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🎃 October Offers: Catalogue 140! 🍂

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    [Caroline of Brunswick] Her Royal Highness Caroline Princess of Wales. Born 17.th May 1768 _ Married to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on Wednesday Evening 8.th April, 1795. Published 25th March 1795, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London. Rare mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, laid on album page. Small margins on 3 sides. Full-length portrait of Caroline of Brunswick, wearing plumed head-dress and full court dress decorated with large ribbons and tasselled bows, in front of an arcade with pillars and a classical urn. Not in Chaloner Smith. [Ref: 64014 ]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)   We are pleased to present our October Offers: Catalogue 140. It contains slightly over 180 items including:   Portraits Mezzotints Decorative Items Views UK View...
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The Six Lives of Henry VIII's wives.

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Henry ye VIIIth. King of England, France & Ireland. H. Holbein pinx. J.Faber jun.r Fecit. Cum privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street. Fine mezzotint. Sheet: 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet at edges. A half-length portrait of Henry VIII set within an oval. CS 185.1. [Ref: 46319 ]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)  The Exhibtion 'Six Lives The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens' at the National Portrait Gallery has sadly come to a close. The magnificent Tudor paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger were the main features however there were also contemporary photography by Hiroshi Sugimoto. If you visited this exhibition and are looking for a souvenir we have lots of prints after Holbein and of the Tudors . Please find some examples below: [Henry VIII and his six wives.] Alexander van der Werff pinx. [...
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Catalogue 141: For the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair!

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  Cover image: [The Captive.] E.J. Detmold. [pencil signature.] [1923.] Etching, signed by the artist, published edition of 100 proofs. 350 x 300mm (13¾ x 12"), with large margins. A fantastic image of an eagle perched on a rock with a middle eastern city in the background with the temple to the left. To the right can be seen two camels seated with the city walls and mountains in the background. Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957) began etching with his twin, Maurice, and exhibited at The Royal Academy aged 13. In 1908 Maurice committed suicide and Edward, traumatised, stopped etching. In 1922 an appreciative article about the Detmolds in the Print Collector's Quarterly inspiring Edward to return to printmaking. [Ref: 64303 ]   £850.00       We are pleased to present our listing for the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair : Catalogue 141. It contains just under...
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