‎École‎

‎English School, 19th century‎

‎Sarah Whitehead; The Bank Nun or the Lady in Black‎

‎London 1820. Lithograph with handcoloring in watercolor 9 x 6 1/2 inches 230 x 165 mm full margins. Light pencil inscriptions in the lower margins which are largely illegible. Light handling wear and some surface soiling otherwise in good condition with beautiful saturated watercolor work in the area of the subject's face. Whitehead's brother Philip was employed by the Bank of England from 1797 to 1810. During his employment at the Bank Philip Whitehead "adopted an extravagant lifestyle" and evidence came to light that he had defrauded Robarts & Co. by "forging an acceptance to a Bill." He was charged with forgery in 1811 and executed on 29 January 1812. The news of her brother's conviction was kept from his sister Sarah as long as possible. Learning of the execution Sarah Whitehead's mental health became unstable and she began to visit the Bank daily asking if Phillip was there. This continued until 1818 when the Directors offered Whitehead a financial grant on the condition that she stopped coming to the bank. Whitehead wore black crepe clothing which was a sign of mourning and as a result became known as the "Black Nun." To this day Whitehead's ghost reputedly haunts the Bank of England as well as the area on Threadneedle Street nearby. The myth of Whitehead's ghost appears in the poem New Year Letter by W. H. Auden. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1889

‎European School, 19th century‎

‎Portrait of Fingal or Finn MacCool‎

‎1833. Black chalk and graphite on lightweight cream wove paper 16 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches 410 x 286 mm the full sheet. Signed titled and dated in sepia ink in the lower-center sheet area. With horizontal folds approximately 1-inch from the sheet edge at each of the four sheets. The drawing appears to have been folded at the sheet edges to fit into a frame. "Inscribed Guillaume hameau del. 29 Janvier 1883." Finn mac Cumail or mac Umaill often anglicized Finn McCool or MacCool is a hero in Irish mythology as well as in later Scottish and Manx folklore. He is the leader of the Fianna bands of young roving hunter-warriors as well as being a seer and poet. He is said to have a magic thumb that bestows him with great wisdom. He is often depicted hunting with his hounds Bran and Sceólang and fighting with his spear and sword. Fionn MacCumhail was transformed into the character "Fingal" in James Macpherson's poem cycle Ossian 1760 which Macpherson claimed was translated out of discovered Ossianic poetry written in the Scottish Gaelic language. <br /> <br /> Fionn MacCumhail features heavily in modern Irish literature. Most notably he makes several appearances in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake 1939 and some have posited that the title taken from the street ballad "Finnegan's Wake" may also be a blend of "Finn again is awake" referring to his eventual awakening to defend Ireland. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1026

‎English School, 19th century‎

‎Chinese Conveyance & Interior of a Temple Shanghai‎

‎1890. Two images each a lithograph in colors printed on one sheet of cream wove paper 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches 265 x 193 mm sheet full margins. In good condition with a repaired horizontal edge tear at the left-center sheet edge with associated tape on the verso and a pencil inscription in the lower left margin recto well outside of image area. Colors are fresh. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1973

‎English School, 18th century‎

‎Rustics of Japan; One plate from A new and complete collection of voyages and travels containing all that have been remarkable from the earliest period to the present time Volume 1‎

‎London 1778. Engraving on cream laid paper 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches 290 x 190 mm sheet full margins. In good condition with minor age tone and an unevenly trimmed left sheet edge. Ink inscription in the left margin recto and pencil inscription in the right margin recto both well outside of the image area. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1974

‎English School, 18th century‎

‎A Japanese Temple; One plate from A new and complete collection of voyages and travels containing all that have been remarkable from the earliest period to the present time Volume 1‎

‎London 1778. Engraving on cream laid paper 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches 290 x 190 mm full margins. In good condition with minor age tone and an unevenly trimmed left sheet edge. Ink inscription in the left margin recto and pencil inscription in the right margin recto both well outside of the image area. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1964

‎Prakash Jain, Buddhi, PhD (Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Mahatma Ghandi Central Universit‎

‎Techniques and Protocols in Molecular Biology‎

‎Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : ria9780443141607_inp ???????? : 0443141606 9780443141607

‎English School, 18th century‎

‎A view of St Peter's and Part of the Vatican‎

‎1790. Engraving with hand coloring on laid paper 5 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches 130 x 160 mm the full sheet with unevenly trimmed margins. Multiple vertical creases and with the right margin having been fully reattached with clear tape on the verso. The top left corner has also been reattached with clear tape. There is some ghost text on the verso. Coloring is fresh yet delicate and extensive. One plate from an unknown English language publication. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1608

‎European School, 19th century‎

‎Studies of sailors rowing a boat and a man seated‎

‎Graphite on grayish brown laid paper 4 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches 107 x 217 mm the full sheet. In good condition with light toning and a small loss at the lower left corner. There are additioinal studies on the verso which further explain the subject matter. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1373

‎Florentine School 18th century‎

‎Studio di piede study of foot‎

‎1700. Red chalk on cream laid paper 6 3/8 x 7 inches 160 x 176 mm the full sheet. In very good condition with minor toning and some modern notations in pencil on the verso as well as a rudimentary sketch of the top of a foot with toes also in red chalk. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1375

‎English School late 18th century, moniker BRJJS B R J J S‎

‎Ink and wash cartouche with a mirror doves and a drum‎

‎1780. Ink and wash on tissue thin Japon paper adhered to period cream laid paper 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches 132 x 84 mm the full sheet. With some handling wear and general surface soiling the matrix has some spots of light brown discoloration in the margins. A sweet composition with lovely detail. <br /> <br /> Written in ink appears "The Country illegible. Heart; I beg you will excuse illegible. In the meantime here is something to cherish this lady's health. Apr. 4 June 2." Inside the cartouche someone has written in pencil "Pleasant old drawings of no importance are sold by the illegible Gallery on Greenwich Avenue in New York CH 29184." The New York telephone exchange CH 2-9184 is the alphanumeric format for CHelsea 2-9184. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1423

‎English School, 18th century‎

‎A Hebrew nomadic camp‎

‎1780. Engraving on lightweight laid paper with an small indiscernible alphabetic watermark 9 x 7 1/2 230 x 188 mm; sheet 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches 284 x 215 mm wide margins. In very good condition with some light inscriptions in pencil in the lower margin outside of the image area. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2227

‎Florentine School 18th century‎

‎Studio di volto Study of a boy's face front and side view‎

‎1700. Red crayon on lightweight laid paper with a partial Pro Patria watermark with Hollandia and a rampant lion 5 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches 142 x 190 mm the full sheet. Scattered surface soiling staining and light handling wear. There is a cluster of ink dots in the lower margin of the period an edge tear at the lower left corner and a corner loss at the upper right corner. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1372

‎Spencer, Iowa High School‎

‎1937 Spencer Iowa High School Spencerian Yearbook Wings Issue copper Cover‎

‎Spencer Iowa High School. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. Some cover wear. Autographs from well wishers. Some stains. Very unusual copper cover. ; 86 pages . Spencer, Iowa High School hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 712245

‎French School, 19th century‎

‎Bruxelles Hotel de Ville‎

‎1890. Etching with drypoint printed in sepia ink on cream laid paper with deckle edges 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 inches 117 x 79 mm; sheet 10 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches 275 x 180 mm full margins. In very good condition with some minor scattered areas of discoloration throughout. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2289

‎American School, 20th century‎

‎St. Peter Street New Orleans‎

‎1960. Ink and wash on cream wove watermarked Bond paper 5 1/4 x 4 inches 132 x 100 mm the full sheet. In good condition with some uniform age tone and cockling. Non-archival tape tabs at all four corners and at the center sheet edges on the verso; the remnants from a former mount. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2288

‎English School, 19th century‎

‎Hastings seascape‎

‎1879. Watercolor on watercolor paper 5 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches 130 x 210 mm the full sheet. Initialed "H.D.W.L." in watercolor in the left image area in the area of the sky and titled and dated in pencil on the verso. In good condition with scattered light spots of minor foxing and with the lower right corner lightly dog-eared. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2208

‎English School, 19th century‎

‎River Hastings‎

‎1881. Pencil on white wove paper 4 x 6 1/2 inches 102 x 165 mm the full sheet. Titled and dated in ink on the recto. On the verso is a sketch of a house. A lively cursory sketch of boats on a river. Scattered handling wear lights folds and creases. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2217

‎American School, 19th century‎

‎Flowers of the Sea An album of seaweed specimens; Herbarium of foraged pressed and mounted seaweed and sea moss specimens from the American Pacific and North Atlantic coast from New York City to Nantucket‎

‎1884. A unique quarto 15 x 12 1/2 inches 382 x 318 mm; 30 double-sided sheets containing approximately 80 preserved specimens of seaweed and sea mosses which are individually dried mounted to card stock and tipped-in; each with the genus in Latin and the date and location of collection handwritten in pencil in the lower mount. Approximately 1 to 5 specimens per page. Binding is broken and significantly worn with some pages loose. Specimens are intact and separated by blotting paper and remain in very good to excellent condition with some exhibiting only minor losses. <br /> <br /> While seaweed collecting was a popular Victorian pastime in Britain this rare herbarium is filled with a profusion of north American specimens primarily from Bay Ridge Brooklyn to Nantucket island as well as some from California and Bermuda. In the Victorian era seaweed collecting or algology was far more than a casual beach activity; it was a massive cultural trend that married scientific curiosity artistic expression and social freedom. While the Victorians were obsessed with all things natural history a trend called "natural theology" seaweed held a unique appeal especially for women. While studying animal anatomy was seen as "unladylike" at the time collecting seaweed was considered a genteel and healthy outdoor activity. As a result several women used the opportunity to make significant scientific contributions.<br /> <br /> Often called "Ocean Flowers" or "Sea Mosses" these specimens became the focus of elaborate scrapbooks and pioneered some of the world's first photographic techniques Anna Adkins's Produced Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions 1843 was the first book ever illustrated with photographs. Today these Victorian albums are more than just relics of a cultural fad; they are vital biological records. Scientists utilize the DNA from these 150-year-old pressed samples to track how ocean temperatures and species distributions have changed since the Industrial Revolution.<br /> <br /> Creating a seaweed album was a meticulous process. Collectors didn't just dry the weeds; they "resurrected" them to look alive on the page. This album demonstrates the incredible skill of the maker. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2339

‎European School, 17th century‎

‎Bénédiction des pains et des poissons; Distribution des pains‎

‎Ink and wash in black sepia and grayish brown ink with white heightening on wove paper 12 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches 311 x 248 mm the full sheet. In very good condition with some minor areas of light discoloration in the margins. Pencil inscription in French on the verso. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2260

‎English School, 19th century‎

‎Stone mill ruins and bell-cote in a mountain valley‎

‎1850. Graphite and wash in sepia and brown ink on two sheets of heavyweight wove paper 10 1/4 x 7 inches 260 x 178 mm the full sheet. Sheets adhered at the verso with a strip of non-archival tape minor uniform toning throughout consistent with age. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2148

‎English School, early 20th century‎

‎Drawing of a decorative iron screen housed in the Louvre‎

‎1910. Graphite on light wove paper 6 x 9 1/4 inches 152 x 235 mm the full sheet. In very good condition. The object appearing on the page is an ornate polished iron screen with gilt flourishes. The artist's notes indicate that it is from the Louvre's Davillier collection. The screen originates from of a siginficant bequest to the Louvre that was made by Baron Jean-Charles Davillier whose collection is the cornerstone of the museum's French Decorative Art collection housed in the Richelieu wing. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2156

‎English School, early 20th century‎

‎Vases Grecs‎

‎Watercolor with brush and ink on light cream wove paper 9 1/4 x 6 inches 235 x 152 mm the full sheet. In very good condition with light minor toning. A skillful watercolor study of two pieces of Greco-Roman redware housed at the Louvre. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2154

‎English School, early 20th century‎

‎A study of the staircase at the Musée Carnavalet Paris‎

‎1910. Graphite on light wove paper 9 1/4 x 6 inches 235 x 152 mm the full sheet. In very good condition. A detailed rendering of the balustrade and newel of the Escalier de Luynes also known as the Luynes staircase. The remarkable architectural feature was once the central staircase of the Hôtel de Luynes a Parisian mansion home to the Dukes of Luynes. The townhouse was demolished in the 19th century but its magnificent Baroque staircase was saved and is now a key exhibit at the Musée Carnavalet. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2155

‎English School, early 20th century‎

‎Studies of two decorative objects from the Musée Louvre‎

‎1910. Graphite on light wove paper 9 1/4 x 6 inches 235 x 152 mm the full sheet. In very good condition. The object appearing at the top of the page is one of the most famous musical instruments from the French Renaissance. This Trompe de Chasse hunting horn was made by Italian master goldsmith Domenico Rota for King Francis I of France in 1537. The object below is an ornate silver and gold clasp with relief the artist's notes indicate that it is from the Davillier collection. Both the clasp and the horn originate from of a significant bequest to the Louvre that was made by Baron Jean-Charles Davillier whose collection is the cornerstone of the museum's French Decorative Art collection. These works are likely housed in the Richelieu wing. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2152

‎English School, early 20th century‎

‎Intricate study of an escutcheon and a 15th century Italian glaive‎

‎1910. Graphite on cream wove paper 9 1/4 x 6 inches 235 x 152 mm the full sheet. In good condition with uniform toning. The artist's notes appearing on other pages of the sketchbook this drawing originates from indicate that these objects are housed at the Louvre and are from the Davillier collection a significant bequest that was made by Baron Jean-Charles Davillier. The collection is the cornerstone of the museum's French Decorative Art collection. These works are likely housed in the Richelieu wing. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2428