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![[Wine Merchant] Brett's. 109 Drury Lane 109. Promise to supply the Bearer with pure Patent Brandy](jpegs/61426.jpg)
[Wine Merchant] Brett's. 109 Drury Lane 109. Promise to supply the Bearer with pure Patent Brandy Patent Hollands and every other genune Article in the Wine and Spitit Trade at fair and reasonable princes or forfit One Thousand Pounds. 1832 Dec.r 1 London 1 Dec.r 1832. Henry Brett 109 Drury Lane.
[1832].
Etching. Sheet 135 x 215mm (5¼ x 8½"). Top edge lacking, toning, laid on album sheet.
An advert in imitation of a banknote. Henry Brett (born in 1787 in Holborn) became a wine merchant in 1829, establishing a business that continued as Henry Brett & Co. until 1883.
[Ref: 61426] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[1832].
Etching. Sheet 135 x 215mm (5¼ x 8½"). Top edge lacking, toning, laid on album sheet.
An advert in imitation of a banknote. Henry Brett (born in 1787 in Holborn) became a wine merchant in 1829, establishing a business that continued as Henry Brett & Co. until 1883.
[Ref: 61426] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. William Wollaston. Done after the Marble Bust, in Her Majesty's Hermitage in the Royal Garden at Richmond.
I. Faber fecit.
Printed for Tho: Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles at the black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1745.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10''), 18th century watermark, with large margins.
A portrait of philosophical writer William Wollaston (1659-1724) who wrote 'The Religion of Nature Delineated' 1722. From the series 'Philosophers of England'.
CS 121.I.
[Ref: 50385] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I. Faber fecit.
Printed for Tho: Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles at the black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1745.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10''), 18th century watermark, with large margins.
A portrait of philosophical writer William Wollaston (1659-1724) who wrote 'The Religion of Nature Delineated' 1722. From the series 'Philosophers of England'.
CS 121.I.
[Ref: 50385] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[A woman reading a letter.]](jpegs/61357.jpg)
[A woman reading a letter.]
[after Henry William Bunbury]
[Published 4th June 1786 by Wickstead, 30 Henrietta S.t Covent Garden] [in old ink mss.].
Stipple, proof before letters. 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"), with very large margins. Some damp staining on left.
An oval portrait of a woman, leaning against the back of a chair reading a letter.
BM 1877,0512.534, no mention of a publisher.
[Ref: 61357] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[after Henry William Bunbury]
[Published 4th June 1786 by Wickstead, 30 Henrietta S.t Covent Garden] [in old ink mss.].
Stipple, proof before letters. 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"), with very large margins. Some damp staining on left.
An oval portrait of a woman, leaning against the back of a chair reading a letter.
BM 1877,0512.534, no mention of a publisher.
[Ref: 61357] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Woodand Mary.
J.C. Wilson [in image].
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. 180 x 130mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper.
A pretty young woman, an illustration to a popular ballad.
[Ref: 61420] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
J.C. Wilson [in image].
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. 180 x 130mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper.
A pretty young woman, an illustration to a popular ballad.
[Ref: 61420] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mrs Worlidge]](jpegs/61577.jpg)
[Mrs Worlidge] [married 1.stly Worlidge the artist, 2.ndly M.r Ashley, 3.rdly Captain Robinson. She kept the "Star and Garter" at Richmond; died 1790.] [in ink below print]
T. Worlidge pinx.t. G. Powle sc.
Published according to Act of Parliament. [n.d. c. 1776]
Very rare mezzotint, 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"), with good margins. Tipped into album sheet at edges. Slight crease.
Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Worlidge (nee wickstead) (1743-c.90). She wears a lace cap tied at the top of her head, and a dark cape with a cross hanging at her neck. She was Thomas Worlidge's (1700-66) third wife and assisted him in his artistic work, and gained a reputation for herself by her skill in copying paintings in needlework. After Worlidge's death she carried on the sale of his etchings at his house in Great Queen Street; but she let the mansion to Hester Darby and her daughter, Mary Robinson ('Perdita'), on her marriage to a wine and spirit merchant James Ashley, using the name Mrs Ashley until 1771. She later remarried again a Captain Robinson, and kept the 'Star and Garter' at Richmond.
CS II of II.
[Ref: 61577] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
T. Worlidge pinx.t. G. Powle sc.
Published according to Act of Parliament. [n.d. c. 1776]
Very rare mezzotint, 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"), with good margins. Tipped into album sheet at edges. Slight crease.
Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Worlidge (nee wickstead) (1743-c.90). She wears a lace cap tied at the top of her head, and a dark cape with a cross hanging at her neck. She was Thomas Worlidge's (1700-66) third wife and assisted him in his artistic work, and gained a reputation for herself by her skill in copying paintings in needlework. After Worlidge's death she carried on the sale of his etchings at his house in Great Queen Street; but she let the mansion to Hester Darby and her daughter, Mary Robinson ('Perdita'), on her marriage to a wine and spirit merchant James Ashley, using the name Mrs Ashley until 1771. She later remarried again a Captain Robinson, and kept the 'Star and Garter' at Richmond.
CS II of II.
[Ref: 61577] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Wrestlers] Letteurs Suisses.](jpegs/61399.jpg)
[Wrestlers] Letteurs Suisses.
D'apres le modèle d'Abart. Grave par F. Hegi.
à Basle dhez Birman & Fils [n.d., c.1830].
Aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, creasing at top.
A pair of wrestlers grabbing each other's pants. The wrestlers are drawn from a sculpture by South Tyrolean Franz Abart (1769-1863).
[Ref: 61399] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
D'apres le modèle d'Abart. Grave par F. Hegi.
à Basle dhez Birman & Fils [n.d., c.1830].
Aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, creasing at top.
A pair of wrestlers grabbing each other's pants. The wrestlers are drawn from a sculpture by South Tyrolean Franz Abart (1769-1863).
[Ref: 61399] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
To the Right Hon.ble The Earl of Wilton. This Print of His Schooner Yacht Xarifa, (157 Tons.) is respectfully dedicated by His Lordships obedient humble Servant N. M. Condy.
G. Hawkins lith N M Condy del.t. Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
London Edw.d Ramsden 12 Inch Lane Cornhill, Ackermann & C.o Strand, Plymouth, Edmund Fry [n.d. c.1850].
Lithograph, sheet 300 x 425mm (12 x 16¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Slight crease outside image bottom left.
A seascape featuring the yachts Xarifa (1835) and Kestrel (1830) of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton, (1799–1882), was a British nobleman and Tory politician. He was a founding member of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club in 1844 and was Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron from 1849 to 1881.
See also reference 37252.
[Ref: 61505] £320.00
G. Hawkins lith N M Condy del.t. Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
London Edw.d Ramsden 12 Inch Lane Cornhill, Ackermann & C.o Strand, Plymouth, Edmund Fry [n.d. c.1850].
Lithograph, sheet 300 x 425mm (12 x 16¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Slight crease outside image bottom left.
A seascape featuring the yachts Xarifa (1835) and Kestrel (1830) of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton, (1799–1882), was a British nobleman and Tory politician. He was a founding member of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club in 1844 and was Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron from 1849 to 1881.
See also reference 37252.
[Ref: 61505] £320.00
![Yeh. From the original sketch by Major Crealock. D. O [?] 2th G.](jpegs/61460.jpg)
Yeh. From the original sketch by Major Crealock. D. O [?] 2th G. " No habit of looking at Yeh..."
[after Lieutenant-General Henry Hope Crealock]
1858.
Pen and ink drawing sheet on scrapbook page; 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Small abrasion on face. Slightly messy.
A portrait of Ye Mingchen (1807-1859) known as Commissioner Yeh, a Canton official who fought British influence in the aftermath of the First Opium War and who was involved in the beginning of the Second. An extract from the letter of the Yiuces [?] China Confinement. Lieutenant-General Henry Hope Crealock (1831–91) was a captain in the 90th Light Infantry during the Crimean War, was an accomplished draughtsman, who also sketched during the Indian Mutiny, Opium Wars in China and the Zulu campaign (for the Illustrated London News).
[Ref: 61460] £350.00
[after Lieutenant-General Henry Hope Crealock]
1858.
Pen and ink drawing sheet on scrapbook page; 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Small abrasion on face. Slightly messy.
A portrait of Ye Mingchen (1807-1859) known as Commissioner Yeh, a Canton official who fought British influence in the aftermath of the First Opium War and who was involved in the beginning of the Second. An extract from the letter of the Yiuces [?] China Confinement. Lieutenant-General Henry Hope Crealock (1831–91) was a captain in the 90th Light Infantry during the Crimean War, was an accomplished draughtsman, who also sketched during the Indian Mutiny, Opium Wars in China and the Zulu campaign (for the Illustrated London News).
[Ref: 61460] £350.00
[A Youth rescued from A Shark. This representation is founded on the following Fact: a Youth bathing in the Harbour of the Havannah, was twice seized by a Shark, from which, (though with the Loss of the Flesh & Foot, torn from the Right Leg,) He disentangled himself, & was by the assistance of a Boat's crew, sav'd from the Jaws of the voracious Animal: for in the Moment it was attempting to seize it's Prey, (a Third Time,) a Sailor with a Boat Hook, drow it from it's pursuit.]
[after John Singleton Copley.]
[n.d., c.1779.]
Mezzotint with etching, proof before letters. 370 x 425mm (14½ x 16¾"). A very fine impression on 18th century watermarked paper. Narrow margins top and bottom. Long crease from top middle diagonally down towards the left. Laid on album paper.
A reversed copy of Copley's painting, 'Watson and the Shark' as engraved by Valentine Green and published in 1779, with the added vignette of Neptune riding a seahorse and the title repeated in French. The scene depicts the shark attack on Sir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet (1735-1807) as a boy that resulted in the loss of his right leg below the knee. This happened when he was swimming alone in Havana harbour, Cuba, in 1749. Watson was a British merchant, soldier, and later Lord Mayor of London. Watson and the artist John Singleton Copley met in 1774: some say they travelled on the same ship from Boston to England, and some that they met in London. Whatever the circumstances of their meeting, Watson commissioned Copley to produce the work, known as Watson and the Shark which was completed in 1778. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1778 and caused a sensation. Upon Watson wife's death the painting was bequeathed to Christ's hospital which was accepted in 1819, however was purchased by the National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C in 1963.
See Australian National Maritime Museum 00036375 for the published state. See also [Ref: 64744].
[Ref: 61720] £2,000.00
[after John Singleton Copley.]
[n.d., c.1779.]
Mezzotint with etching, proof before letters. 370 x 425mm (14½ x 16¾"). A very fine impression on 18th century watermarked paper. Narrow margins top and bottom. Long crease from top middle diagonally down towards the left. Laid on album paper.
A reversed copy of Copley's painting, 'Watson and the Shark' as engraved by Valentine Green and published in 1779, with the added vignette of Neptune riding a seahorse and the title repeated in French. The scene depicts the shark attack on Sir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet (1735-1807) as a boy that resulted in the loss of his right leg below the knee. This happened when he was swimming alone in Havana harbour, Cuba, in 1749. Watson was a British merchant, soldier, and later Lord Mayor of London. Watson and the artist John Singleton Copley met in 1774: some say they travelled on the same ship from Boston to England, and some that they met in London. Whatever the circumstances of their meeting, Watson commissioned Copley to produce the work, known as Watson and the Shark which was completed in 1778. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1778 and caused a sensation. Upon Watson wife's death the painting was bequeathed to Christ's hospital which was accepted in 1819, however was purchased by the National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C in 1963.
See Australian National Maritime Museum 00036375 for the published state. See also [Ref: 64744].
[Ref: 61720] £2,000.00
The Zebu Bull. The property of M.r Cross, Exeter Change.
London: William Darton; 58 Holborn Hill. [n.d. c.1815]
Engraving, sheet 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate. A bit of staining in right corner.
A humped cow stands against an outdoor backdrop near a fence, another lies on the ground near a river. The zebu are a domestic cattle originating in South Asia. Edward Cross (1774 –1854) was an English zoo proprietor and dealer in animals. He owned the menagerie at the Exeter Exchange from 1814 to its demolition in 1829.
[Ref: 61530] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London: William Darton; 58 Holborn Hill. [n.d. c.1815]
Engraving, sheet 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate. A bit of staining in right corner.
A humped cow stands against an outdoor backdrop near a fence, another lies on the ground near a river. The zebu are a domestic cattle originating in South Asia. Edward Cross (1774 –1854) was an English zoo proprietor and dealer in animals. He owned the menagerie at the Exeter Exchange from 1814 to its demolition in 1829.
[Ref: 61530] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)