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“The Beauty of the Heavens: A Pictorial Display of The Astronomical Phenomena of The Universe” by Charles Blunt, ‘Pegasus’,
£220 each“The Beauty of the Heavens: A Pictorial Display of The Astronomical Phenomena of The Universe” by Charles Blunt, ‘Pegasus’,
In the mid-19th century, Home Education had become very popular for the masses and lecturer, Charles Blunt seeing a gap in the market came up with these illustrations. Blunt who specialised in astronomy and natural philosophy, saw the need for a series of ‘accurate yet popular’ plates illustrating the known Universe. These hand-finished aquatints prints were based on Blunt’s own drawings, depicting celestial and astrological subjects.£220 each -
“The Beauty of the Heavens: A Pictorial Display of The Astronomical Phenomena of The Universe” by Charles Blunt, ‘Cygnus & Lyra’,
£220 each“The Beauty of the Heavens: A Pictorial Display of The Astronomical Phenomena of The Universe” by Charles Blunt, ‘Cygnus & Lyra’,
In the mid-19th century, Home Education had become very popular for the masses and lecturer, Charles Blunt seeing a gap in the market came up with these illustrations. Blunt who specialised in astronomy and natural philosophy, saw the need for a series of ‘accurate yet popular’ plates illustrating the known Universe. These hand-finished aquatints prints were based on Blunt’s own drawings, depicting celestial and astrological subjects.£220 each -
The Burning of the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Battersea-Bridge
£220The Burning of the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Battersea-Bridge
The Burning of the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Battersea-Bridge, 1856. '...a sudden alarm of fire arose, and the same instant it was discovered that a small ante-room adjoining the booking-office, and occupied by the clerk in charge, was in flames. In a very few moments the fire had extended to the booking office itself; and so remarkably rapid was its progress that the officials present, so far from being able to stay its ravages, were compelled to make a hasty retreat...the fire travelled with the rapidity ot electricity, seizing upon the whole of the offices, then extending to the ticket depots, and finally seizing upon the roof of the station; and burning both upwards and downwards, it assumed such a formidable aspect as to convince everyone that the entire station was doomed to be wholly destroyed...[fortunately] not a single person was injured'.£220 -
Vauxhall Bridge by Willian Tombleson
£220Vauxhall Bridge by Willian Tombleson
Engraved by Henry Winkles from the original study by William Tombleson. Originally published in the part-work series “Tombleson’s Views of the Thames and Medway” (London : 1833-1834).£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould ,
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould ,
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Birds of New Guinea by John Gould
£220Birds of New Guinea by John Gould
John Gould (1804-1881) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Gould, a gardener, and his wife Elizabeth Clatworthy. Gould’s training was as a taxidermist rather than an artist, and in 1828 he was appointed animal preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In 1838-1840, Gould and his family went to the then relatively unknown continent of Australia, with the purpose of collecting and studying specimens. During his time there he discovered hundreds of new bird species and subspecies. As a result of the findings the fascinating works Birds of Australia and Mammals of Australia were published. Subsequently he was considered as the father of bird study in Australia. Gould himself did not execute finished drawings for any of his works, only providing rough pencil or watercolour sketches with notes for his artists to work from. The artists he employed included his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and Joseph Hart.£220 -
Picasso, lithographs,
£220Picasso, lithographs,
Produced for 'Editions des Chroniques du Jour' an important early work on Picasso.£220 -
Picasso, lithographs,
£220Picasso, lithographs,
Produced for 'Editions des Chroniques du Jour' an important early work on Picasso.£220 -
Picasso, lithographs
£220Picasso, lithographs
Produced for 'Editions des Chroniques du Jour' an important early work on Picasso.£220 -
Plan of Vauxhall Gardens
£220Plan of Vauxhall Gardens
Originally engraved by William Simpkins (fl.1784-1825) for Owen Manning and William Bray’s “History and Antiquities of Surrey” (1804-1814).£220 -
Cahiers D’Art 1953
£220Cahiers D’Art 1953
Cahiers D’Art was a journal, founded by the art critic Christian Zervos, in Paris at 14, rue du Dragon. It was published from 1926 to 1960, with a wartime interruption 1941 to 1943. Zervos was a Greek-French art historian, critic, collector, writer and publisher. The journal was noted for the quality of its articles and illustrations which unusually promoted Modern Art from all over the world rather than just Europe.£220 -
Cahiers D’Art 1953
£220Cahiers D’Art 1953
Cahiers D’Art was a journal, founded by the art critic Christian Zervos, in Paris at 14, rue du Dragon. It was published from 1926 to 1960, with a wartime interruption 1941 to 1943. Zervos was a Greek-French art historian, critic, collector, writer and publisher. The journal was noted for the quality of its articles and illustrations which unusually promoted Modern Art from all over the world rather than just Europe.£220 -
Cahiers D’Art 1953
£220Cahiers D’Art 1953
Cahiers D’Art was a journal, founded by the art critic Christian Zervos, in Paris at 14, rue du Dragon. It was published from 1926 to 1960, with a wartime interruption 1941 to 1943. Zervos was a Greek-French art historian, critic, collector, writer and publisher. The journal was noted for the quality of its articles and illustrations which unusually promoted Modern Art from all over the world rather than just Europe.£220 -
Cahiers D’Art 1953
£220Cahiers D’Art 1953
Cahiers D’Art was a journal, founded by the art critic Christian Zervos, in Paris at 14, rue du Dragon. It was published from 1926 to 1960, with a wartime interruption 1941 to 1943. Zervos was a Greek-French art historian, critic, collector, writer and publisher. The journal was noted for the quality of its articles and illustrations which unusually promoted Modern Art from all over the world rather than just Europe.£220 -
Cahiers D’Art 1953
£220Cahiers D’Art 1953
Cahiers D’Art was a journal, founded by the art critic Christian Zervos, in Paris at 14, rue du Dragon. It was published from 1926 to 1960, with a wartime interruption 1941 to 1943. Zervos was a Greek-French art historian, critic, collector, writer and publisher. The journal was noted for the quality of its articles and illustrations which unusually promoted Modern Art from all over the world rather than just Europe.£220 -
Cahiers D’Art 1953
£220Cahiers D’Art 1953
Cahiers D’Art was a journal, founded by the art critic Christian Zervos, in Paris at 14, rue du Dragon. It was published from 1926 to 1960, with a wartime interruption 1941 to 1943. Zervos was a Greek-French art historian, critic, collector, writer and publisher. The journal was noted for the quality of its articles and illustrations which unusually promoted Modern Art from all over the world rather than just Europe.£220 -
Cahiers D’Art 1953
£220Cahiers D’Art 1953
Cahiers D’Art was a journal, founded by the art critic Christian Zervos, in Paris at 14, rue du Dragon. It was published from 1926 to 1960, with a wartime interruption 1941 to 1943. Zervos was a Greek-French art historian, critic, collector, writer and publisher. The journal was noted for the quality of its articles and illustrations which unusually promoted Modern Art from all over the world rather than just Europe.£220 -
The Bells,
£220The Bells,
Framed Chromolithograph by APE (Carlo Pellegrini) picturing the stage actor and impresario Henry Irving. Born into humble circumstances in the West Country, Irving went on to establish himself as a giant of the West End. During his long residence at the Lyceum, beginning with his production of The Bells in 1871, he cemented his own and his theatre company's position as the keeper and type of the English classical theatrical tradition. Irving would later became the model for Bram Stoker's Dracula and was the first actor to be conferred the honour of Knighthood. Irving died on stage in 1905 after giving the final lines of Beckett by Alfred Lord Tennyson ''Into thy hands, O Lord, into thy hands". His ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey, the first cremation prior to internment permitted at the Abbey.£220 -
The Intermezzo,
£220The Intermezzo,
Framed Chromolithograph by WH (Wallace Hester) picturing the Italian composer Pietro Mascagni. In 1890 Mascagni delighted the Italian nation with his exquisite opera 'Cavalleria Rusticana'. Written in response to a competition for young composers in 1888, Mascagni had not actually intended to finally submit his work as he doubted it's quality. The composer's wife found the draft hidden in a draw and, seeing it's worth, illicitly submitted it on his behalf on the final day of the competition. The opera was an instant and unqualified success, earning Mascagni 40 curtain calls on the first night as well as first prize in the contest and receiving a standing ovation such as the Teatro Constanzo in Rome had not seen 'in many years'. The 'intermezzo' from Cavaleria Rusticana was particularly noted for its beauty and charm and has become famous in it's own right, appearing in the soundtrack of the Martin Scorsese film 'Raging Bull'.£220 -
War And Peace,
£220War And Peace,
Framed Chromolithograph by SNAPP picturing Leo Tolstoy, Russian moralist, novelist and social theorist, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Tolstoy visited England only once in his life. For sixteen days from the 2nd May 1861 he lodged with the philosopher Alexander Herzen and took in the sights of London as well as attending a reading by Charles Dickens of A Christmas Carol at St James' Hall on Piccadilly. He returned to Russia on the 17th, immediately upon learning of the emancipation of the Russian serfs by the Emperor Alexander II.£220 -
Shamrock,
£220Shamrock,
Framed chromolithograph picturing Sir Thomas Lipton, self made man, tea-merchant and founder of Lipton Tea, philanthropist and yachtsman. Sir Thomas became admired as 'the best of all losers' for his gracious and gentlemanly manner of defeat as he contested and lost 5 straight Americas cups in his yacht 'Shamrock', a standing record for failure in that contest. Inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 1993 he also inaugurated the Sir Thomas Lipton trophy, a forerunner of the football World Cup. He was admitted to the Royal Yacht Squadron shortly before his death, a great achievement for the son of an itinerant labourer born in a Gorbals tenement.£220 -
Primitive painting of Herstmonceux Castle
£220Primitive painting of Herstmonceux Castle
The brick-built Herstmonceux Castle dates from the 15th century and is situated in East Sussex four miles inland from Eastbourne. The castle was dismantled in 1777 to become a picturesque ruin until restoration in the early 20th century.£220 -
Persecution of the Saints.
£220Persecution of the Saints.
An original hand coloured etching by George Cruikshank.On 6 June 1820, Queen Caroline, estranged wife of George IV, returned from her exile on the continent, claiming her right to be crowned as Queen. The perceived harsh treatment of the Queen by the King and his Tory supporters caused her to become a figurehead for the political unrest that had been made worse by the Peterloo Massacre of 16 August 1819.In a desperate effort to rid himself of this turbulent wife George the IV ventured to have Caroline found guilty of adultery - the only legal justification for divorce at the time. All the while the King had preempitvely caused Caroline's name to be omitted from the Prayer for the Royal Family in churches throughout England.With tensions rising and both sides digging in over the contest the cause of Queen Caroline began to assume for the parties involved a symbolic and totemic significance. Queen Caroline, to the Whigs and Radicals represented injured honesty and probity in public life while her exclusion from the coronation and regal honours stood for the debasement of the constitution and the irregular, arbitrary and incompetent tyranny of the Tory loyalists. The situation was becoming so febrile that many feared political and factional violence was inevitable.Into this contest stepped William Wilberforce, the great independent MP and abolitionist campaigner. The small informal group of evangelical Christians who surrounded him in Parliament were known, perhaps mockingly, as The Saints. Wilberforce thought that by the force of his own unimpeachable integrity he could persuade Caroline to abdicate some of her rights as the Royal consort and thereby forestall what had begun to look like a revolutionary confrontation.Wilberforce attended at the Queen's residence on Portman Street in West London and presented a Motion for an Address to the Queen. He had been encouraged by Lord Brougham to believe that the Queen would accept the omission of her name from the public prayers. The Queen, standing in her rights and her honesty, flatly refused. Meanwhile the Radical London mob appears to have cajolled and roughed-up the sanctimonious delegation as they fled for their safety back to the House of Commons.As a result of the failure of Wilberforce’s attempts at mediation led to the trial of Queen Caroline and subsequent exclusion from the coronation ceremony.£220 -
A Muddy, a Sketch in Bond Street.
£220A Muddy, a Sketch in Bond Street.
A hand coloured etching by Isaac Cruikshank. A landau coach, nicknamed a 'Muddy' bespattered with grime, halts in Bond street, as two ladies look out of the window to chat with two fashionably dressed gentlemen. The coach driver is protected by a curtained seat, and two tall liveried attendants stand at the rear, eyeing the exchange archly. Before the rise and triumphant progress of Napoleon Bonaparte sparked a patriotic reaction in Britain, the circle of caricaturists and cartoonists working in London took their aim at the perceived voluptuary tendencies of the fashionable establishment in London. The French Wars and the Revolution had led to a period of social and economic hardship in Britain which seemingly left only the wealthy and well-connected untouched. Here Isaac Cruikshank takes aim at the folly and vice of a self-indulgent set. Isaac Cruikshank was the son of a dispossessed Jacobite customs inspector. After leaving Edinburgh for London in 1783 he sustained a precarious existence as an artist and caricaturist and, along with James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson, contributed to what has been called 'the golden age of British caricature'. Isaac Cruikshank died of alcohol poisoning after a winning a drinking contest one evening in 1811. Two of his sons Isaac Robert Cruikshank, and George Cruikshank carried on the family tradition into the middle of the 19th Century.£220 -
An Eighteenth Century Chinese Vase, Kangxi period.
£200An Eighteenth Century Chinese Vase, Kangxi period.
Having a flared wide rim with painted flower design, leading to slender body decorated with flower and leaf designs above stylised garden pagoda scene on a stepped base. Minor chips to the rim.£200 -
Piranesi, Diverse maniere d’adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall’architettura egizia, Etrusca e Greca,
£200Piranesi, Diverse maniere d’adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall’architettura egizia, Etrusca e Greca,
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Piranesi, Designs for furniture, 1769
£200Piranesi, Designs for furniture, 1769
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Piranesi, Designs for furniture, 1769
£200Piranesi, Designs for furniture, 1769
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Piranesi, Designs for furniture, 1769
£200Piranesi, Designs for furniture, 1769
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Piranesi, Different shells thought to inspire the forms of Etruscan vases, 1769
£200Piranesi, Different shells thought to inspire the forms of Etruscan vases, 1769
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Pompei Interior, copper-engravings published 1796
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for a Fireplace, published 1769.
£200Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for a Fireplace, published 1769.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for a Fireplace, published 1769.
£200Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for a Fireplace, published 1769.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for a Fireplace, published 1769.
£200Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for a Fireplace, published 1769.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for a Fireplace, published 1769.
£200Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for a Fireplace, published 1769.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for an Egyptian style Fireplace, published 1769.
£200Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for an Egyptian style Fireplace, published 1769.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Designs for two Fireplaces, published 1769.
£200Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Designs for two Fireplaces, published 1769.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Designs for two Fireplaces, published 1769.
£200Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Designs for two Fireplaces, published 1769.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Designs for two Fireplaces, published 1769.
£200Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Designs for two Fireplaces, published 1769.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.£200 -
Pompei Interior, copper-engravings published 1796
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A Royal Exchange Lead Fire Mark
£200A Royal Exchange Lead Fire Mark
A nineteenth century lead mark having oval shaped shield with a crown above raised impression of the Royal Exchange£200 -
The Queen’s Lord Steward,
£200The Queen’s Lord Steward,
Framed Chromolithograph by Spy (Leslie Ward) depicting Gavin Campbell 1st Marquess of Breadalbane KG PC JP DL. Scotch Nobleman and Liberal politician. Lord Steward to the Royal Household of Queen Victoria.£200 -
Ficelle Dramatique,
£200Ficelle Dramatique,
Framed Chromolithograph by T (Theobald Chartran) picturing Victorien Sardou, French dramatist, playwright of the original 'Tosca' and developer, along with Eugene Scribe, of the 'Well Made Play'. Much maligned by 'socially radical' playwrights, his method of composition which focused on concise plotting, compelling narrative and a solid structure shorn of intellectual or philosophical pretensions was nonetheless adapted for use by figures such as George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and J.B. Priestly. Shaw in particular affected to scorn Sardou's creations as 'Sardoodles' but still condescended to employ a Sardou structure on his breakout success, 'Man and Superman' in 1902.£200 -
He insists that his pen is mightier than his sword,
£200He insists that his pen is mightier than his sword,
Framed chromolithograph by Spy (Sir Leslie Ward) picturing Mr Egerton Castle MA FRSA, author, antiquarian and swordsman. He was an early practitioner of reconstrucred historical fencing he went on to be apponted British fencing and sabre captain in two Olympic Games. A keen collector of bookplates, he also published several novels, often in partnership with his wife Agnes Sweetman Castle, a number of which were turned into early motion pictures.£200 -
Seven Shilling Pieces
£200Seven Shilling Pieces
A hand coloured Georgian satire on the cost of female companionship at the Covent Garden Opera. Two courtesans fashionably dressed in the style of the period are shown arm-in-arm, walking along a pavement. One (right) holds up an open sunshade and a card inscribed 'Miss Oldprice Covent Garden'.£200 -
Songye Luba mask (B)
£200Songye Luba mask (B)
The people of Songye are mainly known as a farming community, however they also take part in hunting and trading with other neighbouring communities. The distinct Songye style is easily recognisable in the Kifwebe mask by the mass of closely carved lines and bold shapes such as the protruding sagittal crest and X carved mouth. The intertwining of the red, black, and white colours in these masks are said to symbolise the struggle between good (white) and evil (black and red) - the combination of these colours embodying the positive and dangerous force held within the mask. Further, it is believed that the sagittal crest and conical protrusion contain the magical strength of the mask.£200 -
Vauxhall Bridge from Mill Bank
£195Vauxhall Bridge from Mill Bank
Vauxhall Bridge as viewed from Millbank in 1826. The bridge was begun in 1811 and opened to the public in August 1816.£195 -
Picasso, lithographs from 1930
£195Picasso, lithographs from 1930
Produced for 'Editions des Chroniques du Jour' an important early work on Picasso.£195 -
Picasso, lithographs from 1930
£195Picasso, lithographs from 1930
Produced for 'Editions des Chroniques du Jour' an important early work on Picasso.£195 -
Picasso, lithographs from 1930
£195Picasso, lithographs from 1930
Produced for 'Editions des Chroniques du Jour' an important early work on Picasso.£195 -
Picasso, lithographs from 1930
£195Picasso, lithographs from 1930
Produced for 'Editions des Chroniques du Jour' an important early work on Picasso.£195 -
Picasso, lithographs from 1930
£195Picasso, lithographs from 1930
Produced for 'Editions des Chroniques du Jour' an important early work on Picasso.£195 -
Picasso, lithographs from 1930
£195Picasso, lithographs from 1930
Produced for 'Editions des Chroniques du Jour' an important early work on Picasso.£195 -
Lord Justice Barry,
£195Lord Justice Barry,
Framed Chromolithograph by LIB (Liberio Prospero), depicting Charles Robert Barry QC PC, Lord Justice of Appeal for Ireland. As Solicitor General he had been responsible for the prosecution of the men captured during and after the failed Fenian rising of 1867.£195 -
Mr. Frank Crisp,
£195Mr. Frank Crisp,
Framed Chromolithograph by Spy (Leslie Ward) depicting Sir Frank Crisp, 1st Baronet. Lawyer, forensic scientist, microscopist and horticulturalist. The owner of Friar Park, Henley-on-Thames, lately the residence of the Beatle George Harrison, he also drew up the contract for the cutting of the Cullinan Diamond in Amsterdam by Jospeh Asscher in 1893.£195 -
East Birmingham,
£195East Birmingham,
Framed Chromolithograph by Spy (Leslie Ward) depicting Sir John Benjamin Stone, Conservative politician, pioneer of photography, MP for Birmingham East and first Mayor of Sutton Coldfield. He was a prolific early documentary photographer and undertook photographic expeditions to Spain, Norway, Japan and Brazil where he captured the 1893 total solar eclipse. The National Portrait Gallery holds 62 of his photographic portraits and he was appointed the official photographer of the coronation of George V in 1911.£195 -
The Master Builder,
£195The Master Builder,
Framed chromolithograph by SNAPP picturing the Norwegian playwright and theatre director Henrik Ibsen, 'the father of realism' in the dramatic arts, writer of 'A Dolls House', 'Peer Gynt' and 'The Master Builder', three time Nobel Prize nominee.£195 -
The Posters of Picasso,
£195 eachThe Posters of Picasso,
Original lithographs showing the output of Picasso for his exhibition posters. Mounted and framed black.£195 each -
The Posters of Picasso,
£195 eachThe Posters of Picasso,
Original lithographs showing the output of Picasso for his exhibition posters. Mounted and framed black.£195 each -
The Posters of Picasso,
£195 eachThe Posters of Picasso,
Original lithographs showing the output of Picasso for his exhibition posters. Mounted and framed black.£195 each -
The Posters of Picasso,
£195 eachThe Posters of Picasso,
Original lithographs showing the output of Picasso for his exhibition posters. Mounted and framed black.£195 each -
The Posters of Picasso,
£195 eachThe Posters of Picasso,
Original lithographs showing the output of Picasso for his exhibition posters. Mounted and framed black.£195 each -
The Posters of Picasso,
£195 eachThe Posters of Picasso,
Original lithographs showing the output of Picasso for his exhibition posters. Mounted and framed black.£195 each -
Tchokwe Pwo mask,
£195Tchokwe Pwo mask,
The Pwo is a classic Chokwe mask genre that honours their founding female ancestries as guardians of fertility and procreation. Chokwe masks were made and worn by men, often performed during the celebrations that mark a completion of initiation into adulthood and with means to honour women who had survived the difficulty of childbirth. Adorned with typical scarification designs to the face, with braided natural fibres alongside draped blue beads.£195 -
The Posters of Picasso
£195 eachThe Posters of Picasso
Original lithographs showing the output of Picasso for his exhibition posters. Mounted and framed black.£195 each -
The Posters of Picasso
£195 eachThe Posters of Picasso
Original lithographs showing the output of Picasso for his exhibition posters. Mounted and framed black.£195 each -
The Posters of Picasso
£195 eachThe Posters of Picasso
Original lithographs showing the output of Picasso for his exhibition posters. Mounted and framed black.£195 each -
The Posters of Picasso
£195 eachThe Posters of Picasso
Original lithographs showing the output of Picasso for his exhibition posters. Mounted and framed black.£195 each -
William Nicholson, Sports as Months of the Year
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William Nicholson, Sports as Months of the Year
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William Nicholson, Sports as Months of the Year
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William Nicholson, Sports as Months of the Year
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William Nicholson, Sports as Months of the Year
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William Nicholson, Sports as Months of the Year
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William Nicholson, London Types
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Sir Archibald Macdonald, Knight and Baronet.
£190Sir Archibald Macdonald, Knight and Baronet.
A framed and mounted three-quarter-length mezzotint portrait of Sir Archibald Macdonald, 1st Baronet by by Henry Meyer. Sir Archibald Macdonald, 1st Baronet (13 July 1747 – 18 May 1826) was Scottish-born English lawyer, judge and politician. Born at Armadale Castle on The Isle of Skye, he was sent to England early to keep him away from Jacobite influence. He attended Westminster School from 1760 from where he went on to Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1768 and M.A. in 1772. He was subsequently called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. Initially a Whig he later joined the King's party and as King's Counsel he was an enthusiastic prosecutor of Radicals, including the pamphleteer and agitator Thomas Paine for his Rights of Man in December 1792. A convivial man, he was nicknamed ‘the Arabian knight' in his lifetime for apparently having 'a thousand and one tales'. He is shown sitting in armchair, in wig and judicial robes; books, quill pen, inkpot by window at left£190 -
The Working Man Member,
£190The Working Man Member,
Framed chromolithograph picturing Mr Henry Broadhurst MP. A leading early British trade-unionist, Mr Broadhurst worked his way up from a stonemason's apprentice to become leader of the Labour Representation League, a forerunner of the Labour Party. From working as a mason on the clock tower of the rebuilt Palace of Westminster he eventually secured a seat in the House of Commons as MP, firstly for Stoke-on-Trent, as well as chairmanship of the forerunner of the TUC. Appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in the Liberal government he became the first person from a working-class or labour movement background to hold a ministerial post.£190 -
A hard rider,
£190A hard rider,
Framed Chromolithograph by SPY (Sir Leslie Ward) picturing 'Captain' David Longfield Beatty, infamous soldier and amateur sportsman of the late Victorian period. An Anglo-Irish horse dealer and trainer from County Wexford, Captain Beatty was considered a violent and unpleasant bully. After cuckolding a brother Officer in the 4th Hussars he was dismissed from his regiment although he continued to be referred to as 'Captain' - a rank he had never achieved and held only in an honorary capacity. His natural son, David Richard Beatty went on to become Admiral of the Fleet and the 1st Earl Beatty, Viscount Borodale and Baron Beatty of the North Sea and Brooksby sometimes described as 'Britain's last naval hero'.£190 -
The Record Revolver Shot,
£190The Record Revolver Shot,
A framed chromolithograph by SPY (Sir Leslie Ward) picturing Mr Walter Winans, American marksman, hunter, horsebreeder, sculptor and painter. A twice Olympic shooting gold medalist, he also won the gold medal for sculpture at the Stockholm Arts Competition in 1912 for his equestrian bronze 'An American Trotter'.£190 -
Stay, Please,
£190Stay, Please,
A framed chromolithograph picturing Mr Justice William Ventris Field, Baron Field of Wakenham. Queen's Council, later Queen's Bench, he oversaw the reorganisation of the court system following the Judicature Act of 1881 which established Judges Chambers in England and served (especially in the court of Chancery) to make trial without a jury the normal mode of trial, except in certain instances. In 1890, he retired from the bench and was raised to the peerage as Baron Field, of Wakenham in the County of Surrey, on 10 April 1890. He had been sworn of the Privy Council earlier the same year.£190 -
Westminster from Vauxhall
£190Westminster from Vauxhall
A hand-coloured engraving by George Cooke of a watercolour by Samuel Prout showing a view across the Thames from the Vauxhall shore towards Westminster Cathedral and the Palace of Westminster. Taken from Cooke's 'Views in London and its Vicinity'. In the immediate foreground we are presented with a scene outside a Lambeth boat-builders yard while barges and wherries crowd the river in the middle distance. On the Westminster shore we can see St John's Smith Square and beyond that the massy bulk of Westminster Abbey, later to sit in a somewhat diminished relation to Barry and Pugin's rebuilt Houses of Parliament of 1840-1876 Samuel Prout was a great favourite of John Ruskin who went as far as to comment in 1844, "Sometimes I tire of Turner, but never of Prout". Prout was noted for his paintings of great European cities and picturesque ruins and particularly for his ability to imbue his subjects with 'breadth and largeness'. George Cooke was leading English line-engraver of the 19th Century and commissioned eight of leading British landscape artists to create works, including this, for his 1826 collection of 'Views in London and its Vicinity'. This is a first edition of 1827. Interestingly the old Palace of Westminster, depicted here, would burn to the ground only seven years after this work was created.£190 -
An English Village and Country Lane
£180An English Village and Country Lane
A summers morning view down a holloway in rural Surrey. A chimney gently smokes over a row of well kept alms houses lying obliquely along an unmetalled country lane overlooked by elm trees. In the foreground neighbours are in discussion while a woodsman sets off with a polesaw over his shoulder. Set in a gilt and painted wooden frame.£180 -
The Quicksilver
£180The Quicksilver
A Royal Mail coach, The Quicksilver, passes the Star and Garter at the Brentford end of Kew Bridge. The Quicksilver was the London to Falmouth Royal Mail Coach and operated in the years between 1835 and 1859. In 1837 it became the fastest long-distance mail coach in England with an average speed of 10.25 miles an hour with the London to Falmouth journey being accomplished in 16 hours and 34 minutes. The Star and Garter was a venerable old Coaching Inn positioned on the Middlesex shore of the Thames by Kew Bridge. It closed in 1983. Mounted and framed in an angled maple frame.£180 -
Cricket at Kennington Oval
£180Cricket at Kennington Oval
Engraved by Henry Winkles from the original study by William Tombleson. Originally published in the part-work series “Tombleson’s Views of the Thames and Medway” (London : 1833-1834).£180 -
Joan Miró, lithographs
£180Joan Miró, lithographs
In 1967, printer Robert Dutrou introduced Joan Miró to a new printmaking technique: Silicon carbide engraving. More commonly known as carborundum, this technique became the artist’s final technical development in his graphic work.£180 -
Joan Miró, lithographs
£180Joan Miró, lithographs
In 1967, printer Robert Dutrou introduced Joan Miró to a new printmaking technique: Silicon carbide engraving. More commonly known as carborundum, this technique became the artist’s final technical development in his graphic work.£180 -
Joan Miró, lithographs
£180Joan Miró, lithographs
In 1967, printer Robert Dutrou introduced Joan Miró to a new printmaking technique: Silicon carbide engraving. More commonly known as carborundum, this technique became the artist’s final technical development in his graphic work.£180 -
Joan Miró, lithographs
£180Joan Miró, lithographs
In 1967, printer Robert Dutrou introduced Joan Miró to a new printmaking technique: Silicon carbide engraving. More commonly known as carborundum, this technique became the artist’s final technical development in his graphic work.£180 -
Joan Miró, lithographs
£180Joan Miró, lithographs
In 1967, printer Robert Dutrou introduced Joan Miró to a new printmaking technique: Silicon carbide engraving. More commonly known as carborundum, this technique became the artist’s final technical development in his graphic work.£180
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