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Franz Karl Achard. Director der physikalischen Klasse bey der K. Academie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. geb: zu Berlin 1753 den 28 ten Apr:
Bollinger Sc. 1800.
Stipple. 145 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½").
Franz Karl Achard (1753-1821) was a German chemist, physicist and biologist. His principal discovery was the production of sugar from sugar beets. He was favoured by King Frederck II of Prussia, and thus had to report twice a week on his research and any new developments. In 1776 he was elected to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin.
[Ref: 16199] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Bollinger Sc. 1800.
Stipple. 145 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½").
Franz Karl Achard (1753-1821) was a German chemist, physicist and biologist. His principal discovery was the production of sugar from sugar beets. He was favoured by King Frederck II of Prussia, and thus had to report twice a week on his research and any new developments. In 1776 he was elected to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin.
[Ref: 16199] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Air Pump improved by Mr. Haukesbee F.R.S.
Printed for J. Hinton at ye Kings Arms, S.t Pauls Church Yard, 1747.
Enrgaving. Plate: 165 x 90mm (6½ x 3½") with large margins.
A diagram of an air pump designed by scientist Francis Hauksbee (1660-1713). The double barrelled pump was presented to the Royal Society in 1703.
[Ref: 46304] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for J. Hinton at ye Kings Arms, S.t Pauls Church Yard, 1747.
Enrgaving. Plate: 165 x 90mm (6½ x 3½") with large margins.
A diagram of an air pump designed by scientist Francis Hauksbee (1660-1713). The double barrelled pump was presented to the Royal Society in 1703.
[Ref: 46304] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
The Chemist.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Woodcut, with four sheets of letterpress. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½''). Foxing.
A scientist holding a phial aloft with a young apprentice beside him. With text.
[Ref: 50496] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Woodcut, with four sheets of letterpress. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½''). Foxing.
A scientist holding a phial aloft with a young apprentice beside him. With text.
[Ref: 50496] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[Measuring instruments and scale]](jpegs/42482.jpg)
[Measuring instruments and scale] Meta del Piedi Vicentino. Diviso in sei oncie, ed ogni oncia in quattro Minuti.
M. Vd. Gucht Sculp [c.1720]
Engraving, rare; platemark 310 x 215mm (12¼ x 8½").
[Ref: 42482] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
M. Vd. Gucht Sculp [c.1720]
Engraving, rare; platemark 310 x 215mm (12¼ x 8½").
[Ref: 42482] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Diving Bell and Men at Work.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Line engraving, 180 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
Depiction of a diving bell facilitating underwater work.
[Ref: 56147] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Line engraving, 180 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
Depiction of a diving bell facilitating underwater work.
[Ref: 56147] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![E. Doubleday. [Facsimile signature.]](jpegs/57165.jpg)
E. Doubleday. [Facsimile signature.]
T. H. Maguire. 1849. [Etched in plate.]
M & N Hanhart lith. printers.
Lithograph on octagonal chine collé. 570 x 440mm (22½ x 17¼"), very large margins. Foxing and time staining in the margins.
A half length portrait of Edward Doubleday (1810-1849) with his arms folded. Doubleday was a notable entomologist; during his tenure at the British Museum he built the most comprehensive butterfly collections of the time. From the Ipswich Museum Portraits series published by George Ransom in 1852: the sixty portraits of distinguished men of science were designed to commemorate the foundation of the museum in 1846.
Wellcome: 841
[Ref: 57165] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
T. H. Maguire. 1849. [Etched in plate.]
M & N Hanhart lith. printers.
Lithograph on octagonal chine collé. 570 x 440mm (22½ x 17¼"), very large margins. Foxing and time staining in the margins.
A half length portrait of Edward Doubleday (1810-1849) with his arms folded. Doubleday was a notable entomologist; during his tenure at the British Museum he built the most comprehensive butterfly collections of the time. From the Ipswich Museum Portraits series published by George Ransom in 1852: the sixty portraits of distinguished men of science were designed to commemorate the foundation of the museum in 1846.
Wellcome: 841
[Ref: 57165] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Dutch Chymist.
Jn.o Stein Pinxit. J. Wilson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No.53 in Fleet Street. 236
Mezzotint, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Large margins.
An alchemist stirring a ceramic pot; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker. The alchemist has the 'bleary eyes' from long sustained efforts of watching his experiment, as described by Thomas Norton in his 'Ordinall of alchemy', 1477. After the painting 'The Village Alchemist' by Jan Havicksz. Steen (c.1625-79), painted in the early 1660s and now in the Wallace Collection. The composition is cropped to omit a crying woman and child, and 'empty money bags suspended from the ceiling with a bloated bladder, symbolising delusion' (from Wallace Collection commentary on the painting).
For a later lithograph reproducing the painting more directly, see ref. 24878
[Ref: 37011] £320.00
Jn.o Stein Pinxit. J. Wilson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No.53 in Fleet Street. 236
Mezzotint, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Large margins.
An alchemist stirring a ceramic pot; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker. The alchemist has the 'bleary eyes' from long sustained efforts of watching his experiment, as described by Thomas Norton in his 'Ordinall of alchemy', 1477. After the painting 'The Village Alchemist' by Jan Havicksz. Steen (c.1625-79), painted in the early 1660s and now in the Wallace Collection. The composition is cropped to omit a crying woman and child, and 'empty money bags suspended from the ceiling with a bloated bladder, symbolising delusion' (from Wallace Collection commentary on the painting).
For a later lithograph reproducing the painting more directly, see ref. 24878
[Ref: 37011] £320.00
La Machine électrique. Le Bon Génie, Journal des Enfans, 3 Année, No.13. Lith. No. 3.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 215 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼"). Repaired tear on right edge, vertical fold as normal and foxing.
A scene showing two children playing with an electric machine, the figure on the right turns a handle to generate the current while the figure on the left touches the machine with his finger.
[Ref: 46301] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 215 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼"). Repaired tear on right edge, vertical fold as normal and foxing.
A scene showing two children playing with an electric machine, the figure on the right turns a handle to generate the current while the figure on the left touches the machine with his finger.
[Ref: 46301] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frontis to 'Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature...'].](jpegs/58173.jpg)
[Frontis to 'Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature...'].
Le Clerc pinxt. A.Bell Prin Wal. Sculptor Auxit et exornavit.
[n.d., c.1797.]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 350mm. 8¾ x 13¾". Trimmed within plate. Creasing.
Figures engaged busily in feats of human endeavour, emblematic of science, art, painting, anatomy, medicine, music, geometry, history, figure sculpture, architecture, a magic lantern in the left foreground. In the background there is Moses with the Ten Commandments, the pyramids, and Adam and Eve with animals. Overhead is a balloon with gondola oars and two people. An amalgamation of a 1698 engraving by Sébastien Le Clerc 'L'Académie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts' and some religious imagery. Frontis for an edition of Matthew Flinders's (1774-1814) 'Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature...'
See BL 001571943.
[Ref: 58173] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Le Clerc pinxt. A.Bell Prin Wal. Sculptor Auxit et exornavit.
[n.d., c.1797.]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 350mm. 8¾ x 13¾". Trimmed within plate. Creasing.
Figures engaged busily in feats of human endeavour, emblematic of science, art, painting, anatomy, medicine, music, geometry, history, figure sculpture, architecture, a magic lantern in the left foreground. In the background there is Moses with the Ten Commandments, the pyramids, and Adam and Eve with animals. Overhead is a balloon with gondola oars and two people. An amalgamation of a 1698 engraving by Sébastien Le Clerc 'L'Académie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts' and some religious imagery. Frontis for an edition of Matthew Flinders's (1774-1814) 'Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature...'
See BL 001571943.
[Ref: 58173] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The First Lecture in Experimental Philosophy.
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine, for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms, in St. Paul's Church Yard London, 1748.
Engraving. Plate: 195 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼"). Vertical creasing as normal; time staining.
A scene in which several well-dressed men gather around a table to hear a lecture on science, the lecturer points to scientific apparatus which stands on the table and the floor.
[Ref: 46429] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine, for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms, in St. Paul's Church Yard London, 1748.
Engraving. Plate: 195 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼"). Vertical creasing as normal; time staining.
A scene in which several well-dressed men gather around a table to hear a lecture on science, the lecturer points to scientific apparatus which stands on the table and the floor.
[Ref: 46429] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The First Lecture in Experimental Philosophy.
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine for J. Hinton at the King's Arms in St Paul's Church Yard London 1748.
Engraving. 205 x 235mm. (8 x 9¼"). Folds as normal. Large margins on 3 sides. Damaged.
A chemistry demonstration before an audience of aristrocrats.
[Ref: 45343] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine for J. Hinton at the King's Arms in St Paul's Church Yard London 1748.
Engraving. 205 x 235mm. (8 x 9¼"). Folds as normal. Large margins on 3 sides. Damaged.
A chemistry demonstration before an audience of aristrocrats.
[Ref: 45343] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Experiments on the Solidity of Bodies.
Engraved for the Universal Magazine.
[May, 1751.]
Engraving with two double-sides of letterpress text. 205 x 127mm (8 x 5").
A collection of various testing apparatus, with accompanying text entitled "A Lecture on the Solidity of Bodies".
[Ref: 28641] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved for the Universal Magazine.
[May, 1751.]
Engraving with two double-sides of letterpress text. 205 x 127mm (8 x 5").
A collection of various testing apparatus, with accompanying text entitled "A Lecture on the Solidity of Bodies".
[Ref: 28641] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![A Representation of Mr. Joachim Smith's New invented Machine for Escaping from Fir[e]](jpegs/44488.jpg)
A Representation of Mr. Joachim Smith's New invented Machine for Escaping from Fir[e]
[Anon., c.1800]
Engraving, sheet 115 x 175mm (4½ x 6¾"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet; bottom right cormer missing, losing text.
Rare and interesting image showing people escaping from a burning building by means of enclosed chutes; print made to publicise a new invention by Joachim Smith, possibly the modeller employed by Wedgewood.
[Ref: 44488] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1800]
Engraving, sheet 115 x 175mm (4½ x 6¾"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet; bottom right cormer missing, losing text.
Rare and interesting image showing people escaping from a burning building by means of enclosed chutes; print made to publicise a new invention by Joachim Smith, possibly the modeller employed by Wedgewood.
[Ref: 44488] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Leçons et Conseils. Gavarni Viens voir P'ospèr! un Monsieur qui prend la foundre avec du verre frotté ... la Science qui fait le tonnerre de Dieu! O vicissitudes divines! Franklin a tiré Jupiter en bouteile.
Imp d'Aubert & Co.
Chez Bauger R du Croissant 16.
Coloured lithograph, 255 x 170mm. 10 x 6¾".
Print satirising contemporary scientific experimentation. Paul Galvarni was the nom de plume of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (c.1801-1866), a popular French caricaturist.
[Ref: 8813] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Imp d'Aubert & Co.
Chez Bauger R du Croissant 16.
Coloured lithograph, 255 x 170mm. 10 x 6¾".
Print satirising contemporary scientific experimentation. Paul Galvarni was the nom de plume of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (c.1801-1866), a popular French caricaturist.
[Ref: 8813] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece to Vol. II. of Howard's New Royal Cyclopaedia & Encyclopaedia.
G. Noble sculp.
Published as the Act directs by Alex.r Hogg at the Kings Arms, No 16 Paternoster Row, London [n.d., c.1788].
Engraving. 370 x 240mm (14½ x 9½"). Foxing. small margins.
A composite scene within classical architecture, with two men examining a globe, surrounded by reference to sciences, with multiple instruments and books.
[Ref: 57045] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G. Noble sculp.
Published as the Act directs by Alex.r Hogg at the Kings Arms, No 16 Paternoster Row, London [n.d., c.1788].
Engraving. 370 x 240mm (14½ x 9½"). Foxing. small margins.
A composite scene within classical architecture, with two men examining a globe, surrounded by reference to sciences, with multiple instruments and books.
[Ref: 57045] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece to Vol. III. of Howard's New Royal Cyclopaedia & Encyclopaedia.
Frawn by W. Chalmers. Engraved by G. Noble.
Published as the Act directs by Alex.r Hogg at the Kings Arms, No 16 Paternoster Row, London [n.d., c.1788].
Engraving. 370 x 240mm (14½ x 9½"). Foxing. Trimmed on right margin.
A composite scene within a library, with men examining an orrery, surrounded by reference to arts and sciences, with instruments and books.
[Ref: 57049] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Frawn by W. Chalmers. Engraved by G. Noble.
Published as the Act directs by Alex.r Hogg at the Kings Arms, No 16 Paternoster Row, London [n.d., c.1788].
Engraving. 370 x 240mm (14½ x 9½"). Foxing. Trimmed on right margin.
A composite scene within a library, with men examining an orrery, surrounded by reference to arts and sciences, with instruments and books.
[Ref: 57049] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Illustrations of Natural Pholosophy Optics. Popular Diagrams N.o 32.
Drawn & Engraved by John Emslie.
London, Published by James Reynolds, 174, Strand. [n.d., c.1850]
Hand coloured engraving, sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Part of the series "Popular Diagrams" with plates no. 25-35 which were accompanied by 24 pages of descriptive text. Diagrams of lenses, refraction, reflection, eclipses, the human eye and camera obscuras.
[Ref: 56878] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by John Emslie.
London, Published by James Reynolds, 174, Strand. [n.d., c.1850]
Hand coloured engraving, sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Part of the series "Popular Diagrams" with plates no. 25-35 which were accompanied by 24 pages of descriptive text. Diagrams of lenses, refraction, reflection, eclipses, the human eye and camera obscuras.
[Ref: 56878] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Physic.]](jpegs/13837.jpg)
[Physic.]
[After Adriaen van Ostade.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Original colour mezzotint. Fine. Sheet 310 x 245mm, 12¼ x 9¾". Trimmed & laid on album paper.
An alchemist, after a painting by Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85).
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 13837] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[After Adriaen van Ostade.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Original colour mezzotint. Fine. Sheet 310 x 245mm, 12¼ x 9¾". Trimmed & laid on album paper.
An alchemist, after a painting by Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85).
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 13837] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pythagoras. N.25 Magnus Philosophus tanta apud suos Auctoriate ut Auditoribus fuerit satis: Ipse dixit suis.
I.E Nilson, del. Ioh. George Hertel, exud A.V.2.
[n.d., c.1750]
Engraving, plate 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 8"), with very large margins. Some creasing.
Pythagoras teaching students in a very ornate decorative allegorical setting.
[Ref: 57104] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
I.E Nilson, del. Ioh. George Hertel, exud A.V.2.
[n.d., c.1750]
Engraving, plate 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 8"), with very large margins. Some creasing.
Pythagoras teaching students in a very ornate decorative allegorical setting.
[Ref: 57104] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Nicolaus Sandersonus. A.M. Matheseos Professor Cantabrigiae & R.S.S.
J. Vanderbanck pinx. An.o 1719 pro Martino Folkes. Arm.o Cui Tabulam humillime D. D. G. White.
Mezzotint. 360 x 245mm (14 x 9½"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A portrait of Nicholas Saunderson (1682-1739) holding an armillery sphere. Saunderson was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge and was a prolific mathematician. He was a close friend of Isaac Newton's, who had held the same post at Cambridge, and is credited by some historians as the earliest discoverer of Bayes' Theorem.
CS: 41 i of ii.
[Ref: 57215] £590.00
J. Vanderbanck pinx. An.o 1719 pro Martino Folkes. Arm.o Cui Tabulam humillime D. D. G. White.
Mezzotint. 360 x 245mm (14 x 9½"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A portrait of Nicholas Saunderson (1682-1739) holding an armillery sphere. Saunderson was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge and was a prolific mathematician. He was a close friend of Isaac Newton's, who had held the same post at Cambridge, and is credited by some historians as the earliest discoverer of Bayes' Theorem.
CS: 41 i of ii.
[Ref: 57215] £590.00
![[A specimen cabinet.] De Algemeene en Byzondere Natuurlyke Historie.](jpegs/41454.jpg)
[A specimen cabinet.] De Algemeene en Byzondere Natuurlyke Historie. Beschryving van het Kabinet des Konings
J. van Schley sculp.
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with a stylised view of a specimen cabinet.
[Ref: 41454] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
J. van Schley sculp.
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with a stylised view of a specimen cabinet.
[Ref: 41454] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[A specimen cabinet.] Beschryving van het Kabinet des Konings](jpegs/41455.jpg)
[A specimen cabinet.] Beschryving van het Kabinet des Konings
J. van Schley sculp.
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with a stylised view of a specimen cabinet.
[Ref: 41455] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
J. van Schley sculp.
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with a stylised view of a specimen cabinet.
[Ref: 41455] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[A specimen cabinet.] Description de la Partie du Cabinet qui a rapport à l'Histoire Naturelle de l'Homme.](jpegs/41456.jpg)
[A specimen cabinet.] Description de la Partie du Cabinet qui a rapport à l'Histoire Naturelle de l'Homme.
[Paris, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 80 x 130mm (3¼ x 5¼"), set in letterpress.
An engraved chapter heading the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with a stylised view of a specimen cabinet.
[Ref: 41456] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[Paris, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 80 x 130mm (3¼ x 5¼"), set in letterpress.
An engraved chapter heading the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with a stylised view of a specimen cabinet.
[Ref: 41456] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Surveying tools] De Algemeene en Byzondere Naturrlyke Historie.](jpegs/41457.jpg)
[Surveying tools] De Algemeene en Byzondere Naturrlyke Historie.
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with a caprice of mapping tools.
[Ref: 41457] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with a caprice of mapping tools.
[Ref: 41457] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Vivisection.
Painted by J. Mc.Lure Hamilton. Engraved by Cha.s J. Tomkins.
London Published June 23rd 1883 by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen and T.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales. Copyright Registered.
Mixed method engraving. 610 x 440mm (24 x 17¼"), with extremely large margins.
At first the scene appears to be of a man playing with his terrier, as it sits on a laboratory bench sits up begging. However the bottle of chloroform hidden behind the man's back hints at his sinister intentions. A dead bird lies to the left. John McLure Hamilton (1853-1936), born in Philadelphia. He divided his time between Philadelphia and London, where he was official portrait painter to Prime Minister William Gladstone. This engraving, subtitled 'The Last Appeal', was exhibited at the R.A. in 1884; both the 'Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society' and the 'National Canine Defence League' used the image in their campaigns in the early 20th century.
Ex Norman Blackburn collection.
[Ref: 52852] £550.00
Painted by J. Mc.Lure Hamilton. Engraved by Cha.s J. Tomkins.
London Published June 23rd 1883 by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen and T.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales. Copyright Registered.
Mixed method engraving. 610 x 440mm (24 x 17¼"), with extremely large margins.
At first the scene appears to be of a man playing with his terrier, as it sits on a laboratory bench sits up begging. However the bottle of chloroform hidden behind the man's back hints at his sinister intentions. A dead bird lies to the left. John McLure Hamilton (1853-1936), born in Philadelphia. He divided his time between Philadelphia and London, where he was official portrait painter to Prime Minister William Gladstone. This engraving, subtitled 'The Last Appeal', was exhibited at the R.A. in 1884; both the 'Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society' and the 'National Canine Defence League' used the image in their campaigns in the early 20th century.
Ex Norman Blackburn collection.
[Ref: 52852] £550.00