Portraits
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Marilyn
by Norman Mailer
In 1973, Norman Mailer published Marilyn , his celebrated in-depth account of the life of Marilyn Monroe, as a glossy, fully illustrated coffee-table tome. His work was immediately acclaimed - and an enduring bestseller, rumoured to have sold more copies than any of his other works except The Naked and the Dead .
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Portraits Books & Ephemera
Mr Macready as Othello
by After Tracey
1855. Steel engraving. 270mm by 200mm (sheet). Mr Macready as Othello'
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SGD 57.62
Vanity Fair Musicians - Corney Grain
by Spy (Sir Leslie Ward) (1851-1922)
1885. Chromolithograph. 400mm by 265mm (sheet). Vanity Fair portrait of Corney Grain (1844-1895) playing the piano. Corney Grain was a British barrister turned actor, entertainer, and musical sketch writer. Faint mark in top margin outside the image area.
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SGD 84.22
Vanity Fair Musicians - Lord Gerald Fitzgerald
by Spy (Sir Leslie Ward) (1851-1922)
1883. Chromolithograph. 395mm by 265mm (sheet). a Wandering Minstrel'. Vanity Fair portrait of Lord Gerald Fitzgerald who was principal cello of the Wandering Minstrels who were an orchestra of aristocrats who gave the first ever concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1871.
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SGD 132.98
Michael Angelo Buonaroti (Michaelangelo)
by R Woodman after V Campi
1850. Steel-engraving. 120mm by 100mm (image) 270mm by 175mm (sheet). Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 - 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance. Some very light foxing in the margins.
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SGD 75.35
Hubert Robert
by Paul Jourdy (1805-1856) after Elisabeth Louise Le Brun (1755-1842)
1849. Lithograph. 325mm by 210mm (image) 490mm by 320mm (sheet). 'Robert, Peintre de Ruine.' The toning area appears original - i have seen other copies with exactly the same effect. Hubert Robert (1733-1808) was a French painter noted for his landscape paintings and capriccio of ruins in Italy and France. CONDITION : Toned area slightly uneven. Scattered foxing at the edges of the sheet. A couple of small faint creases.
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SGD 310.28
PORTRAIT Victor-Marie Hugo. (1802 Besançon - 1885 Paris, französischer Schriftsteller). Schulterstück im Dreiviertelprofil. Stahlstich.
by Hugo, Victor. -
[Ca 1845]. . Miniatur-Porträt. - Victor Hugo schrieb zahllose Gedichte sowie Romane u. Dramen u. betätigte sich als literarischer, aber auch politischer Publizist. Vielen Franzosen gilt er als ihr größter Autor überhaupt. Sein vielfältiges Schaffen kann teils der Romantik, teils dem Realismus zugeordnet werden. - Leicht gebräunt
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SGD 26.42
Benjamin West
by William Daniell RA (1769-1837) after George Dance the Younger (1741-1825)
1809. Soft ground etching. 270mm by 200mm (platemark). Benjamin West PRA (1738 - 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence and the Seven Years' War. He was the second president of the Royal Academy in London, serving from 1792 to 1805 and 1806 to 1820. Dance was an architect, draughtsman and founder member of the Royal Academy. This portrait comes from a series of chalk portraits that he did of his friends, 72 of which were...
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SGD 248.22
Mungo Park
by William Ridley after H Ederidge
1799. Stipple engraving. 160mm by 110mm (platemark). Mungo Park (1771-1806) was a Scottish explorer of the African continent. He was the first Westerner known to have travelled to the central portion of the Niger River. From the 'European Magazine'.A few small spots within the platemark.
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SGD 84.22
PORTRAIT Jean-Jacques Rousseau. (1712 Genf - 1778 Ermenonville bei Paris. Schweizer Schriftsteller). Schulterstück im Dreiviertelprofil. Stahlstich.
by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
[ca. 1845]. . Miniatur-Porträt. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau,Schweizer Schriftsteller, Philosoph, Pädagoge, Naturforscher u. Komponist der Aufklärung u. ein Wegbereiter der Französischen Revolution. - Mäßig gebräunt
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SGD 22.02
Henry Hawley Smart (1833-1893; Novelist), a portrait, by Herbert Rose Barraud (1845- 1895), vintage photograph, carbon print, half length.
by SMART, HENRY HAWLEY (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".
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SGD 51.57
PORTRAIT Wilhelm Joseph Behr. (1775 Sulzheim - 1851 Bamberg, Staatsrechtler, Politiker).Brustbild im Dreiviertelprofil. Stahlstich, tls. in Punktiermanier.
by Behr, Wilhelm Joseph. -
Wilhelm Joseph Behr war 1821-1832 erster Bürgermeister von Würzburg, trat für Konstitutilismus ein, wurde wegen "demagogischer Umtriebe" entlassen u. zu Festungshaft verurteilt; 1848 rehabilitiert; er war Alterspräsident der Frankfurter Nationalversammlung. - Weißer Rand stockfleckig
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SGD 36.70
Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph
by Arbus Diane
Millerton, N.Y, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. First Printing. 15 pages. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket in near fine condition showing only slight scuffing and dings. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. 1st printing. No indication of later printing and contains the photograph "Two girls in identical raincoats, Central Park, N.Y.C. 1969" removed in subsequent printings. $15.00 flap price (unclipped).Jacket shows slight toning...
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SGD 758.89
John Spooner Caricatures, Drawings and Prints
by Spooner, John (Foreword by Michael Leunig)
Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia. 1981. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. 128 pages. A collection of Spooner's best caricatures, drawings and prints. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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SGD 22.16
Buffon
by Robert Hart after Francois-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775)
1850. Steel-engraving. 120mm by 95mm (imaage) 265mm by 175mm (sheet). George Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author. Buffon held the position of Director at the Jardin du Roi, now called the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. He is famous for his 'Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere' (1749-1788). A couple of light foxing spots outside image.
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SGD 106.38
Vanity Fair Musicians - Sir Alexander Mackenzie
by Spy (Sir Leslie Ward) (1851-1922)
1904. Chromolithograph. 395mm by 265mm (sheet). R.A.M'. Vanity Fair portrait of Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847 - 1935) who was a Scottish composer, conductor and teacher best known for his oratorios, violin and piano pieces, Scottish folk music and works for the stage.
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SGD 106.38
Sir Richard Whittington and his Cat
by Anon
1805. Copper-line engraving. 115mm by 90mm (platemark) 170mm by 120mm 9sheet). 'Portraits of Sir Richard Whittington and his Cat from an Original Painting at Mercer's Hall'. Engraving from 'The New Wonderful Museum, and Extraordinary Magazine (1805)''. Sir Richard Whittington (c. 1354-1423) was a medieval merchant and politician, and the real-life inspiration for the pantomime character Dick Whittington. Sir Richard Whittington was four times Lord Mayor of London, a Member of Parliament and a sheriff of...
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SGD 66.49
M Le Chevalier De Lamarck
by Hopwood after David
1805. Stipple and copper-line engraving. 455mm by 305mm (platemark). M Le Chevalier De Lamarck - Professor of Botany of the National Institute'. The engraving below the portrait is titled 'The Pantheon at Paris'. Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck (1744-1829), often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist. He was a soldier, biologist, academic, and an early proponent of the idea that evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws.Some faults - small...
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SGD 212.76
Vanity Fair Musicians - Mark Hambourg
by Spy (Sir Leslie Ward) (1851-1922)
1908. Chromolithograph. 395mm by 265mm (sheet). Impromptu'. Vanity Fair portrait of Mark Hambourg (1879-1960) who was a distinguished Russian-British concert pianist, among the most famous of his age.
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SGD 106.38
Histories of the Tete a Tete annexed..
by Anon
1775. Copper-line engraving. 130mm by 210mm (sheet). No.IV. Mrs T-s No.V. The Father of the City'. Two bust portraits in oval frames from 'Histories of te Tete a Tete annexed...'. The male portrait is probably William Beckford (1709-1770), Lord Mayor of London, who was known as 'The Father of the City'. Plate to 'Town and Country Magazine'.1 hole lower right.
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SGD 53.19
Algernon Percy Earl of Northumberland
by J Cochran after Anthony Van Dyke (1599-1641)
1840. Steel engraving. 275mm by 170mm (platemark). Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, KG (1602-1668) was an English military leader and a prominent supporter of the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.
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SGD 44.32
PORTRAIT Ludwig van Beethoven. (1770 Bonn - 1827 Wien, Komponist). Brustbild im Dreiviertelprofil. Holzstich.
by Beethoven, Ludwig van
[Ca. 1860]. . Miniatur-Porträt. - Nach dem Stich des Nürnberger Malers u. Stahlstechers Carl Mayer (1798-1868). - Verso bedruckt
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SGD 22.02
