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Catalogue: Trades
R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 96 Strand. Plate 31, Vol. IX.
No.54 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. June 1, 1827.
Coloured aquatint. 240 x 152mm (9½ x 6").
Rudolph Ackermann's (1764 - 1834) Repository of Arts to Her Majesty at no. 96 on the south side of the Strand, on the eastern corner of Beaufort Buildings; figures passing on the street pause to look at the pictures decorating the windows. Numbered 'Plate 31, Vol.IX' upper right, from his own 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Respository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
See Ref: 18541.
[Ref: 52402] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
No.54 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. June 1, 1827.
Coloured aquatint. 240 x 152mm (9½ x 6").
Rudolph Ackermann's (1764 - 1834) Repository of Arts to Her Majesty at no. 96 on the south side of the Strand, on the eastern corner of Beaufort Buildings; figures passing on the street pause to look at the pictures decorating the windows. Numbered 'Plate 31, Vol.IX' upper right, from his own 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Respository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
See Ref: 18541.
[Ref: 52402] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Der Alabasterer.
[Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Weigel. 1699.]
Engraving. Plate: 85 x 135mm (3¼ x 5¼").
A scene in a alabaster sculptor's workshop, one figure turns some alabaster at a machine, in the background a figure carves a large block of alabaster with a huge saw. An illustration from 'Etwas für Alle...' by Abraham à Santa Clara (1644-1709).
[Ref: 38915] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Weigel. 1699.]
Engraving. Plate: 85 x 135mm (3¼ x 5¼").
A scene in a alabaster sculptor's workshop, one figure turns some alabaster at a machine, in the background a figure carves a large block of alabaster with a huge saw. An illustration from 'Etwas für Alle...' by Abraham à Santa Clara (1644-1709).
[Ref: 38915] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Marchande d'Eau de vie. Qui veut boire la goulte? No 83.
Carle Vernet. S. lith de Delpech.
[Paris, n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 300 x 140mm (11¾ x 5½").
A woman selling brandy, calling 'Who will drink a drop?'. One of a series, 'Cris de Paris', depicting Parisian street vendors, lithographed by François Séraphin Delpech (1778-1825) after Antoine Charles Horace (Carle) Vernet (1758-1836).
[Ref: 33222] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Carle Vernet. S. lith de Delpech.
[Paris, n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 300 x 140mm (11¾ x 5½").
A woman selling brandy, calling 'Who will drink a drop?'. One of a series, 'Cris de Paris', depicting Parisian street vendors, lithographed by François Séraphin Delpech (1778-1825) after Antoine Charles Horace (Carle) Vernet (1758-1836).
[Ref: 33222] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![23. [Alderman.]](jpegs/28721.jpg)
23. [Alderman.]
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805.
Hand coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 10").
An alderman in red robe and wig, standing on a building side south of the Thames, with St Paul's Cathedral clearly visible. The print was published in 'The Costume of Great Britain', a work notable for portraying British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 28721] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805.
Hand coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 10").
An alderman in red robe and wig, standing on a building side south of the Thames, with St Paul's Cathedral clearly visible. The print was published in 'The Costume of Great Britain', a work notable for portraying British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 28721] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Alum Works]](jpegs/43699.jpg)
[Alum Works]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. Havell
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1, 1814.
Aquatint printed in colour with accompanying text sheet, each 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½").
Trades print, from George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire', with explanatory text sheet which reads: 'There are various alum works on the coast of Yorkshire, to the north of Scarborough, and particularly in the neighbourhood of Whitby, which carry on a very extensive trade. It is impossible, within the compass of a print or drawing, to give an adequate idea of the sublimity of the alum rocks and neighbouring scenery; the annexed Plate therefore can only be given as a very faint and humble miniature.'
[Ref: 43699] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. Havell
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1, 1814.
Aquatint printed in colour with accompanying text sheet, each 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½").
Trades print, from George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire', with explanatory text sheet which reads: 'There are various alum works on the coast of Yorkshire, to the north of Scarborough, and particularly in the neighbourhood of Whitby, which carry on a very extensive trade. It is impossible, within the compass of a print or drawing, to give an adequate idea of the sublimity of the alum rocks and neighbouring scenery; the annexed Plate therefore can only be given as a very faint and humble miniature.'
[Ref: 43699] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Plate XXXII Alum Works.]](jpegs/47008.jpg)
[Plate XXXII Alum Works.]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1, 1814.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), watermark 'J. Whatman 1811', with sheet of letterpress,
A view of an alum works on the Yorkshire coast, north of Scarborough. From 'The Costume of Yorkshire' by George Walker.
[Ref: 47008] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1, 1814.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), watermark 'J. Whatman 1811', with sheet of letterpress,
A view of an alum works on the Yorkshire coast, north of Scarborough. From 'The Costume of Yorkshire' by George Walker.
[Ref: 47008] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ambulant Scrivener]](jpegs/41094.jpg)
[Ambulant Scrivener] Il Segretario Ambulante
Letty 1825 [after Maria de Vito]
Very fine watercolour, 190 x 145mm (7½ x 5¾"). Glued to backing sheet.
Fine copy of an Italian lithograph, one of five in a set depicting Italian professions and costumes.
For an impression of the source lithograph see V&A Museum, museum number E.1160-1963
[Ref: 41094] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Letty 1825 [after Maria de Vito]
Very fine watercolour, 190 x 145mm (7½ x 5¾"). Glued to backing sheet.
Fine copy of an Italian lithograph, one of five in a set depicting Italian professions and costumes.
For an impression of the source lithograph see V&A Museum, museum number E.1160-1963
[Ref: 41094] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Apothecary.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½''). Foxing.
An apothecary using a mortar and pestle in his shop.
[Ref: 50492] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½''). Foxing.
An apothecary using a mortar and pestle in his shop.
[Ref: 50492] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
An Apple Mill.
J. Mynde sc.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet: 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 6¼"). Offsetting. Trimmed.
A diagram of an apple mill.
[Ref: 44598] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
J. Mynde sc.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet: 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 6¼"). Offsetting. Trimmed.
A diagram of an apple mill.
[Ref: 44598] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Argent de mes petits Oiseaux. Il est si fot de son oiseau Qu'il vient de tirer de sa cage Que pour apprendre son ramage Il le siffle en godelureau.
Chez HBonnart vis a vis les Mathurins au Coq avec pril. [n.d. c.1740.]
Etching and engraving with very large margins. Plate 271 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½"). Mint; glued to backing sheet at corners.
A man selling birds in the street from a cage hung around his waist. From a set of Street Cries.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28417] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
Chez HBonnart vis a vis les Mathurins au Coq avec pril. [n.d. c.1740.]
Etching and engraving with very large margins. Plate 271 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½"). Mint; glued to backing sheet at corners.
A man selling birds in the street from a cage hung around his waist. From a set of Street Cries.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28417] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
The Sale Room of Mr. Tho.s Price, Auctioneer, Appraiser & Estate Agent, in the Assembly Rooms, Cheltenham.
Printed & Published by S.Y. Griffith & Co, Cheltenham.
Steel engraving. 150 x 230mm (6 x 9"), with very large margins.
An auctioneer's room during viewing, with the tables stacked high with illustrated books, published in Griffith's 'New Historical Description of Cheltenham'.
[Ref: 40507] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Printed & Published by S.Y. Griffith & Co, Cheltenham.
Steel engraving. 150 x 230mm (6 x 9"), with very large margins.
An auctioneer's room during viewing, with the tables stacked high with illustrated books, published in Griffith's 'New Historical Description of Cheltenham'.
[Ref: 40507] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Baker.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 135 x 225mm, 5½ x 9". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
An educational image showing a baker putting a pie into an oven.
[Ref: 16431] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 135 x 225mm, 5½ x 9". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
An educational image showing a baker putting a pie into an oven.
[Ref: 16431] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Baker
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½''). Foxing.
A baker kneading dough in his bakery.
[Ref: 50493] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½''). Foxing.
A baker kneading dough in his bakery.
[Ref: 50493] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
![No. 47. [Baker.]](jpegs/28715.jpg)
No. 47. [Baker.]
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805.
Hand coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 10").
A man with a white apron carrying two large baskets of bread down a path. The print was published in 'The Costume of Great Britain', a work notable for portraying British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 28715] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805.
Hand coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 10").
A man with a white apron carrying two large baskets of bread down a path. The print was published in 'The Costume of Great Britain', a work notable for portraying British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 28715] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Marchand de Gateaux. Bruxelles.
J.J. Eeckhout fc. Déposé. Lith: de Burggraaff.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand coloured lithograph. 241 x 190mm. 9½ x 7½". Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Scene in Brussels, a cake seller: a young man holding a basket in one hand, strapped across his chest. In the other hand he holds a slice of cake.
[Ref: 16225] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
J.J. Eeckhout fc. Déposé. Lith: de Burggraaff.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand coloured lithograph. 241 x 190mm. 9½ x 7½". Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Scene in Brussels, a cake seller: a young man holding a basket in one hand, strapped across his chest. In the other hand he holds a slice of cake.
[Ref: 16225] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Le Patissier a la Mode.
C. Malapeauy. Im.de Lemercier et C.ie.
Bourdet Jeune, éditeur. à Paris chez Dupin, Galerie Colbert. [n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph. 279 x 356mm. 11 x 14". Spotting.
Inside a pâtisserie in Paris; a woman sat behind a counter with pastries and sweets on, speaking to a female customer who is paying for her goods, a gentleman admires the display, and a family of three standing looking at the cakes on the shelves to the right. A table in the near left foreground holds various bottles of liqueur.
[Ref: 22873] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
C. Malapeauy. Im.de Lemercier et C.ie.
Bourdet Jeune, éditeur. à Paris chez Dupin, Galerie Colbert. [n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph. 279 x 356mm. 11 x 14". Spotting.
Inside a pâtisserie in Paris; a woman sat behind a counter with pastries and sweets on, speaking to a female customer who is paying for her goods, a gentleman admires the display, and a family of three standing looking at the cakes on the shelves to the right. A table in the near left foreground holds various bottles of liqueur.
[Ref: 22873] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Band Boxes. Tabarts Juveline Library.
[London: Richard Phillips, 1805.]
Coloured engraving with very large margins. 140 x 105mm (5½ x 4¼"), with text sheet. Repaired tear in wide margin.
A man selling decorative boxes, published in 'Modern London; being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis'. Behind him is the Bibliotheque d'Education or Tabart's Juveline Library, which was on New Bond Street, on the corner of Grafton Street.
[Ref: 33999] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Richard Phillips, 1805.]
Coloured engraving with very large margins. 140 x 105mm (5½ x 4¼"), with text sheet. Repaired tear in wide margin.
A man selling decorative boxes, published in 'Modern London; being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis'. Behind him is the Bibliotheque d'Education or Tabart's Juveline Library, which was on New Bond Street, on the corner of Grafton Street.
[Ref: 33999] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Barber]](jpegs/47660.jpg)
[The Barber]
G.B. O'Neill 30 [c.1880]
Etching on india, platemark 80 x 85 (3¼ x 3¼"), with large margins.
Etching by George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917),
[Ref: 47660] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. O'Neill 30 [c.1880]
Etching on india, platemark 80 x 85 (3¼ x 3¼"), with large margins.
Etching by George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917),
[Ref: 47660] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Barber.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 135 x 225mm, 5½ x 9". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
An educational image showing a barber shaving a client with a straight-edge razor.
[Ref: 16437] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 135 x 225mm, 5½ x 9". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
An educational image showing a barber shaving a client with a straight-edge razor.
[Ref: 16437] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Pop In & Popt Out. A noted Wag on frolic bent / Once on a time did stop / Where blocks & wigs in window plac'd / Bedeck'd a Barber's Shop [...]
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yard 2 Jan. 1806.
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8½"). Small margins.
Comic song set at a barber's shop.
[Ref: 41574] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yard 2 Jan. 1806.
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8½"). Small margins.
Comic song set at a barber's shop.
[Ref: 41574] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![No. 35. [Barges.]](jpegs/27026.jpg)
No. 35. [Barges.]
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805. [but c.1820.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 260 x 365mm, 10½ x 14¼".
A view of workers on barges, published in 'The Costume of Great Britain', a work notable for portraying British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430, 35.
[Ref: 27026] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805. [but c.1820.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 260 x 365mm, 10½ x 14¼".
A view of workers on barges, published in 'The Costume of Great Britain', a work notable for portraying British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430, 35.
[Ref: 27026] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Barnwinder.]](jpegs/39080.jpg)
[The Barnwinder.]
[Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Weigel. 1699.]
Engraving. Plate: 85 x 135mm (3¼ x 5¼").
A scene showing several figures. An illustration from 'Etwas für Alle...' by Abraham à Santa Clara (1644-1709).
[Ref: 39080] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Weigel. 1699.]
Engraving. Plate: 85 x 135mm (3¼ x 5¼").
A scene showing several figures. An illustration from 'Etwas für Alle...' by Abraham à Santa Clara (1644-1709).
[Ref: 39080] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![Lorberblatertramer. Vendeur de feuilles de laurier. [Bay leaf seller.]](jpegs/11582.jpg)
Lorberblatertramer. Vendeur de feuilles de laurier. [Bay leaf seller.]
Gezeichnet v. C. Brand Prof. Gestochen v. Frid. Brand.
[n.d., 1810.]
Etching, sheet 335 x 245mm. 13¼ x 9¾". Trimmed within plate.
Plate to a set of 'Cries of Vienna', after Christian Hilfgott Brand (1694 - 1756), who seems to have been a drawing master at the Vienna Academy. Engraved by Friedrich August Brand (1735 - 1806), son of Christian, brother of Johann Christian Brand, and by 1783 himself a professor at the Vienna Academy.
[Ref: 11582] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
Gezeichnet v. C. Brand Prof. Gestochen v. Frid. Brand.
[n.d., 1810.]
Etching, sheet 335 x 245mm. 13¼ x 9¾". Trimmed within plate.
Plate to a set of 'Cries of Vienna', after Christian Hilfgott Brand (1694 - 1756), who seems to have been a drawing master at the Vienna Academy. Engraved by Friedrich August Brand (1735 - 1806), son of Christian, brother of Johann Christian Brand, and by 1783 himself a professor at the Vienna Academy.
[Ref: 11582] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
A Bed Matt or a Door Matt Achetez des Nates Chi vuol Storioli da letto. 6.
MLauron delin:
P Tempest ex Cum privilegio [n.d. c.1740.]
Hand-coloured etching and engraving; paper 18th century watermarked. Plate 246 x 165mm. 9¾ x 6½". Small hole and creasing.
A street seller walking to right with sticks over his shoulders, from which mats hang. From "The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life".
[Ref: 28181] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
MLauron delin:
P Tempest ex Cum privilegio [n.d. c.1740.]
Hand-coloured etching and engraving; paper 18th century watermarked. Plate 246 x 165mm. 9¾ x 6½". Small hole and creasing.
A street seller walking to right with sticks over his shoulders, from which mats hang. From "The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life".
[Ref: 28181] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
"A Thing of Shreds and Patches." Hamlet.
Printed by C. Hullamndel. [Etched in plate:] E. Hull March 1825.
[Rowe & Waller, March 1825.]
Coloured lithograph, printed on J. Whatman watermarked paper 1825. Design for a Scrap Book frontis; 183 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed.
A beggar dressed in ragged clothes walks on crutches begging for scraps; wearing a bag that reads "Scraps thankfully received".
In the Wellcome Library.
[Ref: 31247] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by C. Hullamndel. [Etched in plate:] E. Hull March 1825.
[Rowe & Waller, March 1825.]
Coloured lithograph, printed on J. Whatman watermarked paper 1825. Design for a Scrap Book frontis; 183 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed.
A beggar dressed in ragged clothes walks on crutches begging for scraps; wearing a bag that reads "Scraps thankfully received".
In the Wellcome Library.
[Ref: 31247] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Le Fidèle Caissier. 12. Musee de Moeurs en Actions.
Peint par Mes. Regnier Bettannier et Morlon lith.
Imp. Lemercier r.de Seine 57 Paris. Paris Eugene Jouy boulev.t de Sebastopol 46. New York Emile Seitz 413 Broadway. [n.d. c.1850.]
Rare lithograph. 629 x 460mm (24¾ x 18¼").
The Faithful Cashier: a dog seated holding a bowl in his mouth to collect the pennies of passers-by. Blind beggar and his dog.
[Ref: 22763] £360.00
Peint par Mes. Regnier Bettannier et Morlon lith.
Imp. Lemercier r.de Seine 57 Paris. Paris Eugene Jouy boulev.t de Sebastopol 46. New York Emile Seitz 413 Broadway. [n.d. c.1850.]
Rare lithograph. 629 x 460mm (24¾ x 18¼").
The Faithful Cashier: a dog seated holding a bowl in his mouth to collect the pennies of passers-by. Blind beggar and his dog.
[Ref: 22763] £360.00
![[The Bell Foundry.]](jpegs/38912.jpg)
[The Bell Foundry.]
[Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Weigel. 1699.]
Engraving. Plate: 85 x 135mm (3¼ x 5¼"). Very large margins. Foxing.
A scene in a bell maker's foundry, three figures are hard at work the tools of their trade are hung up on the wall behind them and on the bench lie bells of various shapes and sizes. An illustration from 'Etwas für Alle...' by Abraham à Santa Clara (1644-1709).
[Ref: 38912] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Weigel. 1699.]
Engraving. Plate: 85 x 135mm (3¼ x 5¼"). Very large margins. Foxing.
A scene in a bell maker's foundry, three figures are hard at work the tools of their trade are hung up on the wall behind them and on the bench lie bells of various shapes and sizes. An illustration from 'Etwas für Alle...' by Abraham à Santa Clara (1644-1709).
[Ref: 38912] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Bella, the Fortune Teller.
E. Pugh del.t. T. Cartwright sculp.t.
Published 15 Feb.y 1815, by E. Williams, Strand.
Coloured stipple. 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Trimmed to plate top left.
Portrait of a Welsh fortune teller, published in Edward Pugh's 'Cambria Depicta'.
[Ref: 51944] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
E. Pugh del.t. T. Cartwright sculp.t.
Published 15 Feb.y 1815, by E. Williams, Strand.
Coloured stipple. 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Trimmed to plate top left.
Portrait of a Welsh fortune teller, published in Edward Pugh's 'Cambria Depicta'.
[Ref: 51944] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Portraits of the Bellmen in the Wonderful Magazine, Part II [with a collection of Bellmen's verses published in the Wonderful Magazine]
[c.1793]
Woodcut with 44pp text; engraving approx 370 x 270mm (14½ x 10½"); text sheets 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Engraving folded and attached to smaller sheet, as issued, with tears etc. Rare
From the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812). 'Bellman's verses' were a regular feature in the magazine, and are here accompanied by likenesses of various criers ('A Dull Dutchman'; 'The Giant of the Bank'; 'Death's Harbinger', etc).
[Ref: 39662] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1793]
Woodcut with 44pp text; engraving approx 370 x 270mm (14½ x 10½"); text sheets 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Engraving folded and attached to smaller sheet, as issued, with tears etc. Rare
From the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812). 'Bellman's verses' were a regular feature in the magazine, and are here accompanied by likenesses of various criers ('A Dull Dutchman'; 'The Giant of the Bank'; 'Death's Harbinger', etc).
[Ref: 39662] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Blacksmith's Shop.
Engraved by Miss Hawksworth from a Picture by G. Jones Esq.r.
Published Feb.y 1.st 1813 by J. Hawksworth. 9 Barnsbury Street, Islington.
Rare engraving. Sheet size: 370 x 415mm (14½ x 16¼"). Small mark below title on left.
An interior view of a workshop with a blacksmith leaning at the right beside the forge, watching a child taking a rod of metal from the bath before him. Various tools and instruments hang on the wall behind.
[Ref: 38434] £320.00
Engraved by Miss Hawksworth from a Picture by G. Jones Esq.r.
Published Feb.y 1.st 1813 by J. Hawksworth. 9 Barnsbury Street, Islington.
Rare engraving. Sheet size: 370 x 415mm (14½ x 16¼"). Small mark below title on left.
An interior view of a workshop with a blacksmith leaning at the right beside the forge, watching a child taking a rod of metal from the bath before him. Various tools and instruments hang on the wall behind.
[Ref: 38434] £320.00
![[Blacksmith's Forge.]](jpegs/57800.jpg)
[Blacksmith's Forge.]
Done from a Capital Picture of Brouwer in the Collection of B: Cleeve Esq:r By Jas. Mc.Ardell.
Sold by J Mc.Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 2s.
Scarce mezzotint. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Narrow margins, some creasing. Repaired tear.
The interior of a blacksmith's forge: one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; another hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil.
Goodwin: 206.
[Ref: 57800] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)
Done from a Capital Picture of Brouwer in the Collection of B: Cleeve Esq:r By Jas. Mc.Ardell.
Sold by J Mc.Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 2s.
Scarce mezzotint. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Narrow margins, some creasing. Repaired tear.
The interior of a blacksmith's forge: one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; another hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil.
Goodwin: 206.
[Ref: 57800] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Blades' Upper Show Room.
J. Gendall delt.
No.4 of Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. April 1 1813 [101 Strand, London].
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, image 115 x 195mm. 4½ x 7¾". Trimmed within plate.
View inside the premises of an upmarket retailer of lamps, light fittings and chandeliers; after John Gendall (1790 - 1865). From Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 18962] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
J. Gendall delt.
No.4 of Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. April 1 1813 [101 Strand, London].
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, image 115 x 195mm. 4½ x 7¾". Trimmed within plate.
View inside the premises of an upmarket retailer of lamps, light fittings and chandeliers; after John Gendall (1790 - 1865). From Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 18962] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Plate IX. To the Right Hon.ble Lord Bangor, This Plate Representing a Complete Perspective View of all the Machinery of a Bleach Mill, upon the Newest and most approved Constructions. Consisting of the Wash Mill, Rubbing Boards moved by a Crank, and Beetling Engine for Glazing the Cloth, with a View of the Boiling House. Is most respectfully Inscribed by his Lordships obedient humble Servant. Wm. Hincks.
Wm. Hincks delin. et sculp.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs by R. Pollard, Spafields June 20. 1791.
Fine stipple. Plate 353 x 424mm. 13¾ x 16¾". Large margins.
An interior view of a mill where three men and a woman are engaged in washing, rubbing, glazing and boiling fabric. From William Hincks illustrations depicting the Irish Linen Industry.
[Ref: 19682] £400.00
Wm. Hincks delin. et sculp.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs by R. Pollard, Spafields June 20. 1791.
Fine stipple. Plate 353 x 424mm. 13¾ x 16¾". Large margins.
An interior view of a mill where three men and a woman are engaged in washing, rubbing, glazing and boiling fabric. From William Hincks illustrations depicting the Irish Linen Industry.
[Ref: 19682] £400.00
Bookbinder.
London, Published by Tabart & Co Oct. 23. 1804.
Engraving, with 3 sheets of letterpress. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½''). Slight foxing.
A scene in a bookbinder's workshop showing him at his desk.
[Ref: 51151] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by Tabart & Co Oct. 23. 1804.
Engraving, with 3 sheets of letterpress. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½''). Slight foxing.
A scene in a bookbinder's workshop showing him at his desk.
[Ref: 51151] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Book of Trades; or, Circle of the Useful Arts.
Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin and Co., Thomas Tegg & Son, London; Tegg, Wise, & Tegg, Dublin; and J. & S.A. Tegg, Sydney, Australia. MDCCCXXXV [1835].
8vo (140 x 115mm. 5½ x 4½".), with original marbled board coveres and calf spine. Spine detached.
First edition with engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title page, 19 plates (including the frontispiece), and numerous woodcut illustrations. The aim of this book is to illustrate at length one or two of each class of trade and manufacture and thus explain the principles applicable to all. The author presents an account of 'those arts by which the various wants of civilised society are supplied, and of those manufactures upon which commerce depends, in such a form, as, while it instructs, will also attract the youthful mind'. The book is organised into the following chapters: arts relative to the supply of food; arts relative to providing shelter; arts relative to clothing; arts relative to traveling; arts relative to the mineral kingdom; the liberal arts.
[Ref: 22109] £350.00
Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin and Co., Thomas Tegg & Son, London; Tegg, Wise, & Tegg, Dublin; and J. & S.A. Tegg, Sydney, Australia. MDCCCXXXV [1835].
8vo (140 x 115mm. 5½ x 4½".), with original marbled board coveres and calf spine. Spine detached.
First edition with engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title page, 19 plates (including the frontispiece), and numerous woodcut illustrations. The aim of this book is to illustrate at length one or two of each class of trade and manufacture and thus explain the principles applicable to all. The author presents an account of 'those arts by which the various wants of civilised society are supplied, and of those manufactures upon which commerce depends, in such a form, as, while it instructs, will also attract the youthful mind'. The book is organised into the following chapters: arts relative to the supply of food; arts relative to providing shelter; arts relative to clothing; arts relative to traveling; arts relative to the mineral kingdom; the liberal arts.
[Ref: 22109] £350.00
Ackermann's Library, for Work's of Art.
A. Pugin del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
N.o [52?] of Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub 1st April 1813 at 101, Strand, London.
Fine hand coloured aquatint. 235 x 285mm (9¼ x 11¼"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1811'. Trimmed within plate by binder, affecting publication line. Folds as normal.
Readers studying books in a library decorated with paintings and sculpture, lit by gas lamps by F C Accum. The building was one of the first to have gas illumination. After Augustus Charles Pugin (1768/69 - 1832).
[Ref: 60746] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A. Pugin del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
N.o [52?] of Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub 1st April 1813 at 101, Strand, London.
Fine hand coloured aquatint. 235 x 285mm (9¼ x 11¼"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1811'. Trimmed within plate by binder, affecting publication line. Folds as normal.
Readers studying books in a library decorated with paintings and sculpture, lit by gas lamps by F C Accum. The building was one of the first to have gas illumination. After Augustus Charles Pugin (1768/69 - 1832).
[Ref: 60746] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Bookseller.
[n.d., c.1805.]
Wood engraving, with 3 sheets of letterpress. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½'').
A scene in a book seller's shop, showing customers at the counter.
[Ref: 51150] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1805.]
Wood engraving, with 3 sheets of letterpress. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½'').
A scene in a book seller's shop, showing customers at the counter.
[Ref: 51150] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![Le Grand Triomfateure ou le Libraire ambulan[t].](jpegs/54687.jpg)
Le Grand Triomfateure ou le Libraire ambulan[t]. Vn autre moins fameux Libraire, Pourra se contenter d'un pilier du Palais, Mais pour le debit que je fais Paris entier m'est necessaire.
Chez Honnart rue S. Jacques au Coq avec privil.
[n.d. c. 1670]
Engraving. 275 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½"). Wide margins on 3 sides. Repaired tear into lower left platemark and into the image.
Portrait of a stooped man, maybe Jewish, with crutches. The book seller was a recurring character of Henri Bonnart II's work; as here he is often depicted recounting his dubious adventures and ruminating on the rivalry between travelling tradesman and their settled counterparts.
[Ref: 54687] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)
Chez Honnart rue S. Jacques au Coq avec privil.
[n.d. c. 1670]
Engraving. 275 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½"). Wide margins on 3 sides. Repaired tear into lower left platemark and into the image.
Portrait of a stooped man, maybe Jewish, with crutches. The book seller was a recurring character of Henri Bonnart II's work; as here he is often depicted recounting his dubious adventures and ruminating on the rivalry between travelling tradesman and their settled counterparts.
[Ref: 54687] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)
Doctor Syntax & Bookseller.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
[n.d., c.1820].
Hand coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet: 150 x 249mm. (6 x 9¾").
The fictional 19th century clergyman 'Dr. Syntax’ at his desk in his study talking to a portly bookseller; scrolling map hanging on wall behind. From 'The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of the picturesque' by William Combe. The various tours following the escapades of Dr. Syntax were a satire on William Gilpin’s series of picturesque journeys to different parts of England. By Thomas Rowlandson (1757 - 1827).
Abbey Life 269, 26.
[Ref: 30293] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Rowlandson.
[n.d., c.1820].
Hand coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet: 150 x 249mm. (6 x 9¾").
The fictional 19th century clergyman 'Dr. Syntax’ at his desk in his study talking to a portly bookseller; scrolling map hanging on wall behind. From 'The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of the picturesque' by William Combe. The various tours following the escapades of Dr. Syntax were a satire on William Gilpin’s series of picturesque journeys to different parts of England. By Thomas Rowlandson (1757 - 1827).
Abbey Life 269, 26.
[Ref: 30293] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
North West Aspect of Lackington, Allen & Co.s Tempel of the Muses, Finsbury Square._The Finest Shop in the World; being 140 feet in Front.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Etching. Sheet: 205 x 245mm (8 x 9¾''), with very large margins. Creases as normal
James Lackington (1746 - 1815) rose from selling meat pies at ten and taking an apprenticeship to a shoemaker at 14. In 1773 he went to London to make his fortune and set up as a very humble bookseller and shoemaker. By 1775 he had established his cheap circulating library, helped by his second wife, Dorcas Turton, following their marriage in 1776. In 1789, he moved to The Temple of the Muses in Finsbury Square, purpose built by George Dance, taking Robert Allen into partnership in 1793.
[Ref: 50274] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1810.]
Etching. Sheet: 205 x 245mm (8 x 9¾''), with very large margins. Creases as normal
James Lackington (1746 - 1815) rose from selling meat pies at ten and taking an apprenticeship to a shoemaker at 14. In 1773 he went to London to make his fortune and set up as a very humble bookseller and shoemaker. By 1775 he had established his cheap circulating library, helped by his second wife, Dorcas Turton, following their marriage in 1776. In 1789, he moved to The Temple of the Muses in Finsbury Square, purpose built by George Dance, taking Robert Allen into partnership in 1793.
[Ref: 50274] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Elderly woman blacking a shoe.]](jpegs/41704.jpg)
[Elderly woman blacking a shoe.]
T. Orde invt. et fec.t 1768,
Etching, platemark 130 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"), with large margins.
Etching by Thomas Orde-Powlett (1746-1807), politician also known for his etched caricatures (mostly of Cambridge celebrities) which were published by his drawing-master, the well-known printmaker James Bretherton. An impression in the British Museum is inscribed verso 'Shoeblack of Trin[ity] Coll[ege] Camb[ridge]'.
[Ref: 41704] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
T. Orde invt. et fec.t 1768,
Etching, platemark 130 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"), with large margins.
Etching by Thomas Orde-Powlett (1746-1807), politician also known for his etched caricatures (mostly of Cambridge celebrities) which were published by his drawing-master, the well-known printmaker James Bretherton. An impression in the British Museum is inscribed verso 'Shoeblack of Trin[ity] Coll[ege] Camb[ridge]'.
[Ref: 41704] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Marchand de Cartons. cartons a champignon, cartons tout neufs, cartons utiles et commodée. a dix, a douze, a quinze, et a vingt cinq. No 41.
Carle Vernet. S. lith de Delpech.
[Paris, n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 300 x 140mm (11¾ x 5½").
A box seller, carrying his wares on a frame balanced on his shoulder. One of a series, 'Cris de Paris', depicting Parisian street vendors, lithographed by François Séraphin Delpech (1778-1825) after Antoine Charles Horace (Carle) Vernet (1758-1836).
[Ref: 33223] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Carle Vernet. S. lith de Delpech.
[Paris, n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 300 x 140mm (11¾ x 5½").
A box seller, carrying his wares on a frame balanced on his shoulder. One of a series, 'Cris de Paris', depicting Parisian street vendors, lithographed by François Séraphin Delpech (1778-1825) after Antoine Charles Horace (Carle) Vernet (1758-1836).
[Ref: 33223] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Two Brewers.] No. 12.](jpegs/44604.jpg)
[Two Brewers.] No. 12.
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albermarle Street, Jan.y 1. 1805.
Hand-coloured etching, watermark J. Whatman. Sheet: 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾").
A portrait of two brewers carrying a large barrel. From 'The Costume of Great Britain', a book containing 60 plates of people at work and scenes of everyday life. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate the book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 44604] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albermarle Street, Jan.y 1. 1805.
Hand-coloured etching, watermark J. Whatman. Sheet: 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾").
A portrait of two brewers carrying a large barrel. From 'The Costume of Great Britain', a book containing 60 plates of people at work and scenes of everyday life. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate the book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 44604] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Brewery scene]](jpegs/47681.jpg)
[Brewery scene]
W. Burke Sculp. 1797
Etching, scarce; sheet 130 x 175mm (5 x 7"). Trimmed around image and text.
[Ref: 47681] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
W. Burke Sculp. 1797
Etching, scarce; sheet 130 x 175mm (5 x 7"). Trimmed around image and text.
[Ref: 47681] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Brewery.] Plate VII. Facing Brew-House.](jpegs/53836.jpg)
[Brewery.] Plate VII. Facing Brew-House.
Printed for J. Hinton in Newgate Street. [n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 190 x 310mm (7½ x 12½"). Large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate on lower edge.
A view inside a brewery showing men stirring the contents of a large barrell with large poles.
[Ref: 53836] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for J. Hinton in Newgate Street. [n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 190 x 310mm (7½ x 12½"). Large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate on lower edge.
A view inside a brewery showing men stirring the contents of a large barrell with large poles.
[Ref: 53836] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
A View from the East-End of the Brewery Chiswell Street.
Painted by G.Garrard, painter of Horses to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Engraved by W.Ward.
London. Published Jan.y 1, 1792 by G.Garrard, No. 43 Little Brittain, & W.Ward Warren Place, Kentish Town.
Fine mezzotint. Platemark: 460 x 560mm (18 x 22"). Slight mountburn. Vertical crease through centre, repaired tear along left platemark. Glued to backing sheet.
A fine view of the famous Whitbread Brewery, with a carthorse is being backed into a dray. The site, at 52 Chiswell Street, was the first purpose-built mass-production brewery in Britain. After two centuries brewing on the site ceased in 1976, after which the building became a conference and events venue, named 'The Brewery'.
Frankau 305.
[Ref: 32478] £750.00
Painted by G.Garrard, painter of Horses to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Engraved by W.Ward.
London. Published Jan.y 1, 1792 by G.Garrard, No. 43 Little Brittain, & W.Ward Warren Place, Kentish Town.
Fine mezzotint. Platemark: 460 x 560mm (18 x 22"). Slight mountburn. Vertical crease through centre, repaired tear along left platemark. Glued to backing sheet.
A fine view of the famous Whitbread Brewery, with a carthorse is being backed into a dray. The site, at 52 Chiswell Street, was the first purpose-built mass-production brewery in Britain. After two centuries brewing on the site ceased in 1976, after which the building became a conference and events venue, named 'The Brewery'.
Frankau 305.
[Ref: 32478] £750.00
A Brewhouse.
Design'd & Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine Jan.ry 1747/8 & for J.Hinton at the King's Arms in St Paul's Church-Yard, London.
Engraving. 200 x 250mm. Binding folds flattened.
[Ref: 6988] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Design'd & Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine Jan.ry 1747/8 & for J.Hinton at the King's Arms in St Paul's Church-Yard, London.
Engraving. 200 x 250mm. Binding folds flattened.
[Ref: 6988] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Bricklayer.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 135 x 215mm, 5½ x 8½". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
An educational image of a pair of bricklayers, one with a hod.
[Ref: 16429] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 135 x 215mm, 5½ x 8½". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
An educational image of a pair of bricklayers, one with a hod.
[Ref: 16429] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
British Fire Engines. First Alarm. A struggle for the Start. [/] Near Approach. Take care, take care, we ar very near it now. [/] The Fire. See that no Lives are lost. [/] The Ruins. The Fire is out & now for Home.
H. Alken Del.t. B. Hughes. Sculp.t.
Lewis & Co. 79, Leadenhall St. London. [n.d., c.1860].
Very rare aquatint. Overall sheet size: 300 x 370mm (11¾ x 14½"). False margin at bottom edge. Creases. Repaired tear to top edge.
Four scenes on one sheet illustrating the stages of a fire; from the first alarm, in the top left, with a horse drawn fire engine from the 'Sun Fire Office 1820' racing along a street watched by onlookers; to the approach to the fire in the top right, where a fire engine inscribed 'Atlas Office' halts as it reaches the scene; then in the bottom left is the fire itself, as two fire engines, one named 'Westminster', pump water into a burning building, smoke billowing from the windows, with the sign above the door to the right reading, 'Fire Proof Linnen'; finally in the bottom right is a view of the ruins of the building, with the firefighters packing up two engines inscribed 'London', and 'County Fire Office 1800'. A very rare print after English painter and engraver Henry Alken (1785 - 1851), chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes.
[Ref: 33565] £650.00
H. Alken Del.t. B. Hughes. Sculp.t.
Lewis & Co. 79, Leadenhall St. London. [n.d., c.1860].
Very rare aquatint. Overall sheet size: 300 x 370mm (11¾ x 14½"). False margin at bottom edge. Creases. Repaired tear to top edge.
Four scenes on one sheet illustrating the stages of a fire; from the first alarm, in the top left, with a horse drawn fire engine from the 'Sun Fire Office 1820' racing along a street watched by onlookers; to the approach to the fire in the top right, where a fire engine inscribed 'Atlas Office' halts as it reaches the scene; then in the bottom left is the fire itself, as two fire engines, one named 'Westminster', pump water into a burning building, smoke billowing from the windows, with the sign above the door to the right reading, 'Fire Proof Linnen'; finally in the bottom right is a view of the ruins of the building, with the firefighters packing up two engines inscribed 'London', and 'County Fire Office 1800'. A very rare print after English painter and engraver Henry Alken (1785 - 1851), chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes.
[Ref: 33565] £650.00
Marchande de balais de Cuir, des balais des houissoirs, des plumeaux. No. 71.
Carle Vernet. S. lith de Delpech.
[Paris, n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 300 x 140mm (11¾ x 5½").
A woman selling brushes and dusters, which are arranged like a peacock's fan from her backback. One of a series, 'Cris de Paris', depicting Parisian street vendors, lithographed by François Séraphin Delpech (1778-1825) after Antoine Charles Horace (Carle) Vernet (1758-1836).
[Ref: 33219] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Carle Vernet. S. lith de Delpech.
[Paris, n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 300 x 140mm (11¾ x 5½").
A woman selling brushes and dusters, which are arranged like a peacock's fan from her backback. One of a series, 'Cris de Paris', depicting Parisian street vendors, lithographed by François Séraphin Delpech (1778-1825) after Antoine Charles Horace (Carle) Vernet (1758-1836).
[Ref: 33219] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)