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Bennett Jun.R Esq. This Print of His Yacht, Rare Bennett Jun.r Esq. this print of his Yacht, Rare. A Royal Mail Packet caught in a storm. the winner of the Great Atlantic Race is Not in Parker & Bowen. Ref: 8947 respectfully dedicated by his most obedient Servant, Wm. Foster. Left New-York 11th 485. Iron Twin Screw Armour Clad War December and Arrived off Cowes, 25th Steamer 'Moyini Zaffer'. Built for the December 1866 in the unprecedented time Tirkish Government by Samuda Brothers. of 13 days 22 hours & 46 minutes. Built my London. Mr. Steers, New-York. T.G. Dutton, del. & lith. London. Published Dec.r 1st T.G. Dutton, del. et lith. London, Published 25..th 1869 by W.m Foster, 17 Billiter Streeet, E.C. January 1867 by Wm. Foster 17, Billiter Street, E.C. Tinted lithograph, printed area 410 x 615mm. Lithograph. Sheet 489 x 692mm. Slight staining in the Unexamined out of frame. £850 bottom right-hand margin. £950 A Turkish warship. Samuda Brothers was an A depiction of the 'Henrietta' mid-Atlantic valiantly engineering and ship building firm on the Isle of Dogs, sailing between the USA and the UK. founded by Jacob and Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda, Ref: 9189 Jewish civil engineers. They built boats for the Royal Navy, P&O, and the navys of Turkey, Egypt, Japan, Prussia, Brazil & Argentina. Jacob also invented the 'atmospheric' railway, using air pressure to provide power for propulsion. Joseph became MP for Tavistock and, at the time this print was published, Tower Hamlets. NMM: PAH9306. Ref: 8369 486. The Iron Steam Yacht 'Peterhoff', 416 Tons. Built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia, by C J Mare & Co of Blackwall. Designed By Mr. Watermann Junr. &. Fitted With Engines Of 140 Horse Power By Sir John & Mr. George Rennie. 483. Fores's Marine Sketches The Iron T.S. Robins Delt. E.T. Dolby Lith. M. & N. Hanhart Steam Yacht 'Alexandria', 416 Tons. Built Impt. Published Novbr. 21st. 1850. By Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London. for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia, by C J Coloured lithograph, image 310 x 450mm. 12¼ x Mare & Co of Blackwall. Designed By Mr. 17¾". £1250 Watermann Junr. &. Fitted With Engines A fine view of the Imperial Russian Steam Yacht. Of 140, Horse Power By Sir John & Mr. Also inscribed below the image with statistical details George Rennie. The ship's length was 195ft. with a breadth of 21ft. 7in. Ref: 8911 T.S. Robins Delt. E.T. Dolby Lith. M. & N. Hanhart Impt. Published May 14th. 1852 By Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London. Coloured lithograph, image 310 x 450mm. 12¼ x PORTRAITS 17¾". Some surface soiling; tear in lower inscription. £680 487. [Jon Pereira.] A fine view of the Imperial Russian Steam Yacht. Engraved by D. Pound from a Daguerreotype by Also inscribed below the image with statistical details Myall. [n.d., c.1853.] The ship's length was 195ft. 10in. with a breadth of Engraving, 260 x 155mm. 10¼ x 6". Slight foxing 21ft. 7in. outside of printed area. £95 Ref: 8913 Inscribed 'faithfully yours Jon Pereira.' Ref: 8716 484. The South Western Railway Company's Royal Mail Packet, Courier. 488. A Study 44 Tons Burthen __ and 200 Horse Power Joseph Middeleer Drawing, 165 x 140mm. 6½ x 5½". £120 James. Goodridge, Jun., Commander Study of a face. Joseph Middeleer (1865-1934), From the Channel Islands to Southampton. Belgian artist. Champin _ Lith. P.J. Ouless, Pinxt. Imp. Lith. Ref: 9287 Decan_Paris [n.d., c.1850.] Tinted lithograph, sheet 275 x 400mm. 10¾ x 15¾". Small water stains to lower left margin. £360 489. [Attention.] [Ozias Humphrey R.A. pinx.t J. Ogborne sculp.] [pub. 1797, London, T. Simpson St. Pauls Church Yard, and Darling & Thompson. Gt. Newport Street.] Stipple, 255 x 200mm. 10 x 8". Proof before letters. Trimmed to platemark and laid on separate sheet. Light spotting. £180 Inscribed below 'The Siren. Mrs. Sheridan in the character of Attention'. Elizabeth Anne Sheridan, née Linley, writer and singer (1754-1792). See reference number 8479 for titled print. Ref: 8673 490. John Bacon Esq. R.A. Published by J.Sewell, Cornhill, 1 Sep. 1790. Engraving, 120 x 185mm. 4¾ x 7¼". Foxing; torn along left side of platemark £65 Portrait from the 'European Magazine', of John Bacon (1740-1799), sculptor. Born in Southwark, Bacon was apprenticed to a porcelain manufacturer before becoming a sculptor. He won the first gold medal awarded for sculpture by the Royal Academy of Arts in 1769 and was later engaged to execute a bust of King George III. His work can be seen in St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Christ Church and 493. Lord Byron. Pembroke College, Oxford, and Bristol Cathedral. Peint par W.E. West des Etats Unis d'Amerique. Grave Ref: 8781 par J.T. Wedgewood Graveur de S.A.R. le Prince de Saxe Coburg & de feu S.A.R. la Princesse Charlotte. a Paris chez Wedgewood Graveur Editeur Rue & Hotel 491. Carmina Desunt. Vera Effigies A: de Seine No.46 [n.d., c.1830]. Depose a la Direction. Brome 1664. Aetatis suae 44. Etching and engraving on india laid paper, 425 x [n.d. c.1664.] 340mm. 16¾ x 13¼". Very fine. £380 Line engraving. 136 x 90mm. 5¼" x 3½". £60 George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788 - 1824), Alexander Browne (1659-1706), Artist; publisher and poet. printseller; auctioneer and dealer. He was a significant From the painting by William Edward West (1788 - figure in the late seventeenth century art scene in 1857) in the National Galleries of Scotland collection. London. He was variously a ‘practitioner of the art of West made a name for himself as a painter of miniature limning’, a drawing master, an author of a drawing portraits in his native Kentucky whilst still in his teens. manual and treatise on art, an art auctioneer and dealer, A benefactor financed his studies in Thomas Sully's a print publisher and printseller. Browne was granted studio in Philadelphia. He visited Italy in 1819 and in 1684 a privilege or Royal License for ‘the sole stayed in Europe for the next twenty years. In 1825 he printing and publishing’ of his plates for fourteen moved to London but financial difficulties forced him years. Possibly engraved by Loggan. to go back to America. Washington Irving, Percy Ref: 8428 Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron were among his most celebrated sitters. 492. The Shade Of Byron Contemplating NGS Accession no: PG 1561. The Ruins Of Missolonghi. In this Print Ref: 8879 may be traced a full length figure of Lord Byron, -also small Portraits of Lady Byron, 494. To the Memory of Richard Cosway -his Daughter, -The Countess Guiccioli, - Esquire. Royal Academician. Principal Sir J.C. Hobhouse, -Thos. Moore, -Bysshe Painter to His Royal Highness George Shelley, -Marco Botzaris, -Capo D'Istrias, - Prince of Wales. He died July the Fourth and Colcotroni. 1821; aged 80 years. His widow Maria Printed by Lefevre & Co. 52, Newman St. London: Cosway erects this memorial. Published, Jany. 12, 1832, by J. Mc.Cormick, 147, Rics. Westmacott Invt. et in Marm. Fecit. Chas. Picart Strand. sculpt. Coloured lithograph, 205 x 205mm. 8 x 8". Trimmed Stipple with engraved letters and plan, 360 x 285 mm, and laid on scrap card. £95 14 x 11 ¼". £360 A puzzle print; a view of Messolonghi, Greece, A fine impression of this rare private plate of the conceals profiles of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron memorial to Richard Cosway commissioned by his Byron (1788 - 1824) and his circle. widow, Maria. Ref: 8979 Ref: 8632 495. John Cranch*, Born in Kingsbridge in Devonshire, 12th of Oct.r 1751 Aged 44, Fellow of the American Society of Arts & Sciences, Painter of an unique Picture of the Death of Chatterton; & Author of the Oeconomy of Testaments; &c. Engraved from a Picture, which, with the Death of Chatterton, is in the possession of Sir James Winter Lake, Bar.t. F.S.A. *Vide, Langworthy's attempt to promote the Commercial Interests of Great Britain. Painted and Engraved by J.T. Smith, Engraver of the Antiquities if London & Environs. Published by W. Smith. 23 Lisle Street Leicester Square. [n.d., c.1810] Engraving with stipple, 225 x 180mm. £140 A portrait of English painter John Cranch (1751-1821) holding a volume of Shakespeare. Ref: 8384 496. Dannecker. J.W. Cook, sc. London: Richard Bentley, 1849. Engraving, 240 x 170mm. 9½ x 6¾". Stains inside platemark, but outside printed area. £70 Johann von Dannecker (1758-1841), sculptor. Ref: 8720 500. Miss Farren in the Character of 497. Fanny Essler. Hermione. Winter's Tale Act V. Alexandre Lacauchie, Lith de Rigo frères, Pass, Johann Zoffany Pinx.t. E.Fisher Sculp. Publish'd July Saulnier, 19. Publié par Marchant, 12, Boulol. St. 15th 1781, by Mess.rs Sayer & Bennett, Printsellers, Martin. No 53, Fleet Street & E.Fisher, No 11 Ludgate Street. Lithograph. 248 x 159mm. 9¾" x 6¼". Some spotting. Mezzotint. 605 x 405mm, 24 x 16". Trimmed to plate, £220 left and right margins built up. £290 Fanny Essler (1810-1884, Vienna), ballet dancer. Popular Irish actress (1759-1829) who married Edward Ref: 8500 Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, to become Countess of Derby. 498. I am, my dear Dr. Clarke yours most CS: 17, II of II. truly, James Everett [facsimile manuscript Ref: 9084 and signature.] Henry Anelay. W.H. Egleton. Printed by Mitchell, 501. Carlo Goldoni. Lovell's Court, Paternoster Row [n.d., c.1860]. Antionio Fedi disegno Rafaello Morghen inc. Stipple engraving, 290 x 230mm. 11½ x 9". Light Engraving, 265 x 190mm. Crease outside platemark. foxing. £95 £85 James Everett (1784 - 1872), miscellaneous writer.
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