Thomas Watling (16 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VG. A VG or better 8-page folded pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. 1973 re-release. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: G/VG. A VG or better 36-page program that measures 9" x 12". 1967 re-release. Book.

No Binding. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. A VGF or better original 8 x 10 still with scene description on back. 1961 re-release. Photographic Image.

Soft cover. Condition: G/VG. A VG or better 36-page program that measures 9" x 12". 1967 re-release. Size: 8 1/2" x 11 3/4". Book.

Soft cover. Condition: G/VG. A VG or better 36-page program that measures 9" x 12". 1967 re-release. Size: 8 1/2" x 11 3/4". Book.

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Single print. Somerset. The Family Mansion of Sir Charles Abraham Elton. Bart. Original antique engraving. Engraved area 150 x 110 mm. 17.5 x 13 cm.

No Binding. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. SIP-108-P-452. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Photographic Image.

Single print. Somerset. The Family Mansion of Sir Charles Abraham Elton. Bart. Original antique engraving. Engraved area 150 x 110 mm. 28.5 x 21 cm.

Paperback small, good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, flexible covers, three full-page drawings, staples rusted, spine ends little rubbed, minor edgewear. 44 pp. From the introduction by editor George Mackaness: The whole story of Thomas Watling - for such was the writer's name - was pieced together with great skill and ingenuity and published in 1938 in a privately printed volume entitled 'Thomas Watling, Limner of Dumfries' by Mr. (now Sir) Hugh Gladstone of Dumfries. On page 13 there is a facsimile of the title page of Thomas Watling's letters (from the original in the Mitchell Library, dated 1794). Thomas Watling, one of the earliest artists to portray New South Wales, was transported for forgery in 1790 and was the anonymous author. This is a new edition by Review Publications in 1979 as one of the new series of Australian Historical Monographs (this particular facsimile previously published in 1945.).

Framed and glazed in a gold and green frame with a double bevelled mount featuring triple hand rulings. Mount window 170 x 105 mm. Size overall 320 x 255 mm. Although the paper a little toned it appears in very good condition but not examined out of the frame. The only reference I have found to this work is on the website of the Yale Center for British Art, in the USA. Is this a later reduction from: Six views in Clevedon: and its neighbourhood? Hand-coloured Lithographs, c1840. Abbey, J.R. Scenery, 99, which is described as "Oversize". 32 x 25.5 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dayes, Edward, after sketches by Thomas Watling (illustrator). 1st Edition. COLLINS, David. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales: with Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, &c. of the Native Inhabitants of that Country. To which are added, some Particulars of New Zealand; compiled, by permission, from the MSS. of Lieutenant-Governor King. London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. Together with: COLLINS, Lieutenant-Colonel David. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its First Settlement in January 1788, to August 1801. with an Account of a Voyage performed by Captain Flinders and Mr. Bass. London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. First edition of 1798 paired with the revised and expanded second edition of 1804. Ferguson 263 and 390; Wantrup 19 and 21. Complete with all maps and plates called for in the respective editions. Two quarto volumes. Finely bound as a uniform set in full tree calf, the mottled boards enclosed within elaborate gilt foliate borders; spines densely gilt in compartments with red morocco title labels and dark green morocco edition labels; marbled endpapers and speckled edges. An exceptional pairing of David Collins's foundational account of New South Wales, the earliest substantial historical account of Australian settlement. Collins sailed with the First Fleet and served as Judge-Advocate and Secretary to Governor Arthur Phillip, placing him at the centre of the colony's administration and giving him unusual access to its earliest development, hardships and encounters with Aboriginal communities. His 1798 account was the most detailed history of the new colony published up to that date. The importance of this set lies in the combination of two complementary forms of Collins's work. The 1798 first edition preserves his earliest published account of the colony during its formative First Fleet years. The accompanying 1804 second edition is not the original continuation volume of 1802, but a revised and expanded single-volume treatment of the history through August 1801, with later material and a richer suite of illustration. The 1798 volume records the establishment and administration of the settlement, the natural environment, and Collins's observations of Aboriginal people, customs and ceremonies. Its engraved material includes early views of the colony and significant representations of Indigenous Australian subjects, prepared by Edward Dayes after sketches associated with Thomas Watling. This copy is complete with all maps and plates required for the edition, including the portrait of Collins and the view of the Governor's House at Rose Hill, Parramatta. The 1804 expanded second edition considerably enriches the pairing. It includes the account of the voyage undertaken by Matthew Flinders and George Bass, by which the strait separating Van Diemen's Land from mainland Australia was established. It is particularly desirable for its natural history illustration, including three hand-coloured plates, among them the celebrated Menura, or lyrebird. This volume is likewise complete with all maps and plates called for. Together, the books present both the origin and development of Collins's history: the immediate 1798 account beside its revised form, enhanced with Bass and Flinders exploration material and coloured natural history illustration not present in the earlier volume in this form. Uniformly bound, they form a handsome and historically revealing set. Internally with scattered foxing, browning and light offsetting in places, commensurate with an illustrated work of this date. The maps and engraved plates retain good clarity, while the hand-coloured plates in the 1804 edition are particularly attractive. A superbly bound and complete pairing of the first edition of Collins's earliest substantial historical account of Australian settlement with its expanded and illustrated second edition of 1804.

Somerset. Original antique tinted lithograph. Image size 220 x 150 mm. Some surface damage in the top outer margin. 35.5 x 23 cm.

Somerset. Original antique hand coloured tinted lithograph. Image size 220 x 150 mm 35.5 x 23 cm.

Watling, Thomas (after) and Samuel John Neele (engraver) (illustrator). 1st edition. Original hand-coloured engraving, 260mm x 215mm, published in 'An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales', 1802. Near fine condition The engraving is from an on-the-spot pencil sketch by Thomas Watling, a convict transported to Australia in 1792 for forging banknotes. Impressed by his artistic work, the Governor of New South Wales, John Hunter, gave Watling a conditional pardon in 1796. The artist spent the next four years in NSW painting landscapes, topographical views and drawing birds including the Lyrebird, known as 'Menura novaehollandiae'.

Post-Era Books, Arcadia, U.S.A - 1979 - 1 vol in-8 - Cartonnage illustré de l'éditeur - Illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte - 192 pages Très bon état.