A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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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![[Key plates to the Coronation of George IV, Trial of Queen Caroline & Portraits in the House of Lords.]](jpegs/60060.jpg)
[Key plates to the Coronation of George IV, Trial of Queen Caroline & Portraits in the House of Lords.]
[After James Stephanoff.]
[Robert Bowyer, n.d., c.1813.]
Etched key plate. Platemark 380 x 495mm (15 x 19½") with thread margins. Two splits in crease where previously folded. Some very light foxing and surface dirt.
Keys to prints published by Bowyer including the Coronation of George IV engraved by Dobourg, and "View of the interior of the House of Lords, during the important investigation in 1820", engraved by Murray, both after James Stephanoff.
BM: 1873,0712.562.
[Ref: 60060] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[After James Stephanoff.]
[Robert Bowyer, n.d., c.1813.]
Etched key plate. Platemark 380 x 495mm (15 x 19½") with thread margins. Two splits in crease where previously folded. Some very light foxing and surface dirt.
Keys to prints published by Bowyer including the Coronation of George IV engraved by Dobourg, and "View of the interior of the House of Lords, during the important investigation in 1820", engraved by Murray, both after James Stephanoff.
BM: 1873,0712.562.
[Ref: 60060] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Key to Whichelo's Picture, Destruction of Jerusalem, 22ft by 14, at Dobbs & Co's, 13 Soho Square.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce wood-engraved keyplate with scene and plan, each within embossed border. Sheet 390 x 250mm (15¼ x 9¾"). Damage to lower edges, stains & creases, laid on album paper.
The keyplate to John Whichelo's painting of the 'Destruction of Jerusalem' by the Romans, with an accompanying plan of Classical Jerusalem. Charles John Mayle Whichelo (1784-1865) was 'Marine and Landscape Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent', although he painted the last professional portrait of Nelson from life in 1805.
[Ref: 59778] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce wood-engraved keyplate with scene and plan, each within embossed border. Sheet 390 x 250mm (15¼ x 9¾"). Damage to lower edges, stains & creases, laid on album paper.
The keyplate to John Whichelo's painting of the 'Destruction of Jerusalem' by the Romans, with an accompanying plan of Classical Jerusalem. Charles John Mayle Whichelo (1784-1865) was 'Marine and Landscape Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent', although he painted the last professional portrait of Nelson from life in 1805.
[Ref: 59778] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Descriptive Sketch of the Print of The Death of Gen: Sir Ralph Abercrombie.
London Published June 4th 1804 by John P. Thompson, G.t Newport Street, Printseller to His Majesty and the Duke and Duchess of York.
Rare engraved keyplate. 380 x 540mm (15 x 21¼"). Very foxed. Nicks to edges.
Engraved keyplate to Robert Ker Porter's 'The Death of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie', as engraved by Giovanni Vendramini, with a 49-point key (41 people and eight landmarks. Under the key is a description of the scene in English and French. General Abercromby died at the Battle of Alexandria (21 March, 1801) having been struck by a spent musket ball that went septic.
BM: 1872,1012.1686.
[Ref: 60057] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London Published June 4th 1804 by John P. Thompson, G.t Newport Street, Printseller to His Majesty and the Duke and Duchess of York.
Rare engraved keyplate. 380 x 540mm (15 x 21¼"). Very foxed. Nicks to edges.
Engraved keyplate to Robert Ker Porter's 'The Death of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie', as engraved by Giovanni Vendramini, with a 49-point key (41 people and eight landmarks. Under the key is a description of the scene in English and French. General Abercromby died at the Battle of Alexandria (21 March, 1801) having been struck by a spent musket ball that went septic.
BM: 1872,1012.1686.
[Ref: 60057] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Explanatory Accompaniement to the Print Commemorating the Battle of the Nile. References to the View of the Engagement when L'Orient blew up on the Night of the 1st of August.
Published as the Act directs, March 30th, 1799 by G. Riley, Old Bailey.
Rare etching, plate 325 x 270mm (12¾ x 10½"). Small margins left and right. Some foxing, dusty.
A key plate, with a copy of Nelson's Despatches as published in the London Gazette Extrordinary, October 2nd 1798, and a list of the lines of battle.
NMM: PAI7831.
[Ref: 60059] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Published as the Act directs, March 30th, 1799 by G. Riley, Old Bailey.
Rare etching, plate 325 x 270mm (12¾ x 10½"). Small margins left and right. Some foxing, dusty.
A key plate, with a copy of Nelson's Despatches as published in the London Gazette Extrordinary, October 2nd 1798, and a list of the lines of battle.
NMM: PAI7831.
[Ref: 60059] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[The British Army in Egypt.] Key of Reference to a Centre Print to Two Engravings; one of the Landing of the British Forces in Egypt, and the other the Battle of Alexandria.](jpegs/60056.jpg)
[The British Army in Egypt.] Key of Reference to a Centre Print to Two Engravings; one of the Landing of the British Forces in Egypt, and the other the Battle of Alexandria.
[After P.J. de Loutherbourg.]
Printed by A, Strahan, [?] Printers Street, London. [n.d., 1806.]
Engraving with letterpress, watermark 1804. Sheet 395 x 310mm (15¾ x 12¼"). Edges browned and chipped, losing part of printer's inscription.
A key plate, not to the pair of views of the military action by de Loutherbourg, but to his memorial to Sir Ralph Abercromby, called 'The British Army in Egypt'. The full plate takes the form of an acute pyramid made up of medallion portraits of Abercromby's officers, surrounded by soldiers and sailors, including a sepoy and a mamluk, some bringing more portraits to be added to the pyramid. This key describes the troops, with the Pharos and Pompey's Pillar.
See Refs: 21581 & 21582 for prints.
[Ref: 60056] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[After P.J. de Loutherbourg.]
Printed by A, Strahan, [?] Printers Street, London. [n.d., 1806.]
Engraving with letterpress, watermark 1804. Sheet 395 x 310mm (15¾ x 12¼"). Edges browned and chipped, losing part of printer's inscription.
A key plate, not to the pair of views of the military action by de Loutherbourg, but to his memorial to Sir Ralph Abercromby, called 'The British Army in Egypt'. The full plate takes the form of an acute pyramid made up of medallion portraits of Abercromby's officers, surrounded by soldiers and sailors, including a sepoy and a mamluk, some bringing more portraits to be added to the pyramid. This key describes the troops, with the Pharos and Pompey's Pillar.
See Refs: 21581 & 21582 for prints.
[Ref: 60056] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Description of the Print of the Grand Attack on Valenciennes by the Combined Armis under the Command of his R.H. the Duke of York, July 25th, 1793, Engraved by Mr William Bromley, from a Picture Painted by P.J. de Loutherbourg, Esq. R.A.
[n.d. c.1801.]
Rare engraved key plate with letterpress, watermark 1800; sheet 375 x 470mm (14¾ x 18½").
Keyplate with a 28-point key of the important Allied officers, and a short description of the scene in English and French.
BM: 1917,1208.1231. .
[Ref: 60058] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1801.]
Rare engraved key plate with letterpress, watermark 1800; sheet 375 x 470mm (14¾ x 18½").
Keyplate with a 28-point key of the important Allied officers, and a short description of the scene in English and French.
BM: 1917,1208.1231. .
[Ref: 60058] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Key of Reference to the print of The Battle of Waterloo, June 18th, 1815. The period of time is towards the Close of the Day when the whole French Army were thrown into Confusion. The Marquis of Anglesey having broken the French Lines and pass'd the high road, pursues the Enemy into a hollow, and the Cavalry charge and capture their Artillery.
London; Published June 18th, 1819, by R.Lambe, 96, Gracechurch Street, and T.Clay, 18, Ludgate Hill.
Etched key plate. Sheet 540 x 755mm (21¼ x 29¾"). On paper watermarked 'Turkey Mills J Whatman 1819'. Folded at centre. Taped tears. Trimmed to plate left and right.
Keyplate to a painting by Alexander Sauerweid, as engraved by H.R.Cook, with a 19-point key of persons and a 15-point key of the battle.
BM: 1872-5-11-449.
[Ref: 60061] £320.00
London; Published June 18th, 1819, by R.Lambe, 96, Gracechurch Street, and T.Clay, 18, Ludgate Hill.
Etched key plate. Sheet 540 x 755mm (21¼ x 29¾"). On paper watermarked 'Turkey Mills J Whatman 1819'. Folded at centre. Taped tears. Trimmed to plate left and right.
Keyplate to a painting by Alexander Sauerweid, as engraved by H.R.Cook, with a 19-point key of persons and a 15-point key of the battle.
BM: 1872-5-11-449.
[Ref: 60061] £320.00