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The Penny Sunday Times, And People's Police Gazette. The Execution of Francois Benjamin Courvoisier. [&] Execution of Courvoisier, for the Murder of Lord William Russell, July 6th, 1840.
London, Sunday, July 12th, 1840.
Two etching from newspapers, sheet 575 x 385mm (22¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Two woodcut scenes of criminal François Benjamin Courvoisier (1816–40) being hung outside Newgate Prison. The Swiss-born valet who was convicted of murdering his employer, aristocrat and longtime MP Lord William Russell (1767-1840). A crowd of around 40,000 witnessed his death, including Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray.
[Ref: 61949] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
London, Sunday, July 12th, 1840.
Two etching from newspapers, sheet 575 x 385mm (22¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Two woodcut scenes of criminal François Benjamin Courvoisier (1816–40) being hung outside Newgate Prison. The Swiss-born valet who was convicted of murdering his employer, aristocrat and longtime MP Lord William Russell (1767-1840). A crowd of around 40,000 witnessed his death, including Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray.
[Ref: 61949] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Les Amusements de la Vie Privée. Dedié a Madame La Comtess de Tessin Sènatrice de Suede.
Peint par J.B.S. Chardin en 1746. L. Surugue Sculpsit 1747.
a Paris chez L. Surugue Graveur du Roy, rue des Noyers attenant le Magazin de papier vis-avis S.t Yves. A.P.D.R.
Etching with engraving. 375 x 270mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Narrow margins.
A woman sits in a room, bare except for a spinning wheel and a corner cabinet, a book on her lap. Chardin's painting, 'Domestic Pleasures', was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1747 and is now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
[Ref: 61435] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par J.B.S. Chardin en 1746. L. Surugue Sculpsit 1747.
a Paris chez L. Surugue Graveur du Roy, rue des Noyers attenant le Magazin de papier vis-avis S.t Yves. A.P.D.R.
Etching with engraving. 375 x 270mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Narrow margins.
A woman sits in a room, bare except for a spinning wheel and a corner cabinet, a book on her lap. Chardin's painting, 'Domestic Pleasures', was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1747 and is now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
[Ref: 61435] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Simon Eedy] Old Simon.](jpegs/62062.jpg)
[Simon Eedy] Old Simon.
Published 24th Feb.y 1780, by Will.m Davis, N.º 25, Ludgate Hill, London.
Scarce etching, 18th century watermark. 225 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"). Ink ruling over platemark, mounted in album paper.
Portrait of Simon Edy (1709-1783), carrying two large, overflowing sacks over his shoulders. A well-known beggar of St Giles, he was sketched several times by Thomas Rowlandson and appeared on London bookseller John Seago's trade card.
See "Simon & Iphigenia".
[Ref: 62062] £360.00
Published 24th Feb.y 1780, by Will.m Davis, N.º 25, Ludgate Hill, London.
Scarce etching, 18th century watermark. 225 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"). Ink ruling over platemark, mounted in album paper.
Portrait of Simon Edy (1709-1783), carrying two large, overflowing sacks over his shoulders. A well-known beggar of St Giles, he was sketched several times by Thomas Rowlandson and appeared on London bookseller John Seago's trade card.
See "Simon & Iphigenia".
[Ref: 62062] £360.00
The Very Rev.d Theobald Mathew, Administering the Temperance Pledge.
[n.d., c.1838.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾''). Trimmed losing platemark on left.
A scene showing Theobath Mathew (1790-1856), also known as Father Mathew who was a major figure behind the Temperance movement and Cork Abstinence Society in the 19th century.
[Ref: 62024] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1838.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾''). Trimmed losing platemark on left.
A scene showing Theobath Mathew (1790-1856), also known as Father Mathew who was a major figure behind the Temperance movement and Cork Abstinence Society in the 19th century.
[Ref: 62024] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Sixteen String Jack Rann.
AR Fecit 1774.
[Pub.d Oct.r 6 1774]
Etching, drypoint and stipple, scarce proof before publication line. Sheet 330 x 230mm (13 x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate. Tipped into album sheet.
A half-length, three-quarter profile portrait of a young man faces left, looking back at the viewer while holding up a glass in his left hand and a bottle on the table in front of him. He is dressed in a jacket, cravat, and wide-brimmed hat with rope around it. To the left is a circular window with bars. John Rann 'Sixteen String Jack' was a highwayman who was hanged in 1774.
[Ref: 62035] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
AR Fecit 1774.
[Pub.d Oct.r 6 1774]
Etching, drypoint and stipple, scarce proof before publication line. Sheet 330 x 230mm (13 x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate. Tipped into album sheet.
A half-length, three-quarter profile portrait of a young man faces left, looking back at the viewer while holding up a glass in his left hand and a bottle on the table in front of him. He is dressed in a jacket, cravat, and wide-brimmed hat with rope around it. To the left is a circular window with bars. John Rann 'Sixteen String Jack' was a highwayman who was hanged in 1774.
[Ref: 62035] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Richardson reading the Manuscript of Sir Charles Grandison in 1751, to his Friends, in the Grotto of his House at North End, from a drawing made at the time by Miss Highmore.
Stadler sc.
Published May 31-1804, by Richard Phillips, 72, S.t Paul's Church Yard.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 170 x 205mm (6¾ x 8"). With a wood-engraving on the same album sheet. Trimmed within plate, folds, laid on paper. Top image unstuck.
A view of a plain interior, with Samuel Richardson reading his novel, 'The History of Sir Charles Grandison', (1753), with a key listing his six guests. The wood-engraving depicts the author's house in Fulham.
[Ref: 62002] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Stadler sc.
Published May 31-1804, by Richard Phillips, 72, S.t Paul's Church Yard.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 170 x 205mm (6¾ x 8"). With a wood-engraving on the same album sheet. Trimmed within plate, folds, laid on paper. Top image unstuck.
A view of a plain interior, with Samuel Richardson reading his novel, 'The History of Sir Charles Grandison', (1753), with a key listing his six guests. The wood-engraving depicts the author's house in Fulham.
[Ref: 62002] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Simmons. The horrid and inhuman Murderer of Mr. Hummerston and Mrs. Warner at the house of is Mr Boreham a Quaker at Hoddesdon ins Hertfordshire on Tuesday Evening. October th.20 1807. From a Correct likeness Drawn from the Life by Mr. Angelo.
Etched and Pub.d by T. Rowlandson Nov.r 9. 1807 N.1 Tames St. Adelphi.
Coloured etching. 250 x 160mm (10 x 6¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom. Some foxing.
A caricature portrait of Thomas Simmons, who murdered two people in Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire. A former servant at the house of the Boreham family, Simmons was sacked for brutish behaviour. He returned one evening to confront another servant who had been his girlfriend. Pushing his way into the house, he stabbed a guest, Sarah Hummerstone, in the jugular, then one of Boreham's daughters in the neck and breast. He was then disarmed, the alarm raised and he was found in a cow-crib. He was beaten, bound and taken to the Black Bull Inn, where he nearly died from the tightness of the ligatures, before being transferred to Hertford jail to await trial. There he was sketched by Henry Angelo (1756-1835), the fencing master friend of Rowlandson. Found guilty, Simmons was hanged on the 7th March 1808, After Henry Angelo.
[Ref: 61879] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Etched and Pub.d by T. Rowlandson Nov.r 9. 1807 N.1 Tames St. Adelphi.
Coloured etching. 250 x 160mm (10 x 6¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom. Some foxing.
A caricature portrait of Thomas Simmons, who murdered two people in Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire. A former servant at the house of the Boreham family, Simmons was sacked for brutish behaviour. He returned one evening to confront another servant who had been his girlfriend. Pushing his way into the house, he stabbed a guest, Sarah Hummerstone, in the jugular, then one of Boreham's daughters in the neck and breast. He was then disarmed, the alarm raised and he was found in a cow-crib. He was beaten, bound and taken to the Black Bull Inn, where he nearly died from the tightness of the ligatures, before being transferred to Hertford jail to await trial. There he was sketched by Henry Angelo (1756-1835), the fencing master friend of Rowlandson. Found guilty, Simmons was hanged on the 7th March 1808, After Henry Angelo.
[Ref: 61879] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
General Tom Thumb, in his carriage.
[Dean & C.o Threadneedle S.t][n.d. c.1845.]
Hand coloured lithograph. Framed, sight size 220 x 270mm (8¾ x 10½") Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line. Unexamined out of frame.
Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838 -1883), better known by his stage name “General Tom Thumb” in one of his custom built carriages, drawn by ponies, the coachmen children. Onlookers watch amused. Stratton often rode around in his carriage in the cities he was performing in as advertising.
See reference 58569 for unframed version.
[Ref: 61738] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Dean & C.o Threadneedle S.t][n.d. c.1845.]
Hand coloured lithograph. Framed, sight size 220 x 270mm (8¾ x 10½") Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line. Unexamined out of frame.
Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838 -1883), better known by his stage name “General Tom Thumb” in one of his custom built carriages, drawn by ponies, the coachmen children. Onlookers watch amused. Stratton often rode around in his carriage in the cities he was performing in as advertising.
See reference 58569 for unframed version.
[Ref: 61738] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
John Wade. Aged, 85.
Drawn from life by C. Carter. On Stone by G. C. Finden.
J. R. Jobbins, litho. Canonbury Crossing, Islington, 1841.
Rare hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 290 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Portrait of an old man sitting on a stool. A broom leans against him.
[Ref: 62052] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn from life by C. Carter. On Stone by G. C. Finden.
J. R. Jobbins, litho. Canonbury Crossing, Islington, 1841.
Rare hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 290 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Portrait of an old man sitting on a stool. A broom leans against him.
[Ref: 62052] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Georgius Whitefield, Artium Magister, Verbi divini Minister inter Anglos maxime notius.
Jenkin pinx. J.E. Haid sc. 1783.
J.J. Haid et filious exc. A.V.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 140 x 225mm (5½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper, mounted on card with two other portraits of Whitefield. Slight loss to left of title.
A head and shoulders portrait of minister George Whitefield (1714-1770), in wig and gown. The other two portraits are engraved portraits by Picot after Hone and Trotter after Russell.
[Ref: 61981] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)
Jenkin pinx. J.E. Haid sc. 1783.
J.J. Haid et filious exc. A.V.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 140 x 225mm (5½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper, mounted on card with two other portraits of Whitefield. Slight loss to left of title.
A head and shoulders portrait of minister George Whitefield (1714-1770), in wig and gown. The other two portraits are engraved portraits by Picot after Hone and Trotter after Russell.
[Ref: 61981] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)