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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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The Blooming Gleaner and Amourous Justice.
London Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard.
Engraving. 420 x 350mm, 16½ x 13¾". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A middle-aged man with a gout-afflicted leg approaches a pretty young harvester.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 8821] £330.00
London Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard.
Engraving. 420 x 350mm, 16½ x 13¾". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A middle-aged man with a gout-afflicted leg approaches a pretty young harvester.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 8821] £330.00
The Blooming Peach and Shrivell'd Apple, or Amorous Notions at Fourscore.
Printed for Carington Bowles. Map & Printselleer, No. 69 in St. Paul's Chruch Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date erased].
Coloured mezzotint. 246 x 350mm. Minor surface rubbing and crease on lower right.
No. 271. This number means it was part of a series probably issued by Bowles and Carver c.1780.
BM: 4536.
[Ref: 137] £350.00
Printed for Carington Bowles. Map & Printselleer, No. 69 in St. Paul's Chruch Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date erased].
Coloured mezzotint. 246 x 350mm. Minor surface rubbing and crease on lower right.
No. 271. This number means it was part of a series probably issued by Bowles and Carver c.1780.
BM: 4536.
[Ref: 137] £350.00
A View of the Foundling Hospital. Vue d'Hopital des Enfants Trouves.
L.P. Boitard Delin. Parr sculpt.
Published 12.th May, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleeet Street, London.
Etching with fine hand colour. 265 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"), with large margins. Slight oxidation of colour at edges.
The Foundling Hospital was founded in 1739 in London, north of Great Ormond Street and west of Gray's Inn Lane, by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram. It was a children's home established for the 'education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children.' The plate engraved by Nathaniel Parr (fl.1723 - 1760) after Louis Philippe Boitard (1733 - 1767; fl.) in 1753.
[Ref: 64327] £320.00
L.P. Boitard Delin. Parr sculpt.
Published 12.th May, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleeet Street, London.
Etching with fine hand colour. 265 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"), with large margins. Slight oxidation of colour at edges.
The Foundling Hospital was founded in 1739 in London, north of Great Ormond Street and west of Gray's Inn Lane, by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram. It was a children's home established for the 'education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children.' The plate engraved by Nathaniel Parr (fl.1723 - 1760) after Louis Philippe Boitard (1733 - 1767; fl.) in 1753.
[Ref: 64327] £320.00
The North Prospect of Mountague House.
Iames Simon Fecit.
Printed for & Sold by I. Smith in Exeter Change in ye Strand [n.d. c.1715].
Engraving. 470 x 590mm (18½ x 23¼"). Central fold as published.
Façade of Montagu House, looking across the forecourt, later the British Museum; a fountain in foreground, statues, shrubbery and lawned areas in forecourt.
[Ref: 26385] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Iames Simon Fecit.
Printed for & Sold by I. Smith in Exeter Change in ye Strand [n.d. c.1715].
Engraving. 470 x 590mm (18½ x 23¼"). Central fold as published.
Façade of Montagu House, looking across the forecourt, later the British Museum; a fountain in foreground, statues, shrubbery and lawned areas in forecourt.
[Ref: 26385] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Southampton or Bloomsbury Square. 18.
Published according to Act of Parliament 1754 for Stowes Survey.
Engraving. 345 x 465mm (13½ x 18¼). Some creasing.
An elevated view of Bloomsbury Square looking north towards Bedford House, with Hampstead, Highgate and Islington in the background. It is one of London's oldest squares, developed for the 4th Earl of Southampton in the early 1660s.
[Ref: 62822] £320.00
Published according to Act of Parliament 1754 for Stowes Survey.
Engraving. 345 x 465mm (13½ x 18¼). Some creasing.
An elevated view of Bloomsbury Square looking north towards Bedford House, with Hampstead, Highgate and Islington in the background. It is one of London's oldest squares, developed for the 4th Earl of Southampton in the early 1660s.
[Ref: 62822] £320.00
Sir Henry Blosset K.t. Chief Justice of Bengal. Proof.
Painted by J. Jackson Esq.r R.A. _ Engraved by W.Ward A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty the Duke of York.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255 (14¼ x 10"), large margins on 3 sides. Narrow bottom margin.
A half-length portrait of Sir Robert Henry Blosset (1776-1823). He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta in 1821, and received the customary knighthood in 1822, but died within a few months, at the age of 4 and was buried in St John's Church, Calcutta.
CS 10, i of ii. Russell 10, ii of iii. Frankau 32, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65988] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Jackson Esq.r R.A. _ Engraved by W.Ward A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty the Duke of York.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255 (14¼ x 10"), large margins on 3 sides. Narrow bottom margin.
A half-length portrait of Sir Robert Henry Blosset (1776-1823). He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta in 1821, and received the customary knighthood in 1822, but died within a few months, at the age of 4 and was buried in St John's Church, Calcutta.
CS 10, i of ii. Russell 10, ii of iii. Frankau 32, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65988] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Henry Blosset K.t. Chief Justice of Bengal.
Painted by J. Jackson Esq.r R.A. _ Engraved by W.Ward A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty the Duke of York.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255 (14¼ x 10"), large margins.
A half-length portrait of Sir Robert Henry Blosset (1776-1823). He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta in 1821, and received the customary knighthood in 1822, but died within a few months, at the age of 4 and was buried in St John's Church, Calcutta.
CS 10, ii of ii. Russell 10, iii of iii. Frankau 32, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65990] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Jackson Esq.r R.A. _ Engraved by W.Ward A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty the Duke of York.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255 (14¼ x 10"), large margins.
A half-length portrait of Sir Robert Henry Blosset (1776-1823). He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta in 1821, and received the customary knighthood in 1822, but died within a few months, at the age of 4 and was buried in St John's Church, Calcutta.
CS 10, ii of ii. Russell 10, iii of iii. Frankau 32, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65990] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Tomb of Sir Henry Blount? ]](jpegs/60151.jpg)
[Tomb of Sir Henry Blount? ]
Printed & Sold by Tim: Jordan & Tho: Bakewell at y.e Golden Lion in Fleetstreet [n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 150 x 200mm (6 x 8"), with large margins. Slight creasing.
Effigies of a knight in armour and his wife, lying with hands clasped in prayer. The BM's example has a pencil note suggesting this is the tomb of Henry Blount (1602-82) and his wife Hester in Trinity College chapel, Oxford. However the style of tomb seems anachronistic.
BM 1851,1213.664.
[Ref: 60151] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Printed & Sold by Tim: Jordan & Tho: Bakewell at y.e Golden Lion in Fleetstreet [n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 150 x 200mm (6 x 8"), with large margins. Slight creasing.
Effigies of a knight in armour and his wife, lying with hands clasped in prayer. The BM's example has a pencil note suggesting this is the tomb of Henry Blount (1602-82) and his wife Hester in Trinity College chapel, Oxford. However the style of tomb seems anachronistic.
BM 1851,1213.664.
[Ref: 60151] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Henry Blount.]](jpegs/33848.jpg)
[Sir Henry Blount.] Loquendum cum vulgo sentiendum cum sapientibus.
D. Loggan ad Vivum delin et sculp.
1679.
Engraving. Sheet size: 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed to image. False borders. Glued to album sheet at corners.
A portrait of the traveller and landowner Sir Henry Blount (1602–1682). Half length, to the right, looking at viewer, wearing a jacket with small collar tied at the neck with a ribbon. In an oval on a pedestal with a motto on ribbon at top, and a coat of arms below. Blount travelled extensively in Europe and the Levant and was the author of 'Voyage into the Levant' published in London in 1634.
[Ref: 33848] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
D. Loggan ad Vivum delin et sculp.
1679.
Engraving. Sheet size: 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed to image. False borders. Glued to album sheet at corners.
A portrait of the traveller and landowner Sir Henry Blount (1602–1682). Half length, to the right, looking at viewer, wearing a jacket with small collar tied at the neck with a ribbon. In an oval on a pedestal with a motto on ribbon at top, and a coat of arms below. Blount travelled extensively in Europe and the Levant and was the author of 'Voyage into the Levant' published in London in 1634.
[Ref: 33848] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Blouzelind. The peerless maid that did all maids excel. -Gay
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton Fecit
[London: J. Bretherton, 1781.]
Hand coloured etching on 18th century laid paper, sheet 435 x 345mm (17 x 13½"). Trimmed to plate.
A woman sitting beside a spinning wheel in a landscape, pinning a corsage of flowers at her breast, a dog curled up asleep at her feet; behind at right two figures, one on horseback, travel along a path towards a tower in the distance. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811) with line from 'The Shepherd's Week’ (1714) by John Gay (1685 - 1732). The line is from the beginning of 'Friday; or, the Dirge', in which Bumkinet mourns the death of Blouzelind: 'As the wood pigeon cooes without his mate, / So shall my doleful Dirge bewail her fate. / Of Blouzelinda fair I mean to tell, / The peerless maid that did all maids excel.'
For proof before letters see ref. 16983.
[Ref: 37965] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton Fecit
[London: J. Bretherton, 1781.]
Hand coloured etching on 18th century laid paper, sheet 435 x 345mm (17 x 13½"). Trimmed to plate.
A woman sitting beside a spinning wheel in a landscape, pinning a corsage of flowers at her breast, a dog curled up asleep at her feet; behind at right two figures, one on horseback, travel along a path towards a tower in the distance. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811) with line from 'The Shepherd's Week’ (1714) by John Gay (1685 - 1732). The line is from the beginning of 'Friday; or, the Dirge', in which Bumkinet mourns the death of Blouzelind: 'As the wood pigeon cooes without his mate, / So shall my doleful Dirge bewail her fate. / Of Blouzelinda fair I mean to tell, / The peerless maid that did all maids excel.'
For proof before letters see ref. 16983.
[Ref: 37965] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Blouzelind.]](jpegs/16083.jpg)
[Blouzelind.]
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton f. [ink mss.]
[London: J. Bretherton, 1781.]
Hand coloured etching, proof before letters on 18th century watermarked laid paper, sheet 380 x 340mm. 15 x 13". Trimmed to plate.
A woman sitting beside a spinning wheel in a landscape, pinning a corsage of flowers at her breast, a dog curled up asleep at her feet; behind at right two figures, one on horseback, travel along a path towards a tower in the distance. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811), illustrating ‘Sweet William's Farewell To Black-Ey'd Susan: A Ballad’ by John Gay (1685 - 1732). The lettered state of the print in inscribed with a line from Gay: 'The peerless maid that did all maids excel'. The print is a pair with 'Susan'.
[Ref: 16083] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton f. [ink mss.]
[London: J. Bretherton, 1781.]
Hand coloured etching, proof before letters on 18th century watermarked laid paper, sheet 380 x 340mm. 15 x 13". Trimmed to plate.
A woman sitting beside a spinning wheel in a landscape, pinning a corsage of flowers at her breast, a dog curled up asleep at her feet; behind at right two figures, one on horseback, travel along a path towards a tower in the distance. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811), illustrating ‘Sweet William's Farewell To Black-Ey'd Susan: A Ballad’ by John Gay (1685 - 1732). The lettered state of the print in inscribed with a line from Gay: 'The peerless maid that did all maids excel'. The print is a pair with 'Susan'.
[Ref: 16083] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Blow, Doctor of Music.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Engraving and etching, laid on album page. 140 x 84mm (5½ x 3¼"). Cut.
John Blow (1648-1708), the English baroque composer and organist, appointed to Westminster Abbey in 1669. His pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II. It is thought that his Venus and Adonis influenced Henry Purcell's later opera Dido and Aeneas. In 1687 he became choirmaster at St Paul's Cathedral and in 1699 he was appointed to the newly created post of Composer to the Chapel Royal.
NPG: D31306.
[Ref: 34597] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1750.]
Engraving and etching, laid on album page. 140 x 84mm (5½ x 3¼"). Cut.
John Blow (1648-1708), the English baroque composer and organist, appointed to Westminster Abbey in 1669. His pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II. It is thought that his Venus and Adonis influenced Henry Purcell's later opera Dido and Aeneas. In 1687 he became choirmaster at St Paul's Cathedral and in 1699 he was appointed to the newly created post of Composer to the Chapel Royal.
NPG: D31306.
[Ref: 34597] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
![[Blucher. Copied from a Bust, Modeled at Paris, by M. Bosin.]](jpegs/33005.jpg)
[Blucher. Copied from a Bust, Modeled at Paris, by M. Bosin.]
[Engraved by Charles Turner.]
[Pub. Aug.t 1814, by R. Ackermanns Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters with large margins. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10").
Portrait of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Marshal of the Prussian armies at the battles of Liepzig and Waterloo, in which the French, under the personal command of Napoleon, were defeated. It is based on a bust by François Joseph Bosio.
[Ref: 33005] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Charles Turner.]
[Pub. Aug.t 1814, by R. Ackermanns Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters with large margins. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10").
Portrait of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Marshal of the Prussian armies at the battles of Liepzig and Waterloo, in which the French, under the personal command of Napoleon, were defeated. It is based on a bust by François Joseph Bosio.
[Ref: 33005] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Blücher] To his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge](jpegs/34262.jpg)
[Blücher] To his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge This Print of Prince Blucher, in the Costume of D.r in Civil Law of that University, is Humbly Dedicated, by His Royal Highnesses most obedient Servant W. Mason.
W. Mason del.t. J. Swaine sc.
Pub.d Oct.r 5 1815 by W. Mason, near the Hospital, Cambridge.
Aquatint. 330 x 235mm (13 x 9¼"). Scuffing lower right. Bit dusty.
Portrait of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Marshal of the Prussian armies at the battles of Liepzig and Waterloo, in which the French, under the personal command of Napoleon, were defeated.
[Ref: 34262] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W. Mason del.t. J. Swaine sc.
Pub.d Oct.r 5 1815 by W. Mason, near the Hospital, Cambridge.
Aquatint. 330 x 235mm (13 x 9¼"). Scuffing lower right. Bit dusty.
Portrait of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Marshal of the Prussian armies at the battles of Liepzig and Waterloo, in which the French, under the personal command of Napoleon, were defeated.
[Ref: 34262] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G.L. von Blucher. Field Marshal of the Prussian Forces from an Original Drawing by Her Royal Highness Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia.
London: Pub: March 10 1814 at R. Ackermanns Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Rare stipple. 305 x 255mm (12 x 10"), with large margins.
Sketch portrait of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Marshal of the Prussian armies at the battles of Liepzig and Waterloo, in which the French, under the personal command of Napoleon, were defeated. The artist, Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751-1820) was consort of William V of Orange and mother of King William I of the Netherlands, the founder of the present Dutch monarchy.
[Ref: 35332] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
London: Pub: March 10 1814 at R. Ackermanns Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Rare stipple. 305 x 255mm (12 x 10"), with large margins.
Sketch portrait of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Marshal of the Prussian armies at the battles of Liepzig and Waterloo, in which the French, under the personal command of Napoleon, were defeated. The artist, Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751-1820) was consort of William V of Orange and mother of King William I of the Netherlands, the founder of the present Dutch monarchy.
[Ref: 35332] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Blucher. Born at Rostock Dec.r 16.th 1742. Decided the Eventful Battle of Waterloo, June 18.th 1815 and Died Sep.r 10.th 1819. His Martial Glory Filled the World. Emori Domuit Ferum Qui Nappoleonta.
Engraved by J. Swaine after a Drawing from Life by F. Rehberg Esq.r.
Pub.d by J. Swaine Engraver, 84 Dean St.t. Soho Square London.
Engraving. Proof. Sheet: 220 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
Portrait of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Marshal of the Prussian armies at the battles of Liepzig and Waterloo, in which the French, under the personal command of Napoleon, were defeated. Blucher faces to the left, smoking a pipe. A view of La Belle Alliance below portrait.
[Ref: 42157] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by J. Swaine after a Drawing from Life by F. Rehberg Esq.r.
Pub.d by J. Swaine Engraver, 84 Dean St.t. Soho Square London.
Engraving. Proof. Sheet: 220 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
Portrait of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Marshal of the Prussian armies at the battles of Liepzig and Waterloo, in which the French, under the personal command of Napoleon, were defeated. Blucher faces to the left, smoking a pipe. A view of La Belle Alliance below portrait.
[Ref: 42157] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
His Highness Prince Blucher of Wahlstadt General Field Mrshall of the Prussian Armies, Victor of Lutzen, Bautzen, Hainan, Katzbach, Möckern, Leipzig, Wartburg, Brienne, Loan, Montmartre, Ligny, and Co-Victor of Waterloo and Paris.
Engrav'd by C.Turner from the picture painted by C.Back of Breslaw, for Her Highness Princess Blucher.
Published London 1st August 1815 by R.Ackermann, 101 Strand.
Mezzotint. Sheet 615 x 510mm. A few small tears, laid on paper. Image scratched between the front feet of the horse.
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), Prussian Field Marshal, whose arrival at Waterloo saved the day for Wellington. Published less that three months after the battle.
Whitman: 47. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 478] £580.00
Engrav'd by C.Turner from the picture painted by C.Back of Breslaw, for Her Highness Princess Blucher.
Published London 1st August 1815 by R.Ackermann, 101 Strand.
Mezzotint. Sheet 615 x 510mm. A few small tears, laid on paper. Image scratched between the front feet of the horse.
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), Prussian Field Marshal, whose arrival at Waterloo saved the day for Wellington. Published less that three months after the battle.
Whitman: 47. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 478] £580.00
Blue Beard.
John Parry. On Stone by J. Brandard. M. & N. Hanhart Chromo. lith Printers.
[n.d., c. 1860.]
Chromolithograph, with gilt highlights. Sheet (at most) 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed as scrapsheet, laid on album paper.
The cover of a music sheet, depicting the Bluebeard character as an Ottoman rather than the European of early versions of the story. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, regularly staged a pantomime version from 1798.
[Ref: 33879] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Parry. On Stone by J. Brandard. M. & N. Hanhart Chromo. lith Printers.
[n.d., c. 1860.]
Chromolithograph, with gilt highlights. Sheet (at most) 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed as scrapsheet, laid on album paper.
The cover of a music sheet, depicting the Bluebeard character as an Ottoman rather than the European of early versions of the story. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, regularly staged a pantomime version from 1798.
[Ref: 33879] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Buds and Blossoms. Blue Bells.
Published by T. Pewtress, 67 Newington Causeway. Printed by F. Alvey Brandon's Row, Newington. [n.d. c.1840.]
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph, with added gum arabic. 350 x 246mm. 13¾ x 9¾".
Two girls in Scottish costume, seated on the grass, one holding bluebells.
[Ref: 24195] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Published by T. Pewtress, 67 Newington Causeway. Printed by F. Alvey Brandon's Row, Newington. [n.d. c.1840.]
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph, with added gum arabic. 350 x 246mm. 13¾ x 9¾".
Two girls in Scottish costume, seated on the grass, one holding bluebells.
[Ref: 24195] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Hall, Blue Coat School. Plate 10.
Rowlandson & Pugin del. et sculpt. Hill, Aquat.
London. Pub March 1, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
A view inside the hall of the school at Blue Coat School, London. Two students wearing blue coats stand on platform in centre of hall, with scholars and elegantly dressed figures seated around edge. A large "figure painting" can be seen across the top half of the wall above the panelling on the right. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.10.
[Ref: 62752] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson & Pugin del. et sculpt. Hill, Aquat.
London. Pub March 1, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
A view inside the hall of the school at Blue Coat School, London. Two students wearing blue coats stand on platform in centre of hall, with scholars and elegantly dressed figures seated around edge. A large "figure painting" can be seen across the top half of the wall above the panelling on the right. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.10.
[Ref: 62752] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Le Geai blue (mâle) Garrulus cristatus (Vieillot) ½ nature. Le Pic à baguettes dorées (femelle) Picus auratus (Gmelin) ½ nature. Amérique Sept.le.
Edouard Travies.
Imp. par Lemercier. Paris E. Savary et C.ie place du Louvre 10. [n.d. c.1857.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. 370 x 540mm. 14½ x 21¼". Few spots.
A blue jay and a golden winged woodpecker, from Edouard Traviés (1809-1865) 'Les Oiseaux Les Plus Remarquables'.
[Ref: 21906] £420.00
Edouard Travies.
Imp. par Lemercier. Paris E. Savary et C.ie place du Louvre 10. [n.d. c.1857.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. 370 x 540mm. 14½ x 21¼". Few spots.
A blue jay and a golden winged woodpecker, from Edouard Traviés (1809-1865) 'Les Oiseaux Les Plus Remarquables'.
[Ref: 21906] £420.00
![[The Blue Mosque Cairo]](jpegs/53656.jpg)
[The Blue Mosque Cairo]
Signed in pencil M. Sherlock. Artists Proof 9/30.
[n.d., c.1947.]
Etching. 350 x 250mm (14 x 10").
Marjorie Sherlock (1897-1973). Part of a series Cairo and Egyptians subjects etched and exhibited after the Second World War in Glasgow.
[Ref: 53656] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Signed in pencil M. Sherlock. Artists Proof 9/30.
[n.d., c.1947.]
Etching. 350 x 250mm (14 x 10").
Marjorie Sherlock (1897-1973). Part of a series Cairo and Egyptians subjects etched and exhibited after the Second World War in Glasgow.
[Ref: 53656] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bluwe Shrike.] Pie-grièche Bleue.](jpegs/33883.jpg)
[Bluwe Shrike.] Pie-grièche Bleue. Lanius bicolor (Gmelin.) Grandeur naturelle. de Madagascar.
Edouard Traviés. Imp. Lemercier a Paris.
Paris, Victor Delarue, Place de Louvre, 10. [n.d., c.1857.]
Lithograph with exceptionally fine hand colour. Printed area 310 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"). Wear to edges.
A blue skrike of Madagascar pearched on a creeper eying a butterfly. Edouard Traviès (1809 - 1865) was one of the greatest ornithological artists of the 19th century, painting the birds in their natural habitat. His finest work was 'Les Oiseaux Les Plus Remarquables par leurs formes et leurs coleurs. Scenes variees de leurs moeurs & de leur habitudes'.
[Ref: 33883] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Edouard Traviés. Imp. Lemercier a Paris.
Paris, Victor Delarue, Place de Louvre, 10. [n.d., c.1857.]
Lithograph with exceptionally fine hand colour. Printed area 310 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"). Wear to edges.
A blue skrike of Madagascar pearched on a creeper eying a butterfly. Edouard Traviès (1809 - 1865) was one of the greatest ornithological artists of the 19th century, painting the birds in their natural habitat. His finest work was 'Les Oiseaux Les Plus Remarquables par leurs formes et leurs coleurs. Scenes variees de leurs moeurs & de leur habitudes'.
[Ref: 33883] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Grand Dramatic Romance of Blue-Beard or Female Curiosity, As now performing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane with unbounded Applause, the words by George Coleman the Younger, Esq.r, the Music Composed and Selected by Michael Kelly.
London, Sold at Preston's Music Warehouse 97 Strand & at Kelly's Musical Saloon 9 Pall Mall [n.d., c.1798].
Engraved titlepage. 225 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾"). With ink stamp 'MK' (Michael Kelly's music shop?), large margins (tatty) on 3 sides. In ink at bottom right border J. Hill? Split in image area, tear at top taped, edges chipped, paper soiled. Old ink mss in image, lower inscription area and margin.
The cover of the music to an opera with lyrics by George Coleman the Younger (1762-1836) and music by the famous Irish tenor Michael Kelly (1762-1826). An example of the complete book in the University of Western Ontario has the same 'MK' stamp.
[Ref: 63661] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London, Sold at Preston's Music Warehouse 97 Strand & at Kelly's Musical Saloon 9 Pall Mall [n.d., c.1798].
Engraved titlepage. 225 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾"). With ink stamp 'MK' (Michael Kelly's music shop?), large margins (tatty) on 3 sides. In ink at bottom right border J. Hill? Split in image area, tear at top taped, edges chipped, paper soiled. Old ink mss in image, lower inscription area and margin.
The cover of the music to an opera with lyrics by George Coleman the Younger (1762-1836) and music by the famous Irish tenor Michael Kelly (1762-1826). An example of the complete book in the University of Western Ontario has the same 'MK' stamp.
[Ref: 63661] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Peter Blundell. Founder of Tiverton School. 1604. Died 1601.
Drawn on Stone by L.E. Reed, Tiverton. Captn. Hackett, Lithog. Exeter.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Lithograph. 343 x 267mm. 13½ x 10½". Some scratching, rust stain along bottom edge.
Peter Blundell (c.1520-1601) was a prosperous clothier, trading between Tiverton and London. Dying in 1601 having never married and with no children, he left his inheritance to fellow clothiers, their families and his employees. He also created several charitable trusts and gave funds to build Blundell's School, to be a free grammar school.
[Ref: 14464] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by L.E. Reed, Tiverton. Captn. Hackett, Lithog. Exeter.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Lithograph. 343 x 267mm. 13½ x 10½". Some scratching, rust stain along bottom edge.
Peter Blundell (c.1520-1601) was a prosperous clothier, trading between Tiverton and London. Dying in 1601 having never married and with no children, he left his inheritance to fellow clothiers, their families and his employees. He also created several charitable trusts and gave funds to build Blundell's School, to be a free grammar school.
[Ref: 14464] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Peter Blundell. Founder of Tiverton School, 1604._Died 1601. From a Portrait given by Thomas Whitmore Esq.e of Apley Park, Shropshire, To Robert Newton Incledon Esq.e and by him to the Trustees of the School.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. 381 x 330mm. 15 x 13".
Peter Blundell (c.1520-1601) was a prosperous clothier, trading between Tiverton and London. Dying in 1601 having never married and with no children, he left his inheritance to fellow clothiers, their families and his employees. He also created several charitable trusts and gave funds to build Blundell's School, to be a free grammar school.
[Ref: 24743] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. 381 x 330mm. 15 x 13".
Peter Blundell (c.1520-1601) was a prosperous clothier, trading between Tiverton and London. Dying in 1601 having never married and with no children, he left his inheritance to fellow clothiers, their families and his employees. He also created several charitable trusts and gave funds to build Blundell's School, to be a free grammar school.
[Ref: 24743] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Blunt Razor. E_cod!_ One might as well _ shave _ with _ a Saw!
M.E. [Egerton]
Pub. Jan.y 1827 by Hunt, Corner of York St.t & Bridges St.t Covent Garden.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 305 x 225mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed within plate, creasing in borders.
A man attempts to shave, precariously balenced on two of his chair's four legs. The first state: Thomas Mclean reissued this plate later the same year.
Hickman p.78.
[Ref: 59449] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
M.E. [Egerton]
Pub. Jan.y 1827 by Hunt, Corner of York St.t & Bridges St.t Covent Garden.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 305 x 225mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed within plate, creasing in borders.
A man attempts to shave, precariously balenced on two of his chair's four legs. The first state: Thomas Mclean reissued this plate later the same year.
Hickman p.78.
[Ref: 59449] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Five portraits of Marshal Blücher]](jpegs/55845.jpg)
[Five portraits of Marshal Blücher] Sketches of the veteran Field Marshal Blücher taken from life June 12.h by Fr Rehberg.
J. Swaine sc.
London, Pubd, July 13, 1814 by M.r Colnaghi's, Cockspur St.t & M.r Rehberg, 30, St, James's Street.
Rare proof etching, sheet 515 x 420mm (20¼ x 16½"). Taped into mount. Large crease across the middle.
Portraits of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (1742-1819), three bust length and two full length of him smoking. The Prussian field marshal best known for leading his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
[Ref: 55845] £360.00
J. Swaine sc.
London, Pubd, July 13, 1814 by M.r Colnaghi's, Cockspur St.t & M.r Rehberg, 30, St, James's Street.
Rare proof etching, sheet 515 x 420mm (20¼ x 16½"). Taped into mount. Large crease across the middle.
Portraits of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (1742-1819), three bust length and two full length of him smoking. The Prussian field marshal best known for leading his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
[Ref: 55845] £360.00
Samuel Blyth Esq.r Commander R.N.
Blood sculpsit
Published 31st Dec.r 1814 by Joyce Gold, Naval Chronicle Office, 103, Shoe Lane, London.
Stipple, sheet 235 x 130mm (9¼ x 5"). Trimmed, as published; offsetting; foxing.
Samuel Blyth (c.1784-1813), naval officer. Blyth commanded the HMS Boxer from September 1812, sailing for Halifax in the squadron of Sir John Borlase Warren in April 1813. The Boxer captured several small Amerian vessels that year, before Blyth died in September 1813 after engaging the American brig Enterprise. He was buried in Portland, Maine, with full military honours, and the subsequently-defeated Boxer was sold at auction in Portland.
Not in O'D; for the Enterprise and Boxer engaging, see refs. 23800 and 23829.
[Ref: 35302] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Blood sculpsit
Published 31st Dec.r 1814 by Joyce Gold, Naval Chronicle Office, 103, Shoe Lane, London.
Stipple, sheet 235 x 130mm (9¼ x 5"). Trimmed, as published; offsetting; foxing.
Samuel Blyth (c.1784-1813), naval officer. Blyth commanded the HMS Boxer from September 1812, sailing for Halifax in the squadron of Sir John Borlase Warren in April 1813. The Boxer captured several small Amerian vessels that year, before Blyth died in September 1813 after engaging the American brig Enterprise. He was buried in Portland, Maine, with full military honours, and the subsequently-defeated Boxer was sold at auction in Portland.
Not in O'D; for the Enterprise and Boxer engaging, see refs. 23800 and 23829.
[Ref: 35302] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Division I. Political and Personal Satires. (No. 1236 to No. 2015). Vol. II. - June 1689 to 1733.
[Prepared by Frederic George Stephens and containing many descriptions by Edward Hawkins Late Keeper of the Antiquities, F.R.S.]
Printed by Order of the Trustees 1873. Chiswick Press:-Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane. Stamp of the "Royal Institution Great Britain".
Book: (258 x 161mm). Stamp on cover and stamped spine in gilt. 1 vol only. Worn and tired binding.
British Museum Catalogue. Only reference guide to British Satirical Prints.
[Ref: 10073] £250.00
[Prepared by Frederic George Stephens and containing many descriptions by Edward Hawkins Late Keeper of the Antiquities, F.R.S.]
Printed by Order of the Trustees 1873. Chiswick Press:-Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane. Stamp of the "Royal Institution Great Britain".
Book: (258 x 161mm). Stamp on cover and stamped spine in gilt. 1 vol only. Worn and tired binding.
British Museum Catalogue. Only reference guide to British Satirical Prints.
[Ref: 10073] £250.00
Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Division I. Political and Personal Satires. (No. 3117 to No. 3804). Vol. III. Part II. - March 28, 1751, to C. 1760.
Prepared by Frederic George Stephens and containing many descriptions by Edward Hawkins Late Keeper of the Antiquities, F.R.S.
Printed by Order of the Trustees 1877. Chiswick Press:Charles Whittingham, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane.
Book: (258 x 151mm). Stamp on cover and stamped spine in gilt. 1 vol only. Worn and rubbed cover. Tears to binding.
British Museum Catalogue. Only reference guide to British Satirical Prints.
[Ref: 10076] £250.00
Prepared by Frederic George Stephens and containing many descriptions by Edward Hawkins Late Keeper of the Antiquities, F.R.S.
Printed by Order of the Trustees 1877. Chiswick Press:Charles Whittingham, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane.
Book: (258 x 151mm). Stamp on cover and stamped spine in gilt. 1 vol only. Worn and rubbed cover. Tears to binding.
British Museum Catalogue. Only reference guide to British Satirical Prints.
[Ref: 10076] £250.00
Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Division I. Political and Personal Satires. Vol. IV._A.D. 1761 to c. A.D. 1770. (No. 3805 to No. 4838)
Prepared by Frederic George Stephens and containing many descriptions by Edward Hawkins Late Keeper of the Antiquities, F.R.S.
Printed by Order of the Trustees 1883. Chiswick Press: C. Whittingham & Co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane. Stamp of the "Royal Institution Great Britain".
Book: (254 x 159mm). Stamp on cover and stamped spine in gilt. 1 vol only. Tear to binding. Rubbed and scuffed.
British Museum Catalogue. Only reference guide to British Satirical Prints. Very useful for American War of Independence.
[Ref: 10077] £350.00
Prepared by Frederic George Stephens and containing many descriptions by Edward Hawkins Late Keeper of the Antiquities, F.R.S.
Printed by Order of the Trustees 1883. Chiswick Press: C. Whittingham & Co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane. Stamp of the "Royal Institution Great Britain".
Book: (254 x 159mm). Stamp on cover and stamped spine in gilt. 1 vol only. Tear to binding. Rubbed and scuffed.
British Museum Catalogue. Only reference guide to British Satirical Prints. Very useful for American War of Independence.
[Ref: 10077] £350.00
Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Frederic George Stephens. Mary Dorothy George.
Printed by Order of the Trustee. 1870-1954. [Vol. IV reprinted in 1978.]
Twelve 8vo volumes, original cloth gilt. Made up set from different sources. Distressed binding and damaged cover in some volumes.
British Museum Catalogue. The twelve-volume catalogue is the primary reference work for the study of British satirical prints of the 18th and 19th century. The first five volume of the catalogue were compiled by Frederic George Stephens (1827-1907), with the assistance of Edward Hawkins, while the last seven volumes were compiled by Mary Dorothy George (1878–1971). Valuable asset for any serious collector of satire.
[Ref: 59950] £1,800.00
Frederic George Stephens. Mary Dorothy George.
Printed by Order of the Trustee. 1870-1954. [Vol. IV reprinted in 1978.]
Twelve 8vo volumes, original cloth gilt. Made up set from different sources. Distressed binding and damaged cover in some volumes.
British Museum Catalogue. The twelve-volume catalogue is the primary reference work for the study of British satirical prints of the 18th and 19th century. The first five volume of the catalogue were compiled by Frederic George Stephens (1827-1907), with the assistance of Edward Hawkins, while the last seven volumes were compiled by Mary Dorothy George (1878–1971). Valuable asset for any serious collector of satire.
[Ref: 59950] £1,800.00
![[Emerald tree boa] The Green Boa.](jpegs/45780.jpg)
[Emerald tree boa] The Green Boa. Xiphosoma Caninum.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Some slight cockling of paper.
Corallus caninus, a non-venonous snake of the South American rainforests, named for its fangs, proportionately larger than those of any other non-venomous snake. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45780] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Some slight cockling of paper.
Corallus caninus, a non-venonous snake of the South American rainforests, named for its fangs, proportionately larger than those of any other non-venomous snake. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45780] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Group of Gouty-Stem Trees, Adansonia gregorii, near the Baines River, Victoria River, North Australia .
From an original oil-painting by T. Baines, in the Museum, Kew.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Chromolithograph, printed in colours. Sheet 145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9").
An illustration of the boab (or boabab) tree, by Thomas Baines (1820-75), the official artist and storekeeper for Augustus Gregory's 1855-7 expedition across northern Australia for the Royal Geographical Society. Both Mount Baines and the Baines River were named in his honour. The following year Baines accompanied Livingston to the Victoria Falls in Africa.
[Ref: 44652] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
From an original oil-painting by T. Baines, in the Museum, Kew.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Chromolithograph, printed in colours. Sheet 145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9").
An illustration of the boab (or boabab) tree, by Thomas Baines (1820-75), the official artist and storekeeper for Augustus Gregory's 1855-7 expedition across northern Australia for the Royal Geographical Society. Both Mount Baines and the Baines River were named in his honour. The following year Baines accompanied Livingston to the Victoria Falls in Africa.
[Ref: 44652] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Boadicea. Queen of the Iceni, leading the Britons against the Roman army under Suetonius, Seeing her troops defeated with the slaughter of 80,000 men, She terminated her life by poison, in order to avoid falling into the power of the Roman General.
Painted by Henry Singleton. Engraved by William Bond.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Queen Boadicea in a chariot being drawn to left, spear in her right hand, with her daughters slumped in despair at her knees.
[Ref: 44094] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Henry Singleton. Engraved by William Bond.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Queen Boadicea in a chariot being drawn to left, spear in her right hand, with her daughters slumped in despair at her knees.
[Ref: 44094] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
M. Boai. The Chin Chopper. Exhibiting Aug.t. 1830, at the Eqyptian Hall.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Engraving. 110 x 70mm (4¼ x 2¾"). Laid on album paper.
Portrait of M. Boai who played tunes on his chin, also known and described as 'The Chin Chopper.'
[Ref: 63209] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Engraving. 110 x 70mm (4¼ x 2¾"). Laid on album paper.
Portrait of M. Boai who played tunes on his chin, also known and described as 'The Chin Chopper.'
[Ref: 63209] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A German Wild Boar. One of the animals belonging to His Majesty in Windsor Gt. Park.
Etched by JF Lewis.
Pub by FC Lewis 1836. 3 Charlotte St. Portland Place.
Etching. Sheet 559 x 381mm. 22 x 15".
John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876) was primarily an Orientalist English painter; his son Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856) was an engraver and landscape painter.
Ex Collection: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 19336] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by JF Lewis.
Pub by FC Lewis 1836. 3 Charlotte St. Portland Place.
Etching. Sheet 559 x 381mm. 22 x 15".
John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876) was primarily an Orientalist English painter; his son Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856) was an engraver and landscape painter.
Ex Collection: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 19336] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
La Chasse au Sanglier. Gravé par W.m. Woollett d'aprés Le dessin Original de Jean Pillement.
London Publish'd according to Act of Parliament August 29, 1760. A Paris chez Leviez rue S.t. André des Arts, vis a vis l'hôtel de Château Vieux.
Engraving. 590 x 480mm (23 x 19"). Trimmed within plate on left, right and upper edges.
A scene showing a boar hunt in a large forest. In the foreground several figures spear a boar, a male figure on horseback aims a rifle at the boar and a mounted female hunter points a pistol. In the background figures on horseback and on foot approach with dogs, guns and spears.
[Ref: 37510] £380.00
London Publish'd according to Act of Parliament August 29, 1760. A Paris chez Leviez rue S.t. André des Arts, vis a vis l'hôtel de Château Vieux.
Engraving. 590 x 480mm (23 x 19"). Trimmed within plate on left, right and upper edges.
A scene showing a boar hunt in a large forest. In the foreground several figures spear a boar, a male figure on horseback aims a rifle at the boar and a mounted female hunter points a pistol. In the background figures on horseback and on foot approach with dogs, guns and spears.
[Ref: 37510] £380.00
Boar Hunting. In his Majesty's Collection at the Royal Apartments Windsor Castle.
Snyders Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Gabriel Smith, Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 2.d 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Etching with engraving, printed in colours. 485 x 620mm (19 x 24½"), with large margins. Laid on board. Some foxing top of outside margin.
A dramatic image showing a pack of dogs bringing down a boar, after a painting by Frans Snyders (1579-1657) dated 1653. Bought by Charles II, it is now in the Public Dining Room, Hampton Court Palace. Gabriel Smith engraved the plate from a preparatory drawing by John Boydell's nephew, Josiah, three years before he became a partner in the family firm.
See Royal Collection RCIN 405557.
[Ref: 62660] £360.00
Snyders Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Gabriel Smith, Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 2.d 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Etching with engraving, printed in colours. 485 x 620mm (19 x 24½"), with large margins. Laid on board. Some foxing top of outside margin.
A dramatic image showing a pack of dogs bringing down a boar, after a painting by Frans Snyders (1579-1657) dated 1653. Bought by Charles II, it is now in the Public Dining Room, Hampton Court Palace. Gabriel Smith engraved the plate from a preparatory drawing by John Boydell's nephew, Josiah, three years before he became a partner in the family firm.
See Royal Collection RCIN 405557.
[Ref: 62660] £360.00
A sketch from the Central Board of Health or The Real Ass-i-Antic Cholera!!
[by Henry Heath.] W. Clerk lith, 41 Dean St Soho.
[Published by S.W. Fores, 1832.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 395mm (11 x 15½"). Trimmed top and bottom, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
A group of doctors parade a dummy with a skeleton's head representing cholera: a group of people run screaming from it. A doctor is shouting through a loud speaker: "Contagious to all but doctors!" A satire on the Board of Health set up when the second cholera pandemic (1826-37, also known as the Asiatic cholera pandemic), reached England in 1831. It depicts the board (Sir William Pym, Sir William Burnett, Sir B. Martin, Sir James McGrigor) as scaremongers, profiterring from fees charged for quarantining patients.
Wellcome 11405i.
[Ref: 54378] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[by Henry Heath.] W. Clerk lith, 41 Dean St Soho.
[Published by S.W. Fores, 1832.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 395mm (11 x 15½"). Trimmed top and bottom, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
A group of doctors parade a dummy with a skeleton's head representing cholera: a group of people run screaming from it. A doctor is shouting through a loud speaker: "Contagious to all but doctors!" A satire on the Board of Health set up when the second cholera pandemic (1826-37, also known as the Asiatic cholera pandemic), reached England in 1831. It depicts the board (Sir William Pym, Sir William Burnett, Sir B. Martin, Sir James McGrigor) as scaremongers, profiterring from fees charged for quarantining patients.
Wellcome 11405i.
[Ref: 54378] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Board of Trade. Whitehall & c. from Downing Street.
T.S.Boys Del et Lithog.
[London, T.S. Boys, 1843.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet: 535 x 360mm (21 x 14").
A view of Whitehall, looking towards Charing Cross; the colonnaded government office on the left, the Banqueting House on the right, and the spire of St Martin in the Fields in the distance. Published for Thomas Shotter Boys' 'London As It Is".
Abbey: 240.
[Ref: 47060] £450.00
T.S.Boys Del et Lithog.
[London, T.S. Boys, 1843.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet: 535 x 360mm (21 x 14").
A view of Whitehall, looking towards Charing Cross; the colonnaded government office on the left, the Banqueting House on the right, and the spire of St Martin in the Fields in the distance. Published for Thomas Shotter Boys' 'London As It Is".
Abbey: 240.
[Ref: 47060] £450.00
Board of Trade. Whitehall & c. from Downing Street.
T.S.Boys Del et Lithog.
[London, T.S. Boys, 1843.]
Tinted lithograph with added colour. 320 x 420mm. (12½ x 16½").
A view of Whitehall, looking towards Charing Cross; the colonnaded government office on the left, the Banqueting House on the right, and the spire of St Martin in the Fields in the distance. Published for Thomas Shotter Boys' 'London As It Is".
Abbey: 240.
[Ref: 31371] £380.00
T.S.Boys Del et Lithog.
[London, T.S. Boys, 1843.]
Tinted lithograph with added colour. 320 x 420mm. (12½ x 16½").
A view of Whitehall, looking towards Charing Cross; the colonnaded government office on the left, the Banqueting House on the right, and the spire of St Martin in the Fields in the distance. Published for Thomas Shotter Boys' 'London As It Is".
Abbey: 240.
[Ref: 31371] £380.00
Reve D'Une Pensionnaire. The Dream Of A Boarding School Miss. Pl. 3.
Bouchot [within image]. a Paris Lith de Delaporte. a Londres chez M Charles Thilt.
chez Aubert E.eur du J.al la caricature, Galerie véro dodat. [n.d. 1832]
A very scarce lithograph with fine hand colour, sheet 330 x 260mm (13 x 10¼").
A boarder at a girl's school has fallen asleep reading on a bench; dreaming of a daring, over the fence, rescue. A gentleman, most likely her suitor, and man in military dress help her down a ladder to an awaiting carriage. In her real life her schoolmates are seen pointing and running over to the fence.
[Ref: 61489] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Bouchot [within image]. a Paris Lith de Delaporte. a Londres chez M Charles Thilt.
chez Aubert E.eur du J.al la caricature, Galerie véro dodat. [n.d. 1832]
A very scarce lithograph with fine hand colour, sheet 330 x 260mm (13 x 10¼").
A boarder at a girl's school has fallen asleep reading on a bench; dreaming of a daring, over the fence, rescue. A gentleman, most likely her suitor, and man in military dress help her down a ladder to an awaiting carriage. In her real life her schoolmates are seen pointing and running over to the fence.
[Ref: 61489] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
British Sailors Boarding a Man of War.
J. A. Atkinson Del. Fry & Sutherland Sculp.t.
Published & Sold June 4.th. 1815, by EDW.D. ORME, Publisher to his Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, London.
Very fine coloured aquatint with large margins. Watermarked paper 'J.Whatman 1811'. Plate: 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Crease across bottom left-hand corner.
Battle scene depicting British sailors, some brandishing swords, some with rifles, boarding a Man of War from a boat, a British naval officer falls from the boat into the waves. A marine action.
[Ref: 33600] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
J. A. Atkinson Del. Fry & Sutherland Sculp.t.
Published & Sold June 4.th. 1815, by EDW.D. ORME, Publisher to his Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, London.
Very fine coloured aquatint with large margins. Watermarked paper 'J.Whatman 1811'. Plate: 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Crease across bottom left-hand corner.
Battle scene depicting British sailors, some brandishing swords, some with rifles, boarding a Man of War from a boat, a British naval officer falls from the boat into the waves. A marine action.
[Ref: 33600] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![John G Boardman [ink signature.]](jpegs/17377.jpg)
John G Boardman [ink signature.]
Rees & Pitcher. 298, Clapham R.d London S.W. [n.d. c.1862.]
Photograph and small pamphlett of references and testimonials. 185 x 115mm. 7¼ x 4½".
John G. Boardman, was Professor of Music, Organist and Choir Master to the Clapham Grammar School.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17377] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Rees & Pitcher. 298, Clapham R.d London S.W. [n.d. c.1862.]
Photograph and small pamphlett of references and testimonials. 185 x 115mm. 7¼ x 4½".
John G. Boardman, was Professor of Music, Organist and Choir Master to the Clapham Grammar School.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17377] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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[Engraved by Charles Mottram, 1876.] [Inside plate: EL 1841.] [EL: artist's monogram.]
London Published May 1.st 1876 by Henry Graves & Co, the Proprietors Publishers to H.M. the Queen &, T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall, Copyright Registered. [Published by Henry Graves & Co. Printsellers and Publishers to Her Majesty the Queen and T.R.H. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Pall Mall, London. Sold by D. Woodcock & Co., 17, Farringdon Street, London.]
Mixed method engraving, proof before letters on india. Printseller's Association Stamp. Artist Proof Edition, Limited to One Hundred Copies. Plate 430 x 539mm. 17 x 21¼". Uncut, mint.
A boarhound with a boar head. The crayon drawing is the property of Her Majesty the Queen and hangs at Windsor. From "Her Majesty's Pets being a Collection of Twenty Steel-Place Engravings from Paintings by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. By Special Permission of, and Dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen".
Ex Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23019] £420.00
[Engraved by Charles Mottram, 1876.] [Inside plate: EL 1841.] [EL: artist's monogram.]
London Published May 1.st 1876 by Henry Graves & Co, the Proprietors Publishers to H.M. the Queen &, T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall, Copyright Registered. [Published by Henry Graves & Co. Printsellers and Publishers to Her Majesty the Queen and T.R.H. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Pall Mall, London. Sold by D. Woodcock & Co., 17, Farringdon Street, London.]
Mixed method engraving, proof before letters on india. Printseller's Association Stamp. Artist Proof Edition, Limited to One Hundred Copies. Plate 430 x 539mm. 17 x 21¼". Uncut, mint.
A boarhound with a boar head. The crayon drawing is the property of Her Majesty the Queen and hangs at Windsor. From "Her Majesty's Pets being a Collection of Twenty Steel-Place Engravings from Paintings by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. By Special Permission of, and Dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen".
Ex Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23019] £420.00
The Wild Boar. Le Sanglier.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Hand-coloured engraving. 170 x 271mm. 6¾ x 10¾". Trimmed to round image for a scrapbook.
A savage-looking boar.
[Ref: 19385] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1860.]
Hand-coloured engraving. 170 x 271mm. 6¾ x 10¾". Trimmed to round image for a scrapbook.
A savage-looking boar.
[Ref: 19385] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
A Boat Race on the Thames.
London. Published by ). Hodgson, 22 Macclesfield Street, City Road.
Engraving Trimmed to plate and under title.
[Ref: 12172] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
London. Published by ). Hodgson, 22 Macclesfield Street, City Road.
Engraving Trimmed to plate and under title.
[Ref: 12172] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Record of the University Boat Race 1829-1880 and of the Commemoration Dinner 1881. Compile by the Hon. Secs. Geo. G.T. Threherne, O.U.B.C. and J.H.D. Goldie, C.U.B.C. Printed by Wm. Spottiswoode, O.U.B.C., P.R.S. at the Request of the Committee. With Illustrations.
London: Bickers & Son, 1 Leicester Square. Oxford: James Thornton. Cambridge: Macmillan & Bowes 1883.
No 227 of 250 in a large paper edition. Folio (340 x 265mm, 13¼" x 10"), original cloth with printed title label; pp. (xii)+ 207; 2 etched plates on chine collé, facsimile dinner invitation, plan, menu, and two wood engraved vignettes, as called for. Spine distressed, front endpaper browned, margins of frontispiece etching spotted.
A book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, recording the speeches made at the dinner and containing statistics of the races.
[Ref: 59349] £280.00 view all images for this item
London: Bickers & Son, 1 Leicester Square. Oxford: James Thornton. Cambridge: Macmillan & Bowes 1883.
No 227 of 250 in a large paper edition. Folio (340 x 265mm, 13¼" x 10"), original cloth with printed title label; pp. (xii)+ 207; 2 etched plates on chine collé, facsimile dinner invitation, plan, menu, and two wood engraved vignettes, as called for. Spine distressed, front endpaper browned, margins of frontispiece etching spotted.
A book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, recording the speeches made at the dinner and containing statistics of the races.
[Ref: 59349] £280.00 view all images for this item