Catalogue 114 is here!

 

Puck.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Pen & ink sketch on folded letter sheet, side 155 x 100mm (6 x 4"), with printed version; Baskerville vellum wove watermark. Printed version trimmed from booklet cover.
A grotesque, winged Puck, sitting on a toadstool. Apparently a preparatory sketch for the cover illustration of 'Virtue's Imperial Shalespeare', a 40-part illustrated series published by Charles Knight, 'with Illustrations by Cope, R.A. Leslie, R.A., Maclise, R.A. E.M. Ward. R.A. W.P. Frith, R.A. H.S. Marks, A.R.A. and others'.
[Ref: 57783]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)

 

We are pleased to present our first catalogue of the New Year!

This miscellaneous listing of over 290 items contains:
Portraits including Mezzotints and Eastern Europeans.
Decorative items encompassing trades.
Transport such as ballooning.
Satire including Hogarth and a selection of prints published by Gabriel Shire Tregear.
Views Overseas and UK, Sports and Pastimes.
Some Naval and Military.
Plus selected Maps, Science, Natural History, Ephemera and Historical scenes.

Notable artists in this catalogue include Norwich School painter John Crome and assemblage artist George Spratt.

 A few highlights:


[Set of four Still Lifes]. Penury. [&] Frugality. [&] Necessity. [&] Choice.
Peter Pasquin [William Henry Pyne] Del.t. J.M. Delattre Sculpsit. London, Published according to Act of Parliament, March 1, 1796, by Ja.s Birchall, 473, Strand. Bit later.
£450
Stock Ref: 57667

 

Verapadroog, in the Barramahl. No XIII.
£1300
Stock Ref: 57688
 


[Shakespeare's Tomb.]
£380
Stock Ref: 57676
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