A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Portrait of a Woman]](jpegs/48859.jpg)
[Portrait of a Woman]
To be sold at F. Vivares in great Newport Street London. [n.d., c.1780.]
Colour-printed stipple. Sheet: 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7''). Trimmed.
A portrait of a woman in classical dress, her hair decorated with pearls.
[Ref: 48859] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
To be sold at F. Vivares in great Newport Street London. [n.d., c.1780.]
Colour-printed stipple. Sheet: 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7''). Trimmed.
A portrait of a woman in classical dress, her hair decorated with pearls.
[Ref: 48859] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman in riding dress] In her love darting Eyes awakes the Fires [...]](jpegs/54805.jpg)
[Woman in riding dress] In her love darting Eyes awakes the Fires [...]
Jos. Vanhaecken pinx. Alex. Van haecken fe.
Sold by T. Jefferys in the Strand and W. Herbert on London Bridge. [n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint. 460 x 310mm (18 x 12¼"). Thread margins, some restoration, laid on archival paper, with modern paper border.
A full length portrait of a woman in riding dress, a whip hanging from the wrist. Originally published by the engraver, Alexander Van Haecken.
CS 22, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 54805] £650.00
Jos. Vanhaecken pinx. Alex. Van haecken fe.
Sold by T. Jefferys in the Strand and W. Herbert on London Bridge. [n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint. 460 x 310mm (18 x 12¼"). Thread margins, some restoration, laid on archival paper, with modern paper border.
A full length portrait of a woman in riding dress, a whip hanging from the wrist. Originally published by the engraver, Alexander Van Haecken.
CS 22, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 54805] £650.00
Habit of a Woman of Africa in 1581. Africaine. 86.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Large margins.
A woman, whole-length standing, turned and looking to the left with face in profile. She is wearing necklaces and a cape which she holds with her left hand, her right hand in front of her. Plate 86 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: 62849] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Large margins.
A woman, whole-length standing, turned and looking to the left with face in profile. She is wearing necklaces and a cape which she holds with her left hand, her right hand in front of her. Plate 86 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: 62849] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Habit of a Woman of East India in 1581. Femme des Indes Orientales. 80.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Plate 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Large margins. Slight staining in left margin.
A full-length portrait of a woman standing, turned to the left, glancing towards the viewer. She is holding a large plant in her right hand and a branch with two fruit in her left. Plate 80 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: 62841] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Plate 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Large margins. Slight staining in left margin.
A full-length portrait of a woman standing, turned to the left, glancing towards the viewer. She is holding a large plant in her right hand and a branch with two fruit in her left. Plate 80 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: 62841] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Female bust in profile]](jpegs/47693.jpg)
[Female bust in profile]
[Thomas Worlidge? c.1750]
Etching, platemark 75 x 65mm (3 x 2½"), with large margins.
[Ref: 47693] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Worlidge? c.1750]
Etching, platemark 75 x 65mm (3 x 2½"), with large margins.
[Ref: 47693] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman Wearing a Diadem.] 110.](jpegs/48218.jpg)
[Woman Wearing a Diadem.] 110.
[Thomas Worlidge.] T.W. 1760.
Etching. Blindstamp. Plate: 50 x 50mm (2 x 2'') very large margins.
A portrait of a young woman. Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. The '110' in the top left corner corresponds with a catalogue of prints produced by Worlidge's widow Mary in 1767 along with reissued prints.
[Ref: 48218] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Worlidge.] T.W. 1760.
Etching. Blindstamp. Plate: 50 x 50mm (2 x 2'') very large margins.
A portrait of a young woman. Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. The '110' in the top left corner corresponds with a catalogue of prints produced by Worlidge's widow Mary in 1767 along with reissued prints.
[Ref: 48218] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Femme Méditant sur un Livre.]](jpegs/39113.jpg)
[Femme Méditant sur un Livre.]
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Etching. Plate: 240 x 270mm (9½ x 10½"). Very large margins.
A young woman wearing a shawl over the head and shoulders leans over a book, resting her head on her hands.
de Vesme: 2160 II of II.
[Ref: 39113] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Etching. Plate: 240 x 270mm (9½ x 10½"). Very large margins.
A young woman wearing a shawl over the head and shoulders leans over a book, resting her head on her hands.
de Vesme: 2160 II of II.
[Ref: 39113] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Femme Méditant sur un Livre.]](jpegs/39114.jpg)
[Femme Méditant sur un Livre.]
[Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.]
Etching. Proof before letters; Plate: 240 x 270mm (9½ x 10½"). Very large margins.
A young woman wearing a shawl over the head and shoulders leans over a book, resting her head on her hands.
de Vesme: 2160, I of II.
[Ref: 39114] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
[Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.]
Etching. Proof before letters; Plate: 240 x 270mm (9½ x 10½"). Very large margins.
A young woman wearing a shawl over the head and shoulders leans over a book, resting her head on her hands.
de Vesme: 2160, I of II.
[Ref: 39114] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Woman Sewing.]](jpegs/1218.jpg)
[A Woman Sewing.]
J. Chalon [illegible] et f. 1792 [scratched indistinctly in plate upper left].
Etching. 135 x 105mm. Glued at left edge to card.
Original etching by John Chalon [1738 - 1795]. Born in Amsterdam, Chalon came to work in London to take advantage of the strong market in prints in England at the time. He is best known for his copies of Rembrandt's etched works. In 1802, after the artist's death, C. Josi published 'The Compleat Work of Etchings By John Chalon'. Limited to an edition of 50, it contains 100 of his plates, including this one.
BM: 51-12-13-853.
[Ref: 1218] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chalon [illegible] et f. 1792 [scratched indistinctly in plate upper left].
Etching. 135 x 105mm. Glued at left edge to card.
Original etching by John Chalon [1738 - 1795]. Born in Amsterdam, Chalon came to work in London to take advantage of the strong market in prints in England at the time. He is best known for his copies of Rembrandt's etched works. In 1802, after the artist's death, C. Josi published 'The Compleat Work of Etchings By John Chalon'. Limited to an edition of 50, it contains 100 of his plates, including this one.
BM: 51-12-13-853.
[Ref: 1218] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman Sleeping]](jpegs/42463.jpg)
[Woman Sleeping]
Drawn by T. Harper
[n.d., c.1830]
Stipple printed in colour, sheet 205 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed around image and artist's name. Very fine impression.
Stipple after Thomas Harper (1817-43, fl.), portrait and miniature painter who specialised in attractive pictures of women such as his 'Beauties of Brighton'.
[Ref: 42463] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by T. Harper
[n.d., c.1830]
Stipple printed in colour, sheet 205 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed around image and artist's name. Very fine impression.
Stipple after Thomas Harper (1817-43, fl.), portrait and miniature painter who specialised in attractive pictures of women such as his 'Beauties of Brighton'.
[Ref: 42463] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Femme Debout, Tenant entre ses Mains un un Livre Ouvert.]](jpegs/39115.jpg)
[Femme Debout, Tenant entre ses Mains un un Livre Ouvert.] `
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Etching. Plate: 240 x 270mm (9½ x 10½"). Very large margins.
A young woman stands, facing slightly to the left, her hands resting on a large open book.
de Vesme: 2159 II of II.
[Ref: 39115] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Etching. Plate: 240 x 270mm (9½ x 10½"). Very large margins.
A young woman stands, facing slightly to the left, her hands resting on a large open book.
de Vesme: 2159 II of II.
[Ref: 39115] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman in a rustic setting]](jpegs/12187.jpg)
[Woman in a rustic setting]
Painted by John Grassi. Engraved by Geo Townley Stubbs.
Publish'd as the Act directs June 15th. 1786, by H. Humphrey, No 51, New Bond Street.
Stipple and etching in brown ink, proof before title, 250 x 185mm. 9¾ x 7¼". A fine impression with good margins.
A woman in a landscape looking directly at the viewer; a man watching and cocking an ear to eavesdrop in the background. Engraved by George Townly Stubbs (1756? - 1815), engraver and printseller, son of George Stubbs.
See Lennox-Boyd: Appendix II, 35, plate published by G.T. Stubbs in March 1786.
[Ref: 12187] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by John Grassi. Engraved by Geo Townley Stubbs.
Publish'd as the Act directs June 15th. 1786, by H. Humphrey, No 51, New Bond Street.
Stipple and etching in brown ink, proof before title, 250 x 185mm. 9¾ x 7¼". A fine impression with good margins.
A woman in a landscape looking directly at the viewer; a man watching and cocking an ear to eavesdrop in the background. Engraved by George Townly Stubbs (1756? - 1815), engraver and printseller, son of George Stubbs.
See Lennox-Boyd: Appendix II, 35, plate published by G.T. Stubbs in March 1786.
[Ref: 12187] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[A woman swearing her child to a Grave Citizen.]](jpegs/40351.jpg)
[A woman swearing her child to a Grave Citizen.] Here Justice triumphs in his Elbow Chair, / And makes his Market of the trading Fair; / His Office Shelves with Parish Laws are grac'd, / But Spelling Books and Guides between 'em plac'd. / Here pregnant Madam screens the real Sire, / And falsly swears her Bastard Child for Hire / Upon a Rich old Letcher, who denies / The Fact, and vows the naughty Hussif lies; / His Wife enrag'd, exclaims against her Spouse, / And Swears she'l be reveng'd upon his Brows; / The Jade, the Justice and Church Ward'ns agree, / And force him to provide Security.
W. Hogarth pinx. J. Sympson Jun.r Sculp.
Sold by J: Sympson Engraver and Print seller at the Dove in Russell Court, Drury Lane.
Engraving. On verso in ink "The justice is sin Tho's De Veil a striking likeness"; Sheet 295 x 340mm (11½ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper.
A pregnant woman falsely swears on the Bible that the horrified miser to left is the father. The judge is said to be Sir Thomas De Veil, the magistrate of Bow Street who appears in Hogarth's 'Times of Day'. Hogarth's original painting of c.1729 is now in the National Gallery of Ireland.
[Ref: 40351] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
W. Hogarth pinx. J. Sympson Jun.r Sculp.
Sold by J: Sympson Engraver and Print seller at the Dove in Russell Court, Drury Lane.
Engraving. On verso in ink "The justice is sin Tho's De Veil a striking likeness"; Sheet 295 x 340mm (11½ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper.
A pregnant woman falsely swears on the Bible that the horrified miser to left is the father. The judge is said to be Sir Thomas De Veil, the magistrate of Bow Street who appears in Hogarth's 'Times of Day'. Hogarth's original painting of c.1729 is now in the National Gallery of Ireland.
[Ref: 40351] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Je l'entens, je le crois, mais ce n'est qu'à demi, / Ce brillant Capitaine et tout son beau Langage [...]](jpegs/37107.jpg)
Je l'entens, je le crois, mais ce n'est qu'à demi, / Ce brillant Capitaine et tout son beau Langage [...]
C.P. Rottari pinx: L. Zucchi sc: [n.d., c.1750]
Engraving, sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
Portrait of a woman, with verses below seeming to indicate the subject's uncertainty about romantic overtures made to her. After Pietro Rotari (1707-62), painter of portraits and religious subjects. Afte spending the first part of his career in Italy, in the 1750s Rotari moved north, working in Vienna, Dresden and finally St Petersburg.
[Ref: 37107] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
C.P. Rottari pinx: L. Zucchi sc: [n.d., c.1750]
Engraving, sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
Portrait of a woman, with verses below seeming to indicate the subject's uncertainty about romantic overtures made to her. After Pietro Rotari (1707-62), painter of portraits and religious subjects. Afte spending the first part of his career in Italy, in the 1750s Rotari moved north, working in Vienna, Dresden and finally St Petersburg.
[Ref: 37107] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman holding a basket of Flowers, handing a garland to a small girl.]](jpegs/5634.jpg)
[Woman holding a basket of Flowers, handing a garland to a small girl.]
I.Smith ex:
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 190mm. Trimmed to edge of plate.
Behind is a fountain with a peeing cherub.
Wessely calls this "Die beiden Schwestern". Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5634] £350.00
I.Smith ex:
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 190mm. Trimmed to edge of plate.
Behind is a fountain with a peeing cherub.
Wessely calls this "Die beiden Schwestern". Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5634] £350.00
![[Woman holding a basket of Flowers, handing a garland to a small girl.]](jpegs/65046.jpg)
[Woman holding a basket of Flowers, handing a garland to a small girl.]
I. Smith ex:
[n.d., c.1700.]
Scarce mezzotint. 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Trimmed to image.
Behind is a fountain with a urinating cherub.
Wessely calls this "Die beiden Schwestern". Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65046] £380.00
I. Smith ex:
[n.d., c.1700.]
Scarce mezzotint. 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Trimmed to image.
Behind is a fountain with a urinating cherub.
Wessely calls this "Die beiden Schwestern". Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65046] £380.00
![[Portrait of Two Women in Headresses.]](jpegs/48860.jpg)
[Portrait of Two Women in Headresses.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching; Collector's Mark: G.A.C. Sheet: 195 x 160mm (7¾ x 6¼''). Staining. Trimmed.
A portrait of two women, one wears a veil and the second wears an ornate headress.
[Ref: 48860] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching; Collector's Mark: G.A.C. Sheet: 195 x 160mm (7¾ x 6¼''). Staining. Trimmed.
A portrait of two women, one wears a veil and the second wears an ornate headress.
[Ref: 48860] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
In ischietto vestir Leggiadra restra / Tasso.
C.P. Rottari pinx: L. Zucchi sc: [n.d., c.1750]
Engraving, sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Portrait of a woman with line from Torquato Tasso's 'La Gerusalemme liberata' ('Jerusalem Liberated'), a popular source in the 18th century. After Pietro Rotari (1707-62), painter of portraits and religious subjects. Afte spending the first part of his career in Italy, in the 1750s Rotari moved north, working in Vienna, Dresden and finally St Petersburg.
[Ref: 37106] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
C.P. Rottari pinx: L. Zucchi sc: [n.d., c.1750]
Engraving, sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Portrait of a woman with line from Torquato Tasso's 'La Gerusalemme liberata' ('Jerusalem Liberated'), a popular source in the 18th century. After Pietro Rotari (1707-62), painter of portraits and religious subjects. Afte spending the first part of his career in Italy, in the 1750s Rotari moved north, working in Vienna, Dresden and finally St Petersburg.
[Ref: 37106] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman with an oil lamp.]](jpegs/41435.jpg)
[Woman with an oil lamp.] From a Painting of Ger.d Dou, belonging to Cap.t Baillie.
W. Baillie sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Oct.1st. 1771.
Mezzotint. 155 x 230mm (6 x 9"), with good margins.
A night scene showing a woman leaning through a window, shielding the flame of a lamp with her hand. Engraved after a painting by Gerrit Dou (1613-75) by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who devoted himself to printmaking and dealing after retiring from the army in 1761. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 41435] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W. Baillie sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Oct.1st. 1771.
Mezzotint. 155 x 230mm (6 x 9"), with good margins.
A night scene showing a woman leaning through a window, shielding the flame of a lamp with her hand. Engraved after a painting by Gerrit Dou (1613-75) by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who devoted himself to printmaking and dealing after retiring from the army in 1761. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 41435] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman with an oil lamp.]](jpegs/62182.jpg)
[Woman with an oil lamp.] From a Painting of Ger.d Dou, belonging to Cap.t Baillie.
W. Baillie sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Oct.1st. 1771.
Mezzotint. 155 x 230mm (6 x 9"), with narrow margins. Mounted in album paper at sides.
A night scene showing a woman leaning through a window, shielding the flame of a lamp with her hand. Engraved after a painting by Gerrit Dou (1613-75) by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who devoted himself to printmaking and dealing after retiring from the army in 1761. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 62182] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
W. Baillie sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Oct.1st. 1771.
Mezzotint. 155 x 230mm (6 x 9"), with narrow margins. Mounted in album paper at sides.
A night scene showing a woman leaning through a window, shielding the flame of a lamp with her hand. Engraved after a painting by Gerrit Dou (1613-75) by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who devoted himself to printmaking and dealing after retiring from the army in 1761. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 62182] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman with a lantern] Dans ce sombre séjour dans cette nuit profonde,](jpegs/62469.jpg)
[Woman with a lantern] Dans ce sombre séjour dans cette nuit profonde, Qui semble rappeller l'ancien Cahos du Monde / J'allume la Chandelle, pour m'en aller Chercher / L'homme que Diogene ná jamais sceu Trouver.
Gerart Dou pinxit. C:H: Van Meurs Sculp:
[n.d., c.1670.]
Rare engraving. 360 x 285mm (14¼ x 11¼"), with a 17th century watermark and very large margins. Tear in platemark taped top right.
A woman lights a candle to put into a lantern, so she can look for Diogenes' 'honest man'.
[Ref: 62469] £380.00
Gerart Dou pinxit. C:H: Van Meurs Sculp:
[n.d., c.1670.]
Rare engraving. 360 x 285mm (14¼ x 11¼"), with a 17th century watermark and very large margins. Tear in platemark taped top right.
A woman lights a candle to put into a lantern, so she can look for Diogenes' 'honest man'.
[Ref: 62469] £380.00
![[Woman with lute.]](jpegs/25239.jpg)
[Woman with lute.]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour, French. Oval, 260 x 195mm, 10¼ x 7¾". Trimmed and laid on album paper, covered in clear varnish.
A romantic scene of a pensive woman, rose on a table, lute at her feet.
[Ref: 25239] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour, French. Oval, 260 x 195mm, 10¼ x 7¾". Trimmed and laid on album paper, covered in clear varnish.
A romantic scene of a pensive woman, rose on a table, lute at her feet.
[Ref: 25239] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Graecian woman, Emma Hamilton with lyre.]](jpegs/64758.jpg)
[Graecian woman, Emma Hamilton with lyre.]
London, Pub.d 20 Feb.y 1796, by G.T. Stubbs, at the Turf Gallery Conduit Street, and N.º 97, High Street, Mary-le-bone.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with very large margins. Spotting in margins. Very small wormhole top right.
Possibly Emma Hamilton, from the series 'Figures Drawn after the Graecian Manner'. Although Lennox-Boyd states that many of the series were copied from Friedrich Rehberg 'Drawings Faithfully Copied from Nature at Naples' (which recorded Emma Hamilton's 'Attitudes'), this is not one of those.
Lennox-Boyd et al: A Preliminar Checklist of Plates Engraved by George Townley Stubbs 74, & p.375.
[Ref: 64758] £360.00
London, Pub.d 20 Feb.y 1796, by G.T. Stubbs, at the Turf Gallery Conduit Street, and N.º 97, High Street, Mary-le-bone.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with very large margins. Spotting in margins. Very small wormhole top right.
Possibly Emma Hamilton, from the series 'Figures Drawn after the Graecian Manner'. Although Lennox-Boyd states that many of the series were copied from Friedrich Rehberg 'Drawings Faithfully Copied from Nature at Naples' (which recorded Emma Hamilton's 'Attitudes'), this is not one of those.
Lennox-Boyd et al: A Preliminar Checklist of Plates Engraved by George Townley Stubbs 74, & p.375.
[Ref: 64758] £360.00
![[Woman with pearl necklace.]](jpegs/52675.jpg)
[Woman with pearl necklace.]
Drawn by J.B. Ciprani. Engraved by J.K. Sherwin, Engraver to His Majesty, and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London, Pub.d Feb.y 15th 1787 by E. Wyatt, next the Pantheon, Oxford Street.
Stipple. Sheet 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate.
A woman in classical dress and headband, about to tie a pearl necklace around her neck.
[Ref: 52675] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J.B. Ciprani. Engraved by J.K. Sherwin, Engraver to His Majesty, and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London, Pub.d Feb.y 15th 1787 by E. Wyatt, next the Pantheon, Oxford Street.
Stipple. Sheet 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate.
A woman in classical dress and headband, about to tie a pearl necklace around her neck.
[Ref: 52675] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman with right hand raised.]](jpegs/14603.jpg)
[Woman with right hand raised.]
[Guercino del.]
[n.d. c.1770.]
Etching printed in brown ink. Plate 200 x 265mm. 7¾ x 10½". Uncut.
A girl with head-dress and veil raises her right hand.
[Ref: 14603] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
[Guercino del.]
[n.d. c.1770.]
Etching printed in brown ink. Plate 200 x 265mm. 7¾ x 10½". Uncut.
A girl with head-dress and veil raises her right hand.
[Ref: 14603] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman writing.]](jpegs/23396.jpg)
[Woman writing.]
Carel De Moor P. et fecit
[n.d., c.1690]
Mezzotint, platemark 162 x 127mm (6¼ x 5"). With margins. Rubbed. Two collector's stamps verso, one reading 'Lyn Mildé', the other of Louis Deglatigny (1854-1936)
Mezzotint of a woman writing, by Leiden artist Carel de Moor (1656-1738).
Lugt: 1768a (collector's stamp of L. Deglatigny). V. der Kellen No. 16 II
[Ref: 23396] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Carel De Moor P. et fecit
[n.d., c.1690]
Mezzotint, platemark 162 x 127mm (6¼ x 5"). With margins. Rubbed. Two collector's stamps verso, one reading 'Lyn Mildé', the other of Louis Deglatigny (1854-1936)
Mezzotint of a woman writing, by Leiden artist Carel de Moor (1656-1738).
Lugt: 1768a (collector's stamp of L. Deglatigny). V. der Kellen No. 16 II
[Ref: 23396] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The good Woman's Heart.
April 15th 1837.
Ink sketch on album paper with a printed border. A little toning of paper.
A sketch of a love-heart, divided into areas with titles like 'Virtue and Youth', 'Religion and Piety' & 'Love, Constancy and Modesty', 'Obedience and good nature'.
[Ref: 57258] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
April 15th 1837.
Ink sketch on album paper with a printed border. A little toning of paper.
A sketch of a love-heart, divided into areas with titles like 'Virtue and Youth', 'Religion and Piety' & 'Love, Constancy and Modesty', 'Obedience and good nature'.
[Ref: 57258] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Brighton beauty.]](jpegs/23128.jpg)
[A Brighton beauty.]
R.S.E.G. 1827.
Printed and Pub. by J. Booty, Brighton, July 6th, 1827.
Lithograph, scarce. Printed area 150 x 120mm, 6 x 4¾".
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman. Booty went bankrupt on October 5th, 1832.
[Ref: 23128] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
R.S.E.G. 1827.
Printed and Pub. by J. Booty, Brighton, July 6th, 1827.
Lithograph, scarce. Printed area 150 x 120mm, 6 x 4¾".
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman. Booty went bankrupt on October 5th, 1832.
[Ref: 23128] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Wombat.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 130 x 180mm (5 x 7"). Narrow bottom margin. Loss in title area.
A wombat, the Australian marsupial.
[Ref: 42425] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 130 x 180mm (5 x 7"). Narrow bottom margin. Loss in title area.
A wombat, the Australian marsupial.
[Ref: 42425] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Hairy-Nosed Wombat. Phascolomys Lasiorhinus.
[after Joseph Wolfe.]
[n.d., 1864.]
Coloured lithograph 585 x 440mm. [sheet].
The Zoological Sketches were commissioned by the Zoological Society as a record of the rare species of birds and animals in the Society's Gardens. - This pair of wombats arrived at the Gardens in spring 1862 having come from South Australia.
[Ref: 6679] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[after Joseph Wolfe.]
[n.d., 1864.]
Coloured lithograph 585 x 440mm. [sheet].
The Zoological Sketches were commissioned by the Zoological Society as a record of the rare species of birds and animals in the Society's Gardens. - This pair of wombats arrived at the Gardens in spring 1862 having come from South Australia.
[Ref: 6679] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Georgey à la Dandy.
Sketch'd by an Amateur - etched by G. CK.
Pub.d July 8th 1820 by G. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Trimmed, album paper glued over left edge, staining.
A dandy, head thrust forward and high shoulders, insignificant features with large squinting eyes, a top-hat with very curved brim on the side of his head, trousers strapped over high-heeled spurred boots, a riding-switch in his hand. In the background is a scarecrow mimicing his posture. George identifies him as Sir George Wombell (1769-1846), an amateur cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club.
BM: 14067.
[Ref: 43954] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sketch'd by an Amateur - etched by G. CK.
Pub.d July 8th 1820 by G. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Trimmed, album paper glued over left edge, staining.
A dandy, head thrust forward and high shoulders, insignificant features with large squinting eyes, a top-hat with very curved brim on the side of his head, trousers strapped over high-heeled spurred boots, a riding-switch in his hand. In the background is a scarecrow mimicing his posture. George identifies him as Sir George Wombell (1769-1846), an amateur cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club.
BM: 14067.
[Ref: 43954] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Wombell] A Big-Wig.](jpegs/60040.jpg)
[George Wombell] A Big-Wig.
Drawn. Etch.d & Pub.d by Rich.d Dighton. 1820 July 26.
Etching with wonderful hand colour. 270 x 180mm (10¾ x 7), with large margins. Tiny bit of staining.
Caricature of Sir George Wombell 3rd Baronet (1792-1855).
[Ref: 60040] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn. Etch.d & Pub.d by Rich.d Dighton. 1820 July 26.
Etching with wonderful hand colour. 270 x 180mm (10¾ x 7), with large margins. Tiny bit of staining.
Caricature of Sir George Wombell 3rd Baronet (1792-1855).
[Ref: 60040] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![G Wombwell [facsimile signature.]](jpegs/21881.jpg)
G Wombwell [facsimile signature.]
D'Orsay fecit avril 1841 - [signed in plate.]
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 160mm. 8 x 6¼".
Portrait of Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Bt (1792 - 1855). From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time
O'Donoghue p.531.
[Ref: 21881] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
D'Orsay fecit avril 1841 - [signed in plate.]
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 160mm. 8 x 6¼".
Portrait of Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Bt (1792 - 1855). From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time
O'Donoghue p.531.
[Ref: 21881] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Women of Egypt. Femmes d'Egypte.
R Dalton delt. et sculpt.
[London, n.d., c.1780s.]
Engraving on watermarked laid paper, 305 x 440mm. 12 x 17¼". Wide margins.
Egyptian women relaxing; a black serving-woman bringing drinks on a tray. Numbered 'Pl XXI' lower right. From a series of prints depicting the customs, manners, costume etc. of Turkey and Egypt, drawn and engraved by Richard Dalton (1715? - 1791). Dalton, who was trained as an artist, went to Rome to pursue his studies, and in 1749 travelled with Roger Kynaston and John Frederick to Naples and Sicily, where they joined a party consisting of James Caulfeild, Earl of Charlemont, Francis Pierpoint Burton, and others. From thence Dalton accompanied Lord Charlemont on his tour to Constantinople/Istanbul, Greece, and Egypt. Dalton managed to obtain the position of librarian to George III. He was subsequently appointed keeper of the pictures and antiquary to his majesty. He was one of the original members of the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1765, and became their treasurer. He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1767. 'Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt, with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, from Drawings made on the Spot.' was published in London in 1791 and is all three of Dalton's Tours in one volume.
DNB.
[Ref: 21966] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
R Dalton delt. et sculpt.
[London, n.d., c.1780s.]
Engraving on watermarked laid paper, 305 x 440mm. 12 x 17¼". Wide margins.
Egyptian women relaxing; a black serving-woman bringing drinks on a tray. Numbered 'Pl XXI' lower right. From a series of prints depicting the customs, manners, costume etc. of Turkey and Egypt, drawn and engraved by Richard Dalton (1715? - 1791). Dalton, who was trained as an artist, went to Rome to pursue his studies, and in 1749 travelled with Roger Kynaston and John Frederick to Naples and Sicily, where they joined a party consisting of James Caulfeild, Earl of Charlemont, Francis Pierpoint Burton, and others. From thence Dalton accompanied Lord Charlemont on his tour to Constantinople/Istanbul, Greece, and Egypt. Dalton managed to obtain the position of librarian to George III. He was subsequently appointed keeper of the pictures and antiquary to his majesty. He was one of the original members of the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1765, and became their treasurer. He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1767. 'Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt, with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, from Drawings made on the Spot.' was published in London in 1791 and is all three of Dalton's Tours in one volume.
DNB.
[Ref: 21966] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Women of Middle Egypt.
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron.
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼").
A pair of women resting in the ruins of a temple, hieroglyphics on the walls and columns behind. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile'. The artist, Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), was a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32083] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron.
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼").
A pair of women resting in the ruins of a temple, hieroglyphics on the walls and columns behind. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile'. The artist, Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), was a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32083] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Une Femme Montrant un Dessin a Deux Autres Femmes.]](jpegs/39118.jpg)
[Une Femme Montrant un Dessin a Deux Autres Femmes.]
[Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.]
Etching. Proof before letters. Plate: 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Very large margins.
A central woman, wearing a turban and holding a paint palette demonstrates her work to two further women.
de Vesme: 2127, I of II.
[Ref: 39118] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.]
Etching. Proof before letters. Plate: 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Very large margins.
A central woman, wearing a turban and holding a paint palette demonstrates her work to two further women.
de Vesme: 2127, I of II.
[Ref: 39118] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Les Femmes d'Aujourd'hui. Nouvelles Études sur la Toilette. Extraites de La Vie Parisienne.
En Vente aux Bureaux de La Vie Parisienne. Paris, 1882.
Pamphlet; folio, 390 x 290mm (15¼ x 11½"); illustrated wrappers with publisher's ads, title with wood-engraved illustrations, 10 folding wood-engraved plates. Covers stained, spine distressed, some plates loose.
A collection of illustrations from 'La Vie Parisienne', with drawings of women posing artistically in various stages of undress, with letterpress descriptions. The magazine ran from 1863 until 1970.
[Ref: 58192] £180.00 view all images for this item
En Vente aux Bureaux de La Vie Parisienne. Paris, 1882.
Pamphlet; folio, 390 x 290mm (15¼ x 11½"); illustrated wrappers with publisher's ads, title with wood-engraved illustrations, 10 folding wood-engraved plates. Covers stained, spine distressed, some plates loose.
A collection of illustrations from 'La Vie Parisienne', with drawings of women posing artistically in various stages of undress, with letterpress descriptions. The magazine ran from 1863 until 1970.
[Ref: 58192] £180.00 view all images for this item
Les Femmes d'Aujourd'hui. Nouvelles Études sur la Toilette. Douze Grandes Series Extraites de La Vie Parisienne.
En Vente aux Bureaux de La Vie Parisienne. Paris, 1884.
Pamphlet; folio, 390 x 290mm (15¼ x 11½"); illustrated wrappers with publisher's ads, title with wood-engraved illustrations, 12 folding wood-engraved plates. Covers stained, spine distressed, some plates loose.
A collection of illustrations from 'La Vie Parisienne', with drawings of women posing artistically in various stages of undress, with letterpress descriptions. The magazine ran from 1863 until 1970.
[Ref: 58191] £180.00 view all images for this item
En Vente aux Bureaux de La Vie Parisienne. Paris, 1884.
Pamphlet; folio, 390 x 290mm (15¼ x 11½"); illustrated wrappers with publisher's ads, title with wood-engraved illustrations, 12 folding wood-engraved plates. Covers stained, spine distressed, some plates loose.
A collection of illustrations from 'La Vie Parisienne', with drawings of women posing artistically in various stages of undress, with letterpress descriptions. The magazine ran from 1863 until 1970.
[Ref: 58191] £180.00 view all images for this item
![[Interior with two female seamstresses at a table.]](jpegs/10550.jpg)
[Interior with two female seamstresses at a table.]
d'apres lilborg(?)
a Paris Chez Alp. Giroux rue du Coq St. honore No 7 [n.d., c.1815.]
Lithograph, sheet 215 x 290mm. 8½ x 11½". Worm hole and ink stains to margin lower right
A boy sits eating an apple, a violin hanging on the wall to right. An early lithograph published in Paris by Alphonse Giroux. Numbered 'N. 32' upper right.
[Ref: 10550] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
d'apres lilborg(?)
a Paris Chez Alp. Giroux rue du Coq St. honore No 7 [n.d., c.1815.]
Lithograph, sheet 215 x 290mm. 8½ x 11½". Worm hole and ink stains to margin lower right
A boy sits eating an apple, a violin hanging on the wall to right. An early lithograph published in Paris by Alphonse Giroux. Numbered 'N. 32' upper right.
[Ref: 10550] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Woman's Party Patriotic Meeting and Celebration of The Woman's Suffrage Victory. Royal Albert Hall Saturday Afternoon March 16th, at 3 o'clock...Mrs. Pankhurst will preside [...]
Henry Good & Son Ltd, London, E.C. [c.1918]
4to pamphlet, 16pp, 245 x 200mm (9½ x 8").
Booklet with various advertisements and notices, including one to publicise a meeting to celebrate women's suffrage. The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded as an independent women's movement on 10 October 1903 in Manchester, home of the Pankhurst family.
[Ref: 39598] £350.00 view all images for this item
Henry Good & Son Ltd, London, E.C. [c.1918]
4to pamphlet, 16pp, 245 x 200mm (9½ x 8").
Booklet with various advertisements and notices, including one to publicise a meeting to celebrate women's suffrage. The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded as an independent women's movement on 10 October 1903 in Manchester, home of the Pankhurst family.
[Ref: 39598] £350.00 view all images for this item
1874. Woman's Rights. An Original Epilogue.
by Horty Cultor, Esq., O.S.
Very scarce.
An epilogue advocating Woman's Rights. However it was not until 1928 that Woman received equal rights to men.
[Ref: 9370] £330.00
by Horty Cultor, Esq., O.S.
Very scarce.
An epilogue advocating Woman's Rights. However it was not until 1928 that Woman received equal rights to men.
[Ref: 9370] £330.00
"The Person" in Parliament - Chairing the new Member. Mr Punch's Pocket book for 1868.
C.K. [monogram of charles Keene]
[London: Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1868]
Coloured etching, sheet 125 x 315mm (5 x 12½"). Folded as issued. Small holes where previously bound.
This cartoon is based on a humorous prophecy that has become false with time. An imagined excerpt from the Times on April 1, 1878, serves as the main piece in the second section of the "Pocketbook." It comments on the ability of women to enter Parliament. The woman running for office is shown in the illustration standing erect and facing straight ahead in a carriage pulled by two white horses, one of which is ridden by Punch, who is decked up in a hat and coat, complete with blue favours. Banners at back, women police officers to the right. Several women make suggestions to the candidate. The title page features a sitting female speaker gazing forward while wearing a wig, on a table rests the mace. The first female politican to take up her seat was Lady Astor in 1919. One of a series of coloured etchings from Punch's Pocket Books, 1843–81, published by Bradbury Evans & Co.
[Ref: 63856] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
C.K. [monogram of charles Keene]
[London: Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1868]
Coloured etching, sheet 125 x 315mm (5 x 12½"). Folded as issued. Small holes where previously bound.
This cartoon is based on a humorous prophecy that has become false with time. An imagined excerpt from the Times on April 1, 1878, serves as the main piece in the second section of the "Pocketbook." It comments on the ability of women to enter Parliament. The woman running for office is shown in the illustration standing erect and facing straight ahead in a carriage pulled by two white horses, one of which is ridden by Punch, who is decked up in a hat and coat, complete with blue favours. Banners at back, women police officers to the right. Several women make suggestions to the candidate. The title page features a sitting female speaker gazing forward while wearing a wig, on a table rests the mace. The first female politican to take up her seat was Lady Astor in 1919. One of a series of coloured etchings from Punch's Pocket Books, 1843–81, published by Bradbury Evans & Co.
[Ref: 63856] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
The Author and his Family Behold a Scene of real nat'ral Life, / A wretched Author with a Scolding Wife [...]
T. Webley Sculpsit
Published by C. Johnson [c.1793]
Rare engraving with 10pp letterpress, sheets 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed to platemark.
An author struggles to work in a modest interior (with map hanging on the wall), while around him are his 'scolding wife', a crying baby, two bailiffs chasing payment, children fighting over food and a printer with corrections to be made. Illustrating a lengthy 'letter to the editor' signed 'Z.Z.' setting out the predicament of a struggling writer. From the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812). Given Lemoine's travails at the time of the magazine's publication (around this time he lent money to two booksellers who both defaulted, and Lemoine ended up in prison for his debt; he separated from his wife; and was forced to give up his bookstall and become a book-runner, collecting books and selling them to the trade).
[Ref: 39625] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
T. Webley Sculpsit
Published by C. Johnson [c.1793]
Rare engraving with 10pp letterpress, sheets 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed to platemark.
An author struggles to work in a modest interior (with map hanging on the wall), while around him are his 'scolding wife', a crying baby, two bailiffs chasing payment, children fighting over food and a printer with corrections to be made. Illustrating a lengthy 'letter to the editor' signed 'Z.Z.' setting out the predicament of a struggling writer. From the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812). Given Lemoine's travails at the time of the magazine's publication (around this time he lent money to two booksellers who both defaulted, and Lemoine ended up in prison for his debt; he separated from his wife; and was forced to give up his bookstall and become a book-runner, collecting books and selling them to the trade).
[Ref: 39625] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
A Wonderful Flight or Journey from France to Gibralter, America &c. Related by an Eminent Author.
J. Strange Sculpt.
[1793]
Very rare engraving, sheet 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed, losing text. Slight mark in sky.
A man rides on the back of a huge eagle which carries him through the air. Illustration to a narrative entitled “An Extraordinary Flight on the Back of an Eagle over France to Gilbralter, South and North America, the Polar Regions, and Back to England, within six-and-thirty-Hours,” which offered a first-person narrative of one person’s extraordinary adventures, while exploring a ruined temple on the Island of “Thanet.” A brief prefatory comment explained to readers that the account was an extract from a text by (in reality Rudolph Erich Raspe, a well known humourist), and explained that it was a “satire upon those Writers and Travellers who have renedered themselves ridiculous by the number of montrous and and incredible Stories related in their works.” (Other impressions of this print carry additional text explaining 'The Art of Lying Burlesqued in an Account of....') Although the main target of this satire was the exagerated tales included in many published travelogues of the day, its dramatic vision of a boy holding tight to an impossibly large eagle would also have evoked the more farcical side of the ballooning phenomena, which was itself a favourite theme in many satirical prints in the mid 1780s. Frontispiece to the first volume of the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812).
[Ref: 39661] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Strange Sculpt.
[1793]
Very rare engraving, sheet 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed, losing text. Slight mark in sky.
A man rides on the back of a huge eagle which carries him through the air. Illustration to a narrative entitled “An Extraordinary Flight on the Back of an Eagle over France to Gilbralter, South and North America, the Polar Regions, and Back to England, within six-and-thirty-Hours,” which offered a first-person narrative of one person’s extraordinary adventures, while exploring a ruined temple on the Island of “Thanet.” A brief prefatory comment explained to readers that the account was an extract from a text by (in reality Rudolph Erich Raspe, a well known humourist), and explained that it was a “satire upon those Writers and Travellers who have renedered themselves ridiculous by the number of montrous and and incredible Stories related in their works.” (Other impressions of this print carry additional text explaining 'The Art of Lying Burlesqued in an Account of....') Although the main target of this satire was the exagerated tales included in many published travelogues of the day, its dramatic vision of a boy holding tight to an impossibly large eagle would also have evoked the more farcical side of the ballooning phenomena, which was itself a favourite theme in many satirical prints in the mid 1780s. Frontispiece to the first volume of the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812).
[Ref: 39661] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Wonderfully Mended. Should't have known you again!!
Rowlandson.
Published by Reeve & Jones No 7 Vere Str.t Nov.r 1 1808.
Coloured aquatint, Sheet 385 x 315mm (15¼ x 12½"), watermarked 'Iping 1814'. Trimmed within plate.
An obese old quack doctor in dressing-gown and slippers receives patients all in an advanced stage of disease and decay.
BM Satires 11111.
[Ref: 54427] £380.00
Rowlandson.
Published by Reeve & Jones No 7 Vere Str.t Nov.r 1 1808.
Coloured aquatint, Sheet 385 x 315mm (15¼ x 12½"), watermarked 'Iping 1814'. Trimmed within plate.
An obese old quack doctor in dressing-gown and slippers receives patients all in an advanced stage of disease and decay.
BM Satires 11111.
[Ref: 54427] £380.00
Manual of Wood Carving. With Practical Instructions for Learners of the Art, and Original and Selected designs.
By William Bemrose Jun., with an Introduction by Llewellyn Jewitt, F.S.A., & c., & c. & c.
London: Bemrose & Sons, 21, Paternoster Row: and Derby. [n.d. c.1875.]
4to, original cloth gilt; pp. xi + 49, profusely illustrated. Stained cover.
A beginner's guide to wood carving, including practical instructions and original designs.
[Ref: 59922] £35.00
By William Bemrose Jun., with an Introduction by Llewellyn Jewitt, F.S.A., & c., & c. & c.
London: Bemrose & Sons, 21, Paternoster Row: and Derby. [n.d. c.1875.]
4to, original cloth gilt; pp. xi + 49, profusely illustrated. Stained cover.
A beginner's guide to wood carving, including practical instructions and original designs.
[Ref: 59922] £35.00
![To Wood-Stealers [...] Two Guineas Reward, To be paid upon Conviction of the Offender or Offenders.](jpegs/35122.jpg)
To Wood-Stealers [...] Two Guineas Reward, To be paid upon Conviction of the Offender or Offenders.
Printed for H. Guy, Bookseller. [n.d., c.1820].
Letterpress, very scarce. Sheet: 170 x 210mm, (6¾ x 8¼").
Letterpress advertising a reward for information on wood theives operating in the parish of Woodham Mortimer.
[Ref: 35122] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for H. Guy, Bookseller. [n.d., c.1820].
Letterpress, very scarce. Sheet: 170 x 210mm, (6¾ x 8¼").
Letterpress advertising a reward for information on wood theives operating in the parish of Woodham Mortimer.
[Ref: 35122] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
From a Statue Erected to the Memory of The Very Reverend James Wood D.D. Master of St John's College, Cambridge, and Dean of Ely. E.H. Baily R.A. fecit.
H. Corbould delin.t. E.R. Whitfield sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1840,]
Engraving on chine collé. 500 x 410mm (19¾ x 16"). Chine collé lifting bottom right corner, small tears in edges of backing paper.
A sketch of Edward Hodges Baily's statue of James Wood (1760-1839).
[Ref: 47541] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
H. Corbould delin.t. E.R. Whitfield sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1840,]
Engraving on chine collé. 500 x 410mm (19¾ x 16"). Chine collé lifting bottom right corner, small tears in edges of backing paper.
A sketch of Edward Hodges Baily's statue of James Wood (1760-1839).
[Ref: 47541] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
James Wood. Executed August 5th 1808, for the Murder of Two Women at Cumberland.
[n.d., c.1808.]
Etching. Plate: 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") large margins.
A portrait of murderer James Wood who was executed for the double murder of Margaret Smith and Jane Pattinson in 1808.
[Ref: 46842] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1808.]
Etching. Plate: 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") large margins.
A portrait of murderer James Wood who was executed for the double murder of Margaret Smith and Jane Pattinson in 1808.
[Ref: 46842] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Gloucester Old Bank. Jeremy Wood (ink signature below title.)
Drawn, Printed and Published by G. Rowe Lithographer Cheltenham.
[n.d. c.1825.]
Lithograph. 382 x 281mm. 15 x 11".
James (Jemmy) Wood, Banker (1756-1836.) The Gloucester Old Bank, established in 1716, was one of the earliest private banks in England. He served as Sheriff of Gloucester in 1811 and 1813 but never held the post of Mayor due to the expense of holding the office. After his death, the Gloucester Old Bank was absorbed by the County of Gloucestershire Banking Company in 1838, which is turn was taken over by Lloyds Bank in 1897.
[Ref: 14455] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn, Printed and Published by G. Rowe Lithographer Cheltenham.
[n.d. c.1825.]
Lithograph. 382 x 281mm. 15 x 11".
James (Jemmy) Wood, Banker (1756-1836.) The Gloucester Old Bank, established in 1716, was one of the earliest private banks in England. He served as Sheriff of Gloucester in 1811 and 1813 but never held the post of Mayor due to the expense of holding the office. After his death, the Gloucester Old Bank was absorbed by the County of Gloucestershire Banking Company in 1838, which is turn was taken over by Lloyds Bank in 1897.
[Ref: 14455] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)