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Click here to subscribe[Gillray (James)] 'Monstrosities' of 1799, - Scene Kensington Gardens, H. Humphrey, June 25th 1799, hand-coloured etching, visible image 250mm x 355mm, mounted, framed and glazed [BMSat 9454]No obvious defects. Image clean, margins hidden by mount, mount tanned. Frame chipped and worn with loss of gilt detailing. Not examined out of frame.
Gillray (James) 'Meeting of Unfortunate Citoyens;, H. Humphrey, May 12th 1798, hand-coloured etching, visible image 255mm x 355mm, mounted, framed and glazed [BMSat 9205]No obvious defects. Image clean, margins hidden by mount, mount tanned. Frame chipped and worn with loss of gilt detailing. Not examined out of frame.
Gillray (James) The Man of Feeling, in Search of Indispensibles ..., H. Humphrey, Feb 12th 1800, hand-coloured etching, impression 263mm x 368mm, mounted, framed and glazed [BMSat 9577]No obvious defects. Some tanning to paper, mount tanned. Frame chipped and worn with loss of gilt detailing. Not examined out of frame.
Gillray (James) [The Worn-out Patriot:-or-The Last Dying Speech of yhe Westminster Representative ...], H. Humphrey, no title or date visible [Oct 13th, 1800], hand-coloured etching, visible image 322mm x 240mm, mounted, framed and glazed [BMSat 9548]No obvious defects. Image clean, colours bright, margins hidden by mount, mount tanned. Frame chipped and worn with loss of gilt detailing. Not examined out of frame.
AFTER GEORGE STUBBS ARA (1724-1806)Anvilcolour stipple engraving with etching,first published by George and George Townly Stubbs, December 1794with printed title in open letters and etched inscription 'George Stubbs, pinxt...ANVIL...Geo. Townly Stubbs Sculp. Engraver to His R.H. the Prince of Wales, London, Published Decr. 1794 by Messrs. Stubbs, Turf Gallery, Conduit Street', laid down, with rubbing at plate edges, some light browning particularly in central and upper area of imagePl. 15 1/2 x 19 3/4 inLiterature: Lennox Boyd, Dixon & Clayton. The Complete Engraved Works of George Stubbs ARA no.115 (state 1)The source for this work is an oil on canvas in the collection of Lord HalifaxAnvil was bred by Thomas Panton Esq, and foaled in 1777. In 1781 he is recorded as winning races at Epsom, Exeter, Bath and Blandford. In 1783, Anvil in the first Spring meeting at Newmarket 'beat Sir Charles Davers' Buccaneer over the Beacon Course for 200 gns', Besides another win at Newmarket that year, he also recorded victories at Winchester and Salisbury. In 1784 he became the property of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and continued to record numerous victories. During that time he beat a number of leading racehorses of the day including Boudrow, Boxer, Drone, Mercury and Fortitude.By the early 1790's Anvil had become a stallion in the stud of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. He later moved to a stud at Canons Edgware George Townly Stubbs originally advertised this print at 15s. plain and £1 10s. for proof or coloured-printed impressions (c.1797)
AFTER GEORGE STUBBS ARA (1724-1806)Sharkecolour stipple engraving with etching, by George Townly Stubbsfirst published by George and George Townly Stubbs 1794with printed inscription 'George Townly Stubbs...George Stubbs pinxt...Geo. Townly Stubbs Sculpt. Engraver to His R.H. the Prince of Wales/SHARKE/London Published May 20 1794 by Messrs. Stubbs, Turf Gallery, Conduit Street'all margins trimmed to near plate edge, title plate also trimmed, laid down on backing cardPl. 15 1/2 x 19 3/4 inLiterature: Lennox-Boyd, Clarke, and Dixon.The Complete Engraved Works of George Stubbs ARA ,(no.110 state 2)George Townly Stubbs originally advertised this print at 15s. plain or £ 10s. for proof or colour-printed impressionsThe source for the print is the oil painting in the Paul Mellon Collection (Egerton 1978, no.85.) another later version is known, and a watercolour reduction for this print by George Townly Stubbs is also in the Mellon Collection (Egerton and Snelgrove, p. 91 and pl. 51)The Sporting Magazine (Jan 1794) commentated of Sharke..'A most beautiful as well as a very famous horse: he won five single matches for one thousand guineas each, and upwards of twenty thousand guineas in stakes. He gave Laurel and Postmaster 7lbs. each each for a sweepstake of a thousand guineas over the Beacon Course at Newmarket. The portrait is of Price, who trained him.'Sharke was bred and owned by Robert Pigott (1736-94) of Chesterton Hall, in Huntingdonshire. Pigot was a sympathiser with the American and French revolutions and an aquaintance of Franklin, Voltaire and Brissot. He is said to have later become 'a zealous Pythagorean, as a vegetarian was than called, and was a dupe of the quack James Graham and his electric bed' (DNB)Sharke's racing winnings at Newmarket alone totalled over 16000 guineas. The highest sum to that date for any racehorse. He commenced as a stallion at Chesterton Hall in 1779. Later he was sold at Tattersall's to a dealer and exported to Virginia. His first season in America was spent at General Spottiswood's stud at Nottingham near Fredericksburg. His period at stud proved a success and he was later described by a correspondent as doing 'as much to enhance the value of the bloodstock of the United States as any horse ever imported' (American Turf Register, 1830, vol V, p173)
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI. (1720-1778) 'Altra Veduta del tempo Della Sibilla in Tivoli' (Hind 61), etching, first published 1761, on watermarked paper laid down, Pl. 17 1/2 x 26 in; and a later published reprint after Piranesi, depicting a view towards 'the Basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano..' (with printed number 694 in top right corner); two (2)
AFTER GEORGE STUBBS ARA (1724-1806)Sweetbryercolour stipple engraving with etching, first published by George and George Townly Stubbs, December 1794, with title in open letters and etched inscription 'George Stubbs pinxt....Geo. Townly Stubbs sculpt. Engraver to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales../SWEETBRYER /London Pubd. by Messrs Stubbs, Turf Gallery, Conduit Street' laid down, with four margins, some rubbing along plate edges, repaired old tears in top right corner image edge, vertical repaired tear upper centre towards image edgePl. 15 1/2 x 19 3/4 inLiterature: Lennox Boyd, Dixon, Clayton. The Complete Engraved Works of George Stubbs ARA no 113 George Townly Stubbs advertised this print (c.1797) at 6s. plain or 12s. for proof or colour printed impressions This print (as well as the three other examples in this auction) is from a series which were intended to illustrate a history of Horse-racing in England (post 1750). This 'Review of the Turf' was to have been compiled by George Stubbs and his son under the aegis of an anonymous patron.This ambitious venture failed at an early stage. In the event only two issues of descriptive text out of a proposed forty to forty-five were published and only fourteen horses were actually engraved
AFTER GEORGE STUBBS ARA (1724-1806)Sweet Williamcolour printed stipple engraving with etching,with title in open letters, and etched inscription 'G. Stubbs pinxt...Geo Townley Stubbs Sculp...Engraver to his Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales', with further inscription on lower publication line 'Republished June 1817 by Edward Orme, New Bond Street, corner of Brook St.', laid down, with general surface time-staining, with central tear and surface defect in lower centre (approx 1 1/4 in length)Pl. 15 1/4 x 19 3/4 inLiterature: Lennox Boyd, Dixon & Clayton. The Complete EngravedWorks of George Stubbs ARA no.118 (state 3)For another similar impression cf. Sotheby's, London 29 June 1987 Lot 3Sweet William was a chestnut son of Syphon, and was foaled about 1770, and raced for Lord Bolingbroke and later for Lord Grosvenor to whose Oxcroft Stud he was retired in 1778The Sporting Magazine (Jan 1794, p213) commentated on the horse...' a good runner and afterwards a Stallion. Equally as fine a picture as the former (Sweetbriar) and the flower Sweet William adorns the foreground of the landscape, to signify the horse's name, as before'Edward Orme (b.1774) served as printseller and engraver to King George III from 1799-1820, and to the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) from 1817-1830. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1801-1803.
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669)Self-Portrait, Frowningetching (originally published 1630, state 3)a later (post lifetime) impressionsome trimming of margins to near plate markPl. 3 x 2 1/2 inProvenance: with The Fine Art Society, London no.22, July 8th 1935 W.A.N. Macgeough-Bond, Esq, The Argory, Dungannon Thence by descent
STEILEN, Theophile Alexandre : [1859-1923]-Traveller asking for directions, [1914],:- etching, signed in pencil in the margin, image size 20.5 x 28.5cm. With a contemporary [1916] European etching of Moses by a different hand, and an 18th Century engraving after Vernet, Le Turc qui regarde Pecher. [3]
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669) SELF PORTRAIT LEANING ON A STONE CILL (COPY OF BARTSCH NO 21) etching, signed in the plate Rembrandt, trimmed to within plate mark, c17.5 x 13.6cm, partly laid down on an old mount with German inscription dated 1828 Foxed and stained, unexamined out frame
Samuel Palmer/The Early Ploughman, circa 1861/inscribed Finished State and signed/etching, 13cm x 19.5cm/The Rising Moon, circa 1857/inscribed in pencil The Rising Moon, Samuel Palmer, his signature etched lightly into the left hand margin/etching, 11.5cm x 19cm (2)/Note: verso a letter from A H Palmer, Cornwall House, Cornwall, St. , Pimlico, 21 July 1879 - Madam, I have this day forwarded to you by my Father's desire two proofs of his new etching 'The Bellman' printed by myself at our private press. When removed from the roller I should not advise rolling it backwards but leaving it to flatten either in a large book or a portfolio for several days before framing. Yours A H Palmer/see illustration CONDITION REPORT: Both mounts stained, one with water damage to two corners; impressions both good. Both signed and inscribed . Palmers letter on reverse very faded.
Garrard (George, 1760-1826). Woburn Sheepshearing, published G. Garrard, 1811, original 1811 aquatint, stipple, etching and engraving, by M. N. Bate, J. C. Stadler and T. Morris. Gilt gesso frame and glazed. No Booklet see lot 371(a) Engraving measures 51cm by 76cm and frame 67cm by 91cm. A large detailed and striking image of the annual sheep shearing festival held by the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey, with Sir Joseph Banks a resplendent figure in the foreground. This great agricultural show was started by Frances Russell (1763-1802) who established a model farm at Woburn with 'every convenience that could be desired for the breeding of cattle and experiments in farming'. This included valuable experiments upon the respective merits of the various breeds of sheep. The sheep shearing exhibitions lasted for days and the whole English agricultural world was invited to this splendid event; the week concluded with banquets for the Duke's numerous guests staying at Woburn Abbey. The scene shows an enormous crowd of noblemen, gentlemen, farmers, and agricultural labourers inspecting the numerous sheep and cattle whilst a shearing contest is taking place in a pen on the right. A busy scene with sheep in enclosure and men at work shearing at right, livestock amongst the crowds behind which includes many portraits, the Duke of Bedford on his horse in the centre; prize notices pinned to a tree at right, a table in the left foreground with medals and statues, the pavilion behind, inscribed: "Erected by the Duke of Bedford 1801"; the figures numbered 1-87, a key below. Wobourn Sheepshearing Dedicated by Permi?sion to His Grace the Duke of Bedford By his Grace?s most obedient and very humble Servant George Garrard.
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