Item 1235Kanguro Lanuto
C1837. Copper-line engraving. C1837. 220mm by 135mm (platemark). Italian engraving from 'Enciclopedia Italiana Illustrata'. Faint handling creases below image and title area, exaggerated in the scan."
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Item 2847Pacific Portraits
C1820. Copper-line engraving. C1820. (sheet). Five portraits on one sheet - ‘A Man of the Sandwich Islands', 'A Woman of the Sandwich Islands', 'A Man of Mangea, Omai or Omia a Native of Ulietea’ and ‘Capt James Cook FRS Killed on the Island of Owhyhee 14th Feb 1779'. ‘Engraved for.....
Item 2015Admiral Byng
C1750. Copper-line engraving. C1750. 125mm by 100mm (platemark). The Hon.ble John Byng Esq. Admiral of the Blue, ' Admiral John Byng (1704 - 1757) was appointed Commodore-Governor of the British colony of Newfoundland in 1742. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1745, and to Vice-Admiral in 1747.He is best known.....
Item 1242Hunter's Wombat, Stubb's Kangaroo and others
C1815. Copper-line engraving. C1815. 260mm by 210mm (sheet). Depicts : Petaurine Opossum - Fenner Wombat - Common Opossum - Kanguroo - Squirrel- Jackal - Wolf.'Engraved for the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia by J Moffat, Edin'.The Edinburgh Encyclop_dia was an encyclopaedia in 18 volumes, printed and published by William Blackwood and edited by.....
Item 1404Sir JE Smith
1828. Copper-line engraving. 1828. 180mm by 135mm (platemark). Engraving from 'The Gentleman's Magazine'. Sir James Edward Smith (1759 - 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society.'He trained in medicine and botany; lecturer in botany at Guy's Hospital, London, 1788-1796. Purchased Linnaeus' collections in 1784. Founded the.....
Item 1221Abitatori della Terra di Diemen
C1830. Aquatint with hand-colouring. C1830. 135mm by 220mm (sheet). An Italian composite of three of Petit's engravings from Peron and Freycinet's account of Baudin's voyage in Voyage de couvertes aux Terres Australis: atlas. 1. [Nouvelle-Hollande. Cour-Ron-Bari-Gal] -- 2. [Terre de Diemen. Bara-Ourou] -- 3. [Terre de Diemen. Grou-Agara]Light waterstain to.....
Item 1226Abitazione
C1830. Engraving with hand-colouring. C1830. 135mm by 220mm (sheet). From Giulio Ferrario's "Il costume antico e moderno, o, storia del governo, della milizia, della religione, delle arti, scienze ed usanze di tutti i popoli antichi e moderni", vol. VIII (Asia), edited by Vincenzo Batelli, Florence. A couple of light waterstains."
Item 1224Capanne
C1830. Engraving with hand-colouring. C1830. 135mm by 220mm (sheet). An Italian version with elements from an engraving after Leseur titled 'Nouvelle Hollande: Terre d'Endracht Cabanes des Naturels de la Presque Ile Peron' and published in Peron and Freycinet's account of Baudin's voyage in Voyage de couvertes aux Terres Australis: atlas.....
Item 1225Navigazione
C1830. Engraving with hand-colouring. C1830. 135mm by 220mm (sheet). From Giulio Ferrario's "Il costume antico e moderno, o, storia del governo, della milizia, della religione, delle arti, scienze ed usanze di tutti i popoli antichi e moderni", vol. VIII (Asia), edited by Vincenzo Batelli, Florence. A couple of light waterstains."
Item 698John Radcliff Doctor of Physick
C1720. Copper-line engraving. C1720. 185mm by 110mm. Dr John Radcliffe (c. 1652 - 1714) BA MA MP was an English physician, academic and politician. A number of landmark buildings in Oxford, including the Radcliffe Camera (in Radcliffe Square), the Radcliffe Infirmary, and the Radcliffe Observatory were named after him. Laid.....
Item 591Chart of the Coast between Botany Bay and Broken Bay Surveyed in 1788 and 89 by Captain John Hunter
1792. Copper-line engraving. 1792. 420mm by 750mm (map) 590mm by 920mm (frame). Map of area between Solander Point Botany Bay and the North Arm, Broken Bay. Relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings. Tooley 742.Some overall toning. Some repairs along splits in folds.Framed with acid free mount in simple black.....
Item 1217Franc. Levaillant
C1818. Aquatint. C1818. 180mm by 122mm (platemark). Aquatint engraving published in Zurich. Francois Levaillant (1753 - 1824) was a French author, explorer, naturalist, zoological collector, and noted ornithologist. He described many new species of birds based on collection he made in Africa and several birds are named after him. He.....
Item 1303Cornelis Le Brun
1694. Copper-line engraving. 1694. 195mm by 135mm (platemark). Cornelis Le Brun (de Bruin or Bruyn) (1652 - 1726 or 1727) was a Dutch painter and author of two accounts of his travels in Persia and other eastern lands. A specimen of the Macropus brunii or Filander, which is a native.....
Item 1218John Adams and Interieur de Pitcairn
1835. Steel-engraving. 1835. 275mm by 185mm (sheet). John Adams, known as Jack Adams (1767 - 1829) was the last survivor of the Bounty mutineers who settled on Pitcairn Island in January 1790, the year after the mutiny. His real name was John Adams, but he used the name Alexander Smith.....
Item 2007Richard Wilson Esq
1790. Copper-line engraving. 1790. 185mm by 125mm (platemark). Richard Wilson was a Welsh landscape painter and one of the founder members in 1768 of the Royal Academy.
Item 667John Hunter Esq
1793. Copper-line engraving. 1793. 160mm by 110mm (platemark). Engraving from the 'European Magazine'. John Hunter FRS (1728 - 1793) was a Scottish surgeon regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific method in medicine. The.....
Item 2001Captain Marryat RN
C1850. Stipple engraving. C1850. 185mm by 130mm (platemark). Captain Frederick Marryat (1792 - 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman.....
Item 2592Whitton Place, the Seat of Sir Wm Chambers
1790. Copper-line engraving. 1790. 115mm by 180mm (platemark). Depicts the house of the famous architect William Chambers, who purchased the house and then remodelled. The house is in Middlesex. From 'The Universal Magazine', 1790. Accompanied by original text description.Light diagonal crease."
Item 1436Joseph Banks
C1805. Stipple and aquatint engraving. C1805. 180mm by 115mm (platemark). 'Joseph Banks Bart., Praesident der Konigt Societaet der Wissenschaften zu London'. Banks is depicted holding a map of Africa, he was a founding member of the African Association, founded in 1788. CONDITION : There is a little foxing on the.....
Item 657Dr Fothergill
1781. Copper-line engraving. 1781. 180mm by 110mm (platemark). John Fothergill FRS (1712 - 1780) was an English physician, plant collector, philanthropist and Quaker. He is credited with first identifying and naming trigeminal neuralgia in his work Of a painful affection of the face in 1765. John Fothergill made a study.....
Item 340Grand Cricket Match
1793. Copper-line engraving. 1793. 120mm by 155mm (platemark). 'Grand Cricket Match, played in Lord's Ground Mary-le-bone, on June 20th and following day between the Earl's of Winchelsea and darnley for 1000 Guineas.' Published July 1st 1793 by J Wheble, Warwick Square, London.The match, played between Lord Winchelsea's MCC team with.....
Item 997Instruments used by the Natives of New Caledonia
C1810. Copper-line engraving. C1810. 150mm by 195mm (image). The following are depicted : An Instrument used in taking out the intestines of EnemiesA MaskA Kind of Basket in which are carried stones for their slingsA Hand BasketWar CapWeapons - Spear, Club, Comb, Adze, Nbouet (Instrument for dissecting their enemies, ClubA.....
Item 1429Jules de Blosseville
C1840. Steel-engraving. C1840. 150mm by 110mm (india-laid paper). India-laid. Jules Poret de Blosseville (1802-1833) was a French navigator, explorer and geographer. He spent nearly a month in New South Wales in January 1824, using his ability in English and his training in astronomy to work with Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane.....
Item 1168Homme du Cap de Diemen & Finau, Chief des Guerriers de Tongatabou
1817. Copper-line engraving. 1817. 305mm by 450mm (platemark). From Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardiere's (1755-1834) 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse', published in Paris, 1817 edition. "
Item 2009Admiral Hamelin
C1850. Steel-engraving. C1850. 270mm by 180mm (sheet). Portrait of Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin (1796 - 1864). "