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![[Edwin Austin Abbey] [](jpegs/63903.jpg)
[Edwin Austin Abbey] ["Fairford Abbey"]
Spy [Leslie Ward].
[Vanity Fair, Dec.r 28th 1898.]
Chromolithography, proof before letters. Image 330 x 180mm (13 x 7").
Full-length caricatured portrait of Philadelphia-born artist Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911), famous for his set of murals, ''The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail'' in the Boston Public Library and the official painting of the coronation of King Edward VII. At the time of this portrait he lived in Fairford, Gloucestershire, and was the president of the Artists' Cricket Club.
[Ref: 63903] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward].
[Vanity Fair, Dec.r 28th 1898.]
Chromolithography, proof before letters. Image 330 x 180mm (13 x 7").
Full-length caricatured portrait of Philadelphia-born artist Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911), famous for his set of murals, ''The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail'' in the Boston Public Library and the official painting of the coronation of King Edward VII. At the time of this portrait he lived in Fairford, Gloucestershire, and was the president of the Artists' Cricket Club.
[Ref: 63903] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Addison.
G. Kneller Baron.t pinx. 1716. G. Vertue Sculp 1721.
Engraving. 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of Joseph Addison (1672-1719), politican, essayist and poet, founder of 'The Spectator' magazine. Published as the frontispiece to 'The Works of Joseph Addison', although this example was never bound.
Alexander 324. Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 64089] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Baron.t pinx. 1716. G. Vertue Sculp 1721.
Engraving. 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of Joseph Addison (1672-1719), politican, essayist and poet, founder of 'The Spectator' magazine. Published as the frontispiece to 'The Works of Joseph Addison', although this example was never bound.
Alexander 324. Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 64089] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Henry Blacker. The British Giant, Born near Cuckfield in Sussex 1724 who is now to be seen opposite the Meuse Gate at Charing Cross~He is thought by All sho have vieew's Him to be the tallest man ever exhibited in England, measuring 7feet 4 inches and exceeds the famous Mynheer Cajanus who was shen with so much Applause several years ago_ Price 6d Plain 1s cold.
March 15, 1761. According to Act of Parliament. Publish'd by H. Carpenter in Fleet Street.
Engraving with hand colour. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Some cockling of paper.
A portrait of Henry Blacker (1724-), towering above the sightseers gathered around him. 'The British Giant', from Cuckfield in Sussex, come to London in 1751, aged 27, as a touring giant. Because the proportions of his seven-foot-four-inch body were so exceptional, he gained a large following of admirers, including William, the tall Duke of Cumberland.
[Ref: 64092] £320.00
March 15, 1761. According to Act of Parliament. Publish'd by H. Carpenter in Fleet Street.
Engraving with hand colour. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Some cockling of paper.
A portrait of Henry Blacker (1724-), towering above the sightseers gathered around him. 'The British Giant', from Cuckfield in Sussex, come to London in 1751, aged 27, as a touring giant. Because the proportions of his seven-foot-four-inch body were so exceptional, he gained a large following of admirers, including William, the tall Duke of Cumberland.
[Ref: 64092] £320.00
![[Walter Charleton] In Effgiem & librum D.rs Charlton](jpegs/63915.jpg)
[Walter Charleton] In Effgiem & librum D.rs Charlton
[PLombart Sculpsit A. Londre.]
[n.d., 1657.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 100mm (6½ x 4"). Trimmed, mounted in album paper.
Half-length portrait of Walter Charleton, arms folded, the frontispiece to his ''The immortality of the human soul demonstrated by the light of nature''. Charleton (1619-1707) was a writer and natural philosopher. At 22 he was appointed physician to Charles I, and later to the exiled Charles II.
[Ref: 63915] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[PLombart Sculpsit A. Londre.]
[n.d., 1657.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 100mm (6½ x 4"). Trimmed, mounted in album paper.
Half-length portrait of Walter Charleton, arms folded, the frontispiece to his ''The immortality of the human soul demonstrated by the light of nature''. Charleton (1619-1707) was a writer and natural philosopher. At 22 he was appointed physician to Charles I, and later to the exiled Charles II.
[Ref: 63915] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Dupuis Monsfortensis pictor Regius Academicus. Je Peins Et Je Suis Peint Par Mes Meilleurs Amis...
N. Mignard, Avenionensis Pinxit. Ant. Masson Sculpebat 1663.
Engraving. Sheet 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"), with 17th century watermark. Trimmed to image, creasing in centre, mounted in album paper at edges.
Pierre Dupuis (or Dupuys, 1610-82), a French painter who specialised in still lifes.
[Ref: 64041] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
N. Mignard, Avenionensis Pinxit. Ant. Masson Sculpebat 1663.
Engraving. Sheet 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"), with 17th century watermark. Trimmed to image, creasing in centre, mounted in album paper at edges.
Pierre Dupuis (or Dupuys, 1610-82), a French painter who specialised in still lifes.
[Ref: 64041] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Capt.n. Joseph Huddart F.R.S.
Engraved for the European Magazine from an Original Picture in the Possession of Cha. Turner Esq.r. by T.Blood.
London, Published by J.Asperne, Cornhill, December 1st 1811.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 220 x 130mm (8½ x 5"). Three small holes in right margins.
Portrait of Joseph Huddart FRS (1741–1816) was a British hydrographer, engineer and inventor. He surveyed harbours and coasts but made a fortune from improving the design and manufacture of rope. He was highly regarded in his time, and his likeness featured in an engraving of distinguished men of science. Huddart was chosen to feature in the central group of the picture with M. I. Brunel, James Watt, Matthew Boulton and Thomas Telford. In 1778 he started out on four voyages to the east, eventually in command of the East Indiaman Royal Admiral for her maiden and two subsequent voyages. He completed surveys of the coast of India and Sumatra. From 1788 he completed surveys of the Hebrides and in 1791 he became a fellow of the Royal Society and joined the management of Trinity House as an elder brother. He took charge of enquiries regarding light, lighthouses and charts and he supervised and directed the construction of the Hurst Point Lighthouse. Huddart's guide to navigation to China and New Holland was published in 1801
[Ref: 64107] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved for the European Magazine from an Original Picture in the Possession of Cha. Turner Esq.r. by T.Blood.
London, Published by J.Asperne, Cornhill, December 1st 1811.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 220 x 130mm (8½ x 5"). Three small holes in right margins.
Portrait of Joseph Huddart FRS (1741–1816) was a British hydrographer, engineer and inventor. He surveyed harbours and coasts but made a fortune from improving the design and manufacture of rope. He was highly regarded in his time, and his likeness featured in an engraving of distinguished men of science. Huddart was chosen to feature in the central group of the picture with M. I. Brunel, James Watt, Matthew Boulton and Thomas Telford. In 1778 he started out on four voyages to the east, eventually in command of the East Indiaman Royal Admiral for her maiden and two subsequent voyages. He completed surveys of the coast of India and Sumatra. From 1788 he completed surveys of the Hebrides and in 1791 he became a fellow of the Royal Society and joined the management of Trinity House as an elder brother. He took charge of enquiries regarding light, lighthouses and charts and he supervised and directed the construction of the Hurst Point Lighthouse. Huddart's guide to navigation to China and New Holland was published in 1801
[Ref: 64107] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Industrious Child. Sweet Child! thy Countenance may well with pleasure glow / From Industry like thine, pure Joys will ever flow.
Painted by T. Ducheé. Engraved by Dawe.
Published, March, 1825, by William Sweet, 38, Chancery Lane.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate
A child holds up a neat copy book, a quill in one hand. On a table is a folding writing desk; on the wall is a map of the English Channel. A pair to 'The Idle Child'.
[Ref: 63642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by T. Ducheé. Engraved by Dawe.
Published, March, 1825, by William Sweet, 38, Chancery Lane.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate
A child holds up a neat copy book, a quill in one hand. On a table is a folding writing desk; on the wall is a map of the English Channel. A pair to 'The Idle Child'.
[Ref: 63642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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![[Three etchings after Rembrandt's 'Old Woman Sleeping'.]](jpegs/63989.jpg)
[Three etchings after Rembrandt's 'Old Woman Sleeping'.]
Three etchings, largest 125 x 100mm (5 x 4). Laid on card, one with glue stains.
Three versions of Rembrandt's portrait of an old woman asleep, head resting on one hand, spectacles in the other.
[Ref: 63989] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Three etchings, largest 125 x 100mm (5 x 4). Laid on card, one with glue stains.
Three versions of Rembrandt's portrait of an old woman asleep, head resting on one hand, spectacles in the other.
[Ref: 63989] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Jean Pesne Peintre et Graveur.
Se ipse pinxit 1672. Trouvain Sculpsit 1698.
Se vend a Paris chez Mortain sur le pont de l'Hôtel Dieu ou l'on paye le passage. [later impression.]
Engraving. 340 x 265mm (13½ x 10½").
A self-portrait in oval of French painter and engraver Jean Pesne (1623-1700).
[Ref: 64043] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Se ipse pinxit 1672. Trouvain Sculpsit 1698.
Se vend a Paris chez Mortain sur le pont de l'Hôtel Dieu ou l'on paye le passage. [later impression.]
Engraving. 340 x 265mm (13½ x 10½").
A self-portrait in oval of French painter and engraver Jean Pesne (1623-1700).
[Ref: 64043] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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![Mrs Damer [in pencil] [Anna Seward]](jpegs/64022.jpg)
Mrs Damer [in pencil] [Anna Seward]
[after Tilly Kettle]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple, proof before all letters. Sheet 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Three-quarter length portrait of a woman sitting at a desk with her hands turning the pages of a book. Anna Seward (1747-1809) was an English Romantic Poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield. A previous owner of the print has misidentified the sitter as the sculptor Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway) (1749 - 1828).
The original painting is in the National Portrait Gallery.
[Ref: 64022] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[after Tilly Kettle]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple, proof before all letters. Sheet 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Three-quarter length portrait of a woman sitting at a desk with her hands turning the pages of a book. Anna Seward (1747-1809) was an English Romantic Poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield. A previous owner of the print has misidentified the sitter as the sculptor Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway) (1749 - 1828).
The original painting is in the National Portrait Gallery.
[Ref: 64022] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Sanctus Matthaeus Angelo praemonente evangilium scribit. Engraved from the original Picture in the Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Rubens Pinx,,t. Caroline Watson Sculp:t Engraver to her Majesty.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 1, 1788, by Caroline Watson, Fitzroy Street.
Stipple. 225 x 165mm (9 x 6½"), with large margins. Some spotting in margins.
St Matthew writing the first Gospel, listening to an angel at his shoulder. Reynolds encouraged young engravers by allowing them to engrave pictures by him or in his collection. Caroline Watson (c.1760-1814, daughter of James Watson) was one of his last protégés. Reynolds sold the painting in 1795.
[Ref: 63992] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Rubens Pinx,,t. Caroline Watson Sculp:t Engraver to her Majesty.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 1, 1788, by Caroline Watson, Fitzroy Street.
Stipple. 225 x 165mm (9 x 6½"), with large margins. Some spotting in margins.
St Matthew writing the first Gospel, listening to an angel at his shoulder. Reynolds encouraged young engravers by allowing them to engrave pictures by him or in his collection. Caroline Watson (c.1760-1814, daughter of James Watson) was one of his last protégés. Reynolds sold the painting in 1795.
[Ref: 63992] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)