[Quoits] Coits, Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, N.º 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London.
Rare engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 165 x 215mm (6½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Men playing quoits on Kennington Common, with The Horns Tavern on Kennington Park Road behind. The Surrey Cricket Club was founded at the 'Horns' in 1845, with games being held at the nearby Oval.
[Ref: 61772] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Jew Rabbi.
Rembrandt pinx.t. C. Spooner fecit.
Printed for Robert Sayer, Printseller in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼") with small margin. Bit messy.
Half-length portrait of a Jewish rabbi, wearing a turban and thick cloak fastened with a large clasp with a miniature and two pearl-drops, hands brought together on front of him. In the background, a chair and table with a book and religious emblems.
[Ref: 60086] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[St Matthew] Un Rabbin.
Rembrandt, pinx. Léopold Flameng, sc.
[n.d. c.1873.] Ch. Delâtre Imp. Paris.
Etching. Plate 145 x 119mm (5¾ x 4¾"), with very large margins.
St Matthew, formerly identified as a rabbi; published in 'La Gazette des Beaux-Arts'. After the painting by Rembrandt in the Musée Bonnat in Bayonne.
[Ref: 30430] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
Rabbit Shooting
Painted By Heywood Hardy. Goupil Gravure.
Printed in Paris & Published April 1.st 1895 by Boussod, Valadon & C.o Successors to Goupil & C.o Paris _ London _ The Hague. Berlin. Verlag von Boussod, Valdon & C.o. New York Published by Boussod, Valdon & C.o.
Photogravure on india. India 580 x 730mm (22¾ x 28¾"), with very large margins.
Shooting rabbits, with weasel and retreiver.
[Ref: 61525] £450.00
The Rabbit on the Wall From the Original Picture in the Collection of John Turner Esq.r To whom this Plate is respectfully Dedicated by his obliged Servant David Wilkie.
Painted by David Wilkie R.A. Engraved by John Burnet
London. Published July 5th 1821 by Hirst, Robinson & Co. (late Boydell) 90 Cheapside
Line engraving, 450 x 310mm. 17½ x 12¼".
A family watch, with mixed expressions, the silhouette of a rabbit which a man has produced using the light from a candle near his hands. Engraved by John Burnet after an early painting by David Wilkie (1785-1841). Burnet, a fellow Scotsman, had formed part of a circle around the successful Wilkie after joining him in London, and engraved several plates after paintings by Wilkie. Hamish Miles, ‘Wilkie, Sir David (1785–1841)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Provenance Drax Family, Charborough Park, Wareham, Dorset.
[Ref: 13646] £170.00
(£204.00 incl.VAT)
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Graphic Illustrations Of Animals. Shewing Their Utility To Man, In Their Services During Life, And Uses After Death. The Hare And Rabbit.
Designed and Drawn on Stone by W Hawkins.
London Published by Thomas Varty. Adelaide Street Strand. [n.d., c.1850.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 360 x 420mm. 14 x 16½". Vertical centrefold as normal.
A central illustration of two rabbits and a hare is surrounded by nine vignette scenes depicting those animals' commercial uses and relationship to man, in life and death (each captioned). Plate to 'Graphic Illustrations Of Animals', illustrated by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807 - ?1889), artist and sculptor of natural history subjects. In 1852 he was appointed director of the fossil department at the Crystal Palace, where he worked with Richard Owen on the famous models of dinosaurs and other extinct lifeforms. Numbered 'Pl. 14.' upper right.
[Ref: 10532] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Rabbits.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by W.m Ward Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York.
London Published Sept.r. 1806, by James Linnell, 2, Streatham Street, Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury.
Rare mezzotint. 330 x 370mm (13 x 14½"). Slight creasing at top right. Small margins.
Two rabbits, one black, the other white, on straw with a carrot. Frankau: 234.
[Ref: 62742] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
François Rabelais. Docteur en Medecine Curé de Meudon né a Chinon en Touraine mort a Paris en 1553 agé a 70.ans. Rabelais ce Varron françois Dans son agreable Satire...Etoient eux meme plus exemts Des Vices qu'il y Satirise. Gacon.
Gravé par E. Desrochers. AParis rue de Foin pres la rue St.Iacques.
[n.d. c.1760.]
Copper engraving. Watermark. Plate 141 x 102mm (5½ x 4"). Large margins.
François Rabelais (1483-1553) was a major French Renaissance writer, doctor and Renaissance humanist. He is known for his writings of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, and both bawdy jokes and songs. W: 2416.
[Ref: 15758] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
M.re Francois Rabelais. Docteur en Medecine Curee de Meudon lez Paris.
Moncornet ex. [n.d. c.1660.]
Engraving. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"). Red ruling on platemark. Small margins.
François Rabelais (c.1483-1553), French humanist and doctor but most important for his satirical writings, especially 'Gargantua and Pantagruel'. W: 2416-2.
[Ref: 53689] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
[François Rabelais.]
J. Folkenna inv et sculp.
1749.
Fine and rare engraving. 230 x 175mm (9 x 7"). Small margins.
Portrait of François Rabelais (born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553), French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholar, he attracted opposition from both Protestant theologian John Calvin and from the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Though in his day he was best known as a physician, scholar, diplomat, and Catholic priest, later he became better known as a satirist for his depictions of the grotesque, and for his larger-than-life characters.
[Ref: 64272] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Schloss Rabeneck in the Franconian Switzerland
F:W:T Sept. 29 1830
Lithograph on grey paper, printed area 180 x 260mm (7 x 10¼).
Unusual view of Rabeneck castle in Switzerland. Amateur lithograph by the army officer and politician Frederick William Trench (c.1777-1859), whose father owned Heywood, Ballynakill in Queen's County. Trench was also keenly interested in architecture: in 1815 he proposed a vast monument to British naval and military victories over France on the site which became Trafalgar Square, and in 1824 he launched a project for an embankment on the north side of the Thames (in conjunction with which a long print of the project was produced). Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For Trench's embankment scheme see refs. 23749, 27468 &c.
[Ref: 35495] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
Rev.d Stephen Rabone. President of the Australasian Conference, 1861.
Engraved by J. Cochran.
[n.d. c.1861.]
Stipple. 204 x 135mm (8 x 5¼").
Stephen Rabone (1811-1872) the Wesleyan minister and missionary, who served as president of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Conference in 1861. In 1869 he was a member of the deputation to examine the state of the South Seas Mission. In the National Library of Australia.
[Ref: 28552] £40.00
(£48.00 incl.VAT)
Raby Pack. The Earl of Darlington's Fox-Hounds in their Kennel, Representing correct Portraits of the most celebrated Hounds, Also His Lordship's Huntsman, and Dog-Feeder, Sayer & Leonard.
Painted by H.B. Chalon, animal Painter to their R.H.ss the Prince Regent & Duke & Duchess of York and to H.R.H. the Princess Charlotte of Wales. Engraved by W. Ward A.R.A. Engraver to their R.Hs. the Prince Regent & Duke of York.
London, Published & Sold April 20 1814 by Edwd. Orme, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, Publisher to His Majesty, & H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
Mezzotint. 535 x 645mm (21 x 25½"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom, with a few repairs to edges.
The hounds belonging to William Harry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland and Earl of Darlington (1766 - 1842) coming to eat at troughs in their kennels. The dog-feeder Leonard in centre wears top hat and waistcoat, the huntsman Sayer stands in the doorway at right. Hounds named below image, with arms bearing the motto 'Nec Temere Nec Timide'. A great British sporting print, first published 1809, after Henry Bernard Chalon (1771-1849). Frankau: 235, II. Siltzer: pg.92.
[Ref: 52876] £690.00
Raby Pack. The Earl of Darlington's Fox-Hounds in their Kennel, Representing correct Portraits of the most celebrated Hounds, Also His Lordship's Huntsman, and Dog-Feeder, Sayer & Leonard.
Painted by H.B. Chalon, animal Painter to their R.H.ss the Prince Regent & Duke & Duchess of York and to H.R.H. the Princess Charlotte of Wales. Engraved by W. Ward A.R.A. Engraver to their R.Hs. the Prince Regent & Duke of York.
London, Published & Sold April 20 1814 by Edwd. Orme, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, Publisher to His Majesty, & H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
Framed mezzotint. 545 x 640mm (21½ x 25¼"). A superb impression with good margins; unexamined out of attractive 19th century veneered wooden frame, behind old rippled glass.
The hounds belonging to William Harry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland and Earl of Darlington (1766 - 1842) coming to eat at troughs in their kennels. The dog-feeder Leonard in centre wears top hat and waistcoat, the huntsman Sayer stands in the doorway at right. Hounds named below image, with arms bearing the motto 'Nec Temere Nec Timide'. A great British sporting print, first published 1809, after Henry Bernard Chalon (1771-1849). Frankau: 235, II. Siltzer: pg.92.
[Ref: 13792] £2,200.00
The Race.
Howitt.
Published May 10th 1811by S.Howitt, Panton Street, Haymarket, London.
Coloured aquatint. 200 x 290mm. Some suface soiling, mainly in margins.
[Ref: 3330] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Massa, Pray give something to Poor Mungo!
[London: William Spooner, n.d., c.1840.]
A rare lithograph, coloured with gum arabic highlights. Sheet 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line.
A negro begging on a rural lane. His right leg is wooden, suggesting he is a naval veteran.
[Ref: 43900] £320.00
The smallest donation thankfully received.
[n.d., c.1840.]
A rare lithograph, coloured with gum arabic highlights. Sheet 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾").
A negro begging on St Martin's Lane, brookstick in hand.
[Ref: 43901] £320.00
Massa, Pray give something to Poor Mungo!
William Spooner, London [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 290 x 220mm (11½ x 8¾"). Faint spotting.
A negro begging on a rural lane. His right leg is wooden, suggesting he is a naval veteran.
[Ref: 63028] £350.00
The Race.
Howitt.
Published May 10th 1811by S.Howitt, Panton Street, Haymarket, London.
Very fine coloured aquatint, platemark 200 x 290mm (8 x 11½"). Very large margins. Platemark broken along lower edge; paper watermarked 'W Edgar 1797'.
Closely fought race between three horses in foreground. By Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1823), painter and etcher. From a wealthy family, Howitt was a keen sportsman who became an artist (drawing on his sporting enthusiasms) when financial difficulties forced him to earn a living. In 1779 Howitt married Elizabeth Rowlandson, sister of the artist Thomas Rowlandson, and the two men were friends, with some similarities in their watercolour style. For another impression with different colouring see ref. 3330. Not in Siltzer.
[Ref: 37017] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
A List & Pedigree of the Running Horses For the North-Riding Stakes, January 1835.
Wilkelu. Printer, York.
Wood engraved vignette and text. 220 x 160mm. Some wear.
Three horses, Honourable, Cipher & Plumper.
[Ref: 4746] £250.00
(£300.00 incl.VAT)
Race Course,
Drawn & Etched by John Augustus Atkinson.
Published as the Act directs May 10, 1804 by J.A. Atkinson & Ja.s Walker, No 3 Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, and Mess.rs John & Josiah Boydell, Pall Mall & Cheapside, London.
Coloured soft-ground etching with aquatint. 260 x 380mm (10¼ x 15"), large margins, watermarked 'J.Whatman 1801'
The crowds at the races, with coaches and sledges, published in Atkinson's 'A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians'. Atkinson accompanied his uncle, James Walker. to St Petersburg when Walker was appointed engraver to Catherine the Great. On his return he and his uncle published this work, which contained 100 plates. Abbey: Travel 223, 'These plates of Atkinson's show the spontaineity and sprit possible when the artist is his own engraver... The colouring is skilfully done'.
[Ref: 43862] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Study: Race Horse and Groom.]
Agasse pinxt. Schencker Sculpt.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Etching. 255 x 175mm. Trimmed to plate, small tear in lower left margin.
A fine etching by Nicolas Schenker, [1760-1848] after the best known of the Swiss animal artists, Jacques-Laurent Agasse. Schenker worked for Bartolozzi in England and France and held the position of Director of the 'Ecole de gravure de Genève' (1817-1822).
[Ref: 6915] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[22 race horse portraits]. i. Attila, Winner of the Derby, 1842. by Celwick. Ridden by Scott ii. Our Nell, Winner of the Oaks, 1842. by Bran. Ridden by T. Lye. iii. Blue Bonnett, Winner of the St. Leger, 1842. by Touchstone. Ridden by T. Lye. iv. Cotherstone, Winner of the Derby, 1843. By Touchstone. Ridden by Scott. v. Poison, Winner of the Oaks, 1843 [trimmed through title]. vi. Nutwith, Winner of the Leger, 1843. By Tomboy. Ridden by J. Marson. vii. Orlando, declared the Winner of the Derby, 1844. by Touchstone. Ridden by Nat. Running Rein Being 4 Year Old. viii. The Princess, Winner of the Oaks, 1844. by Slane. Ridden by F. Butler. ix. Faugh a ballagh, Winner of the St. Leger, 1844. by Sir Hercules. Ridden by H. Bell x. Merry Monarch, Winner of the Derby, 1845 By Slane. Ridden by F. Bell xi. Refraction, Winner of the Oaks, 1845. by Glaucus. Ridden by H. Bell. xii. Baron, Winner of the Leger, 1845. By Irish Birdcatch. Ridden by F. Butler. xiii. Pyrrhus the First Winner of the Derby 1846. By Epirus. Ridden by S. Day. xiv. Mendicant, Winner of the Oaks, 1846. by Touchstone. Ridden by S. Day. xv. Cossack, Winner of the Derby, 1847. By H. Platoff. Ridden by Templeman. xvi. Von Tromp, Winner of the Leger, 1847. By Lanercost. Ridden by J. Marson. xvii. Surplice, Winner of the Derby 1848. By Touchstone. Ridden by Templeman. xviii. Cymba, Winner of the Oaks, 1848. by Melbourn. Ridden by Templeman. xix. Surplice, Winner of the Leger, 1848. Beating Canezou. Ridden by Flatman. xx. Sister to Arkwright, Winner of the Oaks, 1849 [trimmed through title]. [Nos. xxi and xxii trimmed to image below and left. They are 'Sir Tatton Sykes' winner of the St Leger in 1846 and 'Miami' winner of the Oaks in 1847].
C. Hunt del.
Pub. By Rock & Co. London 24 June 1849.
22 coloured aquatint engravings. Each image c.95 x 67mm (3¾ x 2½"). Light foxing.
22 plates from 'Portraits of Winning Horses, a Series of Portraits of the Winners of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, From the Year 1842 to 1849. Drawn from Nature and Engraved by Charles Hunt Esqr'. The volume, depicting the winners of the 3 great races over 8 years, was published by Rock Brothers & Payne in 1849. Although the series calls for 24 plates both Siltzer and Lane record only 22 plates, as here: therefore it is probable that only 22 plates were published. Siltzer p.166. Lane II p.37; Hickman: p.472.
[Ref: 3388] £3,600.00
Rachael of Covent-Garden (the Quaker) See Granger Vol.4 Page 209.
Laroon delt. Benj. Green scut.
Printed for Rt. Wilkinson, 125 Fenchurch Street [n.d., c.1817].
Soft-ground etching, laid paper, 210 x 140mm, 8¼ x 5½". Stain spot above the head, else a decent impression, with full large margins, slight cockling at top.
A young Quaker girl standing with hands clasped at waist, a cloak under her left arm, wearing plain clothes with frilled sleeves and a headscarf. After Marcellus Laroon (1648/1649 or 1653 - 1702), a 19th century copy of the (c.1690) plate for the series 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life'.
[Ref: 20967] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Louis Racine. De l'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, Né à Paris le 2. Novembre 1692.
AV Pinxit. Gaillard Scul.
AParis chez Odieuvre, M.d d'Estampes rüe d'Anjoue entrant par la rüe d'Auphine la deniere porte Cochere aul.er.
Fine engraving. 150 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). With narrow margins.
Louis Racine (1692-1763), French poet of the Age of the Enlightenment, son of dramatist Jean Racine.
[Ref: 53304] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
Racing.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), with large margins.
A sporting scene showing a horse race watched by a huge crowd of men and women watching on from the side line and carriages. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46277] £320.00
Our Race Course.
Capt. G.F. Atkinson, del. E. Walker lith.
Day & Sons, Lith.rs to the Queen. [n.d., 1860.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½")
A slightly satirical scene of the racecourse of a backwater station in India, named in the text as 'Kabob'. Published in 'Curry and Rice (on Forty Plates) or The Ingredients of Social Life at 'Our Station' in India' by George Francklin Atkinson (1822-59). An officer of the Bengal Engineers, Atkinson is better known for his more serious work, 'The Campaign in India', about the Mutiny. Abbey Travel 487.
[Ref: 52319] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Here They Come; There They Go; The Half Distance.
Painted by E.A.S. Douglas. Engraved by G.R.Stock.
London: Published Feb.y 19th 1881 by Arthur Ackermann, 191, Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint. 255 x 580mm.
Three images on one plate.
[Ref: 1874] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
Georgius Rakoczii D.G. Princeps Transylvaniae etc.
Fred Bouttats sculp.
T. v. Merlen ex [c.1660]
Engraving, sheet 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet at edges.
György Rákóczi II (1621-1660), prince of Transylvania. After making alliances with Sweden amongst other countries Rákóczi led a war against Poland which, after initial advances, ended badly. His land was subsequently invaded by Ottoman Turks and he died in battle in 1660.
[Ref: 42988] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Radcliffe Infirmary.
F. Mackenzie. J. Le Keux.
Published March 1, 1834 by J.H. Parker, Oxford; C. Tilt, Fleet Street, & J. Le Keux, Harmondsworth.
Engraving. Plate: 140 x 180mm (5½ x 7"), with large margins.
A view of the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. The hospital was name after doctor John Radcliffe and was opened in 1770.
[Ref: 45921] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Vestibule. Of Radcliffe Library.
F. Mackenzie del.t. J. Hill sculp.t.
London, Pub. Dec.r 1 1813, at 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"), large margins.
View of the interior of the Vestibule of Radcliffe Library, designed by James Gibbs in a Baroque style and built in 1737–49 to house the Radcliffe Science Library.
[Ref: 62947] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Astronomical Observatory.
F. Mackenzie del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
London, Pub.d Feb.y 1 1814, t 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"), large margins.
The interior of the Radcliffe Observatory, showing instruments including a reflecting telescope by William Herschel and a pair of refracting telescopes. Engrav by John Blucj after William Westall (1781-1850) for 'A History of the University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Hall, and Public Buildings', by William Combe.
[Ref: 62940] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Radcliffe Observatory] Astronomical Observatory.
F. Mackenzie del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
London, Pub.d Feb.y 1 1814, t 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Aquatint, proof on chine collé, unusual proof uncoloured impression. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"), with very large margins. Foxing.
The interior of the Radcliffe Observatory, showing instruments including a reflecting telescope by William Herschel and a pair of refracting telescopes. Engraved by John Bluck after William Westall (1781-1850) for 'A History of the University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Hall, and Public Buildings', by William Combe.
[Ref: 66561] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Johannes Radcliffe M.D. Ob: Nov 1: .1714. Ætat: 64.
MBurghers Sculptor Univers [after Kneller].
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 80mm (5¾ x 3¼"), Trimmed to printed border. Creasing.
A portrait of physician John Radcliffe (1652-171), Royal Physician to William and Mary, Founder of the Radcliffe Library and Hospital Oxford. Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 64090] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Johannes Radcliffe M.D. Ob: Nov 1: .1714. Aetat: 64.
M V.dr Gucht Sculp [after Kneller].
Printed for Charles Rivington in St Pauls Ch. Yard [n.d., 1721].
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 80mm (5¾ x 3¼"), Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
A portrait of physician John Radcliffe (1652-171), Royal Physician to William and Mary, Founder of the Radcliffe Library and Hospital Oxford.
[Ref: 57201] £130.00
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[Dr John Radcliffe.]
[After Geoffrey Kneller.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 155mm, 7 x 6". Trimmed and laid on album paper.
John Radcliffe (1652-1714), English physician. His charitiable works resulted in a number of landmark buildings in Oxford being named after him, including the Radcliffe Camera, the Radcliffe Infirmary and the Radcliffe Observatory.
[Ref: 15235] £70.00
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Johannes Radcliffe M.D. Obijt 1o. Nov: MDCCXIV Aetat: 65.
G: Kneller Baront. pinxit 1710. G: Vertue Sculp: 1719.
[n.d. c.1719]
Line engraving. Plate 373 x 272
1650-1714, physician, unorthodox in that he learned by practice and not by books. W: 2417-1.
[Ref: 3609] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Johannes Radcliffe M.D. Obijt 1o. Nov: MDCCXIV Aetat: 65.
G: Kneller Baront. pinxit 1710. G: Vertue Sculp: 1719.
[G. Edwards, c.1757.]
Scarce re-issue by George Edwards of this engraved portrait. Edwards's engraved dedication to physician Thomas Reeve is printed from a separate plate immediately beneath, the inscription indicating that he gave the copper plate to the Royal College of Physicians, and ending "Now first published May 1st 1757./ according to Act of Parliament". Laid paper. Portrait plate 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"), inscription 55 x 275mm (2¼ x 10¾"). Full margins; heavily restored in top right and centre with repairs to small holes.
Dr John Radcliffe (1652 - 1714), physician and benefactor to University of Oxford; founder of the Radcliffe Library. He is seated, wearing a wig, long coat over his waistcoat, left hand with gloves on his thigh, at the Radcliffe Camera. To the left, a table with folded paper and black jewelled hat; arched alcove in background beyond. After Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723). George Edwards (1694 - 1773), better known for his volumes of bird plates, was employed by Sir Hans Sloane in drawing watercolours of animals and birds, and his inscription mentions that "the Plate was the Property of the late Hans Sloane". He was Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians from 1733 and later Engraver to the College. He taught himself to etch. See Wellcome 2417-1 for a first state of the portrait. This version not in BM. Alexander 'Vertue as Engraver' 295.
[Ref: 20890] £220.00
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Johannes Radcliffe M.D. Obijt 1o.Nov.MDCCXIV. Aetat: 65.
G.Kneller Baront.Pinxt.1710. P.Fourdrinier Sculp.1747.
[n.d. c.1747]
Copper engraving. Plate 280 x 203mm. 11 x 8". Rare and fine.
John Radcliffe (1652-171 was a physician, unorthodox in that he learned by practice and not by books. After his graduation from Oxford and once he had obtained his M.D. in 1862, he moved to London. He enjoyed great popularity there and became Royal Physician to William and Mary. W: 2417.3
[Ref: 21273] £280.00
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Johannes Radcliffe M.D. Obijt 1o.Nov.MDCCXIV. Aetat: 65.
G.Kneller Baront.Pinxt. 1710. P.Fourdrinier Sculp.1747.
[n.d. c.1747]
Fine engraving. Platemark: 280 x 203mm (11 x 8"). Small margins. Paper lightly toned.
A portrait of physician John Radcliffe (1652-171), Royal Physician to William and Mary, Founder of the Radcliffe Library and Hospital Oxford. W: 2417.3
[Ref: 40141] £260.00
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Sir Joseph Radcliffe of Milns-Bridge-House near Huddersfield Bar.t. For the Prompt & Judicius Exertions of this Intrepid Magistrate during a Period of Insubordination, Danger & Alarm, in the year 1812. His Sovereign Created Him a Baronet with the Singular Favor of a Gratuitous Patent. The Original Portrait placed in the Court House at Wakefield, and This Print are the tribute of Public Respect and Gratitude.
Painted by W. Owen R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent. Engraved by J. Heath, Engraver to His Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
[n.d., 1813.]
Engraving on chine collé. Sheet 580 x 365mm (220 x 14½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Portrait of Joseph Radcliffe (1744-1819), seated with a large dog lying between his feet. A magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Radcliffe gained a reputation for heavy-handed justice. 'The Insubordination' commemorated by this portrait was that of the Luddites: he used spies and informers to infiltrate workers' meetings and, having sent three men to trial, sat on the jury that sentenced them to death. He then watched the hanging.
[Ref: 60122] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joseph Radcliffe of Milns-Bridge-House near Huddersfield Bar.t. For the Prompt & Judicius Exertions of this Intrepid Magistrate during a Period of Insubordination, Danger & Alarm, in the year 1812. His Sovereign Created Him a Baronet with the Singular Favor of a Gratuitous Patent. The Original Portrait placed in the Court House at Wakefield, and This Print are the tribute of Public Respect and Gratitude.
Painted by W. Owen R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent. Engraved by J. Heath, Engraver to His Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
[n.d., 1813.]
Engraving. Sheet 585 x 365mm (22¼ x 14½"). Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of Joseph Radcliffe (1744-1819), seated with a large dog lying between his feet. A magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Radcliffe gained a reputation for heavy-handed justice. 'The Insubordination' commemorated by this portrait was that of the Luddites: he used spies and informers to infiltrate workers' meetings and, having sent three men to trial, sat on the jury that sentenced them to death. He then watched the hanging.
[Ref: 60121] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Radical Reformers. I cannot perceive for my part what use a man has for a shirtit is an unnecssary luxury.
London, Pub.d by J.L. Marks, 91, Long Lane, Smithfield. [c.1830.]
Hand coloured wood engraving. Printed area 190 x 120mm, 7½ x 4¾". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A man whose bare elbows can be seen through the holes in his coat sleeves.
[Ref: 27629] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
Radical Reformers. For my part I think when a man has a tidy Coat on, it is downright extravagence to wear trousers.
London, Pub.d by J.L. Marks, 91, Long Lane, Smithfield. [c.1830.]
Hand coloured wood engraving. Printed area 190 x 120mm, 7½ x 4¾". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A man wearing a fine fur-collared coat, boots, yet no trousers.
[Ref: 27627] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Church, & part of the Parish of Radipole.
A. Beaumont Esq.r, del.t. F. Bernie Aqua tint.
Publish'd March 1790 by J. Fittler, London, and J. Love, Weymouth.
Aquatint and etching with watercolour wash, platemark sheet 260 x 295mm (10 x 11½"). J. Whatman watermark. Very large margins.
View of Radipole in Dorset with the Grade II* listed Church of St Ann. Radipole was an independent parish until 1933 when it became part of the district of Weymouth. From a set of twelve views of Weymouth and the surrounding area. Abbey Scenery 339.4; for the complete set see ref. 35799.
[Ref: 37975] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Radley College. Cricket Match]
H.Brooks 1889 [in image]. H. Jamyn Brooks. F.G.Stevenson [both signed in pencil.]
London Published Dec.2nd 1889 by Messrs Dickinson & Foster Publishers to The Queen, 114 New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Etching, 410 x 550mm (16¼ x 21¾"), with large margins. Printseller's Association stamp, limited to 185 signed proofs..
Ladies and gentlemen watch a cricket match on the lawn at Radley College.
[Ref: 67410] £320.00
Radley ___ "The Chapel."
Painted by F.P. Barraud. Etched by E.W. Evans.
London Published March 2.nd 1891, by Mess.rs Dickinson & Foster, Publishers to The Queen. 114, New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Etching. Plate 430 x 565mm. 17 x 22¼". Some foxing.
A view of the interior of the old chapel at Radley School, Oxfordshire. This was later updated in 1897 by the Oxford architext, Sir Thimas Jackson. After Francis Philip Barraud (1824-1900).
[Ref: 22020] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Radley____"The Dining Hall".
Painted by F.P. Barraud. Etched by E.W. Evans.
London, Published March 2.nd 1891 by Mess.rs Dickinson & Foster, Publishers to The Queen. 114, New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Etching. Plate 432 x 559mm. 17 x 22". Some scuffing and spotting.
Inside the dining hall at Radley School, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. An elegantly laid table to the left for the masters, and two further tables to the right near the fireplace for the schoolboys. After Francis Philip Barraud (1824-1900).
[Ref: 22013] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Radley____"The Dining Hall".]
[Pencil signatures:] F.P. Barraud. EW Evans.
London, Published March 2.nd 1891 by Mess.rs Dickinson & Foster, Publishers to The Queen. 114, New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Etching. Proof before title, signed in pencil. Printseller's Association stamp. Plate 436 x 557mm. 17¼ x 22". Some creasing.
Inside the dining hall at Radley School, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. An elegantly laid table to the left for the masters, and two further tables to the right near the fireplace for the schoolboys. After Francis Philip Barraud (1824-1900). PSA: Vol. I. AP. 100.
[Ref: 22014] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Michal Stefan Radziejowski] Michaek S.R.E. Presbyter Cardinalis Radzieiowski Archiepis. Gnesnensis Polonus. Creatus Die II. Septembris MDCLXXXVI.
Frankfurt: heirs of Matthäus Merian, 1702.
Engraving. 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"), very large margins.
An oval portrait of Augustyn Michal Stefan Radziejowski (1645-1705), archbishop of Gniezno and cardinal primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland. After the death of Jan III Sobieski, he functioned as Interrex until a new king was elected.
[Ref: 57749] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)