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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Datchet Bridge upon the River Thames.
Wm. Oram delin.
London Re-published Jan.y 1.1801, by Rob.t Wilkinson, No.58, Cornhill.
Engraving with very fine colour. Sheet 365 x 235mm (14¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed and edges of plate tipped into on album paper.
A view of the wooden bridge over the Thames, drawn by painter and architect William Oram (d.1777), first published in 1745.
[Ref: 68416] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Wm. Oram delin.
London Re-published Jan.y 1.1801, by Rob.t Wilkinson, No.58, Cornhill.
Engraving with very fine colour. Sheet 365 x 235mm (14¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed and edges of plate tipped into on album paper.
A view of the wooden bridge over the Thames, drawn by painter and architect William Oram (d.1777), first published in 1745.
[Ref: 68416] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Dover.
W. Hollar fecit 1642.
Etching. Sheet 60 x 130mm (2¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image, some damage, laid on album paper.
Dover Castle, with two men standing beside a tall, eroded monolith in foreground. One of a set of 'English views' by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77), Bohemian printmaker who spent most of his career working in England after meeting Thomas Howard, second earl of Arundel, in Cologne in 1636.
Pennington 929.
[Ref: 68281] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
W. Hollar fecit 1642.
Etching. Sheet 60 x 130mm (2¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image, some damage, laid on album paper.
Dover Castle, with two men standing beside a tall, eroded monolith in foreground. One of a set of 'English views' by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77), Bohemian printmaker who spent most of his career working in England after meeting Thomas Howard, second earl of Arundel, in Cologne in 1636.
Pennington 929.
[Ref: 68281] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
An Iron Work at Downton, Herefordshire.
Drawn by T. Hearne. Etch'd by B.T. Pouncy.
London, Published June 2, 1798 by W. Lowry, 57 Titchfield Street, for W. Alexander, 48 Newman Street.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A view of an iron works in Herefordshire, the works are set amongst a wooded landscape.
[Ref: 68271] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by T. Hearne. Etch'd by B.T. Pouncy.
London, Published June 2, 1798 by W. Lowry, 57 Titchfield Street, for W. Alexander, 48 Newman Street.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A view of an iron works in Herefordshire, the works are set amongst a wooded landscape.
[Ref: 68271] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Eaton.
J.Farington R.A.del.t. J.C.Stadler, Sculp.t.
Pub. June 1.1793, by J & J.Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall, & N°90, Cheapside London.
Engraving with fine colour. Sheet 320 x 215mm (12½ x 8½"). Trimmed and edges of plate laid on album paper at edges.
A view of Eton, the River Thames in the foreground, with houses lining the bank. On the opposite side of the river, three cows graze in a field, beyond which Eton College rises in the background. Several boats are visible on the water, including a large barge positioned to the right.
[Ref: 68417] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J.Farington R.A.del.t. J.C.Stadler, Sculp.t.
Pub. June 1.1793, by J & J.Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall, & N°90, Cheapside London.
Engraving with fine colour. Sheet 320 x 215mm (12½ x 8½"). Trimmed and edges of plate laid on album paper at edges.
A view of Eton, the River Thames in the foreground, with houses lining the bank. On the opposite side of the river, three cows graze in a field, beyond which Eton College rises in the background. Several boats are visible on the water, including a large barge positioned to the right.
[Ref: 68417] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Fountain's Abbey, from the South East; Situate two Miles West of Rippon in Yorkshire.
Tho. Smith Pinx. F. Vivares sculp.
Publish'd 1769 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside No 90, H. Parker in Cornhill No 82, & J. Bowles No 13. in Cornhill.
Coloured engraving. Sheet 380 x 530mm (15 x 20¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, laid on board.
Fountains Abbey, the largest and best preserved Cistercian houses in England. Founded in 1132 it lasted for over 400 years, until Henry VIII ordered the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. It is now part of the Studley Royal Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This view was published the year after William Aislabie (1700-81) bought the Fountains estate for £16,000 and added it to the Studley estate that he had inherited, expanding his father's water garden around the abbey.
[Ref: 68275] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Tho. Smith Pinx. F. Vivares sculp.
Publish'd 1769 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside No 90, H. Parker in Cornhill No 82, & J. Bowles No 13. in Cornhill.
Coloured engraving. Sheet 380 x 530mm (15 x 20¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, laid on board.
Fountains Abbey, the largest and best preserved Cistercian houses in England. Founded in 1132 it lasted for over 400 years, until Henry VIII ordered the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. It is now part of the Studley Royal Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This view was published the year after William Aislabie (1700-81) bought the Fountains estate for £16,000 and added it to the Studley estate that he had inherited, expanding his father's water garden around the abbey.
[Ref: 68275] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[A decorated urn on a plinth] Vase in the Garden at Petworth.](jpegs/68302.jpg)
[A decorated urn on a plinth] Vase in the Garden at Petworth.
A L [monogram of Amelia Long on stone.]
[British, n.d., c.1837.]
Rare lithograph, 295 x 205mm. 11½ x 8". Original card mount watermarked 1837, with ink ruled border. Some light foxing.
An attractive and detailed study of garden furniture at Petworth House, Sussex. Amelia Long (née Hume), Lady Farnborough (1772-1837). In 1793 she married Charles Long, created Baron Farnborough in 1826. An amateur etcher and a vigorous patron of the arts, she assisted the watercolourist Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) to make his one visit to Paris in 1801. Lady Farnborough was Girtin's favourite pupil, and her work was widely admired by professional artists and drawing masters. Her watercolours also show the influence of her contemporary John Varley.
[Ref: 68302] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A L [monogram of Amelia Long on stone.]
[British, n.d., c.1837.]
Rare lithograph, 295 x 205mm. 11½ x 8". Original card mount watermarked 1837, with ink ruled border. Some light foxing.
An attractive and detailed study of garden furniture at Petworth House, Sussex. Amelia Long (née Hume), Lady Farnborough (1772-1837). In 1793 she married Charles Long, created Baron Farnborough in 1826. An amateur etcher and a vigorous patron of the arts, she assisted the watercolourist Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) to make his one visit to Paris in 1801. Lady Farnborough was Girtin's favourite pupil, and her work was widely admired by professional artists and drawing masters. Her watercolours also show the influence of her contemporary John Varley.
[Ref: 68302] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![In Sussex [in pencil]](jpegs/68392.jpg)
In Sussex [in pencil] 2/50
Marjorie Firth [signed in pencil]
1935 [in pencil]
Very rare modern wood engraving in original mount, 145 x 225mm (5¾ x 8¾). Limited edition of 50. Slight mountburn.
A view of Lancing College in Sussex. Margaret 'Marjorie' Firth (1898–1991) was a British painter and printmaker. She studied at the Bradford School of Art under Fred Stead and Harry Butler. She has exhibited with the English Wood Engraving Society, Redfern Gallery, Royal Academy, Society of Women Artists and the New English Art Club. The Hunterian, Manchester Art Gallery hold examples of her work, as well as the British Museum.
[Ref: 68392] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Marjorie Firth [signed in pencil]
1935 [in pencil]
Very rare modern wood engraving in original mount, 145 x 225mm (5¾ x 8¾). Limited edition of 50. Slight mountburn.
A view of Lancing College in Sussex. Margaret 'Marjorie' Firth (1898–1991) was a British painter and printmaker. She studied at the Bradford School of Art under Fred Stead and Harry Butler. She has exhibited with the English Wood Engraving Society, Redfern Gallery, Royal Academy, Society of Women Artists and the New English Art Club. The Hunterian, Manchester Art Gallery hold examples of her work, as well as the British Museum.
[Ref: 68392] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Tunbridge Wells humbly Dedicated to Thomas Pellet M.D.
T. Badslade Delin. I Kip Sculp.
[London: D. Midwinter, 1719.]
Engraving, very fine impression, 18th century watermark. 350 x 430mm (13¾ x 17"), with very large margins. Central crease as normal as issued.
A detailed bird's-eye view engraved by Johannes Kip after Thomas Badeslade for John Harris's 'History of Kent in Five Parts'. The houses are named in the image, with the wells in the centre of the plate. The title is on a scroll at the top of the plate, along with Pellet's armorial. Thomas Pellet was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1716 and served as President 1735-9. William Hogarth painted his portrait about that time, which is now in the Tate Gallery.
[Ref: 68282] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
T. Badslade Delin. I Kip Sculp.
[London: D. Midwinter, 1719.]
Engraving, very fine impression, 18th century watermark. 350 x 430mm (13¾ x 17"), with very large margins. Central crease as normal as issued.
A detailed bird's-eye view engraved by Johannes Kip after Thomas Badeslade for John Harris's 'History of Kent in Five Parts'. The houses are named in the image, with the wells in the centre of the plate. The title is on a scroll at the top of the plate, along with Pellet's armorial. Thomas Pellet was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1716 and served as President 1735-9. William Hogarth painted his portrait about that time, which is now in the Tate Gallery.
[Ref: 68282] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)