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Lot 2859
Hand-coloured engraving depicting the world, surrounded by mythological and allegorical figures, title cartouche below. With inscription: 'Atlas novus / terrarum orbis imperia / regna et status / exactis tabulis geographice demonstrans, (...) Iohannis Baptistae Homanni (...) / Noribergae.', and numbered top right corner: 95. Signed lower right: 'Caspar Luijcken fecit.'Engraving on a double page, folio format, some minor stains in the paper, lower right discolored, but else in good condition. I.: 48,4 x 27,8 / sheet: 50,3 x 29,7 cm.
Lot 2864
Hand-coloured (contemporary) engraving depicting Southern-America, including title cartouche lower left, native Americans in traditional dress holding the cartouche.Engraving on a double page (folio format), vertical fold as published, the paper somewhat discoloured due to age, but else in very good condition. Verso: text in French. Originating from: The 'Nieuwen Atlas' (Atlas Nova/ New Atlas) published by Jan Jansz. (Janssonius) in 1638.I.: 47.2 x 54.3 / sheet: 50.1 x 59.9 cm. Noot: Various rivers (including the Amazone and Paraguay) all seem to have their source in 'Lago de los Xarayes'. The mythical 'Parime Lacus' dominates Guyana where the famous City of Gold / Eldorado, or "Manoa or el Dorado" is situated on her West Coast.The map is richly decorateed with ships at sea and monsters populating the oceans, vignettes of animals on the continent, some with fishermen smoking their catch, a European meeting the Giants of Patagonia, tribal war in Brazil, wild wart hogs, jungle cats and tortugas.Onder supervision of Janssonius (Arnhem 1588 – 1664 Amsterdam) the Mercator-Hondius Atlas was extended and published under the name of Atlas Novus. This publication started off as a single volume, on many requests extended with sea- and celestial maps. The volumes were published in Dutch, French, Spanish and Latin.
Lot 2874
Hand-coloured (contemporary) engraving adorned with scale (Milliaria Italica & Germanica communia, the respectively indicated metric systems) title cartouche with inscription: Calabria Vtra / olim / Altera Magnae Graeciae / pars.Copper engraving on a double page, folio format, vertical fold as published, 4 cm. Torn vertical fold, minimal toning of the paper, but else in good condition.Originating from: H. Hondius, Nouveau Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas comprenant Les Tables et Descriptions de toutes les Regions de la Terre, Amsterdam, 1641. (Van der Krogt 1, 412)I.: 34,8 x 37,9 / sheet: 38,5 x 49 cm. Litt.:- Van der Krogt 1 - 7492:1.1Joannes Janssonius (Arnhem, 1588-1664) married Elisabeth Hondius in Amsterdam in 1612. He was the son of the Arnhem publisher Jan Janssen, she was the daughter of Jodocus Hondius, a Flemish engraver and cartographer. Thus they were both linked to the mapmaking industry. After their marriage they settled down in Amsterdam, while he was occupied as a bookseller and publisher of atlases and maps. In 1618 he established his bookshop next to Blaeu in Amsterdam. The competition became even more serious when he started copying Blaeu’s ‘Licht der Zeevaert’ in 1620, after the expiration of the privilege previously held by Blaeu’s succesor. Besides publishing atlases, books and single maps Janssonius was deeply involved in booktrading business with branches in amongst others Berlin, Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Stockholm.In 1631 he started cooperating with Henricus Hondius. In 1640 Henricus Hondius left the business completely to Janssonius. Rivalry with Willem Blaeu’s succesor Joan encouraged him to enlarge his own Atlas Novus into six volumes, also enclosing a sea atlas and an atlas of the Old World.
Lot 2888
Hand-coloured (contemporary) copper engraving depicting settlements, mountain ranges, fjords, glaciers, vulcanos; the sea populated by sixteen sea monsters described in detail on the verso. With cartouche lower left, dedicated by Andreas Sorensen Vedel (1542-1616) to Frederick II of Denmark (1534-1588). With inscription: ILLVSTRIS. AC POTENTISS. REGI FREDERICO II DANAE, NORVEGIAE, SLAVORUM, GOTHORVMQVE REGI, ETC. (...).Engraving on a double page (folio format), vertical fold as published, few minimal stains in the paper, but else in good condition. Verso: Latin text.Originating from: Abraham Ortelius 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', ca. 1584; This map is presumably based on the work of a local inhabitant, possibly Gudbrandur Thorlaksson, Bishop of Holar (1541-1627).Van den Broecke no.: 161I.: 33,4 x 49, 1 / Sheet: 53,9 x 38,4 cm.
Lot 2928
Original band with complete text and some of the engravings (approx. seven). An extention of the first atlas by Willem and Joan Bleau, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas Novus, 1635.Folio format, the cover in parchment (in modest condition), the back damaged the interior in good condition.
Lot 3258
Uitgave van: Toonneel der Steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden, Met hare Beſchrijvingen. Some maps within.An extention of the first atlas by Willem and Joan Bleau, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas Novus, 1635. Folio format, the cover in parchment (in modest condition), the interior in good condition.
Lot 1440
° ° Certosini - Missale Cartusiensis Ordinis ex Ordinatore Generalis, folio, rebound, with engraved title, 428p, manuscript ‘’Supplementum’’,followed by Commune Sanctorum, Petri Valfray, Lyon, 1713 together with, Allier, Joseph - Antiphonarium Diurnum ad Usum Ordinis Cartusiensis, folio, vellum covered wooden boards (the front board lacking half) title loose, bound with Psalmi, Hymni and 3 further leaves, in manuscript, of hymns, Grenoble, 1789 (2)
Lot 687
PHOTOGRAPHS - AFGHAN EXPEDITION & OTHER A late 19th century album of approximately seventy-four photographs, including some folding, composite panoramas, most laid down to one side only of card leaves, mainly landscapes, some portraits, many captioned, comprising Fort Jamrud; Panorama of Fort Ali Majsid; Water Gate, Jalalabad; South Gate, Jalalabad; Sirkari Bagh, Jalalabad; Group of Afghans; South Hill Picquet, Jalalabad; Pipers Hill Picquet, Jalalabad; Part of the British Camp, Jalalabad; General [Field] Hospital, Jalalabad; Guard of Honour Furnished by 1st Batt., 17th Foot for Yakub Khan, Amir of Kabal; R.A. & 10th Hussars lining road on Arrival of Yakul Khan, at Treaty of Gandamak, 1879; Yakub Khan's Camp; York Station; 2nd Batt. Leicestershireshire Regiment, Lucknow, 1888; Strand Road, Rangoon; Burmese Lady; The Shwe Dagon, Rangoon; Strand Road, Thayet-Myo; Landing Place, Thayet-Myo; Irrawaddy Flotilla Company's Mail Steamer 'Beeloo'; Tawahi from El Aineh showing inner and outer harbour; Garrison Class, Poona, 1890; and others, various sizes, many approximately 19cm x 25cm, leather-bound, oblong folio.
Lot 688
PHOTOGRAPHS - AFGHANISTAN & OTHER A late 19th century album of approximately twenty-five photographs, laid down to one side only of card leaves, mainly landscapes, some portraits, many captioned, comprising Fort Jamrud, looking towards the Khaibar Pass; Fort Ali Masjid, looking west from Shagai Heights; Landi Kotal, Khaibar Pass; Fort Daka; The chief street, Jalalabad; Officers and some men, 2nd Brigade (tytler's), 1st Division, Khaibar Column, Gandamak, 1879; Pipers Hill Picquet, Jalalabad; Lalpura, looking towards Dakka; Kata Kushtia, Khaibar Pass; Fort Attock, looking towards Khairabad; Peshawar Fort; Cashmir Point, Muree; and others, various sizes, the average approximately 23cm x 28cm, leather-bound, oblong folio.
Lot 623
AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING OF THE KANPHATA YOGISNorth India, late 18th to 19th century. Ink, watercolors, and gold on paper. Depicting a group of yogis and yoginis below verdant trees in a forest, one playing the sitar, another looking adoringly toward the eldest yogi in deep meditation, a third bathing in the stream below, each with an ochre bindu to the forehead and wearing thick black earrings.Provenance: From an English private collection.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, soiling, staining, few minuscule losses, possibly microscopic touchups.Dimensions: Image size 37 x 26.5 cmThe kanphat yogis were members of a Shaivite sect devoted to the legend of Goraknath, and were distinguished by their large flat metal earrings and extended earlobes.Literature comparison: Compare a related folio from a Mughal album, also depicting kanphata yogis, dated 1590-1610, in the Royal Collection Trust of the British royal family, inventory number RCIN 1005062. Compare also a related Mughal painting of yogis under a banyan tree, dated circa 1610, at Christie's London, 28 October 2020, lot 66.Auction result comparison: Compare a related painting, dated to the late 19th century and attributed to the Punjab Hills, featuring a group of yogis, at Christie's London in Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds on 10 April 2014, lot 174, sold for GBP 10,000.
Lot 606
A FINE INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING OF HANUMANIndia, Pahari, 17th to early 18th century. Watercolors, ink and gold on paper. The monkey god in animated profile facing left, wearing a red veshti and gold-red sash, adorned with beaded jewelry, armlets, bangles, earrings, and a golden crown, all framed by a red border.Provenance: Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, 1940. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, acquired from the above, accession no. 1940:17. The mat is inscribed in pencil, 'Indian. Portrait of Hanuman, The Monkey God, 17th C. Watercolor on Paper. 1940:17. PV Dr 28B'. Nasli Heeramaneck (1902-1971) was a Parsi-American art dealer, specializing in Asian and Pre-Columbian art. Born in Bombay, he moved to New York in the 1920s, and lived and worked there until his death. Works collected by him and his wife, Alice, are now held by, among others, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Museum of New Delhi, and Yale University. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is an art museum in Buffalo, New York. The parent organization of the Albright–Knox Art Gallery is the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, founded in 1862, one of the oldest public arts institutions in the United States.Condition: The subject is in good condition. The background shows some losses and respective ancient touchups. Matted.Dimensions: Image size 16.2 x 11.1 cm, Folio size 20.9 x 15.2 cm, Mat size 46 x 35.5 cmAuction result comparison: Compare a related Indian miniature painting of Hanuman, dated 1700-1720, at Christie's London in Garden of Epics – A Private Collection of Indian Paintings on 10 June 2013, lot 4, sold for GBP 10,000.
Lot 10
NO RESERVE China.- Claudel (Paul) Chine, first edition, full-page illustrations, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature, original wrappers, detached, rubbed, scattered spotting, [Geneva], Albert Skira, 1946 § T'ien Hsia, plates, advertisements, occasional pencil underlining, original paper wrappers, chipping to edges, small loss to spine extremities, March 1938; folio & 4to (2)
Lot 101
Edited by the Devil.- Journal du Diable, number 1, bifolium, a few small holes to head of first f., central horizontal fold, several short tears, some staining, creased, lightly browned, folio, [Lyon], 1st January, 1867.⁂ Rare first issue of this periodical, which declares Lucifer to be as its editor-in-chief. WorldCat records only two copies (BnF and Lyon).
Lot 111
NO RESERVE Royal Navy.- An Estimate of the Value of a Vessel of each Rate in ye Royal Navy with Stores and Provisions for Eight Men, and ye Charge of maintaining... a Year at Sea, manuscript on paper, 1p. with conjugate blank and docket, a few small holes along folds, slightly browned, folio, 1706.
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Lot 139
Law.- De termino Hillarii. Anno. xvij. Edwardi tertij, [STC 9557], [Printed by Richard Tottell], [?1584] bound with De termino Hillarii anno xviii. Edwardi tertii, [STC 9560], [Printed by Richard Tottell], [?1584] and the same for the years xxi, xxii, xxix, xxx, xxxviii and xxxix, together 8 works in 1 vol., caption titles, woodcut initials, modern pencil marginalia, worm trace diminishing in size to outer margins of first 2 mentioned, some spotting or staining, lightly browned throughout, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments, covers with arabesque centre-pieces, upper joint repaired, spine ends and corners worn, stained, small folio
Lot 141
Ovid. Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologized, and Represented in Figures, engraved frontispiece, tear with old repair, small hole, additional engraved title, 15 engraved plates, 1 with small marginal loss and tissue repair, lacking initial and final blanks, near ?contemporary ink inscription to B1, scattered spotting and staining, near contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, [Sabin 76460], folio, by J. L. for Andrew Hebb, 1640.
Lot 18
NO RESERVE Near East.- Vincent (L.H.), E.J.H. Maclay and F. M. Abel. Hébron le Haram El-Khalîl: Sépulture des Patriarches, 2 vol. including plate vol., first edition, 28 plates, most photogravures, illustrations, plates loose as issued, in original cloth-backed boards, lacking ties, a little rubbed, text in original printed paper wrappers, loss to spine extremities, a little rubbed, folio, Paris, 1923.
Lot 223
Bindings.- Arcadia Press.- Montgomery (Bernard Law, Viscount of ) The History of Warfare, 1969 § Moorehead (Alan) Darwin and the Beagle, 1970 § Simon (André L.) Wines of the World, 1969 § Masters (John) Casanova, 1970, each one of 265 copies signed by author and bound by Zaehnsdorf, plates and illustrations, original decorative crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, housed in original linen-backed drop-back boxes, slight bumping to corners and extremities, The Arcadia Press; and 17 others, all but one Arcadia Press, 4to & folio (21)
Lot 240
Music.- Nares (James) Twenty Anthems in Score... Composed for the use of His Majesty's Chapel Royal, engraved title, with altered imprinted slip pasted down, engraved dedication leaf, 140 engraved plates of music, occasional browning or spotting, stitching weak and torn, rear endpaper loose, contemporary boards, lacking lower cover and spine, 1778 § Battishill (Johnathan) Six Anthems and Ten Chants, engraved title, engraved portrait frontispiece (loose, or loosely inserted), 102 engraved plates of music, contemporary half calf, worn, 1804; and 2 other similar collections of sacred music, folio & 12mo (4)
Lot 244
Swan (Abraham) The British Architect: or, the Builder's Treasury of Stair-Cases, 59 engraved plates only (of 60, lacking plate 23), some half-page with letterpress, light foxing, title slightly frayed at edges, water-staining to upper outer corner at beginning, modern half morocco over marbled boards, spine and edges a little rubbed, [Harris 864], Robert Sayer, [?1768] § White (John) Rural Architecture: Illustrated in a New Series of Designs for Ornamental Cottage and Villas..., 90 lithographed plates, occasional spotting or soiling, pencil architectural drawings to endpapers, front free endpaper defective, contemporary half roan, rubbed, 1857, folio (2)
Lot 248
NO RESERVE Golden Cockerel Press.- Komensky (John Amos) The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart, number 100 of 370 copies, frontispiece and illustrations by Dorothea Braby, original decorative cloth, light rubbing, Golden Cockerel Press, 1950 § Powys (Llewelyn) The Book of Days, one of 300 copies, full-page etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis, printed in red and black, original crushed morocco-backed buckram, very slight bumping to corners, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937 § Strong (L.A.G.) The Hansom Cab and the Pigeons, limited edition, frontispiece and woodcut illustrations, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, Golden Cockerel Press, 1935; and another, 8vo & folio (4).
Lot 252
NO RESERVE Old School Press.- Davidson (Peter) & Hugh Buchanan. Winter Light: Watercolours, number 2 of 100 copies signed by the author and artist, colour plates by Hugh Buchanan, original sea-green calf with palladium rule to upper cover and ties, 2010 § Boullosa (Carmen) Salto de Mantarraya; Jump of the Manta Ray, translated by Psiche Hughes, number 22 of only 60 copies signed by the author, translator, artist and printer, signed colour photographs by Philip Hughes, text with tipped-in illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, photographs loose as issued in original cloth-backed board folder, together with prospectus in original cloth drop-back box, 2002, folio & 4to, Hinton Charterhouse, Old School Press (2)
Lot 39
NO RESERVE Yorkshire.- Empson (Charles) The Cowthorpe Oak. From a Painting by the Late George William Forthergill, separate tinted lithograph plate by William Monkhouse with some light foxing, tipped in publisher's advertisement, list of subscribers at end, original roan-backed plum cloth portfolio, upper cover faded, occasional light soiling, spine and corners rubbed and chipped, lacking ties, folio, 1842.⁂ The Cowthorpe Oak in North Yorkshire was renowned for its age and size, becoming the subject of three studies by J. M. W. Turner. At its largest the canopy was said to cover 0.5 acres. By 1822 many of its branches were rotten and had to be supported with wooden props. The oak fell in 1950, apparently after having been struck by lightning.
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Lot 79
Virgilius Maro (Publius) [Opera cum decem commentis], 2 parts in 1, collation: a6 b-q8 r6 aa-ff8; A6 B-Z8 AA-OO8 PP6 †8, lacking all before b1 (title and preliminaries) and c3 (c2 duplicated), double column commentary surrounding text, second title (to Aeneid) with fleur de lys device, numerous fine large woodcuts within text, woodcut criblé initials, a few contemporary marginalia, soiled and water-stained, first few leaves frayed at head and repaired, head-lines shaved, corners trimmed at beginning and end, B4-D4 with narrow vertical slit cut from fore-margin, holes to ee3 and N8 with loss to a few lines or woodcut, tear to lower edge of HH4 extending into text but no loss (repaired), final leaf with contemporary scribbles and frayed (trimmed and laid down), bound in medieval-style calf-backed oak boards with thin vellum straps and metal rings & clasps, by Edgar Powell in 1907 (as indicated in pencil to front free endpaper), spine titled in gilt with five raised bands, spine very slightly rubbed and faded, folio (293 x 205mm.), [Lyons, Jean Crespin], [1529]; sold not subject to return⁂ Printed using the Strasbourg blocks from the 1517 Lyons edition of Jacques Sacon.Literature: Adams V474; Mortimer, French, 538 (with 22 ff. removed by the Inquisition).Edgar Powell (1853-1939), studied bookbinding under Douglas Cockerell at the Central School.
Lot 80
Clemens (Alexandrinus) Omnia opera, 3 parts in 1, translated by Gentian Hervet, general title within woodcut border, woodcut initials and 3 Medici coat of arms, the latter to titles of parts 2 and 3 and at end of part 2, bookplate of St. Bede's College Manchester, title with marginal loss to upper corner and ink ownership inscription at head scribbled over, contemporary marginal annotations and underlining in at least two hands, some light damp-staining, mostly marginal, occasional light soiling, small worm hole to last 14 pp. and index, affecting a couple of annotations, endpapers detached, later calf, worn, spine lacking, covers detached with remains of tape, [Adams C1205], folio, Florence, Laur. Torrentinus, 1551.
Lot 258
Ɵ Sculpture: 4 vols. Duthuit, Georges La Sculpture Copte . . . Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell, 1931, and three others related, 1940-1991. comprises: DUTHUIT, Georges. (1891 - 1973). La Sculpture Copte. Statues - Bas-Reliefs Masques. Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell. Paris: les Editions G. Van Ouest, 1931. folio., (385 x 285mm), original brown paper wrappers, lettered in red and black to front and spine, inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to uncut half-title page, 'a Sacheverell Sitwell / son ami, /Georges Duthuit / 31 decembre 1931', 62pp. French text, 72 photo. illustrated plates; MOORE, Henry. (1898 - 1976). Heads, Figures and Ideas. London & Greenwich, Connecticut: George Rainbird Limited and The New York Graphic Society, 1958. first edition, folio. (475 x 335mm), original illustrated paper covered blue boards with grey cloth spine, white lettering to front, red lettering to spine, patterned e/ps.,. lacks tipped-in auto-lithograph frontispiece, illustrated throughout with full page drawings on Chater's Chariot Offset Cartridge paper, printed at the Curwen Press, London; EPSTEIN, Jacob. (1880 - 1959). Let There Be Sculpture An Autobiography. London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1940. first edition, 8vo., (235 x 160mm), original publisher's cloth, silver lettering to spine, b/w. photo. illustrated throughout, 335pp; John Skeaping 1901-1980 A Retrospective, 4 June to 5th July, 1991. Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., 1991. exhibition catalogue, 8vo., (254 x 210mm), soft wrappers, b/w. and colour photo. illustrated throughout, catalogue listing 154 works, 75pp. Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall. Condition Report: 1. Heads, Figures and Ideas - lacks tipped-in auto-lithograph frontispiece, illustrated grey paper boards with a few chips, spine a little bumped head/tail, o/w. clean, dustwrapper with tears and holes (with loss), clean internally. 2. La Sculpture Copte. Statues - Bas-Reliefs Masques. Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell - paper wrappers with a few marks to front, lower r.h. corner creased, many uncut edges have been opened, foxing to edges, and intermittent foxing internally to some pages, affecting a few of the plates. 3. Let There Be Sculpture An Autobiography - cloth clean but faded especially to spine, a few joints weakening but tightly bound, clean internally 4. John Skeaping 1901-1980 A Retrospective 4 June to 5 July, 1991 - a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 603
Wallpaper samples. A collection of early hand-blocked papers, early 19th century, 85 samples of decorative borders, wood-blocked on laid paper, most with stencilled colouring, 1 or 2 folding, mostly with repeated floral patterns, a few with boteh motifs, some annotated with numbers in ink or pencil, occasional tears and loss, 2 with burn damage, mounted on rectos of 29 leaves of an incomplete early printed theological volume, with text in German gothic script, 37 x 17cm (14.5 x 6.75ins) and smaller, contemporary vellum, worn, 4to, together with a large volume of approximately 300 20th century brightly coloured plaid silk samples, mounted on brown packing paper bound into early 20th century cloth, embellished with metal furniture, folio Qty: (2)Footnote: A curious volume of wallpaper samples, using an apparently little-appreciated antiquarian volume in place of an album.
![[CLASSIC LITERATURE & OTHER] Tolkien, J.R.R. The Children of Hurin, edited by Chrstopher Tolkien, first edition, Harper](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6c322672-ed38-42ac-b6fb-ae1b00ea4a9f/cdc440c6-ae9b-4f38-bae4-ae4c009fce5b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 399
[CLASSIC LITERATURE & OTHER] Tolkien, J.R.R. The Children of Hurin, edited by Chrstopher Tolkien, first edition, Harper Collins, London, 2007, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), illustrations by Alan Lee, octavo; and fourteen assorted other works, including for Folio Society titles, (15).
Lot 146
Elmore (Alfred W., 1815-1881). Collection of Original Studies and Drawings, 58 drawings and sketches, each mounted singly on rectos of album leaves, comprising ink and pencil drawings, watercolours, and red and black chalk drawings, including male and female nudes, landscapes, head and figure studies, genre scenes, architectural studies, sketches for large-scale works, etc., many annotated in pencil to lower margin with the artist's name, sheet size smallest 16.7 x 7.5cm (6 5/8 x 3ins), largest 35.5 x 25.5cm (14 x 10ins), front blank with mounted printed title label annotated in pencil 'Exhibited Royal Academy 1834-61', latter note repeated at head of page, endpapers foxed, late 19th or early 20th century black half morocco, scuffed and some marks, upper joint with 11cm split at foot (beginning to tear across spine), printed title label mounted on upper cover, folio Qty: (1)Footnote: Irish born Alfred Elmore was primarily a painter of historical genre scenes. He moved with his parents to London when he was 12, and entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1832. Elmore exhibited at the R.A. from 1834 until 1861, becoming an associate member of the R.A. in 1844 and a full member in 1857. He travelled in Europe between 1840 and 1844, visiting Munich, Venice, Bologna, Rome and Florence. It is thought that Elmore was briefly associated with 'The Clique', a group of young artists following in the footsteps of William Hogarth and David Wilkie. Amongst other subjects, Elmore painted scenes from Shakespeare, works relating to the French Revolution, paintings on the theme of technological innovation as opposed to pre-industrialism, and moralistic genre paintings. Later on, by the late 1860s Elmore moved more towards the classicism of artists such as Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Edward Poynter, and dabbled also in the vogue for Orientalism.
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