Selection of Antique Prints
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To George Watson Taylor, Esq., M.P., This Plate of THE WRECKERS OFF FORT ROUGE, Calais in the distance. Is by permission dedicated by the obliged and obedient humble servants, Clarkson Stanfield and J. P. Quilley.
London, Published Feby. 1, 1833, by Ackermann & Co., 96 Strand.
A wonderful mezzotint engraved by J. P. Quilley after a painting by Clarkson Stanfield. Shows a wreck in the distance with wreckers in boats with their booty in very high seas.
Image size 580 x 670mm.
£ 350

London:
THE HORSE-GUARDS
Copper engraving by Edward Rooker, after Michael Angelo Rooker, published by Edward Rooker, 1768.
The view shows the massive Tudor gateway of Whitehall Palace, looking at the elevation of Horse Guards that fronts onto Whitehall. The two mounted Horse Guards are on sentry duty. In the foreground are a number of people, three members of a family selling brushed and baskets, a coachman, two women and a young girl entering the building, and a blind beggar leaning against the gate. Several bills have been stuck onto the wall, mainly illegible, but one begins For the Benefit of Mr Rooker.
The print is one of a set of six. Edward Rooker published the prints and engraved five of them. M.A. Rooker was his son. Other artists of the series were Paul & Thomas Sandby.
Fine impression, trimmed close to the plate mark on all sides.
Plate size: 415 x 555mm
£500

J.C. Bourne. London to Birmingham Railway.

These three prints are among the best examples of railway construction in progress.


Plate 3. Hampstead Road Bridge, Sept 5th 1836. J.C. Bourne del et lith. London, Published Septr 1st 1838 by J.C. Bourne 19 Lambs Conduit St. & Ackermann & Co. Strand.
Image size: 26 x 41cm.
£ 300
Plate 4. Building retaining wall &c near Park Street, Camden Town, Sept 17th 1836. Titled & signed within the image, bottom right; signed J.C. Bourne del & lith, bottom left. Publisher's imprint, outside image: London Published Decr 1838 by the Proprietor J.C. Bourne, 19 Lambs Conduit St. & Ackermann & Co Strand. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
The image is in good condition. There is a repair to the bottom margin, not affecting the printed surface, and the margins are a little stained.
Image size: 28 x 42cm.
£ 300

Plate 6. Building the Stationary Engine House, Camden Town, April 28th 1837. Titled inside the image. In very small letters on the left side, almost hidden by the detail of the print is J.C. Bourne del et lith. The imprint is beneath the image: London, Published 1839 by the Proprietor J.C. Bourne, 19, Conduit St and Ackermann & Co. Strand. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Good example. Slight mark in the sky.
Image size: 29 x 43cm.
£ 300
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JOSEPH VERNET.
Engraving by Jacques Aliamet after Joseph Vernet. Published in Paris in 1760.
In matching hogarth frames.

Jacques Aliamet was born at Abbeville in 1728, and died at Paris in 1788. Most of his work was line engraving, as these listed above, and he was chiefly interested in seascapes in which he excelled.

Joseph Vernet was a member of a large family of painters. He and his son, Carl, both had a number of prints made from their paintings. Joseph was born in Avignon in 1714. His father, Antoine, gave him early lessons in art before he was sent to Aix, where he worked with a number of well-known artists. From there he went to Rome when he was still only seventeen, and the stormy seas of that voyage made a lasting impression on him, shaping his career. In 1745 he married the daughter of the Pope's naval commandant. He returned to Paris in 1753 and was admitted to the Academy. Louis XV commission him to paint twenty pictures of sea-ports but he completed sixteen of them.
Engravings of classical Italianate scene.
Pair, no 1. & no. 2 VUE DU LEVANT.
A river scene and a harbour scene.
Both dedicated to Dominici Francisco Felic Simoni de Villelle, with his armorial beneath the image.
Plate size 35 x 45cm.
The pair £750
Les Italiennes Labourieuses.
Dedicated to Clemenci Charleci Francoisece de L'Averdy, Controlleur General deci Finance.
The labourers are washer women, some of them washing clothes in the river, others hanging the laundry out to dry.
Some slight rubbing in the sky, otherwise fine condition.
Plate size 35 x 45cm.
£300
Embarquement de la Jeune Greque.
Anonymous engraving
This is without credit to the publisher, but matches the prints listed above in all other aspects. It was almost certainly engraved by Aliamet.
Plate size 35 x 45cm.
£300
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MAUND’S ‘BOTANICAL GARDEN’

Engravings by S. Watts after E. D. Smith, four to a page.
Published 1826-31.
Brilliant original colour
Each measures 16.5 x 12.5cms. to borders.
£30 each
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WALLICH, Nathaniel.
Begonia pedunculosa (plate 97).
Rare lithograph in very fine original colour by M. Gauci, after Vishnupersaud. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
From Wallich’s ‘Plantae Asiaticae Rariores’ published between 1829 and 1832. Image size including text 420 x 290mm.
Blunt considered Vishnupersaud ‘the most talented of the native Indian artists’
£500
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THEODORE LANE

Theodore Lane was born in 1800 at Isleworth, Middlesex, originally studying engraving and then portrait painting. He exhibited at the Royal Academy at the age of 16. He then turned to humorous subjects, which were his forte, and he became well known for his caricatures to of George IV and Queen Caroline. He died in 1828 when he fell through a skylight.

A Fry;
A Roast
A Broil
A Stew.

London Published by G. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street Jan. 30th 1822.
A set of four etched caricatures in very fine original colour. Each title euphemistically shows people under comic duress.
‘A Roast’ has been trimmed to edge of image, with a short repaired tear in left hand margin. ‘A Stew’ is creased in upper right margin.
Otherwise in good condition. Image size of each 283 x 208mm.

The set of four £850
 
T. SUTHERLAND AFTER J.F. HERRING. Theodore, winner of the St. Leger in 1822.
Published by S. and J. Fuller, c.1830. 
Aquatint partly printed in colours, with hand finishing. Measures to platemark 383 x 520mm.
Good condition, minor spotting. 
£850 

VERNET, Carle. Retour de la Chasse a la Becassine apres l'Orange .
Aquatint by Pierre Charles Colquet.  Published by Rolland, Paris, c. 1800.

Trimmed to plate mark. Image measures 44.5 x 55.5 cms. Printer's ink stain in right margin.

£350

Robert Adam. Design of a Sedan Chair as executed for her Majesty.
Copper engraving by P.Begbie after a design by Robert Adam,  published, in London in1775. 445 x 590mm. 
Robert Adam, the formost architect of the period, designed this sedan chair for Queen Charlotte, with classical decoration including Græcian sphinxes. He chose to include the design in his Works in Architecture, a collection of elevations and views of his most famouse works, including Syon House in Middlesex. 
This must surely  be the largest engraving of a sedan chair.
£750 
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