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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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The Naval Review. His Majesty George III Viewing His Fleet at Spithead. [with] Frontispiece. The Queen at her Needle Work Manufactury attended by M.rs Wright and the Young Ladies under her Instruction.
Ja.s Taylor sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Two engravings from the same plate, as the frontispiece and folding plate of a book. Verso faded ink dedication "....1775". Total sheet 120 x 245mm (4¾ x 9¾"). Split where stitched for binding, edges chipped, stains.
Two scenes: a view of the ships of the Royal Navy; and Queen Charlotte in a drawing room with Phoebe Wright (c.1710-78), an embroiderer who founded the "Royal School of embroidering females" in 1772, with the queen's patronage. Wright had a shop in Great Newport Street, which had supplied embroidered furnishings for the various royal residences. The school was to train indigent young daughters of professional men who had some association with the Court, but who had either died or had become impoverished. Queen Charlotte not only subscribed £500 a year but also regularly visited the school, giving commissions, including the fabrics and bed hangings for the queen’s new state bed at Windsor Castle (now at Hampton Court).
[Ref: 61976] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ja.s Taylor sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Two engravings from the same plate, as the frontispiece and folding plate of a book. Verso faded ink dedication "....1775". Total sheet 120 x 245mm (4¾ x 9¾"). Split where stitched for binding, edges chipped, stains.
Two scenes: a view of the ships of the Royal Navy; and Queen Charlotte in a drawing room with Phoebe Wright (c.1710-78), an embroiderer who founded the "Royal School of embroidering females" in 1772, with the queen's patronage. Wright had a shop in Great Newport Street, which had supplied embroidered furnishings for the various royal residences. The school was to train indigent young daughters of professional men who had some association with the Court, but who had either died or had become impoverished. Queen Charlotte not only subscribed £500 a year but also regularly visited the school, giving commissions, including the fabrics and bed hangings for the queen’s new state bed at Windsor Castle (now at Hampton Court).
[Ref: 61976] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)