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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CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD:1701. Anonymous. ‘THE VINTAGE IN
MEDOC: THE VINEYARDS OF CHATEAU LAFITTE’ (sic!). Numerous helpers at the wine harvest of the first growth Bordeaux grapes near the chateau.
Woodengraving 1871 [27061] 24 x 34 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £100
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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:1703. 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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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. £125
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:1710. Wentzel, J. Fr. ‘VENDREDI, CHAIR NE
MANGERAS!’. A monk holding a knife, fork and grilled pigeon, tempted to break the rule ‘Thou shallst not eat meat on a Friday!’. Coloured lithograph by Johann Friedrich Wentzel ca. 1820 [24227] 31 x 23 cm. Full original
colour. £150
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FOOD:1711. Besson, F. ‘DER VORNEHME KÄUFER / MARKETS SURPRISE’. Elegant shoppers in a market arcade. Tinted crayon lithograph within floral borders by Bülow after Faustin
Besson, published by Brigl & Lobeck in Berlin ca. 1840 [19732] 40 x 58 cm. £150
Faustin Besson (1821-1882), a charming French period painter. His works are represented in only a few provincial museums. - Two tears to caption closed, not affecting image. |
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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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FOOD CARICATURE:1713. Gillray, J. ‘TIDDY-DOLL THE GREAT FRENCH GINGERBREAD-BAKER DRAWING OUT A NEW BATCH OF KINGS. - HIS MAN HOPPING TALLEY MIXING UP THE DOUGH’. Political caricature. Handcoloured copper plate engraving after James Gillray ca. 1818 [19714] 17 x 25 cm. £125
James Gillray (1756-1815) was an important English engraver of caricatures. Some of his works, like this one, were reproduced in a smaller size after his death. |
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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. £125
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. £95
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. £125
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. £75
From Gerard’s ‘The Herball or Generall Historie of
Plantes...’, published in London 1597. |
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FRUIT:1713E. Redouté, P. J. [PEAR] and [PLUMS]. Two untitled plates, showing a pear on one and three plums on the other, all with branches and leaves. Stipple engravings, printed in colour and finished by hand by Bouquet and de Gouy for Pierre Joseph Redouté’s Botanique de Jean Jacques Rousseau 1805 [20316] 36 x 27 cm each (measured to plate mark). Wide margins. Excellent condition. The pair £250
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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 recent
colour. Excellent condition. £150
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 recent
colour. Excellent condition. £150
George Lance (1802-64), British genre painter. |
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GIN:1716. Cruikshank, G. ‘THE GIN SHOP’. ‘ - now, Oh dear, how shocking the thought is, - they makes the gin from
aquafortis: - they do it on purpose folks lives to shorten,- and tickets it up at two-pence a
quartern.’ Designed, etched and published by George Cruikshank November 1st 1829 [20297] 21 x 26 cm.
Uncoloured. £150
George Cruikshank (1792-1878), etcher of caricatures and humorous book illustrations. |
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KITCHEN:1717. Anonymous. ‘COOKING STOVES’. Six illustrations from an American trades publication ‘The Growth of Industrial Art, - published by Sackett & Wilhelms Litho Co, New York ca 1890 [24807] Uncoloured wood engraving, 43 x 34 cm. £75
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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. £250
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. Recent
handcolouring. £75
Published in the Illustrated London News. Recent hand
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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 recent
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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LONDON WINE MERCHANTS:1723. Sulman, T. ‘HEDGES & BUTLER’. Pictorial advert for the London wine merchants of ‘Sherries, Ports, Clarets, Champagnes, Burgundies and
Madeiras’. Woodengraving designed by T. Sulman 1891 [27058] 37 x 24 cm. Full recent
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:1725. 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. £90
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MILLER:1725A. 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:1726. 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:1727. 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 recent
colour. Excellent condition. £120
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TEA.1728. 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:1729. Anonymous. ‘TEA CULTIVATION IN BRITISH INDIA’. Eight scenes on one sheet.
Woodengraving from 1876 [20816] 31 x 23 cm. Recent hand
colouring. £75
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WHEAT - RICE:1730. 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:1731. Patas, Ch. E. LARGE GROUP OF DUTCH NOBLEMEN posing around a dining table, many raising their glasses. Handcoloured 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:1732. Wentzel, J. Fr. ‘BONUM VINUM’ Smiling monk raising glass and wine bottle. A coloured lithograph by Johann Friedrich Wentzel ca. 1820 [24226] 31 x 23 cm. Full original
colour. £150
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WINE:1733. 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
uncoloured. |
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WINE:1734. 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 recent
colour. Excellent condition. £180
Gustave Doré (1832-83), prolific French painter. |
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WINE:1735. Anonymous. ‘THE VINTAGE OF MEDOC: Cuvier or pressing-house at Chateau
D’Estournel’. Woodengraving 1871 [24215] 24 x 34 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £100
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WINE:1736. Anonymous. 'SPRING IN PORTUGAL: TRIMMING THE GRAPE VINES.'
Woodengraving 1873 [24211] 22 x 30 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £90
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WINE:1737. 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 recent coloured
woodengraving. Excellent condition. £90
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WINE:1738. 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 recent coloured woodengraving by Paul Destez from sketches by F. A. Hake. Excellent condition. £90
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WINE:1739. 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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