General Washington. Parson's Genuine Edition of Hume's England.
Engraved for J. Parsons, Paternoster Row, May 1795.
Stipple. Plate: 100 x 160mm (4 x 6¼"), with very large margins.
A half-length portrait in an oval of George Washington (1731-1799), the first President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
[Ref: 42601] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
General Washington. Parson's Genuine Edition of Hume's England.
[J.Parsons, Paternoster Row.][n.d., c.1793.]
Stipple. 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼''). Staining on right in title.
A profile portrait, set in an oval of American military commander and politician George Washington (1732-1799), who is considered one of the founding fathers of the United States of America and served as the first President from 1789-1797.
[Ref: 50916] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Washington.
[L. Rado sinc]
[n.d.,c.1800.]
Rare stipple engraving. Sheet 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed. Time stained.
Portrait of George Washington (1732 - 1799), American Founding Father, politician, military officer, and farmer who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War and then served as president of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which drafted the current Constitution of the United States. Washington has thus become commonly known as the "Father of his Country".
[Ref: 64117] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army. Engraved for the Universal Magazine.
Printed for J. Hinton, at the Kings Arms, in Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 180 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Foxed.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of George Washington (1732-99), Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783.
[Ref: 66429] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
Gen.l George Washington.
[London: Fielding & Walker, 1778.]
Scarce engraving. Sheet 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate for binding.
A half-length portrait of George Washington in uniform, within a decorative architectural frame. From William Russell's 'The History of America, from its Discovery by Columbus to the Conclusion of the Late War'. The title refers to the French-Indian War, when Washington was made a brevet brigadier general during the Forbes Expedition to capture Fort Duquesne.
[Ref: 57717] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Washington [facsimile signature].
Painted and Engraved by W.m E. Marshall, from the Original Cast from Life by Houdon, 1785.
Copyright 1878 by Oscar Marshall 245 Broadway, New York.
Lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 550 x 360mm (21¾ x 14¼"), very large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of George Washington, said to be based on the statue of George Washington by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), but more similar to the portrait by Gilbert Stuart.
[Ref: 59228] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Washington.
[after Gilbert Stuart]
Published by Wm. Smith 702. So. Third St. Phil:a [n.d., c.1870].
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 540 x 400mm (21¼ x 15¾"), with large margins. Tears in edges, some slight spotting.
A head and shoulders portrait of George Washington within an oval, after the portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Originally a frame maker, William Smith ran a print shop in Philadelphia from c.1860 to c.1891, specialising in lithographic portraits and historical scenes. He moved to 702 South Third Street in 1863.
[Ref: 59226] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Washington.
De Maurizio dis. Milano Lit. Corbetta.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Sepia tinted lithograph, sheet 440 x 305mm. 17¼ x 12". Sheet trimmed.
George Washington (1732 - 1799), printed in Milan, Italy, based on the 1796 portrait by Gilbert Stuart (1755 - 1828).
[Ref: 9929] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
George Washington. From the Original Painting by Stuart.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured steel engraving. 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
Oval head and shoulders portrait of George Washington (1732-1799) after Charles Gilbert Stuart.
[Ref: 60928] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
General Washington.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londonensis, 1828.
Stipple, watermark 1828, 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with very large margins.
Oval head and shoulders portrait of George Washington (1732-1799) in uniform, after Charles Gilbert Stuart.
[Ref: 62181] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Geo. Washington.
W. Grainger Sculp.t.
[Published as the Act directs Oct. 25, 1794 by H. D. Symonds Paternoster Row.]
Engraving. Sheet size: 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"), with small margins.
A bust portrait of American president George Washington (1732 - 1799). At the time of the portrait, Washington was President of the United States and as such is depicted in civilian dress.
[Ref: 35632] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
Geo. Washington.
[Grainger Sculp.t.]
[Published as the Act directs July 1. 1794 by H. D. Symonds Paternoster Row.]
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed, losing inscriptions, laid on album paper.
Portrait of George Washington as president, wearing a black coat and a jabot. Below the portrait is an unfurled scroll with a vague map on it, probably representing the site of the new capital. To the left of the scroll is a liberty pole and cap with a oak branch curling around it; to the right is a sword and set of scales.
[Ref: 51391] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Wasp and Avon.
[Abel Bowen.]
[Published by George Clark. 1840.]
Engraving. 133 x 215mm. 5¼ x 8½".
The single ship action between HMS Avon and USS Wasp, fought during the War of 1812. The Wasp forced the Avon to surrender, but she could not be taken as a prize, as other British brig-sloops appeared and prepared to engage. The Avon sank shortly after the battle. From Bowen's "Naval Monument".
[Ref: 23808] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Wasp and Frolic.
[Boston: Published by Barber Badger. 1816.]
Wood engraving. 128 x 215mm. 5 x 8½".
During the War of 1812, whilst on the Delaware River, USS Wasp and HMS Frolic engaged to do battle, but Frolic was crippled and was captured by the Americans. From "The Naval Temple: Containing A Complete History of the Battles Fought by the Navy of the United States".
[Ref: 23825] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Wasp and Reindeer.
[Abel Bowen.]
[Published by George Clark. 1840.]
Wood engraving. 133 x 215mm. 5¼ x 8½". Few stains.
The battle between HMS Reindeer and USS Wasp was one of the hardest-fought naval actions of the War of 1812. The Wasp forced the Reindeer to surrender after far more than half its crew, including Captain William Manners, were killed or wounded. The Reindeer was too badly damaged to be salvaged so the Americans set her on fire. From Bowen's "Naval Monument".
[Ref: 23807] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
[The Wastepaper World is Burned in the Fire.] Des kladpapieren waerelds vuur in as verkeerd.
[Anon.]
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 310 x 390mm (12 x 15¼'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical print showing figures watching a large globe which shows the world burning. Four vignettes show the dangers of excess.
[Ref: 48484] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Souvenir and Programme of the Demonstration against Wastrelism in Trafalgar Square. [28th February, 1907.]
Wood engraving on crepe paper, border printed in colours. Sheet 380 x 380mm (15 x 15"). Dated in ink on reverse, lettering showing through.
A central vignette of Trafalgar Square is surrounded by a border of flags. The route started at Islington Cattle Market then passed via London Wall, over London Bridge to Borough and back north to Trafalgar Square.
[Ref: 37523] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
The lively Portraiture of Mrs Mary Griffith.
G.Glover.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 105 x 70mm (4 x 2¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Mrs Mary Griffith, holding in her right hand a pocket watch.
[Ref: 67631] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
Watch Maker.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½''). Foxing.
A watch maker working in his workshop.
[Ref: 50491] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
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)
[Watch Paper.] J.s Scott Watch & Clock Maker, Biggar.
Kirkwood & Son Imp. Edinburgh. [n.d., c.1800.]
Engraved watch paper. 45 x 45mm (1¾ x 1¾'').
An ornamental watch paper, showing a young woman in classical dress pointing at a scroll inscribed with the watchmaker's name and address. See Ref: 5992, 58221
[Ref: 48864] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
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)
A Watch-Paper for Antiquaries. This whimsical device is the representation of curious Key Stone in Chichester Cathedral...
April 24, 1809. Drawn and Engraved by King Drawing Master Chichester, of whom may be had Two Prints done by him from the historical paintings in the Cathedral.
Rare etching. 90 x 65mm (3½ x 2½").
A circular key stone with six faces, each sharing their eyes with the face to the left and right. By Thomas Aylward King (1775-1845), an artist and engraver of Chichester. See Ref: 58677 & 58675
[Ref: 58221] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Watch & Clock Makers] T. Wilson, Watch & Clock Maker, Barnard Castle. [&] T. Softly, Watch & Clock Maker, Jweller, Silversmith & Ironmonger, Barnard Castle.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Two rare engraved watch-papers. Each c. 55mm (2½") diameter, mounted together on album paper. Trimmed, some damage.
Thomas Softly was active from 1868-76.
[Ref: 62283] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
War. Attack of Fortified Places. Watch Work.
A.Bell Prin. Wal. sculptor fecit.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engaving. 240 x 190mm, 9½ x 7½".
A page from an encyclopedia, illustrating the defences of a citadel on the Rhine, and the inner workings of a watch in eleven figures.
[Ref: 22324] £40.00
(£48.00 incl.VAT)
The Watchman's Address. To his Worthy Masters and Mistresses, For Christmas, 1825. Masters, awhile let patience reign, And listen to my simple strain; For once a year, though loath to do it, Custom compels me to turn poet, And tell to all my friends and neighbours My hardships and my nightly labours...Through Eighteen hundred twenty-four You found me punctual as before; And now we on the bounds arrive Of Eighteen hundred twenty-five, I know you’ll kindly say of me, "He’s filled his office worthily".
Baxter, Printer, Oxford.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Letterpress, very rare. 274 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Creasing and paper toning.
A poem of gratitude from a night-watchman written for the people of the town (possibly Oxford, where it was printed), in 1825.
[Ref: 29017] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Cox Watch & Clock Maker Silversmith Jeweller & Engraver M.t Harboro. Mourning & Wedding Rings.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce engraved watchpaper advertisement. Verso in ink "Mr. Hobbs 43709". Circular, diameter 5cm (2"). Some damage.
An advert for a jeweller and clockmaker of Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
[Ref: 60769] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Untitled scene of a woman with a water jug on her head.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching, printed in brown. 200 x 195mm (8 x 7¾"), with large margins on three sides. Some toning of paper. Small top margin. Foxing.
A woman stands at a spring, with her two young children, the girl cuddling a lamb.
[Ref: 65743] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
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)
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)
Eastern Water Carriers [pencil, lower left.]
C.B. Prescott [pencil signature.]
[British, c.1920.]
Etching, signed proof from an edition limited to 300 impressions. 275 x 205mm, 10¾ x 8".
Street scene in the figures gathering at a well. Inscribed to lower left margin in pencil: 'Edition 300/ Available 200', Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left. Painter, etcher and Society artist Charles Barrow Prescott (1870 - 1932). Guichard: Appendix 1, p.74.
[Ref: 19386] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Innocent Amusements. Filling a Water-Butt with a spoon.
Ego. Del.t
Hand coloured etching sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼). Cut and tipped into backing sheet. Slightly time stained.
A man carefully transfers water from a pond/lake/river up some steps and into a barrell using a spoon. Ego is the pseudonym of amateur M Egerton (1821 - 1827; fl.) based on a pun of his initialls M.E.
[Ref: 56550] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Water Cress Girl.
F. Wheatley R.A. Inv.t et Del. Levilly Sculp.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. Plate: 330 x 430mm (13 x 17") Small margins.
A rustic scene in which a young woman, holding a basket, stands with her dog by a river. Provinance: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 41370] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Water Engine, Cold-Bath-Field's Prison.
Pugin & Rowlandson del. et Sculp.t. J. Bluck Aqua.t.
London, Pub. May 1 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 285 x 235mm (11¼ x 9¼") large margins.
A view of the water engine built above a well in Cold-Bath-Field's Prison in Clerkenwell. The prison was notorious for its severity and housed the Cato Street Conspirators in 1820. 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: 47224] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Water Fall. La, I'm Sure I Can't See Anything to be Ashamed of.
Random Sketches by Timothy Touchit,_Plate 5.
Londn Edwards' Foreign Repository 183 Fleet Street & Rue de la Victoire_ Paris.
Very scarce hand coloured lithograph. Sheet: 220 x 315mm (8¾ x 12"). Some marks.
A young woman paddling by a waterfall holds her skirt up to protect it from the water however it is swept up by the breeze exposing her legs.
[Ref: 39463] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Water Hen Shooting.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), with very large margins.
A sporting in which two men and their dogs flush out a moorhen. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46238] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Water Hen Shooting.
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 234 x 330mm. 9¼ x 13". Frame 420 x 520mm. 16½ x 20½".
Two gentleman with rifles accompanied by four dogs, chasing water hen, one of which flies out into the open panicked, pursued by a dog. Plate 29 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'. Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25710] £350.00
Un Quart-D'heure de Recreation, au Mexique. Dépsé.
A Paris chez Aubert Rue St. Victor No. 7. [n.d., c.1800.]
Coloured etching. 370 x 245mm. Centre crease.
A colourful scene of waterjousting making fun of where the 'dandies' are being knocked into the water by more skilled watermen.
[Ref: 12171] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Representation De La Joute Qui S'est Faite Sur La Riviere De Sein... Le Jour De La Feste Donnee Par La Ville De Paris, A L'Occasion Du Mariage De Madame Louise-Elisabeth De France, Et De Dom Philippe Infant Et Grand Amiral D'Espagne.
Jac. Rigaud del. et Sculp.
[engraved c. 1740 but published later.]
Engraving, plate 160 x 310mm (6¼ x 12¼"), with large margins on three sides. Small bottom margin.
A view on the river Seine of water jousting, one of the festivities given by the City of Paris, on the occasion of the Wedding of Marie Louise-Elisabeth of France (1727 - 1759), & Infante Philip, Duke of Parma (1720 -1765). With key.
[Ref: 57419] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sees a Water Kelpy. The Kelpy it was_he knew by its face...
Published May 1821 by Tho.s McLean, Hay Market.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 160 x 230mm (6¼ x 9'') large margins on 3 sides.
A comic scene showing a man being frightened by a legendary creature.
[Ref: 51135] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Plate 4: Water Nymphs.]
Mondon le Fils In: A. Aveline Sculp:
Avec privilege du Roy [n.d. c.1736.]
Copper engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 235 x 184mm. 9¼ x 7¼". Large margins, uncut.
A flowing Rococo style water fountain, from which come two water nymphs; the design with shell and flowing water ornaments, a large open-mouthed fish near the base. From a series of forty-two ornament prints, divided into six sets of seven plates each; this plates belongs to the second set.
[Ref: 23009] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Water Spaniel.
Painted by A. Cooper R.A. Drawn on Stone by Thomas Fairland.
London, Published by Harding and King, 24, Cornhill June__1834.
Fine hand coloured lithograph on india paper, india 290 x 230mm. 11½ x 9". Trimmed to india, so lacking wove margins. Laid on board.
Study of a spaniel's head, the body submerged. After Abraham Cooper (1787 - 1868), from a series of 12 'The Sportsman's Kennel, A Series of Heads of the principal British Sporting Dogs...Executed in Lithography by Thos. Fairland, after pictures painted from the life', 1833-1835. Siltzer p.95.
[Ref: 19447] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
[A water spaniel in a landscape.] No.17.
Lith. De Villain.
[French, c.1820s.]
Lithograph, sheet 270 x 365mm. 10½ x 14¼".
A spaniel in shallow water beside a reed-bed has spied a bird in the foreground. From an unidentified series.
[Ref: 19450] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Water Spaniel.
Painted by A. Cooper R. A. Drawn on Stone by Thomas Fairland.
London, Published by B. B. King, Monument Yard. Printed by Graf & Soret. [n.d., c.1845.]
Hand-coloured lithograph printed on chine collé. Sheet: 335 x 215mm (12½ x 8"). Staining in corners, tear in bottom edge.
A portrait of a water spaniel swimming in a lake.
[Ref: 47737] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Der Wasserhund. Wilde Enten Jago.
Aus der Kunstanstalt des Bibliographischen Instituts in Hildburghausen u. New York. Figenthum der Vetleger.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Engraving. Plate: 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"). Small margins. Slight tear in bottom margin.
A shooting scene showing a spaniel racing to catch a falling duck.
[Ref: 47739] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Irish Water Spaniel ''Captain''. The Property of M.r Hugh Beaver.
R. S. Maseley. Cassell's Illustrated Book of the Dog.
Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. Lith. London. [n.d., c.1880.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet: 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½").
[Ref: 47741] £50.00
(£60.00 incl.VAT)
[Water Spaniel] A Portrait of a Dog, Belonging to Lord Edw.d Bentinck.
G. Barret Pinx.t. J Watson fecit.
J Boydell excudit. [Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside; Nov. r 1.st 1768.]
Scarce & rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 435 x 550mm (17 x 21¾"). Trimmed in plate at bottom, affecting title and losing publication line.
An untitled scene of a springer spaniel in woodland, watching a duck startled from a pool. The painting, by George Barret (1732-84), was exhibited at the Society of Artists of Great Britain in 1768. Lord Edward Charles Bentinck (1744-1819) was the younger brother of William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. He was MP for Lewes at the time this was painted. See: Siltzer pg 383. Goodwin 175, state iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64876] £650.00
The Effect of a Water Spout at Sea. N.o 109.
J.F. Ellis. Pinx.t. H. Dawe. Sculp.
Pub.d April 1832 by H. Dawe 6 Bartholomew Place Kentish Town, R. Ackermann Strand & C. Tilt Fleet Street
Mezzotint, sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½).
A view of a ship on rough seas sailing away from a waterspout.
[Ref: 57034] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Phenomena of Water Spouts.
[n.d., c.1800]
Engraving, sheet 115 x 180mm (4½ x 7") Trimmed within plate.
A view of waterspouts lettered, presumably once with an explanatory key. Ships sail in the distance
[Ref: 57048] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Phenomena of Water Spouts.
[n.d., c.1800]
Engraving, sheet 115 x 180mm (4½ x 7") Trimmed within plate.
A view of waterspouts lettered, presumably once with an explanatory key. Ships sail in the distance
[Ref: 57050] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)