BAKER:1700. Weigel, Ch. ‘DER
BÄCKER’. The Baker. Christoph Weigel ca. 1699 [24396] Copper engraving with German text, 13 x 8 cm (image 9 x 8 cm). £75
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BARREL MAKER:1700A. Weigel, Ch. ‘DER FASSBINDER’. The Barrel Maker. Christoph Weigel ca. 1699 [24385] Copper engraving with German text, 13 x 8 cm (image 9 x 8 cm). £75
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BEER:1700B. Bowles, J. ‘SMACK THE COACHMAN, TIPLING WITHIN DOORS; WHILE HIS FARE ARE FRETTING WITHOUT’. Coachman, seated, holding a tankard. Mezzotint by
Ryley, printed in colours for John Bowles in London Feb. 1st, 1768 [20309] 15 x 11 cm. £125
Charles Reuben Ryley (or Riley) (1752-1798), English painter and engraver, created the decorations at Goodwood House for the Duke of Richmond. |
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BUTCHER:1700C. Weigel, Ch. ‘DER FLEISCHER’. The Butcher. Christoph Weigel ca. 1699 [24395] Copper engraving with German text, 13 x 8 cm (image 9 x 8 cm). £75
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CHEESE:1702. Anonymous. ‘CHEESE MANUFACTURE’. Eight illustrations from an American trades publication ‘The Growth of Industrial Art, - published by Sackett & Wilhelms Litho Co, New York ca 1890 [24805] Uncoloured wood engraving, 43 x 34 cm. £75
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COFFEE:1703A. Walther. ‘DER KAFFEEBAU.’ Collecting coffee beans, drying and filling them into bags. Published in Esslingen by Walther ca. 1890 [19717] 27 x 36 cm. Printed in full
colours. £95
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DIJON MUSTARD:1703B. Levasseur, V. ‘DEPT. DE LA COTE
D’OR’. Map of the area around Dijon, famous for its food, wine and above all its Dijon mustard, surrounded by decorative pictorial scenes. Engraved for Victor Levasseur’s Atlas National de la France by Laguillermie and Rainaud ca. 1845 [27694] 29 x 42 cm.
Full hand colour. Excellent condition. £120
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DINNER:1704. Haid, J.-J. ‘REJOUISSANCES POUR LE RETOUR DE L’ENFANT PRODIGUE / FREUDE ÜBER DEN VERLOHRNEN
SOHN’. Group of ladies and gentlemen in Georgian dresses seated on a terrace around the dining table. A musical quartette accompanies the banquet from a balcony. Original handcoloured mezzotint by J. J.
Haid, published in Augsburg ca. 1750 [19704] 29 x 41 cm. £250
Johann-Jakob Haid (1704-1767), scholar of
Riedinger, belonged to a famous German family of portraitists and engravers based in Augsburg. - Wide margins. |
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DINNER:1705. Haid, J.-J. ‘LE GARÇON
PRODIGUE’. Well dressed young gentleman sharing his gourmet meal with a canine friend. Uncoloured mezzotint by J. J.
Haid, published in Ausgburg ca. 1750 [19721] 38 x 30 cm. £250
Johann-Jakob Haid (1704-1767), scholar of
Riedinger, belonged to a famous German family of portraitists and engravers based in Augsburg. - Margins trimmed close to plate mark. |
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DINNER:1706. Cruikshank, I. ‘UN TABLE D’HOTE’. A rather uncouth group of Gentlemen dining. Allen & West 1796 [24210] 15 x 22 cm. Original coloured copper engraving by Isaac Cruikshank (1756-1811) after Woodward. £75
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DISTILLATION:1707. Anonymous. ‘DISTILLATION’. Eight illustrations from the American trades publication ‘The Growth of Industrial Art’, published in New York by Sackett & Wilhelms ca. 1890 [25943] Uncoloured wood engraving, 43 x 34 cm. £100
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FOOD:1708. Teniers, D. ‘LE MAUVAIS RICHE’. A rich gentleman and his lady sitting at a well laid out dining table, attended by two young servants. Coloured copper plate engraving by C.
Riollet. Published in Paris after the original painting by David Teniers ca. 1750 [19707] 39 x 56 cm. £250
David Teniers (1610-1690), very influential Flemish painter, whose works are represented in every major museum around the world. |
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FOOD:1709. Singleton, H. ‘COMING FROM MARKET’. ‘Now home return’d the timid maid, The produce on the table laid. Her Mother counts the money twice, Then looks to Hodge, for his advice’. Stipple engraving by Levilly after the painting by Henry Singleton ca. 1800 [19731] 39 x 33 cm. Full original
colour. £200
Henry Singleton (1766-1839), English painter of portraits and historical subjects, whose works were much engraved by professionals like
Levilly. |
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FOOD:1712. Haghe, L. ‘PRIVATE HOUSE AT ANTWERP’. Dining hall in a Flemish noble house with family and guests in front of the large open fire. Tinted lithograph by
Haghe, published by Day & Son in London ca. 1845 [20306] 28 x 37 cm. £85
Louis Haghe (1806-1895), Belgian lithographer, who worked from an early age in London, founding the firm of lithographers Day &
Haghe. The most famous plates he produced were for David Roberts’ ‘Holy Land, Egypt and
Nubia’. |
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FRUIT:1713A. Gerarde, J. ‘THE PEARE ROYALL’, ‘THE BURGOMOT PEARE’, ‘THE QUINCE PEARE’, ‘THE BISHOPS PEARE’. Four illustrations of pears on one page. Text and two more illustrations verso. John Gerarde 1597 [24228] 29 x 18 cm. Original 16th century woodcut with original
handcolouring, mounted. Excellent condition. £90
From Gerard’s ‘The Herball or Generall Historie of
Plantes...’, published in London 1597. |
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FRUIT:1713B. Gerarde, J. ‘THE ORANGE TREE’, ‘THE ASSYRIAN APPLE TREE’. Two illustrations on one page with text. John Gerarde 1597 [24229] 29 x 18 cm. Original 16th century woodcut with original
handcolouring, mounted. Excellent condition. £90
From Gerard’s ‘The Herball or Generall Historie of
Plantes...’, published in London 1597. |
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FRUIT:1713C. Gerarde, J. ‘THE KING OF APPLES’, ‘THE QUINING, OR QUEENE OF APPLES’, ‘THE SOMMER PEAREMAINE’, ‘THE WINTER PEAREMAINE’. Four illustrations of apples on one page. Text and two more illustrations verso. John Gerarde 1597 [24230] 29 x 18 cm. Original 16th century woodcut with original
handcolouring, mounted. Excellent condition. £120
From Gerard’s ‘The Herball or Generall Historie of
Plantes...’, published in London 1597. |
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FRUIT:1713D. Gerarde, J. ‘THE POME CITRON TREE’, ‘THE LIMON TREE’. Two illustrations on one page, with text. From the third book of the
Herball, in the section on Citron, Limon, Orange, and assyrian Apple trees. John Gerarde 1597 [24234] 29 x 18 cm. Original 16th century woodcut with original
handcolouring, mounted. Excellent condition. £120
From Gerard’s ‘The Herball or Generall Historie of
Plantes...’, published in London 1597. |
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FRUIT STILL LIFE:1714. Duffield, W. ‘FRUIT, ETC.’. Still life of grapes, melon, apples, peaches, pears, pineapple, etc. Woodengraving after William Duffield 1859 [27057] 24 x 34 cm.
Full handt colour. Excellent condition. £125
William Duffield (1816-63). British genre painter. |
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FRUIT STILL LIFE:1715. Lance, G. ‘THE GOLDEN AGE’. Still life of grapes, melon, apples, peaches, pears, raspberries, etc. Woodengraving after George Lance 1861 [27056] 21 x 35 cm.
Full handt colour. Excellent condition. £125
George Lance (1802-64), British genre painter. |
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KITCHEN SCENE:1718. Teniers, D. ‘LE CUISINIER
FLAMAND’. Flemish cook preparing an array of game, venison and fish in his kitchen. Copper plate engraving published in Paris by J. Hoermann after David Teniers ca. 1750 [19723] 22 x 32 cm.
Uncoloured. £150
Christian Friedrich Hoermann von Guttenberg was painter and engraver in Augsburg in the 18th century. - David Teniers the younger (1610-1690), Flemish painter. - Margins trimmed inside plate mark on three sides. |
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KITCHEN SCENE:1719. Benard, R. ‘PATISSIER, TOUR A PÂTE,
BASSINES, MORTIER &c’. Uncoloured copper plate engraving showing kitchen scene (11 x 21 cm) and below drawings of various utensils, together with another full page of kitchen utensils. Robert Benard ca. 1760 [20790] Each page 32 x 21 cm. Most decorative. The pair of two plates £125
For Diderot’s Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences et des arts. |
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KITCHEN SCENE:1720. Jesson / Foster. ‘THE INNOCENT’. A Kitchen scene: The Kitchen Maid acts all shy and innocent in the presence of her Master, whilst her Lover hides under the kitchen table! Hand coloured lithograph by Jesson/Forster ca. 1850 [20781] 21 x 27 cm. £90
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KITCHEN SCENE:1721. Anonymous. ‘THE CHARTERHOUSE KITCHEN.’ Interior of a large Victorian institutional kitchen. Wood engraving, published in London 1867 [19725] 24 x 34 cm.
Full hand colouring. £75
Published in the Illustrated London News. Recent hand
colouring. |
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LONDON WINE MERCHANTS:1722. Sulman, T. ‘VIEW OF HEDGES & BUTLER’S WINE CELLARS, REGENT STREET, LONDON’. Several images on one page: Claret, Champagne, Brandy, and Burgundy cellars/stores, Champagne bottling and vintage, entrance to their Regent Street shop, the Rhine Valley, Madeira, street scene in
Oporto, etc. Woodengraving designed by T. Sulman 1890 [27059] 37 x 24 cm.
Full hand colour. Excellent condition. £120
Hedges & Butler, merchants of fine wines and spirits, established 1667 in London during the reign of Charles II, Royal Warrant since 1837. |
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MELON EATERS:1724. Murillo, E. ‘MELONENESSER’. Two boys enjoying their fruit, watched by a little dog. Uncoloured etching after Esteban Murillo by W. Hecht 1881 [20314] 49 x 40 cm. £180
Engraved after the famous painting of Spanish born Bartolomé-Esteban Murillo (1618-1682) in the Munich
Pinakothek. |
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MENU CARD - 21 CLUB NEW YORK:1725. Anonymous. ‘JACK
& CHARLIE’S “21”’. Extensive menu card for New York City’s 21
Club, dated Thursday, September 20, 1945 and signed by a not identified
customer with the remarks ‘This is a very nice farewell! 9.20.45’. New York 1945
[29144] 33 x 26 cm. Printed in black and white and colours.
Previously folded. Very good condition. £240
The 21 Club in
21 West 52nd Street dates back to 1922 when it was run by cousins Jack
Kreindler and Charlie Berns in Greenwich Village. It moved to its current
location in 1929. It had a very checkered history during the Prohibition
with secret wine cellars, hidden doors and disappearing liquor bottles when
raided. Almost every President since Roosevelt dined there and it was and is
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1728. Villa, G. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION for
a double page menu card for the 1st dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la Belle
Table’ on June 4, 1947 in the Auberge du Coucou near Lille. Original etching,
entitled ‘Cailles sur canapé’, by Georges Villa 1947 [27358]
21 x 16 cm. Limited edition No. 53/106, signed twice in pen and
in pencil by the artist on the front cover. Handcoloured by the artist.
Excellent condition. £150
Elie Georges Marie Villa (Montmédy
1883 - Paris 1965). Studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, exhibited at
the Salon des Artistes Français. Cartoonist on favourite subjects such as
aviation and fencing, and illustrator of books including works by Anatole
France, Theophile Gautier and Edgar Allan Poe. He became known for his
caricatures and portraits as well as his erotic drawings using charcoal and
pastel. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1729. Touchet, J. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION
for a double page menu card for the 6th dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la Belle
Table’ on March 19, 1948 in the Moulin de Pont-Aven. Original aquatint etching
by Jacques Touchet 1948 [27362] 16 x 21 cm. Limited
edition No. 19/106, signed in pen by the artist on the front cover. Excellent
condition. £150
Jacques Touchet, French mid 20th century
illustrator. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1730. Margat, A. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION
for a double page menu card for the Christmas dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la
Belle Table’ on December 21, 1950 in the Pavillon de l’Elysée in Paris.
Original woodcut by André Margat 1950 [27363]
24 x 19 cm. Limited edition No. 87/106, signed in pencil by the
artist on the front cover. Excellent condition. £100
André
Margat (Paris 1903 - 1997), French wildlife artist, illustrator and sculptor. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1731. Margat, A. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION
for a double page menu card for the Christmas dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la
Belle Table’ on December 21, 1950 in the Pavillon de l’Elysée in Paris.
Original woodcut by André Margat 1950 [27373]
24 x 19 cm. Limited edition No. 83/106, signed in pencil by the
artist on the front cover and by the guest of honour Maurice Garçon of the
Académie Française on the inside front cover. Excellent condition. £120
André
Margat (Paris 1903 - 1997), French wildlife artist, illustrator and sculptor. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1732. Villa, G. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION for
a double page menu card for the 37th dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la Belle
Table’ on November 10, 1953 in the Maxim in Paris. Original lithograph by Georges Villa 1953
[27357] 27 x 22 cm. Limited edition No. 19/106, signed in pen by
the artist on the front cover. Partly coloured by hand by the artist. Excellent
condition. £150
Elie Georges Marie Villa (Montmédy 1883 - Paris
1965). Studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, exhibited at the Salon des
Artistes Français. Cartoonist on favourite subjects such as aviation and
fencing, and illustrator of books including works by Anatole France, Theophile
Gautier and Edgar Allan Poe. He became known for his caricatures and portraits
as well as his erotic drawings using charcoal and pastel. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1733. Thiriot, P. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION
for a double page menu card for the 36th dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la Belle
Table’ on June 7, 1953 in the Pavillon des Princes in Paris. Original
engraving by Pierre Thiriot 1953 [27372] 22 x 17 cm.
Limited edition No. 19/106, signed in the plate and handcoloured by the artist.
Excellent condition. £120
Pierre Thiriot (1904-1991), French
artist, prolific painter of figures, animals and decorative subjects. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1734. Villa, G. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION for
a double page menu card for the 37th dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la Belle
Table’ on November 10, 1953 in the Maxim in Paris. Original lithograph by Georges Villa 1953
[27381] 27 x 22 cm. Limited edition No. 90/106, signed in pen by
the artist on the front cover. Printed in sepia. Excellent condition. £120
Elie
Georges Marie Villa (Montmédy 1883 - Paris 1965). Studied at the Ecole des
Beaux Arts in Paris, exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français. Cartoonist
on favourite subjects such as aviation and fencing, and illustrator of books
including works by Anatole France, Theophile Gautier and Edgar Allan Poe. He
became known for his caricatures and portraits as well as his erotic drawings
using charcoal and pastel. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1735. Léon, E. H. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION
for a double page menu card for the 39st dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la Belle
Table’ on February 4, 1954 in the Restaurant Jean Casenave in Paris. Original
etching by Edouard Henri Léon 1954 [27359] 21 x 16 cm.
Limited edition No. 19/106, signed in pencil by the artist on the front cover.
Excellent condition. £100
Edouard Henri Léon (1873-1968),
French painter and watercolour artist. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1736. Brissaud, P. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION
for a double page menu card for the 41st Gala dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la
Belle Table’ on May 20, 1954 in the Salons de l’Automobile-Club de France in
Paris. Original mixed etching and engraving by Pierre Brissaud 1954
[27371] 21 x 16 cm. Limited edition No. 19/106, signed in pencil
by the artist on the front cover and inscribed ‘Hommage à Madame Marie
Magdeleine Williot’ and signed on the inside front cover. Uncoloured.
Excellent condition. £100
Pierre Brissaud (1885 - 1964), French
engraver, illustrator and painter, well known for the pochoir fashion plates he
created for the Gazette du Bon Ton, where each colour is separately painted
using a stencil. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1737. Villa, G. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION for
a double page menu card for the 47th dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la Belle
Table’ on May 14, 1955 in the Hostellerie du Coq Hardy in Ponchartrain.
Original etching by Georges Villa 1955 [27356]
25 x 20 cm. Limited edition No. 19/106, signed in pen by the
artist on the front cover. Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £120
Elie
Georges Marie Villa (Montmédy 1883 - Paris 1965). Studied at the Ecole des
Beaux Arts in Paris, exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français. Cartoonist
on favourite subjects such as aviation and fencing, and illustrator of books
including works by Anatole France, Theophile Gautier and Edgar Allan Poe. He
became known for his caricatures and portraits as well as his erotic drawings
using charcoal and pastel. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1738. Thouvenot, G. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION
for a double page menu card for the 46th dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la Belle
Table’ on March 16, 1955 in the Restaurant Du Conseil de la Républiquein the
Palais du Luxembourg in Paris. Original etching by Georges Thouvenot 1955
[27361] 21 x 17 cm. Limited edition No. 53/106, signed in pencil
by the artist on the inside front cover. Excellent condition. £100
Georges
Thouvenot (Paris 1909 - 2008), French designer, engraver and painter. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1739. Villa, G. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION for
a double page menu card for the 52nd dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la Belle
Table’ on March 15, 1956 in the Hotel Crillon in Paris. Original etching,
printed in black and blue by Georges Villa 1956 [27355]
24 x 19 cm. Limited edition No. 19/106, signed in pencil by the
artist on the front cover and dedicated and signed inside to ‘la charmante
Marie-Magdeleine Williot’. Excellent condition. £120
Elie
Georges Marie Villa (Montmédy 1883 - Paris 1965). Studied at the Ecole des
Beaux Arts in Paris, exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français. Cartoonist
on favourite subjects such as aviation and fencing, and illustrator of books
including works by Anatole France, Theophile Gautier and Edgar Allan Poe. He
became known for his caricatures and portraits as well as his erotic drawings
using charcoal and pastel. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1740. Margat, A. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION
for a double page menu card for the 53rd dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la Belle
Table’ on April 26, 1956 in the Restaurant Au Cabaret in Paris. Original
woodcut by André Margat 1956 [27365] 24 x 19 cm. Limited
edition No. 19/106, signed in pencil by the artist on the front cover. Excellent
condition. £100
André Margat (Paris 1903 - 1997), French
wildlife artist, illustrator and sculptor. |
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MENU CARD - ARTISTS:1741. Bloch, M. FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION for
a double page menu card for the 74th dinner of the ‘Compagnons de la Belle
Table’ on May 17, 1960 in the Restaurant Nicolas in Paris. Original lithograph
by Marcel Bloch 1960 [27360] 26 x 20 cm. Limited edition
No. 19/106, signed in pencil by the artist on the front cover. Excellent
condition. £100
Marcel Bloch (Paris 1884 - ? ), French
lithographic poster artist and portrait painter. |
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MENU CARD - PORT ELIZABETH CLUB:1742. Chandler, W. L. ‘DINNER
TO COMMEMORATE RELIEF OF MAFEKING’. Menu printed on red silk with embroidered
borders for a commemorative dinner on the occasion of the relief of Mafeking
during the second Boer War. Printed for the Port Elizabeth Club in South Africa
by W. L. Chandler ca. 1900 [29147] 24 x 21 cm. Excellent
condition. £360
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MENU CARD - PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE:1743. Anonymous. ‘ANNUAL
DINNER OF THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY AT QUEEN’S HALL LONDON ON THURSDAY
MARCH 6TH 1902’. 28-page booklet in crimson covers, containing the menu, list
of toasts, music programme, alphabetical list of all 742 guests, and folding
dinner table plan. Printed by Novello and Co., London 1902 [29150]
23 x 18 cm. Excellent condition. £180
Prudential
plc is a British multinational life insurance and financial services company. It
was founded in London in May 1848 as The Prudential Mutual Assurance Investment
and Loan Association to provide loans to professional and working people. |
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MENU CARD - QUEEN ELIZABETH:1744. Raphael Tuck & Sons / Corporation of London.
‘RECEPTION AND LUNCHEON TO THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH
DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH ON THEIR RETURN FROM THE DOMINION
OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GUILDHALL MONDAY 19TH NOVEMBER
1951’. Eight page menu, set within pictorial board covers with braided red and
white cord, accompanied by an inserted printed folding plan shewing the
arrangements of tables. The front cover is embellished with the three
seals/heraldic shields of the Corporation of London, the Dominion of Canada and
the United States of America, and two b/w photographs half length of each
Elizabeth and Prince Philip, taken by Karsh of Ottawa, the famous
Armenian–Canadian portrait photographer. Designed and printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons, London 1951
[29149] 28 x 21 cm. Excellent condition. £240
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MENU CARD - SAVAGE CLUB:1745. Anonymous. ‘SAVAGE CLUB HOUSE
DINNER - IN THE CHAIR HARRY ROUNTREE’. Menu card for dinner at the Savage Club
in London on April 3, 1937. Chaired by Harry Rountree and illustrated by him,
sitting on a bolting bull and dressed in Golf outfit. London 1937
[29148] 26 x 18 cm. Excellent condition. £150
The
Savage Club has maintained the tradition of regular dinners for members and
their guests, always followed by entertainment. These dinners are unique within
Clubland and often feature a variety of well-known performers from Music Hall to
concert hall. - Harry Rountree (1878-1950) was a prolific illustrator working in
England around the turn of the 19/20th centuries. He was noted for his
illustrations of British Golf Courses & golfing caricatures. Also attending
among others were Percy Bradshaw (postcard artist), Robert Easton (American
artist), George Stampa (British artist) and Tom Purvis (British painter). |
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MENU CARD - SHAKESPEARE:1746. Le Bègue, L. ‘12e DINER SOUS LA
PRÉSIDENCE DE SHAKESPEARE’ at the Restaurant Moulin A Sel on February 10,
1906 with a menu exclusively devoted to Shakespeare themes (Lard Falstaff, Aspic
Cléopâtre, Salade Comme il vous plaira, Poires William, Café Romeo, etc.).
Designed by Léon Le Bègue 1906 [29146] 25 x 16 cm. Very
good condition. £120
Léon-G. Le Bègue, French 19th century
engraver. |
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MENU CARD - STEAMER SOUTHLAND:1747. Anonymous. ‘LAUNCHING OF
STEAMER SOUTHLAND’. Celebratory luncheon on the occasion of the launch of the
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co’s new steel steamer, given at the
Warwick Hotel in Newport/Virginia on October 3rd, 1908. Booklet with pictorial
front cover, menu, and boat configurations. Accompanied by the original
envelope. Newport News/Virginia 1908 [29152] 20 x 14 cm.
Excellent condition. £120
The Southland operated on the Potomac
River and Chesapeake Bay, transporting passengers and freight. After being sold
to China she was scrapped in 1955. |
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MENU CARD - STUTTGART:1748. Sturm, G. ‘SPEISEN KARTE HOTEL
MARQUARDT STUTTGART’, showing a young cook in front of a stove in the kitchen
within decorative borders and designs. Art Deco chromolithograph designed by
Prof. G. Sturm, published by Jul. Hoffmann in Stuttgart ca. 1903 [20293]
29 x 19 cm. Very good condition. £100
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MENU CARD - USS MONTANA:1749. Anonymous. ‘BREAKFAST AT THE
LAUNCH OF THE U.S. CRUISER MONTANA SAT DEC. 15, 1906’. Celebratory breakfast
on the occasion of the launch of the armored cruiser at the yards of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, given at the Warwick Hotel in Newport/Virginia.
Booklet with pictorial front cover, menu, and cruiser configurations.
Accompanied by the original envelope. Newport News/Virginia 1906 [29151]
22 x 16 cm. Excellent condition. £120
USS
Montana, also known as Armored Cruiser No. 13, was a Tennessee-class armored
cruiser, later renamed Missoula, and scrapped in 1935. |
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MENU CARD - USS NORTH CAROLINA:1750. Anonymous. ‘BANQUET AT
THE LAUNCHING OF THE U.S. ARMORED CRUISER NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY OCTOBER 6TH,
1906’. Banquet on the occasion of the launch of the USS North Carolina, given
at the Warwick Hotel in Newport/Virginia on October 6th, 1906. Booklet with
printed front cover in blue and red with imitation seal, menu, and cruiser
configurations. Accompanied by the original envelope. Newport News/Virginia 1908
[29153] 25 x 17 cm. Excellent condition. £120
USS
North Carolina was also known as Armored Cruiser No. 12 and later renamed
Charlotte. She was sold for scrapping in 1930. |
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MENU CARD - USS VIRGINIA:1751. Anonymous. ‘LUNCHEON AT THE
LAUNCHING OF THE UNITED STATES BATTLE-SHIP “VIRGINIA” APRIL THE FIFTH
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR’. Luncheon on the occasion of the launch of the USS
Virginia, given at the Hotel Chamberlin at Old Point Comfort/Virginia on April
5, 1904. Booklet with printed embossed front cover in blue and red with
imitation seal, menu, and ship configurations. Accompanied by the original
envelope. Published by the Hotel Chamberlin in Fortress Monroe/Virginia 1904
[29154] 21 x 17 cm. Excellent condition. £120
USS
Virginia was a United States Navy pre-dreadnought battleship, the lead ship of
her class. Virginia was decommissioned in 1920 and eventually expended as a
target ship in 1923. |
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MILLER:1753. Weigel, Ch. ‘DER MÜLLER’. The Miller. Christoph Weigel ca. 1699 [24384] Copper engraving with German text, 13 x 8 cm (image 9 x 8 cm). £75
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SAUSAGE MAKING:1754. Teniers, D. ‘LA BOUDINIERE’. Sausage making in a fine medieval kitchen. Copper plate engraving by J. P. Le Bas after David Teniers ca. 1750 [20295] 36 x 47 cm.
Uncoloured. £480
David Teniers (1610-1690), very influential Flemish painter, whose works are represented in every major museum around the world. He painted a number of rustic kitchen scenes. - Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-1783), French engraver. - Short tear to lower margin closed. |
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SHERRY:1755. W. P. 'THE SHERRY VINTAGE IN THE CERRO DE OBREGON VINEYARD,
JEREZ'. Wine harvest in the Sherry producing area of Jerez in Spain. Illustrated London News 1876 [24213] 33 x 23 cm.
Full hand colour. Excellent condition. £120
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TEA.1756. William, J. L. ‘TEA - ITS CULTIVATION AND PREPARATION’. Showing the stages of tea production in Assam from preparing the ground for the seed to the completion of the drying process in nine various scenes on one sheet. Tinted steel engraving by Thomas Brown published in Glasgow and Edinburgh after J. L. William ca. 1860 [20299] 21 x 28 cm. £100
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TEA:1757A. Anonymous. ‘TEA CULTIVATION IN BRITISH INDIA’. Eight scenes on one sheet.
Wood engraving from 1876 [20816] 31 x 23 cm. Full hand colouring. £75
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WHEAT - RICE:1758. Anonymous. ‘WHEAT, RICE AND COTTON SEED HULLERS’. Eight illustrations from an American trades publication ‘The Growth of Industrial Art, - published by Sackett & Wilhelms Litho Co, New York ca 1890 [24806] Uncoloured wood engraving, 43 x 34 cm. £75
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WINE:1759. Patas, Ch. E. LARGE GROUP OF DUTCH NOBLEMEN posing around a dining table, many raising their glasses.
Hand coloured copper plate engraving after an unidentified painting. Charles Emmanuel Patas 1790 [19705] 21 x 33 cm. £125
The faces of all noble participants are executed with remarkable detail and accurateness, probably intended to produce the effect of a group portrait of well known local personalities. - Proof before captions. |
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WINE:1760. Doré, G. ‘THE VINTAGE IN FRANCE’. Highly animated scene of the wine harvest near a French chateau. Doublepage woodengraving after a design by Gustave Doré 1856 [27060]
36 x 50 cm. Full hand
colour. Excellent condition. £180
Gustave Doré (1832-83), prolific French painter. |
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WINE:1761. Levasseur, V. ‘DEPT. DE LA MOSELLE’. Map of the French wine growing regionaround the
Moselle. Atlas National Illustré ca. 1852 [20311] 28 x 41 cm. £70
The map coloured in outline, the surrounding decorations, text cartouches, scenes and views
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WINE:1762. Anonymous. ‘THE VINTAGE OF MEDOC: Cuvier or pressing-house at Chateau
D’Estournel’. Woodengraving 1871 [24215] 24 x 34 cm. Full hand
colour. Excellent condition. £100
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WINE:1763. Anonymous. 'SPRING IN PORTUGAL: TRIMMING THE GRAPE VINES.'
Woodengraving 1873 [24211] 22 x 30 cm. Full hand
colour. Excellent condition. £90
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WINE:1764. Anonymous. ‘THE WINE SUPPLY OF ENGLAND: MESSRS GILBEY’S CLARET, STORES’. Two scenes in the wine store of Messrs Gilbey and, above, a view of Chateau Loudenne on the Gironde River in France.
Woodengraving 1876 [25939] 24 x 34 cm. Full hand coloured
woodengraving. Excellent condition. £90
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WINE:1765. Destez, P. 'THE VINTAGE IN THE CANTON OF
VAUD'. Six illustrations of wine-growing and -producing in Switzerland. The Graphic 1894 [24214] 31 x 22 cm.
Full hand coloured wood engraving by Paul Destez from sketches by F. A. Hake. Excellent condition. £90
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WINE:1766. Tofani, O. ‘THE VINTAGE SEASON IN ITALY’. The wine harvest near Florence. The Graphic ca. 1910 [27054] 30 x 23 cm. Printed in full colours from a sketch by Osvaldo
Tofani, Italian painter and illustrator (1849-1915). Excellent condition. £90
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