Search Results: Authors starting with E from Sebra Prints

1833. Mezzotint. 570mm by 445mm (frame). Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, GCB, PC was a British Army officer and politician. After serving in the Peninsula War and the Waterloo Campaign he became Secretary at War in Wellington's ministry. After a tour as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1830 he became Secretary at War again in Sir Robert Peel's cabinet. He went on to be Governor-general of India at the time of the First Anglo-Sikh War and then Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during the Crimean War. Framed in an antique black and gilt frame with old glass. Remounted at a later stage. Some overall toning, one faint mark in background.

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.

1829. Wood-engraving with original hand-colouring. 425mm by 335mm (sheet). 'The Discovery, Convict Ship (Lying at Deptford), The Vessell, which accompanied Capt. Cook, on his last voyage.' Cooke was an English landscape and marine painter. In 1829 he produced a series of etchings on copper of ships, boats, yachts and barges of the early 1800s.

1807. Copper-line engraving. 270mm by 210mm (sheet). Early 19th century engraving from Ree's Cyclopaedia. Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819), was a natural history illustrator. He produced watercolours for engraving for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, New Botanic Garden 1805-7, New Flora Britannica 1812, and The Botanical Register 1815-19. He also provided drawings for encyclopaedias such as Pantologia and Rees's Cyclopaedia.

1807. Copper-line engraving. 270mm by 210mm (sheet). Early 19th century engraving from Ree's Cyclopaedia. Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819), was a natural history illustrator. He produced watercolours for engraving for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, New Botanic Garden 1805-7, New Flora Britannica 1812, and The Botanical Register 1815-19. He also provided drawings for encyclopaedias such as Pantologia and Rees's Cyclopaedia.

1808. Stipple engraving. 165mm by 110mm (platemark). Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC (1729 - 1808), known as Lord Hawkesbury between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman. Portrait engraving from 'The European Magazine'.Faint indentation in image. Faint foxing outside platemark.

1910. Chromolithograph. Vanity Fair medical portrait of Sir John Bland-Sutton FRCS (1855-1936). He was a surgeon at Middlesex Hospital, London, and devoted himself especially to pelvic operations upon women. In 1886 he became assistant surgeon to the hospital for women. At the Royal College of Surgeons he won the Jacksonian prize in 1892 with his essay on diseases of the ovaries and the uterine appendages, their pathology, diagnosis and treatment. Short tear at the bottom of the sheet.

1910. Hentschel-Colourtype. 400mm by 265mm (sheet). Anti-Vivisection'. Stephen William Buchanan Coleridge (1854-1936) was an English author, barrister, opponent of vivisection, and co-founder of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

1909. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair medical portrait of HA Barker, who was recognized for his 'admirable methods of dealing with injured and deformed joints'. Accompanied by original descriptive text.

1835. Steel engraving. 170mm by 245mm (platemark). From 'Views in India, China, and the Shores of the Red Sea; Drawn by Prout, Stanfield, Cattermole, Purser, Cox, Austen, &c. From Original Sketches by Commander Robert Elliott, R.N.' Some foxing, mainly outside the image area.

1840. Steel-engraving. 120mm by 95mm (image) 265mm by 170mm (sheet). Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), known by his stage name Moli_re, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Some faint foxing in the margins.

1710. Copper-line engraving. 165mm by 103mm. Sir Charles Scarburgh (1616-1694) was an original Fellow of the Royal Society, Physician to Charles II, James I and William III. Michael van der Gucht was a pupil of Philip Bouttats and was admitted to the Antwerp Guild of St Luke in 1673. By 1688, he had moved to England. Van der Gucht was employed chiefly to engrave portraits, book illustrations and architectural prints. Thin margins. Some faint off-setting in title area.

1780. Copper-line engraving. 245mm by 180mm. 'Horlogerie, Machine pour Egalir les Roues de Rencontre' (Machine for Evening Escapement Wheels)From a smaller size edition of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie (1751-80).

1841. Engraving with original hand-colouring. 100mm by 165mm (sheet). From G. R. Waterhouse's Natural History of Marsupialia, or Pouched Animals, a volume in Sir William Jardine's "Naturalist's Library," published by Lizars, Edinburgh, 1841.

1793. Copper-line engraving. 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 three Hambledon players (Beldham, Walker, and Wells) given, and Lord Darnley's Kent team, was won by Lord Winchelsea's side.Rare 18th century cricket engraving from 'The Sporting Magazine'.Top of platemark trimmed.

1753. Copper-line engraving. 200mm by 285mm (platemark). Plantes - Gewassen. 1.2.3.4. de la Nle. Hollande, 5.6.7.8. du Brasil' Some of the Australian plants represented are 1 Conostylis styloides, 2 Sida calyxhymenia 3 Diplolaena grandiflora and 4 Beaufortia sprenglioides. Ref : H. Hewson, Australia 300 Years of Botanical Illustration. Depicts Australian botanical species published previously in William Dampier's 'A voyage to New Holland', published in 1703, which contained the first published images of Australian flora. From the Dutch edition of Abbe Prevost's 'Histoire generale des voyages...,' published in The Hague by P. de Hondt, 1747-1780.Two vertical folds as issued.

1780. Copper-line engraving. 245mm by 180mm. 'Horlogerie, Machine pour Egalir les Roues de Rencontre' (Machine for Evening Escapement Wheels)From a smaller size edition of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie (1751-80).

1780. Copper-line engraving. 245mm by 355mm (platemark). 'Horlogerie, Ressorts de Montre' From a smaller size edition of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie (1751-80).Central vertical fold as issued.Faint off-setting.

1817. Copper-line engraving. 450mm by 305mm (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. A couple of small faint spots in the image.

1841. Steel-engraving. 170mm by 105mm (sheet). From Sir William Jardine's "Naturalist's Library," published by Lizars, Edinburgh, 1841. Very faint handling crease.