Bartolozzi developed his style to imitate the subtleties of renaissance and baroque chalk drawings and became deservedly famous for his stipple engraving. The portraits in this collection show how effective this technique was in reproducing with such incredible fidelity Holbein's original designs. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 39 / 10½ x 15½

A delightful and rare view of Battersea Church and the river with Cheyne Walk and Battersea Bridge in the distance. In the foreground a couple walk with their dog. The scene is vignetted as though seen through an oval aperture in a masonry wall.

Dimensions (W x H): 25.5 x 22 / 10 x 8½

An attractive and detailed map of the island. Two inset maps., one entitled "A Draught of the Harbours of the Port Antonio & St. Francis on the North East Coast of Jamaica" and another entitled "A draught of Port Royal or Kingston Harbour in Jamaica". Both have depth soundings.

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 34 / 16½ x 13½

An attractive map of Jamaica with two insets; at lower left, ‘A Draught of the Harbour of Port Antonio and St. Francis on the North East coats of Jamaica’, and at lower right, ‘A Draught of Port Royal or Kingston Harbour in Jamaica’. Emmanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the ...

An attractive and detailed map of the island. One inset entitled "A draught of the Harbours of the Port Antonio & St. Francis on the North East Coast of Jamaica" and another entitled "A draught of Port Royal or Kingston Harbour in Jamaica". Both have depth soundings.

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 34 / 16½ x 13½

Beautiful street map of part of the city of London, from London Wall south to Cornhill. Three vignettes of churches- St Bartholomew ‘behind ye Royal Exchange,’ St Bennet Finch and St Christopher’s in Threadneedle Street. Coats of arms of Thomas Rawlinson and Francis Cockayne, to whom there is an ...

Dimensions (W x H): 47.5 x 35.5 / 18½ x 14

Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington was the English lord treasurer and ambassador and leader of the pro-Spanish, pro-Roman Catholic faction in the court of Charles I. Portrait within a big oval frame.

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 36 / 9 x 14

Bartolozzi developed his style to imitate the subtleties of renaissance and baroque chalk drawings and became deservedly famous for his stipple engraving. The portraits in this collection show how effective this technique was in reproducing with such incredible fidelity Holbein's original designs. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29.5 / 8½ x 11½

A handsome and detailed map of England and Wales showing the roads and distances between towns. The map is flanked by exhaustive lists of the towns of England and Wales, a list of parliamentary constituencies and a decorative dedication to ‘Francis lord Viscount Rialton’. Decorative cartouche at ...

Dimensions (W x H): 97 x 60 / 38 x 23½

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 53 / 25 x 21

The Temple of Edfu was one of Roberts’ favourite buildings in Egypt and he made several drawings of the temple. In this beautiful lithograph, he focusses his attention on the huge capitals that surmount the columns.

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 36 / 19½ x 14

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 53 / 25 x 21

Roberts stunning lithograph of the pronaos of the Temple of Edfu. From David Roberts’ journal, Nov 23 1838: ‘To draw the [pronaos] I was obliged to sit in the sun protected only by a sunshade and the temperature reached 98 degrees in the shade today. I fear I did not make a very good job of it, but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 35 / 20 x 14

From David Robert’s journal, November 21, 1838: ‘I made two drawings of these magnificent ruins and I painted a complete view of the place in oils.’

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 35 / 19½ x 14

Dimensions (W x H): 99 x 64 / 39 x 25

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Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

A fine view of the entrance to the temple of Abu Simbel. Roberts described Abu Simbel as ‘the monument which alone makes the trip Nubia worthwhile’. When the Aswan Dam was built, The entire temple was cut into 20 ton blocks and rebuilt higher up the hill to save it being submerged in the rising ...

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 36 / 19½ x 14

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

One of the finest of all the lithographs, because Roberts took particular care to show the lavish detail on the pillars and ceiling of this magnificent temple.

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 50 / 14 x 19½