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A Recent Sale of Eighteen ‘Elizabeth Blackwells’
Here, pictured unframed.
Elizabeth Blackwell (nee Blachrie) was among the first women to achieve fame as a botanical illustrator. She was born in Aberdeen in about 1700, but moved to London after she married. She undertook an ambitious project to raise money to pay her husband’s debts and release him from debtors’ prison.
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Willughby Fish
Francis Willughby (1635-1672)
From the first large work on fishes in England, marking a new era in ichthyology that clearly described and classified fishes according to nature and based on their characteristics drawn only from their structure.
1680
23.5 cm x 38 cm (unframed)
Willughby Fish – Mola Salu – 1680
Francis Willughby (1635-1672)
From the first large work on fishes in England, marking a new era in ichthyology that clearly described and classified fishes according to nature and based on their characteristics drawn only from their structure.
Framed H. 46.5 cm W. 49 cm
A Recent Sale of Eighteen ‘Elizabeth Blackwells’
Yet to be professionally photgraphed, these are iPhone photos.
Elizabeth Blackwell (nee Blachrie) was among the first women to achieve fame as a botanical illustrator. She was born in Aberdeen in about 1700, but moved to London after she married. She undertook an ambitious project to raise money to pay her husband’s debts and release him from debtors’ prison.
Pages of ‘Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse’.
No. 36 – Perdrix, male et female, de la Californie – California Male and Female Partridge Birds.
La Perouse set sail from France in 1785 to continue discoveries of Captain Cook.
He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narratives, maps and views survived and were published in 1797.
73 cm x 54 cm
A collection of 19th Century coloured engravings of whaling scenes
20 cm x 31.5 cm (unframed) x 2
32 cm x 41 cm (unframed) x 2
A Portsea home that Brownlow Interior Design dressed using some of our art and furniture
Bivalubus (shells) Chonchology Historiae Conchyliorum.
One of the earliest published books dedicated to the subject of chronchology (etching and engraving)
Unframed Collection
1668
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“The Seal”
Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) was a Welsh naturalist and travel writer, achieving distinction in both fields.
He attended Oxford University.
His natural history book “The British Zoology” was published in 1766 and was very influential to the study of Zoology.
Drawing by Peter Paillou, engraved by Johan Jakob Haid
36.5 cm x 53 cm (unframed)
Capra’ Wild goat
19th Century coloured lithograph animal.
A. Gatt
78 cm x 95 cm (framed)
Choix des plus beaux Vases Antiques Modernes et de la Renaissance.
Hand coloured engravings.
1870
31 cm x 47 cm
Nine 17th and 16th Century Atlas Title Pages in black and white
Measurements vary.
Johnson Copper engravings.
1695
34.5 cm x 20 cm
Green – Fish of the Congo
Hand coloured engravings
1875
36 cm x 56 cm
Bartoli Mythical Scenes. Detailed copper engravings.
1750
22 cm x 53 cm
One of the earliest published books dedicated to the subject of chonchology (etching and engraving)
1668
Churchill’s Voyages
Mid 18th Century copper engravings of Fish.
1750