Portraits
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Cuba 100 Anos De Fotografia
by J M Diaz, Mario Diaz Leyva and Paco Salinas - Editors; Texts By Miguel Castro Muniz and Jorge Oller Oller Burgos
Portraits Books & Ephemera
Robert Browning (1812-1889; poet), a portrait, by Herbert Rose Barraud (1845- 1895), vintage photograph, carbon print, seated half length.
by BROWNING, ROBERT (Sitter). BARRAUD, HERBERT ROSE (Photographer):
London: [ 1888 ]. Size of image 9 3/4 x 7 inches, laid down on the original mount, 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches overall. Barraud's name stamped on mount. From Barraud's series "Men and Women of the Day",
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NZ$319.42
Friedrich Max-Müller (1823-1900; Orientalist and philologist), a portrait, by Herbert Rose Barraud (1845- 1895), vintage photograph, carbon print, seated, head & shoulders.
by MAX-MULLER, FRIEDRICH (Sitter). BARRAUD, HERBERT ROSE (Photographer):
London: [ 1890 ]. Size of oval image 8 x 6 1/2 inches, laid down on the original mount, 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches overall. Barraud's name stamped on mount. From Barraud's series "Men and Women of the Day". Margins of mount browned.
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NZ$63.89
Mr Abraham Cowley
by After Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
1750. Copper-line engraving. 165mm by 95mm (sheet). Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) was an English poet. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, his first volume of verse, Poetical Blossoms, was published in 1633 when he was fifteen and included poems written from the age of ten. As a Royalist during the English civil wars he was deprived of his Cambridge fellowship in 1643. He joined King Charles I at Oxford before following Queen Henrietta Maria to France as her secretary. On the Restoration she granted...
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NZ$83.45
William Black (1841-1898; Journalist and novelist), a portrait, by Herbert Rose Barraud (1845- 1895), vintage photograph, carbon print, head & shoulders.
by BLACK, WILLIAM (Sitter). BARRAUD, HERBERT ROSE (Photographer):
London: [ 1890 ]. Size of image 9 3/4 x 7 inches, laid down on the original mount, 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches overall. Barraud's name stamped on mount. From Barraud's series "Men and Women of the Day". Edges of mount browned; image unaffected.
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NZ$53.24
"Habit of a Woman of Mexico in 1625"; "Habit of a Moor of Morocco in Winter in 1695" (x 2); A Kamtchadale in her full dress in 1768"; "Habit of a Roman in 44" from "A collection of the dresses of different nations Ancient and Modern"
by JEFFERYS, Thomas.:
London 1757. Published 1757 - 1772. Five original hand coloured engravings, each approx 10 x 8 inches. Some dust marking else good.
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NZ$63.89
A fine original antique engraved portrait of Baron Alexander Von Humnoldt, engraved on steel by D.J. Pound from a painting by C. Begas.
by HUMBOLDT, BARON ALEXANDER VON 91769-1859; Naturalist & Traveller):
[ London: John Tallis, The London Joint Stock Newspaper Co. circa 1859 ]. Size of the engraved image 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches, size overall 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. On good quality paper (not newspaper stock). Printed caption, identifying the subject below the image. Very good and with good margins; ideal for framing. From "The National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages" issued as a supplement to "The Illustrated News of the World" which was published 1858-1864. With the original...
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NZ$95.83
Henry Cromwell, From an Original Miniature by Cooper formerly in the Collection of Dr. Phillip Hayes of Oxford.
Edward Jeffery, London, November 1807. Oval engraved portrait, 3 1/2 inches high, the sheet overall 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. Very good.
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NZ$31.94
An amusing pencil sketch portrait on card with irregular edges, inscribed to the reverse "W. M. Thackerary from Memory",
by THACKERAY, W. M:
19th Century. 4 1/4 x 4 inches.
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NZ$31.94
John Tyndall (1820-1893; physicist) a portrait, half-length, seated, by Herbert Rose Barraud (1845- 1895), vintage photograph, carbon print.
by TYNDALL, JOHN (Sitter). BARRAUD, HERBERT ROSE (Photographer):
London: [ 1889 ]. Size of image 9 3/4 x 7 inches, laid down on the original mount, 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches overall. Barraud's name stamped on mount. From Barraud's series "Men and Women of the Day". Mount very lightly spotted; the photograph fine and unaffected.
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NZ$319.42
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834-1913; Banker, politician, scientist and writer), a portrait, by Herbert Rose Barraud (1845- 1895), vintage photograph, carbon print, three-quarter length, seated.
by LUBBOCK, SIR JOHN (Sitter). BARRAUD, HERBERT ROSE (Photographer):
London: [ 1889 ]. Size of image 9 3/4 x 7 inches, laid down on the original mount, 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches overall. Barraud's name stamped on mount. From Barraud's series "Men and Women of the Day". Some browning to mount; image unaffected.
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NZ$42.59
Vanity Fair Musicians - Signor Pietro Mascagni
by WH
1912. Chromolithograph. 400mm by 265mm (sheet). The Intermezzo'. Vanity Fair portrait of Signor Pietro Mascagni. (1863 -1945) was an Italian composer most noted for his operas. Accompanied by a p/c of the descriptive sheet.
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NZ$133.51
Charlotte Corday
by After Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887) after a likeness by J Champagne
1872. Steel engraving. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (1768 - 1793), known as Charlotte Corday, was a figure of the French Revolution. In 1793, she was executed under the guillotine for the assassination of Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat.Alonzo Chappel was an American artist who depicted many historical scenes and portraits.
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NZ$105.70
James Cook
by HB Hall's Sons (after Nathaniel Dance (1735-1811))
1886. Steel engraving. 250mm by 175mm (image) 355mm by 250mm (sheet). After the portrait by Nathaniel Dance which is in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Facsimile signature below the image. From ' The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia'. CONDITION : Very faint toning upper right corner of image and sheet.
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NZ$155.76
Albumen carte-de-visite portrait photograph by H. J. Whitlock, Birmingham.
by BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-1889; Statesman):
ca. 1870. 4 x 2 1/2 inches overall.
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NZ$31.94
Albumen carte-de-visite portrat photograph.
by JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831-1907; Violinist):
ca. 1870's. 4 x 2 1/2 inches; good.
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NZ$106.48
A fine original antique engraved portrait of George Augustus Sala, engraved on steel by D.J. Pound from a photograph by J. & C. Watkins, Parliament St.
by SALA, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (1828-1895; Journalist):
[ London: John Tallis, The London Joint Stock Newspaper Co. circa 1862 ]. Size of the engraved image 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches, size overall 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. On good quality paper (not newspaper stock). Printed caption, identifying the subject below the image. Some light foxing else very good and with good margins; ideal for framing. From "The National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages" issued as a supplement to "The Illustrated News of the World" which was published...
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NZ$53.24
Edith Scannell (b. 1852; portrait painter), a portrait, by Herbert Rose Barraud (1845- 1895), vintage photograph, carbon print, three-quarter length.
by SCANNELL, EDITH (Sitter). BARRAUD, HERBERT ROSE (Photographer):
London: [ 1890 ]. Size of image 9 3/4 x 7 inches, laid down on the original mount, 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches overall. Barraud's name stamped on mount. From Barraud's series "Men and Women of the Day". Mount foxed.
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NZ$53.24
"Habit of an East Indian"; An Ancient Habit of a Nobleman of Friesland"; "Pierre du Terrail Seigneur de Bayard"; "Habit of Caledonian";& "Apollo" from "A collection of the dresses of different nations Ancient and Modern"
by JEFFERYS, Thomas.:
London 1757-1772. Five original hand coloured engravings, each approx 10 x 8 inches. Good
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NZ$63.89
Albumen carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Manin, half length, facing the camera; photographer unidentified.
by MANIN, DANIELE (1804-1857; Italian Patriot and Statesman):
circa mid 1850's. Size overall 4 x 2 1/2 inches.
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NZ$117.12
Catherine Gladstone (1812-1900; wife of he Prime Minister W.E. Gladstone ), a portrait, by Herbert Rose Barraud (1845- 1895), vintage photograph, carbon print, three-quarter length.
by GLADSTONE, CATHERINE (Sitter). BARRAUD, HERBERT ROSE (Photographer):
London: [ 1888 ]. Size of image 9 3/4 x 7 inches, laid down on the original mount, 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches overall. Barraud's name stamped on mount. From Barraud's series "Men and Women of the Day". Some marking to mount.
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NZ$53.24
albumen carte-de-visite portrait, seated writing at a desk "Photographed from Life" by Mayall, Regent Street.
by ALBERT OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA, PRINCE (1819-1861), Prince Consort of Queen Victoria:
London: A. Marion & Son, [ May 1860 ]. 3 1/4 in. x 2 1/4 in. (84 mm x 58 mm) image size; mounted on the original backing card. A very good strong image.
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NZ$106.48
Eliza Lynn Linton (1822-1898; Writer), a portrait, by Herbert Rose Barraud (1845- 1895), vintage photograph, carbon print, three-quarter length.
by LYNTON, ELIZA LYNN (Sitter). BARRAUD, HERBERT ROSE (Photographer):
London: [ 1890 ]. Size of image 9 3/4 x 7 inches, laid down on the original mount, 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches overall. Barraud's name stamped on mount. From Barraud's series "Men and Women of the Day". Mount foxed; image unaffected.
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NZ$42.59
Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
by Zecchino after Jean Bosio (1767-1832)
1818. Stipple engraving. 220mm by 150mm (platemark). The French naturalist Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707- 1788). Buffon was keeper of the French botanical gardens and in 1752 published the first of 44 volumes of his Natural History. This was the first modern work to attempt to examine all of nature and in it Buffon proposed evolutionary ideas. He noted that some creatures had parts that were useless to them and wrongly deduced that parts, and maybe whole animals, might degenerate. He also...
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NZ$267.02
