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English Agricultural Society's Show Yard. First Meeting at Oxford, July 17.th 1839. To the Right Hon.ble John Charles, Earl Spencer, President, the Trustees, Vice Presidents, Committe of Management, and Members. This Print is most respectfully dedicated.
On Stone by T. Picken, from a Drawing by W.A. Delamotte. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by John & R. Dewe, Broad St.t Oxford; and Sold by R.Ackerman, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street; and T. M.cLean, 26 Haymarket, London.
Rare lithograph, 275 x 350mm (10¾ x 13¾"). Repaired tears top and bottom.
Gentlemen in top hats converse and survey the cows and horses under awnings. In the center are marquees and farm equipment such as ploughs and carts. The Royal Agricultural Society of England was established in the United Kingdom in 1838. Its motto was "Practice with Science", and its aim was to promote the scientific development of agriculture. The society received its Royal Charter from Queen Victoria in 1840.
See: Ref: 16545 for English Agricultural Society's Show Yard in Cambridge
[Ref: 57087] £320.00
On Stone by T. Picken, from a Drawing by W.A. Delamotte. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by John & R. Dewe, Broad St.t Oxford; and Sold by R.Ackerman, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street; and T. M.cLean, 26 Haymarket, London.
Rare lithograph, 275 x 350mm (10¾ x 13¾"). Repaired tears top and bottom.
Gentlemen in top hats converse and survey the cows and horses under awnings. In the center are marquees and farm equipment such as ploughs and carts. The Royal Agricultural Society of England was established in the United Kingdom in 1838. Its motto was "Practice with Science", and its aim was to promote the scientific development of agriculture. The society received its Royal Charter from Queen Victoria in 1840.
See: Ref: 16545 for English Agricultural Society's Show Yard in Cambridge
[Ref: 57087] £320.00
Royal Agricultural Society's Show Yard, at Bristol. July 14th 1842.
[c.1842.]
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, crease reinforced. Damaged bottom left, but very rare.
Gentlemen farmers in the yard, with horses and sheep, before a cast-iron building.
[Ref: 62278] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1842.]
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, crease reinforced. Damaged bottom left, but very rare.
Gentlemen farmers in the yard, with horses and sheep, before a cast-iron building.
[Ref: 62278] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Bullock's Museum. 22, Piccadilly.
No.18, of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. June 1 1810 at 101 Strand; London.
Hand coloured engraving. 150 x 245mm (6 x 9¾"). Offset from text.
The interior of Bullock's Museum, also known as the London Museum and the Egyptian Hall (or Museum), centred on a display of stuffed animals including an elephant, zebra and polar bear. William Bullock (c.1773-1849), a traveller, naturalist, and antiquarian, established the museum in 1812. Built at a cost of £16,000, it contained 15,000 items, collected according to the guidebook 'during seventeen years of arduous research at a cost of £30,000'. Admission was l shilling or 1 guinea for an annual ticket. Over the years special exhibits included Napoleon's carriage, 'the superb Feather, Cloak, and and Helmet, presented by the king of Owyhee to, and worn [by] our Unfortunate Circumnavigator [Captain James Cook] a few days before he fell', Giovanni Battista Belzoni's finds in Egypt, and and James Ward's gigantic painting 'Allegory of Waterloo'. Thomas Shotter Boys' view of Piccadilly for 'London As It Is' shows the exterior of the Egyptian Hall during the exhibition of George Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio'.
[Ref: 61419] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
No.18, of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. June 1 1810 at 101 Strand; London.
Hand coloured engraving. 150 x 245mm (6 x 9¾"). Offset from text.
The interior of Bullock's Museum, also known as the London Museum and the Egyptian Hall (or Museum), centred on a display of stuffed animals including an elephant, zebra and polar bear. William Bullock (c.1773-1849), a traveller, naturalist, and antiquarian, established the museum in 1812. Built at a cost of £16,000, it contained 15,000 items, collected according to the guidebook 'during seventeen years of arduous research at a cost of £30,000'. Admission was l shilling or 1 guinea for an annual ticket. Over the years special exhibits included Napoleon's carriage, 'the superb Feather, Cloak, and and Helmet, presented by the king of Owyhee to, and worn [by] our Unfortunate Circumnavigator [Captain James Cook] a few days before he fell', Giovanni Battista Belzoni's finds in Egypt, and and James Ward's gigantic painting 'Allegory of Waterloo'. Thomas Shotter Boys' view of Piccadilly for 'London As It Is' shows the exterior of the Egyptian Hall during the exhibition of George Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio'.
[Ref: 61419] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![Bullock's Museum, Piccadilly. Plate 9. Vol. XIV. [&] Bullock's Museum, 22, Piccadilly.](jpegs/52426.jpg)
Bullock's Museum, Piccadilly. Plate 9. Vol. XIV. [&] Bullock's Museum, 22, Piccadilly.
No.80 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. Aug.t. 1. 1815 at 101 Strand, London. [n.d. c.1816.]
A pair: hand-coloured etching and aquatint on J. Whatman watermarked paper. 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼") [&] coloured engraving. 171 x 260mm (6¾ x 10¼").
View from the street of Bullock's Museum in Piccadilly; two figures enter the museum, others on the street, a horse-drawn carriage waits outside [&] an interior view of exhibits. William Bullock was a showman, collector and naturalist. In 1809 he moved his growing collection from Liverpool to London. He began at 22 Piccadilly, then moved down the street to a larger building styled as an Egyptian temple. The ‘Egyptian Hall' contained around 32,000 objects of natural history, ethnography and archaeology. Bullock wanted to appeal to both the ‘scientific naturalist' and the general visitor. He arranged his specimens according to Linnaean classification and included information on animals' habitats, feeding and behaviours.
[Ref: 52426] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
No.80 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. Aug.t. 1. 1815 at 101 Strand, London. [n.d. c.1816.]
A pair: hand-coloured etching and aquatint on J. Whatman watermarked paper. 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼") [&] coloured engraving. 171 x 260mm (6¾ x 10¼").
View from the street of Bullock's Museum in Piccadilly; two figures enter the museum, others on the street, a horse-drawn carriage waits outside [&] an interior view of exhibits. William Bullock was a showman, collector and naturalist. In 1809 he moved his growing collection from Liverpool to London. He began at 22 Piccadilly, then moved down the street to a larger building styled as an Egyptian temple. The ‘Egyptian Hall' contained around 32,000 objects of natural history, ethnography and archaeology. Bullock wanted to appeal to both the ‘scientific naturalist' and the general visitor. He arranged his specimens according to Linnaean classification and included information on animals' habitats, feeding and behaviours.
[Ref: 52426] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cabinet of Curiosity.]](jpegs/44873.jpg)
[Cabinet of Curiosity.]
A. van Buysen schulp.
[1706]
Engraving. Plate: 310 x 220mm (12 x 8¾"). Creasing in bottom & top right corner.
A view of the collection of naturalia and artificialia of Dutch textile merchant Levinus Vincent (1658-1727). Levinus presented his collection in a highly decorative manner for his visitors and provided a catalogue 'Wonder toneel der Nature' 1706 from which this plate comes. A rare & interesting item.
[Ref: 44873] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A. van Buysen schulp.
[1706]
Engraving. Plate: 310 x 220mm (12 x 8¾"). Creasing in bottom & top right corner.
A view of the collection of naturalia and artificialia of Dutch textile merchant Levinus Vincent (1658-1727). Levinus presented his collection in a highly decorative manner for his visitors and provided a catalogue 'Wonder toneel der Nature' 1706 from which this plate comes. A rare & interesting item.
[Ref: 44873] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Crystal Palace. Greek Court, South Side.
G.H. Thomas del. From a Photograph by P. H. Delamotte. W. Thomas and H. Harrel sc.
[n.d., c.1854.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Creasing.
A view of the Greek exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham. The statue at the front has had a fig leaf placed to mask his nudity. Despite male nude statues having been displayed in the British Museum since the 18th century there was an outcry at the display of naked male statues and several public requests in papers such as the Times to cover the statues.
[Ref: 46442] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
G.H. Thomas del. From a Photograph by P. H. Delamotte. W. Thomas and H. Harrel sc.
[n.d., c.1854.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Creasing.
A view of the Greek exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham. The statue at the front has had a fig leaf placed to mask his nudity. Despite male nude statues having been displayed in the British Museum since the 18th century there was an outcry at the display of naked male statues and several public requests in papers such as the Times to cover the statues.
[Ref: 46442] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
L'expèrience de cette Figure Aërostatique haute de 8 pieds faite par les frères Ensten.
Weis sc.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") large margins. Slight creasing.
A print showing a flying figure of Mercury, the figure was made to float and was the invention of the Ensten brothers.
[Ref: 46207] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Weis sc.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") large margins. Slight creasing.
A print showing a flying figure of Mercury, the figure was made to float and was the invention of the Ensten brothers.
[Ref: 46207] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Plan-Guide. Souvenir de L'Exposition Industrielle et Agricole, 1849. 2.me Édition.
Chez Bouquillard, Editeur, Papelier Imp.r Lithographie, 226, rue St Martin, 226, près des Arts et Métiers.
Lithographed plan, rare survivor. Sheet 440 x 535mm (17¼ x 21"). Tear in left edge. Creases some staining.
A floorplan of the 'Exposition of the Second Republic or Exposition Nationale des produits de l’industrie agricole et manufacturière', with an elevation of the temporary building in the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The French Industrial Exposition of 1844 was the first such exposition, imitated by Britain's Great Exhibition of 1851. The exposition of 1849 is regarded as a contination of the first.
[Ref: 30326] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Chez Bouquillard, Editeur, Papelier Imp.r Lithographie, 226, rue St Martin, 226, près des Arts et Métiers.
Lithographed plan, rare survivor. Sheet 440 x 535mm (17¼ x 21"). Tear in left edge. Creases some staining.
A floorplan of the 'Exposition of the Second Republic or Exposition Nationale des produits de l’industrie agricole et manufacturière', with an elevation of the temporary building in the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The French Industrial Exposition of 1844 was the first such exposition, imitated by Britain's Great Exhibition of 1851. The exposition of 1849 is regarded as a contination of the first.
[Ref: 30326] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)