883 until 1895.
[Ref: 47842] £1,850.00
![[Netherlands] Albertus Pighius Campensi.](jpegs/16991.jpg)
[Netherlands] Albertus Pighius Campensi.
Esme de Boulonois fecit.
[n.d., 1682.]
Engraving, 190 x 140mm, 7½ x 5½". Trimmed.
Albert Pighius (Pigghe) (1490-1542), a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian, mathematician, and astronomer. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts'.
Wellcome 2310-1.
[Ref: 16991] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Esme de Boulonois fecit.
[n.d., 1682.]
Engraving, 190 x 140mm, 7½ x 5½". Trimmed.
Albert Pighius (Pigghe) (1490-1542), a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian, mathematician, and astronomer. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts'.
Wellcome 2310-1.
[Ref: 16991] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pigmy Revels.]](jpegs/51863.jpg)
[Pigmy Revels.]
[by George Moutard Woodward]
[London: S.W. Fores, 1800.]
Fine coloured etching. J. Whatman watermark 1824?; Sheet 105 x 480mm (4¼ x 19").
Four satirical conversations between Lilliputian figures. In one two jockeys converse: 'So you have been in France - how do they use horses there Jack'; - 'As to English Hunters I shudder for my fellow creatures, they dont know how to treat them'. From a series of eight plates, each with three rows of revels.
See BM Satires 9642 for others in the series.
[Ref: 51863] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[by George Moutard Woodward]
[London: S.W. Fores, 1800.]
Fine coloured etching. J. Whatman watermark 1824?; Sheet 105 x 480mm (4¼ x 19").
Four satirical conversations between Lilliputian figures. In one two jockeys converse: 'So you have been in France - how do they use horses there Jack'; - 'As to English Hunters I shudder for my fellow creatures, they dont know how to treat them'. From a series of eight plates, each with three rows of revels.
See BM Satires 9642 for others in the series.
[Ref: 51863] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pigmy Revels.]](jpegs/51862.jpg)
[Pigmy Revels.]
[by George Moutard Woodward]
[London: S.W. Fores, 1800.]
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 105 x 480mm (4¼ x 19").
Four satirical conversations between Lilliputian figures. In one a woman in a lending library says 'I want sir the Man of Feeling Seduction, & the Elopement, which will serve me till - to morrow'. From a series of eight plates, each with three rows of revels.
BM Satires 9642.
[Ref: 51862] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by George Moutard Woodward]
[London: S.W. Fores, 1800.]
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 105 x 480mm (4¼ x 19").
Four satirical conversations between Lilliputian figures. In one a woman in a lending library says 'I want sir the Man of Feeling Seduction, & the Elopement, which will serve me till - to morrow'. From a series of eight plates, each with three rows of revels.
BM Satires 9642.
[Ref: 51862] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pigmy Revels.]](jpegs/51861.jpg)
[Pigmy Revels.]
[by George Moutard Woodward]
[London: S.W. Fores, 1800.]
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 105 x 480mm (4¼ x 19"). Tear taped.
Three satirical conversations between Lilliputian figures and a muffin-seller who bawls ''Lillywhite Muffins Charming white Crumpets Buy my nice Yorkshire Cakes''. One conversation is anti-war: a quaker asks 'Friend, where driveth thou that Calf - & why put a Cockade on his horn', to which the answer is 'He is a young Recruit & I am driving him to the slaughter house'. From a series of eight plates, each with three rows of revels.
BM Satires 9642.
[Ref: 51861] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[by George Moutard Woodward]
[London: S.W. Fores, 1800.]
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 105 x 480mm (4¼ x 19"). Tear taped.
Three satirical conversations between Lilliputian figures and a muffin-seller who bawls ''Lillywhite Muffins Charming white Crumpets Buy my nice Yorkshire Cakes''. One conversation is anti-war: a quaker asks 'Friend, where driveth thou that Calf - & why put a Cockade on his horn', to which the answer is 'He is a young Recruit & I am driving him to the slaughter house'. From a series of eight plates, each with three rows of revels.
BM Satires 9642.
[Ref: 51861] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)