Rogerus Long S.T.P. Aulae Pemb. Cantab. Custos. Astronomiae et Geometriae Professor Lowndesianus. R.S.S. A.D. 1769. Aetat. 89.
B. Wilson pinxt. Edw. Fisher Sculp.
[Publish'd as the Act directs 14 July 1769. & sold at the Golden Head southside of Leicester Square.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom
Roger Long (1680 - 1770), divine and astronomer, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, between 1733 and 1770. He constructed a "zodiack", now considered to be the first planetarium, a hollow sphere that could hold thirty people, showing the movements of the planets and constellations; it remained in the grounds of Pembroke until 1871. CS 39, unlisted state with publication line removed.
[Ref: 62767] £380.00
[26 plates from 'Lord’s entire new system of ornithology'.]
[after Thomas Lord.]
[London: Thomas Lord, 1791-6.]
26 etchings with fine hand colour. Plates various sizes, c.300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"), all but one with very good margins. 'Dunlis' trimmed into plate at top, a few plates with a little spotting.
A collection of plates from ''Lord’s entire new system of ornithology; wonderful colour of this very scarce publication. Or oecumenical history, of British birds... The writing corrected, & embellish'd, by the Rev.d Dr. Dupree'', a series of 114 bird prints, which was published by subscription in 38 parts between 1791 until 1796. The plates, after drawings by Lord, showed the birds as close to actual size as possible. Unfortuately the series ground to a halt and few complete examples exist, with most lacking some or all of the last part. This collection includes six hawks, two owls, a woodpecker, magpie, goldfinch and plover.
[Ref: 62786] £3,200.00
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House of Lords. N.o 52.
Pugin & Rowlandson, del.t. et sculp.t. J. Bluck aqua.t.
London, Pub. 1.st. Jan. 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 270 x 220mm (10½ x 8¾"), with very large margins.
Interior view of the House of Lords in session in which robed figures regard a standing man addressing the room. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin. Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 62689] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Her Royal Highness princess Louisa Anne. Born March y.e 8,th 1749.
J. St. Liotard pinx.t. Rich.d Houston Fecit.
[Publish'd by Sam.l Okey the Corner of St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, thread margins elsewhere.
A half-length portrait of Louisa Anne (1749-68), aged about five. The daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales and sister of George III, she died of tuberculosis, aged 19. Jean-Etienne Liotard's original pastel on vellum was commissioned by Augusta, Princess of Wales, in 1754. It it still in the Royal Collection (RCIN 400900). CS 72. Ex Collection: Lawsonii
[Ref: 62760] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Luzerne vers le Righi, pris le Gutsch.
Zurich chez R. Dikenman peintre Rindermarkt 353 [n.d., c.1820].
Aquatint with fine gouache colour and gum arabic highlights. 195 x 240mm (7¾ x 9½"), with large margins. Marks in unprinted area.
A superb view looking across Lucerne towards Mount Rigi.
[Ref: 62684] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Near Lucknow.
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by Capt.n J. Luard. Printed by Hullmandel.
[London, c.1835.]
Lithograph on chine collé. 285 x 200mm (11¼ x 8"), with large margins. Soiling on backing sheet.
A general view of Indian temple architecture with a pair of camels tethered in the foreground. From 'Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar ' by Major John Luard (1790-1875) of the 16th Lancers. Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 63279] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
N. Lupot. Dessiné par Dubois, Gravé par Kamermann.
[Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin, c.1900.]
One photogravure, 2 photographs. Largest 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾"). Mounted on album paper.
A copy of a lithographic portrait of Nicolas Lupot (1758-1824) famed luthier (violin maker), often called 'The French Stradivarius', with photographic images of the fronts and backs of two of his violins. Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin also operated in London and New York as the Berlin Photographic Company c.1880-c.1920.
[Ref: 62809] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Great Wall of China, called Van-Lee-Tching, or Wall of Ten Thousand Lee taken near the pass of Cou-Pe-Koo.
Drawn by W. Alexander, from a sketch by H. W. Parish. Medland sculp.
London, published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving. 500 x 360mm. (19½ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate on left, scuffed and soiled, repaired tear. Messy.
A view showing the Great Wall of China within a mountainous landscape, with a fort in the left foreground, and others at intervals along the way. Plate 24 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 63050] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Catharina Macaulay.
I. B. Cipriani D. I. Basire S. MDCCLXVII.
[c.1768.]
Engraving. 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½").
Portrait of Catherine Graham when Mrs Macaulay (1731–91), head only in profile to left with pearl choker and earrings, in a circle within a wreath, a medallion with a procession of four figures inscribed 'Brutus' below main image; after Cipriani, frontispiece to vol III of her 'History of England' (London, 1767). Although the publication date on the titlepage of the volume is 1767, this print was issued in 1768, being advertised in the Public Advertiser, 11 June 1768, as showing her 'in the character of the Libertas on the Medals of Brutus and Cassius'. Macaulay (1731 – 1791), was an English Whig republican historian. She was privately educated, and her readings in Greek and Roman history included her enthusiasm for libertarian and republican ideals. Following her marriage to the Scottish physician George Macaulay in 1760, she began her History of England from the Accession of James I to That of the Brunswick Line, published in eight volumes between 1763 and 1783, in which she championed the Parliamentary cause, condemned Oliver Cromwell as a tyrant, and found her own republican ideals reflected in the parliamentarian John Hampden.
[Ref: 63192] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Samuel Madden DD. Aetatis suae. 68: 1755.
Robert Hunter delineavit. Richard Purcell Sculpsit.
Publish'd and Sold by William Wilkinson, in Chequer Lane, Dublin [n.d. c.1780].
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Trimmed to plate, creasing in centre
A portrait of Rev. Samuel Madden (1686 - 1765), seated in his library. He was one of the co-founders of the 'Dublin Society', begun in 1731 'to promote and develop agriculture, arts, industry, and science in Ireland'. Johnson said that his was 'a name which Ireland ought to honour'. CS: 54.
[Ref: 62763] £320.00
West Entrance to the Chapel of Magdalen College.
F. Mackenzie del.t. D. Havell sculp.t.
London, Pub.d Nov.r 1 1814, at 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Aquatint with fine hand colour, large margins on 3 sides; 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾").
The West entrance to the Chapel of Magdalen College, founded in 1458 by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord Chancellor.
[Ref: 62943] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the City of Malta, on the side of the Cotonere.
Drawn by the W. M. Craig, from the original by Goupy. E. Goodall sc.
[n.d., c.1800s.]
Engraving, sheet 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Crease in upper centre. Tiny tears down left margin.
Bird's eye view of the fortified harbour of Malta, looking towards Valetta.
[Ref: 63073] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Royal York Foundry & Stove Grate Manufactory.
Osborne & Co. Sc. London.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 155 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed into plate. Some foxing near title.
Interior view of the Royal York Foundry & Stove Grate factory.
[Ref: 63206] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Mary Magdelene?]
[by Karl Friedrich Holzman after Johann Eleazar Zeissig (Schenau).]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching with tone plate. Sheet 105 x 75mm (4 x 3"). Trimmed into image, laid on 19th century mount.
A woman prostrates before a cross, book and skull. The attribution is written in pencil on reverse.
[Ref: 62918] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Watch House, S.t Mary Lee Bone. Plate 91.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculpt. J. Bluck aquat.
London. Pub Sep.t 1.st 1809. at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101. Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 235 x 275mm (9¼ x 10¾"), with large margins.
Interior view; watchmen assembling for their nocturnal rounds, wearing heay brown coats, black caps and holding lanterns. A plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' (1808-9), a landmark publication in the documentation of London, bringing together two specialist artists, Thomas Rowlandson to design the figures and Augustus Pugin to provide the architectural draughtsmanship. The result was a series of scenes unprecedented in their combination of vivid activity and architectual accuracy. Abbey, Scenery: 212.91
[Ref: 62746] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
A View of St. Mary le Bone from the Bason.
[After Jean Baptiste Chatalain.]
[n.d., c.1756.]
Very rare etching. 260 x 145mm (10¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed into plate and backed onto album paper at edges.
View looking across the bason at the west end of Portland Place, towards Marylebone; elegantly dressed figures in foreground resting by the side of the water, a few figures swimming.
[Ref: 63203] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Habit of the Master of Ceremonies to the Grand Seignior in 1700. Maitre de Ceremonies du Grand Seigneaur. 2.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving, J. Whatman watermark. Plate 250 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾"). Large margins.
Portrait of a bearded man, whole-length standing turned slightly to the right, and looking to the left. He is wearing a turban and a fur-trimmed coat, and he holds a stick in his left hand. Plate 2 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 62880] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Matterhorn, from the North. Plate II.
J.J.B. del W.L.Walton lith. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton.
John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1849.
Lithograph, sheet 200 x 125mm (8 x 5"). Tiny crease upper right corner.
A view of the Matterhorn mountain of the Alps, which straddles the main watershed and border between Italy and Switzerland.
[Ref: 63066] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Matusiewic [facsimile signature].
August 1841. d'Orsay fecit.
Lithograph on chine collé. 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Backing sheet spotted and toned at edges.
A portrait of Count Matusiewicz, Russian ambassador in London, of Polish descent.
[Ref: 63229] £85.00
(£102.00 incl.VAT)
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.46. Or The Looking Glass. Vol. 4, Oct.r. 1, 1833.
[Printed by A Ducôte., and Illustrated by Robert Seymour.]
Published on the First of Every Month. By Tho.s. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Oct.r. 1, 1833.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½").
The Looking Glass No. 46. with numerous lithographic satires. 'The Ostrich, That hides its head & thinks itself safe', 'Reading the News,' 'The Wonderful Amphisboena, or Two-Headed Snake', and 'Applying the Stomach Pump to Three Great Corporate Bodies.' Sold for 3 shillings plain, 6 shillings coloured.
[Ref: 63158] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.40.
[Published on the First of Every Month. By Tho.s. McLean, 26, Haymarket. n.d., c.1830s.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½").
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.40. with numerous lithographic satires. 'Marital Squabbles', 'Dan's Dream,' 'Russian Interference Prevented', 'Lord S-T-S Bugleman', 'The Birmingham Juggler', and 'The Great Ministerial Eel.'
[Ref: 63159] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.41.
[Published on the First of Every Month. By Tho.s. McLean, 26, Haymarket. n.d., c.1830s.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½").
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.41. with numerous lithographic satires. 'Whig Manner of Clearing Away Incumbrances', 'Inconveniences That Might Have Arisen From the Ballot,' and 'Ma Conscience Here's a Pretty Brewing.'
[Ref: 63160] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.45.
[Published on the First of Every Month. By Tho.s. McLean, 26, Haymarket. n.d., c.1830s.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½"). Slight foxing on left.
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No. 45. with numerous lithographic satires. 'A Political Fable', 'The Meeting at Toplitz', 'Suppose the Marriage Act was Repealed', 'The Make Weight', 'Are these Peace Officers?', 'A Struggle for the First of September', and 'Attempting to Amend the Beer Act.'
[Ref: 63161] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.46.
[Published on the First of Every Month. By Tho.s. McLean, 26, Haymarket. n.d., c.1830s.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½").
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No. 46. with numerous lithographic satires. 'Expensive Mouthful', 'Sloe (Slow) But Sure Justice', 'The Fall of Corruption', 'Providing for a Brother', and 'Northern Geese.'
[Ref: 63162] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.48. Or The Looking Glass. Vol. 4, Dec. 1, 1833.
Published on the First of Every Month. By Tho.s. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Dec. 1, 1833.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½"). Two tiny tears on right margin.
The Looking Glass No. 48. with numerous lithographic satires. 'Louis Philippe in Danger, or the Journeymen Tailor's Rebellion.', and 'A Corporate Body Under the Operation of the Royal Commision'. Sold for 3 shillings plain, 6 shillings coloured.
[Ref: 63164] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.47.
[Published on the First of Every Month. By Tho.s. McLean, 26, Haymarket. n.d., c.1830s.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½").
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No. 47. with numerous lithographic satires. 'A Day at Dublin Castle' consisting of four satirical scenes: 'The Morning Toilet', 'Noon Day Occupations,' Evening Fatigues,' and 'Midnight Visions'.
[Ref: 63165] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Meldert Camp. Netherlands. Brabant.
[n.d. c.1820]
Ink and watercolour map. 175 x 235mm (7 x 9¼"). Trimmed and pasted on album paper.
A competent manuscript map of a military camp at Meldert, south east of Leuven. The map was probably drawn for a history of the Seven Years' War (1756-63). On the reverse is a printed map of the Low Countries from that period.
[Ref: 62828] £130.00
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
[By C. Deblois]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 47), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music, organ music and chamber music.
[Ref: 63252] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Habit of a Merchants Wife in Russia in 1765. Femme d'un Marchand Russe. 70
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving, J. Whatman watermark. Plate 240 x 200mm (9½ x 8"). Large margins.
Portrait of a Russian merchant's wife standing to right, and holding the hand of a child who is playing with a toy. Plate 70 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 62888] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Anne Merry] The Child of Nature.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Rare stipple, sheet 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Title bit messy.
Three-quarter length portrait of Anne Merry, when Miss Brunton, in character as Amanthis in Inchbald's 'Child of Nature,' in an oval, standing to the left with hands joined.
[Ref: 63041] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Merton Chapel.
A. Pugin del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
London Pub. 1st May 1813 at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"). Large margins on 3 sides.
A view of the interior of Merton Chapel, Oxford.
[Ref: 62962] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
Merton College. North Window of the Ante Chapel.
A. Pugin del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t.
London Pub. May 1st 1813 at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"), large margins. Tiny tear in the left margin.
A view of the exterior of Merton College, the North Window of the Ante Chapel, Oxford.
[Ref: 62963] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Jer,,h Meyer Esq.r R..A. Miniature Painter in Enamel to His Majesty 1789.
Dance Pinx.t. Pether fecit.
Mezzotint. 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼") very large margins. Some cockling of paper, paper crack in edge on image and inscription.
Hand and shoulders portrait of painter of miniatures Jeremiah Meyer RA (Jeremias Majer, 1735-89). His head is full-featured, but his body is composed of broad strokes, the result of Meyer dying before Nathaniel Dance finished the portrait. CS 24; Russell 24 state ii of ii.
[Ref: 62732] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Modern Celebrities.
[Glasgow: J.B. de Voto, n.d., c.1875.]
Photograph laid on printed backing card. 300 x 240mm (11¾ x 9½"). With wood-engraved index sheet. Some slight oxidisation.
A photographically reproduced montage of 78 portraits of politicians, churchmen, scientists and artists. The only women are Queen Victoria and the French Empress Eugénie, including Owen, Faraday, Hershell and Lincoln. David Livingston is described as 'the late' (1873); Pius IX is still pope (until 1878).
[Ref: 63295] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Modern Punch Maker. No. VII.
[after Isaac Cruikshank]
[n.d. c.1806]
Hand couloured etching, sheet 170 x 220mm (6¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet. Folds as issued.
A reduced version of the print made by Isaac Cruikshank and published by SW Fores. George III sits at a small oblong table making punch in a bowl decorated with a crown. Decanters containing heads stand on a side-table.. By the punch-bowl is a sugar-loaf with the head of Grenville, looking sideways at the bowl. A lemon with the profile of Tierney lies on the table. The King holds the ladle in his right hand, turning to the side-table to take up an orange with the features of Fox. He says: "Tho the Ingredient taken seperatly, may not be pleasing to every Palate yet when mixed together may go down with a tolerable relish." The three labelled decanters in the front row contain the heads of Sheridan 'Brandy', of Ellenborough in a judge's wig 'Water', and of Windham 'Rum'. Behind the orange is a bottle of 'Arrack' containing possibly the head of Fitzwilliam. On the left stands Erskine in Chancellor's wig and gown, holding the Purse of the Great Seal. He sips a glass of the punch, saying, "I dont think it is strong enough, this Arrack is very enticing stuff, I like the taste of the Orange, it makes the Punch pleasing, better without the lemmon there I think John Bull will like it now." See BM Satires 10532.
[Ref: 62892] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
Mojave Indians. U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys 35th Parallel. Indian Report.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 290mm (8½ x 11½").
Three Mohave tribes people, drawn by Balduin Möllhausen during the Whipple Expedition (1853-4). Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 63140] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny.] Monsigny.
Se vend chez Quenedey rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs No15 à Paris / Dép. à la Bib. Imp.
Dess: au Physionotrace et Gravé par Quenedey rue neuve des petits champs No15 à Paris 1809.
Aquatint. Sheet 240 x 155mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed slightly into plate.
Portrait of Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729 - 1817), French composer and a member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts.
[Ref: 63311] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Mont Blanc from above the Flégère. Plate IV.
J.J.B. del W.L.Walton lith. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton.
[John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1849.]
Lithograph, sheet 200 x 125mm (8 x 5"). End of publisher under title missing due to slight damage and creasing along lower margin.
A view of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, located on the French-Italian border.
[Ref: 63067] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
The R.t Honble Charles Earle of Halifax, Viscount Sunbury, Baron Halifax, first Commissioner of the Treasury, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surrey, Privy Councellor and Knight of the most Noble Order of ye Garter.
Keneler eques pinx. Drevet sculp.
[n.d., c.1716.]
Rare engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 365 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
A half-length portrait of Charles Montagu (1661-1715), 1st Earl of Halifax, after Godfrey Kneller.
[Ref: 63326] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Chain of Monte Rosa from the Riffelberg. Plate I.
J.J.B. del W.L.Walton lith. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton.
John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1849.
Lithograph, sheet 195 x 125mm (7¾ x 5"). Creasing along lower margin.
A view of Monte Rosa from the Riffelberg, a mountain massif in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps, on the border between Italy and Switzerland.
[Ref: 63065] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Ramparts at Montreuil 1817.
A. Long.
[n.d., c.1817.]
Rare amateur lithograph, sheet 210 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½"). Glued to original larger backing sheet.
An old fortress on the outskirts of Paris. Amelia Long (née Hume) (1772-1837), married Charles Long who was created Baron Farnborough in 1826. Lady Farnborough was Girtin's favourite pupil, and her work was widely admired by professional artists and drawing masters. For a sketchbook by the artist see V&A E.21080-1957.
[Ref: 62716] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Habit of Moorish Pilgrims returning from Mecca in 1586. Pelerins Maures, revenant de la Mecque. 71.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving, J. Whatman watermark. Plate 240 x 200mm (9½ x 8"). Large margins.
Portraits of two men, both whole-length standing. They are wearing turbans, each holding a large flag over their shoulder, the one on the left is bearded and wearing a fur-trimmed coat; the one on the right looking back at the first man. Plate 71 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 62859] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Habit of a Morisco Slave in 1568. Esclave Moraure. 92.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Plate 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Large margins. Word "Moraure" faded. Score mark on lower left of plate.
Portrait of a man, whole-length standing, his face in profile, and his right hand outstretched in front of him. He is wearing a turban with a ribbon behind flowing in the wind. Plate 92 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 62874] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Hon.ble Lady Essex Mostÿn.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. 1705. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") with large margins. Small tear in margin repaired left & right.
Portrait of Lady Essex Mostyn as a young woman holding flowers in her lap and wearing a plain, loose dress and robe. Lady Essex Mostyn was the daughter of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham. She married the Welsh politician Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Bt. (1673-1739), with whom she had thirteen children. CS 184.
[Ref: 63010] £360.00
Mozart.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 235 x 155mm (9¼ x 6"). Faint offsetting. Trimmed.
Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time.
[Ref: 63258] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
Habit of the Mufti, or chief Priest of the Turks in 1749. Le Mousti. 25.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving, J. Whatman watermark. Plate 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Large margins.
Portrait of a bearded man, whole-length standing, directed to the right. He is looking at a large book which he holds with both hands in front of him. Plate 25 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 62879] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Musick.
P. da Cortona Inv.t. R. Marcuard Sc.t.
Mango Exc.t. Publish'd According to Act of Parl.m 1st Sep.r 1777 for the Proprietor No. 150 Strand.
Fine stipple, printed in sanguine. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"), large margins.
A female figure, wearing a turban, a roll of sheet music in her left hand, her right resting on a violin. The British Museum suggests that the publisher is Jakob Mangot.
[Ref: 62927] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Music.]
G.B. Cipriani inv.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Nov.r 20. 1786, by W. Dickinson Engraver, Bond Street.
Stipple, proof before title, printed in brown. 200 x 285mm (7¾ x 11¼"). Thread margins.
Euterpe, the Muse of Music, with lyre and trumpet with accompanying putti, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85). De Vesme: 686. See Ref: 21212 for early proof.
[Ref: 62928] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Music for the Million.
London, J.T. Wood, 9 Curriers Hall C.t, London Wall [n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce steel engraving on porcelain card. 125 x 165mm (5 x 6½").
A pair of ragged urchins sit, one playing a trumpet, the other holding a music book 'The Light of Other Days has Faded'.
[Ref: 62830] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
New Musical Fund.
J. Ibbetson del. J. Thornthwaite sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple, rare subscriber's copy. Sheet 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"). Trimmed, losing venue & date, foxed.
Apollo stands on a cloud before an organ, lyre in hand, pouring coins from a cornucopia into a widow's apron, her two children clinging to her dress. Behind is a group of musicians. The New Musical Fund was established 16 April 1786. The British Museum has examples of this image dated from 1788 to 1796. See BM 1969,0130.4 for the earliest example. Subscriber In ink verso "Edmund Warren-Horne". See Ref: 62793 for one printed in sepia.
[Ref: 62794] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)