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The appearance of the Total Solar eclipse from Haradon hill May 11. 1724.
Stukeley del. E. Kirkhall Sculp.
[c.1724.]
Fine mezzotint, printed in green. 180 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Trimmed to plate, creased, laid on album paper.
Three men, two holding their horses, looking across a field at the solar eclipse; rays edged with light radiating from a bank of darkened clouds. In the modern calendar the date of the eclipse was May 22nd. A plate from 'Itinerarium Curiosum, Or, An Account of the Antiquitys and Remarkable Curiositys in Nature or Art, Observ'd in Travels thro' Great Brittan', by Dr William Stukeley (1687-1765), who best known for his early researches of the prehistoric monuments of Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire. First published in 1724, there was a second edition in 1776.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CLB state I, before the plate was cut down and title re-engraved.
[Ref: 64472] £450.00
Stukeley del. E. Kirkhall Sculp.
[c.1724.]
Fine mezzotint, printed in green. 180 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Trimmed to plate, creased, laid on album paper.
Three men, two holding their horses, looking across a field at the solar eclipse; rays edged with light radiating from a bank of darkened clouds. In the modern calendar the date of the eclipse was May 22nd. A plate from 'Itinerarium Curiosum, Or, An Account of the Antiquitys and Remarkable Curiositys in Nature or Art, Observ'd in Travels thro' Great Brittan', by Dr William Stukeley (1687-1765), who best known for his early researches of the prehistoric monuments of Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire. First published in 1724, there was a second edition in 1776.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CLB state I, before the plate was cut down and title re-engraved.
[Ref: 64472] £450.00
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[Dr Herbert Mayo.]
Painted by J Lonsdale Esq.r. Engraved by David Lucas.
[London Published July 20th 1827 by the Engraver 18 Wyndham Street Bryanston Square.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, crease left bottom.
A half-length portrait of anatomist Herbert Mayo (1796-1852), holding a specimen in a jar. He was surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital from 1827 until 1842, founding the Medical School there.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1963-1.
[Ref: 64566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J Lonsdale Esq.r. Engraved by David Lucas.
[London Published July 20th 1827 by the Engraver 18 Wyndham Street Bryanston Square.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, crease left bottom.
A half-length portrait of anatomist Herbert Mayo (1796-1852), holding a specimen in a jar. He was surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital from 1827 until 1842, founding the Medical School there.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1963-1.
[Ref: 64566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Florence Nightingale. An Angel of Mercy. Scutari Hospital 1855. "When all the Medical Officers have retired for the night, and silence and darkness have settled down upon those miles of prostate sick, she may be observed alone, with a little lampin her hand, making her solitary rounds." Letter from Scutari, in the Times, Feb.y. 1855.
[After] Butterworth. [Engraved by] Tomkins.
London: Published June 30, 1855, by Lloyd Brothers & C.º 22, Ludgate Hill.
Very fine & mint coloured mezzotint. 415 x 365mm (16¼ x 14¼"), with very large margins.
Florence Nightingale approaching from the left carrying a lamp, looking at a wounded soldier lying in a bed, with other wounded men in the background, and a table set with a basin, bottle and towel behind to left.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64585] £480.00
[After] Butterworth. [Engraved by] Tomkins.
London: Published June 30, 1855, by Lloyd Brothers & C.º 22, Ludgate Hill.
Very fine & mint coloured mezzotint. 415 x 365mm (16¼ x 14¼"), with very large margins.
Florence Nightingale approaching from the left carrying a lamp, looking at a wounded soldier lying in a bed, with other wounded men in the background, and a table set with a basin, bottle and towel behind to left.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64585] £480.00