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SW Reynolds after J Hoppner
Sir Ralph Abercrombie, Knight of the Bath.
'London. Published 4th June 1801 by John Jeffryes, Clapham Road'
Early 19th C. colour printed mezzotint finished by hand
Sheet: 282 x 383 mm, 11 x 15 1/8th inches;
Plate: 252 x 355 mm, 9 7/8ths x 13 15/16ths inches
Repaired wormholes in sky right and sleeve bottom right; laid on backing tissue; margin missing to right of title area; other scuffs etc
Price: £100
Listed Dec 2014
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Scottish soldier and politician (7 October 1734 – 28 March 1801) who served in the Netherlands and West Indies. Famous for his action at Aboukir Bay, Egypt.
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J Beauvarlet after Drouais
Edme Bouchardon
18th century copper engraving printed on laid paper
Sheet size: 252 x 372 mm
A good impression. A 2cm repaired tear into image by hammer: loses to left top corner and left side margin, not affecting image
Price: £90
Listed Dec 2014
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Bouchardon (29 May 1698 – 27 July 1762) was esteemed as the greatest sculptor of his time and valued as a painter and draughtsman as well. ( ref: wikipedia) |
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Francesco Bartolozzi after William Martin
Cleopatra and her attendants assisting to arm Antony
Sheet Size: 685 x 550 mm, 27 x 21 3/4 inches
Platemark: 636 x 505 mm, 25 x 19 3/4 inches
Stipple Engraving printed in colour, published August 11 1804
Beautiful stipple engraving with delicate colours. Laid down on old card, some areas of light staining, generally outside the platemark.
Price: £185
Listed Dec 2014
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The huge painting 12 x 9 ft was painted for the Corporation of Liverpool, to whom the plate is dedicated. An illustration to the Shakespeare play Antony and Cleopatra the intimacy of the scene belies the historical outcome. |
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[ Unknown]
A Chelsea Pensioner enjoying His Grandchildren
Sheet: 274 x 372 mm, 10 3/4 x 14 5/8ths inches;
Platemark: 252 x 354 mm, 9 7/8ths x 13 7/8ths inches
Late 18th C. mezzotint: London published April 30th 1796 by John Fairburn Map chart and printseller No. 146 Minories
A fair impression. Laid onto old card, missing part of the right top corner margin outside the platemark, also part of the right side margin outside the platemark.
Price: £85
Listed Dec 2014
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The description below the image relates How Maria sees the pensioner and enquires the reasons for his evident domestic felicity. '' Vide: Adventures of a Hackney Coach p.103'' [ first published in 1781] |
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[ Unknown ]
The Greenwich Pensioner.
18th century mezzotint printed on laid paper
Sheet size: 252 x 298 mm
The impression has numerous scuffs and traces of an old horizontal fold top centre. Right edge repaired.
Price: £50
Listed Dec 2014
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An amusing caricature in the Carington Bowles tradition of social satire, showing two Greenwich Pensioners outside a tavern near St Paul's being observed by a serving girl.
The Greenwich pensioner, a naval pensioner, wore a blue coat unlike the red of the Chelsea pensioner
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[Oyster eating]
Lithograph with old hand colouring. Published by
W. Cole 10 Newgate St
Sheet size: 245 x191mm, 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
Light staining particularly to the right margin; other defects
Price: £28
Listed Dec 2014
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The interior of a tavern near Covent Garden showing three Gentlemen enjoying oysters and refreshments |
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Bernoit after Callet
Louis Seize [Louis 16th ]
19th C. impression of the 18th C. engraving
Plate size: 455 x 572 mm, 17 15/16ths 22 1/2 inches
Good impression; some signs of plate wear around the plate edge
£160
Listed Dec 2014
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Formal portrait of Louis XVI, the French king guillotined during the French Revolution
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P Audouin after A J Gros 1815
Louis Dix Huit [Louis 18th ]
Published by P Audouin
19th C. engraving
Plate size: 445 x 574 mm, 17 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches
Sheet size:526 x684 mm, 20 3/4 x 27 inches
Good impression; some foxing mainly outside the platemark
£160
Listed Dec 2014
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Formal portrait of Louis XVIII, the French king restored to the Bourbon throne in 1815
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[Anon]
[Valentine]
Sheet size: 133 x 188 mm, 5 1/4" x 7 3/8"
19th C. engraved caricature with original hand colouring. Watermark 1815
Laid on old blue backing paper; stains and other defects
£38
Caveat Emptor!
Listed Jan 2015
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My dear your eyes they shine so bright,
They're like dead whitings in the night,
Your arms are brawn, brown and tough,
Your skin like any hog's back, rough,
Your voice the screech owl does excel,
Your breath a pole cat's is as well,
Your mouth a sparrow's , is my dear,
It reaches but from ear to ear,
In you such charms at once combine,
I choose you for my valentine.
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[Anon]
Valentine
Sheet size: 138 x 210 mm, 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
19th C. engraved caricature with original hand colouring.
Laid on old blue backing paper; stains and other defects
£38
Caveat Emptor!
Listed Jan 2015
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Replete with charms and every grace,
The human mind can give
A perfect heaven is your face
With thee I wish to live.
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J Audran after J Jouvenet
Christ and the Fishermen
( Luke Ch5 V. 4)
Published Paris, Hotel des Gobelins
Sheet: 926 x 625 mm; 36 1/2" x 24 5/8"
Platemark: 805 x 505 mm; 31 3/4" x 19 7/8"
Fine large copper engraving, slightly dusty; stains bottom right and in title area; light foxing
£200
Listed February 2015
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A dramatic interpretation of the results of Christ's command: "He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch."
Simon answered and said, "Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets."…
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Francesco Piranesi after GianBattista Piranesi
Plan & coupe de la Premiere Caverne, demonstrant le Parapet, les fourneaux, la Cheminee et le Sterquilinium, dans la ville de Pompeia
Published by Francesco Piranesi, Paris 1804
Staining to the top left corner and in the margins and dusty overall
£100
Listed January 2015
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Architectural detail from the ruins of Pompeii
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[Unknown]
[View of a monumental facade in Orange, France,
possibly the Roman Theatre]
475 x 332mm
Early 19th C. Engraving, trimmed to the image all round. Centre folds, other defects.
£60
Listed January 2015
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A view in the southern French town of Orange (?) described as a miniature Rome
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Profiles of the Ionic Order , according to....
18th C. copper engraving, plate XXIII
[ Published by Thomas Chippendale ?]
Marginal tears and splits; creases centre horizontally
Sheet: 350 x 455 mm, 13 3/4" x 17 3/4"
£50
Listed January 2015
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Explanatory plate for the Ionic order of Pillars and Columns |
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J Young after W Beechey
The Gypsy Fortune Teller
18th C. colour printed mezzotint, London published February 14th 1787 by J Young
Trimmed to the platemark and laid down on old card. Light foxing and staining mostly in the title area. Repaired tears in the title area; other minor defects
Backing Sheet: 453 x 655 mm, 17 3/4" x 25 3/4"
Plate: 427 x 630 mm, 16 3/4" x 24 3/4"
£100
Listed January 2015
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Dedicated to the Duchess of Devonshire the composition is a bucolic rural idyll with children |
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B. Baron after Le Hay ***
Femme d’Afrique allant par les rues
18th century copper engraving printed on laid paper
Plate size: 248 x 360 mm
Some traces of crease lines.
Price: £200 for 4
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Images from a popular French series, known as Receuil de Cent Estampes representante differentes Nations du Levant, which illustrated the different peoples and their costumes within the Ottoman Empire.
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G. Scotin after Le Hay ***
Afriquaine en habit de cèrèmonie
18th century copper engraving printed on laid paper
Plate size: 250 x 351 mm
In good condition.
Price: £200 for 4
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Images from a popular French series, known as Receuil de Cent Estampes representante differentes Nations du Levant, which illustrated the different peoples and their costumes within the Ottoman Empire.
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G. Scotin after Le Hay ***
Afriquaine en deshabille
18th century copper engraving printed on laid paper
Plate size: 250 x 358 mm
In good condition.
Price: £200 for 4
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Images from a popular French series, known as Receuil de Cent Estampes representante differentes Nations du Levant, which illustrated the different peoples and their costumes within the Ottoman Empire. |
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P. Rochefort after Le Hay ***
Femme Moresque
18th century copper engraving printed on laid paper
Plate size: 248 x 356 mm
Some tide marks.
Price: £200 for 4
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Images from a popular French series, known as Receuil de Cent Estampes representante differentes Nations du Levant, which illustrated the different peoples and their costumes within the Ottoman Empire. |
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Prallent after Dodd
View of the Celestial Influx on the Body of Woman as illustrated in Culpeper's Family Physician and Sibley's Occult Sciences
Line and stipple engraving printed in sanguine and bistre, circa 1810
Sheet 172 mm x 232 mm; 6 3/4 " x 9 1/8 "
Good impression
Price: £ 60
Listed February 2015
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An early 19th C. representation of the purported influences of the signs of the Zodiac on the female body.
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Ambroise Tardieu after Chazal ***
Vue de L’ile Oualan prise du havre de la Coquille (Archipel des iles Carolines)
Published by Redmond
19th century aquatint with engraved line and rocker work, printed in blue.
Sheet: 476 x 311 mm
Some surface abrasion in the sky and some time staining.
Price: £175
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View of the Oualan island in the Caroline Islands Archipelago, Oceana. In the foreground is depicted the Coquille at anchor with the indigenous population gathering on the coral atoll. Duperrey (1786-1865), a French marine hydrographer, was the commander of the ‘Coquille’ during its voyage (1822-1825) to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, the Molucca Islands (Indonesia), New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Australia. |
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Young after Beechey ***
Francis Drake Esq.
Early 19thth century mezzotint printed on laid paper.
Sheet: 375 x 506 mm
Trimmed within the plate mark (publishers line missing), otherwise in good condition.
Price: £80
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Inscribed Below the title:
His Majestys Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Munich
A three quarter length seated portrait of Francis Drake Esq, a British diplomat who held positions in Genoa and Munich during the Napoleonic wars. In 1799 he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to the Elector Palatine and Minister to the Diet of Ratisbon but was later politically embarrassed in 1804 when some letters revealing the plans of Pichegru and Cadoudal to mount an uprising were intercepted by the French government and circulated round the foreign ministers in Paris.
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Anon ***
[Portrait of Thomas Brassey]
19the century mixed method engraving printed on chine cole.
Plate: 527 x 791 mm
Marginal tear (right margin). Image in good condition.
Price: £120
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A full length seated portrait of Thomas Brassey (1805-1870), the civil engineering contractor who was responsible for building a large majority of the world’s railways during the 19th century.
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Sharp ***
Filmer Honywood Esq. MP.
Engraved & Published by William Sharp, April 1804
18th century copper engraving, printed on rolled paper.
Sheet: 300 x 381 mm
Trimmed within the plate mark. Some tidemarks in the margins. A good impression.
Price: £70
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A three quarter length seated portrait of the English MP Filmer Honywood. He was the MP for Steyning between 1774 and 1780, when he was then elected as the MP for Kent. In this portrait, he is holding a document, which reads ‘Kent Petition 1780’ which suggests that this portrait was completed prior to his election.
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Anon ***
[Slaver at Anchor]
19th century watercolour on card
Image: 140 x 93 mm
In excellent condition.
Price: £150
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A small postcard-sized watercolour depicting a lone slaver, anchored in a quiet bay. |
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Joseph Constantine Stadler after William Berry ***
Government House
Early 19th century aquatint
Sheet: 201 x 152 mm
Traces of old folds.
Price: £40
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The Residence of His Excellency Lt. Gen. Sir John Doyle, Bar. K.B.C &c &c &c. Lt. Govenor by whom this Plate is presented to the Work.
A view of Government House in Guernsey, home of Sir John Doyle (1750-1834) who, after a long successful career in the military, was appointed the private secretary to the Prince of Wales and later became the governor of Guernsey.
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Penguin? ***
[Set of 6 watercolours and drawings documenting occupation of Revigny, France during the first World War]
20th century watercolours and pencil drawings on sketch book paper.
Sheet sizes: approx. 380 x 260 mm
Some marginal tears and time stains.
Price: Individually priced (between £38-48 each)
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A detailed collection of sketches, depicting life as soldier in Revigny (France) during the first World War.
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William Creatbach after James Sharples ***
Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths, and Pattern Makers.
Published by W. Allan & Co. 90 Blackfriars road, London, December 31st, 1852
19th century steel engraving printed on rolled paper with late hand-colouring.
Plate: 418 x 560 mm
Some time stains but otherwise a good impression.
Price: £75
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A certificate of admittance into the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and Pattern Makers for Reuben B_ . The Publisher of this print, William Allan, was elected the General Secretary of the union in 1861 at time when it had 186 branches and over 33,000 members.
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W. Dickinson after T. Lawrence ***
The Right Hon. William Lord Auckland
Published February 24th 1796 by W. Dickinson, London
18th century mezzotint, printed on line paper
Sheet: 357 x 485 mm
Trimmed within the plate mark. Tear in the publishers margin (bottom right-hand corner)
Price: £75
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A three-quarter length portrait of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, a British statesman and diplomat. A leading figure in British and Irish politics, the Auckland islands near New Zealand were named after him in 1806 after their discovery.
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Henry Cousins after H.W. Pickersgill ***
Thomas Drummond Esq.
Published at No. 14 Pall Mall East, June 20th 1841, by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co.
19th century mezzotint printed on rolled paper, mounted on tissue.
Sheet size: 387 x 518 mm
Several repaired marginal tears (left-hand margin). One large marginal tear (right-hand margin) extends 110 mm into image. Otherwise, a strong impression.
Price: £48
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A three-quarter length portrait of Thomas Drummond, Captain of Engineers and Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (as stated under the title). ‘Drummond Light’ is the name given to a device which uses the limelight effect, and was an instrument that was built by Drummond in 1826, after he had witnessed a demonstration of the effect, given by the English scientist, Michael Faraday. Drummond was the first to realize the benefits of this effect in the process of surveying.
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Richard Blome ***
A Map of the County of Northumberland with the Isles of Farne and Holy Lland
18th century engraving, printed on lined paper
Sheet: 285 x 352 mm
Some time stains. Crease line running horizontally across the centre of the image. Small hole along the crease line.
Price: £70
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A detailed map of the County of Northumberland by the well-known British cartographer Richard Blome (1635-1705).
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Robert Morden ***
Northumberland
17th century engraving, printed on lined paper.
Sheet: 376 x 432 mm
Trimmed within the plate mark and mounted on backing paper. Crease lines running horizontally and vertically through the centre of the image. Some repaired marginal tears.
Price: £35
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A detailed map of 17th century Northumberland by the renowned bookseller and publisher, Robert Moore (1650-1703), thought to be amongst the first successful commercial map makers.
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John Jones after Joshua Reynolds ***
The Right Honourable Charles James Fox
Published November 1st 1748, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street, Marylebone, London
18th century mezzotint with some etched lines, printed on lined paper.
Plate: 357 x 505 mm
Backed onto tissue. In good condition.
Price: £120
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A half-length portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the prominent British Whig statesman. His right hand rests on a document which reads:
A Bill for the letter regulating the affairs of the E.J. Company
Underneath that is a document that reads:
Representation of the Commons to the King, March 15 1748
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John Boydell ***
A View of the High Lodge in Blenheim Park, in the County of Oxford formerly one of the Seats of the Earl of Rochester.
Published by John Boydell at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside, London 1751-2
18th century copper engraving, printed onto laid paper
Sheet size:
423 x 260 mm
Trimmed within the plate marks. All in good condition.
Price: £50
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West ***
An Address of Thanks from the Faculty to the Right Hon. Mr Influenzy for his Kind Visit to this Country
Published April 20th 1805 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, London.
18th century etching with hand colouring.
Sheet size: 395 x 270 mm
Impression is weak on the left hand side of print.
Price: £50
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Sherwin after Gainsborough ***
The Right Hon. William Pitt, First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Published 15th June 1789 by J.K. Sherwin, New Bond Street, London
18th century copper engraving
Sheet size: 360 x 496 mm
Trimmed within the plate mark. Crease line through the middle. Repaired tear (top margin 80mm). A good impression.
Price: £80
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A handsome half-length portrait of William Pitt, the youngest man to be elected as Prime Minister of Britain. He is sat at a desk, surrounded by official documents, including a proposed Act of legislation, which suggests his position within government.
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Valentine Green after Joshua Reynolds ***
Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight
19th century impression of an 18th century mezzotint, printed on rolled paper
Sheet: 382 x 482 mm
Trimmed within the plate mark (trimmed within the image on the left-hand margin). A good impression.
Price: £60
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Inspiration for this image was drawn from the self-portrait of Rembrandt contemplating a bust of Homer. Further information on this image can be found on the British Museum website:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pd/v/valentine_green,_sir_joshua_re.aspx
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John Louis Pettit
Marseilles
Painted 22nd November 1858
19th century watercolour (mounted)
Sheet size: 385 x 276 mm
In good condition.
Price: £sold
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This watercolour depicts a Romanesque building, possibly a church, on the coast in the city of Marseille, France. Painted by John Louis Petit, an English clergyman and architectural artist, who much of his time visiting old churches and sketching them. Throughout his life, he published several works on architecture, including ‘Remarks on Church Architecture’ (published 1841 in two volumes). This particular publication was the result of his first extensive tour of the continent.
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Johann Cristoph Dietzsch
[Rural Landscape]
18th century copper engraving.
Sheet size: 221 x 143 mm
Trimmed within the plate mark. In good condition.
Price: £50
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A picturesque and animated rural landscape by the German artist Johann Cristoph Dietzsch. He was one of seven children fathered by Johann Israel Dietzsch, a successful artist based in Nuremburg. Due to the city’s status as the largest centre of botanical art outside of London, both Johann Cristoph and his sisters, Barbara and Margareta, were employed as court artists at the Nuremburg court, were they painted botanical subjects, usually for engraving. However, Johann Cristoph was also recognised as a talented landscape painter.
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Thomas Brown after J. L. Williams
Tea _ its Cultivation and Preparation
Published by Blackie & Son
19th century steel engraving (mounted).
Sheet size: 320 x 250 mm
Central crease line (image from a book).
Price: £40
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A decorative and detailed commentary on the production of Tea.
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Ford after Reynolds
Dr. Oliver Goldsmith
Early 19th century copper engraving, printed on laid paper.
Plate size: 249 x 344 mm
In good condition.
Price: £30
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A portrait of the Anglo-Irish writer and poet, Oliver Goldsmith, whose well known works include his novel, The Vicar of Wakefield, and his plays, The Good Natur’d Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773).
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Baity after Westall
Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island
Published 30th January 1813 by Joyce Gold, Naval Chronicle Office, 3 Shoe Lane, London
19th century aquatint with hand-colouring printed on rolled paper (mounted)
Sheet size: 249 x 153 mm
Some minor time staining. A good impression.
Price: £30
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A view of the impressive star-shaped fort, located on the northeastern coast of Penang, Malaysia. The island was formerly known as the Prince Wales isle, named in honour of the birthday of the Prince of Wales after its occupation by the British East India Company on the 12th August 1786. The Fort, completed in 1810, was named after Charles Cornwallis who was the late eighteenth century Governor-General of Bengal, India.
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Bromley after Benezach
The hospitable behaviour of the Governor of Timor to Lieutenant Bligh
Published July 31st 1802 by J. Stratford, No. 112 Holborn Hill, London
19th century copper engraving with hand-colouring, printed onto rolled paper.
Plate size: 215 x 172 mm
Some printers creases outside the image. In good condition.
Price: £28
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This scene depicts the encounter between the Governor of Timor (an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia) and Vice Admiral William Bligh. A mutiny occurred during his command of the HMAV Bounty and this scene depicts Bligh and the few remaining loyal men after they were adrift in the Bounty’s launch by the mutineers. Bligh later went on to be appointed Governor of New South Wales, with the mission of ‘cleaning up’ the corrupt rum trade, which resulted in the Rum Rebellion of 1808.
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T. Wallis after W.M. Craig
View of the City and Harbour of Acapulco, in Spanish America
Published by C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, June 1805
19th century copper engraving printed onto rolled paper
Sheet size: 262 x 205 mm
Trimmed within the plate mark. A good impression.
Price: £20
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A picturesque view of the Harbour of Acapulco; the major sea port on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
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Piringer after Rembrandt
[A woodland landscape with goats]
Published c. 1811
19th century mixed method engraving, printed on rolled paper.
Plate size: 560 x 461 mm
Some minor surface abrasions. A good impression.
Price: (tbc)
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A picturesque woodland scene. To the right, a building (possibly a mill) sits in the background. In the foreground, two shepherds rest on the roadside, whilst their goats drink from a nearby stream. In the background, two men accompanied by their two horses, continue on their travels, crossing a somewhat rickety- looking bridge. Engraved by Benedict Piringer was a well known and established Austrian engraver.
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Adam Perelle (?)
[Italianesque rural landscape]
17th century (?) engraving printed on laid paper. Watermark visible.
Sheet size: 351 x 232 mm
Some minor spotting. A good impression.
Price: £100
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A picturesque landscape, possibly somewhere in Italy. In the foreground stands a very grand set of buildings whilst in the background lie some ruins and a small rural village, creating a contrast between the wealthy and poor residents of the area. Perelle came from a well-established family of artists; both his father and brother were painters and engravers.
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George Vertue after Kerssboom
The Hon. Robert Boyle
London 1740
18th century engraving on laid paper.
Sheet: 239 x 378 mm
Price:
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A roundel portrait of the famous English Scientist, Robert Boyle. Boyle is regarded as one of the founders of modern chemistry and his book, The Sceptical Chymist, is thought to be one of his most important and influential written works.
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Anon
Bakt-Chi-Serai
Sketched from the Ancient Palace of the Tartar Khans_ Now the Russian Headquarters
19th century chromolithograph
Sheet: 395 x 264 mm
Some time staining. Crease line vertically down centre of image.
Price: £60
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A detailed rendering of the palace in Bakchisaray, Russia, which became the home to a succession of Crimean Khans.
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Robert Dighton
A First Rate Man of War, taken from the Dockyard Plymouth
Drawn, Etch’d & Pub’d by Dighton, Charing Cross, January 1809
19th century etching with original hand-colouring
Plate: 201 x 275 mm
Some minor spotting. Small tear (level with character’s knees)
Price: £55
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A typical Robert Dighton caricature of William Young (1751-1821); an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
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Picken after Bedwell
Attack and Capture of the Forts at the entrance of the river Pei-Ho_China on the 20th May 1858 by the allied British and French gun boats and boats of the Squadron_Gulf of Pechili
Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln Inn Fields, London
19th century chromolithograph
Sheet: 626 x 383 mm
Some time staining/spotting of image. Trimmed within the plate mark; part of publishing line has been trimmed away.
Price: £295 SOLDst
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This dramatic battle scene depicts the attack and capture by the allied British and French troops of the Taku forts, on their way to capturing Tientsin and Peking. This chromolithographic print was produced by Day & Son, thought to be the leading lithographic printers of the mid to late 19th century.
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E.J.K ?
[View of up the Road from my window at Mrs D_]
19th century watercolour
Sheet: 270 x 157 mm
Some minor damage to corners.
Price: £38
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E.J.K
Escada
19th century watercolour
Sheet: 250 x 149 mm
Some marginal tears/damaged corners
Price: £38
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Written on the back: View of Escada from the Station, 35 Miles out from Bernambuen (?), Brazil, Sunday, July 1894
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E.J.K
[View of a colonial house, Pernambuco, Brazil]
19th century watercolour, painted on cardboard. Signature and date visible (bottom right-hand corner)
Sheet: 210 x 261 mm
Some damage to corners.
Price: £38
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E.J.K
[Back view of House, Sao Paulo Brazil]
19th century watercolour
Sheet: 254 x 179 mm
Minor damage to edges
Price: £38
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E.J.K
[Water course at Santos]
19th century watercolour. Signature and date partially visible (bottom left-hand corner)
Sheet: 128 x 273 mm
Tear along pipe line. Damage to edges. Tear through signature and date.
Price: £28
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E.J.K
[Stream from Lake]
19th century watercolour. Signed and dated: ‘EJK 1894’
Sheet: 254 x 180 mm
Minor damage to bottom edge.
Price: £38
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E.J.K?
[View of country villa]
19th century watercolour
Sheet: 271 x 167 mm
Damage to top right-hand corner
Price: £38
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Régnier after Barker
Marchand de Poisson, Écossaise or Scotch Fish-Vender
Lemercier, Bernard et Ce.
19th century lithograph, mounted onto backing paper
Sheet: 352 x 456 mm
Some damage to margin edges. Some minor surface abrasion to top left-hand corner of image.
Price: £65
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A decorative portrait of a young, pretty fish vendor. Her Scottish nationality is determined through the tartan bodice and skirt.
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Charles-Melchior Descourtis after Nicolaus Antoine Taunay
Village Wedding
[Village fete]
18th century colour mezzotints with some engraved lines.
Sheet: Village Wedding - 241 x 316 mm
[Village fete] – 243 x 315 mm
Some spotting. Good impressions.
Price: £sold
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Two delicate impressions: one depicting a Village Wedding - the bride and groom being the focal point of the image – and the other depicting a jovial scene of a village fete. Descourtis was known for his exquisite mezzotints, which were printed using coloured ink, each needing a separate plate, which creates a sense of depth in the images. On closer inspection, it is possible to see the very fine roulette work used by Descourtis, demonstrating his attention to detail and the finesse of his work.
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G. Cruikshank
Anglo-Parisian Salutations ‘_or Practice_par excellence! “Commong porty nous Munseer?_O oui_il est un tres belle jour”!_
Published by Thomas Mc. Lean, 26 Haymarket, August 1st 1835
Late 19th century impression.
Sheet: 430 x 280 mm
In good condition.
Price: £30
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A jovial scene depicting an Englishman attempting to engage a Frenchman in conversation.
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G. Cruikshank
Traveling in France_or_Le depart de la diligence_
Published by Thomas Mc. Lean, 26 Haymarket, August 1st 1835
Late 19th century impression.
Sheet: 431 x 280 mm
In good condition.
Price: £30
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A typically busy Cruikshank engraving portraying the stark contrast between the wealthy British tourist and the impoverished French public. The large Englishman, reaching into his pocket, stood in front of the famished, shoe-less French woman, is an amusing caricature depicting the contrast between these two European nations. Tourism, during this period, was on the rise again following the Napoleonic war.
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R. Havell after R.B. Peake
Introduction of English Travellers to a French Inn
Published for William Fearman’s Library, New Bond Street, January 1819
19th century aquatint with some etched lines and hand colouring.
Sheet: 285 x 220 mm
Some minor time staining.
Price: £25
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A perfect example of the increase in tourism, which was a result of the end of the Napoleonic wars. In this image, an Englishman in typical sober hunting attire is surrounded by French caricatures, depicting the poverty in France which was a result of the war.
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Jacob Haid after Dathan
Paul Egell
Published in Augsburg by Jacob Haid.
18th century mezzotint printed on laid paper. Watermark visible.
Sheet: 280 x 413 mm
Some spotting and time stains.
Price: £85
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A half-length portrait of the German sculptor and plasterer, Paul Egell (1691-1752), who worked in Mannheim and Frankfurt.
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Anon
The Right Honourable Lord Grey
Early 18th century mezzotint
Sheet: 249 x 329 mm
Some marginal tears in the publishers margin. Some mild creasing. A good impression.
Price: £60
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A three-quarter length portrait of the Right Honourable Lord Grey.
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Bernard Vogel after L. Daniel Preisler
Portrait of Paulus Tucher von Simmelsdorf
Published 1713
18th century copper engraving.
Sheet: 313 x 451 mm
Some tide marks and minor surface abrasion throughout. Otherwise, a good impression.
Price: £ 40
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A half-length military portrait of Paulus Tucher von Simmelsdorf, a member of the influential patrician family of Nuremburg. In this highly decorative oval portrait, we see him dressed in military armour with a baton in hand.
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