Symptoms of Rearing.
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton f.
London. Publish'd Feb.y 27.th 1799, by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill.
Very fine hand-coloured etching. Plate 285 x 406mm (11¼ x 16"). Fine colour.
An elderly country parson, in profile to the right, on a horse which rears almost vertically, he clasps the animal round the neck, and is seated on his hind-quarters, having lost his stirrups and slipped from the saddle. His whip flies through the air behind him, his coat-tails fly out, and the sheets of his sermon inscribed 'IOB' protrude from his pocket. A small dog rushing towards the animal's hind-legs and barking furiously appears to have caused the 'symptoms of rearing'. The parish clerk, with two large volumes under his arm, beside the horse, looks over his right shoulder and stoops or runs to escape being trampled on. Trees and a church steeple are indicated in the background. From the Watt Collection. BM Satires: 6340.
[Ref: 28354] £220.00
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Symptoms of Rearing.
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton f.
Publish'd 23.d Jan.y 1783.
Etching. Sheet 280 x 410mm (11 x 16¼"). Trimmed within plate.
An elderly country parson fights to control a horse which rears almost vertically, clasping the animal round the neck. The parish clerk, with two large volumes under his arm, cowers to avoid the flying hooves. BM Satires: 6340. See 28354 for a coloured version.
[Ref: 59625] £180.00
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Symptoms, or Restiveness.
H. Bunbury del.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 141 x 184mm. 5½ x 7¼".
Three horses kicking up a fuss throwing their riders off and causing havoc with the woman and her wheelbarrow.
[Ref: 16055] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Synagogue, Dukes Place, Houndsditch. Plate 82.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t. et sculp.t. Sunderland aqua.t.
London Pub. Sep.t. 1.st. 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 235 x 280mm (9¼ x 11"), with very large margins. On paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1808.'
Interior view of the Great Synagogue in London. A synagogue was situated on the site from shortly after the return of the Jews to England in the 17th Century until the Blitz. The building depicted in the image with the third synagogue to be built on the site and was constructed between 1788 and 1790. Abbey, Scenery: 212
[Ref: 62693] £320.00
Children of Walter Synnot Eqs.r
Engrav'd by J.R. Smith from an Original Picture of J. Wright of Derby.
London Publish'd April 25. 1782 by J.R. Smith No.28 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 500 x 345mm (19¾ x 13¾"), with large margins. Repairs in margins.
A portrait of the three children of Walter Synnot of Co. Armagh, the portrait shows Marcus, Walter and Maria Eliza playing with the doves from a cage. CS 160; Frankau: 343; D'Oench 192.
[Ref: 47596] £360.00
[Frontispiece to Thomas Reinesius' 'Syntagma inscriptionum antiquarum cumprimis Romae veteris'.]
Johann Jacob de Sandrart Pingebat et Sculpebat.
[Liepzig: Heirs of Johann Fritsch, & Frankfurt: Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1732.]
Engraving. Printed area 340 x 190mm, 7½". Trimmed, some creasing.
Allegorical frontispiece, with a medallion portrait of Reinesius held aloft by putti. Thomas Reinesius [1587-1667], a German doctor and writer, compiled this collection of classical inscriptions.
[Ref: 13420] £260.00
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Dr. Syntax & Bookseller.
Drawn & Etched by Rowlandson.
Published. June.1.1819, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand. Pl.25.
Coloured aquatint and etching. 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼") Paper toning, foxing and water staining.
Ackermann's Repository of Arts was an illustrated British periodical published from 1809-1829. It covered all fields from arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics. From "The Tours of Dr. Syntax," depicting the various escapades of the fictional 19th-century English clergyman, Dr. Syntax. BM Satires: 11686.
[Ref: 30382] £120.00
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Doctor Syntax at an Auction.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
Published July 1, 1820, at R.Ackermann's. 101 Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 155 x 250mm (6¼ x 10"). Folds in bottom edge.
The escapades of the fictional 19th century clergyman 'Dr. Syntax' were a satire on William Gilpin’s series of picturesque journeys to different parts of England. A book auction.
[Ref: 52816] £130.00
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Synthesis Harmonica.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Etching. Sheet 310 x 390mm, 12¼ x 15¼".
An orchestra of women, one with angel's wings, viewed through an arch decorated with figures representing the seasons, guarded by river gods.
[Ref: 9558] £290.00
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Perspective View of the Bridge at Sion.
R. Adam Architect 1768 / E. Rooker Sculp.t
[London: Printed for the Authors; And sold by Peter Elmsly [....] MDCCLXXVII]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 455 x 600mm (18 x 23½"). Repaired tears.
Robert Adam's unrealized plan for a bridge at Syon House. Plate from the Adam brothers' "Works in Architecture". At the time the work was published, Adam was presumably confident that the plan would go ahead, as his accompanying text ('the whole is new and is reckoned fanciful and picturesque') suggests that the bridge in fact already existed. Robert and his brother James Adam forever changed the face of British architecture by introducing innovative Classical design ideas. Together, they designed and built some of the most famous buildings in England, including Kenwood House, Keddlestone Manor, and Syon House. The brothers diversified by designing furniture to complement their beautiful interiors and by creating and publishing their 'Works' as a treatise on design, in three volumes beginning in 1773 and concluding with a posthumous volume of 1822.
[Ref: 31969] £360.00
Retour de Syrie.
H. Vernet 1823. Lit: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Printed area 310 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"), with very large margins.
General Napoleon Bonaparte walking back to Egypt after the failed 1799 expedition to Syria. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 55872] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Foreign Costumes, No.1. Syria.
L. Mansion del.
Published by W. Spooner 259 Regent Street [n.d., c.1830s].
Hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic. W.S.S. on verso in ink, Image 190 x 135mm, 7½ x 5¼". A little soiled and stained. Bright original colour.
William Spooner and L. Mansion published a series of fancy national costumes.
[Ref: 22342] £60.00
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Damascus.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Lithograph. Sheet: 270 x 210mm, (10½ x 8¼").
A view of Damascus in Syria in which two figures, one leading a camel, are depicted on the road.
[Ref: 39488] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
Vue de la Ville et de L'Isle de Syra.
Eenens et Petermanns del. Lithographié à la Calcographie Royale de J. Goubaud à Bruxelles.
[Brussels, 1822-9.]
Lithograph rare with very large margins. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
View of Ano Syros, built by the Venetians on Syros, ringed by their fortifications and topped by the Roman Catholic cathedral of San Giorgio. The view was published in a Brussels edition of Choiseul-Gouffier's 'Voyage Pittoresque de la Grèce', but which also contained Melling's 'Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore'.
[Ref: 35158] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Szarvasszöllö.
Term. u és köre rajz Keleti Gusztáv. Özvegy Fuchs Györgyné müintézete. München.
[Budapest: Gustav Emich, 1867.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 190 x 265mm (7½ x 10½"). Large margins.
Szarvasszöllö in Hungary, from 'Tokaj-Hegyaljaer Album', a study of the famous Tokaj wine region by Josef Szabó & Stefan von Török. Gusztáv Frigyes Kelety (originally Klette, 1834-1902), a Hungarian painter, graphic artist and art critic.
[Ref: 38973] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Szlegel.
Gigoux. Lith de Villain.
[Paris: Joseph Straszewicz, n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph on chine collé. 270 x 235mm (10½ x 9¼"), very large margins.
Lieut-Col Karol Szlegel (1802-32), with moustache, wearing cloak with furred collar. Having fought in the November Uprising (1830-1) he went into exile in France, where he died in a duel with a fellow officer while preparing for an armed return to Poland. Looked upon as a rebel or hero. From Straszewicz's suite of portraits of Polish figures.
[Ref: 63238] £230.00
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Table for Baits.
J. Scott del, et sculp.
Published May 1, 1801, by Bunney & Gold, 103 Shoe Lane, London.
Etching with engraving. 415 x 250mm (16¼ x 9¾"). Folds, stains, a tear just entering plate taped.
A guide for anglers, with instructions on how to catch 17 British river fish, types of worm and flies, and how to make pastes.
[Ref: 61450] £130.00
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Table Mountain - Cape of Good Hope.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet: 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"). Staining.
A view of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa from the sea.
[Ref: 46070] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
A Table of the Breeds of Neat Cattle, Sheep, and Swine.
Letterpress broadside, very scarce. Printed area 500 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). Stretched over back of mounted print, edges folded over; some staining.
The names, characteristics, advantages & disadvantages and locations of different breeds of cattle, horned and hornless sheep, and pigs. .
[Ref: 30250] £480.00
A Table of the Antiquity of States, Kingdoms, and Empires, And also of some remarkable Towns and Cities. [&] A Compendium of the Four Dispositions which influence the Human Frame, translated from the works of Dr. Boerner.
[Anon., n.d., c.1820.]
Two letterpress tables, broadside handbills with contemporary watercolour, glued to either side of card 165 x 130mm, 6½ x 5". Margins slightly trimmed?
Two rare pieces of popular educational ephemera. The Compendium is a table for analizing the habits and disposition of certain types of people.
[Ref: 16809] £190.00
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Tableau de Londres [title on spine]. Description Géographique, Topographique, Pittoresque, Industrielle et Commerciale. de L'Angleterre, de L'Écosse et de L'Irelande... Par Crutwell, Traduite de l'anglais, sur la 4e. édition; ... Tome Quatrième.
A Paris, Chez Hyacinthe Langlois, Libraire pour la Géographie, l'Histoire, les Belles-Lettres, quai des Augustins, no 67, près le Pont Neuf. M.DCCC.IV. [1804.]
8vo, original full calf gilt, maroon morocco title label, speckled edges, marbled endpapers; title + 385, folding engraved map frontis. Spine with rubbed patch, small fold split in margin of map.
A French tourist's guide to London, probably prepared for publication during the thaw in Anglo-French relations after the Treaty of Amiens of 1802. The text consists of information neccessary for the tourist: an extensive key for the map; lists of carriage fares within London (including a specific table of fares from various point to the Opera House, Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden Theatre and Ranelagh Gardens); how to get coaches to the villages surrounding London (including Barnes, Clapham, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Kingston & Richmond) and ferry prices.
[Ref: 44005] £360.00
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The Tables Turned or The Lie circumstantial.
Pub.d by T. Taplain Upper Thames St London
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; tear on left.
Duel between Charles Vane, third marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) and Ensign Battier. Battier's pistol misfired and he declined the offer of another shot and left. He was later horsewhipped by Londonderry's second, Sir Henry Hardinge. In this image Londonderry (far left) nonchalantly awaits the second shot from Battier, which Hardinge (centre, in brown coat) invites. Battier, next to Hardinge, drops his pistol rather than taking the shot, to the disbelief of his second Lt.-Col. Weston (right). A surgeon in the background observes 'I see they will not want me'.
[Ref: 47120] £240.00
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The Tablet of Cebes.
[n.d., c. 1830.]
Ink mss. with watercolour wash, sheet 230 x 145mm. 9 x 5¾". Tear and chip to top edge.
Manuscript diagram to explain the philosophies of Cebes of Thebes, a disciple of Socrates and Philolaus. He is one of the speakers in the Phaedo of Plato, in which he is represented as an earnest seeker after virtue and truth, keen in argument and cautious in decision. Three dialogues, the Hebdome, the Phrynichus and the Pinax or Tabula, are attributed to him. The two former are lost, and most scholars deny the authenticity of the Tabula on the ground of material and verbal anachronisms. The Tablet of Cebes professes to be an interpretation of an allegorical picture in the temple of Cronus at Athens or Thebes. The author develops the Platonic theory of pre-existence, and shows that true education consists not in mere erudition, but rather in the formation of character. Parallels are often drawn between this work and John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
[Ref: 10292] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
Tabletier, Ouvrages.
Benard direxit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7''). Foxing.
A diagram of chess pieces made by a Tablietier. An excerpt from 'Tabletier-Cornetier' by Denis Diderot.
[Ref: 49197] £65.00
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La Tabletiere. Genre Parisien N.o 28.
Ch. Philipon del. termine par Julien. a Paris, chez Basset, M.d d'Estampes, rue S.t Jacques, n.o 64. Lithog: de Mendouze, r. S.t Pierre Monmartre n.o 10.
Paris, [n.d. c.1827-1829].
Hand coloured lithograph. 280 x 190mm (11 x 7½"), with wide margins. Faint stain in top left corner. Minor toning and creasing in margins.
A shopkeeper standing at the entrance to her shop. Her assortment of wares include a feather fan, smoking pipes, a tennis racquet and batons. Published as part of the Genre Parisien by Charles Philipon and Paul Andre Basset. See: Ref 58223 & 54515
[Ref: 54857] £75.00
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Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani.
Lith. Rigo Freres. Pas. Saulnier, 13. Alex.dre Lacauchie.
[n.d. c.1841.]
Lithograph. Gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 190 x 121mm. 7½ x 4¾".
Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani (1812-1867) was an Italian soprano particularly associated with bel canto composers, such as Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, and early Verdi. Her 'golden' period in Paris and London was between 1837 and 1848. She was also part of the 'nightingale' category of singers. Harvard: As Adina in Donizetti's 'L'Elisire d'Amore'; whole length to front, standing, full face, in apron and cap, book in right hand with left hand on hip; vignette. Plate to Galerie des Artistes Dramatiques de Paris., 1841. See Harvard: 6.
[Ref: 23656] £130.00
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Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani.
Imp de Lemercier, Bernard & c. [n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph. Gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 196 x 132mm. 7¾ x 5¼".
Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani (1812-1867) was an Italian soprano particularly associated with bel canto composers, such as Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, and early Verdi. Her 'golden' period in Paris and London was between 1837 and 1848. She was also part of the 'nightingale' category of singers. See Harvard: 4. [P.J. Lassouquére.]
[Ref: 23654] £130.00
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Tacking in Succession The Squadron under the command of Sir Josias Rowley Bar.t K.C.B. G.C.M.G. July 19th 1834
A. Dawson [lower left], Lith. by C. de Brocktorff. Malta
[n.d., 1834.]
Lithograph, 270 x 295mm.
Lithograph of action off the coast of Malta.
[Ref: 12685] £330.00
The Madonna, the Infant Christ and St. John, From an unfinished Basso relievo in Marble by Michelangelo Buonaroti. Done by him about the Year 1503 for Taddeo Taddei [...]
Michael Angelo [...] F. Bartolozzi R.A.
London Pub.d as the Act directs Jan. 1 1795 by A. Molteno Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York No. 76 St. James's Street
Soft-ground etching, rare, platemark 355 x 300mm (14 x 11¾"), with very large margins. Creases top right in margin.
Etching of Michelangelo's Taddei Tondo, which since 1830 was been in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts, London. The text below the image claims that the print was made by the celebrated Italian printmaker (and founding member of the Royal Academy) Francesco Bartolozzi and published in 1795, but this cannot be true, as the tondo was not acquired by George Beaumont until 1822. After Beaumont died in 1827, the print was briefly in possession of Lady Beaumont (who is named as the owner of the tondo on this print) before it waas received by the RA in 1830. During this time an etching of the tondo after a drawing by William Young Ottley was made by F.C. Lewis and published in London by W.B. Tiffin in 1828. This print would appear to be an altered impression of that plate, with the publisher (potentially Molteno, who was active until 1845) backdating the print and attributing the print to Bartolozzi, dead by this time but one of the foremost eighteenth century engravers, in a bid to increase demand for the print. In a recent book about the tondo, Alison Cole described the source drawing by Ottley as follows: 'the drawing sensitively attempts to amend the 'unfinished' nature of the tondo, in much the same way as plaster casts of the period tend to do, focusing on making sense of the shadowy figure of St John and the 'dove' and further delineating the exquisite features of the Virgin. Ottley probably drew the tondo soon after the purchase was made [by George Beaumont] (c.1822)'. Not in Calabi & De Vesme; see Alison Cole, 'Michelangelo Buonarroti: The Taddei Tondo', p.37.
[Ref: 47668] £240.00
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Taffy.
H.Goffey [Pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1940].
Etching. signed by the artist. 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½").
Harry Goffey (1871-1951). Possibly an Old English Sheepdog.
[Ref: 2751] £260.00
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Napoleon at the Passage and Battle of the River Tagliamento.
Engraved by Mr. George Cruikshank, from the original design of C. Vernet, executed at Paris, by I. Duplessi Bertaux.
Published Sept.r 11. 1823, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 210 x 285mm (8¼ x 11¼"). Folds as published.
Whilst General Joubert was still near Primolano, Napoleon marched with 32,000 men, protected by a guarding force of 11,000 under Massena, to the Tagliamento River. Near Valvasone Napoleon and Massena’s forces rushed the Tagliamento under the cover of heavy artillery fire and forced the Austrians back to Udine. This was the beginning of the march that led to Loeben and the Peace of Campo Formio. From "The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte". Cohn: 435.
[Ref: 26479] £140.00
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[Marie Taglioni.] Flore. [&] La Tirolienne. [&] La Napolitaine. [&] La Bayadere. [&] La Naiade. [&] Marie Taglioni [Facsimile signature].
A.E.C. [A.E.Chalon]. R.J.L. [R.J.Lane].
Published by J. Dickinson. New Bond Street, Aug.t 1831.
Very scarce set of six proof lithographs laid on chine collé. Printed area: 212 x 141mm (8¼ x 5½") each, with large margins.
A rare set of six proof lithographs of renowned ballet dancer Marie Taglioni (1804-1884) depicted in some of the roles that have established her as a central figure in the history of European dance. After A.E.Chalon, by R.J. Lane. Taglioni was one of the most celebrated ballerinas of the romantic ballet, and cultivated her skill primarily at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, and at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique of the Paris Opera Ballet. She later took a three-year contract in Saint Petersburg with the Imperial Ballet.
[Ref: 32628] £2,000.00
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[La Tyrolienne.]
A.E.C. R.J.L.
[Published by J. Dickinson. New Bond Street, Aug.t 1831.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Trimmed and stained at top right.
A portrait of renowned ballet dancer Marie Taglioni (1804-1884) depicted as Sophie from 'La Tyrolienne'. Taglioni was one of the most celebrated ballerinas of the romantic ballet, and cultivated her skill primarily at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, and at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique of the Paris Opera Ballet. She later took a three-year contract in Saint Petersburg with the Imperial Ballet.
[Ref: 46562] £130.00
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Taglioni.
Lith de Rigo frères, Pass: Saulnier, 19. Alexe. Lacauchie.
[n.d. c.1840] Pari Publié par Marchann.
Lithograph. 254 x 159mm. 10" x 6¼". Some spotting.
Marie Taglioni (April 23, 1804-April 24, 1884) was a famous Italian ballerina of the Romantic ballet era, a central figure in the history of European dance.
[Ref: 8499] £220.00
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Taglioni. La Sylphide.
Vidal. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue. Fleet Street, Decr. 2, 1844.
Steel engraving. 265 x 185mm. 10½ x 7¼". Small tear upper right-hand corner. Some surface rubbing.
Marie Taglioni (1804-1884) was a fanous Italian/Swedish ballerina of the Romantic ballet era, a central figure in the history of European dance. Marie rose to fame as a danceuse when her father created the balled La Sylphide for her in 1832.
[Ref: 19859] £85.00
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Melle Taglioni, dans la Sylphide.
Lith. de Gihaut frères Editeurs. Lith par F. Courtin.
Boulevard des Italiens, No. 5, Paris. [n.d., c.1831.]
Lithograph, on india paper. Sheet: 320 x 440mm (12½ x 17¼"). Marking in plate and margins, margins toned. Tears in edges, one in lower edge just into india.
A full-length portrait of Romantic ballet dancer Marie Taglioni (1804-1884) shown in costume and en pointe. Taglioni was the first dancer to use en pointe to express character in a dance. While this print is titled 'dans la Sylphide' the portrait is actually of Taglioni in the title role of La Bayadère and is after and English lithograph by R. J. Lane after A.E. Chalon. Dedication in pencil in lower right corner.
[Ref: 42851] £1,250.00
[The Tagus, 1842.]
[Painted by Lieut. J. Corbett, R.N.]
Watercolour with pencil title. Sheet 185 x 310mm.
Lieutenant John Corbett served with the Royal Navy from the late 1830s to the 1870s, travelling in the Mediterranean, Africa & the Far East. In 1851, serving on the 'Penelope', he took part in the storming of Lagos under heavy fire, spiking the guns of the fort, making Lagos a British Province. He was Commander of HMS 'Inflexible' during the Second Opium War (1856-60), which, in 1857, towed the gun-boat 'Starling' 10,000 miles to Hong Kong after it was damaged in a storm.
[Ref: 6808] £320.00
A Sailing Canoe of Otahaite.
J. Webber, R. A. fecit.
London Pub.d April 1. 1809 by Boydell & Comp.y No. 90 Cheapside.
Aquatint with large margins and very fine hand colour on watermaked paper, 'J. Whatman, 1820'. Platemark: 325 x 450mm (12¾ x 17½"). Creasing to sheet. Repairs to sheet along edges and to bottom right and top left corners.
A close-up view of an early Tahitian boat with the sail tightly lashed to masts on two sides. Four natives are depicted, with perpendicular platforms on the boat, allowing closer access to the water. John Webber was the official artist on Cook's final voyage through the Pacific; his drawings formed the basis for printed illustrations to the account of 'A Voyage to the Pacific', published in 1784. Vol. I.
[Ref: 31821] £420.00
The Interview between Capt.n Wallis & Oberea, after Peace being established with the Natives.
Grainger delin et sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. 160 x 210mm. Some wear.
Wallis made pece with the Tahitian queen Oberea after initial problems, June 1767.
[Ref: 7147] £120.00
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The Natives of Otaheite, attacking Capt.n Wallis, the first Discoverer of that Island.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. 185 x 210mm (7¼ x 8¼").
Captain Samuel Wallis (1728-95) circumnavigated the world in command of HMS Dolphin, 1766-68. He sighted Tahiti on June 18, 1767, and is considered the first European visitor to the island, although it was recorded by the Spanish as early as 1606.
[Ref: 7138] £45.00
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Oparrey Harbour, Island of Otaheite.
G.T. del. 19 July 1792. Baily sc.
Published 31 Oct. 1811, by J. Gold.
Hand coloured etching and aquatint, sheet 160 x 245mm. 6¼ x 9½". Residue from old mount.
A view on the island of Tahiti, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. Features a British ship and indigenous boats. Illustration to the Naval Chronicle.
[Ref: 10672] £130.00
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[Tahiti] Pomare.
Engd. by R. Hicks.
Fisher, Son & Co. London, 1837.
Stipple. 158 x 107mm. 6¼ x 4¼".
Pomare II, King of Tahiti (1774-1821) was king between 1782-1821.
[Ref: 15231] £75.00
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Le Capitaine Wallis est attaqué dans le Dauphin par les Otahiens.
Benard dir.
[Paris: c.1777.]
Fine engraving. 215 x 350mm (8½ x 13¾"). Trimmed into plate lower left by binder, folded as issued.
Samuel Wallis (1728-95) and his ship, HMS Dolphin under attack in Matavi bay of Tahiti, June 1767. Wallis was ill, so Lieutenant Tobias Furneaux went ashore and claimed the Island for Britain, calling it 'King George the Third's Island'. This scene was copied for the first French edition of Hawkesworth, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774, but this example comes from a volume of Abbé Prevost's 'Histoire des Voyages', c.1777.
[Ref: 41913] £220.00
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[Tahiti] His Majesty Pomarrè, King of Taheite.
Freeman sc.
Pub.d by F. Westley, Stationers Court May 1821.
Stipple, 140 x 100mm. 5½ x 4". Tears outside printed area.
Pomare II of Tahiti (1782-1821). He died of drink-related causes in December 1821 and was succeeded by Pomare III.
[Ref: 8721] £95.00
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A View of Otaheite with Several Vessels belonging to that Island.
Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography. [n.d. c.1778.]
Engraving. Plate 191 x 299mm. 7½ x 11¾".
A view of Tahitian natives in vessels. From Charles Theodore Middleton's "A New and Complete System of Geography". The engraving is sourced from Edward Rooker's 1773 engraving after John Hawkesworth's illustration to "An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere".
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A Representation of The Attack on Captn. Wallis in the Dolphin, by the Natives of Otaheite.
Sparrow sculp.
London: Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms No.16 Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1785.]
Fine copper engraving, laid paper, 230 x 345mm. 9 x 13½". Lacking margin at left and right.
An attack on a British warship, HMS Dolphin, by Tahitians in canoes. Samuel Wallis (1728 - 1795) sailed from Plymouth on 22 August with the Swallow sloop, commanded by Philip Carteret. The two ships passed through the Straits of Magellan and came into the Pacific on 12 April 1767; they then separated. Wallis opened out a part of the ocean till then unknown, and first brought to European knowledge the numerous islands of the Low Archipelago and of the Society Islands, including Tahiti, which he called King George the Third's Island. Thence he made for Tinian, which he reached on 19 August, having discovered many new islands on the way. After staying a month at Tinian, he went to Batavia, and thence home by the Cape of Good Hope. Originally for John Hawkesworth's 'Account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere'. Wallis's account of his voyage, first printed in Hawkesworth (1733), was repeated in Hamilton Moore's ‘Collection of Voyages’ (1785), in Robert Wilson's ‘Voyages’ (1806), in Kerr's ‘General History of Voyages’ (1814), and in Joachim Heinrich Campe's collection (Brunswick, 1831). See NLA 2084603.
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Cession de L'Isle d'Otahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Obéréa.
Godefroi dir.
[Paris: c.1777.]
Fine engraving. Sheet 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½"). Folded as issued.
After initial hostilities in 1767 Samuel Wallis established cordial relations with 'Oberea' (Purea), a local chieftain who they mistook for queen of Tahiti. Two years later Captain Cook also visited Purea, on his First Voyage. This scene was copied for the first French edition of Hawkesworth, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774, but this example comes from a volume of Abbé Prevost's 'Histoire des Voyages', c.1777.
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Vue de l'Isle d'Otahiti et de plusiers Pirogues.
Benard Fecit.
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1774.]
Engraving. 235360mm (9¼ x 14¼") very large margins Uncut.
A small Tahitian dugout boat, sketched by Sydney Parkinson, who had died before the expedition reached England; however, after a dispute over ownership of his work with Parkinson's brother, Hawkesworth removed every reference to Parkinson from the Official Account of Cook's first voyage. This scene was copied by Robert Benard for the first French edition, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774.
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A view in Oheitapha Bay, in the Island of Otaheite.
J. Webber, R. A. fecit.
London Pub.d April 1. 1809 by Boydell & Comp.y No. 90 Cheapside.
Aquatint with large margins and very fine hand colour on watermaked paper, 'J. Whatman, 1819'. Platemark: 325 x 450mm (12¾ x 17½").
A scenic landscape, with two figures in a canoe on a stretch of water surrounded by tall mountains. Thick trees can be seen on the lower slopes to either side, with thatched buildings on the shore to right. There are two figures on the shore in the left foreground, one kneeling, the other standing and holding a spear. John Webber was the official artist on Cook's final voyage through the Pacific; his drawings formed the basis for printed illustrations to the account of 'A Voyage to the Pacific', published in 1784. Vide Cook's last Voyage. Vol 2. Chap. I.
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Cession de l'Isle d'Otahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Obéréa. Tome. II. Pl.2.
Godefroy Dir.
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1777.]
Engraving. Plate: 230 x 335mm (9 x 13¼''). Trimmed to plate along top edge, central crease as issued.
A scene showing Captain Samuel Wallis being greeted by the queen of Tahiti. From 'Relation des Voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique...', a French edition of Hawkesworth, which included the official account of James Cook's first voyage.
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