5 / 1/97 to 12 / 22/97 Siigi mmm /ft* A COLLECTION OF ENGRAVED PORTRAITS, Including several of NAPOLEON I. THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN; BOOKS OF ETCHINGS, BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS, THE PROPERTY OF MES. EDWARD FISHER, Deceased, late of Abbotsbury, Newton Abbot; AND flfcobern Hrtist’s proof Engravings, After Sir E. LANDSEER, Sir J. MILLAIS, F. WALKER, A.R.A. W, D. SADLER, AND OTHERS FROM VARIOUS PRIVATE SOURCES: WHICH Mill bf iroin H> auction ln> Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, AT THJSI& GREAT ROOMS, 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, On FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1897, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. May be viewed Two Days preceding, and Catalogues had- at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street, St. James's Square , S.W. CONDITIONS OF SALE. - 0 - I. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and if any dispute arise between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. TI. No person to advance less than Is.; above Five Pounds, 5s.; and so on in proportion. III, In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. IV. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, and to pay down 5s. in the Pound, or more, in part of payment, or the whole of the Purchase-Money, if required,; in default of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. V. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at the Buyer’s expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale ; Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods not being responsible for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot: and making no warranty whatever. VI. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be removed during the time of Sale; and the remainder of the Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on delivery. VII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots un¬ cleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale. /*// /. - /. - 4c- 4c - - 6 . _ 6 ~ _ 7 - 6 /d~ - /• * '0. - CATALOGUE. On FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1897, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. ENGRAVINGS —In the Folio. 1 Cupid and Bacchanals, after A. Kauffman ; and Children Feeding Goats, after Morland, by Tomkins 2 2 The Earl of Rothes, after Reynolds; Dr. Jehner, after ditto— 'proof ; and one other 3 3 A Classical Scene, after A. Kauffman, by V. Green —proof Framed. 3/3 4 Ladies with Cupids— a pair, ovals; and A Girl, sewing 5 Puss in Favour; and Pompey under Difficulties, after Morland, by Prattent 2 6 Vicar of Wakefield ; and Fair Emmiline, after Stothard— in colours 2 7 Triumph of Venus; and Choice of Paris, after Kauffman, by^oXct*^ Ryland— in colours 2 8 The Industrious Cottager and Idle Laundress, after Morland, b y Blake— printed in colours 9 History of Letitia, after ditto, by J. R. Smith— ditto 5 10 The Angry Farmer ; and Boys Skating, after ditto— coloured 2 11 A Country Inn, after G. Morland— in colours B 2 4 A « — • — $. - 12 The Results of Economy and Idleness, after ditto —ditto < lchx^&£es 13 The Rustic Hovel ; and The Cottage Sty, after ditto, by E. Bell^^C^ .2/- ^. - —ditto 14 A Party Angling; and The Angler’s Repast, after ditto —in /EtTAP* /£. /(>. - colours 2 15 The First of September; and The Sportsman’s Return, after ditto in colours 2 //- • 4. - - 16 Peasant and Pigs, after Morland, by J. R. Smith— mezzotint ; Stable Amusement; and Outside a Country Inn, after ditto— ditto 3 3./..- j ■ 17 Gamekeepers, after Stubbs, by H. Birche *18 Right Hon. A. Duncan, after J. Hoppner, R.A., by J. Ward .2 • .2.. - 19 Miss Fanny Kemble, after Sir J. Reynolds, by J. Jones A /. _ 6- - . _ 20 Young Volunteers, after Paye, by J. Young —printed in colours T/cE&o 21 The Schoolmistress, after W. Owen, by J. Ward— ditto; and <£. /C* Devotion, after Carlo Dolci —ditto 2 22 Portrait of a Lady —in crayons, oval /O. - /• A. ~ THE property of a gentleman. 23 Two Portraits of Ladies, after Cosway, by Gaujean— r proofs 2 24 The Royal Family in 1787 — coloured ; Small Portrait of Nelson ; -^r#“ Hamilton and others —chiefly etchings, in a folio ‘ 37 6 /4/f iC /. 4 . - /- - - - /-2 • 4. - /A.- - 2 - A- - 45 : - 2 - /• 3. /o . The folldwing are Sold by Order of the Executors of MRS ED WARD FISHER, deceased, late of Abbotsbury, Newton Abbot. ETCHINGS —In the Folio. 48 R. S. Chattook : A set of ten Etchings of the River Duthlou, with descriptive letterpress —in a folio 49 Ditto: A set of fourteen Etchings of Wensleydale, with descrip-w^<^^&/i/ tive letterpress— proofs, in a folio 50 B. Debaines: Etchings in London— artist’s proofs ( 6 ); and Etchings of Salisbury, by W. Brown —a set of eight ol A. E. Smith: Etchings of Ye Olde Towne of Shrewsbury— aset^M&oae& of six ; and the Edinburgh Etching Club Portfolio —a set of twelve 2 o2 F. W. Simon : Bits of old Edinburgh, a set of ten Etchings, with descriptive letterpress— only 250 copies printed — two copies o3 A. Lalauze : Le Petit Monde—a set of ten eaux-fortes— in a 54 E. Piper: Picturesque old York— in six parts ; and Picturesque old Chester, with descriptive notes —in six parts 55 H. Sheppard Dale : Eight Etchings of Exeter Cathedral, with letterpress 06 David Law: Views of the Thames from Oxford to Windsor— a series of ten etchings 57 American Etchings ; A collection of twenty Etchings, by Moran, Panish, Ferris and others —Japan proofs, Boston 1886 51 Ernest George : Etchings of old London—a set of twenty, with '-Jfuca&A descriptive letterpress—in a portfolio Ditto . Etchings in Belgium, a set of thirty— proofs —with de- scriptive letterpress 60 Ditto. 1 welve Etchings ot Venico, with descriptive letterpress — London, 18S8 Cl G. Cuitt : Wanderings amongst the Ruins of Olden Time—a /Dce'muM^' series of seventy-three Etchings— proofs on Japanese paper — and Etchings of Castles in North Wales ; &c. 21 62 P. Sandby : Views and Antiquities of South Wales— aquatints 60 |^63 Wilson (Sir Daniel): Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time, large paper, with thirty-eight proof plates— unbound " 64 S. L. Lee : Stratford-on-Avon, with forty-five illustrations by E. Hull— London, 1885 |65 A Book of Drawings, by A. Bryan, L. Davies, H. Furniss and others—a set of seventeen Etchings— large paper 66 S. Van Gravesande : Sketches of Holland — a set of twelve Etchings, with frontispiece 67 N. Massaloff : Chefs d’tEuvres de L’Ermitage Imperial de --- A,'t <- Saint Petersbourg— a set of twenty 68 Joseph Nash : The Mansions of England in the Olden Time, coloured lithographs —the three series, a set of ninety-six in two folios 69 Sir E. Landseer: Etchings of Animals— India proofs, a set of seventeen in a folio 70 Sir F. Seymour Haden : Etudes a l’Eau-Forte—a series of fifty- V four Etchings, with descriptive letterpress, Paris, 1866— very rare—only 250 copies printed — in a folio 71 Six Etchings of Chester, by Monk ; and six Etchings of Old Dart¬ mouth, by A. Green ; &c. 17 /y^. tyx & /f 72 Facsimiles of Works of Italian Engravers, by G. W. Reid ; and Etchings of Wiltshire, by W. C. Read 2 73 Etchings, by D. Stoop— a set of twelve 12 74 Claude Lorrain : Eaux-Fortes reproduced by AmaDd Durand, text by G. Duplessis— in a folio 75 Ditto : Eaux-Fortes de Van Dyck, Paul Potter and Ruysdael & 8 £/ - 3. /i~ - Z- - ^ JL- /J-. _ /• /■ _ ^ .2 . _ - 2 - - 2 .. _ /• /- _ _ / ■ . _ /r. _ / - /a . _ /* £. - //. - 76 Etchings, after Frans Hals, by William Unger— selected proofs on India paper, in two parts, Leyden, 1873 77 Les (Euvkes de William Unger: Eaux-Fortes d’apres les maitres anciens— in fourteen parts, Leyden, 1874 78 Musee National d’Amsterdam, a set of thirty-two plates, by William Unger— in eight parts 79 L Eau-Forte, 1874-1881 : Eight sets of thirty original Etchings by thirty distinguished artists, with letterpress by P. Burty— in eight folios 80 The Etching Club : A series of twenty-one Etchings, by Sir J. Millais, P.R.A, R. Ansdell, R.A, W. Holman Hunt and others —in a portfolio 81 Songs of Shakespeare, illustrated by the Etching Club—a set of eighteen artist’s proofs, large paper, in a folio 82 Flights of Fancy : a set of fourteen, in silver point, by C. P. Sainton, 1894— signed by the artist, in a portfolio 83 Beauties of the Court of Charles II, after Sir P. Lely—a set of twenty-one, printed in colours, in a portfolio 84 L Illustration Nouvelle, par une Societe de Peintres- Graveurs a l’Eau Forte, deuxieme partie— a set of ninety-six, Paris, 1880 85 Etchings of Old Exeter, by N. H. Baird, Philimore, &c. 86 Reproductions of Drawings by Old Masters, in the British Museum, Parts III and IV. 87 Fifty-three photographs of pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds 88 Illustrations to Bunyan, after T. Stothard, R.A, by J. Strutt proofs before letters, a set of sixteen, in a portfolio 89 Illustrations to Bunyan’s ‘ Pilgrim’s Progress,’ after T. Stothard, R.A, by Goodall, L. Stocks and others— proofs before letters, a set of seventeen, in a portfolio 90 Illustrations to the Works of Robert Burns, after A. Nasmyth, S. Bough and others— proofs before letters and etchings, only seventy-five sets printed 9 91 Illustrations to 1 Robinson Crusoe,’ after Stotbard, by Heath— *V twenty-two proofs before letters and an engraver s proof 23 92 Illustrations to the ‘ Decameron,’ after Stothard— eight proofs ; xia JaXtv &c. 18 93 Illustrations to Burns’ Works, by W. B. Scott— proofs before letters 17 94 Burns’ Complete Works, extra plates for vols. 1 to 6— proofs and ocffff* etchings 27 95 Ruskin (John), Extra plates to ‘Modern Painters 14 XX 96 J. M. W. Turner, R.A. : River Scenery, by Turner and Girtin — a set of twenty; and Illustrations to ‘ l he Keepsake, after Turner— eleven proofs 2 97 Ditto: Illustrations to Rogers’ ‘ Italy ’—India proofs before <&'npM letters , a set of fifty-six 98 Ditto : Illustrations to Rogers’ ‘ Pleasures' of Memory,’ after <&>rrx££l- Turner and Stothard 99 Ditto: The Seine and the Loire, by Willmore, Cousen and C&m.l't others —a set of sixty-one proofs before letters, with descrip¬ tive letterpress 100 Ditto: Illustrations to Rogers’ ‘ Italy ’— proofs 13 101 Ditto: Illustrations to Milton, by Goodall— proofs before letters 7 102 Ditto: Illustrations to Scott’s Poems— India paper proofs 24 103 Ditto : Illustrations to Sir Walter Scott’s Prose Works— proofs before letters ^ 104 Ditto : Illustrations to Scott’s Novels (French edition)— India -Jtuxpy* proofs 8 105 Ditto : Illustrations to Scott’s Poetical Works—some proofs 13 106 Ditto : Illustrations to ‘ The Keepsake ’ 7 107 Ditto: Finden’s Illustrations to the Bible; Burning of the e Houses of Parliament; &c. 31 10 /^j 3 - ~~ • '— //. _ /(? ~ ~ //' - / _ 4. - - P - 2 . — • / /• - •J- - 108 Ditto: Illustrations to Campbell’s Poems— proofs before all letters 20 109 Ditto : Towns and Rivers of England, by Wallis, Hensball, Willmore and others 32 110 Ditto: Scenes in Italy; Portrait of the Artist; &c. 20 111 Turner and Buckler : Picturesque Scenes in Richmondshire—32 plates with descriptive letterpress 112 Ditto: Illustrations to Rogers’ Poems, by Goodall— proofs before letters, in a portfolio 30 113 Duchess of Devonshire, after Gainsborough, by E. Stodart; Mrs. Robinson, after Cosway, &c. 7 114 Madame Recamier, after Cosway, by A. Cardon; Lady Camden, /fr* after Reynolds ; &c. 6 115 Small Portraits, after Sir J. Reynolds, by S. W. Reynolds— some proofs 50 116 Fancy Subjects, after Sir J. Reynolds, by ditto— smallest plates \^6(a*&£E 141 “ For he’s a Jolly Good Fellow,” after ditto, by ditto— remarque ^ proof 142 The Refectory, after ditto, by Slocombe ; and A Country Inn, by Iloywood Hardy 2 £3. 6~ — 6. -.