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A Series of Engravings, Plat XIII.-Page 60. Illustrative of the Process of Rearing the Tea Plant, from the First Sowing of the Seed to its Final Package for the European Market.
A Series of Engravings, Plat XIII.-Page 60. Illustrative of the Process of Rearing the Tea Plant, from the First Sowing of the Seed to its Final Package for the European Market.
12 small plates and one title plate. Sheet 528 x 325mm. 20¾ x 12¾".
13 plates depicting the stages of tea planting.
[Ref: 15146]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Six plates of tea production.]
[Six plates of tea production.] Method of gathering Tea by means of Monkeys. [&] Preparing the Lead for the Packing of Tea. [&] Heating & Rolling Tea-Leaves. [&] Making of Tea Chests. [&] Tea Warehouse. [&] Treading the Tea in Baskets.
No. 62 of R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub.d Feb.y, 1. [etc.] 1821.
Six aquatints. Each c. 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Some staining, one plate lacking imprint,
Six illustrations of tea production.
[Ref: 44544]   £320.00  
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[Six plates of tea production.]
[Six plates of tea production.] Method of gathering Tea by means of Monkeys. [&] Preparing the Lead for the Packing of Tea. [&] Heating & Rolling Tea-Leaves. [&] Making of Tea Chests. [&] Tea Warehouse. [&] Treading the Tea in Baskets.
[No. 62 of R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub.d Feb.y, 1. [etc.] 1821.]
Six aquatints. Each sheet 115 x 145mm (4½ x 5¾"). Trimmed close to image, losing imprints.
Six illustrations of tea production.
[Ref: 44547]   £250.00   (£300.00 incl.VAT)
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[The benefits of drinking Tea and Coffee.] Das sür Beshündheit ünd Lüft dienende Thee ünd Caffe.
[The benefits of drinking Tea and Coffee.] Das sür Beshündheit ünd Lüft dienende Thee ünd Caffe. Saniti et Voluptati Inservientes Herbæ Thee et Caffe.
Paul Decker inv et del. John. Christoph Steudner sculp.
Cum Priv. Sac. Cæs. Maj. Mart. Engelbrecht exc. A.V. [Augsburg, n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving, very scarce; Sheet 245 x 335mm. Trimmed to plate, three small tears, one patched, some staining.
The interior of a tearoom, with people around a table drinking tea and coffee. One couple bow in greeting to the most opulently-dressed man entering with a foreign merchant. A text, in German & Latin, lists the benefits to health of the two drinks.
[Ref: 33719]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Herbal Tea Seller] La Marchande de Tisanne.
[Herbal Tea Seller] La Marchande de Tisanne.
Designed & Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon.
London. Published by Rodwell & Martin New Bond St. May 1 1820. C. Hullmandel's Lithography.
Lithograph with very fine hand-colouring, printed area 235 x 165mm (9¼ x 6½"), with large margins.
A woman selling cups of herbal tea, holding her hand out for payment from a customer.. From the 'Costumes of Paris', a series of 24 plates by Swiss painter John James Chalon (1778-1854).
Abbey 108.
[Ref: 54516]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Temperance and Industry.
Temperance and Industry.
[n.d. c.1850.] London, A.Park. 17 Leonard St. Finsbury.
Wood engraving. 244 x 386mm. 9¾ x 15¼". Vertical fold down the centre.
A rural farm scene at harvest time of apple picking, and the walk to market.
[Ref: 14588]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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[Timber merchant.]
[Timber merchant.]
[by William Pickett.]
[Pub.d June 4th by T. Clay, 18 Ludgate Hill.]
Aquatint with hand colouring. Sheet approx 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed to image; glued to album sheet.
Workers moving timber. From Pickett's 1812 book of 'Ninety-Six Speciments of Cottages-Bridges-Castles-Churches [...] Intended to facilitate the Improvement of the Student, and to aid the Practitioner, in Landscape Composition'. Aside from its function as an educational volume, the scenes in the book also provide many unusual views of London in the early 19th century.
Abbey (Life in England) 168.
[Ref: 32305]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Timber Carters.
Timber Carters.
Painted by Wolstenholme. Engraved by Reeve
Pub.d May 1 1812 by W.D. Jones, Repository of Arts, Cambridge.
Very scarce aquatint, with hand-colouring 370 x 450mm (14½ x 17¾"), with wide margins, paper watermarked 'Fellows 1808'. Slight creasing.
Rural woodcutting scene after animal painter Dean Wolstenholme, the elder (1757-1837). Wolstenholme didn't move to London until 1800, but exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1803, and while best-known for fox-hunting scenes, he also painted various other rural and sporting subjects.
[Ref: 37552]   £450.00  
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[Tin potter] Potier d'etain. Zinngiesser.
[Tin potter] Potier d'etain. Zinngiesser.
[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").
The interior of a workshop: on the right one craftsman pours molten tin; behind two workers use a lathe to straighten a pot.
[Ref: 36598]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Tin Smith] Ferblantier. Weisblechner.
[Tin Smith] Ferblantier. Weisblechner.
[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").
The interior of a tin smithy, one man making a water pipe.
[Ref: 36608]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Tin-Plate Worker.
Tin-Plate Worker.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand-coloured engraving. 102 x 63mm. 4 x 2½". Cut and laid on album scrap.
Tin-Plate, or tin sheets, as they are usually called, is a composition of iron and tin, not melted together, but the iron in plates is dipped into a vessel of melted tin, or the iron in bars is covered over with tin, or the iron in bars is covered over with tin, and then flatted or drawn out by means of mills. From "The Book of Trades or Library of Useful Arts".
[Ref: 25533]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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The Tobacco-Manufactory in different Branches.
The Tobacco-Manufactory in different Branches.
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine 1750 for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard London.
Engraving, sheet 200 x 240mm. 8 x 9½". Trimmed to plate; two vertical folds (as normal), one tearing from top.
For the Universal Magazine.
[Ref: 13715]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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The Tobacco-Manufactory in different Branches.
The Tobacco-Manufactory in different Branches.
Engrvaed for the Univsal Magazine 1750 for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St Pauls Church Yard London.
Engraving. Sheet: 240 x 200mm (9½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate.
A scene showing figures at work producing tobacco.
[Ref: 44596]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Dealer in Tobacco & Snuff.
Dealer in Tobacco & Snuff.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 245 x 165mm (9¾ x 6½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
An advert showing a young highlander and a native American leaning against a barrell of tobacco. Surrounding the scene are several articles relating to tobacco e.g. 'Love's Progress of a Tobaconist', 'Lins on Tobaker' and 'Grammatical Smoking'.
[Ref: 48594]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Toby.
Toby.
J. Parry del.t. A: Van Assen Sculp.t.
London, Pub.d Nov.1 1804, by J. Parry, No.5, Bentinck Street.
Coloured etching. 145 x 115mm (5¾ x 4½"). Stained.
A fell-length caricature portrait of a black man walking along, supporting himself on two sticks, a bandana covering his eyes. According to 'Portraits of Curious Characters in London', 1814, he worked on a merchant ship sailing from Bermuda to Memel (Lithuania) during which time he lost his toes to frostbite. He then travelled aboard the Lord Nelson Privateer to London, where he ended up on the streets begging. However he exaggerated his infirmities and spoke Bermudan patois to confuse potential benefactors.
See ref: 16231, 16235, 16242 & 16243
[Ref: 62060]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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The Toy Shop.
The Toy Shop.
[n.d., c.1790].
Etching, very rare. Sheet: 120 x 125mm (4¾ x 5"). Trimmed within plate. Sightly foxed.
Scene set within a decorative oval in which two woman stand in a toy shop, one looks in a box and weeps while the shop keeper leans over the counter looking concerned. The eighteenth century 'toyshop' was not restricted only to children's playthings but sold all sorts of trinkets and decorative items and 'toymen' would often double as jewellers and watchmakers.
[Ref: 35104]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Marchande de Moulins a vent.
Marchande de Moulins a vent. pleurez, pleurez petits enfants, vous aurez des moulins de vent. No. 64.
Carle Vernet. S. lith de Delpech.
[Paris, n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 300 x 140mm (11¾ x 5½").
A woman selling toys including windmills, parasols and drums from a basket. One of a series, 'Cris de Paris', depicting Parisian street vendors, lithographed by François Séraphin Delpech (1778-1825) after Antoine Charles Horace (Carle) Vernet (1758-1836).
[Ref: 33232]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Trades.] Tab: XX.
[Trades.] Tab: XX.
D. Chodowiecki del. Schleuen fc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 190 x 240mm (7½ x 9½"), with large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate on left edge.
Four scenes showing various trades including blacksmiths, carriage makers, men working a spit and wagons and barges being loaded. From a series engraved by Johann David Schleuen (1711-1771) after Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801).
[Ref: 46416]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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[Trades and Professions.] Tab XLVIII.
[Trades and Professions.] Tab XLVIII.
D. Chodowiecki inv: & sculp.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 180 x 230mm (7 x 9"), with large margins. Marking.
Three scenes showing various trades and professions. The first shows figures walking to a classical building, the second shows a teacher instructing a class of young boys, on the walls are various diagrams of anatomy, botany and a rhinoceros. The final scene shows a preacher leading a congregation. From a series by German artist Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801).
[Ref: 46417]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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[Trades and Professions.] Tab LV.
[Trades and Professions.] Tab LV.
[D. Chodowiecki.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 180 x 230mm (7 x 9½"), with large margins.
Four scenes showing various trades and professions. The top left scene shows men working on various furs to make hats and coats, the second scene shows a tanner working on a hide. The third scene shows a potter working at a potter's wheel while other figures work in the pottery; the final scene shows a glass blower blowing glass. The final scene shows a preacher leading a congregation. From a series by German artist Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801).
[Ref: 46418]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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[Trades and Professions.] Tab. XIV.
[Trades and Professions.] Tab. XIV.
D. Chodowiecki del. G. Chodowiecki sc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 180 x 230mm (7 x 9½"), large margins. Light foxing.
Two vignettes, the first showing a carriage driving through a landscape, the second shows various barges and rafts being sailed or pulled down a river. From a series by German artist Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801).
[Ref: 46419]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Trunk Maker.
Trunk Maker.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured etching. 172 x 102mm. 6¾ x 4".
A trunk maker in his workshop with a hammer nailing metal brackets to a trunk.
[Ref: 20624]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Trunk Maker.
Trunk Maker.
Wood engraving. Sheet: 100 x 170mm (4 x 6¾").
A scene in a trunk maker's workshop showing a figure hammering a chest. From 'The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts'.
[Ref: 44625]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Trunk Maker.
Trunk Maker.
[n.d., c.1818.]
Engraving, with two sheets of letterpress. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½'').
An illustration of a trunk maker in his workshop, working on a trunk, with text.
[Ref: 50487]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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[Turner] Tourneur. Dreher.
[Turner] Tourneur. Dreher.
[after Jean-Frédéric Wentzel] Lith. C. Fasoli et Ohlman à Strasbg.
[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"). Some paper traces stuck on gum arabic.
A turner's workshop, with a man shaping wood on a large lathe.
[Ref: 36605]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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A Vegetable Market.
A Vegetable Market.
Painted by Ja. Ward Painter & Engraver to H.R.H. Prince of Wales. Engraved by Wm. Ward.
London. Pub. May 1, 1803 by Messrs. Wards & Co. No. 6 Newman Street.
Mezzotint. 410 x 485mm.
A prolific artist, James Ward. R.A (1769-1859) was one of the finest animal, portrait, and landscape painters of Regency England. Brittle, pious, and argumentative, Ward worked well into the mid-19th century, creating dynamic compositions that epitomized Romanticism. He was devoted to the art of Rubens and Van Dyck, and emulated them more than any of his contemporaries.
Frankau, Ref: 303.
[Ref: 6468]   £1,450.00  
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Crieur de peaux de Connin
Crieur de peaux de Connin Ce drole crie a pleine teste Ayant retroussé son chapeau, Que s'il na pas mange la beste Du moins il achete la peau.
R. Bonnart del. Chez H. Bonnart au Coq avec privillege.
Paris [n.d. c.1680-1700].
Etching and engraving, 17th century watermark. 270 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼") very large margins. Creasing in title area. Some toning along top margin.
A vendor selling rabbit skins, holding one of the skins. Engraved by Robert Bonnart and published by Henri Bonnart II, known for the breadth of their works of contemporary French costume and fashion.
[Ref: 54898]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Royal Arms, as Executed in the Carved Wood supplied by The Patent Wood Carving Company,
Royal Arms, as Executed in the Carved Wood supplied by The Patent Wood Carving Company, Ranelagh Road, Thames Bank, Pimlico.
Bayliss Lith.r.
[n.d., 1851?]
Lithograph. Printed border 295 x 230mm (11½ x 9"), with very wide margins.
The Patent Wood Carving Company displayed examples of their machine-carved furniture at the Great Exhibition of 1851, publishing illustrations of their exhibits.
[Ref: 53413]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Les Vivandiers Pair.]
[Les Vivandiers Pair.]
Ch. Eisen inv. et del. / P.F. Tardieu Sculp
A Paris chés Tardieu Graveur du Roy, rue du Platre, la deuxieme porte cochere, a gauche entrant par la rue St. Jacques Avec Privilege du Roy [c.1770]
A pair of fine engravings, each sheet 210 x 235mm (8¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
A pair of engravings the first showing a group of vivandiers, merchants who accompany the army to sell provisions to the soldiers. Engraving after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45102]   £480.00   view all images for this item
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No. 38. [Waggon.]
No. 38. [Waggon.]
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805. [but c.1820.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 260 x 365mm, 10½ x 14¼", watermarked 'J Whatman 1818'.
A covered wagon drawnby eight horses, published in 'The Costume of Great Britain', a work notable for portraying British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430, 38.
[Ref: 27028]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Ein Kellner. [A Waiter.]
Ein Kellner. [A Waiter.]
CL fecit. [Monogram of Caspar Luyken.]
C. Weigel exc: [Nuremberg: n.d., c.1700.]
Rare engraving, image border 250 x 190mm. 9¾ x 7½". Lacking left margin.
A waiter with apron in a landscape holding up a large glass drinking vessel; bowl in left hand, house or inn to background. Published by Christoph Weigel (1654 - 1725); from a series of trades.
[Ref: 21794]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Wardmote Inquest.]
[Wardmote Inquest.]
[W.H. Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albermarle Street, Jan.y. 1. 1805.
Hand-coloured aquatint, with letterpress sheet. Sheet: 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14½"). Staining on right edge, staple in top right corner.
A plate from 'Costume of Great Britain' showing a member of the Wardmote Inquest in his uniform supervising the weighing of some items. Weights & measures officer.
[Ref: 44614]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Warstone Brewery. Alex.r Forrest & Sons.
Warstone Brewery. Alex.r Forrest & Sons.
[Anon., c.1820]
Engraving, platemark 115 x 190mm (4½ x 7½").
Warstone Brewery, situated in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham. This engraving shows kilns for drying hops and a cart loaded with barrels of beer leaving the premises.
[Ref: 43692]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Watch Maker.
Watch Maker.
[c. 1810.]
Engraving. Sheet: 85 x 125mm (3¼ x 5").
The interior of a watch maker's workshop with a watch maker working at his bench.
[Ref: 44649]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Watch Maker.
Watch Maker.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand-coloured engraving. 102 x 63mm. 4 x 2½". Cut and laid on album scrap.
Watch-making is an employment so well known as to require no description, but it is usually combined, particularly in the country with that of clock-making. A man sat at his workbench cutting small fascias for a watch, grandfather and other clocks are seen. From "The Book of Trades or Library of Useful Arts".
[Ref: 25534]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Le Porteur d'Eau.
Le Porteur d'Eau. Ce porteur d'eau, à bien la mine De conuertir son eau en vin, Et d'en boire tant de chopine, Qu'il avalera tout son gain.
J. Bonnart fecit.
Chez H. Bonnart, rue S.t Iacques vis a vis le Mathurins avec privil. [n.d. c.1680-1700].
Etching and engraving, 17th century watermark. 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7½"), with very large margins. Stains in top margin. Faint spotting and stains in image and title area.
A water carrier or seller carrying two buckets. Engraved by Jean-Baptiste Bonnart and published by Henri Bonnart II, known for the breadth of their works of contemporary French costume and fashion.
[Ref: 54894]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Water Carrier &c.
Water Carrier &c.
Etched by R.B. Peake.
Published for William Fearman, Library, New Bond Street, Jan.y 1819.
Hand-colouered aquatint. Plate: 215 x 250mm (8½ x 9¾''). Trimmed.
A scene in a French sheet showing two nuns walking side by side, a man dragging a cart with a water barrel and other street traders. Advert for dentist on wall "La Presle Dentiste".
[Ref: 50648]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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No. 27. [Waterman to a Coach Stand.]
No. 27. [Waterman to a Coach Stand.]
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805.
Hand coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 10").
A man carrying two buckets of water to horses harnessed to their coaches. The print was published in 'The Costume of Great Britain', a work notable for portraying British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 28716]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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The Whitening of Wax. [&] The Working of Wax into Rolls. [&] The Making of Wax-tapers and Candles.
The Whitening of Wax. [&] The Working of Wax into Rolls. [&] The Making of Wax-tapers and Candles.
[n.d., 1763.]
Three engravings. Each sheet c. 170 x 195mm (6¾ x 7¾"), with three sheets of letterpress. Original folds, slight offset from text.
From 'Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses On such Particulars of Natural History As were thought most proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth'.
[Ref: 60859]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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[Four women weavers at their looms.]
[Four women weavers at their looms.]
Erlini (?) inv.et inc. [faint mss. in ink lower right.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etching highlighted with white crayon on coarse album paper, sheet 240 x 408mm.
Continental etching.
[Ref: 7779]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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The Wedding Ring.
The Wedding Ring.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet:140 x 100mm (5½ x 4''). Trimmed. Laid on album sheet.
A scene in a jeweller's shop showing a young sailor putting a ring on his wife's finger while the jeweller looks on from behind the counter.
[Ref: 49594]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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'Fallow Deer' Wedgwood, Etruria England.
'Fallow Deer' Wedgwood, Etruria England.
Engraving for Wedgwood Pottery.
c. 1910.
Engraving 275mm diameter. Laid on old mount.
Charming rural scene with two fallow deer in foreground. Stamped. As per Title.
[Ref: 405]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Wedgwood & Byerley. York Street. St. James's Square.
Wedgwood & Byerley. York Street. St. James's Square. For No.2 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts.
Published Feby. 1809, at 101, Strand, London.
Scarce coloured aquatint, part J. Whatman watermarked paper. 130 x 215mm (5¼ x 8½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, mounted in album paper.
The interior of the 'Wedgwood and Byerley' London showrooms at York Street, St James's Square, showing figures looking at chinaware laid out on tables and on view in display cases. A plate from the 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was 'Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics': it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 58198]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Material=Ramme.
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)
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[Wheelwright] Charron. Wagner.
[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)
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[Wine harvest]
[Wine harvest] Vendemmia
Marco Ricci pinx.t Chatelain fecit Goupy direxit [c.1740s]
Etching, J. Whatman watermark; platemark 330 x 440mm (13 x 17¼"); large margins. Tears from top edge. Loss in margin at top right.
Man treading grapes in a barrel on wheels on right, with woman carrying a basket of grapes nearby. Several figures picking fruit from trees on left. One of a set of eight etchings after Marco Ricci originally published together by Joseph Goupy. Ricci (1676 - 1730) was a landscape painter who spent much of the period 1708-16 in England.
[Ref: 40662]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Wine Press.]
[Wine Press.]
Printed for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms St Paul's Church Yard. 1747.
Engraving. Plate: 220 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"), with large margins. Vertical creases as normal.
Two digarams one showing a wine press, the second showing a cider press.
[Ref: 44600]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[Advert.] Winnowing Machine. Drill Plough.
[Advert.] Winnowing Machine. Drill Plough. Chambers & Co. Wolverhampton 1813 [Printed in reverse.]
[1816.]
Engraving. Sheet: 170 x 170mm (6¾ x 6¾''). Trimmed, creasing.
Two diagrams of machines designed and produced by James Chambers & Co.
[Ref: 49057]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Wire Drawer.
Wire Drawer.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand-coloured engraving. 102 x 63mm. 4 x 2½". Cut and laid on album scrap.
The Wire-Drawer reduces rods of different metals into smaller sizes, in order to render them proper for use in various trades, and for manufactures, and also many other purposes. From "The Book of Trades or Library of Useful Arts".
[Ref: 25536]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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le Fendeur de Bois.
le Fendeur de Bois. Autre fois j'ay fendu du Bois pour Cupidon, Je voudrois bien encor en donner des lecons, Mais ce grand nombre d'ans, de mois, et de jour.née On trop emoussé ma cognée.
J. Bonnart f. Chez N. Bonnart, rue S.t Jacques a l'aigle avec privil.
Paris, [n.d. c.1674-1726].
Etching, 17th century watermark. 275 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½") very large margins. Tear near top left corner. Stains across image and sheet.
A woodcutter carrying a basket and saw on his back and leaning on a walking stick. Engraved by Jean-Baptiste Bonnart and published by Nicolas Bonnart. Though there are strong similarities among groups of engravings by the Bonnart brothers, there is no evidence this was published as part of a set.
[Ref: 54887]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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