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The North West on Davis's Streights Whale Fishery.
Rob. Dodd delin.t Fran. Ambrosi sculp.t
[n.d. c.1795.]
Engraving, very scarce. Plate 260 x 375mm. 10¼ x 14¾". Large margins. Tearing and creasing in the margins. Crease through lower right-hand corner of image.
Scene of whaling amidst glaciers whre in the foreground the Harpoonist is ready to strike. The Davis Straits can be found between Greenland and Nunavut, Canada's Baffin Island. Francesco Ambrosi may originate from Padua and be associated with Remondini in Bassano. There are some Mediterrean and Spanish town views from the mid 18th century engraved by him. See ref:20316 for companion print and more information on the British Whaling pictures by Dodd.
Parker:2416.
[Ref: 20315] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Rob. Dodd delin.t Fran. Ambrosi sculp.t
[n.d. c.1795.]
Engraving, very scarce. Plate 260 x 375mm. 10¼ x 14¾". Large margins. Tearing and creasing in the margins. Crease through lower right-hand corner of image.
Scene of whaling amidst glaciers whre in the foreground the Harpoonist is ready to strike. The Davis Straits can be found between Greenland and Nunavut, Canada's Baffin Island. Francesco Ambrosi may originate from Padua and be associated with Remondini in Bassano. There are some Mediterrean and Spanish town views from the mid 18th century engraved by him. See ref:20316 for companion print and more information on the British Whaling pictures by Dodd.
Parker:2416.
[Ref: 20315] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Greenland Whale Fishery.
Rob. Dodd delin.t. Fran. Ambrosi sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1795.]
Very scarce engraving. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾"), with wide margins. Crease through centre of image, damage in the margins.
“Greenland whale fishery” came to refer to whaling in the waters between Spitsbergen and Greenland. Whaleships followed the northward summer migration of the bowhead, sailing first to Spitsbergen, then drifting west to the edge of the East Greenland ice pack. The season generally laster four to five months. The identity of the two British whaleships in Robert Dodd's portrayal is unknown, but it is almost certain they were London-based vessels operating out of the Thames from where the largest British whaling fleet was based until well into the nineteenth century. By the mid-eighteenth century, the shortage of Arctic whales was already sending the whaling fleets as far away as Greenland. The Howland Great Wet Dock at Rotherhithe - built at the end of the seventeenth century - was, in 1763, renamed the Greenland Dock. In 1783, the year in which Dodd completed the painting from which this engraving is done the British whaling industry saw a marked revival after a wartime depression. The trade soon began to revive after the peace settlement with both France and the United States. An increase in the government whaling bounty was an added incentive to put more vessels into this extremely lucrative trade. This painting was engraved and published twice. The first occasion by John & Josiah Boydell of Cheapside in 1789 and again in 1795, by Fran. Ambrosi. Two separate printings would suggest a strong popular demand amongst whaling ship owners, masters and crews, for whom a generic image would perhaps be rather more attractive than one of vessels belonging to their rivals. See ref:20315 for the companion picture and information of the engraver.
Not in Parker.
[Ref: 20316] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Rob. Dodd delin.t. Fran. Ambrosi sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1795.]
Very scarce engraving. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾"), with wide margins. Crease through centre of image, damage in the margins.
“Greenland whale fishery” came to refer to whaling in the waters between Spitsbergen and Greenland. Whaleships followed the northward summer migration of the bowhead, sailing first to Spitsbergen, then drifting west to the edge of the East Greenland ice pack. The season generally laster four to five months. The identity of the two British whaleships in Robert Dodd's portrayal is unknown, but it is almost certain they were London-based vessels operating out of the Thames from where the largest British whaling fleet was based until well into the nineteenth century. By the mid-eighteenth century, the shortage of Arctic whales was already sending the whaling fleets as far away as Greenland. The Howland Great Wet Dock at Rotherhithe - built at the end of the seventeenth century - was, in 1763, renamed the Greenland Dock. In 1783, the year in which Dodd completed the painting from which this engraving is done the British whaling industry saw a marked revival after a wartime depression. The trade soon began to revive after the peace settlement with both France and the United States. An increase in the government whaling bounty was an added incentive to put more vessels into this extremely lucrative trade. This painting was engraved and published twice. The first occasion by John & Josiah Boydell of Cheapside in 1789 and again in 1795, by Fran. Ambrosi. Two separate printings would suggest a strong popular demand amongst whaling ship owners, masters and crews, for whom a generic image would perhaps be rather more attractive than one of vessels belonging to their rivals. See ref:20315 for the companion picture and information of the engraver.
Not in Parker.
[Ref: 20316] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Greenland Whale Fishery.
Rob. Dodd delin.t Fran. Ambrosi sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1795.]
Very scarce & fine engraving. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") very large margins.
A fleet of whalers in the Arctic, with a longboat landing hunters on the ice. The identity of the two ships flying British flags is unknown, but it is almost certain they were London-based vessels operating out of the Thames from where the largest British whaling fleet was based until well into the nineteenth century.
See Ref: 35656
[Ref: 60511] £520.00
Rob. Dodd delin.t Fran. Ambrosi sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1795.]
Very scarce & fine engraving. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") very large margins.
A fleet of whalers in the Arctic, with a longboat landing hunters on the ice. The identity of the two ships flying British flags is unknown, but it is almost certain they were London-based vessels operating out of the Thames from where the largest British whaling fleet was based until well into the nineteenth century.
See Ref: 35656
[Ref: 60511] £520.00
The Harponiers poking a Whale with their Lances, after he is enfeebled through great loss of Blood, at the Wound made by the Harpone Iron.
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1760.]
Engraving. 176 x 260mm (7 x 10¼"). Trimmed.
A whaling fleet in the North Atlantic; attacking the whale further as it surfaces for more air.
[Ref: 30386] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1760.]
Engraving. 176 x 260mm (7 x 10¼"). Trimmed.
A whaling fleet in the North Atlantic; attacking the whale further as it surfaces for more air.
[Ref: 30386] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
A Whale struck with the Harpone Iron diving among the Ice, the Harponier going to chop the Rope off, to prevnt the long Boat being drawn under Water or split against the Ice.
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1760.]
Engraving, paper watermarked. 176 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Trimmed.
A whaling fleet in the North Atlantic; the hunters cutting the rope lose before they are dragged underneath by the whale.
[Ref: 30387] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1760.]
Engraving, paper watermarked. 176 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Trimmed.
A whaling fleet in the North Atlantic; the hunters cutting the rope lose before they are dragged underneath by the whale.
[Ref: 30387] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Greenland Fishery. 68.
Brooking Pinx. Boydell Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, & Sold by J Boydell, Engraver at the Unicorn ye corner of Queen Street Cheapside, London 1754.
Engraving. Plate: 295 x 420mm (11½ x 16½") large margins.
A scene in the seas off Greenland showing several British whaling boats, the water is full of rowing boats and in the foreground figures harpoon a whale. Polar bears watch from the ice in the forground. By the mid eighteenth century whaling off the coast of Greenland was a fully established enterprise with the South Sea Company funding many excursions to the Arctic.
[Ref: 46249] £320.00
Brooking Pinx. Boydell Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, & Sold by J Boydell, Engraver at the Unicorn ye corner of Queen Street Cheapside, London 1754.
Engraving. Plate: 295 x 420mm (11½ x 16½") large margins.
A scene in the seas off Greenland showing several British whaling boats, the water is full of rowing boats and in the foreground figures harpoon a whale. Polar bears watch from the ice in the forground. By the mid eighteenth century whaling off the coast of Greenland was a fully established enterprise with the South Sea Company funding many excursions to the Arctic.
[Ref: 46249] £320.00
![[Whaling] The Fishery of Great Britain in its three different Branches viz.t Herring, Cod, and Whale Fishing. 19](jpegs/59511.jpg)
[Whaling] The Fishery of Great Britain in its three different Branches viz.t Herring, Cod, and Whale Fishing. 19
Tho. Baston Pinx.t. I. Kirkall Sculp.t.
Printed for Bowles and Carver, No. 69, St Paul's Church Yard London [n.d., c.1800].
Scarce etching with engraving with fine colour, 18th century watermark. 230 x 375mm (9 x 14¾"), large margins Repaired tear in top right margin, slight oxidation of colour in sky.
A composite image of British warships guarding whalers, with scenes of fish houses and whale fat rendering. First published in 1721 as part of the series 'Twenty-two prints of several of the capital ships of his Majesties Royal Navy with variety of other sea pieces'.
[Ref: 59511] £390.00
Tho. Baston Pinx.t. I. Kirkall Sculp.t.
Printed for Bowles and Carver, No. 69, St Paul's Church Yard London [n.d., c.1800].
Scarce etching with engraving with fine colour, 18th century watermark. 230 x 375mm (9 x 14¾"), large margins Repaired tear in top right margin, slight oxidation of colour in sky.
A composite image of British warships guarding whalers, with scenes of fish houses and whale fat rendering. First published in 1721 as part of the series 'Twenty-two prints of several of the capital ships of his Majesties Royal Navy with variety of other sea pieces'.
[Ref: 59511] £390.00
![[Set of four whaling prints.] A Ships Boat Attacking a Whale. [&] Boats Approaching a Whale. [&] A Whale Brought Along-Side a Ship. [&] Shooting the Harpoon an a Whale.](jpegs/58022.jpg)
[Set of four whaling prints.] A Ships Boat Attacking a Whale. [&] Boats Approaching a Whale. [&] A Whale Brought Along-Side a Ship. [&] Shooting the Harpoon an a Whale.
J.H. Clark del. Dubourg sculp.t.
Published & Sold March 1t 1813 by Edw.d Orme, Bond St, London.
Four aquatints with fine hand colour. 185 x 235mm (7¼ x 9¼"), with large margins. With 9pp letterpress describing the plates.
From 'Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting, Anecdotes, &c.' by Samuel Howitt.
[Ref: 58022] £450.00 view all images for this item
J.H. Clark del. Dubourg sculp.t.
Published & Sold March 1t 1813 by Edw.d Orme, Bond St, London.
Four aquatints with fine hand colour. 185 x 235mm (7¼ x 9¼"), with large margins. With 9pp letterpress describing the plates.
From 'Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting, Anecdotes, &c.' by Samuel Howitt.
[Ref: 58022] £450.00 view all images for this item
Material=Ramme. Das Wind=berittne Schiff, laufft mit der Baar zu Lande. Die Baar dir zum sewin und Ruken mit Berstande.
Cor: Nico: Schurtz. Sc:
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate 266 x 160mm. 10¼ x 6¼". Crease.
Two allegorical scenes: a very Dutch figure of Mercury, surrounded by trade goods, includng bags of crocus bulbs and mistletoe (lignum sancti). Underneath is a ship, with whalers and a fort.
[Ref: 15204] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Cor: Nico: Schurtz. Sc:
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate 266 x 160mm. 10¼ x 6¼". Crease.
Two allegorical scenes: a very Dutch figure of Mercury, surrounded by trade goods, includng bags of crocus bulbs and mistletoe (lignum sancti). Underneath is a ship, with whalers and a fort.
[Ref: 15204] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Navigatio Piscatorum in glacie quaerentium Balaenam. La Navigation dans la glace, et chercher du Baleine.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 320 x 430mm. 12½ x 17". Stain to centre of title area. Trimmed close to upper platemark.
A Greenland whale fishery with polar bears (coloured in black!) in the foreground. Title in Latin and French. Possibly from a set of four arctic whaling and fishing scenes published by George Balthasar Probst (1732 - 1801) in Augsburg. Numbered 'CCI.' lower left.
[Ref: 9826] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 320 x 430mm. 12½ x 17". Stain to centre of title area. Trimmed close to upper platemark.
A Greenland whale fishery with polar bears (coloured in black!) in the foreground. Title in Latin and French. Possibly from a set of four arctic whaling and fishing scenes published by George Balthasar Probst (1732 - 1801) in Augsburg. Numbered 'CCI.' lower left.
[Ref: 9826] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![Whampoa [No 18. Whampoa. Sonnenuntergang.]](jpegs/46874.jpg)
Whampoa [No 18. Whampoa. Sonnenuntergang.]
E. Hildebrandt. [Chromofacsimilirt nach der Aquarelle aus der Sammlung 'die Reise um die Erde'.]
[Verlag von R.Wagner, Berlin Zimmerstr. No.92/93.] [n.d., 1871-4.]
Fine coloured chromolithograph. Image 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"), trimmed to image and mounted on card as issued, title label on reverse as usual. Board foxed.
A view of Whampoa, once the main anchorage for Western shipping traading with Canton, after a watercolour by Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-69). Two pagodas are on the far shore. Born in Gdansk, Hildebrandt travelled constantly, including visits to the Middle East, India, Singapore, Siam (Thailand), Macao, Hong Kong, China, The Philippines, Japan and the United States. He worked mainly in watercolours, and his paintings were exhibited in London in 1866 and at the Crystal Palace in 1868, just a year before his death in Berlin. A folio of chromolithographs, mounted in imitation of watercolour presentation, was published as 'Reise um die Erde', (Journey around the World).
[Ref: 46874] £450.00
E. Hildebrandt. [Chromofacsimilirt nach der Aquarelle aus der Sammlung 'die Reise um die Erde'.]
[Verlag von R.Wagner, Berlin Zimmerstr. No.92/93.] [n.d., 1871-4.]
Fine coloured chromolithograph. Image 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"), trimmed to image and mounted on card as issued, title label on reverse as usual. Board foxed.
A view of Whampoa, once the main anchorage for Western shipping traading with Canton, after a watercolour by Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-69). Two pagodas are on the far shore. Born in Gdansk, Hildebrandt travelled constantly, including visits to the Middle East, India, Singapore, Siam (Thailand), Macao, Hong Kong, China, The Philippines, Japan and the United States. He worked mainly in watercolours, and his paintings were exhibited in London in 1866 and at the Crystal Palace in 1868, just a year before his death in Berlin. A folio of chromolithographs, mounted in imitation of watercolour presentation, was published as 'Reise um die Erde', (Journey around the World).
[Ref: 46874] £450.00
Hanwell Viaduct (G.t Western Railway) Drawn & Engraved for the British Gazetteer.
J.F. Burrell del.t. A. Ashley exc.t.
Published (for the Proprietors) by H.G. Collins, 22, Paternoster Row [1851]
Steel engraving, sheet 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Wharncliffe Viaduct, between Hanwell & Southhall, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's first major structural design, 886 feet (270 m) long, with eight semi-elliptical arches.
[Ref: 41597] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
J.F. Burrell del.t. A. Ashley exc.t.
Published (for the Proprietors) by H.G. Collins, 22, Paternoster Row [1851]
Steel engraving, sheet 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Wharncliffe Viaduct, between Hanwell & Southhall, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's first major structural design, 886 feet (270 m) long, with eight semi-elliptical arches.
[Ref: 41597] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
East View of the Salt Works at Wharton in Cheshire. As erected by Mr. Furnival, from 1828 to 1832.
Jobbins & Cheffins litho: Southampton Buildings, Holborn.
Lithograph with hand-colouring, sheet 185 x 320mm (7¼ x 12½"). Tears to edges. Creases as normal
The salt works at Wharton (now Winsford) in Cheshire. Rock salt arrived in the area in the Triassic period, and was excavated from the seventeenth century onward. Winsford Rock Salt Mine opened in 1844 and is still in operation.
[Ref: 43690] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Jobbins & Cheffins litho: Southampton Buildings, Holborn.
Lithograph with hand-colouring, sheet 185 x 320mm (7¼ x 12½"). Tears to edges. Creases as normal
The salt works at Wharton (now Winsford) in Cheshire. Rock salt arrived in the area in the Triassic period, and was excavated from the seventeenth century onward. Winsford Rock Salt Mine opened in 1844 and is still in operation.
[Ref: 43690] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Philadelphia and Elizabeth Wharton. The only Daughters of Philip Lord Wharton, by Elizabeth his First Lady. In the Drawing Room at Houghton.
A. v. Dyck pinx. 1640. P. v. Gunst sculps. et exc. Amstelod.
Ex Museo Sereniss. Domini de Wharton. [n.d. c.1770.]
Line engraving with small margins, plate 520 x 330mm (20½ x 13").
Portrait of Philadelphia and Elizabeth Wharton, daughters of Philip, Lord Wharton, as children, standing by a curtain with landscape in the background. Elizabeth, Countess of Lindsay, and Philadelphia Wharton (c.1636-1707). Engraved from the portrait by van Dyck, which at this time was part of the collection formed at Houghton by Robert Walpole, before the collection was purchased by Catherine the Great and installed at the Hermitage in St Petersberg.
For an earlier impression see ref. 21542
[Ref: 34228] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. v. Dyck pinx. 1640. P. v. Gunst sculps. et exc. Amstelod.
Ex Museo Sereniss. Domini de Wharton. [n.d. c.1770.]
Line engraving with small margins, plate 520 x 330mm (20½ x 13").
Portrait of Philadelphia and Elizabeth Wharton, daughters of Philip, Lord Wharton, as children, standing by a curtain with landscape in the background. Elizabeth, Countess of Lindsay, and Philadelphia Wharton (c.1636-1707). Engraved from the portrait by van Dyck, which at this time was part of the collection formed at Houghton by Robert Walpole, before the collection was purchased by Catherine the Great and installed at the Hermitage in St Petersberg.
For an earlier impression see ref. 21542
[Ref: 34228] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Philadelphia and Elizabeth Whartons, the only Daughters of Philip Lord Wharton, by Elizabeth his first Lady.
A. v. Dyck pinx. 1640. P. v. Gunst sculps. et exc. Amstelod.
Ex Museo Sereniss. Domini de Wharton. [n.d. c.1715.]
Framed engraving. Plate 520 x 330mm. 20½ x 13". Large margins.
Portrait of Philadelphia and Elizabeth Wharton as children, standing by a curtain with landscape in the background. Elizabeth, Countess of Lindsay and, Philadelphia Wharton (c.1636-1707). Elizabeth was by his first wife, Elizabeth Wandesford, whereas Philadelphia was had by Jane Goodwin (1618-1658) and later became Lady Lockhart.
[Ref: 21542] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. v. Dyck pinx. 1640. P. v. Gunst sculps. et exc. Amstelod.
Ex Museo Sereniss. Domini de Wharton. [n.d. c.1715.]
Framed engraving. Plate 520 x 330mm. 20½ x 13". Large margins.
Portrait of Philadelphia and Elizabeth Wharton as children, standing by a curtain with landscape in the background. Elizabeth, Countess of Lindsay and, Philadelphia Wharton (c.1636-1707). Elizabeth was by his first wife, Elizabeth Wandesford, whereas Philadelphia was had by Jane Goodwin (1618-1658) and later became Lady Lockhart.
[Ref: 21542] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
His Grace Philip Duke of Wharton.
C. Jervas pinx. J. Simon fecit et ex.
Sold at the corner of Hemmings Row, in St. Martins Lane. London. [n.d. c.1720.]
Fine mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Plate 352 x 252mm. 13¾ x 10". Very scarce. Cut and laid on sheet.
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton (1698-1731), powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake, profligate, and alcoholic, was one of the few people in English history, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to a Dukedom whilst still a minor and not closely related to the monarch. Young Wharton began to travel. He had been raised with an excellent education and prepared for a life as a public speaker, and Wharton was eloquent and witty. He travelled to France and Switzerland with a severe Calvinist tutor whom he resented. Wharton then went to Ireland where, at the age of 18, he entered the Irish House of Lords as Marquess Catherlough. When he was 19 years old he was created Duke of Wharton in 1718 by George I in the King's effort to solidify his support. His two periods of activity abroad were in 1716-17 and then after 1724. In England between 1723-4 he produced the 'True Briton', a Jacobite periodical. Pope calls him: "The scorn and wonder of our days."
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12844] £450.00
C. Jervas pinx. J. Simon fecit et ex.
Sold at the corner of Hemmings Row, in St. Martins Lane. London. [n.d. c.1720.]
Fine mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Plate 352 x 252mm. 13¾ x 10". Very scarce. Cut and laid on sheet.
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton (1698-1731), powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake, profligate, and alcoholic, was one of the few people in English history, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to a Dukedom whilst still a minor and not closely related to the monarch. Young Wharton began to travel. He had been raised with an excellent education and prepared for a life as a public speaker, and Wharton was eloquent and witty. He travelled to France and Switzerland with a severe Calvinist tutor whom he resented. Wharton then went to Ireland where, at the age of 18, he entered the Irish House of Lords as Marquess Catherlough. When he was 19 years old he was created Duke of Wharton in 1718 by George I in the King's effort to solidify his support. His two periods of activity abroad were in 1716-17 and then after 1724. In England between 1723-4 he produced the 'True Briton', a Jacobite periodical. Pope calls him: "The scorn and wonder of our days."
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12844] £450.00
The most Hono.ble Thomas Lord Marquiss of Wharton Lord Privy Seal.
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Barott. pinx. Simon fecit.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Cut and laid on sheet. Some glue staining to the corners.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12857] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Barott. pinx. Simon fecit.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Cut and laid on sheet. Some glue staining to the corners.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12857] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
The most Hono.ble Thomas Lord Marquiss of Wharton Lord Privy Seal.
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Baro.tt pinx.
Sold by J. Smith [sic] at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Fine mezzotint, old ink mss. in inscription area. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Horizontal central crease.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories. Engraved and first published by John Simon.
CS 267; Russell 162a state ii.
[Ref: 61369] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Baro.tt pinx.
Sold by J. Smith [sic] at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Fine mezzotint, old ink mss. in inscription area. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Horizontal central crease.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories. Engraved and first published by John Simon.
CS 267; Russell 162a state ii.
[Ref: 61369] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thomas Marquis of Wharton.]](jpegs/24706.jpg)
[Thomas Marquis of Wharton.]
[G. Kneller pinxt.] J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1744.
Fine engraving with large margins, first state before "publisher's address; after Godfrey Kneller". Plate 375 x 240mm. 14¾ x 9½".
Portrait of Thomas Wharton, bust in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a long wig; in an ornamental oval with draped curtain beyond; the sitter's coat of arms below; a richly decorated purse in lower left. From Thomas Birch's 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'. Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1715) was an English nobleman and politician. He was active before and during the Glorious Revolution. From 1708 to 1710 he was Commissioner for the Union of Scotland and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and he was also known for his love of horse-racing. Taken from the Kneller Kit-Cat Club portrait. Christopher Catling was the keeper of a pie-house in Shire Lane, by Temple Bar, where the club originally met hence "Kit-Cat" being his name abbreviated. The 18th century English club had strong political and literary associations, committed to the furtherance of Whig objectives.
[Ref: 24706] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[G. Kneller pinxt.] J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1744.
Fine engraving with large margins, first state before "publisher's address; after Godfrey Kneller". Plate 375 x 240mm. 14¾ x 9½".
Portrait of Thomas Wharton, bust in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a long wig; in an ornamental oval with draped curtain beyond; the sitter's coat of arms below; a richly decorated purse in lower left. From Thomas Birch's 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'. Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1715) was an English nobleman and politician. He was active before and during the Glorious Revolution. From 1708 to 1710 he was Commissioner for the Union of Scotland and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and he was also known for his love of horse-racing. Taken from the Kneller Kit-Cat Club portrait. Christopher Catling was the keeper of a pie-house in Shire Lane, by Temple Bar, where the club originally met hence "Kit-Cat" being his name abbreviated. The 18th century English club had strong political and literary associations, committed to the furtherance of Whig objectives.
[Ref: 24706] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
What a Row! with the Tories and Whigs. Tune, -"Oh dear! what can the matter be." [...] Chorus.[/] Oh dear, we are informed by authority, [/] The Tories are likely to gain a majority, [/] So the Corn Bill & whigs will be in the minority, [/] And Great Britain will have to lament.
Birt, printer, 30 Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, London.
Letterpress, very scarce. Sheet: 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10"). Paper tone. Glued to album sheet. Staining.
Political broadside discussing the General Election of 1841 though lyrics to be sung to the tune of 'Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be!' Sir Robert Peel's Conservative Party took control of the House of Commons taking power from Lord Melbourne's Whig Party.
[Ref: 35127] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Birt, printer, 30 Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, London.
Letterpress, very scarce. Sheet: 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10"). Paper tone. Glued to album sheet. Staining.
Political broadside discussing the General Election of 1841 though lyrics to be sung to the tune of 'Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be!' Sir Robert Peel's Conservative Party took control of the House of Commons taking power from Lord Melbourne's Whig Party.
[Ref: 35127] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
What About The Church? Protestant Electors, Do Not Be Deceived! Mr. Disraeli cannot save it, Mr Gladstone cannot hurt it, except so far as it is true or false to its own principles.... John Hampton, Hereford. September 1st, 1868.
John Hampden, Hereford. September 1st, 1868.
F.T. Hawkins, Printer, 13, High Street, Hereford. [1868.]
Letterpress broadside handbill, sheet 285 x 215mm. 11¼ x 8½".
An interesting piece of popular ephemera that reflects debates around the status of the Church of England in the build up to the 1868 general election. Some were arguing that it should be disestablished. The author here, apparently independent of both Liberal and Conservative official positions on the issue, exhorts voters in Hereford to sign up to his petition to the clergy. The 1868 election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom. It was the first election held in the United Kingdom in which more than a million votes were cast. The result saw the Liberals, led by William Ewart Gladstone, again increase their large majority over Benjamin Disraeli's Conservatives to more than 100 seats.
[Ref: 16772] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
John Hampden, Hereford. September 1st, 1868.
F.T. Hawkins, Printer, 13, High Street, Hereford. [1868.]
Letterpress broadside handbill, sheet 285 x 215mm. 11¼ x 8½".
An interesting piece of popular ephemera that reflects debates around the status of the Church of England in the build up to the 1868 general election. Some were arguing that it should be disestablished. The author here, apparently independent of both Liberal and Conservative official positions on the issue, exhorts voters in Hereford to sign up to his petition to the clergy. The 1868 election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom. It was the first election held in the United Kingdom in which more than a million votes were cast. The result saw the Liberals, led by William Ewart Gladstone, again increase their large majority over Benjamin Disraeli's Conservatives to more than 100 seats.
[Ref: 16772] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
"What are you Looking at Puppy?"
London: Published by F.W. Farbrother. Registered. [n.d. c.1860.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 350 x 254mm (13¾ x 10").
A young lady in a crinoline, holding in her arms a small wide-eyed puppy.
[Ref: 23901] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London: Published by F.W. Farbrother. Registered. [n.d. c.1860.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 350 x 254mm (13¾ x 10").
A young lady in a crinoline, holding in her arms a small wide-eyed puppy.
[Ref: 23901] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
What d'ye Stare At? 398.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9 Nov.r 1790.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½") large margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of a stout elderly man, scowling over the right shoulder.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 8917, Bowles & Carver edition.
[Ref: 63436] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9 Nov.r 1790.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½") large margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of a stout elderly man, scowling over the right shoulder.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 8917, Bowles & Carver edition.
[Ref: 63436] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
What d'ye think of me?
[after Robert Dighton.]
434. London printed for Bowles & Carver, No69 St Paul's Church Yard. [n.d., c.1797.]
Mezzotint with strong original colour. 180mm x 140mm (7'' x 5''). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of a busty barmaid, with her hands on her hips. Standing and looking towards the right. Behind her is chalked ale house score board with tankards and glasses.
BM Satires 9103.
[Ref: 52128] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
434. London printed for Bowles & Carver, No69 St Paul's Church Yard. [n.d., c.1797.]
Mezzotint with strong original colour. 180mm x 140mm (7'' x 5''). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of a busty barmaid, with her hands on her hips. Standing and looking towards the right. Behind her is chalked ale house score board with tankards and glasses.
BM Satires 9103.
[Ref: 52128] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
What is it?
Norman Wilkinson
[n.d., c.1930.]
Coloured photolitho with remarque, signed in pencil by the artist, very large margins. 320 x 480mm (12½ x 19").
A motor launch, designated 'ML '193', attempting to identify another vessel "a submarine". Lieut. Norman Wilkinson, CBE (1878-1971) was an illustrator for the Illustrated London News, and during both World Wars worked developing camouflage techniques. He was also a prolific illustrator of salmon and trout fishing.
[Ref: 30794] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Norman Wilkinson
[n.d., c.1930.]
Coloured photolitho with remarque, signed in pencil by the artist, very large margins. 320 x 480mm (12½ x 19").
A motor launch, designated 'ML '193', attempting to identify another vessel "a submarine". Lieut. Norman Wilkinson, CBE (1878-1971) was an illustrator for the Illustrated London News, and during both World Wars worked developing camouflage techniques. He was also a prolific illustrator of salmon and trout fishing.
[Ref: 30794] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
What Name Shall We Give It.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 178 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Laid on card.
A young lady standing on her balcony holds small terrier puppy in her hands, contemplating various names. Behind; a large house and yacht on a lake.
[Ref: 19371] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1860.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 178 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Laid on card.
A young lady standing on her balcony holds small terrier puppy in her hands, contemplating various names. Behind; a large house and yacht on a lake.
[Ref: 19371] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
![W. Wheatley [facsimile signature].](jpegs/16665.jpg)
W. Wheatley [facsimile signature].
[London: Thomas & William Boone, 480 Strand. 1823.]
Coloured engraving. Printed area 100 x 80mm, 4 x 3¼".
A half-length portrait of a barrister in his wig and gown. Published in "Portraits of the Worthies of Westminster-Hall, with their Autographs; being Fac-Similies of Original Sketches, Found in the Note-Book of a Briefless Barrister". Only Part I of this work was published: an attempt to fund Part II by subscription failed. William Wheatley was the Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas.
[Ref: 16665] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Thomas & William Boone, 480 Strand. 1823.]
Coloured engraving. Printed area 100 x 80mm, 4 x 3¼".
A half-length portrait of a barrister in his wig and gown. Published in "Portraits of the Worthies of Westminster-Hall, with their Autographs; being Fac-Similies of Original Sketches, Found in the Note-Book of a Briefless Barrister". Only Part I of this work was published: an attempt to fund Part II by subscription failed. William Wheatley was the Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas.
[Ref: 16665] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
George Wheatley Esq.r.
Painted by J.W. Chandler. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London, Published Jan.y 19 1796 by S.W. Reynolds, No 6 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins.
Half-length portrait of George Wheatley, chief clerk at Drummond's Bank, wearing a dark buttoned coat and light neckerchief.
Not in Whitman.
[Ref: 45385] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J.W. Chandler. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London, Published Jan.y 19 1796 by S.W. Reynolds, No 6 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins.
Half-length portrait of George Wheatley, chief clerk at Drummond's Bank, wearing a dark buttoned coat and light neckerchief.
Not in Whitman.
[Ref: 45385] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[James Wheble.]](jpegs/47257.jpg)
[James Wheble.]
[n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph, rare. Sheet: 390 x 240mm (15½ x 9½"). Laid on album sheet.
A portrait of tallow chandler and soap maker James Wheble (1729-1801).
[Ref: 47257] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph, rare. Sheet: 390 x 240mm (15½ x 9½"). Laid on album sheet.
A portrait of tallow chandler and soap maker James Wheble (1729-1801).
[Ref: 47257] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Wheel of Fortune.]](jpegs/40328.jpg)
[The Wheel of Fortune.]
Sold by T. Bakewell in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1745.]
Engraving Sheet: 185 x 255mm, (7¼ x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Laid on album sheet.
A mythological scene in which a withered, snake-haired woman spins a figure wretched figure around a large wheel while a fire blazes near them and two further crones look on. The three old women are reminiscent of the Fates from ancient mythology, though with their snakes for hair they also resemble the hideous gorgons. The Wheel of Fortune was a medieval and ancient concept demonstrating the capricious nature of Fate, the wheel being spun at random by the goddess Fortuna affecting the lives of those attached. The Wheel of Fortune was also a medieval form of torture, the victim would be tied to a large wheel while a large fire would be set close enough to burn anyone tied to the wheel. The wheel would then be turned like a spit slowly cooking the captive.
[Ref: 40328] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Sold by T. Bakewell in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1745.]
Engraving Sheet: 185 x 255mm, (7¼ x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Laid on album sheet.
A mythological scene in which a withered, snake-haired woman spins a figure wretched figure around a large wheel while a fire blazes near them and two further crones look on. The three old women are reminiscent of the Fates from ancient mythology, though with their snakes for hair they also resemble the hideous gorgons. The Wheel of Fortune was a medieval and ancient concept demonstrating the capricious nature of Fate, the wheel being spun at random by the goddess Fortuna affecting the lives of those attached. The Wheel of Fortune was also a medieval form of torture, the victim would be tied to a large wheel while a large fire would be set close enough to burn anyone tied to the wheel. The wheel would then be turned like a spit slowly cooking the captive.
[Ref: 40328] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Wheelwright] Charron. Wagner.](jpegs/36604.jpg)
[Wheelwright] Charron. Wagner.
[after Jean-Frédéric Wentzel] Lith. C. Fasoli et Ohlman à Stras.sbg.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour heightened with gum arabic, rare with large margins. Printed area 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"). Slight loss of gum arabic on left.
A wheelwright's workshop.
[Ref: 36604] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[after Jean-Frédéric Wentzel] Lith. C. Fasoli et Ohlman à Stras.sbg.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour heightened with gum arabic, rare with large margins. Printed area 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"). Slight loss of gum arabic on left.
A wheelwright's workshop.
[Ref: 36604] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
William Wheldon, Trumpet-Major of the 13th Light Dragoons. "The palm, the harp of God, and that victorious faith that overcomes the world, be with thee; so prays thy fellow soldier, in the most just and most honourable of all warfare. Wm. Huntington."
I. Renton Pinxt. Jas. Godby Sculpt.
London, Published June 23, 1818, by E. Huntington, 55, High Street, Bloomsbury.
Stipple. 386 x 281mm.
William Weldon was Lord Hill's trumpeter throughout the Peninsular War from the time the 13th reached Portugal in 1810. He was also at the battle of Waterloo.
[Ref: 12601] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
I. Renton Pinxt. Jas. Godby Sculpt.
London, Published June 23, 1818, by E. Huntington, 55, High Street, Bloomsbury.
Stipple. 386 x 281mm.
William Weldon was Lord Hill's trumpeter throughout the Peninsular War from the time the 13th reached Portugal in 1810. He was also at the battle of Waterloo.
[Ref: 12601] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Full set of eight text descriptions for John Whessell's ''Portraits of Celebrated Running Horses'].](jpegs/57348.jpg)
[Full set of eight text descriptions for John Whessell's ''Portraits of Celebrated Running Horses']. Plate I. Eleanor. [&] Plate II. Penelope. [&] Plate III. Bobtail. [&] Plate IV. Parasol. [&] Plate V. Violante. [&] Plate VI. Trumpator [&] Plate VII. Meteora [&] Plate VIII. Dick Andrews.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Eight sheets of letterpress, extremely rare set. Various sizes, largest 465 x 460mm (18¼ x 18"). Some wear, plate viii with some abrasion with loss of text, laid on thick paper.
The complete set of sheets with the racing histories of the eight horses depicted in ''Portraits of Celebrated Running Horses', painted and engraved by John Whessell in line and stipple, first published 1806-8. The set was republished by Edward Orme in 1809.
Siltzer p.337.
[Ref: 57348] £850.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1809.]
Eight sheets of letterpress, extremely rare set. Various sizes, largest 465 x 460mm (18¼ x 18"). Some wear, plate viii with some abrasion with loss of text, laid on thick paper.
The complete set of sheets with the racing histories of the eight horses depicted in ''Portraits of Celebrated Running Horses', painted and engraved by John Whessell in line and stipple, first published 1806-8. The set was republished by Edward Orme in 1809.
Siltzer p.337.
[Ref: 57348] £850.00 view all images for this item
J.H. Whiffen M.R.S.L. Corresponding Member of the Society of Antiquarians of Normandy &c &c. Dedicated by Permission to His Grace The Duke of Bedford K.G. &c.&c.&c. by his Graces Hum.b & Grateful Serv.t. G.Hayter.
G.Hayter 1824 del.t. Richard Lane A.R.A. Lith. Printed by J.Graf.
Published by Colnaghi & Co. Pall Mall East.
Lithograph. Printed area 290 x 210mm.
Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen (1792-1836), Quaker, poet; translator of Tasso. In 1821 he was appointed librarian at Woburn Abbey.
[Ref: 6945] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
G.Hayter 1824 del.t. Richard Lane A.R.A. Lith. Printed by J.Graf.
Published by Colnaghi & Co. Pall Mall East.
Lithograph. Printed area 290 x 210mm.
Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen (1792-1836), Quaker, poet; translator of Tasso. In 1821 he was appointed librarian at Woburn Abbey.
[Ref: 6945] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Whig and Tory.]](jpegs/19168.jpg)
[Whig and Tory.]
W. Dendy Sadler. C.H. Boucher [signed in pencil.] W. Dendy Salder [etched in the plate.]
London, Published 1908 by L.H. Lefevre & Son, 1A King Street. St. James S.W. the proprietors of the Copyright. Copyright 1908 by E.L. Knoedler. New York. Printed in London by A. Holdgate & Sons.
Etching, mint. Plate 431 x 325mm. 17 x 12¾".
A Whig and Tory in heated discussion inside a private booth at an inn; a sign reading 'Hot Pies', on the wall. Remarque of the Houses of Parliament in the bottom margin.
PSA: Rem.A.P. 300. Present 25.
[Ref: 19168] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
W. Dendy Sadler. C.H. Boucher [signed in pencil.] W. Dendy Salder [etched in the plate.]
London, Published 1908 by L.H. Lefevre & Son, 1A King Street. St. James S.W. the proprietors of the Copyright. Copyright 1908 by E.L. Knoedler. New York. Printed in London by A. Holdgate & Sons.
Etching, mint. Plate 431 x 325mm. 17 x 12¾".
A Whig and Tory in heated discussion inside a private booth at an inn; a sign reading 'Hot Pies', on the wall. Remarque of the Houses of Parliament in the bottom margin.
PSA: Rem.A.P. 300. Present 25.
[Ref: 19168] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Political Death and Burial of the Departed Whigs.
C. Bennett, Printer, 34, Vere Street, Clare Market [n.d., 1834].
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Mounted on album paper, glue stains in corners, small tears, ink mss. date 'Nov.r 1834'.
A satire of the recent change of government from Whig (under William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, the last Prime Minister to be sacked by a monarch) to Tory (under Robert Peel), taking the form of a service at a funeral, with a speaker/minister and respondant, praying to William IV for deliverance. The satire is not partisan: the Speaker says 'although we despise the Whigs, yet do we utterly detest the Tories'.
[Ref: 57601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C. Bennett, Printer, 34, Vere Street, Clare Market [n.d., 1834].
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Mounted on album paper, glue stains in corners, small tears, ink mss. date 'Nov.r 1834'.
A satire of the recent change of government from Whig (under William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, the last Prime Minister to be sacked by a monarch) to Tory (under Robert Peel), taking the form of a service at a funeral, with a speaker/minister and respondant, praying to William IV for deliverance. The satire is not partisan: the Speaker says 'although we despise the Whigs, yet do we utterly detest the Tories'.
[Ref: 57601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Whigs. Old Glory. Lord John. Mother Althorp. Penny Magazine. Gaffer Gray. Tories. Can't I do wot I like with my own, Waterloo, Silly Billy, Old Bags, 2__n.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. 235 x 330mm. 9¼ x 13". Creasing to the lower left and right corners.
Whigs, include Lord Althorp, John Charles Spencer, Lord John Russell, Lord Grey, Charles Grey, and Heny Brougham. Tories include Wellington and William Pitt.
[Ref: 26686] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. 235 x 330mm. 9¼ x 13". Creasing to the lower left and right corners.
Whigs, include Lord Althorp, John Charles Spencer, Lord John Russell, Lord Grey, Charles Grey, and Heny Brougham. Tories include Wellington and William Pitt.
[Ref: 26686] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Whims & Oddities. Harroo, Denis, will ye come home and have some beef and taties? Be me sowl and it's just the dinner I got meself, barrin the beef.
Printed by W. Kohler 22 Denmark Street Soho.
London, Published by W. Sooffe [sic], 380 Strand [n.d., c.1835].
Hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, sheet 340 x 245mm. 13½ x 9¾". Some light marginal soiling and spotting; small tear from right edge.
A conversation on a construction site; a man offers food to an (Irish?) labourer with a builder's hod over his shoulder. From a series of social satires.
[Ref: 24649] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by W. Kohler 22 Denmark Street Soho.
London, Published by W. Sooffe [sic], 380 Strand [n.d., c.1835].
Hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, sheet 340 x 245mm. 13½ x 9¾". Some light marginal soiling and spotting; small tear from right edge.
A conversation on a construction site; a man offers food to an (Irish?) labourer with a builder's hod over his shoulder. From a series of social satires.
[Ref: 24649] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Whippets.]](jpegs/47904.jpg)
[Whippets.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Etching signed by the artist. 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾"). Limited edition: 63/200.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
See Ref: 9686
[Ref: 47904] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Wilkinson.
Etching signed by the artist. 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾"). Limited edition: 63/200.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
See Ref: 9686
[Ref: 47904] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
![[Whippets]](jpegs/9686.jpg)
[Whippets]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 241 x 297mm (9½" x 11¾"). Limited edition: 65/200.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
See Ref: 47904
[Ref: 9686] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 241 x 297mm (9½" x 11¾"). Limited edition: 65/200.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
See Ref: 47904
[Ref: 9686] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
A Man Publickly Whipped, in the Sessions House Yard in the Old Bailey.
Dodd delin. White sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 195 x 115mm (7¾ x 4½"). Trimmed within plate at sides.
An illustration from the 'Malefactors Register, or, a Tyburn and Newgate Calendar'.
[Ref: 62102] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Dodd delin. White sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 195 x 115mm (7¾ x 4½"). Trimmed within plate at sides.
An illustration from the 'Malefactors Register, or, a Tyburn and Newgate Calendar'.
[Ref: 62102] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Whipping Top.
[Publish'd March 1.st 1797 by J. Le Petit No.22 Suffolk Street. Midd.x Hospital.]
Stipple on green paper. 129 x 145mm. 5 x 5¾". Publication line cut, cut at corners. Crease upper right corner.
Children playing with a whipping top, also known as the Trompo. It is a Latin American game that was supposedly brought to Mexico from Japan. It is now played all over Latin and South America, with many recorded championships.
[Ref: 26996] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[Publish'd March 1.st 1797 by J. Le Petit No.22 Suffolk Street. Midd.x Hospital.]
Stipple on green paper. 129 x 145mm. 5 x 5¾". Publication line cut, cut at corners. Crease upper right corner.
Children playing with a whipping top, also known as the Trompo. It is a Latin American game that was supposedly brought to Mexico from Japan. It is now played all over Latin and South America, with many recorded championships.
[Ref: 26996] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Whirlwind on the Base Line in Zwartland, March 2nd. 1841.
[Anon., British, 1841.]
Pen and ink and grey wash, unique, sheet 115 x 170mm. 4½ x 6¾". Lacking some margin. Glue stains to extremities.
A surveying expedition is interrupted by bad weather in the Swartland, an area north of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It lies between the towns of Malmesbury in the south, Darling in the west, Piketberg in the north and the Riebeek West and Riebeek Kasteel in the east. Members of the expedition rush to secure their tents against a fierce wind; a piece of surveyor's equipment can be glimpsed inside the large tent in the left foreground. An intriguing sketch, probably from a travel journal. The Dutch founder of Cape Town Jan van Riebeeck called this softly undulating country between the mountain ranges "Het Zwarte Land" (the Black Land) because of the endemic Renosterbos (Elytropappus rhinocerotis, or "Rhinoceros Bush"), a species of flowering plants in the daisy family.
[Ref: 27045] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., British, 1841.]
Pen and ink and grey wash, unique, sheet 115 x 170mm. 4½ x 6¾". Lacking some margin. Glue stains to extremities.
A surveying expedition is interrupted by bad weather in the Swartland, an area north of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It lies between the towns of Malmesbury in the south, Darling in the west, Piketberg in the north and the Riebeek West and Riebeek Kasteel in the east. Members of the expedition rush to secure their tents against a fierce wind; a piece of surveyor's equipment can be glimpsed inside the large tent in the left foreground. An intriguing sketch, probably from a travel journal. The Dutch founder of Cape Town Jan van Riebeeck called this softly undulating country between the mountain ranges "Het Zwarte Land" (the Black Land) because of the endemic Renosterbos (Elytropappus rhinocerotis, or "Rhinoceros Bush"), a species of flowering plants in the daisy family.
[Ref: 27045] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vinegar Valentine.] Oh! Whisky is your soul's delight, / Your only Valentine- /](jpegs/42432.jpg)
[Vinegar Valentine.] Oh! Whisky is your soul's delight, / Your only Valentine- / Go steep your brains in alcohol- / You never shall be mine!
[n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 220 x 165mm (8½ x 6½").
A battered-looking man stands, glass in hand. Vinegar Valentines are rather unflattering and often insulting; some addressed to trades and professions, perhaps given to customers to their suppliers, rather than true valentines.
[Ref: 42432] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 220 x 165mm (8½ x 6½").
A battered-looking man stands, glass in hand. Vinegar Valentines are rather unflattering and often insulting; some addressed to trades and professions, perhaps given to customers to their suppliers, rather than true valentines.
[Ref: 42432] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Mountain Dew, or Donald Wi' The True Glenlivet.
Painted by W. Macarthney. Engraved by Hen.y Dawe.
Published Oct. 2nd 1826 by Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill London.
Extremely rare mezzotint. Sheet: 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾''). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of a man enjoying whisky from a large jug. George Smith founded the (illegal) Glenlivet distillery in 1822, George IV famously asked to try some of the whisky during his state tour of Scotland in August 1822. In 1824 the law changed and his Glenlivet distillery became the first legal producer of whisky.
[Ref: 51027] £450.00
Painted by W. Macarthney. Engraved by Hen.y Dawe.
Published Oct. 2nd 1826 by Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill London.
Extremely rare mezzotint. Sheet: 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾''). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of a man enjoying whisky from a large jug. George Smith founded the (illegal) Glenlivet distillery in 1822, George IV famously asked to try some of the whisky during his state tour of Scotland in August 1822. In 1824 the law changed and his Glenlivet distillery became the first legal producer of whisky.
[Ref: 51027] £450.00
The Reverend Stephen Whisson, B.D. and one of the Senior Fellows of Trinity College in the University of Cambridge.
Painted by Vandermine. Engrav'd by Trotter S.A. Ed.
Published as the Act directs, Sept.r 25.th 1784, by Joseph Freeman, Cambridge.
Engraving, mixed-method, with large margins. Plate 342 x 241mm. 13½ x 9½".
Stephen Whisson (d.1783), tutor and Senior Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. NPG: D37557.
[Ref: 27271] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Vandermine. Engrav'd by Trotter S.A. Ed.
Published as the Act directs, Sept.r 25.th 1784, by Joseph Freeman, Cambridge.
Engraving, mixed-method, with large margins. Plate 342 x 241mm. 13½ x 9½".
Stephen Whisson (d.1783), tutor and Senior Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. NPG: D37557.
[Ref: 27271] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
A Game of Whist. Tom and Jerry among the Swell 'Broad Coves'.
Drawn & Engraved by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Jan.y 1 1821.
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Stitch holes within plate. Cut to plate.
Jerry plays whist as a black servant offers him wine. A man lounging against the chimney-piece watches Jerry's cards in the mirror and signals to Jerry's opponent. Tom sits over fruit and wine. The pair had accepted an invitation to dine from elegantly dressed card-sharpers who had lost heavily to them at the Cock Pit. From Pierce Egan's ' Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis', originally issued as a monthly journal at a shilling a time, illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792–1878).
Abbey: Life 281; BM Satires 14344.
[Ref: 34349] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Jan.y 1 1821.
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Stitch holes within plate. Cut to plate.
Jerry plays whist as a black servant offers him wine. A man lounging against the chimney-piece watches Jerry's cards in the mirror and signals to Jerry's opponent. Tom sits over fruit and wine. The pair had accepted an invitation to dine from elegantly dressed card-sharpers who had lost heavily to them at the Cock Pit. From Pierce Egan's ' Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis', originally issued as a monthly journal at a shilling a time, illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792–1878).
Abbey: Life 281; BM Satires 14344.
[Ref: 34349] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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The Life of James McNeill Whistler (i) in Two Volumes Illustrated. Volume I. (ii) in two Volumes Illustrated. Volume II.
by E.R. and J. Pennell
London : William Heinemann. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company 1908.
Book: 2 Vols. 4to (253 x 194mm). Board binding with cloth spine. Title stamped in gilt on front cover, and stamped in black on spine. (i) 316 textual pages plus illustrations. (ii) 327 textual pages plus illustrations. (i) Binding worn and pulling away from text. (ii) Binding worn and scuffed.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 11, 1834 - July 17, 1903) was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". These volumes are illustrated narratives of the life and works of James McNeill Whistler.
Ex Leggatts.
[Ref: 10427] £130.00
by E.R. and J. Pennell
London : William Heinemann. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company 1908.
Book: 2 Vols. 4to (253 x 194mm). Board binding with cloth spine. Title stamped in gilt on front cover, and stamped in black on spine. (i) 316 textual pages plus illustrations. (ii) 327 textual pages plus illustrations. (i) Binding worn and pulling away from text. (ii) Binding worn and scuffed.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 11, 1834 - July 17, 1903) was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". These volumes are illustrated narratives of the life and works of James McNeill Whistler.
Ex Leggatts.
[Ref: 10427] £130.00
A Whistling Shop. Tom & Jerry visiting Logic, "on board the Fleet".
Drawn & Engraved by I.R & G. Cruikshank.
[Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, May 1, 1821.]
Fine hand-coloured aquatint and etching. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Trimmed to the plate.
Corinthian Tom, Jerry Hawthorn and Bob Logic seated and drinking at a table in a 'whistling shop' in the Fleet prison, the former two visiting the latter who has been imprisoned for debt, prisoners and other rough-looking men drinking, gambling and smoking in the dingy room, some standing by the fire, a man entering the room to the right with tennis rackets under his arm and a warden talking to a lady with two children. Tennis interest.
[Ref: 52219] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by I.R & G. Cruikshank.
[Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, May 1, 1821.]
Fine hand-coloured aquatint and etching. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Trimmed to the plate.
Corinthian Tom, Jerry Hawthorn and Bob Logic seated and drinking at a table in a 'whistling shop' in the Fleet prison, the former two visiting the latter who has been imprisoned for debt, prisoners and other rough-looking men drinking, gambling and smoking in the dingy room, some standing by the fire, a man entering the room to the right with tennis rackets under his arm and a warden talking to a lady with two children. Tennis interest.
[Ref: 52219] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Andrew Whiston.
Pubd April 12. 1813 by R.S. Kirby 11 London House Yard.
Etching with large margins. Plate 159 x 102mm (6¼ x 4").
Andrew Whiston (fl.1813), dwarf, sat in a wooden cart with sticks to propel himelf. From Kirby's "Wonderful and Eccentric Museum, or Magazine of Remarkable Characters".
[Ref: 29567] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd April 12. 1813 by R.S. Kirby 11 London House Yard.
Etching with large margins. Plate 159 x 102mm (6¼ x 4").
Andrew Whiston (fl.1813), dwarf, sat in a wooden cart with sticks to propel himelf. From Kirby's "Wonderful and Eccentric Museum, or Magazine of Remarkable Characters".
[Ref: 29567] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)