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Lot 463
Miscellaneous collection of prints, predominantly 19th century, some earlier, some later, including etchings, engravings, lithographs, some in mounts, some tipped to scrapbook pages, some loose. To include a mezzotint portrait of William Walsh, by John Faber after Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1735; an engraved portrait of Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, by van der Giest after Edward Lutterell, London: C. Diecy, n.d.; La Tempete [The Storm], engraved by C. E. Cousinet after Joseph Vernet, n.d.; a stylized portrait of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, etching, indistinctly signed in pencil, and other prints, including topographical & architectural views, animals, children's illustrations. Together with The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, third ed., London: Ackermann, n.d., illustrated with numerous hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson. Condition varied, collection sold as found with all faults
Lot 63
Sir Thomas Lawrence (Bristol 1769-1830 London)Portrait of Mrs Siddons as Zara pastel, oval29.9 x 24.6cm (11 3/4 x 9 11/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceMatthew HutchinsonHis sale, Christie's, London, 22 February 1861, lot 54With Hogarth 1864 (when lent to the Shakespeare Tercentenary Exhibition)Sir Henry Hawley, by whom given to Isabel M.J. Morant Gale, and by descent to her daughterMrs George MacDonald, Wickham, Hampshire, 1964 and thence by descent through the familyExhibitedStratford upon Avon, Shakespeare Tercentenary Exhibition, 1864, cat. no. 3, lent by HogarthLondon, South Kensington Museum, Portrait Miniatures, 1865, no. 1465LiteratureK. Garlick, 'A catalogue of the paintings, drawings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', Walpole Society, 1964, no. 2, p. 265M. Levey, Sir Thomas Lawrence, New Haven and London, 2005, p. 49N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, 2006, p. 322N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, online, no. J.466.324EngravedJohn Raphael Smith, 1782 and 1783The present work, from the early 1780s, depicts Mrs Siddons as 'Zara' from William Congreve's The Mourning Bride, a role she only performed once in Bath in the season of January to May 1781. John Raphael Smith's mezzotint of the portrait was published in the Bath Chronicle in November 1782 and reworked and printed again in 1783.Lawrence, who never married, is rumoured to have had an intimate friendship with Sarah Siddons (née Kemble, 1755-1831), who was the most famous actress of her age, and they remained close throughout their lives. It is said that he was also romantically linked to both her daughters, Sally and Maria.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 617
JOHN COTHER WEBB (1855-1927) AFTER JOHN CONSTABLE, TWO SIGNED MEZZOTINT PRINTS, comprising 'The Hay Wain' and 'The Glebe Farm', approximate sizes 44cm x55cm, together with a framed advert for a property auction taking place in Burton Upon Trent November 12th 1895, approximate size 150cm x 79cm (torn and creased), a laminated sign for Ilfracombe Small Hotel and Guest House Owners Association and a framed decorative print
Lot 3165
A. Stewart Wright (Active 1920-1932). Portrait of The Gawler Brothers after Joshua Reynolds. Mezzotint on laid paper, inscribed trial proof, exhibited at the RA. 1923. Signed lower right. Gift inscription to Mr Wm Sabin dated 1924 lower right. Note record can be found in the RA records of this print exhibited in 1923 in the South Room. Plate size 38 x 28cm.
Lot 2070
AMENDED DESCRIPTION William Strang (1859-1921) self-portrait of the artist in his later years, Mezzotint. Inscribed verso Study of a Head, 1897. Signed lower right. Plate size 15 x 10cm. Catalogue notes; The collection of Ernest Pearce (1930-2012) a dedicated art collector and connoisseur of the bookplate.His files of letters reveal that he was in regular correspondence with many well-known artists and fellow collectors from the 1950s onwards, sharing with them his in-depth knowledge and often exchanging rare prints and other works of art. Of particular note is his collection of works by the Romanticist artist Samuel Palmer many of which were purchased from Carlos Peacock, author of 'Samuel Palmer, The Shoreham Years' who himself acquired a number from AH Palmer, Samuel's son. Also works by well-known 20thcentury artists, some, unusually, accompanied by personal notes or cards. Finally, of course, his extensive collection of bookplates including British and Continental artists and some illustrious libraries.Ewbank's is delighted to have this opportunity to bring Ernest Pearce's lifelong collection to the market. Provenance: The family of Ernest Pearce.
Lot 536
RICHARD HOUSTON (IRISH, 1721-1775) (3)Maria, Countess of Coventry; Elizabeth, Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon, a pairmezzotints on glasseach 31.5 x 22cmtogether with a mezzotint on glass of Lord Newbattle and Lady Elizabeth Karr, printed for Robert Sayer, 35.5 x 25.5cm(3)Condition reportPhotos of pictures in their frames can be found on our website.All prints and frames have various areas of damage. The one of two children has a circular crack to glass upper centre.See photos on website.
Lot 252
A Battersea enamel box, circa 1751-53Of rectangular form with gilt metal mounts, the hinged cover printed in brown on the exterior with 'Paris presenting an apple to Hibernia', the interior with a portrait of Maria Gunning, the base with a lion and cherubs, panels of children representing the arts to the sides, engraved by Ravenet, 6.7cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Simon Spero, June 1981E and J Handley Collection, illustrated 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels (1991), p.260Simon Spero exhibition, 2000, no.44Bunny and Paul Davies CollectionThe scene on the exterior of the cover is a reference to the famous Irish beauty, Maria Gunning, who arrived in England with her younger sister in 1750. Her portrait on the interior shows her fashionably dressed in Turkish style taken from a mezzotint by R Houston after Liotard. See Egan Mew, Battersea Enamels (1926), fig.12. She later became Countess of Coventry and her sister Duchess of Hamilton.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 581
Calligraphic Manuscript. A manuscript retirement presentation volume to Gwilwym Jones, Principal of Stroud School of Art, 1952, with manuscript verses on 10 leaves, extracted from Geoffrey Chaucer, Ben Jonson, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling, John Drinkwater and others, calligraphically executed in colours by various hands, with accompanying pen, ink and watercolour illustrations, opening with the lines 'Let men do these things if they will. Perhaps there is no harm in it; W.S. Landor, tipped-in etched portrait frontispiece, mezzotint view signed by Robert Dodd, 1952, with signatures of contributors including Edward R. Payne, L.W. Mildmay, Arthur D. Arnold, Ivanna M. Lees, Gladys Sharpley, Robert Dodd, Kathleen M. Blair, endpapers with original country scene in red crayon, original red morocco, upper cover with central diamond blue morocco onlay with initials 'G J' in gilt and corner onlays with stylised bird in gilt, some light marks, 4to, with a small descriptive note loosely inserted together with Selections from Catullus, Translated by Sir William Marris, with the Latin Text, circa 1935, 11 pages of calligraphic text, first words heightened in gold with decorative tailpieces, original green morocco gilt by Frank Garrett, Birmingham Municipal School of Art, spine faded to brown, slight darkening to cover margins, 8voQTY: (2)
Lot 43
Dart (John). Westmonasterium, or, The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peters Westminster. Containing an account of its ancient and modern building, 2 volumes, London: Printed and sold by James Cole, Joseph Smith, Tho. Bowles [& others], [between 1723 and 1727], engraved titles, 137 engraved plates (including our double-page and mezzotint portrait of the author), list of subscribers, some scattered spotting and light dust-soiling, final leaf in volume 2 browned to margins (from leather turn-ins), front free endpaper to volume 1 detached and torn, contemporary blind panelled calf, without title labels, boards to volume 1 detached, joints to volume 2 split, worn, large folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Upcott II, p. 851. The number of plates doesn't appear to be consistent and often varies; Upcott lists 69 in volume 1 and 76 in volume 2.
Lot 299
Cassini (Jean-Dominique, Comte de, 1748-1845). Extrait des Observations Astronomiques et Physiques faites par ordre de Sa Majesté, a l'Observatoire Royale, en année 1785. Sous le Ministere de M. le Baron de Breteuil. M. le Comte de Cassini, Directeur. Ms de Villeneuve & Ruelle, Elèves, 1st edition, Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1786, front blank, title, viii + 24pp., with contemporary manuscript errata slip in brown ink pasted to inside rear wrapper, at end, untrimmed, original marbled wrappers, worn with some soiling and fraying, slim 4to, together with:Cook (James), A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by command of His Majesty for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore in the years 1776, 7, 8, 9 and 80, 4 volumes, Perth: Printed by R. Morison, junr., for R. Morison and Son, 1785, engraved portrait frontispiece and title to volume 1, 22 engraved plates (few with short tears), volumes 2 & 3 titles with adhesive tape at gutter, adhesive tape to hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked, board edges worn and showing, 8vo,Opie (John), Lectures on Painting, delivered at the Royal Academy of Arts..., London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1809, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, 10 etched portrait plates (some in sepia), offsetting and some browning, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spine, worn, 4to, plus a defective copy of Calamy (Edmund), The Farewell Sermons of the late London Ministers, Preached August 17th, 1662, by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [and others], London, 1662QTY: (7)NOTE:Jean-Dominique Cassini IV (1748-1845) was the fourth generation of the Cassini family to engage in important astronomical work as director of the Paris Observatory, his great-grandfather being Giovanni Domenico Cassini (or Jean Dominique after he was granted French citizenship, 1625-1712), who discovered four of Jupiter's moons, and correctly identified the rings of Saturn as divided into two parts (the 'Cassini Division'). Cassini IV, as the younger Cassini is known, set up a perpetual course of observations at the Royal Observatory in Paris, with the assistance of three students (Jacques Perny de Villeneuve, Nicolas-Antoine Nouet and Alexandre Ruelle) who worked under his direction from 1785, taking turns continuously day and night; their observations were drawn up, calculated and published each year in the form of a report inserted in the Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. 100 separately-issued copies of each extract were distributed to fellow astronomers across Europe (this copy presumably one of these). See Charles Wolf, Histoire de l'Observatoire de Paris de sa fondation à 1793, Paris, 1902, pp. 265-269).
Lot 201
Five mezzotint portraits of 17th and 18th century political figures, consisting of a depiction of Robert Clayton, Lord Mayor of London, after John Riley, engraved by John Smith (1652-1742), 43 x 30cm, andfour smaller examples, all in ebonised frames (5)Condition ReportSome creases. Dirt, staining and foxing. The Samuel Clarke example with the bottom left-hand corner lost. General knocks, losses and wear to frames.
Lot 4064
Francis Blomefield & Charles Parkin: 'An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk', London, William Miller, 1805-1810, 11 volumes, mezzotint portrait frontis plus 3 folding engraved maps/plans (Norwich, King's Lynn, and Map of Marshland that is often lacking) plus 33 engraved plates (many folding) plus 14 pedigrees on 15 folding sheets as called for, half titles, uniform contemporary diced half calf gilt (worn), upper board of volume I and lower boards of volume IX & XI detached (but present), armorial bookplates of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Keppel (1762-1830) of East Lexham, Norfolk, to front pastedowns, and bookplates of Julia Augusta Kendall (1852?-1936) to marbled endpapers. A complete set in a contemporary binding of Blomefield's comprehensive history of the county of Norfolk, widely considered to be detailed, reliable and comparable with the best county histories of the period (11)
Lot 185
A group of six 18th century botanical engravings, after Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (German, 1683-1741): 'Phytanthoza Iconographia', colour mezzotint engraving, comprising 'Sigillum Salomonis' N.920, 'Convolvulus major' N.413, 'Sisyrinchium Africanum bulbocodium' N. 925, 'Solanum racemosum tinctorium Americanum' N.936, 'Ephererum Virginianu flore purpureo' N.478, and 'Azaderach, arbor fraxini' N.217, each 33.5 by 22cm, mounted, glazed, and in modern pale blue and cream painted frames, 53.5 by 41.5cm. (6)Notes: These six prints are from the Phytanthoza Iconographia, which was based on Weinmann's own collection of plants and financed by him, it is one of the earliest works to use colour-printing from a single plate, and is a full record of the flowers, fruit and vegetables cultivated in the early 18th century; they were almost all originally painted by Georg Dionysius Ehret, however, the artist parted with Weinmann after producing 500 designs in a year and receiving only twenty thaler for his work, and his name does not appear on the plates - he went on to become one of the foremost botanical illustrators of his time.
Lot 5326
Ilsted, Peter -- Interieur mit zwei kleinen Mädchen. Radierung auf Bütten. 26 x 20,5 cm. (1899). Wohl signiert. Olufsen-Svensson (Radierung) 32. Im Jahr 1911 führte Ilsted die Darstellung auch als Schabkunstblatt aus (siehe Olufsen-Svensson, Mezzotint 9). Mit dem Trockenstempel "Den danske Radeerforening". Prachtvoller, leuchtender Druck mit dem vollen Rand. Etwas angestaubt, entlang des unteren weißen Randes schwache Annotationen sowie schwacher bräunlicher Streifen, sonst sehr schön erhalten. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Lot 47
David Loggan Cambridge University Cantabrigia illustrata sive omnium celeberrimae istius Universitatis Collegiorum, Aularum, Bibliothecae academicae .. nec non totius oppidi Ichnographia. Cambridge, Selbstverlag ca. 1688. - Schönes Ansichtenwerk der Cambridge University und ihrer Colleges - Vollständig in Kupferstich hergestellt 'A valuable source of evidence for the contemporary appearance of buildings' (Millard Coll.) Erste Ausgabe der als Begleitband des vorangegangenen Oxonia Illustrata gedachten Publikation. Für die Herstellung durfte Loggan die Druckerwerkstatt und -presse am Trinity College verwenden. 1690 wurde er zum Kupferstecher der Cambridge University ernannt. - Zu Beginn ein großer Stadtplan von Cambridge, datiert 1688. Zum Entstehungsjahr des Werkes (u. a. auch kritisch zu den bei Wing verzeichneten Ausgaben 1688 und 1690) siehe ausführlich den Eintrag im Kat. der British Arch. Library. Unter den weiteren Ansichten auch Eton College. Das Schabkunstblatt zeigt ein Porträt des Duke of Somerset. EINBAND: Restaurierter Lederband der Zeit mit farbigem Rückenschild. 46,5 : 32 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit illustriertem Kupfertitel, 1 Schabkunstblatt, gestochener Widmung (William und Mary), gestochener Vorrede an die Leser, gestochenem Inhaltsverzeichnis und 30 doppelblattgr. Kupfertafeln (4 gefaltet). LITERATUR: Wing L2836. - Millard coll. 40. - British Arch. Library 1913. First edition. Engraved throughout, comprising a mezzotint portrait of the Duke of Somerset, title, dedication, address to the reader, index and 30 doublepage plates (4 folding). Contemp. calf with label on spine. - Only few plates slightly foxed, 1 plate with rebacked marginal tear, engr. title with monogram stamp (with imprint to the next 2 leaves), portrait with few small marginal tears. Binding scraped and with restorations. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.
Lot 58
S.W. Reynolds after Rev. William Porter'Oxford', two mezzotint engravings from 'Drawings of the late Reverend William Porter', numbered 8 and 9, 17 x 27.5cm; and three further engravings to include: A View of Worcester College; North West View of Friar Bacon's Study; and Stonehenge, all mounted but unframed (4)
Lot 2140
19th Century Ivory Fan, with plain sticks and guards carved with roman figures and putto, a painted mount depicting a fisherman and his wife with a basket of fish, and a figure on the jetty on the opposite side of the river with decorative gold card motifs to the borders, plain to the reverse, 27cm; a Late 18th Century Chinese Ivory Fan, with carved and pierced sticks, velum mount printed with a central hand coloured mezzotint of a lady being serenaded by a gentleman and his flute, whilst patting a lamb, hand painted floral garlands to either side within a decorative purple border, 29cm (2)Roman figure ivory fan - Several repairs to the lower part of the mount near where it joins the sticks, rubbing and wear overall. Chinese carved fan - metal repair to one of the guards, two cracks/splits to the opposite guard, wear and some staining to the ivory overall. Numerous repairs to the mount and wear.
Lot 1067
10 unframed etchings printed after Thomas Gainsborough enclosed within portfolio box plus additional mezzotint after ConstableInformation enclosed within portfolio box, the vendor may post catalogueProvenance: Craddock & Barnard, London and William Weston Gallery, LondonConstable print measures - 36cm by 48cm (sheet).
Lot 235
Turner (J.M.W.).- Hofland (Mrs.) River Scenery, by Turner and Girtin, engraved title and 20 fine mezzotint plates after Turner and Girtin on china paper and mounted, contemporary ink signature of A.Keightley to head of title, one plate with small stain, some with very slight spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints worn, rebacked preserving old spine, [Ray, England 12], folio, W.B.Cooke, 1827.⁂ Although the list of plates calls for 18 plates Ray calls for 20. "Turner's rendering of light on clouds and water puts these scenes among his finest prints, while Girtin's darker engravings have a gloomy majesty". (Ray)
Lot 272
After John Constable, (British, 1776-1837),"Summer Afternoon - After A Shower",Mezzotint on paper, engraved by David Lucas and published in part IV of Constable's "English Landscape Scenery" in 1831,Unsigned,Titled to lower margin in open font and dated "1831",17cm x 21cm,Gilt framed and glazed
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