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By the King, A Proclaimation, requiring Passes, formally granted to Ships and Vessels trading in the Wat of the Cruizers belonging to the Governments on the Coast of Barbary to b returned into the Office of the Admiralty of Great Britain, and other passes to be issued.
Printed by Mark Baskett, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1765.
Letterpress proclaimation. 475 x 410mm, 18¾ x 16". Laid on board, some loss.
A proclaimation by George III, apparently an attempt to stop "any Abuses that may be attempted by Foreigners".
[Ref: 16846] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by Mark Baskett, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1765.
Letterpress proclaimation. 475 x 410mm, 18¾ x 16". Laid on board, some loss.
A proclaimation by George III, apparently an attempt to stop "any Abuses that may be attempted by Foreigners".
[Ref: 16846] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Broadstairs.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Aug.t 1, 1823.
Aquatint with original hand colour, sheet 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾"). Thread margin at top. Trimmed to plate left and right. Paper slightly faded. Some foxing.
From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
[Ref: 66853] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Aug.t 1, 1823.
Aquatint with original hand colour, sheet 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾"). Thread margin at top. Trimmed to plate left and right. Paper slightly faded. Some foxing.
From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
[Ref: 66853] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
John Broadwood Esq.r Aged 80.
Painted by John Harrison. Engraved by W. Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Glocester.
London, Published Aug.st 1, 1812, by the Engraver N.º92 Norton Street, Fitzroy Square.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 395 x 305mm (15½ x 12"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A half-length seated portrait of Scottish painoforte-maker John Broadwood (1732-1812), founder of the London manufacturer Broadwood and Sons. He patented the piano pedal in 1783. The portrait was published three months after he died, in his 80th year.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66074] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by John Harrison. Engraved by W. Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Glocester.
London, Published Aug.st 1, 1812, by the Engraver N.º92 Norton Street, Fitzroy Square.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 395 x 305mm (15½ x 12"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A half-length seated portrait of Scottish painoforte-maker John Broadwood (1732-1812), founder of the London manufacturer Broadwood and Sons. He patented the piano pedal in 1783. The portrait was published three months after he died, in his 80th year.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66074] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Original ink caricature, published in Punch, 1902.]](jpegs/962.jpg)
[Original ink caricature, published in Punch, 1902.]
C.E.Brock, 1902. [signature in ink.]
Pen & ink on card, 210 x 320mm, laid on paper with pencil caption.
Boy (to Young Lady who has been unfortunate as to upset Colonel Bunkes) 'You'd better ride on before 'e gets his breath, Miss. Young Lady: 'Why?' Boy: 'I've 'eard 'im play golf!'
[Ref: 962] £890.00
C.E.Brock, 1902. [signature in ink.]
Pen & ink on card, 210 x 320mm, laid on paper with pencil caption.
Boy (to Young Lady who has been unfortunate as to upset Colonel Bunkes) 'You'd better ride on before 'e gets his breath, Miss. Young Lady: 'Why?' Boy: 'I've 'eard 'im play golf!'
[Ref: 962] £890.00
William Brockedon Esq.r F.R.S. Member of the Florentine and Roman Academies of the Fine Arts. Author of the Passes of the Alps &c. Proof.
Drawn and Engraved by C. Turner A.R.A.
London, Published Jan.y 23, 1835. by C. Turner 50 Warren Street Fitzroy Square, Mess.rs Colnaghi Son & Co. Pall Mall East, and S. Rodwell Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins on 2 sides. Trimmed to plate top and left.
A three quarter portrait of painter William Brockedon (1787-1854), holding a porte-crayon and sketchbook. The son of a watch-maker, Brockedon continued the business for five years after his father's death, before turning to painting. He travelled extensively, publishing books with prints of his landscapes. He also wrote the descriptive portion of the text of David Roberts's Egypt and Holy Land, published in 1855, the year after his death. Brockedon also patented several inventions, including one to coat felt with vulcanised india-rubber, creating a substitute for corks, and another for refining graphite for better lead pencils.
Whitman 69, state iii of three. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65242] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn and Engraved by C. Turner A.R.A.
London, Published Jan.y 23, 1835. by C. Turner 50 Warren Street Fitzroy Square, Mess.rs Colnaghi Son & Co. Pall Mall East, and S. Rodwell Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins on 2 sides. Trimmed to plate top and left.
A three quarter portrait of painter William Brockedon (1787-1854), holding a porte-crayon and sketchbook. The son of a watch-maker, Brockedon continued the business for five years after his father's death, before turning to painting. He travelled extensively, publishing books with prints of his landscapes. He also wrote the descriptive portion of the text of David Roberts's Egypt and Holy Land, published in 1855, the year after his death. Brockedon also patented several inventions, including one to coat felt with vulcanised india-rubber, creating a substitute for corks, and another for refining graphite for better lead pencils.
Whitman 69, state iii of three. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65242] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Isaac Brodeau] M.r Brodeau of Oxford.](jpegs/67827.jpg)
[Isaac Brodeau] M.r Brodeau of Oxford.
G. Roth Jnr Pinxit et fecit.
[n.d., c.1765.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 150 x 110mm (16 x 4¼"). Trimmed into image at right, into inscription at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
A half-length seated portrait of Isaac Brodeau (d.1768), reading a book, wearing spectacles and a short white bell-bottomed wig. ''The sitter in this portrait is thought to have been either the keeper of a coffee house in Oxford, or a silversmith'' (Christies sale of the painting, 1997). Christies and Alexander identify the painter as George Roth (c.1742-1821), the BM as William (Guillaume) Roth, died c. 1770.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67827] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G. Roth Jnr Pinxit et fecit.
[n.d., c.1765.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 150 x 110mm (16 x 4¼"). Trimmed into image at right, into inscription at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
A half-length seated portrait of Isaac Brodeau (d.1768), reading a book, wearing spectacles and a short white bell-bottomed wig. ''The sitter in this portrait is thought to have been either the keeper of a coffee house in Oxford, or a silversmith'' (Christies sale of the painting, 1997). Christies and Alexander identify the painter as George Roth (c.1742-1821), the BM as William (Guillaume) Roth, died c. 1770.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67827] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ireland] Hon.ble Charles Brodrick, D.D. Archbishop of Cashel.](jpegs/37703.jpg)
[Ireland] Hon.ble Charles Brodrick, D.D. Archbishop of Cashel.
Painted by H. Hamilton Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner. Member of the American Academy of Fine Arts.
London, Published Feb.y 20, 1823, by Mr. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. Platemark: Small margins. Light creasing. Light spotting to right edge.
A portrait of Charles Brodrick (1761 - 1822), a reforming Irish clergyman and Archbishop of Cashel in the Church of Ireland. In 1795, Brodrick was consecrated as Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, and in 1801, following the preferment of Charles Agar to Dublin, Brodrick was appointed Archbishop of Cashel and Emly and remained in that post until his death in 1822.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman - C. Turner 71.
[Ref: 37703] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by H. Hamilton Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner. Member of the American Academy of Fine Arts.
London, Published Feb.y 20, 1823, by Mr. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. Platemark: Small margins. Light creasing. Light spotting to right edge.
A portrait of Charles Brodrick (1761 - 1822), a reforming Irish clergyman and Archbishop of Cashel in the Church of Ireland. In 1795, Brodrick was consecrated as Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, and in 1801, following the preferment of Charles Agar to Dublin, Brodrick was appointed Archbishop of Cashel and Emly and remained in that post until his death in 1822.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman - C. Turner 71.
[Ref: 37703] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
De Winter.
J.Broedelet fecit.
I.Specht excudit. [Utrecht, n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint. 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½").
An allegory of winter. A lady seats on a sledge while a cherub ties on her skates. Engraved by Jan Broedelet, possibly after Gerard Hoet, published by Caspar Specht.
[Ref: 970] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.Broedelet fecit.
I.Specht excudit. [Utrecht, n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint. 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½").
An allegory of winter. A lady seats on a sledge while a cherub ties on her skates. Engraved by Jan Broedelet, possibly after Gerard Hoet, published by Caspar Specht.
[Ref: 970] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Plan of Broham House, Near Bedford. For Sale by Hampton & Sons, 20, St James' Square, S.W.1.
Estates Gazette, Lith, 33-35, Kirby St, E.C.
[n.d., c.1925.]
Lithographic map, printed border 235 x 355mm (9¼ x 14"). Original binding fold.
An estate agent's plan of the land around Broham House, near Bedford.
[Ref: 57640] £160.00
Estates Gazette, Lith, 33-35, Kirby St, E.C.
[n.d., c.1925.]
Lithographic map, printed border 235 x 355mm (9¼ x 14"). Original binding fold.
An estate agent's plan of the land around Broham House, near Bedford.
[Ref: 57640] £160.00
A Broil.
London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street June 1822.
Fine hand coloured etching. 295 x 225mm (11½ x 9"), with very large margins. Old ink mss. key in French added, letters in plate, explanation in
An affray between three fashionably dressed men and two watchmen with bludgeons in a street at night, under a full moon. The glass of a street-lamp above their heads has been cracked. One watchman has large letters on the back of his greatcoat: St J. W, showing that the parish is that of St. James's or St. John's, Westminster. One of a set of four prints with punning culinary titles by Theodore Lane (1800-28).
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 50679] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street June 1822.
Fine hand coloured etching. 295 x 225mm (11½ x 9"), with very large margins. Old ink mss. key in French added, letters in plate, explanation in
An affray between three fashionably dressed men and two watchmen with bludgeons in a street at night, under a full moon. The glass of a street-lamp above their heads has been cracked. One watchman has large letters on the back of his greatcoat: St J. W, showing that the parish is that of St. James's or St. John's, Westminster. One of a set of four prints with punning culinary titles by Theodore Lane (1800-28).
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 50679] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Broil.
London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street June 1822.
Hand coloured etching, in title area on right in ink T.A. from A.W. 1822; 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9") with large margins. Some creasing.
An affray between three fashionably dressed men and two watchmen with bludgeons in a street at night, under a full moon. The glass of a street-lamp above their heads has been cracked. One watchman has large letters on the back of his greatcoat: St J. W, showing that the parish is that of St. James's or St. John's, Westminster. One of a set of four prints with punning culinary titles by Theodore Lane (1800 - 1828). See also 56450.
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 56449] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street June 1822.
Hand coloured etching, in title area on right in ink T.A. from A.W. 1822; 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9") with large margins. Some creasing.
An affray between three fashionably dressed men and two watchmen with bludgeons in a street at night, under a full moon. The glass of a street-lamp above their heads has been cracked. One watchman has large letters on the back of his greatcoat: St J. W, showing that the parish is that of St. James's or St. John's, Westminster. One of a set of four prints with punning culinary titles by Theodore Lane (1800 - 1828). See also 56450.
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 56449] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Broil.
London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street June 1822.
Hand coloured etching, 295 x 225mm (11½ x 9"). Trimmed close to plate. Stain to image upper left.
An affray between three fashionably dressed men and two watchmen with bludgeons in a street at night, under a full moon. The glass of a street-lamp above their heads has been cracked. One watchman has large letters on the back of his greatcoat: St J. W, showing that the parish is that of St. James's or St. John's, Westminster. One of a set of four prints with punning culinary titles by Theodore Lane (1800 - 1828).
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 11530] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street June 1822.
Hand coloured etching, 295 x 225mm (11½ x 9"). Trimmed close to plate. Stain to image upper left.
An affray between three fashionably dressed men and two watchmen with bludgeons in a street at night, under a full moon. The glass of a street-lamp above their heads has been cracked. One watchman has large letters on the back of his greatcoat: St J. W, showing that the parish is that of St. James's or St. John's, Westminster. One of a set of four prints with punning culinary titles by Theodore Lane (1800 - 1828).
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 11530] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Broken Plate.]](jpegs/41711.jpg)
[The Broken Plate.]
peint par M. Kraus. gravé a Paris par J. Schmuzer 1763.
se vend a Vienne par F.K. Stoekl.
Engraving, 18th century watermark; platemark 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾") very large margins. Rust hole half-way up on right.
Domestic interior with a mother seeing that her son has broken a plate while playing with a top. Engraved by Jakob Schmutzer (1733-1811), Vienna-born engraver trained in Paris by the famous printmaker J.G. Wille in 1762-6.
[Ref: 41711] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
peint par M. Kraus. gravé a Paris par J. Schmuzer 1763.
se vend a Vienne par F.K. Stoekl.
Engraving, 18th century watermark; platemark 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾") very large margins. Rust hole half-way up on right.
Domestic interior with a mother seeing that her son has broken a plate while playing with a top. Engraved by Jakob Schmutzer (1733-1811), Vienna-born engraver trained in Paris by the famous printmaker J.G. Wille in 1762-6.
[Ref: 41711] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Broken String.
[Anon., British, n.d., c.1830s.]
Hand-coloured engraving, 200 x 250mm. 8 x 9¾". Margins a little soiled, some filled chips.
A travelling musician sitting rather dejectedly beside a path through a landscape, holding his violin, the bow beside his hat on the ground in front of him. His trusty spaniel is curled up on the ground lower left.
[Ref: 26331] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., British, n.d., c.1830s.]
Hand-coloured engraving, 200 x 250mm. 8 x 9¾". Margins a little soiled, some filled chips.
A travelling musician sitting rather dejectedly beside a path through a landscape, holding his violin, the bow beside his hat on the ground in front of him. His trusty spaniel is curled up on the ground lower left.
[Ref: 26331] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
William Bromfield, Esqr.
Cosway, R:A: Pinxt. D. Orme, Sculpt.
Sold & Published by D. Orme & Co. No.14, Old Bond Street, London, July 21, 1792.
Stipple with etching, 280 x 210mm. 11 x 8¼". Left margin trimmed. Light marginal foxing.
William Bromfield (1712 - 1792), surgeon to Queen Charlotte, with a human heart on top of an anatomical atlas in front of him. In 1741 he began a course of lectures on anatomy and surgery which attracted a large attendance of pupils. After Richard Cosway (1742 - 1821).
NPG: D14308. Wellcome: 428-1.
[Ref: 12444] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Cosway, R:A: Pinxt. D. Orme, Sculpt.
Sold & Published by D. Orme & Co. No.14, Old Bond Street, London, July 21, 1792.
Stipple with etching, 280 x 210mm. 11 x 8¼". Left margin trimmed. Light marginal foxing.
William Bromfield (1712 - 1792), surgeon to Queen Charlotte, with a human heart on top of an anatomical atlas in front of him. In 1741 he began a course of lectures on anatomy and surgery which attracted a large attendance of pupils. After Richard Cosway (1742 - 1821).
NPG: D14308. Wellcome: 428-1.
[Ref: 12444] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bromley and Sheppard's Colleges] Bromley College in Kent Founded and Endowed by John Warner](jpegs/55244.jpg)
[Bromley and Sheppard's Colleges] Bromley College in Kent Founded and Endowed by John Warner late B.p of Rochester for Twenty Clergymens Widdows and a Chaplaine AD 1672. This Plate is Humbly inscribed to Lee Warner Esq. of Walsingham in the County of Norfolk 1720.
Thomas Badeslade delin: John Harris sculp.
[c.1720.]
Engraving. 355 x 440mm (14 x 17¼"). Wear in top corners of margin, paper toned. Small margins. Repair top right corner.
A view of the original Bromley College, before the building of Shappard's College in 1840. Designed by Captain Richard Rider, Master Carpenter to the Crown, the almshouse is the oldest building in Bromley and is a Grade 1 listed building.
[Ref: 55244] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Badeslade delin: John Harris sculp.
[c.1720.]
Engraving. 355 x 440mm (14 x 17¼"). Wear in top corners of margin, paper toned. Small margins. Repair top right corner.
A view of the original Bromley College, before the building of Shappard's College in 1840. Designed by Captain Richard Rider, Master Carpenter to the Crown, the almshouse is the oldest building in Bromley and is a Grade 1 listed building.
[Ref: 55244] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon:ble William Bromley Esq Speaker of ye Hon:ble House of Commons & one of Her Majestys most Hon.ble Privy Council.
M. Dahll pinx. 1712.
J. Smith fec. et excudit.
Mezzotint, paper watermarked, small margins. Unidentified collector's stamp on verso. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
Portrait of William Bromley, half-length in an oval, wearing long wig, lace cravat, and robe of office; coat of arms in lower margin. Bromley (1664-1732), was Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1710 to 1713 and Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1713 to 1714.
CS: 24.
[Ref: 28961] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
M. Dahll pinx. 1712.
J. Smith fec. et excudit.
Mezzotint, paper watermarked, small margins. Unidentified collector's stamp on verso. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
Portrait of William Bromley, half-length in an oval, wearing long wig, lace cravat, and robe of office; coat of arms in lower margin. Bromley (1664-1732), was Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1710 to 1713 and Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1713 to 1714.
CS: 24.
[Ref: 28961] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![King's Head. Brompton Rd. [ms.]](jpegs/32301.jpg)
King's Head. Brompton Rd. [ms.]
[by William Pickett.]
[Pub.d June 4th by T. Clay, 18 Ludgate Hill.]
Aquatint with hand colouring. Sheet approx 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed to image;
An inn on Brompton Road, the ancient track to the village of Brompton which extends from Knightsbridge to Fulham Road. From Pickett's 1812 book of 'Ninety-Six Speciments of Cottages-Bridges-Castles-Churches [...] Intended to facilitate the Improvement of the Student, and to aid the Practitioner, in Landscape Composition'. Aside from its function as an educational volume, the scenes in the book also provide many unusual views of London in the early 19th century.
Abbey (Life in England) 168.
[Ref: 32301] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[by William Pickett.]
[Pub.d June 4th by T. Clay, 18 Ludgate Hill.]
Aquatint with hand colouring. Sheet approx 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed to image;
An inn on Brompton Road, the ancient track to the village of Brompton which extends from Knightsbridge to Fulham Road. From Pickett's 1812 book of 'Ninety-Six Speciments of Cottages-Bridges-Castles-Churches [...] Intended to facilitate the Improvement of the Student, and to aid the Practitioner, in Landscape Composition'. Aside from its function as an educational volume, the scenes in the book also provide many unusual views of London in the early 19th century.
Abbey (Life in England) 168.
[Ref: 32301] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Chapel, Brompton Hospital.]](jpegs/50531.jpg)
[Chapel, Brompton Hospital.] To The Rev.d Sir Henry Foulis Bart. The Donor of the Chapel for the Hospital for Consumption, Brompton, and to the Committee of that Institution under whose management the building has been erected this View is respectfully inscribed by their most obedient Serv.t Edw.d Buckton Lamb, Arch.t.
F. Bedford, lith. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 225 x 300mm (9 x 11¾''). Dusty.
A view of the chapel at Brompton Hospital for consumption built and developed during the 1840s.
[Ref: 50531] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
F. Bedford, lith. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 225 x 300mm (9 x 11¾''). Dusty.
A view of the chapel at Brompton Hospital for consumption built and developed during the 1840s.
[Ref: 50531] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charlotte Brontë.]](jpegs/65293.jpg)
[Charlotte Brontë.]
[After G.Richmond.] Signed in pencil, G.Sidney Hunt.
Published 1922 by The Museum Galleries, 26 Museum Street, London. W.C. Copyright.
Stipple. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"), with large margins.
Portrait of Charlotte Nicholls (1816 - 1855), commonly known as Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet, and the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which she published under the male pseudonym Currer Bell.
[Ref: 65293] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[After G.Richmond.] Signed in pencil, G.Sidney Hunt.
Published 1922 by The Museum Galleries, 26 Museum Street, London. W.C. Copyright.
Stipple. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"), with large margins.
Portrait of Charlotte Nicholls (1816 - 1855), commonly known as Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet, and the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which she published under the male pseudonym Currer Bell.
[Ref: 65293] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Rev. Patrick Brontë.
[n.d., c.1900.]
Half-tone, with large margins. Printed area 150 x 190mm.
A half-tone plate from a photograph of the Reverend Patrick Brontë (1777-1861), father of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, all famed authors, all of whom he outlived. He wears a high collar called a 'wellington'. Born in Ireland as Patrick Prunty or Brunty, he changed his name while studying at Cambridge, in honour of Horatio Nelson, who held the Italian honour of Duke of Brontë.
[Ref: 35318] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1900.]
Half-tone, with large margins. Printed area 150 x 190mm.
A half-tone plate from a photograph of the Reverend Patrick Brontë (1777-1861), father of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, all famed authors, all of whom he outlived. He wears a high collar called a 'wellington'. Born in Ireland as Patrick Prunty or Brunty, he changed his name while studying at Cambridge, in honour of Horatio Nelson, who held the Italian honour of Duke of Brontë.
[Ref: 35318] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
From an antique Bronze in the possession of Thomas Hollis Esq. F.R.S. F.S.A.
J.B. Cipriani del. J. Basire sculp.
Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariorum Londini MDCCLXV
Engraving, platemark 535 x 350mm (21 x 13¾"). Small margins.
Engraving of an extraordinary bronze sculpture owned by the political propagandist Thomas Hollis (1720-74). An ardent supporter of the arts, Hollis commissioned six paintings from Canaletto and gave numerous commissions to G.B. Cipriani (from whose drawing this print was made). Hollis also had a strong relationship with James Basire, the engraver of this plate, as recounted by Richard Goddard in a recent publication, '"Drawing on Copper": The Basire family of copper-plate engravers and their works', pp.113-7).
Provenance: Thomas Pitt 1st Baron Camelford
[Ref: 45275] £620.00
J.B. Cipriani del. J. Basire sculp.
Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariorum Londini MDCCLXV
Engraving, platemark 535 x 350mm (21 x 13¾"). Small margins.
Engraving of an extraordinary bronze sculpture owned by the political propagandist Thomas Hollis (1720-74). An ardent supporter of the arts, Hollis commissioned six paintings from Canaletto and gave numerous commissions to G.B. Cipriani (from whose drawing this print was made). Hollis also had a strong relationship with James Basire, the engraver of this plate, as recounted by Richard Goddard in a recent publication, '"Drawing on Copper": The Basire family of copper-plate engravers and their works', pp.113-7).
Provenance: Thomas Pitt 1st Baron Camelford
[Ref: 45275] £620.00
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From an antique Bronze in the possession of Thomas Hollis Esq. F.R.S. F.S.A.
J.B. Cipriani del. J. Basire sculp.
Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariorum Londini MDCCLXV
Engraving, platemark 535 x 350mm (21 x 13¾"). Small margins. Cut to plate at bottom.
Engraving of an extraordinary bronze sculpture owned by the political propagandist Thomas Hollis (1720-74). An ardent supporter of the arts, Hollis commissioned six paintings from Canaletto and gave numerous commissions to G.B. Cipriani (from whose drawing this print was made). Hollis also had a strong relationship with James Basire, the engraver of this plate, as recounted by Richard Goddard in a recent publication, '"Drawing on Copper": The Basire family of copper-plate engravers and their works', pp.113-7).
Provenance: Thomas Pitt 1st Baron Camelford
[Ref: 45276] £550.00
J.B. Cipriani del. J. Basire sculp.
Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariorum Londini MDCCLXV
Engraving, platemark 535 x 350mm (21 x 13¾"). Small margins. Cut to plate at bottom.
Engraving of an extraordinary bronze sculpture owned by the political propagandist Thomas Hollis (1720-74). An ardent supporter of the arts, Hollis commissioned six paintings from Canaletto and gave numerous commissions to G.B. Cipriani (from whose drawing this print was made). Hollis also had a strong relationship with James Basire, the engraver of this plate, as recounted by Richard Goddard in a recent publication, '"Drawing on Copper": The Basire family of copper-plate engravers and their works', pp.113-7).
Provenance: Thomas Pitt 1st Baron Camelford
[Ref: 45276] £550.00
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Elevation of Eight Houses to be Erected in Brook Street, Hanover Square.
On Stone by G. Hawkins Junr. Elger, Builder, South St, Park Lane. Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the Queen.
[London, c.1845.]
Scarce and fine lithograph on india paper, india 270 x 435mm. 10½ x 17". Repaired tears in margins; some staining.
Magnificent architectural prospective view of eight houses in Brook Street, Mayfair. One of the principal streets on the Grosvenor Estate, Brook Street was developed in the first half of the 18th century and runs from Hanover Square to Grosvenor Square. Figures, horses and carriages to street in foreground.
Guildhall Library Record: 20555.
[Ref: 18768] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
On Stone by G. Hawkins Junr. Elger, Builder, South St, Park Lane. Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the Queen.
[London, c.1845.]
Scarce and fine lithograph on india paper, india 270 x 435mm. 10½ x 17". Repaired tears in margins; some staining.
Magnificent architectural prospective view of eight houses in Brook Street, Mayfair. One of the principal streets on the Grosvenor Estate, Brook Street was developed in the first half of the 18th century and runs from Hanover Square to Grosvenor Square. Figures, horses and carriages to street in foreground.
Guildhall Library Record: 20555.
[Ref: 18768] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Arthur Sawyer Brook, Esq.
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Cha.s Mottram. Printed by Holdgate.
Published December 1st 1870, by the Proprietor, T.W. Green, 36 Union Grove, Clapham, Surrey _ Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint, scarce. 580 x 450mm (22¾ x 17¾"). Cut to platemark.
Arthur Sawyer Brook (1820 or 21-1890), known as the 'Squire of Bexhill', master of the Bexhill Harriers, shown mounted with his foxhounds, the Sussex coast behind.
[Ref: 32416] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Cha.s Mottram. Printed by Holdgate.
Published December 1st 1870, by the Proprietor, T.W. Green, 36 Union Grove, Clapham, Surrey _ Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint, scarce. 580 x 450mm (22¾ x 17¾"). Cut to platemark.
Arthur Sawyer Brook (1820 or 21-1890), known as the 'Squire of Bexhill', master of the Bexhill Harriers, shown mounted with his foxhounds, the Sussex coast behind.
[Ref: 32416] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs. Brooks.
C. Spooner Fecit.
[London: J. Bowles, c.1770.]
Mezzotint with etching on thin laid paper, heavily reworked, painter's name erased. Image 315 x 250mm, 12½ x 9¾". Trimmed within plate. One crease.
Portrait of Mrs Brooke, actress, wife of James Brooke, who trained as an engraver and was afterwards associated with the stage. Seated at a writing desk, arms folded in her lap with a miniature portrait of a gentleman in her right hand and a fan in the other; she wears a mantilla cape, a dress with fanned lace sleeves, and crescent hat. On the table is an inkstand, quills and papers. Prominent beauty patch on right temple. After Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766).
Chaloner Smith 3 (undescribed state).
[Ref: 23503] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C. Spooner Fecit.
[London: J. Bowles, c.1770.]
Mezzotint with etching on thin laid paper, heavily reworked, painter's name erased. Image 315 x 250mm, 12½ x 9¾". Trimmed within plate. One crease.
Portrait of Mrs Brooke, actress, wife of James Brooke, who trained as an engraver and was afterwards associated with the stage. Seated at a writing desk, arms folded in her lap with a miniature portrait of a gentleman in her right hand and a fan in the other; she wears a mantilla cape, a dress with fanned lace sleeves, and crescent hat. On the table is an inkstand, quills and papers. Prominent beauty patch on right temple. After Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766).
Chaloner Smith 3 (undescribed state).
[Ref: 23503] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Eton College. Playing Fields. Eton Winchester Match.]](jpegs/975.jpg)
[Eton College. Playing Fields. Eton Winchester Match.]
[Painted by H. Jamyn Brooks. Etched by F. G. Stevenson.]
London Published Dec.2nd 1889 by Messrs Dickinson & Foster Publishers to The Queen, 114 New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Etching, remarqued proof [Arms of Eton College], signed in pencil.. 620 x 425mm.
Henry Jamyn Brooks, (1865-1925). F. G. Stevenson, Active (1885 - 1910)
Printseller's Association I p.111[Ltd 60].
[Ref: 975] £650.00
[Painted by H. Jamyn Brooks. Etched by F. G. Stevenson.]
London Published Dec.2nd 1889 by Messrs Dickinson & Foster Publishers to The Queen, 114 New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Etching, remarqued proof [Arms of Eton College], signed in pencil.. 620 x 425mm.
Henry Jamyn Brooks, (1865-1925). F. G. Stevenson, Active (1885 - 1910)
Printseller's Association I p.111[Ltd 60].
[Ref: 975] £650.00
Mrs Brooke. Author of Lady Julia Mandeville, &c.
Catherine Read pinx. Mariano Bovi sculp.
[London: Publish'd May 1790, by Mano. Bovi, No. 81, Great Titchfield Street.]
Stipple with etching. 318 x 228mm. 12½ x 9". Cut, crease.
Frances Moore Brooke (c.1724-1789) was an English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator. It was whilst she was in Canada that she wrote her first novel in 1763, "The History of Lady Julia Mandeville".
[Ref: 20671] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Catherine Read pinx. Mariano Bovi sculp.
[London: Publish'd May 1790, by Mano. Bovi, No. 81, Great Titchfield Street.]
Stipple with etching. 318 x 228mm. 12½ x 9". Cut, crease.
Frances Moore Brooke (c.1724-1789) was an English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator. It was whilst she was in Canada that she wrote her first novel in 1763, "The History of Lady Julia Mandeville".
[Ref: 20671] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Gustavus Vaughan Brooke.
Engraved by D. Pound, from a Daguerreotype by Fitzgibbon of St. Louis.
The London Printing and Publishing Company. [n.d., c.1860]
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 160mm (10 x 6¼''). Trimmed. Central crease.
A portrait of Irish stage actor Gustavus Vaughan Brooke (1818-1866) who enjoyed success in Ireland, England and Australia, where he performed at Sydney and Melbourne 1855-1860. He died returning to Australia, when the overloaded SS London floundered in the Bay of Biscay, with a single lifeboat with 19 people surving out of 239.
Kivell p. 44.
[Ref: 48403] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by D. Pound, from a Daguerreotype by Fitzgibbon of St. Louis.
The London Printing and Publishing Company. [n.d., c.1860]
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 160mm (10 x 6¼''). Trimmed. Central crease.
A portrait of Irish stage actor Gustavus Vaughan Brooke (1818-1866) who enjoyed success in Ireland, England and Australia, where he performed at Sydney and Melbourne 1855-1860. He died returning to Australia, when the overloaded SS London floundered in the Bay of Biscay, with a single lifeboat with 19 people surving out of 239.
Kivell p. 44.
[Ref: 48403] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
M.rs Brooke. (Ranee of Sarawak.)
AS. [? within image]. Judd & C.o Lith Doctors' Common, London E.C.
The Whitehall Review. April 19.th 1879.
Rare lithograph, sheet 370 x 245mm (14½ x 9¾"). Bottom left and right corners missing.
Head and shoulders portrait of Margaret, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (born Margaret Alice Lili de Windt; 1849–1936). She was the consort of the Sarawak the second White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke (1829–1917). She was also an author and composer publishing her memoir, My Life in Sarawak, in 1913. The memoir offers a rare glimpse of life in The Astana in Kuching and colonial Borneo. Additionally she composed the national anthem of Sarawak, Gone Forth Beyond the Sea, in 1872. "The Whitehall Review: A Weekly Journal of Politics and Society." Was a periodical published weekly.
[Ref: 61490] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
AS. [? within image]. Judd & C.o Lith Doctors' Common, London E.C.
The Whitehall Review. April 19.th 1879.
Rare lithograph, sheet 370 x 245mm (14½ x 9¾"). Bottom left and right corners missing.
Head and shoulders portrait of Margaret, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (born Margaret Alice Lili de Windt; 1849–1936). She was the consort of the Sarawak the second White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke (1829–1917). She was also an author and composer publishing her memoir, My Life in Sarawak, in 1913. The memoir offers a rare glimpse of life in The Astana in Kuching and colonial Borneo. Additionally she composed the national anthem of Sarawak, Gone Forth Beyond the Sea, in 1872. "The Whitehall Review: A Weekly Journal of Politics and Society." Was a periodical published weekly.
[Ref: 61490] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Rupert Brooke 1913.
From a photograph by Sherril Schell. Emery Walker Ph.sc.
London, Published by Emery Walker Limited, 16 Clifford's Inn, Fleet St. E.C., May 1st 1916.
Photographic print, with large margins. Plate 198 x 147mm. 7¾ x 5¾".
Rupert Chawner Brooker (1887-1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War. From a photo by Sherrill Schell (1877-1694); the glass positive was given to the National Portrait Gallery by Emery Walker Ltd in 1956.
See NPG: P101(f).
[Ref: 23623] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
From a photograph by Sherril Schell. Emery Walker Ph.sc.
London, Published by Emery Walker Limited, 16 Clifford's Inn, Fleet St. E.C., May 1st 1916.
Photographic print, with large margins. Plate 198 x 147mm. 7¾ x 5¾".
Rupert Chawner Brooker (1887-1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War. From a photo by Sherrill Schell (1877-1694); the glass positive was given to the National Portrait Gallery by Emery Walker Ltd in 1956.
See NPG: P101(f).
[Ref: 23623] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The King George disabled, and other Privateers in chase, with the Appearance of His Majesty's Ship the Russell at the time the Dartmouth was blown up, engaging the Gloriosa Octr 9th 1748.
Brooking Pinxt. Boydell Sculpt.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1753, & Sold by J. Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street Cheapside.
Engraving 465 x 330mm.
The Spanish 74-gun ship, 'Glorioso', was on her way to Cadiz from Ferrol, where she had landed treasure, when she was attacked by a number of English ships including the 'Royal family' squadron of privateers commanded by Commodore Walker. She was engaged by several ships of inferior force including Walker's privateer the 'King George', 32 guns, which kept up a close but unequal struggle for several hours, and the 'Dartmouth', 50 guns, which blew up. After a five-hour battle, the 'Glorioso' was finally captured by the 'Russell', 80 guns, which was returning half-manned from the Mediterranean. Charles Brooking (1723–59) Unde the patronage of Taylor White and commission from him for the Foundling Hosptial, Brooking became a most celebrated marine painter whose pupils may well have included Serres and Swaine.
Parker:51a.
[Ref: 978] £350.00
Brooking Pinxt. Boydell Sculpt.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1753, & Sold by J. Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street Cheapside.
Engraving 465 x 330mm.
The Spanish 74-gun ship, 'Glorioso', was on her way to Cadiz from Ferrol, where she had landed treasure, when she was attacked by a number of English ships including the 'Royal family' squadron of privateers commanded by Commodore Walker. She was engaged by several ships of inferior force including Walker's privateer the 'King George', 32 guns, which kept up a close but unequal struggle for several hours, and the 'Dartmouth', 50 guns, which blew up. After a five-hour battle, the 'Glorioso' was finally captured by the 'Russell', 80 guns, which was returning half-manned from the Mediterranean. Charles Brooking (1723–59) Unde the patronage of Taylor White and commission from him for the Foundling Hosptial, Brooking became a most celebrated marine painter whose pupils may well have included Serres and Swaine.
Parker:51a.
[Ref: 978] £350.00
Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street.
Rowlandson & Pugin Delt. et Sculpt. J. Bluck Aquat.
London. Pub.1st Octr, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 230 x 280mm, 9 x 11", paper watermarked "1808" large margins.
The gaming room at Brooks's, a gentlemen's club founded in 1764, with a barrel-vault ceiling designed by John Adam. Notable members of the club include David Garrick, Herbert Walpole, Joshua Reynolds, William Pitt the Younger, William Wilberforce, George IV and William IV.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 53543] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson & Pugin Delt. et Sculpt. J. Bluck Aquat.
London. Pub.1st Octr, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 230 x 280mm, 9 x 11", paper watermarked "1808" large margins.
The gaming room at Brooks's, a gentlemen's club founded in 1764, with a barrel-vault ceiling designed by John Adam. Notable members of the club include David Garrick, Herbert Walpole, Joshua Reynolds, William Pitt the Younger, William Wilberforce, George IV and William IV.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 53543] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Brooks Esq.]](jpegs/62852.jpg)
[George Brooks Esq.]
[After Samuel Woodforde. Engraved by James Heath]
[n.d. c.1820]
Aquatint part printed in colour. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"). Sheet has become discoloured. Small marking across the image.
Half portrait of George Brooks of Twickenham, active in late 18th-early 19th century.
[Ref: 62852] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[After Samuel Woodforde. Engraved by James Heath]
[n.d. c.1820]
Aquatint part printed in colour. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"). Sheet has become discoloured. Small marking across the image.
Half portrait of George Brooks of Twickenham, active in late 18th-early 19th century.
[Ref: 62852] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
George Brooks Esqr.
Woodforde pinxt. Heath sculpt. Engraver to His Majesty, & H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Stipple engraving. Plate 438 x 333mm. Sheet 592 x 442mm. Fine.
George Brooks of Twickenham. He appears in a ist of the Subscribing Members of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Subscribed in 1809.
In the NPG.
[Ref: 12555] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Woodforde pinxt. Heath sculpt. Engraver to His Majesty, & H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Stipple engraving. Plate 438 x 333mm. Sheet 592 x 442mm. Fine.
George Brooks of Twickenham. He appears in a ist of the Subscribing Members of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Subscribed in 1809.
In the NPG.
[Ref: 12555] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Brooks. Right Hon.ble Grand Select Master, of the Royal Grand Select Sols Lodge. Unanimously Elected 1787, 1788, & 1789.
Published as the Act directs by W.m Thick, No. 17, Duke Street, Portland Place. [n.d., c.
Stipple, rare. Sheet size: 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A portrait of William Brooks, who unanimously elected as the Grand Select Master of the Freemasons for three consecutive years, starting in 1787. In Freemasonry a Grand Master is the leader of the lodges within his Masonic jurisdiction. He presides over a Grand Lodge, and has certain rights in the constituent lodges that form his jurisdiction. The first unambiguously recorded Grand Master was Anthony Sayer, elected as the first Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England in 1717.
[Ref: 32205] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Published as the Act directs by W.m Thick, No. 17, Duke Street, Portland Place. [n.d., c.
Stipple, rare. Sheet size: 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A portrait of William Brooks, who unanimously elected as the Grand Select Master of the Freemasons for three consecutive years, starting in 1787. In Freemasonry a Grand Master is the leader of the lodges within his Masonic jurisdiction. He presides over a Grand Lodge, and has certain rights in the constituent lodges that form his jurisdiction. The first unambiguously recorded Grand Master was Anthony Sayer, elected as the first Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England in 1717.
[Ref: 32205] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
William Brooks Writing Master; and Accomptant, London.
P. Tomlinson pinx: G. Bickham sculp.
[c.1730]
Engraving, on verso in ink 4 shil; sheet 195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed.
Only engraved portrait of William Brooks, writing master in the City of London. His apprentices included a well-known writing master of the following generation, Charles Snell (bap.1667-d.1733).
O'D 1 (only portrait listed). Ex: The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Collection.
[Ref: 38868] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
P. Tomlinson pinx: G. Bickham sculp.
[c.1730]
Engraving, on verso in ink 4 shil; sheet 195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed.
Only engraved portrait of William Brooks, writing master in the City of London. His apprentices included a well-known writing master of the following generation, Charles Snell (bap.1667-d.1733).
O'D 1 (only portrait listed). Ex: The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Collection.
[Ref: 38868] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the Mouth of a Coal Pit near Broseley, in Shropshire.
Robert [illegible-Pollard?, pinxit] Francis Ches[ham] sculpsit
Published Feb.y 1st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90, Cheapside, London.
Engraving, open letter proof; platemark 415 x 550mm (16¼ x 21½"), with very large margins. Creasing; messy.
Landscape from the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, combining industrial and pastoral elements.
[Ref: 45136] £450.00
Robert [illegible-Pollard?, pinxit] Francis Ches[ham] sculpsit
Published Feb.y 1st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90, Cheapside, London.
Engraving, open letter proof; platemark 415 x 550mm (16¼ x 21½"), with very large margins. Creasing; messy.
Landscape from the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, combining industrial and pastoral elements.
[Ref: 45136] £450.00
A View of the Mouth of a Coal Pit near Broseley, in Shropshire.
G. Robertson pinxit. Francis Chesham Sculpsit.
Published Feb.y 1.st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell No. 90 Cheapside London.
Copper engraving, title in open letters, 405 x 550mm. 16 x 21½". Three worm holes; full margins.
Labourers, horses and a donkey are shown beside a large winching device and tall chimney. The area surrounding the village of Broseley, Shropshire, was central to the coal mining industry. Abraham Darby I (c 1678-1717) developed coke smelting in nearby Coalbrookdale, which revolutionised the production of iron, and helped start the Industrial Revolution. One of a series of six engravings of industry in the area published by the Boydells. After George Robertson (1747 - 1788).
[Ref: 22150] £420.00
G. Robertson pinxit. Francis Chesham Sculpsit.
Published Feb.y 1.st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell No. 90 Cheapside London.
Copper engraving, title in open letters, 405 x 550mm. 16 x 21½". Three worm holes; full margins.
Labourers, horses and a donkey are shown beside a large winching device and tall chimney. The area surrounding the village of Broseley, Shropshire, was central to the coal mining industry. Abraham Darby I (c 1678-1717) developed coke smelting in nearby Coalbrookdale, which revolutionised the production of iron, and helped start the Industrial Revolution. One of a series of six engravings of industry in the area published by the Boydells. After George Robertson (1747 - 1788).
[Ref: 22150] £420.00
John Broster Esqr. F.A.S. Edinburgh.
John Syme, pinxit. T. Hodgetts, fecit. Published (at the request of his pupils) from an original picture by Syme.
Sold by Archibald Constable & Co. and William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside & Pall Mall, London, Feby. 2nd. 1825. _ Price 10/6.
Mezzotint on india paper, first state before spectacles are erased from hand and engraved on nose. Image 180 x 145mm, 7 x 5¾". Lacking margins; surface rubbed, cut inside platemark.
Portrait of John Broster, inventor of system for removal of speech impediments; seated in an armchair, holding spectacles in his right hand, his left elbow resting on a book lettered with 'Art of Speaking', with papers below and other books lined up behind. Curtain in background, coat of arms at centre of inscription. After John Syme (1795 - 1861).
See BM Portraits p.252, 1. Wellcome 433. For other state item Ref: 27105.
[Ref: 27104] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Syme, pinxit. T. Hodgetts, fecit. Published (at the request of his pupils) from an original picture by Syme.
Sold by Archibald Constable & Co. and William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside & Pall Mall, London, Feby. 2nd. 1825. _ Price 10/6.
Mezzotint on india paper, first state before spectacles are erased from hand and engraved on nose. Image 180 x 145mm, 7 x 5¾". Lacking margins; surface rubbed, cut inside platemark.
Portrait of John Broster, inventor of system for removal of speech impediments; seated in an armchair, holding spectacles in his right hand, his left elbow resting on a book lettered with 'Art of Speaking', with papers below and other books lined up behind. Curtain in background, coat of arms at centre of inscription. After John Syme (1795 - 1861).
See BM Portraits p.252, 1. Wellcome 433. For other state item Ref: 27105.
[Ref: 27104] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Broster Esqr. F.A.S. Edinburgh.
John Syme, pinxit. T. Hodgetts, fect. Published (at the request of his pupils) from an original picture by Syme.
Sold by Archibald Constable & Co. and William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside & Pall Mall, London, Feby. 2nd. 1825 [or after]. _ Price 10/6.
Mezzotint on india paper, reworked state after spectacles erased from hand, and engraved on nose. The plate slightly reduced also. Image 175 x 130mm, 7 x 5¼". Lacking margins.
Portrait of John Broster, inventor of system for removal of speech impediments; seated in an armchair, looking to front, wearing spectacles, his left elbow resting on a book lettered with 'Art of Speaking', with papers below and other books lined up behind. Curtain in background, coat of arms at centre of inscription. After John Syme (1795 - 1861).
See BM Portraits p.252, 1. Wellcome 433. See item Ref: 27104.
[Ref: 27105] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Syme, pinxit. T. Hodgetts, fect. Published (at the request of his pupils) from an original picture by Syme.
Sold by Archibald Constable & Co. and William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside & Pall Mall, London, Feby. 2nd. 1825 [or after]. _ Price 10/6.
Mezzotint on india paper, reworked state after spectacles erased from hand, and engraved on nose. The plate slightly reduced also. Image 175 x 130mm, 7 x 5¼". Lacking margins.
Portrait of John Broster, inventor of system for removal of speech impediments; seated in an armchair, looking to front, wearing spectacles, his left elbow resting on a book lettered with 'Art of Speaking', with papers below and other books lined up behind. Curtain in background, coat of arms at centre of inscription. After John Syme (1795 - 1861).
See BM Portraits p.252, 1. Wellcome 433. See item Ref: 27104.
[Ref: 27105] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Felicissima Notte.]](jpegs/55523.jpg)
[Felicissima Notte.]
[n.d., c.1825.]
Watercolour. Sheet 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Mounted on album paper.
A man is welcomed into a brothel. Outside is a woman carrying a sleeping child, lit by lamplight. A copy of a lithograph (see ref: 11918).
[Ref: 55523] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1825.]
Watercolour. Sheet 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Mounted on album paper.
A man is welcomed into a brothel. Outside is a woman carrying a sleeping child, lit by lamplight. A copy of a lithograph (see ref: 11918).
[Ref: 55523] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![Felicissima Notte [Happiest Night].](jpegs/11918.jpg)
Felicissima Notte [Happiest Night].
[n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Pin holes to corners, loss of surface in centre.
A man is welcomed into a brothel. Outside is a woman carrying a sleeping child, lit by lamplight.
[Ref: 11918] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Pin holes to corners, loss of surface in centre.
A man is welcomed into a brothel. Outside is a woman carrying a sleeping child, lit by lamplight.
[Ref: 11918] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Brothel] [Les Debauches].](jpegs/18633.jpg)
[The Brothel] [Les Debauches].
[after Jan Miense Molenaar by William Young Ottley].
[London. 1828].
Etching. Plate 158 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Trimmed close to the platemark; cut just inside along bottom edge.
The brothel. Three men drinking and playing music at a table in the centre; a bare chested woman steals from the left man's purse. A dog lying under the table to the left, and a couple embracing in the background. See British Museum "1880,0807.86" described as copy included in "A collection of thirty-nine facsimiles of rare etchings" Plate 18, by William Young Ottley (1771-1836) Artist, turned dealer and collector of Italian paintings, prints and drawings and Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, 1833-36.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18633] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[after Jan Miense Molenaar by William Young Ottley].
[London. 1828].
Etching. Plate 158 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Trimmed close to the platemark; cut just inside along bottom edge.
The brothel. Three men drinking and playing music at a table in the centre; a bare chested woman steals from the left man's purse. A dog lying under the table to the left, and a couple embracing in the background. See British Museum "1880,0807.86" described as copy included in "A collection of thirty-nine facsimiles of rare etchings" Plate 18, by William Young Ottley (1771-1836) Artist, turned dealer and collector of Italian paintings, prints and drawings and Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, 1833-36.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18633] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Brothel] The Mob attempting to pull down Peter Woods Bawdy House in the Strand.](jpegs/62057.jpg)
[Brothel] The Mob attempting to pull down Peter Woods Bawdy House in the Strand.
[London: Alexander Hogg, 1749.]
Engraving. 175 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½"), with letterpress clipping. Narrow margins, some spotting, laid on album paper.
A group of sailors with clubs storm The Star Tavern, near Temple Bar in the Strand, in vengence for being robbed, 1st July 1749. According to the letterpress, they slashed the mattress and through the feathers out of the windows and forced all the women out into the street, naked. The rioters returned the next two nights, attacking other houses. Nine men were eventually arrested: one, Bosavern Penlez (1726-49), a wig-maker, was hanged at Tyburn on 18 October 1749 for stealing linen from the Star.
Wellcome Collection 27976i.
[Ref: 62057] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Alexander Hogg, 1749.]
Engraving. 175 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½"), with letterpress clipping. Narrow margins, some spotting, laid on album paper.
A group of sailors with clubs storm The Star Tavern, near Temple Bar in the Strand, in vengence for being robbed, 1st July 1749. According to the letterpress, they slashed the mattress and through the feathers out of the windows and forced all the women out into the street, naked. The rioters returned the next two nights, attacking other houses. Nine men were eventually arrested: one, Bosavern Penlez (1726-49), a wig-maker, was hanged at Tyburn on 18 October 1749 for stealing linen from the Star.
Wellcome Collection 27976i.
[Ref: 62057] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Brothers in Law! or the Finishing Flourish of a City Officer!! Going Going" Last time Going" See Proceedings at Guildhall Times Oct 1.st 1827.
Pub Oct 5 1827 by J Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill.
Hand-coloured etching. 248 x 362mm. 9¾ x 14¼". Trimmed.
The Recorder Newman Knowlys tied to a post and being whipped by Sheriff Farebrother using a 'cat o' nine tails'. An old fish wife on the left says 'Vell this here ought to be recorded'. The Recorder had refused to remit a sentence of flogging at Farebrother's request and to apologise for it.
Collage: p5432313.
[Ref: 25611] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pub Oct 5 1827 by J Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill.
Hand-coloured etching. 248 x 362mm. 9¾ x 14¼". Trimmed.
The Recorder Newman Knowlys tied to a post and being whipped by Sheriff Farebrother using a 'cat o' nine tails'. An old fish wife on the left says 'Vell this here ought to be recorded'. The Recorder had refused to remit a sentence of flogging at Farebrother's request and to apologise for it.
Collage: p5432313.
[Ref: 25611] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Petition.
H.B. [reversed, the monogram of I.B. Brookes.]
[July 1831.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾". Trimmed to printed border at top.
The Lord Chancellor Brougham kneeling before William IV, who wears a tall fool's cap, presenting a 'Reformer's Petition' from the inmates of Bedlam, Hoxton House and St Luke's Hospital, requesting their freedom and representation. The Duke of Gloucester, wearing a top-hat, holds the back of the King's chair and bends forward to say 'Who's Silly Billy now'. A satire on the Reform Act by I.B. Brookes, who signed his work with IB or HB backwards, possibly in an attempt to pass off his work as that of HB (John Doyle).
BM Satire 16737.
[Ref: 50694] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
H.B. [reversed, the monogram of I.B. Brookes.]
[July 1831.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾". Trimmed to printed border at top.
The Lord Chancellor Brougham kneeling before William IV, who wears a tall fool's cap, presenting a 'Reformer's Petition' from the inmates of Bedlam, Hoxton House and St Luke's Hospital, requesting their freedom and representation. The Duke of Gloucester, wearing a top-hat, holds the back of the King's chair and bends forward to say 'Who's Silly Billy now'. A satire on the Reform Act by I.B. Brookes, who signed his work with IB or HB backwards, possibly in an attempt to pass off his work as that of HB (John Doyle).
BM Satire 16737.
[Ref: 50694] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Old Harry looking out for a Warm Birth or a Peep in to the Oven. Vide morning Herald Thursday Oct 18th 1827.
[Paul Pry] Esqr Del.
Pub by McLean 26 Haymarket London. [b.d. c.1830.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Some surface dirt. Trimmed past the plate mark.
Satire on Brougham's coveting of the Mastership of the Rolls (which he was not offered as it was considered too dangerous to give him an irremovable post with a seat in the Commons). Here Brougham is a broom-girl, greedily eyeing the oven of 'Rolls' and expressing how he 'would like to Master this batch'. Brougham's name in old manuscript below title.
BM Satires: 15431.
[Ref: 52764] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esqr Del.
Pub by McLean 26 Haymarket London. [b.d. c.1830.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Some surface dirt. Trimmed past the plate mark.
Satire on Brougham's coveting of the Mastership of the Rolls (which he was not offered as it was considered too dangerous to give him an irremovable post with a seat in the Commons). Here Brougham is a broom-girl, greedily eyeing the oven of 'Rolls' and expressing how he 'would like to Master this batch'. Brougham's name in old manuscript below title.
BM Satires: 15431.
[Ref: 52764] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
One of the Poor employed to mend the High Ways. Parish Characters in Ten Plates by Paul Pry Esqr.____Pl 10___
[Paul Pry.]
Pub Jun 12 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of P Pry Caricatures-none are original without his name.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate 361 x 254mm (14¼ x 10"). Some toning.
Brougham, wearing a barrister's wig, labours without reward breaking stones (inscribed 'Reform'). Brougham lamented that his support of the Ministry over Emancipation brought no reward, and was anxious to gain the place of Master of the Rolls (as here he says 'getting very hungry could swallow a whole batch of Rolls'). One of, or similar to, a set of 'Parish Characters' with an imitation of William Heath's signature.
Similar to BM Satires 15790 but with different publication line.
[Ref: 30497] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry.]
Pub Jun 12 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of P Pry Caricatures-none are original without his name.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate 361 x 254mm (14¼ x 10"). Some toning.
Brougham, wearing a barrister's wig, labours without reward breaking stones (inscribed 'Reform'). Brougham lamented that his support of the Ministry over Emancipation brought no reward, and was anxious to gain the place of Master of the Rolls (as here he says 'getting very hungry could swallow a whole batch of Rolls'). One of, or similar to, a set of 'Parish Characters' with an imitation of William Heath's signature.
Similar to BM Satires 15790 but with different publication line.
[Ref: 30497] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry Brougham] Buy a Broom?!!](jpegs/25041.jpg)
[Henry Brougham] Buy a Broom?!!
John Birch del- Query - fecit. [G. Cruikshank.]
London Pubd May 13th 1825 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, image 260 x 180mm. 10¼ x 7". Trimmed to plate. Trace of glue stains, from verso.
Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868); wearing barrister's wig and bands, and over this a bodice and petticoat, all topped off with a spotted conical cap tied around his chin. He is likened to a street-seller of brooms, implying venality. By George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
BM Satires 14769.
[Ref: 25041] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Birch del- Query - fecit. [G. Cruikshank.]
London Pubd May 13th 1825 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, image 260 x 180mm. 10¼ x 7". Trimmed to plate. Trace of glue stains, from verso.
Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868); wearing barrister's wig and bands, and over this a bodice and petticoat, all topped off with a spotted conical cap tied around his chin. He is likened to a street-seller of brooms, implying venality. By George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
BM Satires 14769.
[Ref: 25041] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)