June Gems: Catalogue 154!

 

Cover image:

[George, Prince of Wales] The Lover's Dream. ''A Thousand Virtues seem to lackey her, Driving far off each thing of Sin & Guilt.'' Milton.
J.s Gillray swa.n et fec.t Pub.d Jan.y 24.th 1795, by H. Humphrey No 37, New Bond Street.
Etching with very fine hand colour. Sheet 315 x 415mm (12½ x 16¼"). Trimmed into plate, laid on album paper at sides, folded on right.
The Prince of Wales (1762-1830) lies asleep, hugging his pillow, surrounded by visions including Princess Caroline (1768-1821) as a radiant beauty and George III (1738-1820) with a generous allowance. 
A satire of the Prince's consent to marry on condition of the payment of his debts and an increased income.
BM Satires 8610.
[Ref: 69241]

 

 Catalogue 154 contains just over 190 items, comprising the following subjects:

Glorious Revolution: Jacobites, Nonjurors and Seven Bishops
Satire
Portraits
Mezzotint Portraits 
Decorative Items
Decorative Mezzotints
Views Overseas
Views UK
Sports and Pastimes
Americana
Music
Ephemera

  Ploos van Amstel
 Abraham Bosse

  

 

Highlights include:

 

 

[Delineations of Nautical Characters] N.º 1 Cabin-Boy. (&] N.º 2 Sailor. (&] N.º 4 Cook. (&] N.º 5 Midshipman. (&] N.º 6 Purser. (&] N.º 7 Lieutenant. (&] N.º 8 Captain. (&] N.º 9 Admiral. (&] N.º 10 Captain of Marines.
Rowlandson delin. Merke sculp. London Pub Feb 15 1799 by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.
£1500
Stock Ref: 69092
For more Naval items click here.
 

 

Pedestrian Hobbyhorse. Mr. Johnson, Patentee, 75, Long Acre. [&] A Pilentum, Or Lady's Accelerator invented by Hancock & C.º S.t James's Street. is now exhibiting at 97. Pall Mall.
Published at R. Ackermann's, N.º 101 Strand, Feb.y 1819 [but later]. [&] Pub by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place.
£1200
Stock Ref: 69090
For more Sports and Pastimes click here.

 

Musical Illustrations; N.º 1. Penseroso. [&] No 2. Allegro.
Designed & Etched by Theodore Lane. Published by C.S. Arnold, 21. Tavistock Street, Covent Garden. 1828.
£850
Stock Ref: 69108
For more Music click here.

 
 

Popular posts from this blog

The Life of Napoléon Bonaparte in prints

Image
  A small time line of  the life of Napoleon Bonaparte; this is by no means a complete history or the entirety of our Napoleonic stock, just an illustration of some of prints that we have to offer.   August 15, 1769: ·Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica.   [Birth of Napoleon.] Naissance de Bonaparte [in ms below]. [Anon., c.1810] Etching with hand-colouring, 80 x 80mm (3 x 3"). Trimmed to image and glued to backing sheet. [Ref: 40365 ]  May 17, 1779: ·Napoleon begins study at the royal military academy.   Enfance de Napoleon. Napoleon naguit à Ajaccio le 15 Août 1769... Lith. de Jobert [after Horace Vernet]. [n.d., c.1825.] Lithograph. Printed area 185 x 200mm (7¼ x 8"). Foxing.Napoleon Bonaparte marshalling a snowball battle at his school. [Ref: 55796 ] June 13, 1793: ·Accused of being too pro-French, Napoleon and his family flee their household in Corsica...
Read more

Napoleon - The Man Who Changed Europe?

Image
 Napoleon - The Man Who Changed Europe? [Napoleon.] Charlet. 1821. [Ref: 29444]    £320.00  2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo – the final undoing of brilliant French general and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821).   Our latest catalogue offers an insight into how Napoleon was depicted in print, by both allies and enemies, with portraits , satirical prints , and many more illustrations of Napoleonic scenes , battles and portraits of those closest to the Emperor . [Napoleone Buonaparte. First Consul of France] J.J. Masquerier. [Ref: 16029]    £250.00  Above, an interesting and scarce portrait shows Napoleon as a youthful long-haired army commander, probably after his successes in the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars, which saw his rise to prominence as both a military and political leader.   [Portraits of Napoleon as a young and ...
Read more

The Christopher Lennox-Boyd Collection!

  Christopher Lennox-Boyd who died in 2012 aged 71 stood in the great tradition of great eccentric English antiquarian scholars and formed the finest collection of British Mezzotints in private hands. Christopher Lennox-Boyd was a most unusual collector. Much more than either the excitement of the chase or the satisfaction of ownership, it is the acquisition of information and knowledge that motivated him. He undoubtedly possessed the best impression of many a famous print, but much dearer to him, was a battered proof or intermediate state which provided him with data, as he called it, which was previously unrecorded. He was like an untypical lepidopterist, one who does not have to pin down his specimens, each with its label, in display cases and glass topped drawers. The label itself is what ultimately mattered to Christopher, once catalogued his captures may fly where they will. Mezzotint engravings provide a perfect field for collecting. The standard reference work, by John Chal...
Read more