Search Results: Authors starting with W from Sebra Prints

1780. Copper-line engraving. 270mm by 165mm (platemark). 'O-Taj, his Wife, and Sisters Visiting Captn. Cook on board the Resolution Sloop at O-Taheitee' Shows Captain Cook aboard the Resolution meeting a group of Tahitians in 1773 or 1774.'Engraved for Moore's Voyages and Travels'

1891. Wood-engraving. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). Marcella M Walker (flourished 1872-1917) was a 19th century female artist who lived and worked in London. She painted figure, flower and genre scenes in both oils and watercolour. She exhibited extensively from 1880-1917: Liverpool 4, Manchester 2, Royal Academy 21, Royal Hibernian Academy 1 and the Royal Society of British Artists. From 'The Illustrated London News'. Unrelated text on the reverse.

1898. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of William Otto Adolph Julius Danckwerts. In wig and gown. Parents were Boers. Described as 'a rude and learned personage'. Accompanied by original descriptive text.Small repaired tear in right hand margin.

1897. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of Mr Henry Fielding Dickens. In wig. Gown. Born 1850 - the 5th surviving son of Charles Dickens. Recorder of Deal then Maidstone.

1885. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of Mr Samuel Pope QC. Wig and gown. Barrister. Irish Family (Ireland). Recorder for Bolton (Lancs).Accompanied by original descriptive text.Small repaired tear in right hand margin.

1902. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of The Hon. Mr Justice Swinfen Eady. In wig and gown. Born 1851. Rose from a solicitor's office to Judge in 1901. Accompanied by original descriptive text pasted onto a separate sheet.

1897. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of The Hon Sir James Stirling. In Wig and gown. Born 1837. Son of an Aberdeen Minister. Educated Trinity Cambridge. Became a lawyer specialising in convincing. Accompanied by original descriptive text.

1893. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of The Hon. Sir Lewis William Cave. Born 1832. Father owned small estate in Northampton. Educated Rugby and Oxford.Accompanied by original descriptive text.

1887. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of Mr Justice Field. Born in Fielden Beds. Interests: Horses. Dogs. Accompanied by original descriptive text.

1892. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of Mr Charles Willie Matthews. In wig and gown. Born New York 1850. Educated at Eton. Specialised in criminal law. Paper clip mark and a couple of small holes at the top of the sheet (unaffecting the image).

1880. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of Alderman Sir Robert Walter Carden KNT. MP. Born 1801. Began as a soldier. Became a stockbroker. Lord Mayor of London. Magistrate (Shown on the bench).Possibly a proof, without title beneath the image.Accompanied by original descriptive text.

1889. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of Mr John Patrick Murphy QC. Studied at Trinity Dublin. His father was an Irish QC.Accompanied by original descriptive text.

1887. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of Mr Frank Lockwood QC MP. In wig and gown. His great grandfather was mayor of Doncaster. Born c.1846. Educated Manchester Grammar School and Caius Cambridge. MP for York.Accompanied by a copy of the descriptive text.Some foxing spots in the top margin.

1888. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of The Right Honourable Lord Justice Cotton. Born Leytonstone 1821. Educated Eton. Christ Church. Chancery and Property specialist.Accompanied by original descriptive text.

1900. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of Mr Justice Gainsford Bruce. Accompanied by original descriptive text.

1876. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of The Hon. Sir Anthony Cleasby. Educated: Eton Berks. Cambridge. Fellow of Trinity.Accompanied by original descriptive text.

1905. Chromolithograph. 395mm by 265mm (sheet). Finger Prints' Sir Edward Richard Henry, 1st Baronet GCVO KCB CSI KPM (1850-1931) was the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (head of the Metropolitan Police of London) from 1903 to 1918.His commission saw the introduction of police dogs to the force, but he is best remembered today for his championship of the method of fingerprinting to identify criminals.

1900. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of Mr Commissioner Kerr. Accompanied by original descriptive text.

1890. Chromolithograph. 400mm by 265mm (sheet). Metropolitan Police' James Monro CB (1838-1920) was a lawyer who became the first Assistant Commissioner (Crime) of the London Metropolitan Police and also served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 1888 to 1890.

1900. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm (sheet). Vanity Fair legal portrait of The Lord Chief Justice of England, Richard Everard Webster. 'He is the soul of honour'.Accompanied by original descriptive text.