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Catalogue 111 is here!

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    The March of Interlect or a Dust-Man & Family of the 19th Century. Marks fecit. [n.d., c.1830.] Coloured etching. Sheet 160 x 210mm (6¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper, with second droll on reverse. A satire on the aspirations of the working classes. The affluently dressed dustman's wife asks her husband if he has seen the latest issue of 'La Bells Ass-emblee' (John Bell's La Belle AssemblĂ©e, or Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine). The second droll is 'Very Wet', a coloured aquatint (180 x 140mm, trimmed to image), with a well-dress woman getting soaked despite her umbrella. Not in BM. [Ref: 56617 ]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)  We have the pleasure in sending out our new Catalogue 111; a listing of over 200 items. It includes portraits , topography both Foreign and UK , s ports and pastimes such as b oxing and ...

Winter Miscellany: Catalogue 105!

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  We hope you are all well and not too bored. We are all keeping safe; working behind the scenes and Nigel has had his vaccination! We have put together this listing of over 200 prints to help keep you entertained! It includes:  Views Overseas  including  Americana  and  Australiana ,   Views UK ,  Satire ,  Drolls ,  Sports & Pastimes ,  Science ,  Natural History ,  Ephemera ,  Portraits ,  Decorative  and some  Fine Art items . Browse the whole catalogue here. A few highlights: [The] Sweets of Liberty. 45. Painted by J. Collet. Engrav'd by S. Okey. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 31st 1770 and Sold by S. Okey the engraver [illegible, but also Reake, John Smith & John Swan]. £1450 Stock Ref:  55366 For more Satire  click here The Quadrangular Passion Flower. Henderson pinx.t. Hopwood sculp.t. London. Published by Dr Thornton June 1st 1802. £950 Stock Ref:  55285 For...

Autumn Miscellany Catalogue 104 is out now!

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    Pierre Jeliote. Peint par L. ToquĂ©. GravĂ© par L. J. Cathelin. A Paris chĂ©s l'Auteur Quay de l'Ecole dans l'AllĂ©e entre les deux CafĂ©s. £260 Stock Ref: 54290 For more music related items click here     In these ever changing times, we hope you will enjoy our latest Autumn Miscellany of over 100 items! Highlights include: East African plain animal etchings by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore Himely plates from a series Voyage of the Favorite Bonnart plates from a series of 17th century French costume & fashion and much much more! Browse the full catalogue here!     La queue luy pend au petit bon homme. J. Frosne sc. [n.d., c.1670.] £680 Stock Ref: 54714 For more decorative items click here     [Siege of Buda] [Belegering [or Verovering]... R. de Hooghe unv: et fecit. 1686. [c.1686.] £480 Stock Ref: 54296 For more historical scenes click here     Harry Peckham 1778. Romney Pinxit. J.K. Sherwin Sculp. [n.d. c.1780.] £32...

Our Autumn Listing is here!

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Our Autumn listing has arrived! In this months listing we have a selection of early portraits varying from stipples to mezzotints most notably the Beauties of Windsor and Napole o n's death mask . Additionally we have natural history prints , sporting items and decorative scenes . Highlights to look out for are Archibald Thorburn's game birds and Spencer's portraits of Racehorses. See below for some images to whet your appetite: The Most Noble George Grenville Nugent Temple, Marquis of Buckingham, K.G. &c. &c. &c. Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Bucks. From the Original painted as a Mark of Respect to his Memory for the Magistrates of the County. J. Jackson A.R.A. pinxit. Wm. Ward ARA sculpt Engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & the Duke of York. Printed by J. Lahee. [n.d. c.1813-1826.] Mezzotint. Plate 656 xc 406mm (25¾ x 16"). Tear at top. Small margins. Missing top left border. ...