Christmas Gift Guide!
Not sure what to get the person who seems to have everything for Christmas? How about the unique gift of an antique print!?
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For the Foodie
A Welcome
Visitor at Christmas. For the History of this Jovial Personage See the
"Book of Christmas".
W. Spooner 250 Regent Street. [n.d., c.1837.]
Hand coloured etching, 230 x 320mm (9 x 12½").
A scene showing a figure made up of traditional Christmas food such as
Christmas pudding, turkey, wine and ham standing in the middle of a tabel while
cards, a jug and glasses play around him. The title makes reference to 'The
Book of Christmas' 1837 by Thomas K. Hervey, which explained the customs and
traditions of the Christmas season and was also published by W. Spooner.
[Ref: 41367] £390.00
The
Christmas Pudding.
[T. Webster R.A. pinx.t. W. Ridgway Sculp.t.]
London, Virtue & Co. [n.d., 1868.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 225 x 290mm (9 x 11½"). Trimmed within plate, tear
taped, stains.
A large group around a dining table, the Christmas pudding before the woman
on the left.
[Ref: 57333] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Langley's
Royal Characters. For Twelfth Night.
Pub.d by J. Fairburn Upper Holloway & sold by J.B. Fairburn 11C. Minories.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Engraving with very fine hand colour. Sheet 220 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"). Trimmed
within plate.
A portrait of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert in uniform, and their infant
daughter Princess Victoria (born 1840), with a massive Christmas cake to one
side. Langley's Twelfth Night Characters.
See: Ref: 17057, 57591
[Ref: 57590] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
For the gamer
Regelment
van Sint Nicolaas Spel.
Lith. Gebr. Braakensiek.
Uitgave van J.Vlieger, Amsterdam. [n.d., c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph. 595 x 445mm, 23½ x 17½". Folded three times with breaks
on the folds.
A Dutch goose-game, chasing St Nicholas's presents at Christmas, with the
rules printed in the centre.
For the musical one
Mistletoe Galop. Composed by Albert Keller
Bernasconi. M. & N. Hanhart, Imp.
A
Christmas Carol, with Music. I saw the Ship come sailing in / On Christmas day,
on Christmas day. / I saw the Ship come sailing in / On Christmas day in the
morning [...]
Designed & Etched by William B. Scott
Vizetelly & Co Published by Tilt & Bogue, Fleet Street, London
Lithograph with tintstone, printed area 405 x 255mm (16 x 10"). Creasing
and some ingrained dirt. Rare.
Decorative presentation of a Christmas carol, written by Scottish author Sir
Walter Scott (1771-1832), which remains popular to this day
Christmas
Carols.
H.H.
Published 1835, by O. Hodgson. Fleet Street London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 315 x 220mm (12½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to
image, tear in left edge.
A comic scene in which a battered young beggar selling songsheets informs a
shopper that a pair of pickpockets have stolen her purse.
[Ref: 46890] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
For the one obsessed with presents
Les
Cadeaux de Nöel.
Peint par T. Lobrichon. Gravé par L. Massard. Entered according to act of
congress in the year 1876 by M. Knoedler & Co. in the office of the
Librarian of congress at Washington.
Berlin Verlag von Goupil & Co. Imprimé & Publié par Goupil & Cie.
Editeurs le. 1er. 8bre_1876_Paris_Londres_La Have. New York_Published by
M.Knoedler.
Rare engraving. 489 x 362mm. 19¼ x 14¼".
A group of children around the fireplace with their Christmas presents, the
youngest looking up the chimney for Santa Claus.
[Ref: 15448] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
A
Christmas Box.
Leighton, Brothers. [n.d., c.1880s.]
Chromolithograph, illustration to a graphic newspaper/periodical. Sheet 275 x
195mm. 10¾ x 7¾". (Sheet trimmed.)
A little girl gives a coin as Christmas tip to the postman standing at the
door and holding letters in his left hand; wintry landscape beyond. George
Leighton printed and published the Illustrated London News 1858-1885. He
trained under George Baxter, and patented a process of colour printing invented
by Dean Wolstenholme, junior.
[Ref: 15174] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
For the sporty one
The Ski -
Jumper Switzerland.
Holloway.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Chromolithograph, sheet 275 x 200mm. 10¾ x 8".
A skier in mid-air.
[Ref: 11353] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Sleighing
in North America.
H. Alken [ms]
London, Pub.d 1844 by J.W. Laird, 1 Leadenhall St.
Aqautint with hand-colouring, rare, platemark 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾").
Repairs.
Sleighing scene by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), one of a famous family of
painters and engravers. Beginning in 1813, Henry designed prints for London's
leading sporting printsellers, specializing in field sports and coaching
scenes. While Alken occasionally provided illustrations for travel books
(including one on Rio de Janeiro), this American scene is an oddity in his work
as a whole.
Not in Abbey
[Ref: 43411] £480.00
Hockey
sur Glace.
P. Daxhelet.
[n.d., c.1950.]
Etching. 430 x 315mm.
Number 29 from an edition of 200.
[Ref: 1603] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Frost.
Designed and Etched by Theordore Lane. Eng.d by Geo. Hunt.
Pub March, 1827, by Geo. Hunt, Corner of York St. & Bridges St. Covent
Garden.
Etching with hand coloured aquatint. 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½"). Trimmed and
tipped into backing sheet, a bit time stained and abrasion in title
A man is carried from the ice, dripping wet and carrying one of his skates, by
another gentleman wearing a hat with the words 'Humane Society'. Another man
offers him some gin. Originally a pair to 'A Thaw'. See ref 56504. The 'R' of
Frost is rubbed out.
Hickman pg. 98. i of ii.
[Ref: 56553] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
For the animal lover
My Dog
and I. An Incident from Life.
Painted by H. Symonds. Engraved by J.R. Rice.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1877 by Gertrude S. Hamilton
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress Washington. Published by Fishel
Adler & Co. New York.
Mixed method engraving 530 x 385mm. Crease in top left in backing paper not
effecting the india top layer on which the printing is done.
[Ref: 5863] £350.00
The
Brush-Turkey. Talegalla Lathami.
[after Joseph Wolfe.]
[n.d.1864.]
Coloured lithograph 585 x 440mm [sheet].
The Zoological Sketches were commissioned by the Zoological Society as a
record of the rare species of birds and animals in the Society's Gardens.
[Ref: 6677] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Robin.
Printed & Sold by W.Belch, 258 Hight S.t Borough London [n.d., c.1830].
Hand-coloured wood engraving. Watermark 1827. Sheet: 240 x 200mm (9½ x
8"). Trimmed.
A picture of a robin in a wintery, snowy scene.
[Ref: 42624] £85.00
(£102.00 incl.VAT)
[Two
Puppies] A Merry Christmas.
Frank Paton. [signed in pencil].
[London: E.C. Leggatt, c.1880.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½").
Two puppies in a barn, with a bowl of Turkey bones. The scene is surrounded
by satirical vignettes of Christmas, dogs and cats. Frank Paton (1856-1909) was
a successful artist during his lifetime and could even count Queen Victoria as
an admirer of his work. He is perhaps most widely known for his series of
etched Christmas cards published annually by Edward Ernest Leggatt from 1880
until Paton's death in 1909. They were intended to be a cut above the average
Christmas card and sold for half a guinea each. A number of the prints would be
sent from the printers to be signed in pencil by Paton. Between 1880-85 the
cards did not have a specific title
[Ref: 56539] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
For the religious one
St.
Christopher and the Christ Child. Whoever shall behold the image of Saint
Christopher on that day shall not faint or fail [ink mss.].
Axel H. Haig [ink signature.]
Chistmas 1904.
Etching, signed and inscribed by the artist in ink. 135 x 105mm (5¼ x
4¼").
Within an elaborately decorated border. The ink inscription is apparently
standard on impressions of the Christmas print.
Mordant Crook & Lennox-Boyd: 190. Ex: Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 53199] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
[The
Virgin Mary with Jesus and two angels.]
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi Engraver To His Majesty sculp.
[J. & J. Boydell., n.d., c.1790s]
Fine stipple, printed in sanguine. 220 x 320mm (8½ x 12½"), with small
margins. Thread margin at top. Few fly marks on left.
The Virgin Mary sits on a cloud with Jesus, who plays with a necklace, upon
her knee while two angels above them place a crown on the Virgin's head.
de Vesme: 2187, II of II.
[Ref: 53319] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Birth
of Christ. And again when he bringeth in the first begotten into the Worl he
saith & let all the Angels of God worship him. / Heb. Ch. I. ver. 6.
London, printed for Rob.t Sayer ap & Printseller No.53 in Fleet Street.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint with etching and small margins. Platemark: 345 x 245mm (13½ x
9½").
A nativity scene. The Virgin Mary, sitting on straw by the manger, lifts a
cloth around the infant Jesus who is lying in front of her.Two angels kneel to
the right, while St Joseph stands watching on the left, one arm on a ledge, the
other at his chest. An ox and ass can be seen on the left and three cherubs
appear in clouds in upper right.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32127] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
For the one who loves Christmas cards
[Printer]
1891-2. Christmas Cards and New Year Cards. A Very Large Assortment on Sale,
consisting of Choice New Designs, including Hand-Painted, Ivorine, Satin, and
other Novelties, From 1d. to 1/6 each. Really Good Value.
Geo, Mills, (established 1857) Manufacturing and Export Stationer, Lithographer
& Printer, 3, Old Jewry, London, E.C. [1891].
Tinted lithograph of five colours. Sheet 240 x 330mm (9½ x 13"). A little
staining on right edge. Small hole near the left edge.
A printer's advertisement, a rare survivor because of the tissue paper it is
printed on, decorated with Japanese imagery, including samurai warriors and
attendents.
[Ref: 52885] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Greetings.
A. Bauerle [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 80 x 130mm, 3½ x 5¼". Glued into a mount.
An angel embracing a small boy, at the head of a queue of children,
apparently an alternative Christmas card. Amelia Bauerle (or Bowerley), died
1916.
Guichard: "Competant lady etcher with a penchant for mermaids". Ex
Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 17780] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
For the Ephemera collector
Christmas
and New Year's Gifts. Carter's Special List of Cheap Invalid Furniture.
Suitable for Persons of Limited Means. Catalogues of Higher Priced Furniture
sent free on Application. John Carter, Engineer for Invalid Appliances, 6a, New
Cavendish Street, Great Portland Street, London, W.
[Anon., c.1880.]
Manufacturer's promotional poster/handbill, letterpress broadside with wood
engraved vignettes. Sheet 500 x 305mm. 19¾ x 12". Folds and creases; small
tears, damaged.
Interesting advertisement for John Carter's domestic appliances for the
disabled. The illustrations are captioned and include aids for mobility, eating
and reading.
Provenance: from a scrap album compiled c.1840 - 1880 by Alfred Towgood of
Riverside, a paper mill owner at St. Neots, Huntingdon. He was also a
Lieutenant in the Duke of Manchester's Light Horse.
[Ref: 16510] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
The
Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, Ltd., Invite the honour of a visit from
[ink:] Mrs Levien, to inspect their stock of Novelties in Diamond Ornaments,
Jewellery and Silver Plate, Specially Suitable for Christmas and New Year
Presents. Show Rooms - 112, Regent Street, London, W.
Copyright.
[n.d. c.1900.]
Photogravure. Plate 195 x 145mm. 7¾ x 5¾". Laid on album sheet.
A personal invitation to view the jewellery collection of the Goldsmiths and
Silversmiths Company Ltd. William Gibson established himself as a foremost
jewellers of his day and established himself as Messers. Gibson and Co., Ltd.
in 1891 and continued to the be leading firm in the jewellery trade in the UK
and Ireland. Extending his trade further, in 1880 he went into partnership with
John Langman and founded the Goldmsiths' and Silversmiths' Company. They held
substantial premises covering a quarter of an acre, on the corner of Regent
Street and Glasshouse Street.
[Ref: 16881] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Christmas
Banquet menu.] Mercers Hall. Dec. 22nd. 1852.
Ring & Brymer, 15, Cornhill, and 62, Cannon Street, Successors to Birch,
Birch, & Co.
A gilt-embossed menu. Sheet 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Laid on album paper.
A menu for a five-course christmas banquet, begun with 'Turtle and iced
punch', followed by a huge selection including fish, turkey, beef, venison,
woodcock, partridge, wild duck, pheasant, preserved ginger, and raspberry ice.
[Ref: 32417] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
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