Sales catalogue 466: Maggs Bros

Date:: 1925

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/36

Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 466: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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37 88 89 Qo SHAKESPEARE (William, 1564-1616). Half length in oval, emblems below. Line by J. Houbraken. Size 144+ by 9 inches, with margins. 1743. SIDNEY (Sir Philip, 1554-1586). Short half length within oval, border, with ornaments. Line engraving by J. Houbraken after ‘* I, Oliver.’ Size 14? by gt inches, with margins. Soldier and Poet. STEELE (Sir Rich., 1672-1720): Short half length, within oval, border with ornaments. Line engraving by J. Houbraken after C. Kneller. Size 14 by 84 inches, with margins. 1748. Essayist and Politician. STEPHENSON (Robert, 1803-1859). motive. Mezzotint engraved by J. R. Jackson after John Lucas. Civil Engineer ; inventor and founder of Railways. TURNER (J. M. W., 1775-1851). Nearly full length, seated, in landscape sketching. Mezzotint by and after Ghas, Turner. Famous Landscape Painter. WARTON (Joseph, 1722-1800). Half length, seated, wig, gown, hands. Mezzotint by J, R. Smith after Joshua Reynolds. Head Master at Winchester, 1766-93. Friend of Dr. Johnson and his circle. tributed to Dr. Johnson’s ‘‘ Adventurer,’’ 1753-6. Con-

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