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![[The Back-gammon Players.]](jpegs/67491.jpg)
[The Back-gammon Players.]
Geraats pinx.t. W.Baillie Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Small margins.
A scene depicting three men and a woman in medieval dress gathered around a table playing a game of backgammon.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67491] £180.00
Geraats pinx.t. W.Baillie Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Small margins.
A scene depicting three men and a woman in medieval dress gathered around a table playing a game of backgammon.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67491] £180.00
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Bartholomew Fair, 1721.
Published as the Act directs by J. F. Setchel, 23, King-Street, Covent-Garden [1824].
Fan leaf: etching and aquatint. 290 x 560mm (11½ x 22"). with letterpress descriptive label. Trimmed to plate on left, repairs to folds.
Scarce & fine Fan leaf showing London's famous Bartholomew Fair and its diverse entertainments, with numerous street sellers, performers and booths. Of interest are the early big wheel and a peep show of the Siege of Gibraltar. Published by bookseller and stationer John Frederick Setchel (1774 - 1846).
[Ref: 67448] £680.00
Published as the Act directs by J. F. Setchel, 23, King-Street, Covent-Garden [1824].
Fan leaf: etching and aquatint. 290 x 560mm (11½ x 22"). with letterpress descriptive label. Trimmed to plate on left, repairs to folds.
Scarce & fine Fan leaf showing London's famous Bartholomew Fair and its diverse entertainments, with numerous street sellers, performers and booths. Of interest are the early big wheel and a peep show of the Siege of Gibraltar. Published by bookseller and stationer John Frederick Setchel (1774 - 1846).
[Ref: 67448] £680.00
Chalk Farm Tea Garden.
[Printed & so]ld by J. Dash 27, Fetter Lane Fleet S.t.
Etching. Sheet 145 x 180mm (5¾ x 7"). Trimmed, losing part of publication line, some restoration.
A view of the exterior of the Chalk Farm Tavern and Tea Room, Primrose Hill, with drinkers outside on benches and covered tables.
[Ref: 67176] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed & so]ld by J. Dash 27, Fetter Lane Fleet S.t.
Etching. Sheet 145 x 180mm (5¾ x 7"). Trimmed, losing part of publication line, some restoration.
A view of the exterior of the Chalk Farm Tavern and Tea Room, Primrose Hill, with drinkers outside on benches and covered tables.
[Ref: 67176] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Dinner-Locust; or Advantages of a Keen Scent [...]
Drawn by E.F. Lambert. Eng.d by Cha.s Hunt.
Pub.d by D.B. Woodward, 98 Cheapside [c.1825]
Etching and aquatint printed in colour, platemark 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"), with very large margins.
Satire on a 'dinner-locust', a young man (far right) with a keen sense of smell who habitually visits acquaintances just in time for dinner, as explained by the text below: -Egad, my Worthy Friend, it seems I have just hit your hour. -Yes, you generally do.
Hickman 119.
[Ref: 67432] £320.00
Drawn by E.F. Lambert. Eng.d by Cha.s Hunt.
Pub.d by D.B. Woodward, 98 Cheapside [c.1825]
Etching and aquatint printed in colour, platemark 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"), with very large margins.
Satire on a 'dinner-locust', a young man (far right) with a keen sense of smell who habitually visits acquaintances just in time for dinner, as explained by the text below: -Egad, my Worthy Friend, it seems I have just hit your hour. -Yes, you generally do.
Hickman 119.
[Ref: 67432] £320.00
The Gamesters. In the Cabinet at Houghton.
Teniers Pinxit. Geo. Farington delin.t. Val: Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
John Boydell excudit 1779. Published Nov,,r 13.th 1779 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 290 x 350mm (11½ x 13¾"), with very large margins.
The interior of a Dutch inn, with three men playing cards, with other men smoking pipes and one urinating in a corner.
Whitman 210, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67059] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Teniers Pinxit. Geo. Farington delin.t. Val: Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
John Boydell excudit 1779. Published Nov,,r 13.th 1779 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 290 x 350mm (11½ x 13¾"), with very large margins.
The interior of a Dutch inn, with three men playing cards, with other men smoking pipes and one urinating in a corner.
Whitman 210, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67059] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Leaving a Gambling House] La Sortie d'une Maison de Jeu.](jpegs/67482.jpg)
[Leaving a Gambling House] La Sortie d'une Maison de Jeu.
L. Boilly 1825. J. lith de Delpech.
Very finely hand coloured lithograph, sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Foxing and surface dirt.
From the series, ''Recueil de grimaces'' (1823-1828). Four men have different reactions on leaving a gambling house. One smug holds his coins in a hat, another enviously has his hand on his shoulder and points to his mouth as if contemplating robbing him. On the left a man points his pistol in his mouth and behind one pulls out his hair.
[Ref: 67482] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
L. Boilly 1825. J. lith de Delpech.
Very finely hand coloured lithograph, sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Foxing and surface dirt.
From the series, ''Recueil de grimaces'' (1823-1828). Four men have different reactions on leaving a gambling house. One smug holds his coins in a hat, another enviously has his hand on his shoulder and points to his mouth as if contemplating robbing him. On the left a man points his pistol in his mouth and behind one pulls out his hair.
[Ref: 67482] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Near the Regent's Park.
G. Harley Lithog: Printed by Rawney & Forster.
London. Published by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond Street, March, 1822.
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 230 x 345mm (9 x 13½"). Stitch holes on left edge.
A view of a rustic house and pond. Regent's Park was created on land used by tenant farmers, including 'Willans Farm', mentioned in William Blake's epic poem 'Jerusalem'.
[Ref: 67089] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
G. Harley Lithog: Printed by Rawney & Forster.
London. Published by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond Street, March, 1822.
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 230 x 345mm (9 x 13½"). Stitch holes on left edge.
A view of a rustic house and pond. Regent's Park was created on land used by tenant farmers, including 'Willans Farm', mentioned in William Blake's epic poem 'Jerusalem'.
[Ref: 67089] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Bird's eye view from the Stair-case & the upper part of the Pavilion, in the Colosseum, Regent's Park. Plate V.
Published June, 1829 by R. Ackermann & C.º 96, STrand, London.
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 335 x 275mm (13¼ x 10¾") on J. Whatman paper, very large margins. Staining in margins.
A view of the interior of London Colosseum, with Thomas Hornor's "Panoramic view of London", the largest painting ever created, on display. The Colosseum was designed by Decimus Burton, as a sixteen-sided domed polygon with a Doric portico. It was built in 1827 on the edge of Regent's Park, and demolished in 1875 to be replaced with Cambridge Gate. One of five plates of 'Graphic Illustrations of the Colosseum, Regent's Park'.
Abbey: Scenery 229.
[Ref: 67096] £360.00
Published June, 1829 by R. Ackermann & C.º 96, STrand, London.
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 335 x 275mm (13¼ x 10¾") on J. Whatman paper, very large margins. Staining in margins.
A view of the interior of London Colosseum, with Thomas Hornor's "Panoramic view of London", the largest painting ever created, on display. The Colosseum was designed by Decimus Burton, as a sixteen-sided domed polygon with a Doric portico. It was built in 1827 on the edge of Regent's Park, and demolished in 1875 to be replaced with Cambridge Gate. One of five plates of 'Graphic Illustrations of the Colosseum, Regent's Park'.
Abbey: Scenery 229.
[Ref: 67096] £360.00
South side of the Grounds surrounding the Colosseum, Regent's Park. Plate II.
Published June, 1829 by R. Ackermann & C.º 96, STrand, London.
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 335 x 275mm (13¼ x 10¾"). Margins soiled, printer's crease in left edge. Small margins. Taped into mount.
A view out through glass doors to a fountain, with the portico to the right. The London Colosseum was designed by Decimus Burton and built in 1827 on the edge of Regent's Park to display Thomas Hornor's "Panoramic view of London", the largest painting ever created. It was demolished in 1875 to be replaced with Cambridge Gate. One of five plates of 'Graphic Illustrations of the Colosseum, Regent's Park'.
Abbey: Scenery 229.
[Ref: 67110] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Published June, 1829 by R. Ackermann & C.º 96, STrand, London.
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 335 x 275mm (13¼ x 10¾"). Margins soiled, printer's crease in left edge. Small margins. Taped into mount.
A view out through glass doors to a fountain, with the portico to the right. The London Colosseum was designed by Decimus Burton and built in 1827 on the edge of Regent's Park to display Thomas Hornor's "Panoramic view of London", the largest painting ever created. It was demolished in 1875 to be replaced with Cambridge Gate. One of five plates of 'Graphic Illustrations of the Colosseum, Regent's Park'.
Abbey: Scenery 229.
[Ref: 67110] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Colosseum, Regents Park.
Drawn by E.T. Parris. Eng.d by Tho.s Higham.
[Stationers' Almanack, 1846.]
Etching on chine collé. 270 x 450mm (10¾ x 17¾"), with large margins. Slight surface abrasion on top right.
A view of London Colosseum, designed by Decimus Burton, a sixteen-sided domed polygon, with a Doric portico. It was built in 1827 on the edge of Regent's Park, to house Thomas Hornor's "Panoramic view of London", the largest painting ever created. It was demolished in 1875 and replaced with Cambridge Gate.
[Ref: 67097] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E.T. Parris. Eng.d by Tho.s Higham.
[Stationers' Almanack, 1846.]
Etching on chine collé. 270 x 450mm (10¾ x 17¾"), with large margins. Slight surface abrasion on top right.
A view of London Colosseum, designed by Decimus Burton, a sixteen-sided domed polygon, with a Doric portico. It was built in 1827 on the edge of Regent's Park, to house Thomas Hornor's "Panoramic view of London", the largest painting ever created. It was demolished in 1875 and replaced with Cambridge Gate.
[Ref: 67097] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Colosseum. Regents Park. D.B. Arch.t.
G. Hawkins, Jun.r Lith. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 240 x 330mm (9½ x 13"). Crease in left corner.
A view of London Colosseum, designed by Decimus Burton, a sixteen-sided domed polygon, with a Doric portico. It was built in 1827 on the edge of Regent's Park, to house Thomas Hornor's "Panoramic view of London", the largest painting ever created. It was demolished in 1875 and replaced with Cambridge Gate.
[Ref: 67090] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Hawkins, Jun.r Lith. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 240 x 330mm (9½ x 13"). Crease in left corner.
A view of London Colosseum, designed by Decimus Burton, a sixteen-sided domed polygon, with a Doric portico. It was built in 1827 on the edge of Regent's Park, to house Thomas Hornor's "Panoramic view of London", the largest painting ever created. It was demolished in 1875 and replaced with Cambridge Gate.
[Ref: 67090] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Arch-Way to the North Garden. Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park. Southern Portion.
Drawn on Stone by James Hakewill. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[1831.]
Scarce coloured lithograph. Printed area 240 x 310mm (9½ x 12¼"), with large margins
A view of promenaders using Decimus Burton's classical East Tunnel at Regent's Park Zoo Plate 5 of ''A Series of Ten Views in the Southern Portion of the Gardens of the Zoological Society in Regent’s Park, laid out from the Designs of Decimus Burton Esq.r''.
[Ref: 67093] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by James Hakewill. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[1831.]
Scarce coloured lithograph. Printed area 240 x 310mm (9½ x 12¼"), with large margins
A view of promenaders using Decimus Burton's classical East Tunnel at Regent's Park Zoo Plate 5 of ''A Series of Ten Views in the Southern Portion of the Gardens of the Zoological Society in Regent’s Park, laid out from the Designs of Decimus Burton Esq.r''.
[Ref: 67093] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Gardens of the Zoological Society. The Clock-Tower.
Drawn from Nature and on Stone by F.W. Hulme in Hullmandel & Walton's New Process.
[n.d., 1848.]
Rare tinted lithograph with some hand colour. Printed area 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"), with large margins. Small tears in edges of margin.
A view of the Clock Tower of Regent's Park Zoo, with the copper cupola added in 1844. Although not shown here, the building was used to house llamas and camels at the time.
[Ref: 67088] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn from Nature and on Stone by F.W. Hulme in Hullmandel & Walton's New Process.
[n.d., 1848.]
Rare tinted lithograph with some hand colour. Printed area 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"), with large margins. Small tears in edges of margin.
A view of the Clock Tower of Regent's Park Zoo, with the copper cupola added in 1844. Although not shown here, the building was used to house llamas and camels at the time.
[Ref: 67088] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Entrance Terrace Looking towards the Bear's Pit. Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park. Southern Portion.
Drawn on Stone by James Hakewill. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[1831.]
Scarce coloured lithograph. Printed area 205 x 300mm (8 x 11¾"), large margins
A view of promenaders at Regent's Park Zoo, with a bear perched on a pole being baited. Behind is Cumberland Terrace. The first plate of ''A Series of Ten Views in the Southern Portion of the Gardens of the Zoological Society in Regent’s Park, laid out from the Designs of Decimus Burton Esq.r''.
[Ref: 67091] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by James Hakewill. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[1831.]
Scarce coloured lithograph. Printed area 205 x 300mm (8 x 11¾"), large margins
A view of promenaders at Regent's Park Zoo, with a bear perched on a pole being baited. Behind is Cumberland Terrace. The first plate of ''A Series of Ten Views in the Southern Portion of the Gardens of the Zoological Society in Regent’s Park, laid out from the Designs of Decimus Burton Esq.r''.
[Ref: 67091] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Schoolboys playing cricket.]](jpegs/67359.jpg)
[Schoolboys playing cricket.] Their's is the Sunshine of the Breast.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Sheet 120 x 85mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Cut and backed onto album paper. Album paper residue left on right side, close to image.
A scene depicting school boys, in a garden. Sitting under a tree, three boys are reading and writing, while in the background a game of cricket is played. the phrase 'Sunshine of the Breast' derives from Thomas Gray's 1747 poem, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College", a comment on the carefree days of childhood.
See also [Ref: 56252].
[Ref: 67359] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Sheet 120 x 85mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Cut and backed onto album paper. Album paper residue left on right side, close to image.
A scene depicting school boys, in a garden. Sitting under a tree, three boys are reading and writing, while in the background a game of cricket is played. the phrase 'Sunshine of the Breast' derives from Thomas Gray's 1747 poem, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College", a comment on the carefree days of childhood.
See also [Ref: 56252].
[Ref: 67359] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Sleepy Eye that spoke the Melting Soul. Pope.
Richard Wilson Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for Tho. Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill [c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins on 3 sides, trimmed at bottom.
A young lady in cap and shawl sitting with books on table looks at the viewer from under heavy lids. A clock in is on the wall behind. The title is a quotation from Alexander Pope's 'Imitations of Horace'. A very suggestive image.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 418.
[Ref: 67006] £320.00
Richard Wilson Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for Tho. Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill [c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins on 3 sides, trimmed at bottom.
A young lady in cap and shawl sitting with books on table looks at the viewer from under heavy lids. A clock in is on the wall behind. The title is a quotation from Alexander Pope's 'Imitations of Horace'. A very suggestive image.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 418.
[Ref: 67006] £320.00