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General The Earl of Mulgrave,
£250General The Earl of Mulgrave,
A hand coloured, framed mezzotint of Henry Phipps, the 1st Earl of Mulgrave after an original painting by John Hoppner. Baron (later Earl) Mulgrave served the King during the American Rebellion and in Europe during the French revolutionary wars. He later entred politics serving as Foreign Secretary and later as First Lord of the Admiralty where he was involved in the planning of the naval expedition against Copenhagen.£250 -
Public and Private Life of Animals, by J. J. Grandville, ‘la Sauterelle’,
£220 eachPublic and Private Life of Animals, by J. J. Grandville, ‘la Sauterelle’,
First published in France, these prints are based on the drawings of the famed caricaturist J. J. Grandville. Born Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, Gradville; he fought on the barricades during the revolution of 1830 which dethroned Charles X, the last Bourban king. It was during this period that his cartoons appeared in two of the most famous satirical journals of the time; Le Charivari and Le Caricature, but in 1835 these publications were suppressed by the government of Louis-Philippe. This event extinguished his income and means of political expression and forced him to start making a living by book illustration. The ‘Public and Private Life of Animals’ allowed him to criticise society and its effect on individuals through one of the oldest narrative types; the animal fable. His caricaturist’s skills combined the human and animal characteristics giving him a vehicle of expression as to what was not permissible in ‘Society’ but was perfectly acceptable when the material was presented as humorous or satirical.£220 each -
The Hon. Edward Boscawen
£220The Hon. Edward Boscawen
A framed and mounted three-quarter-length mezzotint portrait of Edward Boscawen (1711–1761) hero of the battle of Porto Bello during the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739. His bravery earned him the naval nickname "Old Dreadnaught". Depicted wearing flag officer’s undress uniform and a wig. Boscawen stands on the rocky shore, and with his back to a stormy sea. A ship is visible in the distance on the left. This portrait was engraved in mezzotint by James Macardell and published by in London in 1757 by Robert Sayer. It is engraved after an original full-length painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, which was painted between 1755 and 1757. Reynolds' painting remains in the possession of the Boscawen family under the current Lord Falmouth.£220 -
In His Military Capacity,
£170In His Military Capacity,
Framed Chromolithograph by SPY (Leslie Ward) depicting Mr Montagu Williams QC, teacher, British Army officer, actor, playwright, barrister and magistrate. His succesful defence of Mr John Young in his manslaughter trial, after the death of an opponent in the boxing ring, established a legal precedent around the sport.£170
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The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600 -
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The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£500 -
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£600The Four Elements, Water by Fernand Leger, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600 -
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£800Comets by Wassily Kandinsky, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 2.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800