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Indian Reed.
Henderson pinxt. Caldwall Sculpt.
London. Published by Dr. Thornton. 1804.
Coloured aquatint. Plate 538 x 412mm. 21¼ x 16¼".
From Dr. Thornton's "Temple of Flora" London: 1799-1807. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. Ht took some time off to travel abroad, whish is when he begain his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which, he produced a total of thirty-three coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
[Ref: 16504] £720.00
Henderson pinxt. Caldwall Sculpt.
London. Published by Dr. Thornton. 1804.
Coloured aquatint. Plate 538 x 412mm. 21¼ x 16¼".
From Dr. Thornton's "Temple of Flora" London: 1799-1807. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. Ht took some time off to travel abroad, whish is when he begain his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which, he produced a total of thirty-three coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
[Ref: 16504] £720.00
The Maggot-bearing Stapelia.
Henderson pinx.t. Stadler sculp.t.
London Published July 1, 1801, by Dr. Thornton, Hinde Street.
Aquatint with some stipple & line, printed in colours, hand-finished. 530 x 400mm, 20¾ x 16". Smith watermark Tears repaired.
Stapelia hirsuta L. or Carrion Flower, from Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Here this South African plant is shown in an almost alpine environment. Hiding underneath is a snake. Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. Ht took some time off to travel abroad, which is when he began his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which he produced a total of 33 coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
Dunthorne: p. 250, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 19482] £450.00
Henderson pinx.t. Stadler sculp.t.
London Published July 1, 1801, by Dr. Thornton, Hinde Street.
Aquatint with some stipple & line, printed in colours, hand-finished. 530 x 400mm, 20¾ x 16". Smith watermark Tears repaired.
Stapelia hirsuta L. or Carrion Flower, from Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Here this South African plant is shown in an almost alpine environment. Hiding underneath is a snake. Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. Ht took some time off to travel abroad, which is when he began his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which he produced a total of 33 coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
Dunthorne: p. 250, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 19482] £450.00
The Narrow Leaved Kalmia.
Reinagle A.R. pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.t.
London. Published June 1. 1804 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint and stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. 545 x 415mm (21½ x 16¼"), watermarked 'H. Smith 1810'. Small tear in edge of top margin, slight mount burn.
An illustration of the Kalmia angustifolia, a native of eastern North America known now as narrow-leaved laurel, dwarf laurel and lambkill (because of an andromedotoxin poisonous to grazing animals). It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, in this case with ships in the background.
Dunthorne: p.251, only state.
[Ref: 60146] £850.00
Reinagle A.R. pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.t.
London. Published June 1. 1804 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint and stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. 545 x 415mm (21½ x 16¼"), watermarked 'H. Smith 1810'. Small tear in edge of top margin, slight mount burn.
An illustration of the Kalmia angustifolia, a native of eastern North America known now as narrow-leaved laurel, dwarf laurel and lambkill (because of an andromedotoxin poisonous to grazing animals). It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, in this case with ships in the background.
Dunthorne: p.251, only state.
[Ref: 60146] £850.00
The Oblique-Leaved Begonia.
Reinagle pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.t.
London. Published July 1, 1800 by Dr. Thornton.
Coloured aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 510 x 380mm (20 x 15") very large margins. Two small tears in margin.
'Begonia nitidia', introduced from Jamaica by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist on Cook's first circumnaviation. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne: p. 248, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 53465] £850.00
Reinagle pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.t.
London. Published July 1, 1800 by Dr. Thornton.
Coloured aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 510 x 380mm (20 x 15") very large margins. Two small tears in margin.
'Begonia nitidia', introduced from Jamaica by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist on Cook's first circumnaviation. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne: p. 248, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 53465] £850.00
The Pontic Rhododendron.
Henderson del. Caldwell sculp.
London. Published by Dr. Thornton, Dec.r 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple & line engraving, small margins,printed in colours and hand-finished. 530 x 405mm (21 x 16"). Two small fly spots in sky.
An illustration of Rhododendron ponticum, or Common Rhododendron. It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne, p.250, only state.
[Ref: 30321] £850.00 view all images for this item
Henderson del. Caldwell sculp.
London. Published by Dr. Thornton, Dec.r 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple & line engraving, small margins,printed in colours and hand-finished. 530 x 405mm (21 x 16"). Two small fly spots in sky.
An illustration of Rhododendron ponticum, or Common Rhododendron. It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne, p.250, only state.
[Ref: 30321] £850.00 view all images for this item
The Quadrangular Passion Flower.
Henderson pinx.t. Hopwood sculp.t.
London. Published by Dr Thornton June 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 520 x 405mm (20½ x 16"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in top edge.
Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to have the plant in its natural habitat. Although originally from South America the plant is shown here climbing a column, with a Grecian temple in the background.
State iii of iii. Dunthorne, p.251: "One of the best examples of colour printing".
[Ref: 55285] £950.00
Henderson pinx.t. Hopwood sculp.t.
London. Published by Dr Thornton June 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 520 x 405mm (20½ x 16"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in top edge.
Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to have the plant in its natural habitat. Although originally from South America the plant is shown here climbing a column, with a Grecian temple in the background.
State iii of iii. Dunthorne, p.251: "One of the best examples of colour printing".
[Ref: 55285] £950.00
The Snowdrop.
Pether pinx.t. W.Ward, Engraver to H.R.H., the Duke of York, sculp.t.
London, Published by Dr Thornton, Sept.r 1804 [-1810].
Mezzotint and aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished, on heavy Whatman paper. 490 x 345mm, 19¾ x 13½".
Snowdrops and crocuses in the foreground, with a snow-covered cottage and village in the distance. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, and regarded as the finest English botanical colour-plate book.
Dunthorne: p.244, state III of III.
[Ref: 21383] £650.00
Pether pinx.t. W.Ward, Engraver to H.R.H., the Duke of York, sculp.t.
London, Published by Dr Thornton, Sept.r 1804 [-1810].
Mezzotint and aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished, on heavy Whatman paper. 490 x 345mm, 19¾ x 13½".
Snowdrops and crocuses in the foreground, with a snow-covered cottage and village in the distance. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, and regarded as the finest English botanical colour-plate book.
Dunthorne: p.244, state III of III.
[Ref: 21383] £650.00
The Superb Lily.
Reinagle pinx.t. Earlom sculp.t.
London, Published June 1, 1799 by D.r Thornton.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 475 x 355mm (18¾ x 14"), with large margins, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1794'. Colour faded.
An illustration of Lilium superbum, called the Turk's-cap lily or American Tiger Lily, native to the eastern and central regions of North America. One of the most desirable and plates from Dr Robert John Thornton's (1768-1837) 'Temple of Flora' (1799-1807), the greatest English colour-plate flower book, the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Thornton had two plates engraved (the other by William Ward), an extravagence that helped Thornton into bankruptcy.
Dunthorne p.249: plate 'B', state I of IV.
[Ref: 54698] £850.00
Reinagle pinx.t. Earlom sculp.t.
London, Published June 1, 1799 by D.r Thornton.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 475 x 355mm (18¾ x 14"), with large margins, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1794'. Colour faded.
An illustration of Lilium superbum, called the Turk's-cap lily or American Tiger Lily, native to the eastern and central regions of North America. One of the most desirable and plates from Dr Robert John Thornton's (1768-1837) 'Temple of Flora' (1799-1807), the greatest English colour-plate flower book, the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Thornton had two plates engraved (the other by William Ward), an extravagence that helped Thornton into bankruptcy.
Dunthorne p.249: plate 'B', state I of IV.
[Ref: 54698] £850.00
James Thornton.
J. Zoffany pinx.t. R. Houston fecit.
London, printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs, 1.t July 1770.
Rare mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). Some creasing and small tear at top. Small margins.
Portrait of James Thornton, gardener at Kew; within oval frame, eyes to front, wearing flower-patterned waistcoat beneath open coat and short wig. After Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733-1810).
Chaloner Smith 116, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 57083] £320.00
J. Zoffany pinx.t. R. Houston fecit.
London, printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs, 1.t July 1770.
Rare mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). Some creasing and small tear at top. Small margins.
Portrait of James Thornton, gardener at Kew; within oval frame, eyes to front, wearing flower-patterned waistcoat beneath open coat and short wig. After Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733-1810).
Chaloner Smith 116, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 57083] £320.00
Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public Lecturer on Medical Botany. [also] Entrance into that most noble Public Gallery and admirable Medical Establishment Guys Hospital.
Russell, R.A. pinx. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp. [also] Elmes, Archt.t del.t. W. Woolnoth Sculp.t.
London Published May 1 1799.
A single plate with a stipple portrait and an engraved view. 480 x 360mm (19 x 14¼"), with wide margins.
A portrait of Dr Robert Thornton, famed for his 'Temple of Flora' flower prints, with a view of Guy's Hospital underneath. The view was published in Thornton's 'A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'.
[Ref: 51370] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Russell, R.A. pinx. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp. [also] Elmes, Archt.t del.t. W. Woolnoth Sculp.t.
London Published May 1 1799.
A single plate with a stipple portrait and an engraved view. 480 x 360mm (19 x 14¼"), with wide margins.
A portrait of Dr Robert Thornton, famed for his 'Temple of Flora' flower prints, with a view of Guy's Hospital underneath. The view was published in Thornton's 'A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'.
[Ref: 51370] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Samuel Thornton, ESQ.RE.
Painted by Thomas Phillips, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C. Turner. Mezzotinto to Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London, Published Dec.r 19. 1827, by Mr. Martin Colnaghi, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint with very large margins, very fine. Proof impression. Platemark: 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Light foxing in margins.
A portrait of Samuel Thornton (1754 - 1838) seated in an armchair in front of a pillar, directed and facing towards right. He holds a letter in his right hand and to left, is a draped table on which lies a letter, lettered "To S Thornton Bank", and an inkwell and pen. Thornton was one of the sons of John Thornton, a leading merchant in the Russian and Baltic trade, and was a director of the Bank of England for 53 years. He was, for many years, a governor of Greenwich Hospital, governor of the Russian Company, and president of Guy's Hosptital.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman: 557.
[Ref: 35060] £420.00
Painted by Thomas Phillips, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C. Turner. Mezzotinto to Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London, Published Dec.r 19. 1827, by Mr. Martin Colnaghi, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint with very large margins, very fine. Proof impression. Platemark: 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Light foxing in margins.
A portrait of Samuel Thornton (1754 - 1838) seated in an armchair in front of a pillar, directed and facing towards right. He holds a letter in his right hand and to left, is a draped table on which lies a letter, lettered "To S Thornton Bank", and an inkwell and pen. Thornton was one of the sons of John Thornton, a leading merchant in the Russian and Baltic trade, and was a director of the Bank of England for 53 years. He was, for many years, a governor of Greenwich Hospital, governor of the Russian Company, and president of Guy's Hosptital.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman: 557.
[Ref: 35060] £420.00
A Thoroughbred November & London Particular.
Drawn by M.E. Esq,r. Engraved by G.Hunt.
London, Pub.d by Pyall & Hunt, 18 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden.
Coloured aquatint. 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"). Some soiling to edges.
A pedestrian through yellow-brown fog. Drawn by Egerton.
BM Satires 15004; Christine L. Cotland, 'London Fog: the Biography'. Hickman p.59.
[Ref: 2322] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by M.E. Esq,r. Engraved by G.Hunt.
London, Pub.d by Pyall & Hunt, 18 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden.
Coloured aquatint. 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"). Some soiling to edges.
A pedestrian through yellow-brown fog. Drawn by Egerton.
BM Satires 15004; Christine L. Cotland, 'London Fog: the Biography'. Hickman p.59.
[Ref: 2322] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Thorp Cloud &c. This Pyramidal Mountain in Derbyshire, the River Dove washes its foot; the front (where the View was taken) is in Staffordshire at the bottom of the Gardens of Geo. Port, of Ilam Esq.r. To whom This View is Inscrib'd by his most hum.le Serv.t T. Smith.
T. Smith pinx. J. Mason Sculp.
Publish'd pursuant to an Act of Parliament Decem.r 1751 by T.Smith.
Engraving. Plate: 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15½"), with very large margins. Tear in lower edge into plate.
A view of Thorp Cloud on the border of Staffordshire and Derbyshire at the southern end of Dovedale.
[Ref: 42782] £420.00
T. Smith pinx. J. Mason Sculp.
Publish'd pursuant to an Act of Parliament Decem.r 1751 by T.Smith.
Engraving. Plate: 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15½"), with very large margins. Tear in lower edge into plate.
A view of Thorp Cloud on the border of Staffordshire and Derbyshire at the southern end of Dovedale.
[Ref: 42782] £420.00
![Rob.t Thorpe [facsimile signature.]](jpegs/17305.jpg)
Rob.t Thorpe [facsimile signature.]
Painted by A.W. Wilkins. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. [Jnr.]
Manchester: Published July 2nd..1852, by Thomas Agnew & Sons, Printsellers to the Queen.
Mezzotint and etching. Plate 509 x 381mm. 20 x 15". Some tearing in the margin. Foxing.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. See BM: 1931,1211.80. Not in Whitman.
[Ref: 17305] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by A.W. Wilkins. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. [Jnr.]
Manchester: Published July 2nd..1852, by Thomas Agnew & Sons, Printsellers to the Queen.
Mezzotint and etching. Plate 509 x 381mm. 20 x 15". Some tearing in the margin. Foxing.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. See BM: 1931,1211.80. Not in Whitman.
[Ref: 17305] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Albertus Thorwaldsen.
Nach der Natur Gezeichnet von F. Krueger. Gestochen von Gustav Luederitz.
Berlin C.G. Luederitz'sche Kunstverlagshandlung. [n.d., c.1860.]
Mezzotint on india laid paper, 395 x 310mm. 15½ x 12¼".
(Albert) Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770 – 1844) was a Danish/Icelandic neo-classical sculptor. Publisher's blindstamp.
[Ref: 12381] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Nach der Natur Gezeichnet von F. Krueger. Gestochen von Gustav Luederitz.
Berlin C.G. Luederitz'sche Kunstverlagshandlung. [n.d., c.1860.]
Mezzotint on india laid paper, 395 x 310mm. 15½ x 12¼".
(Albert) Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770 – 1844) was a Danish/Icelandic neo-classical sculptor. Publisher's blindstamp.
[Ref: 12381] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Albert Thorwaldsen.
D. Stäbli sc.
Impr. di l'imprimerie en t. d. de l'académie royale des arts à Dusseldorf de C. Sohulgen Bettendorff. [n.d., c.1830.]
Engraving, printed on india. Plate: 280 x 220mm (11 x 8½"), with large margins, large margins. Toning and foxing in margins.
A bust portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) a Danish/Icelandic sculptor who spent most of his career in Italy.
Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire
[Ref: 46730] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
D. Stäbli sc.
Impr. di l'imprimerie en t. d. de l'académie royale des arts à Dusseldorf de C. Sohulgen Bettendorff. [n.d., c.1830.]
Engraving, printed on india. Plate: 280 x 220mm (11 x 8½"), with large margins, large margins. Toning and foxing in margins.
A bust portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) a Danish/Icelandic sculptor who spent most of his career in Italy.
Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire
[Ref: 46730] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Three lithographs after bas-reliefs by Thorvaldsen for the Bethmann-Hollweg family tomb in Frankfurt]](jpegs/41712.jpg)
[Three lithographs after bas-reliefs by Thorvaldsen for the Bethmann-Hollweg family tomb in Frankfurt] Bas-reliefs exécutés en marbre dans le caveau de la famille Bethmann, par le chevalier Thorwaldsen.
Trois planches, lithographiées par F. Leuchtweiss.
Francfort a/M. Publiés par Charles Jugel, Libraire. 1837.
Three lithographs in original wrappers, bottom right in pencil "Lord Ryland"; each sheet approx 320 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼").
Lithographs of the three relief panels executed by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768/70-1844) for Johann Philipp Bethmann-Hollweg's funerary monument in the Bethmann-Hollweg family tomb in Frankfurt. In the left-hand panel Johann Philipp's mother and daughters express their grief; in the right-hand panel Florence (where Johann Philipp died) is referenced by the presence of a river god (the embodiment of the river Arno flowing through the city) and the city's emblem of a lion); in the central panel Johann Philipp is flanked by his younger brother and a youthful spirit extending poppy heads over his shoulder as a symbol of sleep. The three marble tablets are now in the Liebieghaus Skulpturen Sammlung, Frankfurt.
[Ref: 41712] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Trois planches, lithographiées par F. Leuchtweiss.
Francfort a/M. Publiés par Charles Jugel, Libraire. 1837.
Three lithographs in original wrappers, bottom right in pencil "Lord Ryland"; each sheet approx 320 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼").
Lithographs of the three relief panels executed by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768/70-1844) for Johann Philipp Bethmann-Hollweg's funerary monument in the Bethmann-Hollweg family tomb in Frankfurt. In the left-hand panel Johann Philipp's mother and daughters express their grief; in the right-hand panel Florence (where Johann Philipp died) is referenced by the presence of a river god (the embodiment of the river Arno flowing through the city) and the city's emblem of a lion); in the central panel Johann Philipp is flanked by his younger brother and a youthful spirit extending poppy heads over his shoulder as a symbol of sleep. The three marble tablets are now in the Liebieghaus Skulpturen Sammlung, Frankfurt.
[Ref: 41712] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Jacq. Aug. De Thou, Encien President au Parlement de Paris. Tire en Partie de la Galerie des Grands Hommes de l'Hotel de Pr. Pdt.
Touze d. Femme Duflos. S.
A.D.P.R. A Paris chez Duflos le Jeune. [n.d. c.1780]
Engraving with strong contemporary colour and a gold leaf line border. 276 x 163mm.
From 'Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes' by Pierre Duflos, published 1779-84. The original colour is particularly fine, with gold leaf highlights.
[Ref: 2151] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Touze d. Femme Duflos. S.
A.D.P.R. A Paris chez Duflos le Jeune. [n.d. c.1780]
Engraving with strong contemporary colour and a gold leaf line border. 276 x 163mm.
From 'Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes' by Pierre Duflos, published 1779-84. The original colour is particularly fine, with gold leaf highlights.
[Ref: 2151] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Thou comest in such questionable shape.
Gordon Browne 1902. Gordon Browne Pinx. Gravure Hanfstaengl.
Published by Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich, London & New York. Printed in Munich.
Photogravure. 342 x 431mm. 13½ x 17".
A man on his horse with a woman sitting behind him, tries to control his startled horse as a man on stilts and a walking band come from the opposite direction. Gordon Frederick Browne (1858-1932) was an English artist and children's book illustrator. Browne worked in watercolour and pen and ink. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and the Royal Society of British Artists. See 18401 for signed copy.
[Ref: 18436] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Gordon Browne 1902. Gordon Browne Pinx. Gravure Hanfstaengl.
Published by Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich, London & New York. Printed in Munich.
Photogravure. 342 x 431mm. 13½ x 17".
A man on his horse with a woman sitting behind him, tries to control his startled horse as a man on stilts and a walking band come from the opposite direction. Gordon Frederick Browne (1858-1932) was an English artist and children's book illustrator. Browne worked in watercolour and pen and ink. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and the Royal Society of British Artists. See 18401 for signed copy.
[Ref: 18436] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Messire Christophe de Thou Premier Président MDLXXXII.
Morin scul.
[n.d., c.1640.]
Etching. Sheet 310 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Fine impression. Trimmed to plate.
Christophe de Thou (1508-82), Magistrate and First President of the Parlement of Paris 1554-62.
[Ref: 49422] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
Morin scul.
[n.d., c.1640.]
Etching. Sheet 310 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Fine impression. Trimmed to plate.
Christophe de Thou (1508-82), Magistrate and First President of the Parlement of Paris 1554-62.
[Ref: 49422] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thoughts.]](jpegs/55426.jpg)
[Thoughts.]
Marcus Stone 97. Marcus Stone E. Gilbert Hester [pencil signatures.
London, Published December 5th 1898 by Artur Lucas the Proprietor, 31, New Bond St, W.
Mezzotint, proof signed by the artist and engraver. Sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A young woman in late Victorian dress, with a soft velvet hat and a shawl,holding a book. Marcus Stone (1840-1921) R.A.
[Ref: 55426] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Marcus Stone 97. Marcus Stone E. Gilbert Hester [pencil signatures.
London, Published December 5th 1898 by Artur Lucas the Proprietor, 31, New Bond St, W.
Mezzotint, proof signed by the artist and engraver. Sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A young woman in late Victorian dress, with a soft velvet hat and a shawl,holding a book. Marcus Stone (1840-1921) R.A.
[Ref: 55426] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Trhaia.
[Hartmann Schedel, c.1493.]
Woodcut engraving with letterpress text, rare. Image area 230 x 224mm. 9 x 8¾". Cut.
A view of Thrace, modern Greece, a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains in the north, the Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea in the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara in the east. From "Schedelsche Weltchronik" published by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) in 1493 in Nuremberg. Maps in his Chronicle were the first ever illustrations of many cities and countries.
[Ref: 26187] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Hartmann Schedel, c.1493.]
Woodcut engraving with letterpress text, rare. Image area 230 x 224mm. 9 x 8¾". Cut.
A view of Thrace, modern Greece, a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains in the north, the Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea in the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara in the east. From "Schedelsche Weltchronik" published by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) in 1493 in Nuremberg. Maps in his Chronicle were the first ever illustrations of many cities and countries.
[Ref: 26187] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Henry Thrale] The Southwark Macaroni. 3.](jpegs/38701.jpg)
Henry Thrale] The Southwark Macaroni. 3.
Publish'd according to Act. Aug.t 24 1772 by M Darly, No.39 Strand.
Etching. Platemark 125 x 180mm (5 x 7"). Large margins.
A portrait of Henry Thrale, holding a stick in one hand with the other in his pocket. Thrale was a Member of Parliament for Southwark from 1765 to 1780 and was a close friend of Samuel Johnson. Plate 3 from 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by Mdarly'. (Vol.4).
[Ref: 38701] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd according to Act. Aug.t 24 1772 by M Darly, No.39 Strand.
Etching. Platemark 125 x 180mm (5 x 7"). Large margins.
A portrait of Henry Thrale, holding a stick in one hand with the other in his pocket. Thrale was a Member of Parliament for Southwark from 1765 to 1780 and was a close friend of Samuel Johnson. Plate 3 from 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by Mdarly'. (Vol.4).
[Ref: 38701] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Hester Thrale] Hester Lynch Piozzi.](jpegs/64224.jpg)
[Hester Thrale] Hester Lynch Piozzi.
P. Violet pinx.t. M. Bovi Sculp.
Publish'd Dec.r 22, 1800 by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Stipple and etching. 335 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate right and bottom, old ink mss. on bottom edge.
An oval portrait of Hester Lynch Salusbury (1741-1821), a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts, published as the frontispiece to her 'Retrospection'. After marrying the rich brewer Henry Thrale she became friends with Samuel Johnson, travelling with him to Wales in 1774. After his death she published 'Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson' (1786) and their letters to each other (1788), both important sources about Johnson's life. Henry Thrale died in 1781; she married Gabriel Mario Piozzi, an Italian music teacher, in 1784.
[Ref: 64224] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
P. Violet pinx.t. M. Bovi Sculp.
Publish'd Dec.r 22, 1800 by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Stipple and etching. 335 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate right and bottom, old ink mss. on bottom edge.
An oval portrait of Hester Lynch Salusbury (1741-1821), a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts, published as the frontispiece to her 'Retrospection'. After marrying the rich brewer Henry Thrale she became friends with Samuel Johnson, travelling with him to Wales in 1774. After his death she published 'Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson' (1786) and their letters to each other (1788), both important sources about Johnson's life. Henry Thrale died in 1781; she married Gabriel Mario Piozzi, an Italian music teacher, in 1784.
[Ref: 64224] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Hester Thrale] Mrs Piozzi.](jpegs/51947.jpg)
[Hester Thrale] Mrs Piozzi. European Magazine.
Engraved by T. Holloway from the Original Painting [by Sir Joshua Reynolds].
Publish'd by J. Sewell Cornhill 1786.
Stipple. 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"), with large margins.
Hester Lynch Salusbury (1741-1821), a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts. After marrying the rich brewer Henry Thrale she became friends with Samuel Johnson, travelling with him to Wales in 1774. After his death she published 'Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson' (1786) and their letters to each other (1788), both important sources about Johnson's life. Henry Thrale died in 1781 (shortly after Reynolds painted this portrait, showing Hester aged 40); she married Gabriel Mario Piozzi, an Italian music teacher, in 1784.
[Ref: 51947] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by T. Holloway from the Original Painting [by Sir Joshua Reynolds].
Publish'd by J. Sewell Cornhill 1786.
Stipple. 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"), with large margins.
Hester Lynch Salusbury (1741-1821), a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts. After marrying the rich brewer Henry Thrale she became friends with Samuel Johnson, travelling with him to Wales in 1774. After his death she published 'Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson' (1786) and their letters to each other (1788), both important sources about Johnson's life. Henry Thrale died in 1781 (shortly after Reynolds painted this portrait, showing Hester aged 40); she married Gabriel Mario Piozzi, an Italian music teacher, in 1784.
[Ref: 51947] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thrashing Grain.]](jpegs/31060.jpg)
[Thrashing Grain.] Vig.13. General Remarks on the Peninsula of the Crimea.
[Geisler del. Medland sc.]
[John Stockdale.] [n.d. c.1812.]
Hand-coloured engraving with letterpress printed page, offset; stamp: Stamford Library. Sheet 266 x 203mm (10½ x 8").
Vignette 13: delineations of the Tartar mode of trashing of treading out the grain. From Volume 2 of "Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794".
[Ref: 31060] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
[Geisler del. Medland sc.]
[John Stockdale.] [n.d. c.1812.]
Hand-coloured engraving with letterpress printed page, offset; stamp: Stamford Library. Sheet 266 x 203mm (10½ x 8").
Vignette 13: delineations of the Tartar mode of trashing of treading out the grain. From Volume 2 of "Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794".
[Ref: 31060] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
![[Titian's 'Three Ages of Man'.]](jpegs/45178.jpg)
[Titian's 'Three Ages of Man'.]
P. Schenck Excud: Cum Privil: [n.d., c.1690].
Untitled mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"). Trimmed within plate, almost to image, top right corner repaired.
A classical scene of a shepherd and shepherdess seated under a fountain, both holding musical pipes. An adaptation of part of Titian's 'Three Ages of Man', now in the National Galleries of Scotland.
Holl 2037; See BM 1876,1111.8 for a reversed copy by John Smith.
[Ref: 45178] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
P. Schenck Excud: Cum Privil: [n.d., c.1690].
Untitled mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"). Trimmed within plate, almost to image, top right corner repaired.
A classical scene of a shepherd and shepherdess seated under a fountain, both holding musical pipes. An adaptation of part of Titian's 'Three Ages of Man', now in the National Galleries of Scotland.
Holl 2037; See BM 1876,1111.8 for a reversed copy by John Smith.
[Ref: 45178] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Three cows in a landscape]](jpegs/56033.jpg)
[Three cows in a landscape]
London, Publish'd March 1. 1806 by RHills
Hand coloured etching plate 230 x 345mm (9 x 13½") very large margins. Tears to edges. Creases in margins Some very light time staining.
One cow sleeps curled up on the ground as two others wander up to it. Robert Hills (1769–1844) was an English painter and etcher who primarily focussed on rural scenes, particularly farm animals.
[Ref: 56033] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
London, Publish'd March 1. 1806 by RHills
Hand coloured etching plate 230 x 345mm (9 x 13½") very large margins. Tears to edges. Creases in margins Some very light time staining.
One cow sleeps curled up on the ground as two others wander up to it. Robert Hills (1769–1844) was an English painter and etcher who primarily focussed on rural scenes, particularly farm animals.
[Ref: 56033] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Portraits of Three Dogs. Billy Rose Tumbler. The property of F. Redmond. Dedicated by permission to the Right Hon.ble Lord Macdonald by his Obedient humble Servant D. Wolstenholme.
Painted by D. Wolstenholme Jun.r. Engraved by John Bromley.
London, Published Aug.st 6, 1834, by D. Wolstenholme, 22 Chad's Row, Grays Inn Road.
Coloured mezzotint. Printed area; 360 x 420mm. Lighti spotting. Repaired hole on publication line. Pasted into mount.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6690] £420.00
Painted by D. Wolstenholme Jun.r. Engraved by John Bromley.
London, Published Aug.st 6, 1834, by D. Wolstenholme, 22 Chad's Row, Grays Inn Road.
Coloured mezzotint. Printed area; 360 x 420mm. Lighti spotting. Repaired hole on publication line. Pasted into mount.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6690] £420.00
![[Three French Girls before a Castle Gate.]](jpegs/54071.jpg)
[Three French Girls before a Castle Gate.]
Mr Bunbury Del. Js. Bretherton Fec.
Publish'd 4th March 1780, by J.s Bretherton New Bond Street.
Etching printed in brown with added hand colour, J. Whatman watermark; Plate 330 x 305mm (13 x 12"), with small margins. Some toning along right edge and some light creasing.
Standing in a line are three girls with books under their arms, the girl at left her hands under her apron, looking at the ground; the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked unto her dress, and the third with flowers on her bonnet; at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside. The print was sold in the Bretherton 1799 sale as 'The French Girls', suggesting that it was never given a title.
[Ref: 54071] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Bunbury Del. Js. Bretherton Fec.
Publish'd 4th March 1780, by J.s Bretherton New Bond Street.
Etching printed in brown with added hand colour, J. Whatman watermark; Plate 330 x 305mm (13 x 12"), with small margins. Some toning along right edge and some light creasing.
Standing in a line are three girls with books under their arms, the girl at left her hands under her apron, looking at the ground; the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked unto her dress, and the third with flowers on her bonnet; at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside. The print was sold in the Bretherton 1799 sale as 'The French Girls', suggesting that it was never given a title.
[Ref: 54071] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Three French Girls before a Castle Gate.]](jpegs/19822.jpg)
[Three French Girls before a Castle Gate.]
Mr Bunbury Del. Js. Bretherton Fec. [in ink].
[Publishd 4th March 1780, by Js. Bretherton New Bond Street.]
Etching printed in brown with added hand colour. Plate 330 x 305mm. 13 x 12". Uncut. Some spotting and time staining.
Standing in a line are three girls with books under their arms, the girl at left her hands under her apron, looking at the ground; the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked unto her dress, and the third with flowers on her bonnet; at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside. The print was sold in the Bretherton 1799 sale as 'The French Girls', suggesting that it was never given a title.
[Ref: 19822] £320.00
Mr Bunbury Del. Js. Bretherton Fec. [in ink].
[Publishd 4th March 1780, by Js. Bretherton New Bond Street.]
Etching printed in brown with added hand colour. Plate 330 x 305mm. 13 x 12". Uncut. Some spotting and time staining.
Standing in a line are three girls with books under their arms, the girl at left her hands under her apron, looking at the ground; the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked unto her dress, and the third with flowers on her bonnet; at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside. The print was sold in the Bretherton 1799 sale as 'The French Girls', suggesting that it was never given a title.
[Ref: 19822] £320.00
![[The Three Graces.]](jpegs/41328.jpg)
[The Three Graces.]
[G. Maile sculp. Printed by Mc,,Queen.]
[Published Jan.y 1, 1825, by H. Gibbs, 23, G.t Newport St. Leicester Square.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Trimmed to image, losing all inscriptions.
The Three Graces, their heads and naked shoulders rising from clouds.
[Ref: 41328] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[G. Maile sculp. Printed by Mc,,Queen.]
[Published Jan.y 1, 1825, by H. Gibbs, 23, G.t Newport St. Leicester Square.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Trimmed to image, losing all inscriptions.
The Three Graces, their heads and naked shoulders rising from clouds.
[Ref: 41328] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Three Graces.]](jpegs/15285.jpg)
[The Three Graces.]
[n.d. c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Proof before letters. Plate 133 x 114mm. 5¼ x 4½". Probably cut from larger plate.
The Three Graces of charm, beauty and creativity; as in Greek mythology.
[Ref: 15285] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Proof before letters. Plate 133 x 114mm. 5¼ x 4½". Probably cut from larger plate.
The Three Graces of charm, beauty and creativity; as in Greek mythology.
[Ref: 15285] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Three Hats. 94. and other Old Houses at Islington, Since this view was taken they have been repaired and the shops moderniz'd. The three hats are mentioned by Bickerstaff in the Comedy of the Hypocrite. (vide Gents. Mag. Aug.1828).
W.L.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Watercolour in sepia. 272 x 215mm. 10¾ x 8½".
A row of old timber frame buildings in Islington, with a jumbled appearance; a sign on the right with the name "The Three Hats"; the public house on the high street. Taken from the frontispiece to the 'Gentleman's Magazine'; 1823.
[Ref: 26109] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
W.L.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Watercolour in sepia. 272 x 215mm. 10¾ x 8½".
A row of old timber frame buildings in Islington, with a jumbled appearance; a sign on the right with the name "The Three Hats"; the public house on the high street. Taken from the frontispiece to the 'Gentleman's Magazine'; 1823.
[Ref: 26109] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
To Joseph Banks Esq.r, President to the Royal Society. this Print is humbly Inscribed, by His much obliged and most obedient servant, R. Blyth.
Drawn by J. H. Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth. London Publish'd as the Act directs, May 1st 1780 by R. Blyth N.o 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
London, 1780.
Fine etching. 350 x 330mm (13¾ x 13"), with large, uncut margins.
A round design of three heads, one woman extravagantly dressed in jewellery and a headdress and two men, one with his long hair loose and the other carrying a spear. Joseph Banks was a notable patron of natural sciences and was a leading member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to found the Royal Academy. He was elected president of the Royal Society in 1778, a position he held for forty one years.
[Ref: 53964] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J. H. Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth. London Publish'd as the Act directs, May 1st 1780 by R. Blyth N.o 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
London, 1780.
Fine etching. 350 x 330mm (13¾ x 13"), with large, uncut margins.
A round design of three heads, one woman extravagantly dressed in jewellery and a headdress and two men, one with his long hair loose and the other carrying a spear. Joseph Banks was a notable patron of natural sciences and was a leading member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to found the Royal Academy. He was elected president of the Royal Society in 1778, a position he held for forty one years.
[Ref: 53964] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
![[Three Levantine Heads] To Joseph Banks Esq.r President of the Royal Society.](jpegs/53965.jpg)
[Three Levantine Heads] To Joseph Banks Esq.r President of the Royal Society. this Print is humbly Inscribed, by His much obliged and most obedient servant, R. Blyth.
Drawn by J. H. Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth. London Publish'd as the Act directs, March 6th 1780 by R. Blyth N.o 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
London, 1780.
Etching. 355 x 330mm (14 x 13"), with large margins. Repaired tear and crease in left margin.
Three heads in a roundel; the first man wears a turban and elaborately tassled garb, the woman also looks richly dressed in a headband and jewellery. The man in the middle looks to be wearing a helmet. Joseph Banks was a notable patron of natural sciences and was a leading member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to found the Royal Academy. He was elected president of the Royal Society in 1778, a position he held for forty one years.
[Ref: 53965] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J. H. Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth. London Publish'd as the Act directs, March 6th 1780 by R. Blyth N.o 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
London, 1780.
Etching. 355 x 330mm (14 x 13"), with large margins. Repaired tear and crease in left margin.
Three heads in a roundel; the first man wears a turban and elaborately tassled garb, the woman also looks richly dressed in a headband and jewellery. The man in the middle looks to be wearing a helmet. Joseph Banks was a notable patron of natural sciences and was a leading member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to found the Royal Academy. He was elected president of the Royal Society in 1778, a position he held for forty one years.
[Ref: 53965] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Three Horses.]](jpegs/31173.jpg)
[Three Horses.]
Pub.d by R. Pollard, Spafields, London. [n.d. c.1800.]
Hand-coloured etching and engraving, rare. 210 x 285mm (8¼ x 11¼").
Two horses and a pony standing: one resting its head on the back of the other, the pony to the left. From a bound set of horses published by Pollard.
[Ref: 31173] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by R. Pollard, Spafields, London. [n.d. c.1800.]
Hand-coloured etching and engraving, rare. 210 x 285mm (8¼ x 11¼").
Two horses and a pony standing: one resting its head on the back of the other, the pony to the left. From a bound set of horses published by Pollard.
[Ref: 31173] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Three Living Lions. G.B. Shaw G.K. Chesterton H.G. Wells.
Caricatured By Joseph Simpson.
Rider 36 St. Martins Court W.C. [n.d., c.1935.]
Two woodcuts and one facsimile print of a coloured pencil and watercolour sketch (Chesterton), limited editions signed by the artist, in original publisher's wrapper. Sheets c. 365 x 275mm. Paper age toned.
Caricatures of three literary giants of the age, George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Gilbert Keith ('G.K.') Chesterton (1874 - 1936), and Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946). All signed in pencil by Joseph Simpson (1879 - 1939), painter and etcher of portraits and sporting subjects. Annotated and initialled by the publisher on wrapper No. '71' of an edition limited to 175 copies. The collection presented in rough boards with the publisher's original advertisement attached. Simpson was born in Carlisle and studied art at Glasgow School of Art. He became a close friend of D.Y. Cameron and was elected RBA in 1909. Simpson designed covers for Edinburgh publishers and was a prolific designer of bookplates. In 1918 he became an official war artist for the RAF and was stationed in France. Simpson was already forty-five when he took up etching in 1925, at the height of the boom period for the medium. His first twenty or so plates were etched with a gramophone needle and printed by the artist himself on the small press lent to him by a local Carlisle printing firm. His first exhibition of etchings took place in Glasgow at Wishart Brown in March 1926. His friend Frank Brangwyn wrote the catalogue introduction. A second highly successful show was staged in November 1926 by Alex, Reid and Lefevre in London. Simpson exhibited in Munich, Venice, Florence & Stockholm.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7820] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Caricatured By Joseph Simpson.
Rider 36 St. Martins Court W.C. [n.d., c.1935.]
Two woodcuts and one facsimile print of a coloured pencil and watercolour sketch (Chesterton), limited editions signed by the artist, in original publisher's wrapper. Sheets c. 365 x 275mm. Paper age toned.
Caricatures of three literary giants of the age, George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Gilbert Keith ('G.K.') Chesterton (1874 - 1936), and Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946). All signed in pencil by Joseph Simpson (1879 - 1939), painter and etcher of portraits and sporting subjects. Annotated and initialled by the publisher on wrapper No. '71' of an edition limited to 175 copies. The collection presented in rough boards with the publisher's original advertisement attached. Simpson was born in Carlisle and studied art at Glasgow School of Art. He became a close friend of D.Y. Cameron and was elected RBA in 1909. Simpson designed covers for Edinburgh publishers and was a prolific designer of bookplates. In 1918 he became an official war artist for the RAF and was stationed in France. Simpson was already forty-five when he took up etching in 1925, at the height of the boom period for the medium. His first twenty or so plates were etched with a gramophone needle and printed by the artist himself on the small press lent to him by a local Carlisle printing firm. His first exhibition of etchings took place in Glasgow at Wishart Brown in March 1926. His friend Frank Brangwyn wrote the catalogue introduction. A second highly successful show was staged in November 1926 by Alex, Reid and Lefevre in London. Simpson exhibited in Munich, Venice, Florence & Stockholm.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7820] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![[The Myrrhbearers.]](jpegs/53171.jpg)
[The Myrrhbearers.]
Bart. Sprangers Inuentor. Eiodius Sadeler Sac. M.tis Sculptor obtulit [****]liter anni 1600 initio.
Cu. Priuil. Sui. Pontif. et Sac. Cæ. M.tis.
Engraving. Sheet 515 x 370mm (20½ x 14½"). Trimmed to plate, some wear, with loss to title, old mss. in inscription area.
The three Marys (the Virgin, Mary Magdalene and Mary of Clopas, according to John) return from Jesus's cave, having found it empty. All carry jars of myrrh, with which they were planning to annoint the body of Christ. In the background are the three empty crosses. Engraved by Aegidius Sadeler II (c.1570-1629) after Bartholomeus Spranger (1546-1611). In 1570 Spranger was painter in the service of Pius V; in 1575 in Vienna at the court of Maximilian II; and in 1581 painter at the court of Rudolph II in Prague.
[Ref: 53171] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Bart. Sprangers Inuentor. Eiodius Sadeler Sac. M.tis Sculptor obtulit [****]liter anni 1600 initio.
Cu. Priuil. Sui. Pontif. et Sac. Cæ. M.tis.
Engraving. Sheet 515 x 370mm (20½ x 14½"). Trimmed to plate, some wear, with loss to title, old mss. in inscription area.
The three Marys (the Virgin, Mary Magdalene and Mary of Clopas, according to John) return from Jesus's cave, having found it empty. All carry jars of myrrh, with which they were planning to annoint the body of Christ. In the background are the three empty crosses. Engraved by Aegidius Sadeler II (c.1570-1629) after Bartholomeus Spranger (1546-1611). In 1570 Spranger was painter in the service of Pius V; in 1575 in Vienna at the court of Maximilian II; and in 1581 painter at the court of Rudolph II in Prague.
[Ref: 53171] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Three Pets. The Property of James Webb, Esqre. A Copy of the Pedigree of "Wee Pet" given with each Copy.
B. Aplin Howe, Pinxt. Lavars, Chromo-Lith, Bristol.
Entd. at Sta: Hall. Bristol. -Published by Oldland and May, 1863.
Chromolithograph, sheet 560 x 385mm. 22 x 15¼".
Sweet oval portrait of three pet dogs, two Scottish terriers and a fox terrier.
[Ref: 19427] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
B. Aplin Howe, Pinxt. Lavars, Chromo-Lith, Bristol.
Entd. at Sta: Hall. Bristol. -Published by Oldland and May, 1863.
Chromolithograph, sheet 560 x 385mm. 22 x 15¼".
Sweet oval portrait of three pet dogs, two Scottish terriers and a fox terrier.
[Ref: 19427] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Three Smokers.]](jpegs/31186.jpg)
[Three Smokers.]
[John Smith.]
[n.d. c.1740; but 1805.] [John Boydell.]
Mezzotint. Plate 160 x 127mm (6¼ x 5").
Three Smokers: a man wearing a feathered cap sitting on the left in profile, one hand tucked into his coat, smoking and smiling at an older, bearded man, who sits opposite, filling his pipe from a tobacco paper on the table, while the third stands behind him, wearing a round-brimmed hat, holding his pipe against his breast, looking up with a smile to left. Attributed to John Smith. Possibly derived from the etching by Coryn Boel after Teniers. The print was included in John Boydell's 'Collection of Portraits' (1805)
[Ref: 31186] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[John Smith.]
[n.d. c.1740; but 1805.] [John Boydell.]
Mezzotint. Plate 160 x 127mm (6¼ x 5").
Three Smokers: a man wearing a feathered cap sitting on the left in profile, one hand tucked into his coat, smoking and smiling at an older, bearded man, who sits opposite, filling his pipe from a tobacco paper on the table, while the third stands behind him, wearing a round-brimmed hat, holding his pipe against his breast, looking up with a smile to left. Attributed to John Smith. Possibly derived from the etching by Coryn Boel after Teniers. The print was included in John Boydell's 'Collection of Portraits' (1805)
[Ref: 31186] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Prophecy.
XXX. [John Doyle.]
London, Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket April, 1829.
Hand-coloured lithograph with fine colour and large margins; printed on J. Whatman 1829 paper. Plate 279 x 355mm (11 x 14").
Satire on the intrigues of the Duke of Cumberland with the ultra-Tories: Cumberland, as Macbeth, addresses the three witches who hold wands: Eldon, Lord Redesdale and Lord Manners. From Doyle's "Political Sketches"
BM Satires: 15742.
[Ref: 30626] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
XXX. [John Doyle.]
London, Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket April, 1829.
Hand-coloured lithograph with fine colour and large margins; printed on J. Whatman 1829 paper. Plate 279 x 355mm (11 x 14").
Satire on the intrigues of the Duke of Cumberland with the ultra-Tories: Cumberland, as Macbeth, addresses the three witches who hold wands: Eldon, Lord Redesdale and Lord Manners. From Doyle's "Political Sketches"
BM Satires: 15742.
[Ref: 30626] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Prophecy.
XXX. [John Doyle.]
London, Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket April, 1829.
Hand-coloured lithograph with very fine colour and large margins; printed on J. Whatman 1829 paper. Plate 279 x 355mm (11 x 14").
Satire on the intrigues of the Duke of Cumberland with the ultra-Tories: Cumberland, as Macbeth, addresses the three witches who hold wands: Eldon, Lord Redesdale and Lord Manners. From Doyle's "Political Sketches"
BM Satires: 15742.
[Ref: 48384] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
XXX. [John Doyle.]
London, Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket April, 1829.
Hand-coloured lithograph with very fine colour and large margins; printed on J. Whatman 1829 paper. Plate 279 x 355mm (11 x 14").
Satire on the intrigues of the Duke of Cumberland with the ultra-Tories: Cumberland, as Macbeth, addresses the three witches who hold wands: Eldon, Lord Redesdale and Lord Manners. From Doyle's "Political Sketches"
BM Satires: 15742.
[Ref: 48384] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Three Young Gums. 47/50 [in pencil.]
E.S. Watson 29 [scratched in plate.] ['E.S. Watson' signed in pencil.]
[Queensland, 1929.]
Etching, edition limited to 50, 158 x 113mm. Glued to paper mount at top edge.
View in the Australian bush, with three gum trees, or Eucalyptus, to the fore.
[Ref: 7653] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
E.S. Watson 29 [scratched in plate.] ['E.S. Watson' signed in pencil.]
[Queensland, 1929.]
Etching, edition limited to 50, 158 x 113mm. Glued to paper mount at top edge.
View in the Australian bush, with three gum trees, or Eucalyptus, to the fore.
[Ref: 7653] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Wahre Abbildung von Napoleons Thron.
Bei Friedr. Compe. [n.d., c.1810.]
Etching with small margins. 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7").
'A True depiction of Napoleon's Throne'.
[Ref: 36028] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Bei Friedr. Compe. [n.d., c.1810.]
Etching with small margins. 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7").
'A True depiction of Napoleon's Throne'.
[Ref: 36028] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Throwing the Spear.
J.H. Clark Del. M. Dubourg Sculp.t.
Published & Sold October 1st 1813, by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street, London.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint, very large margins. Platemark: 180 x 230mm (7¼ x 9¼").
Plate 3 from 'The Field Sports &c. &c. of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales', published by Edward Orme, London, 1813, the first book devoted solely to the Aboriginal people of Australia. The scene depicts a group of Aborigines skillfully throwing spears at birds in flight. After John Heaviside Clark, later known as "Waterloo Clark" for his depictions of Wellington's triumph in 1815.
NGV ref: 1999.400.3.
[Ref: 32074] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J.H. Clark Del. M. Dubourg Sculp.t.
Published & Sold October 1st 1813, by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street, London.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint, very large margins. Platemark: 180 x 230mm (7¼ x 9¼").
Plate 3 from 'The Field Sports &c. &c. of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales', published by Edward Orme, London, 1813, the first book devoted solely to the Aboriginal people of Australia. The scene depicts a group of Aborigines skillfully throwing spears at birds in flight. After John Heaviside Clark, later known as "Waterloo Clark" for his depictions of Wellington's triumph in 1815.
NGV ref: 1999.400.3.
[Ref: 32074] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thun Castle, Switzerland.]](jpegs/49229.jpg)
[Thun Castle, Switzerland.]
Johnstone Baird [pencil signature]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist. In original mount, limited edition of 75; 315 x 170mm (12½ x 6¾") very large margins. Mint.
A 13th century castle in the canton of Bern. Johnstone Baird (1880 - 1935). Born in Ayrshire, studied Glasgow School of Art. Naval architect with the Admiralty 1917-19. Travelled widely on the Continent. Exhibited 1910-30.
[Ref: 49229] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Johnstone Baird [pencil signature]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist. In original mount, limited edition of 75; 315 x 170mm (12½ x 6¾") very large margins. Mint.
A 13th century castle in the canton of Bern. Johnstone Baird (1880 - 1935). Born in Ayrshire, studied Glasgow School of Art. Naval architect with the Admiralty 1917-19. Travelled widely on the Continent. Exhibited 1910-30.
[Ref: 49229] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Vue de Thun du Côté du Midi. Dedié à S.A.Royale M.e F. Sophie Wilhelmine Princess d'Orange et de Nassau Née Princesse de Prusse, Par son très humble et très respectueus serviteur Henzi.
Wolff pinx. J. Janinet sculp. Gravé sous la direction de M.r Vernet, Peintre du Roi.
Se vend à Paris Rue des deux Portes S.t Sauveur chez Mr Graff [n.d., c.1785].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. 320 x 450mm (12½ x 17¾"). Small margins.
A fine view of Castle Thun with a footbridge over the Aare river. Plate 6 of ''Vues Remarkables des Montagnes de la Suisse, Dessinees et Peintes d'apres Nature, Avec Leur Description'', one of the earliest and rarest alpine colour plate books. Orignally published by Wagner in Bern in 1782, the plates passed to Bern publisher Rodolphe Hentzi who published them in 1785. This example has Graff's name added.
[Ref: 54919] £350.00 (£420.00 incl.VAT)
Wolff pinx. J. Janinet sculp. Gravé sous la direction de M.r Vernet, Peintre du Roi.
Se vend à Paris Rue des deux Portes S.t Sauveur chez Mr Graff [n.d., c.1785].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. 320 x 450mm (12½ x 17¾"). Small margins.
A fine view of Castle Thun with a footbridge over the Aare river. Plate 6 of ''Vues Remarkables des Montagnes de la Suisse, Dessinees et Peintes d'apres Nature, Avec Leur Description'', one of the earliest and rarest alpine colour plate books. Orignally published by Wagner in Bern in 1782, the plates passed to Bern publisher Rodolphe Hentzi who published them in 1785. This example has Graff's name added.
[Ref: 54919] £350.00 (£420.00 incl.VAT)
Carl. Pet. Thunberg. M.Dr.Prof.Ord.der Botan. zu Upsala u.d. Wasa Ord. Ritter. Geb. zu Joenkoeping d. 11 Nov. 1743.
C. Westermayr.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 95mm (5½ x 3¾").
Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) the Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linneaus. He is often referred to as "the father of South African botany" or the "Japanese Linneaus". In 1771 he was commissioned to visit the Dutch colonies and Japan to collect specimens for the Dutch botanical garden. After many travels he published in 'Flora Japonica' in 1784 and four years later he began to publish his travels. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
W: 2936.
[Ref: 29748] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C. Westermayr.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 95mm (5½ x 3¾").
Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) the Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linneaus. He is often referred to as "the father of South African botany" or the "Japanese Linneaus". In 1771 he was commissioned to visit the Dutch colonies and Japan to collect specimens for the Dutch botanical garden. After many travels he published in 'Flora Japonica' in 1784 and four years later he began to publish his travels. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
W: 2936.
[Ref: 29748] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Thuringia.
[Engraved by Jodocus Hondius.]
[London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635.]
Engraved map, 140 x 200mm, 5½ x 8", set in a page of letterpress.
A map of Thuringia in Germany. Originally engraved in 1607 by Jodocus Hondius for his "Atlas Minor", the printing plate of this map was sold to a London publisher when a new, up-to-date map was engraved. It was first used to illustrate Samuel Purchas's "Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes" in 1625, then Sparke & Cartwright's "Historia Mundi or Mercator's Atlas", as this example.
[Ref: 18121] £120.00
[Engraved by Jodocus Hondius.]
[London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635.]
Engraved map, 140 x 200mm, 5½ x 8", set in a page of letterpress.
A map of Thuringia in Germany. Originally engraved in 1607 by Jodocus Hondius for his "Atlas Minor", the printing plate of this map was sold to a London publisher when a new, up-to-date map was engraved. It was first used to illustrate Samuel Purchas's "Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes" in 1625, then Sparke & Cartwright's "Historia Mundi or Mercator's Atlas", as this example.
[Ref: 18121] £120.00