Painter Samuel (16 results)

Hardcover. xvii, 435p. + 8p. photos, later printing, cloth, edgeworn dj.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original sage cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 130 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Thin strip of sun fading to the lower edges. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubs to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped 35s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [British].

Hardcover. Condition: Fair/Poor. Samuel Prout, Painter in Water Colours in Ordinary to Her Majesty (illustrator). New Edition. 16, with XVI plates with facing descriptions with an additional 4 plates XVII-XX) one serving as the frontispiece. Publisher's blind stamped decorative cloth with gold titles to the front and back covers.,brown chalked eps. Front cover all but detached, interior very good, no foxing but slight toning to page edges. An ex-library copy with one small bar code on ffep and a small ink stamp on verso of title page, no others detected. Includes a contemporary leaflet for a sale of Prout's pencil drawings at The Fine Art Society. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.

Texaco sponsored brochure with two-page colour spreads covering all County Championship cricket teams ahead of the 1971 season, including team and player photos, club overviews and ground information. Plus an illustrated review of England's Ashes success in Australia from earlier in the year and introductions to the touring India and Pakistan teams. 4to. 52pp. Paperback. Good condition.

Scarce hardback copyright 1938; first edition; presents detailed history of borough some thirty miles north of Pittsburgh; includes laid-in card commemorating "A Century of Glory", the centennial festival held may 31st through June 2nd, 1938; excellent source for local history and genealogy; 187 glossy pages B-51.

One page, cr.8vo, two pinholes, text clear and complete: "I did hope for a Line in amswer to mine by which I acquainted you I was Low - and it will oblige me if you will favor me with one to say if any of the Etchings are sold &c-- Jany 12. 1800 - 156 Etchings@ [1 gn?] selling price- | I thought myself favored by your taking them a Sale or Return - and I assure I am very sincerely .".

See Parris's entry in the Oxford DNB. The subject of the letter is his work 'restoring' James Thornhill's paintings inside the dome of St Paul's Cathedral. Beginning in 1853 and ending three years later, Parris worked on scaffolding he had designed for the purpose thirty years before. His efforts were not well received: he was accused of completely repainting Thornhill's work, to its detriment. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged and creased, with minor traces of mount adhering to the blank reverse. Folded twice. Having received the recipient's 'favor', he begins by sending his 'regards to Mr and Mrs Hall', i.e. Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889), editor of the of the Art Journal and New Monthly Magazine, and his wife Anna Maria Hall (1800-1881). From the context of the letter it would appear that Duffane has requested information for an article for one of the two magazines of which Hall is editor. He is sending 'a very rough & hastily scrawl'd account of my apparatus &c at St Pauls, which You may perhaps distil something from'. He points out that the account he is sending 'is quite different from what has recently appear'd in the Times &c'. He feels that 'the shortest notice will be most advisable', but asks him to 'make what You please out of it'. The letter ends: 'I am at the Cathedral every day and shall be glad to shew You all particulars if you will enquire for me any time you are passing'.

According to his entry in the Oxford DNB, 'In 1844 Lover abandoned miniature painting as a result of failing eyesight but continued to paint and exhibit landscapes. He invented a new form of entertainment which he called Irish Evenings, a monologue of songs, recitations, and stories, all of his own composition. These he performed at the Princess's Concert Rooms, London.' Between 1846 and 1848 he toured North America with great success. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with minor traces of mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded twice. The letter begins: 'Mr. Lover, with much respect and sincere thanks to Sir Thomas & Lady Cullum for the honor they so kindly propose to him, regrets that the shortness of his stay and urgency of his occupation interfere to prevent his enjoying the pleasure which the acceptance of Sir Thomas and Lady Cullum's invitation would cause him.' He explains that he has sung 'at Hanover Square Rooms on Monday at Cambridge last night and, after travelling to-day and his exertion of this evening, with an early entertaintment [sic] tomorrow, before him an immediate retirement to rest after this evenings exertion is indispensible'. Consequently he must 'content himself with the Hotel of Bury instead of enjoying the honor of the hospitality of Hardwicke [sic]'. He hopes that 'Sir Thomas will assure Mr. [Petre?] how sensible Mr Lover is of the honor of his invitation, but as Mr. Lover, is obliged on his days of public engagement to dine very early, and very sparingly, he cannot have the pleasure of being made Mr. [Petre's?] guest'.

On a piece of paper 20 x 22.5 cm, with the dimensions of the image 16.5 x 22 cm. Caption at foot: 'A Drawing on Paper transferred on Stone', with 'Drawn by S. Prout' beneath the bottom left-hand corner of the image. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with the image clean, and foxing to the caption strip at the foot. Laid down on a leaf removed from an album. The original print, from the English edition of Senefelder's book, published by Ackermann in 1819, and not the version reprinted in 'Lithography and Lithographers' by E. R. and J. Pennell (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1915). A lovely print, exhibiting the textural qualities of the new technique. See Image.

1p., 4to. Neatly written out in a contemporary hand (presumably the recipient's), with 'Copy' at the head. In very good condition, on lightly-aged laid paper with watermark of 'W D WELLS'. Signature transcribed as 'Wm. Lock'. Lock has just received Murray's letter of 18 May, 'giving me an Account of the Sales of my Books and Prints which is so much below what I had reason to expect, that I must beg you to apply only One thousand to the Payment of my Debt to my Fathers Executors'. He expects that the 'Produce of the Models' will be 'trifling, especially after what they have suffered in packing'. As far as his own paintings are concerned, 'Mr. Sotheby will follow the directions of Mr. J. Angerstein - I understand from my Sister Amelia that they were to go into Hertford Street - Mr. Fusiles [sic] Pictures will of course go with mine'. He assumes that the 'other Water Colour Pictures and the Seasons by Rosalba' were sold with the prints and drawings. He hopes that 'Mr. Robins' (the auctioneer George Henry Robins) has 'disposed of the Organ which remain'd with him'. He ends by thanking Murray for his 'prompt attention to my concerns', assuring him that he is 'persuaded [.] that all is done that can be done, when you do it yourself or when you direct others'. In a postscript he explains that he has 'put the whole of my direction [i.e. address] because there is here another William Lock'.

2pp., 4to. Bifolium. Addressed on reverse of second leaf, with two postmarks (one of Pimlico), to 'R. Ackermann Esqre | 101. Strand -'. On aged and worn paper, with one short closed tear. A good letter, full of content revealing of Ackermann's business and the art trade in general. The first paragraph reads: 'I am extremely sorry the last Fashions have not met your approbation. The inflamed state of my eye rendered it impossible for me to engrave them myself, and I calculated on the known talent of Mr. Chsman [i.e. Thomas Cheesman (1760-1834)] to be my substitute. I lament much that he has failed, and quite ashamed he should have returned the drawings so very dirty for which I hold my pupil [i.e. his eye, not his student] much to blame. My eye is now much better and I trust in future to do them myself and give you that gratification which has given stability to our long friendship Believe me ever zealous to fulfil your commissions however difficult I may find them sometimes to execute.' The second paragraph concerns 'the head of the King Modelled by Pistrucci' (i.e. George IV's initial coinage bust), which Agar asked 'Mr. Gindall' to tell Ackermann about. He suggests that he 'had better write or call on Vendramini in Brompton Row and learn the direction and further particulars - He [i.e. Pistrucci] is in hot water at the Mint but that may make no difference should you like the head - it was modelled immediately from the King, and Vendramini promised it if I would undertake to engrave it -'. He ends by reporting that he 'drank tea with Mr. Morant of Bond Street', whom he thinks 'would lend you some of his prints or pictures for your intended publication should you be still in the same mind'. The publication he is referring to is the first of the literary annuals, The Forget-Me-Not, first published in 1823.

0. 37 cm. Titelvignette, 16 S. Text, 45 von 48 ganzs. Tafeln, Endvignette.( Ohne Farbtafel) Halbldr.d.Zt., marmor. Deckel, florale gold. Rückenornamentik.Ganzgoldschn., Ecken bestossen, Rückenvergoldung etwas verblichen,Tafeln teilweise etwas lichtranding, wenige mit Stockflecken, ingesamt solider Zustand. Tafeln 1-3 fehlen ( At Ashborn - Arundel- Glastonbury) Auf Wunsch senden wir gerne ein Foto des Buches via E-mail Sprache: Deutschu.

8vo. 1 1/2 pp. To William Stickney (1827-1881), co-founder of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf (later Gallaudet University) and private secretary to his father-in-law, influential politician and telegraph magnate Amos Kendall (1789-1869).I have just received my new scrip, (From Mr. Douglas,) of the So. West Teleg. Co. and your fraction is issued to me. I send you, therefore, my check for the same $ 8.33 which I believe is correct, (not being able to refer to my books which are at Po'keepsie). We are now at our Summer home. We received the cardsof Mr. Babcock & Miss Mallie, and Mr. & Mrs. Kendall. Pray make to them our congratulations, and best wishes for the happiness of the whole family circle, in this new connection. Tell Mr. & Mrs. Kendall that we are also have had marriages here. - A distant cousin married at my house last week, and the day after a niece Miss Louisa Morse, at her father's at New Haven werhe we all attended. Give our kind regards to Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, and all the family []".

95x112 cm. Wall map, restored, fine condition of this county in southeastern Pennsylvania. Original rods, modern linen backing, varnish removed. Full original hand color by town. Inset plans of the town of West Chester and Part of London Britain (the Newark Triangle). Land owners identified. This was among the first of the wave of county wall maps of the northeastern United States which first appeared in the late 1840's and continued, with huge contributions by Robert Piersall Smith and Henry Walling, until the Civil War. Engraved by Edward Yeager. Edward Yeager does not appear in Stauffer (American Engravers), though Joseph Yeager does, though at a different address. OCLC 164092921 (5 locations under 4 different accession numbers.).

8vo. 1 p. on bifolium. To Charles H. Morse, responding to a query about a man who may have been a former employee, and requesting more information: "[.] By having answers to these questions, I might be able to find his friends, and the relief he requires [.]". - With a printed order of service for his memorial service on 16th April 1872 (8vo, 1 p.). - After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system. He was a co-developer of Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.

From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, inlaid at integral blank leaf. Lover writes: "You applied to me last December for my autograph. I was out of town, and immediately after Christmas I was extremely illall this will explain why your note had lain so long unanswered, then. Subsequently, I went to Ireland. on my return, I see on looking over some old papers and working up some areas of correspondence, your note. Pray do not hold me guilty of any intentional rudeness, and accept in my defence an old saying 'Better late than never.'" (BA). Usual folds, else fine.