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London: circa 1842. A suite of 10 handcolored lithographs mounted on card, as issued. Average sheet size 50 x 37 or 38cm. Matted. One of the lithographs is missing most of the lower blank margin and one is missing the left side of the sky...The lithographs are not numbered or titled, except for Abbey 509(1), the title page.According to Abbey, Travel, II no. 509 there were 14 prints and they were tinted and not handcolored ...After forcing the Bolan Pass and capturing Kandahar without a fight, Sir John Keane's Army of the Indus advanced on the formidable Ghazni fortress. Protected by thick, 60-feet high walls it presented a major problem for the British who lacked heavy artillery. They were only able to capture it because Mohan Lal, a Kashmiri interpreter, spy and assistant to the political officer Captain Sir Alexander Burnes, managed to discover that one of the gates was poorly defended....Wingate was in India from March 1835 to January 1842. His sketch of the fortress of Ghuznee, which… Read More

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830.. Original lithograph. 11.5 x 14.5 inches. Very Good. Spots of light foxing. Inserted into light matting. Published 26 February, 1830.Sitters: John Bull (active 1712-present), Fictitious epitomist of Englishness and British imperialism. George Robert Dawson (1790-1856), Financial secretary to the Treasury and Conservative politician; MP for Londonderry. Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), Conservative politician; MP for Cambridge University. Joseph Planta (1787-1847), Diplomatist and politician. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister.John Doyle (Dublin 1797 – 2 January 1868 London), known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.In his youth he learned to paint landscapes under Gaspare Gabrielli, and miniature portraits at the Royal Dublin Society's drawing school under John Comerfield. He won a gold medal in 1805. He was commissioned to paint equestrian portraits of the… Read More

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830.. Original lithograph. 13.5 x 11 inches. Very Good. Minor toning along edges, not affecting image. Inserted into light matting.Sitters: George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Prime Minister. John Bull (active 1712-present), Fictitious epitomist of Englishness and British imperialism. King George IV (1762-1830), Regent 1811-19; Reigned 1820-30. Dom Miguel I (1802-1866), King of Portugal, 1828-1834. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister.John Doyle (Dublin 1797 – 2 January 1868 London), known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.In his youth he learned to paint landscapes under Gaspare Gabrielli, and miniature portraits at the Royal Dublin Society's drawing school under John Comerfield. He won a gold medal in 1805. He was commissioned to paint equestrian portraits of the Marquess of Sligo and Lord Talbot, the Irish viceroy, and in 1822 he produced… Read More

London: C. Turner, 1835.. Mezzotint by C. Turner after John Saunders of Admiral Sir Richard King (1774-1834), Vice Admiral of the Red, and Commander of the Nore. Image size: 38 x 35 cm. Sheet size: 38 x 53 cm. Water stains in bottom right corner. Small tear at top.

London, early 19th cent.. Mezzo engraving by Charles Turner. Mounted to board frame. 43 x 55 cm. In good condition.

London: John Lucas, 1863.. Mezzotint of Admiral, Sir George Francis Seymour (1787-1870), Admiral of the Fleet. 46 x 55 cm. Water stains at bottom. Browning and spots in places, tears at edges.

London: Thomas MacLean, 1829.. Original lithograph. 10.5 x 13 inches. Very Good. Inserted into light matting.Sitters: John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), Lord Chancellor and politician; son of the painter John Singleton Copley. Sarah Garay Copley (née Brunsden), Lady Lyndhurst (1795-1834), First wife of John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst. Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden (1762-1832), Lord Chief Justice.John Doyle (Dublin 1797 – 2 January 1868 London), known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.In his youth he learned to paint landscapes under Gaspare Gabrielli, and miniature portraits at the Royal Dublin Society's drawing school under John Comerfield. He won a gold medal in 1805. He was commissioned to paint equestrian portraits of the Marquess of Sligo and Lord Talbot, the Irish viceroy, and in 1822 he produced six prints entitled The Life of a Racehorse. That year he moved to London with his wife, Marianna Conan.… Read More

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830.. Original lithograph. 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Light foxing on top and bottom edges. Inserted into light matting. Published 29 May, 1830.Sitters: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), Lord Chancellor. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (1771-1851), Son of George III.John Doyle (Dublin 1797 – 2 January 1868 London), known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.In his youth he learned to paint landscapes under Gaspare Gabrielli, and miniature portraits at the Royal Dublin Society's drawing school under John Comerfield. He won a gold medal in 1805. He was commissioned to paint equestrian portraits of the Marquess of Sligo and Lord Talbot, the Irish viceroy, and in 1822 he produced six prints entitled The Life of a Racehorse. That year he moved to London with his wife, Marianna Conan. His painting Turning out the Stag brought him recognition when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy… Read More

London, 17th cent.. Engraved portrait. 310 mm x 210 mm. Sheet size: 440 x 285 mm.

[London]: [19th Century British Publisher], [1700s?].. Original engraving on paper. Very Good+. 7.5 x 5 inches. Scarce.Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931.

London: R. Bowyer, 1794.. Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Poet. James Stow (circa 1770-in or after 1823), Engraver. Engraved portrait. 310 mm x 210 mm. Sheet size 336 mm x 480 mm. Light foxing throughout.

London: [18th Century British Publisher], [1700s?].. Original engraving on paper. Very Good+. 7 x 4.5 inches.The theologian Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805) graduated from Edinburgh University in 1743 and was a member of the College Company of volunteers formed to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite Army in 1745. His posthumously published Autobiography is an invaluable record of Edinburgh life during the Enlightenment.

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830.. Original lithograph. 10.5 x 15 inches. Very Good. Light spots of foxing. Inserted into light matting. Published 3 August, 1830.John Doyle (Dublin 1797 – 2 January 1868 London), known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.In his youth he learned to paint landscapes under Gaspare Gabrielli, and miniature portraits at the Royal Dublin Society's drawing school under John Comerfield. He won a gold medal in 1805. He was commissioned to paint equestrian portraits of the Marquess of Sligo and Lord Talbot, the Irish viceroy, and in 1822 he produced six prints entitled The Life of a Racehorse. That year he moved to London with his wife, Marianna Conan. His painting Turning out the Stag brought him recognition when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1825.Doyle continued to exhibit miniatures until 1835, but by then he was experiencing greater success with his political cartoons, printed using the new reproductive… Read More

London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1811.. Original engraving on paper. Very Good. 4.5 x 7 inches. Wrinkling and chips to left edge, not affecting image. Light foxing.Anne De Lenclos (1620-1705). French Courtesan.

London, mid 18th cent.. Sitter: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683), Statesman. Engraver: Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780).Artist: Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), Portrait painter. Engraved portrait. 253 mm x 410 mm.

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830.. Original lithograph. 15.5 x 11.5 inches. Very Good. Light signs of foxing. Inserted into light matting. Published 27 July, 1830.Sitters: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. John Doyle (Dublin 1797 – 2 January 1868 London), known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.In his youth he learned to paint landscapes under Gaspare Gabrielli, and miniature portraits at the Royal Dublin Society's drawing school under John Comerfield. He won a gold medal in 1805. He was commissioned to paint equestrian portraits of the Marquess of Sligo and Lord Talbot, the Irish viceroy, and in 1822 he produced six prints entitled The Life of a Racehorse. That year he moved to London with his wife, Marianna Conan. His painting Turning out the Stag brought him recognition when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1825.Doyle continued to exhibit miniatures until 1835, but by then he… Read More

London: Thomas MacLean, 1829.. Original lithograph. 13 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Inserted into light matting.Sitters: Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762-1834), Statesman. George Canning (1770-1827), Prime Minister. Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871), Politician, President of the Board of Control and Governor-General of India. John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), Lord Chancellor and politician; son of the painter John Singleton Copley. Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851), Statesman. Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt (1788-1850), Prime Minister. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. John Doyle (Dublin 1797 – 2 January 1868 London), known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.In his youth he learned to paint landscapes under Gaspare Gabrielli, and miniature portraits at the Royal Dublin Society's drawing school under John Comerfield. He won a gold medal… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1899.. Color lithograph. As published in Twelve Portraits. 10 x 9.125 inches to edge of border. Campbell, 70B.

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830.. Original lithograph. 12.5 x 10 inches. Very Good. Wrinkle in bottom edge. Inserted into light matting. Published 12 December, 1830.Sitters: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. John Doyle (Dublin 1797 – 2 January 1868 London), known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.In his youth he learned to paint landscapes under Gaspare Gabrielli, and miniature portraits at the Royal Dublin Society's drawing school under John Comerfield. He won a gold medal in 1805. He was commissioned to paint equestrian portraits of the Marquess of Sligo and Lord Talbot, the Irish viceroy, and in 1822 he produced six prints entitled The Life of a Racehorse. That year he moved to London with his wife, Marianna Conan. His painting Turning out the Stag brought him recognition when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1825.Doyle continued to exhibit miniatures until 1835, but by then… Read More

London: Taylor & Francis for Henry Sotheran & Co., London: 1891-98. Original handcolored lithograph on rag paper. 562 x 391mm. Very good. Matted. Rectangular line around image offset from a previous mat. Claus Nissen, Die Illustrierten Vogel-Buecher, no. 865; Sachervell Sitwell, Fine Bird Books, 1700-1900, Atlantic Monthly Press, p. 142..This plate comes from Monograph of the Paradiseidae, produced by two protégés and longtime associates of the ornithological artist and entrepreneur John Gould (1804-1881), as a continuation of his splendid Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands (1875-88). William Matthew Hart drew most of the plates for Paradiseidae and lithographed all of them, while Richard Bowdler Sharpe found subscribers to underwrite the publication and wrote the text. Hart had begun working for Gould as a colorist on Gould’s famous monograph on hummingbirds in 1851, and went on to become “the most accomplished, if not the best, of Gould’s lithographic artists”… Read More