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![[The Berners Street hoax.]](jpegs/64319.jpg)
[The Berners Street hoax.]
by J.A. Atkinson [ink mss.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Fine ink and watercolour wash. 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed into image.
A satirical sketch of the Berniers Street hoax of 1810, when Theodore Hook made a bet to make the address the most talked about in London. He sent out out thousands of letters in the name of resident Mrs Tottenham, ordering services and goods, including sweeps and over a dozen pianos, bringing the area to a standstill. He won one guinea.
[Ref: 64319] £450.00
by J.A. Atkinson [ink mss.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Fine ink and watercolour wash. 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed into image.
A satirical sketch of the Berniers Street hoax of 1810, when Theodore Hook made a bet to make the address the most talked about in London. He sent out out thousands of letters in the name of resident Mrs Tottenham, ordering services and goods, including sweeps and over a dozen pianos, bringing the area to a standstill. He won one guinea.
[Ref: 64319] £450.00
[Lady Juliana Berners in her Costume as Prioress of Sopewell Nunnery near St Albans. The Earliest English Sportswoman and Poetess of the Chase on record.]
[Drawn from an Antique by Brooke. Engraved by Percy Roberts.]
[Published by Sherwood & Co, July 1st 1825.]
Steel engraving, trimmed as a scrap. Printed area 130 x 80mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed around decorative border, losing all inscriptions.
Juliana Berners (or Barnes or Bernes, born 1388) was a Benedictine nun credited with writing 'The Boke of Saint Albans', first printed in 1488, one of the earliest collections of treatises about field sports. She is regarded as the first female author in the English language.
[Ref: 53398] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn from an Antique by Brooke. Engraved by Percy Roberts.]
[Published by Sherwood & Co, July 1st 1825.]
Steel engraving, trimmed as a scrap. Printed area 130 x 80mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed around decorative border, losing all inscriptions.
Juliana Berners (or Barnes or Bernes, born 1388) was a Benedictine nun credited with writing 'The Boke of Saint Albans', first printed in 1488, one of the earliest collections of treatises about field sports. She is regarded as the first female author in the English language.
[Ref: 53398] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Madame Sarah Bernhardt.
Judd & C.o Lith. Doctors' Commons, London E.C.
The Whitehall Review. 20th May 1880.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 365 x 245mm (14½ x 9¾").
A seated portrait of actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).
[Ref: 61393] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Judd & C.o Lith. Doctors' Commons, London E.C.
The Whitehall Review. 20th May 1880.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 365 x 245mm (14½ x 9¾").
A seated portrait of actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).
[Ref: 61393] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Sarah Bernhardt.
W. & D. Downey, 57 & 61, Ebury Street, London.
[Cassell & Company, 1890.]
Carbon print photograph, 140 x 95mm (5½ 3¾"), on original board with printed title, total 215 x 185mm (8½ x 7¼").
The actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) as Théodora in Victorien Sardou's play 'Théodora' (1884), based on the life of the Byzantine empress (c. 500-548), wife of Justinian I. Sardou (1831-1908) wrote this and other plays for Bernhardt. His play 'La Tosca' (1887) was the basis of Giacomo Puccini's opera
[Ref: 41743] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
W. & D. Downey, 57 & 61, Ebury Street, London.
[Cassell & Company, 1890.]
Carbon print photograph, 140 x 95mm (5½ 3¾"), on original board with printed title, total 215 x 185mm (8½ x 7¼").
The actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) as Théodora in Victorien Sardou's play 'Théodora' (1884), based on the life of the Byzantine empress (c. 500-548), wife of Justinian I. Sardou (1831-1908) wrote this and other plays for Bernhardt. His play 'La Tosca' (1887) was the basis of Giacomo Puccini's opera
[Ref: 41743] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Gio. Lorenzo Bernini Scultore, Archietto, Pittore ecc.
Gio. Do. Campiglia del. e sc.
[n.d., c.1766.]
Fine engraving. 265 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"), with very large margins.
A half-length portrait of Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (1598-1680), sculptor and architect, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. This portrait was part of A. F. Gori's monumental 'Museum Florentium', which set out to engrave all the portraits of painters, architects, sculptors and patrons of the arts in the major galleries of Florence. This vast undertaking was issued in parts, taking over thirty years (1731-1766) to complete. In this case, the intermediate artist and engraver was Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692-1768)
[Ref: 59698] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
Gio. Do. Campiglia del. e sc.
[n.d., c.1766.]
Fine engraving. 265 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"), with very large margins.
A half-length portrait of Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (1598-1680), sculptor and architect, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. This portrait was part of A. F. Gori's monumental 'Museum Florentium', which set out to engrave all the portraits of painters, architects, sculptors and patrons of the arts in the major galleries of Florence. This vast undertaking was issued in parts, taking over thirty years (1731-1766) to complete. In this case, the intermediate artist and engraver was Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692-1768)
[Ref: 59698] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
![[Gian Lorenzo Bernini] Beninus Pictor, sculptor et Architectus.](jpegs/62285.jpg)
[Gian Lorenzo Bernini] Beninus Pictor, sculptor et Architectus.
Salvator Rosa, del.t. J. Basire sc.t. 1764.
[London: Printed by J. Nichols and sold by J. Boydell, 1778.]
Etching. 305 x 245mm (12 x 9¾"). Mounted in album paper at edges, small hole filled.
A bust portrait of Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (1598-1680), sculptor and architect, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. From 'Prints in Imitation of Drawings' by Charles Rogers.
[Ref: 62285] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Salvator Rosa, del.t. J. Basire sc.t. 1764.
[London: Printed by J. Nichols and sold by J. Boydell, 1778.]
Etching. 305 x 245mm (12 x 9¾"). Mounted in album paper at edges, small hole filled.
A bust portrait of Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (1598-1680), sculptor and architect, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. From 'Prints in Imitation of Drawings' by Charles Rogers.
[Ref: 62285] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Johann Bernoulli] Ioannes Bernoullius, Phil.etc Med. D. Academ. Scient. Petropolit. et Parisiensis ut et Scoietatum regiarum Londinensis atqs Berolin.](jpegs/15773.jpg)
[Johann Bernoulli] Ioannes Bernoullius, Phil.etc Med. D. Academ. Scient. Petropolit. et Parisiensis ut et Scoietatum regiarum Londinensis atqs Berolin. Item que instituti Scientiarum Bonoiensis, membrum Profess. Math. Publ. et p.t. Rector Academiae Basileensis. Nat. A.S.R. MDCLXVII.d.27.Lul.st.v
Huber pinxit. I.Iac. Haid sc. et excud. Aug. Videlic.
[n.d. c.1750.]
A very rare mezzotint. 310 x 190mm (12¼ x 7½"). Cut, creasing.
Johann Bernoulli (1667-1748), a Swiss mathematician known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus. The original painting is in the Old Aula of University of Basel.
W: 265.
[Ref: 15773] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Huber pinxit. I.Iac. Haid sc. et excud. Aug. Videlic.
[n.d. c.1750.]
A very rare mezzotint. 310 x 190mm (12¼ x 7½"). Cut, creasing.
Johann Bernoulli (1667-1748), a Swiss mathematician known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus. The original painting is in the Old Aula of University of Basel.
W: 265.
[Ref: 15773] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Berridge.
Berridge Pinxit. J.R. Smith fecit.
Publish'd 15 Jan.y 1773 by H. Parker N.º 82 Cornhill, C. Bowles N.º 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard & J.R. Smith N.º 4 Exeter Court near Exeter Change Strand.
Mezzotint. Sheet 445 x 325mm (17½ x 12¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, creased, mounted in album paper.
The sister of the artist John Berridge (1740-c.1804) of Lincoln, dressed as Diana, with crescent headdress and quiver of arrows. He also painted her as Hebe. Anink inscription on reverse describes the Berridges as the children of 'Mr Berridge many years Clerk of the Courts[?] at Lincoln'.
CS 15, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Frankau: 34 ii of ii. O'Oench: Copper into Gold, Prints by John Raphael Smith 27.
[Ref: 64525] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Berridge Pinxit. J.R. Smith fecit.
Publish'd 15 Jan.y 1773 by H. Parker N.º 82 Cornhill, C. Bowles N.º 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard & J.R. Smith N.º 4 Exeter Court near Exeter Change Strand.
Mezzotint. Sheet 445 x 325mm (17½ x 12¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, creased, mounted in album paper.
The sister of the artist John Berridge (1740-c.1804) of Lincoln, dressed as Diana, with crescent headdress and quiver of arrows. He also painted her as Hebe. Anink inscription on reverse describes the Berridges as the children of 'Mr Berridge many years Clerk of the Courts[?] at Lincoln'.
CS 15, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Frankau: 34 ii of ii. O'Oench: Copper into Gold, Prints by John Raphael Smith 27.
[Ref: 64525] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Berry in the Character, of Dominic, in the Spanish Friar.
T. Worlidge pinx.t R.d. Houston fec.t
London, Printed for John Bowles and Son, at the Black Horse, in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 254mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate. Slight damage on right.
Edward Berry (1697-1750), actor, shown in character for Dryden's 'Spanish Friar' (1681), wearing a Dominican habit and holding a large rosary in left hand at waist level.
CS: 10. Russell: 9.
[Ref: 27255] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
T. Worlidge pinx.t R.d. Houston fec.t
London, Printed for John Bowles and Son, at the Black Horse, in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 254mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate. Slight damage on right.
Edward Berry (1697-1750), actor, shown in character for Dryden's 'Spanish Friar' (1681), wearing a Dominican habit and holding a large rosary in left hand at waist level.
CS: 10. Russell: 9.
[Ref: 27255] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Berry in the Character, of Dominic, in the Spanish Friar.
T. Worlidge pinx.t R.d. Houston fec.t
[London, Printed for John Bowles and Son, at the Black Horse, in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 254mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. Publication line scratched out. Slight rubbing.
Edward Berry (1697-1750), actor, shown in character for Dryden's 'Spanish Friar' (1681), wearing a Dominican habit and holding a large rosary in left hand at waist level.
CS: 10. Russell: 9.
[Ref: 43552] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
T. Worlidge pinx.t R.d. Houston fec.t
[London, Printed for John Bowles and Son, at the Black Horse, in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 254mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. Publication line scratched out. Slight rubbing.
Edward Berry (1697-1750), actor, shown in character for Dryden's 'Spanish Friar' (1681), wearing a Dominican habit and holding a large rosary in left hand at waist level.
CS: 10. Russell: 9.
[Ref: 43552] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Will.m Berry. Seal Engraver.
W. De La Cour pinx. R: Scott Sculp.
Published by J. Anderson March 13.th 1793.
A very rare etching and engraving. 127 x 83mm. Cut and laid on extra sheet.
William Berry (1730-1783) was a British printmaker and seal engraver. Illustration to "The Bee", 1793.
Colletor's Stamp on verso for: William B Scott.
[Ref: 23989] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W. De La Cour pinx. R: Scott Sculp.
Published by J. Anderson March 13.th 1793.
A very rare etching and engraving. 127 x 83mm. Cut and laid on extra sheet.
William Berry (1730-1783) was a British printmaker and seal engraver. Illustration to "The Bee", 1793.
Colletor's Stamp on verso for: William B Scott.
[Ref: 23989] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Bersted Church, Sussex.
On Stone by J. O'Bryen Lomax. C. Woody, Lith. Printer.
[British, n.d., c.1850.]
Rare sepia-tinted lithograph, image 210 x 295mm. 8¼ x 11½". Small margins.
South Bersted, West Sussex, England, with a view of the 13th century Anglican church of Saint Mary Magdalene.
[Ref: 26451] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
On Stone by J. O'Bryen Lomax. C. Woody, Lith. Printer.
[British, n.d., c.1850.]
Rare sepia-tinted lithograph, image 210 x 295mm. 8¼ x 11½". Small margins.
South Bersted, West Sussex, England, with a view of the 13th century Anglican church of Saint Mary Magdalene.
[Ref: 26451] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
C.de L.is C.te Berthollet (Chimiste,) Membre de l’académie royale des Sciences et de la société royale de Londres. Né à Talloirse (Savoie) le 9 Décembre 1748. Mort à Paris le 6 Octobre 1822.
Dessiné d’apres un portrait a l’huille peint par un peintre Americain et communiqué par M.me Ve Berthollet et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 214 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Narrow margins.
Charles Louis Berthollet (1748-1822), the Savoyard-French chemist who later became vice president of the French Senate in 1804. He is known for his contributions to theory of chemical equilibria via the mechanism of reverse chemical reactions, and for his contribution to modern chemical nomenclature. He was also the first to demonstrate the bleaching action of chlorine gas, and the first to develop a solution of sodium hypochlorite as a modern bleaching agent.
W: 271-4.
[Ref: 29584] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné d’apres un portrait a l’huille peint par un peintre Americain et communiqué par M.me Ve Berthollet et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 214 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Narrow margins.
Charles Louis Berthollet (1748-1822), the Savoyard-French chemist who later became vice president of the French Senate in 1804. He is known for his contributions to theory of chemical equilibria via the mechanism of reverse chemical reactions, and for his contribution to modern chemical nomenclature. He was also the first to demonstrate the bleaching action of chlorine gas, and the first to develop a solution of sodium hypochlorite as a modern bleaching agent.
W: 271-4.
[Ref: 29584] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Lady Charlotte Bertie.
Painted by W.Peters R.A. Engrav'd by W.Dickinson
London Publish'd March 1st 1778 by W.Dickinson, No.20 Henrietta Street Covent Garden & T.Watson, No.142 New Bond Street
Very fine and rare mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Framed, total size 615 x 480mm (24¼ x 19"). Unexamined outside of frame.
Half length portrait in oval of Georgiana Charlotte Bertie (1764-1838), playing a lyre amongst the clouds. The daughter of Peregrine, 3rd Duke of Ancaster, she married George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl (from 1815 Marquess) of Cholmondeley in 1791.
CS: 8 state ii.
[Ref: 62575] £480.00
Painted by W.Peters R.A. Engrav'd by W.Dickinson
London Publish'd March 1st 1778 by W.Dickinson, No.20 Henrietta Street Covent Garden & T.Watson, No.142 New Bond Street
Very fine and rare mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Framed, total size 615 x 480mm (24¼ x 19"). Unexamined outside of frame.
Half length portrait in oval of Georgiana Charlotte Bertie (1764-1838), playing a lyre amongst the clouds. The daughter of Peregrine, 3rd Duke of Ancaster, she married George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl (from 1815 Marquess) of Cholmondeley in 1791.
CS: 8 state ii.
[Ref: 62575] £480.00
![[Mary Bertie] Dutchess of Ancaster.](jpegs/66348.jpg)
[Mary Bertie] Dutchess of Ancaster.
[after Sir Joshua Reynolds].
Printed for Rob.t Sayer in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760).
Engraving, 70 x 65mm (2¾ x 2½"), with large margins, on 18th century watermarked paper.
A rare watch paper with a medallion portrait of Mary Bertie (1735-c.1793), Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven, seated, resting her head on one hand. She was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Panton, Master of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket; in 1750 she married General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death, in Italy.
See Robert Sayers Catalogue 1774 (Watchcases No 18).
[Ref: 66348] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[after Sir Joshua Reynolds].
Printed for Rob.t Sayer in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760).
Engraving, 70 x 65mm (2¾ x 2½"), with large margins, on 18th century watermarked paper.
A rare watch paper with a medallion portrait of Mary Bertie (1735-c.1793), Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven, seated, resting her head on one hand. She was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Panton, Master of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket; in 1750 she married General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death, in Italy.
See Robert Sayers Catalogue 1774 (Watchcases No 18).
[Ref: 66348] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mary Bertie] [Maria Dutchess of Ancaster].](jpegs/67981.jpg)
[Mary Bertie] [Maria Dutchess of Ancaster].
[Engraved by James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned, 18th century watermark. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Mary Bertie (1735-c.93), Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven, seated, resting her head on one hand. She was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Panton, Master of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket; in 1750 she married General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death, in Italy.
Goodwin 4, i of iii. CS 3 with no description; Hamilton 78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67981] £380.00
[Engraved by James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned, 18th century watermark. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Mary Bertie (1735-c.93), Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven, seated, resting her head on one hand. She was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Panton, Master of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket; in 1750 she married General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death, in Italy.
Goodwin 4, i of iii. CS 3 with no description; Hamilton 78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67981] £380.00
Her Grace Mary Dutchess of Ancaster and Kesteven.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Dixon Fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 615 x 380mm (24¼ x 15"). Laid on old French mount board. Narrow margins.
Full-length portrait pf Mary Bertie, duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven (1735-c.1793), turbulent sea with ships in the distance. She was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Panton, Master of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket; in 1750 she married General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death, in Italy.
CS: 1, ii. Hamilton: p.78, ii.
[Ref: 52977] £490.00
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Dixon Fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 615 x 380mm (24¼ x 15"). Laid on old French mount board. Narrow margins.
Full-length portrait pf Mary Bertie, duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven (1735-c.1793), turbulent sea with ships in the distance. She was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Panton, Master of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket; in 1750 she married General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death, in Italy.
CS: 1, ii. Hamilton: p.78, ii.
[Ref: 52977] £490.00
![[Mary Bertie] Mary Dutchess of Ancaster 1757.](jpegs/68322.jpg)
[Mary Bertie] Mary Dutchess of Ancaster 1757.
Tho.s Hudson Pinx.t. J.s M.cArdell fecit.
[1757.]
Mezzotint. 485 x 350mm (15¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into plate at bottom, creases. Bottom right corner margin made up.
A full-length portrait of Mary Bertie, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven (1735-1793), standing in a van Dyke dress, golding ostrich feathers. Behind is the Rotunda of Ranelagh Gardens. Mary was the wife of Gen. Peregrine, 3rd Duke of Ancaster; she served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death.
CS 1, ii or iii of iii; Goodwin: 62.
[Ref: 68322] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Tho.s Hudson Pinx.t. J.s M.cArdell fecit.
[1757.]
Mezzotint. 485 x 350mm (15¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into plate at bottom, creases. Bottom right corner margin made up.
A full-length portrait of Mary Bertie, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven (1735-1793), standing in a van Dyke dress, golding ostrich feathers. Behind is the Rotunda of Ranelagh Gardens. Mary was the wife of Gen. Peregrine, 3rd Duke of Ancaster; she served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death.
CS 1, ii or iii of iii; Goodwin: 62.
[Ref: 68322] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The right Honourable and most noble Robert Barti. Earle of Lindsey, Lord Willoughby of Eresby and lord great Chamberlaine.
G. geldorp pinx: Voerst sculp: Lo.
Witt. Webb excudit. [n.d., c.1650.]
Engraving. 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"), with large margins. Creasing.
Late impression of a portrait of Robert Bertie, first earl of Lindsey, engraved by Robert van Voerst after George Geldorp and first published c.1624-31. Bertie (1582-1642), a Royalist commander, was killed in the Battle of Edgehill during the Civil War.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25491] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G. geldorp pinx: Voerst sculp: Lo.
Witt. Webb excudit. [n.d., c.1650.]
Engraving. 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"), with large margins. Creasing.
Late impression of a portrait of Robert Bertie, first earl of Lindsey, engraved by Robert van Voerst after George Geldorp and first published c.1624-31. Bertie (1582-1642), a Royalist commander, was killed in the Battle of Edgehill during the Civil War.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25491] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Bertius.
J. Buys delin. Rein. Vinkeles sculp 1787.
Engraving. 160 x 100mm, 6¼ x 4".
Petrus Bertius (1565-1629), Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer, who issued a Latin edition of the 'Caert Thresoor' miniature atlas by Barent Langenes in 1600.
[Ref: 25778] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Buys delin. Rein. Vinkeles sculp 1787.
Engraving. 160 x 100mm, 6¼ x 4".
Petrus Bertius (1565-1629), Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer, who issued a Latin edition of the 'Caert Thresoor' miniature atlas by Barent Langenes in 1600.
[Ref: 25778] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Bertius.
N. De Larmessin, Sculp.
Engraving with very large margins. 160 x 100mm, 6¼ x 4".
Petrus Bertius (1565-1629), Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer, who issued a Latin edition of the 'Caert Thresoor' miniature atlas by Barent Langenes in 1600. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts', c. 1682.
[Ref: 29661] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
N. De Larmessin, Sculp.
Engraving with very large margins. 160 x 100mm, 6¼ x 4".
Petrus Bertius (1565-1629), Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer, who issued a Latin edition of the 'Caert Thresoor' miniature atlas by Barent Langenes in 1600. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts', c. 1682.
[Ref: 29661] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bertram de Ashburnham] This Portraiture is in memory of Bertram Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex,](jpegs/25504.jpg)
[Bertram de Ashburnham] This Portraiture is in memory of Bertram Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex, who in the tyme of King Harold was Warden of the Cinqueports...
Edw: Le Davis sculp.
[British, n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving, image 220 x 170mm. 8¾ x 6¾". Trimmed to plate, cut at top, fine impression.
Fanciful portrait of Bertram de Ashburnham (c.1010 – 1066), ‘Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports’; in armour, with fabric collar and belt. This unfortunate Bertram is alleged to have met with a variety of deaths: to have been killed while fighting at Hastings, to have been executed by William the Conqueror outside the gates of Canterbury 'where he lived much esteemed, and to have been very active in the cause of liberty and his country', and to have met a similar fate at Dover. His sons, Philip and Michael, are said to have died with their father, and Reginald (Philip's son) to have been in possession of Ashburnham in 1166. It is curious, to say the least, that the Conqueror should have left the Ashburnham lands in the hands of the family of so versatile an opponent. Dover Castle was not in fact very gallantly defended and it is said to have surrendered without a blow. Edward Le Davis (fl.1671- after 1691) Davis was originally apprenticed to David Loggan, but he ran away to France, where he produced various prints between 1671 and 1674 and added ‘Le’ to his name. By 1675 he had returned to England, where he was active as a dealer in paintings as well as an engraver, conducting joint sales with the auctioneer, Edward Millington.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25504] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Edw: Le Davis sculp.
[British, n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving, image 220 x 170mm. 8¾ x 6¾". Trimmed to plate, cut at top, fine impression.
Fanciful portrait of Bertram de Ashburnham (c.1010 – 1066), ‘Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports’; in armour, with fabric collar and belt. This unfortunate Bertram is alleged to have met with a variety of deaths: to have been killed while fighting at Hastings, to have been executed by William the Conqueror outside the gates of Canterbury 'where he lived much esteemed, and to have been very active in the cause of liberty and his country', and to have met a similar fate at Dover. His sons, Philip and Michael, are said to have died with their father, and Reginald (Philip's son) to have been in possession of Ashburnham in 1166. It is curious, to say the least, that the Conqueror should have left the Ashburnham lands in the hands of the family of so versatile an opponent. Dover Castle was not in fact very gallantly defended and it is said to have surrendered without a blow. Edward Le Davis (fl.1671- after 1691) Davis was originally apprenticed to David Loggan, but he ran away to France, where he produced various prints between 1671 and 1674 and added ‘Le’ to his name. By 1675 he had returned to England, where he was active as a dealer in paintings as well as an engraver, conducting joint sales with the auctioneer, Edward Millington.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25504] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Frdr. Iustin Bertuch. Hrzgl. S. Weim. Legat. Rath. Geb.zu Weimar d.30 Sept. 1747. Stifter des Geograph. Instituts zu Weimar.
[illegible text.]
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.] 1808.
Stipple with large margins. Plate 129 x 87mm (5 x 3½"). Slight foxing and toning.
Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747-1822) the German publisher and patron of the arts. He was co-founder of the art and literature educational establishment in 1776, the Furstliche freie Zeichenschule Weimar. Publishers of maps. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden'
[Ref: 29730] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[illegible text.]
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.] 1808.
Stipple with large margins. Plate 129 x 87mm (5 x 3½"). Slight foxing and toning.
Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747-1822) the German publisher and patron of the arts. He was co-founder of the art and literature educational establishment in 1776, the Furstliche freie Zeichenschule Weimar. Publishers of maps. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden'
[Ref: 29730] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Illustris Generosus Dominus d. Hieronymus van Beverningk...
[Nicholaes] Maes pinxit.
A. Blooteling fecit et ex. cum Privilegio.
Mezzotint with engraved text. 420 x 315mm (16½ x 12¼"). Repaired tear, laid on card.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Hieronymus van Beverningh (1614-90), Dutch regent and diplomat who negotiated the treaties that ended all three Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hollstein 148, Le Blanc 105.
[Ref: 64817] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Nicholaes] Maes pinxit.
A. Blooteling fecit et ex. cum Privilegio.
Mezzotint with engraved text. 420 x 315mm (16½ x 12¼"). Repaired tear, laid on card.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Hieronymus van Beverningh (1614-90), Dutch regent and diplomat who negotiated the treaties that ended all three Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hollstein 148, Le Blanc 105.
[Ref: 64817] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Illustris Generosus Dominus d. Hieronymus van Beverningk...
[Nicholaes] Maes pinxit.
A. Blooteling fecit et ex. cum Privilegio.
Fine mezzotint with engraved text, 17th century wartermark, laid on album sheet. 420 x 315mm (16½ x 12¼"). Narrow margins.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Hieronymus van Beverningh (1614-90), Dutch regent and diplomat who negotiated the treaties that ended all three Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century.
Hollstein 148, Le Blanc 105.
[Ref: 64818] £360.00
[Nicholaes] Maes pinxit.
A. Blooteling fecit et ex. cum Privilegio.
Fine mezzotint with engraved text, 17th century wartermark, laid on album sheet. 420 x 315mm (16½ x 12¼"). Narrow margins.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Hieronymus van Beverningh (1614-90), Dutch regent and diplomat who negotiated the treaties that ended all three Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century.
Hollstein 148, Le Blanc 105.
[Ref: 64818] £360.00
To the Hon.ble Sir John Vaughn K.B. and the Hon.ble C. Carpenter This View of the Town and Bridge of Berwick is with the greatest respect inscribed by His most obedient Servants J. Stuart and F Ju.kes
Drawn by C. Catton Jun.r. Engraved by F. Jukes.
London, Pub.d March 20, 1793, by F. Jukes No 10, Howland Street.
Aquatint with hand colour. 465 x 640mm (18¼ x 25¼"). Trimmed and taped on paper. Some light foxing and a mark in the sky.
A view of the town from the south side of the Tweed, showing the medieval town walls and the Grade 1 listed bridge, built 1611-24. One of a series 'Six Scottish Views' after Charles Catton (1756-1819), an artist who emigrated to America c.1802.
See Ref: 52776
[Ref: 52777] £480.00
Drawn by C. Catton Jun.r. Engraved by F. Jukes.
London, Pub.d March 20, 1793, by F. Jukes No 10, Howland Street.
Aquatint with hand colour. 465 x 640mm (18¼ x 25¼"). Trimmed and taped on paper. Some light foxing and a mark in the sky.
A view of the town from the south side of the Tweed, showing the medieval town walls and the Grade 1 listed bridge, built 1611-24. One of a series 'Six Scottish Views' after Charles Catton (1756-1819), an artist who emigrated to America c.1802.
See Ref: 52776
[Ref: 52777] £480.00
Berwick upon Tweed.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, London, July 1. 1822.
Aquatint with very fine original hand colour. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"). Large margins.
A view of the Berwick upon Tweed in Northumberland with the Old Bridge on the right spanning the River Tweed. From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 47142] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, London, July 1. 1822.
Aquatint with very fine original hand colour. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"). Large margins.
A view of the Berwick upon Tweed in Northumberland with the Old Bridge on the right spanning the River Tweed. From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 47142] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Berwick on Tweed from near the Water Works.
R.T. Ross, R.S.A. Del.t. Maclure & MacDonald, Chromo Lith. Glasgow.
Thomas Muchanan, Printseller, Hide Hill, Berwick on Tweed.
Scarce chromolithograph. Sheet 435 x 565mm (17 x 22¼").
A rare, locally-published view of Berwick, from the shore of the Tweed, with the early 17th century bridge, the skyline of the town dominated by the Town Hall.
[Ref: 56693] £360.00
R.T. Ross, R.S.A. Del.t. Maclure & MacDonald, Chromo Lith. Glasgow.
Thomas Muchanan, Printseller, Hide Hill, Berwick on Tweed.
Scarce chromolithograph. Sheet 435 x 565mm (17 x 22¼").
A rare, locally-published view of Berwick, from the shore of the Tweed, with the early 17th century bridge, the skyline of the town dominated by the Town Hall.
[Ref: 56693] £360.00
Le Ch.er Berzélius (Chimiste), Associé étranger de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris, Secrétaire de l’Académie des Sciences de Stockholm etc.
Dessiné d’apres le Buste que possède M. Dulong. Et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 214 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾").
Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848), the Swedish chemist. He worked out the modern technique of chemical formula notation, and is together with John Dalton, Antonie Lavoisier, and Robert Boyle, considered a father of modern chemistry. He is known in Sweden as the father of Swedish Chemistry, and the 20 August is known as Berzelius Day.
W: 275-2.
[Ref: 29585] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné d’apres le Buste que possède M. Dulong. Et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 214 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾").
Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848), the Swedish chemist. He worked out the modern technique of chemical formula notation, and is together with John Dalton, Antonie Lavoisier, and Robert Boyle, considered a father of modern chemistry. He is known in Sweden as the father of Swedish Chemistry, and the 20 August is known as Berzelius Day.
W: 275-2.
[Ref: 29585] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Hortus Eystettensis, Diligens et accurata omnium plantrium, florium, stirpium, qvae, ex variis orbis terrae partibus, singulari studio collectarum, quae in celeberrimis viridariis arcem episcopalem ibidem cingentibus, olim conspiciebantur delineatio et ad vivum repraesentatio et advivum repraesentatio opera.
Wolfg. Kil[ian].
Basilii Beslaeri Philiatri et Pharmacopoei. M.D C. XIII.
Copper engraving. Sheet size: 495 x 395mm (19½ x 15½). Very scarce. Trimmed inside platemark. Damaged. Laid on backing sheet.
The titlepage to 'Hortus Eystettensis' by Basilius Besler, published in 1613. The Bishop, Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, commissioned Besler to produce the work, which he compiled over sixteen years, although the bishop died before its completion. Besler had the assistance of his brother and a group of skilled German draughtsmen and engravers, including Sebastian Schedel, an accomplished painter, and Wolfgang Kilian, a skilled engraver from Augsburg. Kilian and his team engraved the initial copper plates, but after the bishop’s death, the operations moved to Nürnberg and a new team of engravers, among whom were Johannes Leypold, Georg Gärtner, Levin and Friedrich van Hulsen, Peter Isselburg, Heinrich Ulrich, Dominicus Custos and Servatius Raeven. Camerarius' nephew, Ludwig Jungermann (1572-1653), was a botanist and wrote most of the descriptive text.
[Ref: 39039] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Wolfg. Kil[ian].
Basilii Beslaeri Philiatri et Pharmacopoei. M.D C. XIII.
Copper engraving. Sheet size: 495 x 395mm (19½ x 15½). Very scarce. Trimmed inside platemark. Damaged. Laid on backing sheet.
The titlepage to 'Hortus Eystettensis' by Basilius Besler, published in 1613. The Bishop, Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, commissioned Besler to produce the work, which he compiled over sixteen years, although the bishop died before its completion. Besler had the assistance of his brother and a group of skilled German draughtsmen and engravers, including Sebastian Schedel, an accomplished painter, and Wolfgang Kilian, a skilled engraver from Augsburg. Kilian and his team engraved the initial copper plates, but after the bishop’s death, the operations moved to Nürnberg and a new team of engravers, among whom were Johannes Leypold, Georg Gärtner, Levin and Friedrich van Hulsen, Peter Isselburg, Heinrich Ulrich, Dominicus Custos and Servatius Raeven. Camerarius' nephew, Ludwig Jungermann (1572-1653), was a botanist and wrote most of the descriptive text.
[Ref: 39039] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Tim Besom. Making a clear way for others, that he may clear a path for himself.
E.Y. esq. del.t. Eng.d by G.Hunt.
London Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket 1827.
Coloured aquatint. 390 x 265mm (15¼ x 26¼"). Tear entering plate, one tear in margin.
"Tim Besom" is probably taken from the Glaswegian slang for "tink, annoying person, drinker" and the scene is set for the street sweeper to make sure the street is clear of any obstacles before holding out his hat to the ladies in hope of a gratuity. The "Rum" sign above the door in the background suggests where the funds would be spent.
BM Satires undescribed; Hickman p. 109.
[Ref: 11516] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
E.Y. esq. del.t. Eng.d by G.Hunt.
London Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket 1827.
Coloured aquatint. 390 x 265mm (15¼ x 26¼"). Tear entering plate, one tear in margin.
"Tim Besom" is probably taken from the Glaswegian slang for "tink, annoying person, drinker" and the scene is set for the street sweeper to make sure the street is clear of any obstacles before holding out his hat to the ladies in hope of a gratuity. The "Rum" sign above the door in the background suggests where the funds would be spent.
BM Satires undescribed; Hickman p. 109.
[Ref: 11516] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Tim Besom. Making a clear way for others, that he may clear a path for himself.
E.Y. Esq. del.t. Eng.d by G. Hunt.
Pubd March 1, 1827, by G. Hunt, Corner of York St. & Bridges St. Covent Garden.
Fine hand coloured etching and aquatint. Image 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8", on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1824. Diagonal creases to upper right corner; overall a fine, early impression.
'Tim Besom' is probably taken from the Glaswegian slang for "tink, annoying person, drinker"; the scene is set for the street sweeper to make sure the street is clear of any obstacles before holding out his hat to the ladies in hope of a gratuity. The "Rum" sign above the door in the background suggests where the funds would be spent. See item 11516 for an impression published by McLean.
BM Satires undescribed; Hickman p.109.
[Ref: 19577] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
E.Y. Esq. del.t. Eng.d by G. Hunt.
Pubd March 1, 1827, by G. Hunt, Corner of York St. & Bridges St. Covent Garden.
Fine hand coloured etching and aquatint. Image 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8", on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1824. Diagonal creases to upper right corner; overall a fine, early impression.
'Tim Besom' is probably taken from the Glaswegian slang for "tink, annoying person, drinker"; the scene is set for the street sweeper to make sure the street is clear of any obstacles before holding out his hat to the ladies in hope of a gratuity. The "Rum" sign above the door in the background suggests where the funds would be spent. See item 11516 for an impression published by McLean.
BM Satires undescribed; Hickman p.109.
[Ref: 19577] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Bessy Bell and Mary Gray.
S. Harding delin. Delatre sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Aug.t 1. 1787 by T. Macklin N.39 Fleet Street.
Stipple printed in sepia. Sheet 250 x 270mm (9¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate,
A scene from Allan Ramsay's poem: a tartan-clad boy draws straws to choose between two beautiful shepherdesses.
[Ref: 44107] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
S. Harding delin. Delatre sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Aug.t 1. 1787 by T. Macklin N.39 Fleet Street.
Stipple printed in sepia. Sheet 250 x 270mm (9¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate,
A scene from Allan Ramsay's poem: a tartan-clad boy draws straws to choose between two beautiful shepherdesses.
[Ref: 44107] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Best Shelter under the Banner of Love.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whittle. 58 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 110 x 150mm.
No. 206 lower left corner.
[Ref: 3757] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whittle. 58 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 110 x 150mm.
No. 206 lower left corner.
[Ref: 3757] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Broome Estate.
W. Day, lith 17 Gate S.t, Lincoln's Inn Fields. [Watermarked "B & TS 1829".]
Rare coloured lithographic map. Sheet 380 x 555, 15 x 22". Trimmed top left for folding into the sale pamphlet.
Property near Broome Park, around Betchworth (a village on the Mole river between Dorking and Reigate, Surrey) and Boxhill, for sale in five lots. One of the lots is now the local cricket ground. A landowner named on the sheet is the Duke of Norfolk.
[Ref: 17723] £240.00
W. Day, lith 17 Gate S.t, Lincoln's Inn Fields. [Watermarked "B & TS 1829".]
Rare coloured lithographic map. Sheet 380 x 555, 15 x 22". Trimmed top left for folding into the sale pamphlet.
Property near Broome Park, around Betchworth (a village on the Mole river between Dorking and Reigate, Surrey) and Boxhill, for sale in five lots. One of the lots is now the local cricket ground. A landowner named on the sheet is the Duke of Norfolk.
[Ref: 17723] £240.00
Plan of Betchworth House Park and Estate. For Sale 1816.
Rare coloured engraved map. Sheet 450 x 300mm, 17¾ x 12". Trimmed on left.
Property around Betchworth, a village on the Mole river between Dorking and Reigate, Surrey, for sale in 22 lots. Other landowners named on the sheet are the Duke of Norfolk and R.C. Dendy, whose name survives in the area as "Dendy's Wood".
[Ref: 17722] £220.00
Rare coloured engraved map. Sheet 450 x 300mm, 17¾ x 12". Trimmed on left.
Property around Betchworth, a village on the Mole river between Dorking and Reigate, Surrey, for sale in 22 lots. Other landowners named on the sheet are the Duke of Norfolk and R.C. Dendy, whose name survives in the area as "Dendy's Wood".
[Ref: 17722] £220.00
A View of the Hospital of Bethlehem. Vüe de l'Hôpital de Bethlehem.
[after John Maurer.]
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, & Carington Bowles in St Pual's Church Yard, London. [n.d, c.1760.]
Engraving. 175 x 270mm (7 x 10½"). Small margins.
View of the north front of Bethlem Hospital, Moorgate, looking across the grounds from the street. Staffage includes street traders, a beggar and a boy cleaning shoes;
[Ref: 51673] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[after John Maurer.]
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, & Carington Bowles in St Pual's Church Yard, London. [n.d, c.1760.]
Engraving. 175 x 270mm (7 x 10½"). Small margins.
View of the north front of Bethlem Hospital, Moorgate, looking across the grounds from the street. Staffage includes street traders, a beggar and a boy cleaning shoes;
[Ref: 51673] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
View of old Bethlem Hospital, as represented in Maitland's History of London. 1772.
Day & Haghe, Lithog.rs to the Queen, 17 Gate St. [n.d. c.1840.]
A rare lithograph. 380 x 560mm. 15 x 22". Tear into right-hand margin.
View of Old Bethlehem Hospital, Moorfields. The Bethlem Royal Hospital of London (now located in Bromley, south east London), which has been variously known as St. Mary Bethlehem, Bethlem Hospital, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, was one of Europe's first and most notorious psychiatric hospitals. The word Bedlam has long been used for lunatic asylums in general, and later for a scene of uproar and confusion. In 1815, Bedlam was moved to St George's Fields, Southwark, into buildings designed by Sydney Smirke now used to house the Imperial War Museum. From a plate used in William Maitland's (c.1693-1757) 'History of London from Its Foundation to the Present Time'.
Guildhall: q8051899.
[Ref: 20297] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Day & Haghe, Lithog.rs to the Queen, 17 Gate St. [n.d. c.1840.]
A rare lithograph. 380 x 560mm. 15 x 22". Tear into right-hand margin.
View of Old Bethlehem Hospital, Moorfields. The Bethlem Royal Hospital of London (now located in Bromley, south east London), which has been variously known as St. Mary Bethlehem, Bethlem Hospital, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, was one of Europe's first and most notorious psychiatric hospitals. The word Bedlam has long been used for lunatic asylums in general, and later for a scene of uproar and confusion. In 1815, Bedlam was moved to St George's Fields, Southwark, into buildings designed by Sydney Smirke now used to house the Imperial War Museum. From a plate used in William Maitland's (c.1693-1757) 'History of London from Its Foundation to the Present Time'.
Guildhall: q8051899.
[Ref: 20297] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Hospital of Bethlehem. L'Hospital de Fou.
T. Maurer Delin. T. Bowles Sculp.
Publisd according to Act of Parliament. Printed for John Bowles ~ at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Fine coloured 18th century engraving. Framed. Sight size 265 x 415mm (10½ x 16¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the facade of Bethlem Royal Hospital, the notorious 'Bedlam', with ornamental lawns and promenaders.
[Ref: 67567] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
T. Maurer Delin. T. Bowles Sculp.
Publisd according to Act of Parliament. Printed for John Bowles ~ at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Fine coloured 18th century engraving. Framed. Sight size 265 x 415mm (10½ x 16¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the facade of Bethlem Royal Hospital, the notorious 'Bedlam', with ornamental lawns and promenaders.
[Ref: 67567] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bedlam] Hospitium Mente-Captorum Londinense.](jpegs/61364.jpg)
[Bedlam] Hospitium Mente-Captorum Londinense.
R. White Sculpsit.
[Printed, Coloured and Sold By John Garrett at his Shop next ye Exchange Stairs in Cornhill] [n.d., 1694.]
Engraving on three sheets conjoined, total 570 x 1200mm (22½ x 47"). Some restoration as usual with these large prints, remains of erased publication line visible.
The frontage of Robert Hooke's New Bethlem Hospital, engraved by Robert White for Hooke in 1677. According to Griffiths, the plates were later purchased by John Garrett, ''who entered the view on the Term Catalogue for 1694'', after which ''they passed to W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge''.
Griffiths: The Print in Stuart Britain, Cat. 186.
[Ref: 61364] £950.00
R. White Sculpsit.
[Printed, Coloured and Sold By John Garrett at his Shop next ye Exchange Stairs in Cornhill] [n.d., 1694.]
Engraving on three sheets conjoined, total 570 x 1200mm (22½ x 47"). Some restoration as usual with these large prints, remains of erased publication line visible.
The frontage of Robert Hooke's New Bethlem Hospital, engraved by Robert White for Hooke in 1677. According to Griffiths, the plates were later purchased by John Garrett, ''who entered the view on the Term Catalogue for 1694'', after which ''they passed to W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge''.
Griffiths: The Print in Stuart Britain, Cat. 186.
[Ref: 61364] £950.00
The Hospital of Bethlehem. L'Hospital de Fou. [47 in ink]
[Jn.o Boydell Sculp.]
[J:no Boydell Engraver.] [n.d. c.1770.]
Very fine engraving. 280 x 370mm (11 x 14½"), with large margins
Bethlem Royal Hospital, from John Boydell's 'A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales', first issued in 1770.
Adams (London): 47.47.
[Ref: 29382] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
[Jn.o Boydell Sculp.]
[J:no Boydell Engraver.] [n.d. c.1770.]
Very fine engraving. 280 x 370mm (11 x 14½"), with large margins
Bethlem Royal Hospital, from John Boydell's 'A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales', first issued in 1770.
Adams (London): 47.47.
[Ref: 29382] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
Hospitum Mente-Captorum Londinense. A Prospect Of the Hospitall called Bedlam for the releife of Persons distracted, w.ch by ye great care & incouragement of S.r William Turner Knight (Alderman sometime Lord Mayor of London) the most worthy President, Benjamin Ducane: Esq.r Treasurer, and ye other Governo.rs of the Hospitall was begun in Aprill, 1675 amd finished in July 1676.
R. White Sculpsit.
Sold by W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge. [n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce engraving on three sheets conjoined, total 1190 x 580mm. Some restoration with mss. fill. Small margins.
An elevation of famous mental hospital Moorfields, designed by Sir Robert Hooke. The governors of the hospital funded the first publication (1677) of this exceptionally large view, paying Robert White £40 to engrave the three plates and having final approval of his work. After presentation copies of the print were run off (for the govenors, Charles II and James, Duke of York, and others), the printing plates were given as a reward for service to the Clerk of the Governors 'to make the best advantage hee can thereof'. By 1694 the plates were owned by John Garrett (whose partially erase imprint can be seen at the bottom centre), before becoming the property of William Herbert. Herbert's address was the Golden Globe on London Bridge, one of ten new buildings erected on the bridge in 1749. He was forced to move when the bridge was cleared of buildings in 1759.
BM 1977,U.824. Antony Griffiths, 'The Print in Stuart Britain', BM 1998, cat.186.
[Ref: 51455] £1,500.00
R. White Sculpsit.
Sold by W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge. [n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce engraving on three sheets conjoined, total 1190 x 580mm. Some restoration with mss. fill. Small margins.
An elevation of famous mental hospital Moorfields, designed by Sir Robert Hooke. The governors of the hospital funded the first publication (1677) of this exceptionally large view, paying Robert White £40 to engrave the three plates and having final approval of his work. After presentation copies of the print were run off (for the govenors, Charles II and James, Duke of York, and others), the printing plates were given as a reward for service to the Clerk of the Governors 'to make the best advantage hee can thereof'. By 1694 the plates were owned by John Garrett (whose partially erase imprint can be seen at the bottom centre), before becoming the property of William Herbert. Herbert's address was the Golden Globe on London Bridge, one of ten new buildings erected on the bridge in 1749. He was forced to move when the bridge was cleared of buildings in 1759.
BM 1977,U.824. Antony Griffiths, 'The Print in Stuart Britain', BM 1998, cat.186.
[Ref: 51455] £1,500.00
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The Beggar of Bednall Green and his Daughter. With that an angel he cast on the ground,/ And dropped, in angels, full three thousand pound/ Thus was the fair Bessee matched to a knight/ And then made a ladye in others despite/ A fairer lady there never was seen/ Then the blind beggar's daughter of Bednall Green. [&] The Beggar of Bednall Green, his Daughter and the Knight. To church then went this gallant young knight,/ His bride followed after, an angel most bright,/ With troops of ladyes the like never was seen/ That went with sweet Bessee of Bednall Green' In joy and felicity lon lived he,/ All with his fair ladye the prettye Bessye.
R. Pollard fect. Aquatinted by J. Wells [first plate]. Aquatinted by J. Jukes [second plate].
London, Published Septr. 6, 1787, by R. Pollard, Engraver, No.15, Braynes Row, Spa Fields.
Pair of aquatints with etching, each c.327 x 275mm.
A fine pair of prints that illustrate the popular Elizabethan ballad 'The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green'. This tells the story of Henry de Montfort, a son of Simon de Montfort. He was wounded and lost his sight in the Battle of Evesham in 1265, and was nursed to health by a baroness, and together they had a child named Besse (commemorated in Besse Road in London's East End). He became the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green and used to beg at the crossroads. The story of how he went from landed gentry to poor beggar became hugely popular in the Tudor era, and was revived by Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry', published in 1765. The legend came to be incorporated into the arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in 1900. Published by Robert Pollard (c.1755 - 1838) after his own designs.
[Ref: 8101] £490.00 view all images for this item
R. Pollard fect. Aquatinted by J. Wells [first plate]. Aquatinted by J. Jukes [second plate].
London, Published Septr. 6, 1787, by R. Pollard, Engraver, No.15, Braynes Row, Spa Fields.
Pair of aquatints with etching, each c.327 x 275mm.
A fine pair of prints that illustrate the popular Elizabethan ballad 'The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green'. This tells the story of Henry de Montfort, a son of Simon de Montfort. He was wounded and lost his sight in the Battle of Evesham in 1265, and was nursed to health by a baroness, and together they had a child named Besse (commemorated in Besse Road in London's East End). He became the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green and used to beg at the crossroads. The story of how he went from landed gentry to poor beggar became hugely popular in the Tudor era, and was revived by Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry', published in 1765. The legend came to be incorporated into the arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in 1900. Published by Robert Pollard (c.1755 - 1838) after his own designs.
[Ref: 8101] £490.00 view all images for this item
Betsy in Trouble.
Painted by J. Russel. Engraved by Ang. Zaffonato.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple, with large margins, printed in colours. Some creasing, wear in margins.
A child weeping over her dead bird on the left in front of its cage.
[Ref: 26261] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Russel. Engraved by Ang. Zaffonato.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple, with large margins, printed in colours. Some creasing, wear in margins.
A child weeping over her dead bird on the left in front of its cage.
[Ref: 26261] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Betsy in Trouble.]
[Painted by J. Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to his Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales & Duke of York. Engraved by N. Schiavonetti junior.]
[London Published April 1. 1797 by Mess.rs Schiavonetti No 12, Michael's Place Brompton.]
Very fine stipple, proof before all letters. 325 x 380mm (12¾ x 15"). Narrow margins, small paper flaw in left edge, indistinct collector's stamp bottom right.
A child weeping over her dead bird lying in front of its cage.
[Ref: 53265] £550.00 (£660.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by J. Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to his Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales & Duke of York. Engraved by N. Schiavonetti junior.]
[London Published April 1. 1797 by Mess.rs Schiavonetti No 12, Michael's Place Brompton.]
Very fine stipple, proof before all letters. 325 x 380mm (12¾ x 15"). Narrow margins, small paper flaw in left edge, indistinct collector's stamp bottom right.
A child weeping over her dead bird lying in front of its cage.
[Ref: 53265] £550.00 (£660.00 incl.VAT)
![Betsy in Trouble. [&] The Dog's first sight of himself.](jpegs/53266.jpg)
Betsy in Trouble. [&] The Dog's first sight of himself.
Painted by J. Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to his Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales & Duke of York. Engraved by N. Schiavonetti junior.
London Published April 1. 1798 by Mess.rs Schiavonetti No 12, Michael's Place Brompton [but later].
Pair of stipples, printed in colours and hand finished. 325 x 380mm (12¾ x 15"), with very large margins.
Two scenes of children and their pets. In the first a child weeps over her dead bird lying in front of its cage; the second shows a golden-haired child teasing a dog with a mirror.
[Ref: 53266] £550.00 view all images for this item
Painted by J. Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to his Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales & Duke of York. Engraved by N. Schiavonetti junior.
London Published April 1. 1798 by Mess.rs Schiavonetti No 12, Michael's Place Brompton [but later].
Pair of stipples, printed in colours and hand finished. 325 x 380mm (12¾ x 15"), with very large margins.
Two scenes of children and their pets. In the first a child weeps over her dead bird lying in front of its cage; the second shows a golden-haired child teasing a dog with a mirror.
[Ref: 53266] £550.00 view all images for this item
Mr. Thomas Betterton Totus Mundus Agit Histrionem.
G. Kneller. pinx: R: Williams fe:
E: Cooper Ex: [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Age toned.
Thomas Betterton (c. 1635 - 1710), actor, son of an under-cook to King Charles I. Charles II sent Betterton to Paris to study improvements to stage craft, introducing shifting scenes rather than tapestry to the English theatre. He and his actress wife, Mary Saunderson, were regarded as respectable in a period when acting was seen as indecent, and were invited to teach the children from noble and royal families to perform John Crowne's Calisto, 1675, in the last Stuart court Masque.
Chaloner Smith 7, ii of iv. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7833] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller. pinx: R: Williams fe:
E: Cooper Ex: [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Age toned.
Thomas Betterton (c. 1635 - 1710), actor, son of an under-cook to King Charles I. Charles II sent Betterton to Paris to study improvements to stage craft, introducing shifting scenes rather than tapestry to the English theatre. He and his actress wife, Mary Saunderson, were regarded as respectable in a period when acting was seen as indecent, and were invited to teach the children from noble and royal families to perform John Crowne's Calisto, 1675, in the last Stuart court Masque.
Chaloner Smith 7, ii of iv. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7833] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Thomas Betterton. Totus Mundus Agit Histrionem.
G.Kneller pinx. R.William fe.
E.Cooper Ex. [n.d., c.1700.]
Rare mezzotint, early 18th century watermark. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed into plate, repaired tear on lower plate.
Portrait of Thomas Betterton (1635 - 1710), the leading male actor and theatre manager during Restoration England, son of an under-cook to King Charles I.
CS: 7: ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65441] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G.Kneller pinx. R.William fe.
E.Cooper Ex. [n.d., c.1700.]
Rare mezzotint, early 18th century watermark. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed into plate, repaired tear on lower plate.
Portrait of Thomas Betterton (1635 - 1710), the leading male actor and theatre manager during Restoration England, son of an under-cook to King Charles I.
CS: 7: ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65441] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Tho.s Betterton. [Engraved for the Universal Magazine.]
[after Sir Godfrey Kneller.]
[For J. Hinton at the King's Arms in Newgate Street.] [n.d., 1754.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed, losing sur-title and publication line.
Thomas Betterton (c. 1635 - 1710), actor, son of an under-cook to King Charles I. Charles II sent Betterton to Paris to study improvements to stage craft, introducing shifting scenes rather than tapestry to the English theatre. He and his actress wife, Mary Saunderson, were regarded as respectable in a period when acting was seen as indecent, and were invited to teach the children from noble and royal families to perform John Crowne's Calisto, 1675, in the last Stuart court Masque.
[Ref: 52583] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[after Sir Godfrey Kneller.]
[For J. Hinton at the King's Arms in Newgate Street.] [n.d., 1754.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed, losing sur-title and publication line.
Thomas Betterton (c. 1635 - 1710), actor, son of an under-cook to King Charles I. Charles II sent Betterton to Paris to study improvements to stage craft, introducing shifting scenes rather than tapestry to the English theatre. He and his actress wife, Mary Saunderson, were regarded as respectable in a period when acting was seen as indecent, and were invited to teach the children from noble and royal families to perform John Crowne's Calisto, 1675, in the last Stuart court Masque.
[Ref: 52583] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Henry Betty, (Son of W. H.W. Betty, the English Roscius.) In the Character of Macbeth. "______and on high plac'd Macbeth. Shall live the lease of nature". Macbeth, Act 4th. Scene 1st.
Drawn from life & on Stone by F. Onwhyn. Hurst, lith, 244. Strand.
Proof. [n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph. 355 x 266mm. 14 x 10½". Small paper repair, but still damaged to title area.
Henry Thomas Betty (1819-1897), actor and son of William Henry Best Betty (1791-1874).
See Harvard: p.102.2. NPG: D41914.
[Ref: 24439] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn from life & on Stone by F. Onwhyn. Hurst, lith, 244. Strand.
Proof. [n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph. 355 x 266mm. 14 x 10½". Small paper repair, but still damaged to title area.
Henry Thomas Betty (1819-1897), actor and son of William Henry Best Betty (1791-1874).
See Harvard: p.102.2. NPG: D41914.
[Ref: 24439] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)