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The Recruiting Serjeant. Engrav'd for the Oxford Magazine.
[1770]
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Three worm holes in the left edge, some ink offset.
A recruiting serjeant stands in a village tempting the villagers to enlist with promises, while two old soldiers walk by complaining about the reality of service.
BM Satire 4411.
[Ref: 55190] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[1770]
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Three worm holes in the left edge, some ink offset.
A recruiting serjeant stands in a village tempting the villagers to enlist with promises, while two old soldiers walk by complaining about the reality of service.
BM Satire 4411.
[Ref: 55190] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Recruitment campaign 1914-6] Buckingham Palace. To My People.](jpegs/63747.jpg)
[Recruitment campaign 1914-6] Buckingham Palace. To My People. At this grave moment in the struggle between my people and a highly organised enemy who has transgressed the Laws of Nations and changed the ordinance that binds civilized Europe together, I appeal to you. I rejoice in my Empire's effort, and I feel pride in the voluntary response from my Subjects all over the world who have sacrificed home, fortune, and life itself, in order that another may not inherit the free Empire which their ancestors and mine have built. I ask you to make good these sacrifices. The end is not in sight. More men and yet more are wanted to keep my Armies in the Field, and through them to secure Victory and enduring Peace. In ancient days the darkest moment has ever produced in our race the sternest resolve. I ask you, men of all classes, to come forward voluntarily and take your share in the fight. In freely responding to my appeal, you will be giving your support to our brothers, who, for long months, have nobly upheld Britain's past traditions, and the glory of her Arms. George R.I.
[London 1914-6.]
Letterpress with facsimile signature. Sheet 250 x 155mm (9¾ x 6¼").
A call-to-arms from the first half of the First World War.
See Imperial War Museum IWM PST 12111 for variant.
[Ref: 63747] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[London 1914-6.]
Letterpress with facsimile signature. Sheet 250 x 155mm (9¾ x 6¼").
A call-to-arms from the first half of the First World War.
See Imperial War Museum IWM PST 12111 for variant.
[Ref: 63747] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Village Recruits.
Painted by Sir David Wilkie, R.A. Engraved by Charles Fox.
London, Published Sept.r 1, 1838, by Thomas Boys, XI Golden Square, Regent Street.
Rare engraving. Laid, on India paper. First Proof Impression. Platemark: 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼"). Very large margins.
An interior scene within a village tavern, with men gathered around a wooden table, some in military uniform. One, to the left, is sitting on the table, hand on his hip, watching a man seated to his left, grimacing with the exertion of pulling the cork from a stout bottle which he holds between his knees.
Provenance: Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire.
[Ref: 39984] £380.00
Painted by Sir David Wilkie, R.A. Engraved by Charles Fox.
London, Published Sept.r 1, 1838, by Thomas Boys, XI Golden Square, Regent Street.
Rare engraving. Laid, on India paper. First Proof Impression. Platemark: 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼"). Very large margins.
An interior scene within a village tavern, with men gathered around a wooden table, some in military uniform. One, to the left, is sitting on the table, hand on his hip, watching a man seated to his left, grimacing with the exertion of pulling the cork from a stout bottle which he holds between his knees.
Provenance: Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire.
[Ref: 39984] £380.00
![[Recruits.]](jpegs/56436.jpg)
[Recruits.]
[W. H. Bunbury delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.]
[London, Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1780 by Watson & Dickinson No 158 New Bond Street.]
Scarce etching, unfinished proof before stippling and lettering. Sheet 325 x 270mm (12¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within platemark on three sides.
A motley group of recruits being drilled by two soldiers outside an inn called 'The Old Fortune'. The inn sign depicts a old soldier with one eye, arm and leg, begging. The second of a series by Bunbury, with 'A Visit to thje Camp' and 'Nancy', published during the American War of Independence.
[Ref: 56436] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[W. H. Bunbury delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.]
[London, Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1780 by Watson & Dickinson No 158 New Bond Street.]
Scarce etching, unfinished proof before stippling and lettering. Sheet 325 x 270mm (12¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within platemark on three sides.
A motley group of recruits being drilled by two soldiers outside an inn called 'The Old Fortune'. The inn sign depicts a old soldier with one eye, arm and leg, begging. The second of a series by Bunbury, with 'A Visit to thje Camp' and 'Nancy', published during the American War of Independence.
[Ref: 56436] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Rector of Valehead. _''I must now soon expect my summons...
Drawn by W. Purser. Engraved by R.G. Reeve.
Published by Smith Elder & Co. 65 Cornhill. [n.d., c.1835.]
Aquatint. Sheet: 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½''). Trimmed.
An illustration to 'The Rectory of Valehead' by Robert Wilson Evans (1789-1866), an English cleric and Archdeacon of Westmoreland from 1856 until his death.
[Ref: 48229] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by W. Purser. Engraved by R.G. Reeve.
Published by Smith Elder & Co. 65 Cornhill. [n.d., c.1835.]
Aquatint. Sheet: 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½''). Trimmed.
An illustration to 'The Rectory of Valehead' by Robert Wilson Evans (1789-1866), an English cleric and Archdeacon of Westmoreland from 1856 until his death.
[Ref: 48229] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
John Bull Reading the Extraordinary Red Book.
[William Elmes.]
By Th.s Tegge - 111 Cheapside. [n.d., c.1819.]
Colouired etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), watermarked 1819 large margins.
John Bull reads 'Extraordinary Red Book: A List of All Places, Pensions, Sinecures, &c. with the Various Salaries and Emoluments Arising Therefrom', written by 'A Commoner', an early version of the Civil List. He expresses outrage at the payments to governmental figures including Castlereagh, Bathurst and Eldon, totalling just under half-a-million pounds. The third edition of the book was published in 1819.
BM Satires 12781, dating c.1816.
[Ref: 50699] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[William Elmes.]
By Th.s Tegge - 111 Cheapside. [n.d., c.1819.]
Colouired etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), watermarked 1819 large margins.
John Bull reads 'Extraordinary Red Book: A List of All Places, Pensions, Sinecures, &c. with the Various Salaries and Emoluments Arising Therefrom', written by 'A Commoner', an early version of the Civil List. He expresses outrage at the payments to governmental figures including Castlereagh, Bathurst and Eldon, totalling just under half-a-million pounds. The third edition of the book was published in 1819.
BM Satires 12781, dating c.1816.
[Ref: 50699] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Red Cedar. In the Grounds at Wimbledon House. Plate 21. [top right-hand corner]
H.W. Burgess delt. 1829. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[J.Dickinson, 114 New Bond Street, London.]
Lithograph. 432 x 348mm. 17" x 13¾". Cut and laid on paper.
From 'Eidodendron : views of the general character and appearance of trees foreign and indigenous connected with picturesque scenery'. (published 1827)
[Ref: 8773] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
H.W. Burgess delt. 1829. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[J.Dickinson, 114 New Bond Street, London.]
Lithograph. 432 x 348mm. 17" x 13¾". Cut and laid on paper.
From 'Eidodendron : views of the general character and appearance of trees foreign and indigenous connected with picturesque scenery'. (published 1827)
[Ref: 8773] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
The Charms of a Red Coat. 211
London Publish'd 1st. Nov.r 1787 by Rob.t Sayer, 53 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. Plate: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Thread margins.
A scene in a military camp, in the foreground a soldier talks to a fashionably dressed woman on a horse. In the background three woman sit in a tent, around a round table, one woman is sitting on a soldier's lap.
Not in BM Satire.
[Ref: 46695] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London Publish'd 1st. Nov.r 1787 by Rob.t Sayer, 53 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. Plate: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Thread margins.
A scene in a military camp, in the foreground a soldier talks to a fashionably dressed woman on a horse. In the background three woman sit in a tent, around a round table, one woman is sitting on a soldier's lap.
Not in BM Satire.
[Ref: 46695] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Work of the Red Crescent.
[n.d., c.1877.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed close to image on left.
A scene of the aftermath of a battle in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, with the Red Crescent tending to the the wounded. To the left an arm is being amputated without anaesthetic.
[Ref: 66461] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1877.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed close to image on left.
A scene of the aftermath of a battle in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, with the Red Crescent tending to the the wounded. To the left an arm is being amputated without anaesthetic.
[Ref: 66461] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[French Red Cross] Comité Britannique de la Croix Rouge Française.](jpegs/57951.jpg)
[French Red Cross] Comité Britannique de la Croix Rouge Française. Ce diplôme a été offert è [Monsieur George J. Hittle] en témoignage des services qui [il] a rendues à la France. LOndres Le 10 May 1920.
Jos. Girard inv. et del. Manesse, Henri s.
[1920.]
Photo engraving, with ink stamp, facsimile signature and mss. signature. Printed area 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17") very large margins. Uncut. Some stain soiling.
A certificate of gratitude to Britons who helped care for French soldiers in the Great War.
[Ref: 57951] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Jos. Girard inv. et del. Manesse, Henri s.
[1920.]
Photo engraving, with ink stamp, facsimile signature and mss. signature. Printed area 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17") very large margins. Uncut. Some stain soiling.
A certificate of gratitude to Britons who helped care for French soldiers in the Great War.
[Ref: 57951] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Red Grouse. 8th. Plate of the British Feather Game.
Sillett, pinxt. Turner, sculpt.
London Published July 1. 1810. at R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Mezzotint, 375 x 444mm. Collector's stamp on verso.
A pair of red grouse in a landscape. From a series of 14 plates 'British Feather Game' published 1810 - 1812. After the painter James Sillett (1764 - 1840) born at Norwich in 1764, and, after working there for a time as an heraldic painter, came to London, where he was employed as a copyist by the Polygraphic Society. From 1787 to 1790 he studied in the schools of the Royal Academy. He became a good miniaturist, and also painted game, fruit, and flowers with considerable skill; he was an exhibitor of works of this class at the Royal Academy from 1796 to 1837. About 1804 Sillett went to reside at Lynn, where he taught drawing and made the illustrations for Richards's ‘History of Lynn,’ published in 1812. In 1810 he removed to Norwich, where he passed the remainder of his life in the constant practice of his art. He was president of the Norwich Society of Artists in 1815, but was one of the seceders from the original body.
Whitman: 836. Siltzer: pg. 79.
[Ref: 8097] £650.00
Sillett, pinxt. Turner, sculpt.
London Published July 1. 1810. at R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Mezzotint, 375 x 444mm. Collector's stamp on verso.
A pair of red grouse in a landscape. From a series of 14 plates 'British Feather Game' published 1810 - 1812. After the painter James Sillett (1764 - 1840) born at Norwich in 1764, and, after working there for a time as an heraldic painter, came to London, where he was employed as a copyist by the Polygraphic Society. From 1787 to 1790 he studied in the schools of the Royal Academy. He became a good miniaturist, and also painted game, fruit, and flowers with considerable skill; he was an exhibitor of works of this class at the Royal Academy from 1796 to 1837. About 1804 Sillett went to reside at Lynn, where he taught drawing and made the illustrations for Richards's ‘History of Lynn,’ published in 1812. In 1810 he removed to Norwich, where he passed the remainder of his life in the constant practice of his art. He was president of the Norwich Society of Artists in 1815, but was one of the seceders from the original body.
Whitman: 836. Siltzer: pg. 79.
[Ref: 8097] £650.00
Red Headed Guinea Parrakeet.
[After William Hayes.]
[London: William Bulmer & Co, 1799.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"). Trimmed within plate, faint mount burn.
A fine etching from Hayes's 'Rare and Curious Birds Accurately Drawn and Coloured from Their Specimens in the Menagerie at Osterly Park', first edition. Hayes (1735-1802), a self-taught artist who had illustrated 'A Natural History of British Birds' in 1775, was commissioned to record the collection of live birds belonging to Robert and Sarah Child, the owners of Osterley. It was a family affair: he employed at least seven of his children as etchers, colourists and binders. The volumes were assembled when they were ordered, with the contents varying because of what has been called 'a production line of unrivalled chaos'. A second, posthumous edition was issued in 1817, 'published for the benefit of his family'.
See Ref: 32636
[Ref: 32638] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[After William Hayes.]
[London: William Bulmer & Co, 1799.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"). Trimmed within plate, faint mount burn.
A fine etching from Hayes's 'Rare and Curious Birds Accurately Drawn and Coloured from Their Specimens in the Menagerie at Osterly Park', first edition. Hayes (1735-1802), a self-taught artist who had illustrated 'A Natural History of British Birds' in 1775, was commissioned to record the collection of live birds belonging to Robert and Sarah Child, the owners of Osterley. It was a family affair: he employed at least seven of his children as etchers, colourists and binders. The volumes were assembled when they were ordered, with the contents varying because of what has been called 'a production line of unrivalled chaos'. A second, posthumous edition was issued in 1817, 'published for the benefit of his family'.
See Ref: 32636
[Ref: 32638] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Red Kite.]](jpegs/50360.jpg)
[Red Kite.]
[after William Hayes.]
[n.d., c.1775.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 315 x 445mm. On laid paper watermarked 'J. Whatman', very large margins.
A fine etching from Hayes's 'A Natural History of British Birds'.
[Ref: 50360] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[after William Hayes.]
[n.d., c.1775.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 315 x 445mm. On laid paper watermarked 'J. Whatman', very large margins.
A fine etching from Hayes's 'A Natural History of British Birds'.
[Ref: 50360] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Red Lyon Square. A. Orange Street. B. Lambs Conduit Passage. C. Princes Street.
[London: Henry Overton, c.1724.]
Engraving. Plate: 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9¾"). Marking in large margins.
A view of Red Lion Square with a key, from 'Prospects of the most remarkable places in and about the Citty of London, Neatly Engraved' published by Henry Overton.
[Ref: 45315] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Henry Overton, c.1724.]
Engraving. Plate: 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9¾"). Marking in large margins.
A view of Red Lion Square with a key, from 'Prospects of the most remarkable places in and about the Citty of London, Neatly Engraved' published by Henry Overton.
[Ref: 45315] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Red Rover in Chase of a Free Trader.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured woodcut. Sheet 155 x 185mm (6 x 7¼"). Trimmed close to printed area.
A naval officer with a red, bulbous nose and a protrunding belly runs up to a young woman.
[Ref: 61096] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured woodcut. Sheet 155 x 185mm (6 x 7¼"). Trimmed close to printed area.
A naval officer with a red, bulbous nose and a protrunding belly runs up to a young woman.
[Ref: 61096] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Red Setter head.]](jpegs/60115.jpg)
[Red Setter head.]
Alice Banwell [Pencil signature.]
[n.d, c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with blindstamp 'Rembrandt Guild Artist's Proof', very large margins.
[Ref: 60115] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Alice Banwell [Pencil signature.]
[n.d, c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with blindstamp 'Rembrandt Guild Artist's Proof', very large margins.
[Ref: 60115] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Sick Child]](jpegs/35913.jpg)
[The Sick Child] ["Hush my babe be still and slumber / Holy angels guard thy bed"]
Rich.d Redgrave. Etch Club [1844]
Etching on india, very large margins; platemark 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Proof before additional text added. Crease upper left margin.
One of few etchings by painter and arts administrator Richard Redgrave (1804-88), in which an angel looks over an unwell child (in the final state it was accompanied by verse by Redgrave). In 1837 Redgrave was a founding member of the Etching Club, under whose auspices this print was published in 1844. Kathryn Moore Heleniak (DNB) writes that: 'it was in the 1840s that Redgrave produced his most memorable paintings, 'lessons of philanthropic appeal on behalf of the oppressed and miserable', and this print, like many of his works in this period, draws attention to the perils and trials facing humanity. In later years Redgrave painted less and became an influential arts educator and administrator, working with museums, international exhibitions, writing books and becoming surveyor of the queen's pictures.
[Ref: 35913] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Rich.d Redgrave. Etch Club [1844]
Etching on india, very large margins; platemark 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Proof before additional text added. Crease upper left margin.
One of few etchings by painter and arts administrator Richard Redgrave (1804-88), in which an angel looks over an unwell child (in the final state it was accompanied by verse by Redgrave). In 1837 Redgrave was a founding member of the Etching Club, under whose auspices this print was published in 1844. Kathryn Moore Heleniak (DNB) writes that: 'it was in the 1840s that Redgrave produced his most memorable paintings, 'lessons of philanthropic appeal on behalf of the oppressed and miserable', and this print, like many of his works in this period, draws attention to the perils and trials facing humanity. In later years Redgrave painted less and became an influential arts educator and administrator, working with museums, international exhibitions, writing books and becoming surveyor of the queen's pictures.
[Ref: 35913] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
H. Redouté.
Dutertre.
[n.d. c.1811.]
Engraving and etching, rare. Plate 115 x 102mm (4½ x 4").
Henri Joseph Redouté (1766-1852) the painter who was a member of the Committee on Science and the Arts during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign (1798-1799). From a series of prints portraying the members of Napoleon's campaign in Egypt.
[Ref: 31237] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Dutertre.
[n.d. c.1811.]
Engraving and etching, rare. Plate 115 x 102mm (4½ x 4").
Henri Joseph Redouté (1766-1852) the painter who was a member of the Committee on Science and the Arts during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign (1798-1799). From a series of prints portraying the members of Napoleon's campaign in Egypt.
[Ref: 31237] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
P.J. Redouté, Peintre de Fleurs.
Gerard Pinx.t. C.S. Pradier sculp.t 1811.
Engraved with stippled face, with very large margins. 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Slight crease across upper title area.
A finely-executed portrait of Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), Belgian painter and botanist, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison. He published over 2,100 plates depicting over 1,800 different species, many never illustrated before.
[Ref: 32653] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Gerard Pinx.t. C.S. Pradier sculp.t 1811.
Engraved with stippled face, with very large margins. 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Slight crease across upper title area.
A finely-executed portrait of Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), Belgian painter and botanist, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison. He published over 2,100 plates depicting over 1,800 different species, many never illustrated before.
[Ref: 32653] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Redouté ne en 1759, mort en 1840.
Dessine par M.lle Godefroy. Lith par Ferogio.
Imp.Auguste Bry, rue du Bac, No. 134.
Lithograph. 493 x 324mm.
Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), Belgian painter and botanist, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison. He published over 2,100 plates depicting over 1,800 different species, many never illustrated before.
[Ref: 4804] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine par M.lle Godefroy. Lith par Ferogio.
Imp.Auguste Bry, rue du Bac, No. 134.
Lithograph. 493 x 324mm.
Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), Belgian painter and botanist, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison. He published over 2,100 plates depicting over 1,800 different species, many never illustrated before.
[Ref: 4804] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Representation of the gallant attack made by the Rinaldo , Capt.n Anderson, and the Redpole, Capt.n C. Campbell, on a Division of the Enemy's flotilla, in Boulogne Bay Sept.r 3.rd 1811.
From a Sketch by W.A. Armstrong, Master of the Rinaldo. Engraved by Sutherland.
Pub.d by Pyall & Stroud , 19 Hanway Street, Oxford Street.
Rare hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 175 x 245mm (7 x 9½''). Slight staining in margins. Trimmed.
A naval battle scene showing HMS Redpole and HMS Rinaldo attacking the French fleet off the coast of France.
[Ref: 49944] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
From a Sketch by W.A. Armstrong, Master of the Rinaldo. Engraved by Sutherland.
Pub.d by Pyall & Stroud , 19 Hanway Street, Oxford Street.
Rare hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 175 x 245mm (7 x 9½''). Slight staining in margins. Trimmed.
A naval battle scene showing HMS Redpole and HMS Rinaldo attacking the French fleet off the coast of France.
[Ref: 49944] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W. & J. Reed. Turning Lathes of modern English Workmanship, suitable for Gentlemen, Amateurs or others who follow Mechanical Pursuits. Also a small Superb Steam Engine applicable to a Saw Mill or for Pumping water, a Saw Frame on Brunel's principle for Cutting veneers, and other pieces of Mechanism on sale at No 229 English Back Line.
Lithog by J.Reed, 1824. No 1.
Lith. chez A.Lange.
Lithograph. Printed area. This very unusual print has the title in Russian, English and French. 265 x 330mm. Spotting in margins
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4805] £450.00
Lithog by J.Reed, 1824. No 1.
Lith. chez A.Lange.
Lithograph. Printed area. This very unusual print has the title in Russian, English and French. 265 x 330mm. Spotting in margins
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4805] £450.00
General Reed, Member of the Congress.
Drawn from the Life by Du Simetiere in Philadelphia. B. Reading sculp. [faint scratched letters underneath image].
Publish'd May 10th 1783 by Wm. Richardson 174 Strand.
Etching with stipple engraving. Sheet 153 x 135mm. Trimmed to plate.
Joseph Reed [1741 - 1785], American Revolutionary political leader and army officer. He studied law, was admitted (1763) to the bar, and then went to London to study at the Middle Temple. After returning (1765) to practice law in Trenton, he took an active part in pre-Revolutionary affairs. After settling (1770) in Philadelphia Reed became a member of the committee of correspondence (1774) and president of the Pennsylvania provincial congress (1775). In the war he served as military secretary to George Washington and as adjutant general and took part in a number of battles. He served in the Continental Congress (1777-78). As president (1778-81) of the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania he abolished slavery in Pennsylvania and caused (1778) Benedict Arnold to be prosecuted on charges of corrupt practices. He was a trustee and founder of the University of the State of Pennsylvania (later the University of Pennsylvania). Plate IV from 'American Legislators', Pierre Eugene du Simitiere opened a Natural history Museum in Philidelphia in 1782. his portraits of notable Americans and presidents are highly regarded.
See Library of Congress: 146.
[Ref: 1912] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn from the Life by Du Simetiere in Philadelphia. B. Reading sculp. [faint scratched letters underneath image].
Publish'd May 10th 1783 by Wm. Richardson 174 Strand.
Etching with stipple engraving. Sheet 153 x 135mm. Trimmed to plate.
Joseph Reed [1741 - 1785], American Revolutionary political leader and army officer. He studied law, was admitted (1763) to the bar, and then went to London to study at the Middle Temple. After returning (1765) to practice law in Trenton, he took an active part in pre-Revolutionary affairs. After settling (1770) in Philadelphia Reed became a member of the committee of correspondence (1774) and president of the Pennsylvania provincial congress (1775). In the war he served as military secretary to George Washington and as adjutant general and took part in a number of battles. He served in the Continental Congress (1777-78). As president (1778-81) of the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania he abolished slavery in Pennsylvania and caused (1778) Benedict Arnold to be prosecuted on charges of corrupt practices. He was a trustee and founder of the University of the State of Pennsylvania (later the University of Pennsylvania). Plate IV from 'American Legislators', Pierre Eugene du Simitiere opened a Natural history Museum in Philidelphia in 1782. his portraits of notable Americans and presidents are highly regarded.
See Library of Congress: 146.
[Ref: 1912] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
"Hornie" Or The Reel Of O'Bogie. N.o 2.
AR [within text]. Nichol lithog.
Edinburgh Published by J. Cullen, Drummond Street. [n.d., c.1840.]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph sheet 275 x 407mm (11 x 16"). Slight creasing. Missing bits of paper. Small tear in left.
People dance with the devil. A slightly older looking man exclaims, " There's foursome reels and threesome reels "That muk' us a' right vogie, "But I prefer the twasome fling "Wi' a bonnie lass in Bogie." The devil replies "Whyles rangin' like a roarin' lion "For prey, a'holes an' corners byin', "Whyles on the strong-winged tempest flyin' Tirtin' the Kirks!!!". The devil clasps hands with a woman who holds another mans hand who says, "In spite of all their Interdicts Which fortell our overthrow We will turn up and wheel about And jump Jim Crow!" In front of him is a placard, 'Last Performance for the benefit of Church & State,' and a newspaper 'Non-Intrusion.' A three-man band plays on stage; a bell ringer, violinist and flautist beneath a canopy, 'These eminent performers will be fonnd of great use on the ocasion.' Next to them the pope peeks out of a curtain and pulls a face.
[Ref: 62037] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
AR [within text]. Nichol lithog.
Edinburgh Published by J. Cullen, Drummond Street. [n.d., c.1840.]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph sheet 275 x 407mm (11 x 16"). Slight creasing. Missing bits of paper. Small tear in left.
People dance with the devil. A slightly older looking man exclaims, " There's foursome reels and threesome reels "That muk' us a' right vogie, "But I prefer the twasome fling "Wi' a bonnie lass in Bogie." The devil replies "Whyles rangin' like a roarin' lion "For prey, a'holes an' corners byin', "Whyles on the strong-winged tempest flyin' Tirtin' the Kirks!!!". The devil clasps hands with a woman who holds another mans hand who says, "In spite of all their Interdicts Which fortell our overthrow We will turn up and wheel about And jump Jim Crow!" In front of him is a placard, 'Last Performance for the benefit of Church & State,' and a newspaper 'Non-Intrusion.' A three-man band plays on stage; a bell ringer, violinist and flautist beneath a canopy, 'These eminent performers will be fonnd of great use on the ocasion.' Next to them the pope peeks out of a curtain and pulls a face.
[Ref: 62037] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![Lovell Reeve [facsimile signature].](jpegs/51183.jpg)
Lovell Reeve [facsimile signature].
T.H. Maguire.
M. & N. Hanhard Imp. [n.d., 1851.]
Lithograph on india. Printed area 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½").
Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-65) , conchologist and publisher, author of 'Conchologia Systematica' (2 vols. London, 1841–2).
Wellcome 2460.
[Ref: 51183] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
T.H. Maguire.
M. & N. Hanhard Imp. [n.d., 1851.]
Lithograph on india. Printed area 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½").
Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-65) , conchologist and publisher, author of 'Conchologia Systematica' (2 vols. London, 1841–2).
Wellcome 2460.
[Ref: 51183] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nude with hands on head]](jpegs/40176.jpg)
[Nude with hands on head]
H:C T.R. del et fecit 1751.
Rare etching, 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"), with very large margins.
Etching by amateur printmaker and Fellow of the Royal Society, Sir Thomas Reeves (c.1744-88, fl.).
[Ref: 40176] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
H:C T.R. del et fecit 1751.
Rare etching, 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"), with very large margins.
Etching by amateur printmaker and Fellow of the Royal Society, Sir Thomas Reeves (c.1744-88, fl.).
[Ref: 40176] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
John Reeves Esq.r. This Print is Respectfully Inscribed to the Committees of the Associations, at the Crown & Anchor & the S.t Albans Taverns & the other Loyal & Constitutional Association in Great Brittain, by their most Obedient & very Humble Servant, T. Hardy.
Painted & Engraved by T. Hardy.
London Published as the Act directs 4 Decem.r 1793, by T. Hardy N.º 4 Great Marlborough Street.
Rare mezzotint. 490 x 340mm (19¼ x 13½"). Some creasing, tear and slight loss of print in title.
Three-quarter seated portait of conservative activist John Reeves (1752-1829), wearing a dark suit, frilled cravat and powdered hair. Having served two terms as Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador, he returned to England where he founded the 'Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers' at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in 1792.
CS 7, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66522] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted & Engraved by T. Hardy.
London Published as the Act directs 4 Decem.r 1793, by T. Hardy N.º 4 Great Marlborough Street.
Rare mezzotint. 490 x 340mm (19¼ x 13½"). Some creasing, tear and slight loss of print in title.
Three-quarter seated portait of conservative activist John Reeves (1752-1829), wearing a dark suit, frilled cravat and powdered hair. Having served two terms as Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador, he returned to England where he founded the 'Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers' at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in 1792.
CS 7, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66522] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Refin'd Taste. Eternal Infamy, that Wretch Confound, / Who Planted first this Vice on English Ground. / A Crime that Spite of Sense and Nature reigns. / and Poisons Genial Love & Manhood Stains. Vid. Rod. Random.
R.St.G.M. Inv.t. [Richard St George Mansergh.]
[n.d, c.1780.]
Etching, 180 x 255mm (7 x 10").
A scene from Tobias Smollett's 'Adventures of Roderick Random': a civilian eyeing up a soldier through a glass. A large beauty spot on the soldier's cheek covers a pockmark from veneral disease. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '6' upper right. The plate was originally published by Mary Darley, but was later issued by Robert Sayer and Laurie & Whittle.
BM Satires: 5173. See Ref: 51697 for coloured image.
[Ref: 55383] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
R.St.G.M. Inv.t. [Richard St George Mansergh.]
[n.d, c.1780.]
Etching, 180 x 255mm (7 x 10").
A scene from Tobias Smollett's 'Adventures of Roderick Random': a civilian eyeing up a soldier through a glass. A large beauty spot on the soldier's cheek covers a pockmark from veneral disease. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '6' upper right. The plate was originally published by Mary Darley, but was later issued by Robert Sayer and Laurie & Whittle.
BM Satires: 5173. See Ref: 51697 for coloured image.
[Ref: 55383] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
To Ladies, Curious in the Preservation of Muslins, Lawns, Laces, & c. S. Estcourt, Inventor of the Refined Indian Blue, entreats the attention of such Ladies as may not have experienced its effect, in beautifying, not only for present use, but also preserving when lain for years, the finer articles of the above description... W. Smith, Sole Agent to the Factory, 45, King, Street, Snow-hill.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Letterpress with wood-engraved border. Sheet 65 x 125mm (2½ x 5").
An advert for an indigo dye, placed by wholesaler W. Smith. An advert with similar wording appeared in 'Kaleidoscope, Or, Literary and Scientific Mirror' in 1825.
[Ref: 42352] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1825.]
Letterpress with wood-engraved border. Sheet 65 x 125mm (2½ x 5").
An advert for an indigo dye, placed by wholesaler W. Smith. An advert with similar wording appeared in 'Kaleidoscope, Or, Literary and Scientific Mirror' in 1825.
[Ref: 42352] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Reflection. Not one immoral, one corrupted thought.
London, Publish'd 15th March 1787 by Rob.t Sayer, 53 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint, 355 x 255mm. A few small tears to margin. Publication line partly patched in with mss.
[Ref: 5400] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
London, Publish'd 15th March 1787 by Rob.t Sayer, 53 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint, 355 x 255mm. A few small tears to margin. Publication line partly patched in with mss.
[Ref: 5400] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Reflections on Matrimony. The Honey Moon, and Afterwards.
Drawn and Engraved by Theodore Lane.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Scarce hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 425 x 320mm (16¾ x 12¾''). Damage in edges, trimmed.
A satirical print showing a man in the centre of the image surrounded by thoughts about marriage, from falling in love to drunkenness, adultery and life in prison. The whole scene is surrounded by ouroboros, an ancient symbol of a snake eating his own tail representing eternity.
[Ref: 51077] £480.00
Drawn and Engraved by Theodore Lane.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Scarce hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 425 x 320mm (16¾ x 12¾''). Damage in edges, trimmed.
A satirical print showing a man in the centre of the image surrounded by thoughts about marriage, from falling in love to drunkenness, adultery and life in prison. The whole scene is surrounded by ouroboros, an ancient symbol of a snake eating his own tail representing eternity.
[Ref: 51077] £480.00
Reform Advised. Reform Begun. Reform Compleat.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Published as the Act directs Jan.y 8.th 1793 by Ino. Brown No.2 Adelphi.
Etching. Sheet: 415 x 275mm (16¼ x 10¾''). Trimmed within plate, staining.
A satirical print in three scenes, in the first scene John Bull sits comfortably with a table full of food next to him, three ragged and hungry French revolutionaries put forward the idea of reform and taunt Bull. The second scene shows a ragged, peg-legged John Bull complaining to the three revolutionaries who brandish clubs; the final scene shows the three Frenchmen overpowering John Bull. A commentary on Grey's advocating reform in light of the French Revolution.
BM Satire 8289.
[Ref: 50965] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Published as the Act directs Jan.y 8.th 1793 by Ino. Brown No.2 Adelphi.
Etching. Sheet: 415 x 275mm (16¼ x 10¾''). Trimmed within plate, staining.
A satirical print in three scenes, in the first scene John Bull sits comfortably with a table full of food next to him, three ragged and hungry French revolutionaries put forward the idea of reform and taunt Bull. The second scene shows a ragged, peg-legged John Bull complaining to the three revolutionaries who brandish clubs; the final scene shows the three Frenchmen overpowering John Bull. A commentary on Grey's advocating reform in light of the French Revolution.
BM Satire 8289.
[Ref: 50965] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Plan for General Reform, Respectfully submitted to the attention of Members of Parliament, During the Summer Reccess.
Woodward Del. Rowlandson Scul.
[London Pub.d August 29, 1809] by Tho.s Tegg, No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), watermarked 'Willmott 1819'. Publication line partially scratched out.
Seven men and a woman arranged in two rows, each with a statement, for example 'I certainly shall drink two bottles less' and 'In Hot Weather what use is there for a coat, it is downright Extravagence'. A satire on attempts to reform Parliament.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 52696] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward Del. Rowlandson Scul.
[London Pub.d August 29, 1809] by Tho.s Tegg, No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), watermarked 'Willmott 1819'. Publication line partially scratched out.
Seven men and a woman arranged in two rows, each with a statement, for example 'I certainly shall drink two bottles less' and 'In Hot Weather what use is there for a coat, it is downright Extravagence'. A satire on attempts to reform Parliament.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 52696] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Spirit of the King at the Standard of Reform. In this Print may be traced a full length Figure of the King & Profiles of Lord's Brougham & Gray.
E. Lake lith: 5, Sherbourn Lane, Lombard St.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 155 x 220mm (6¼ x 8½").
A very rare and unusual reverse silhouette 'shadow portrait' of Grey and Lord Brougham & the King in profile, to the right, looking out to sea.
See Ref: 35779.
[Ref: 58224] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
E. Lake lith: 5, Sherbourn Lane, Lombard St.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 155 x 220mm (6¼ x 8½").
A very rare and unusual reverse silhouette 'shadow portrait' of Grey and Lord Brougham & the King in profile, to the right, looking out to sea.
See Ref: 35779.
[Ref: 58224] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Spirit of the King at the Standard of Reform. In this Print may be traced a full length Figure of the King & Profiles of Lord's Brougham & Gray.
E. Lake lith: 5, Sherbourn Lane, Lombard St.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 155 x 220mm (6¼ x 8½").
A very rare and unusual reverse silhouette 'shadow portrait' of Grey and Lord Brougham & the King in profile, to the right, looking out to sea.
[Ref: 35779] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
E. Lake lith: 5, Sherbourn Lane, Lombard St.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 155 x 220mm (6¼ x 8½").
A very rare and unusual reverse silhouette 'shadow portrait' of Grey and Lord Brougham & the King in profile, to the right, looking out to sea.
[Ref: 35779] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A view of the Interior of the Temporary Pavilion. 100 feet by 60. Erected inn the Square Barnstable, by the Friends of Reform; in which upwards of 1000, dined October 30.th 1837. Proof.
R. Sharland del.t. G. Child lith.
Published at M.rs Wildman's Repository, Barnstable.
Proof lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing paper. Sheet 230 x 270mm (9 x 14½"). Some soiling, ownership label on reverse.
A rare, locally-published illustration of the dinner in progress.
[Ref: 62787] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
R. Sharland del.t. G. Child lith.
Published at M.rs Wildman's Repository, Barnstable.
Proof lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing paper. Sheet 230 x 270mm (9 x 14½"). Some soiling, ownership label on reverse.
A rare, locally-published illustration of the dinner in progress.
[Ref: 62787] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Reform. A National Anthem, to be sung by the Frome Political Union, On Tuesday, May 15th, 1832. "Lo! we answer! see we come!/ Quick at Freedom's holy call;/ We come! we come! we come! we come!/ To do the glorious work of all;/ And hark! we raise from sea to sea,/ The sacred watchword Liberty.// God is our guide! from field from wave,/ From plough, from anvil, and from loom,/ We come, our country's rights to save,/ And speak a tyrant's faction's doom;/ And hark! we raise from sea to sea,/ The sacred watchword Liberty.// "God is our guide! no swords we draw,/ We kindle not war's battle fires' By union, justice, reason, law,/ We claim the birthright of our sires,/ We raise the watchword Liberty,/ We will, we will, we will be free!"
Tuck, printer, Frome
Letterpress, 225 x 140mm. 8¾ x 5½". Laid on album sheet.
From the Archives of Captain William John Cole, R.N, based in Lechlade, Gloucestershire. A handbill with an anthem to be sung by the Political Union of Frome, Somerset. Frome was one of the new boroughs created by the Great Reform Act which finally received the Royal Assent in June 1832. Prior to this, Frome was one of the larger towns in England without Parliamentary representation. The Great Reform Act granted seats in the House of Commons to towns with large populations that had emerged during the Industrial Revolution, while removing seats for areas with very small populations.
[Ref: 11317] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Tuck, printer, Frome
Letterpress, 225 x 140mm. 8¾ x 5½". Laid on album sheet.
From the Archives of Captain William John Cole, R.N, based in Lechlade, Gloucestershire. A handbill with an anthem to be sung by the Political Union of Frome, Somerset. Frome was one of the new boroughs created by the Great Reform Act which finally received the Royal Assent in June 1832. Prior to this, Frome was one of the larger towns in England without Parliamentary representation. The Great Reform Act granted seats in the House of Commons to towns with large populations that had emerged during the Industrial Revolution, while removing seats for areas with very small populations.
[Ref: 11317] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Reform Bill. (Given, with The News on Sunday, April 24, 1831.) An Accurate List of the Anti-Reformers, Borough-Holders, and Borough Nominees, who on Tuesday, April 19th, 1831, Voted in Favour of General Gascoyne's Motion, and Against the Reform Bill. [...] An Accurate List of the Friends of Reform, who on Tuesday, April 19th, 1831, Voted Against General Gascoyne's Motion.
London: Printed and published by Thomas Adderley Phipps, 25, Brydges-street, Covent-garden.
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 395 x 330mm (15½ x 13"). Creases, wear to edges.
A rare broadsheet, listing the returns of a parliamentary motion moved by Lieutenant-General Isaac Gascoyne (c.1763-1841) in an attempt to block the reform of Parliament. Gascoyne entered Parliament in 1796 and in his time as MP opposed the abolition of both the Slave Trade & bull-baiting and Catholic Emancipation. In 1812 he was able to identify the assassin of Spencer Perceval, shot in the House of Commons. When this motion carried, the Government dissolved Parliament and called a General Election, hoping to destroy the anti-reform majority. It worked: Gascoyne lost his seat and the Reform Act passed in 1832.
[Ref: 34260] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London: Printed and published by Thomas Adderley Phipps, 25, Brydges-street, Covent-garden.
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 395 x 330mm (15½ x 13"). Creases, wear to edges.
A rare broadsheet, listing the returns of a parliamentary motion moved by Lieutenant-General Isaac Gascoyne (c.1763-1841) in an attempt to block the reform of Parliament. Gascoyne entered Parliament in 1796 and in his time as MP opposed the abolition of both the Slave Trade & bull-baiting and Catholic Emancipation. In 1812 he was able to identify the assassin of Spencer Perceval, shot in the House of Commons. When this motion carried, the Government dissolved Parliament and called a General Election, hoping to destroy the anti-reform majority. It worked: Gascoyne lost his seat and the Reform Act passed in 1832.
[Ref: 34260] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Reform Act] Reform.](jpegs/66224.jpg)
[The Reform Act] Reform. Presented with the Weekly Dispatch, 1st Janury, 1832.
T. Watson. W.Clerk lith 41 Dean St Soho.
[1832.]
Lithograph. Printed area 195 x 150mm (7¾ x 6"). Inscription weakly inked.
Britannia stands with her lion beside her, holding a huge flag with a pennant inscribed 'Reform', with the profiles of William IV, Brougham, Grey, Russell, and Burdett in the folds. On the left a ship, the 'Reform', is under full sail; the 'Anti-Reform' sinks. A puzzle print with hidden profile heads.
BM Satires 16924.
[Ref: 66224] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
T. Watson. W.Clerk lith 41 Dean St Soho.
[1832.]
Lithograph. Printed area 195 x 150mm (7¾ x 6"). Inscription weakly inked.
Britannia stands with her lion beside her, holding a huge flag with a pennant inscribed 'Reform', with the profiles of William IV, Brougham, Grey, Russell, and Burdett in the folds. On the left a ship, the 'Reform', is under full sail; the 'Anti-Reform' sinks. A puzzle print with hidden profile heads.
BM Satires 16924.
[Ref: 66224] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Unsaleable Goods Brought to a New Market.
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed to printed border. Publication line weakly printed.
A street seller calling 'Here! My Boroughs, buy my Bouroughs'. His donkey's basket is filled with title deeds, priced at 2½ per pound. A satire on Rotten Boroughs and the Reform Act.
[Ref: 31458] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed to printed border. Publication line weakly printed.
A street seller calling 'Here! My Boroughs, buy my Bouroughs'. His donkey's basket is filled with title deeds, priced at 2½ per pound. A satire on Rotten Boroughs and the Reform Act.
[Ref: 31458] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The New State Light.
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair and 118 Fleet St [n.d., c.1832].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼") Trimmed to printed border.
A candle with the king's crown as a holder provides the light of 'Reform'. Around the candle are four figures, including Wellington in uniform, trying to blow it out.
[Ref: 31459] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair and 118 Fleet St [n.d., c.1832].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼") Trimmed to printed border.
A candle with the king's crown as a holder provides the light of 'Reform'. Around the candle are four figures, including Wellington in uniform, trying to blow it out.
[Ref: 31459] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Reform at Home & The Church in an Uproar.
[n.d., c.1830.] Bit later.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate at sides, affecting key text, a line of the key weakly inked. Some pencil mss annotations.
Caricature portraits of a group of men gathered in a church, with a key of what 14 are saying, including '1. I never put my hand in the public purse'. The pencil mss gives clues to the identifies of the men.
[Ref: 54444] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.] Bit later.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate at sides, affecting key text, a line of the key weakly inked. Some pencil mss annotations.
Caricature portraits of a group of men gathered in a church, with a key of what 14 are saying, including '1. I never put my hand in the public purse'. The pencil mss gives clues to the identifies of the men.
[Ref: 54444] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Reform Bill receiving The King's Assent by Royal Commission. Proof.
Engraved by Will.m Walker & Sam.l W. Reynolds from a picture taken on the spot by the late S.am.l W. Reynolds Esq.re when the Assent was declared. _ The Portraits from Original and Authentic Sketches.
William Walker Excudit, June 1836, No 64 Margaret Street, Cavandish Square London, & 22, London Street, Edinburgh.
Mezzotint on india, proof. 850 x 605mm (33½ x 24½"). Laid on board. India slightly trimmed at bottom, losing part of secondary publication line.
The House of Lords on 7th June 1832, during the passing of The Great Reform Act, with distinct portraits of the notable characters. In the inscription area are the facsimile signatures of William IV (although he was not present), Grey, Holland, Durham, Brougham, Landsdowne and Wellesley.
[Ref: 27837] £520.00
Engraved by Will.m Walker & Sam.l W. Reynolds from a picture taken on the spot by the late S.am.l W. Reynolds Esq.re when the Assent was declared. _ The Portraits from Original and Authentic Sketches.
William Walker Excudit, June 1836, No 64 Margaret Street, Cavandish Square London, & 22, London Street, Edinburgh.
Mezzotint on india, proof. 850 x 605mm (33½ x 24½"). Laid on board. India slightly trimmed at bottom, losing part of secondary publication line.
The House of Lords on 7th June 1832, during the passing of The Great Reform Act, with distinct portraits of the notable characters. In the inscription area are the facsimile signatures of William IV (although he was not present), Grey, Holland, Durham, Brougham, Landsdowne and Wellesley.
[Ref: 27837] £520.00
![[Designed for a transparency exhibited at No. 14 Catherine Street, Strand, On Occasion of the General Illuminations to Celebrate the Passing of the Reform Bill,-1832.]](jpegs/42053.jpg)
[Designed for a transparency exhibited at No. 14 Catherine Street, Strand, On Occasion of the General Illuminations to Celebrate the Passing of the Reform Bill,-1832.]
[Eng.d Printed and Publ.d for the Proprietor by E. Jones 126 Long Acre London.]
Engraving. Proof before letters. Extremely rare unfinished plate before aquating. Plate: 320 x 500mm (12½ x 19¾"), with large margins. Repaired tears and creases.
An allegorical scene featuring the major political figures involved with the passing of the Reform Bill. The image is split into two halves with King William IV seated in the centre holding a scroll which on the completed print reads 'Reform Bill passed June 7th'. Supporters of the bill are shown on the left under the eye of knowledge on the far left is Lord Cleveland, then Bougham in a wig and gown, Lord Cleveland, Russell, Whig Prime Minster Charles Grey and Althorp. On the right are the opposers, stood under a large skeleton Wellington in his uniform is shown on the left pointing a breaking sword at the king, then Lyndhurst and Bishop Philpotts whose mitre is falling off. The Reform bill changed the criterea for having the vote, it also enfanchised the ever growing industrial cities of Leeds and Manchester and got rid of rotten boroughs. M. Dorothy George notes that no general illumination was held and that the ratepayer at 14 Catherine Street at the time was a billiard table maker.
BM Satire 17182.
[Ref: 42053] £480.00
[Eng.d Printed and Publ.d for the Proprietor by E. Jones 126 Long Acre London.]
Engraving. Proof before letters. Extremely rare unfinished plate before aquating. Plate: 320 x 500mm (12½ x 19¾"), with large margins. Repaired tears and creases.
An allegorical scene featuring the major political figures involved with the passing of the Reform Bill. The image is split into two halves with King William IV seated in the centre holding a scroll which on the completed print reads 'Reform Bill passed June 7th'. Supporters of the bill are shown on the left under the eye of knowledge on the far left is Lord Cleveland, then Bougham in a wig and gown, Lord Cleveland, Russell, Whig Prime Minster Charles Grey and Althorp. On the right are the opposers, stood under a large skeleton Wellington in his uniform is shown on the left pointing a breaking sword at the king, then Lyndhurst and Bishop Philpotts whose mitre is falling off. The Reform bill changed the criterea for having the vote, it also enfanchised the ever growing industrial cities of Leeds and Manchester and got rid of rotten boroughs. M. Dorothy George notes that no general illumination was held and that the ratepayer at 14 Catherine Street at the time was a billiard table maker.
BM Satire 17182.
[Ref: 42053] £480.00
The Spirit of Reform. The King. His Ministers. & The People.
[Published by Gabriel Shire Tregear, 1831]
Lithograph, rare, sheet 205 x 265mm (8 x 10½").
In front of a tree, a gentleman holding a banner, a sailor to his right, a lawyer holding a document to his left and a guardsman in highland dress far left. Windsor castle in background. Head of the King William IV in trees.
[Ref: 43943] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Published by Gabriel Shire Tregear, 1831]
Lithograph, rare, sheet 205 x 265mm (8 x 10½").
In front of a tree, a gentleman holding a banner, a sailor to his right, a lawyer holding a document to his left and a guardsman in highland dress far left. Windsor castle in background. Head of the King William IV in trees.
[Ref: 43943] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The First Reformers Presenting their Famous Protest, at the Diet of Spires, on 19.th April 1529. The Picture presents Authentic Portraits taken from Albert Durer, Titian, Holbein, Lucas Cranach. &c.
G. Cattermole, Pinx.t. W. Walker, Sc.
[London: Hering & Remington, c.1843.]
Stipple on chine collé. 215 x 290mm (9¾ x 11½"). Lacking printed backing sheet, mounted on album sheet.
A keyplate to George Cattermole's picture of the Diet of Speyer of 1529, with the delegates numbered (key on the backing sheet, not present). The diet's rejection of further reform of the church led a group of delegates to protest, coining the name 'Protestant'.
See BM 1872,0413.333 for the plate with key.
[Ref: 63231] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cattermole, Pinx.t. W. Walker, Sc.
[London: Hering & Remington, c.1843.]
Stipple on chine collé. 215 x 290mm (9¾ x 11½"). Lacking printed backing sheet, mounted on album sheet.
A keyplate to George Cattermole's picture of the Diet of Speyer of 1529, with the delegates numbered (key on the backing sheet, not present). The diet's rejection of further reform of the church led a group of delegates to protest, coining the name 'Protestant'.
See BM 1872,0413.333 for the plate with key.
[Ref: 63231] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Lives of the Reformers, Both Englishmen and Foreigners. comprehending the General History of the reformation; From its Beginning, in 1360, by Dr. John Wickliffe, To its Establishment, in 166, under Queen Elizabeth. With an Introduction; wherein The Reformation is amply vindicated, and its Necessity filly shewn, from the Degeneracy of the Clergy, and the Tyranny of the Popes. By Mr. Rolt. The Whole embellished with the Heads of the Reformers, Elegantly done in Mezzotinto, by Mr Houston. [In ink on Fontis "Thos. Norris"].
London: Printed for E. Bakewell and H. Parker, opposite Birchin-Lane, Cornhill; J. Robinson, in Ludgate-Street; and T. Pote in Fleet-Street. MDCLIX [1759].
Folio, large paper copy, later full calf and marbled endpapers; pp (xiv)+202; 21 fine mezzotint portraits, as called for. Front board detached, inner hinge of back board taped.
Richard Rolt (1724-70) also wrote poems and librettos: his 'Almena, an English Opera', with music by Thomas Arne, successfully produced at Drury Lane Theatre in 1764. The plates were actually engraved by John Faber senior c.1715; they were eventually acquired by the Bakewells, who had them retouched by Richard Houston, who substituted his own name.
CS: Faber snr 58.
[Ref: 57456] £1,850.00 view all images for this item
London: Printed for E. Bakewell and H. Parker, opposite Birchin-Lane, Cornhill; J. Robinson, in Ludgate-Street; and T. Pote in Fleet-Street. MDCLIX [1759].
Folio, large paper copy, later full calf and marbled endpapers; pp (xiv)+202; 21 fine mezzotint portraits, as called for. Front board detached, inner hinge of back board taped.
Richard Rolt (1724-70) also wrote poems and librettos: his 'Almena, an English Opera', with music by Thomas Arne, successfully produced at Drury Lane Theatre in 1764. The plates were actually engraved by John Faber senior c.1715; they were eventually acquired by the Bakewells, who had them retouched by Richard Houston, who substituted his own name.
CS: Faber snr 58.
[Ref: 57456] £1,850.00 view all images for this item
Quartier de Rafraichissement. Grave s'Apres le Tableau Original de P.pe Wouvermens, de deux pieds de large sur dix huit pouces de baut. Qui est au Cabinet de M.r de Ravanne Grand Maitre des Eaux & Forest d'Orleans. Et ci devant du Cabinet de M.e La Comt.sse De Verrue. 28.e
P.pe Wouwermens pinx. J. Moureay Sculp.
AParis chez Moyreau Graveur du Roi, rue Gallande, vis-a-vis la Chapelle S.t Blaise. 1737. Avec privilege du Roi.
Engraving, 18th century watermark, plate 360 x 470mm (14¼ x 18½") very large margins. Repaired creases.
Scene at an encampment of the refreshment tents with armored and uniformed men on horseback drinking. Plate 28 from 'Oeuvres de Philippe Wouwermens Hollandois' a series of eighty-nine plates reproducing paintings by Wouwerman, executed between c.1733 and 1762.
[Ref: 56643] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
P.pe Wouwermens pinx. J. Moureay Sculp.
AParis chez Moyreau Graveur du Roi, rue Gallande, vis-a-vis la Chapelle S.t Blaise. 1737. Avec privilege du Roi.
Engraving, 18th century watermark, plate 360 x 470mm (14¼ x 18½") very large margins. Repaired creases.
Scene at an encampment of the refreshment tents with armored and uniformed men on horseback drinking. Plate 28 from 'Oeuvres de Philippe Wouwermens Hollandois' a series of eighty-nine plates reproducing paintings by Wouwerman, executed between c.1733 and 1762.
[Ref: 56643] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Refusal. Engraved after an Original Picture of Mr John Collett, in the Possession of Mr. Bradford.
J. Collett pinxit. J. Goldar sculpsit.
Published by T.Bradford, No.132 Fleet Street, London: 1st Feb.y 1768, as the Act Directs.
Engraving. 335 x 370mm (13¼ x 14½"), with large margins. Repaired tear bottom right.
An oval interior scene, within a window in a stone wall, with a young man sitting with his arms folded, looking at a prostitute who leans across the round table in front of him, on which are empty glasses and a bottle of wine, putting one arm on his shoulder persuasively. An elderly woman can be seen standing behind her on the left, drinking from a punch bowl.
BM Satires 4256.
[Ref: 61439] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
J. Collett pinxit. J. Goldar sculpsit.
Published by T.Bradford, No.132 Fleet Street, London: 1st Feb.y 1768, as the Act Directs.
Engraving. 335 x 370mm (13¼ x 14½"), with large margins. Repaired tear bottom right.
An oval interior scene, within a window in a stone wall, with a young man sitting with his arms folded, looking at a prostitute who leans across the round table in front of him, on which are empty glasses and a bottle of wine, putting one arm on his shoulder persuasively. An elderly woman can be seen standing behind her on the left, drinking from a punch bowl.
BM Satires 4256.
[Ref: 61439] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Refusal. From an Original Picture of Mr. John Collett in the Possesion of Mr. Sayer. 402
J. Collett Pinx.t. Phi. Daw Fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No.53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 25 Feb.y. 1774.
Mezzotint with large margins, very fine impression. 'CLB' collector's stamp on verso. Platemark: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾").
An interior scene with a young man sitting with his arms folded, looking at a woman who leans across the round table in front of him, on which are empty glasses and a bottle of wine, putting one arm on his shoulder persuasively. An elderly woman can be seen standing behind her on the left, drinking from a punch bowl. There is an open door behind her.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36884] £370.00
J. Collett Pinx.t. Phi. Daw Fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No.53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 25 Feb.y. 1774.
Mezzotint with large margins, very fine impression. 'CLB' collector's stamp on verso. Platemark: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾").
An interior scene with a young man sitting with his arms folded, looking at a woman who leans across the round table in front of him, on which are empty glasses and a bottle of wine, putting one arm on his shoulder persuasively. An elderly woman can be seen standing behind her on the left, drinking from a punch bowl. There is an open door behind her.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36884] £370.00