Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy’s Silhouette by John Field

This fine impression of the celebrated print engraved by mezzotint engraver John Raphael Smith after a painting by Henry Danloux shows the subject on the deck of a ship in the heat of the Battle Camperdown. It is framed in an ornate giltwood frame with a paper label on the reverse showing a coat of arms flanked by the inscription ‘Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan when Victorious off Camperdown, is by permission most humbly dedicated to the Hon. Miss Jane Duncan by her most obedient Servant H.P.Danloux London. Published by H. P. Danloux No 11 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital...

Captain Sir George Collier’s presentation silver entree dishes and covers by Richard Cooke, London 1803, each plain rectangular with gadroon borders, covers with detachable vine twist handles, the covers engraved: ‘Presented by the Old Madras Insurance Company to Captn. Collier, Commander of His Majestys Sloop ‘Victor’, for his persevering & gallant conduct in chasing for two days, partially engaging & ultimately sinking the French National Corvette ‘La Fleche’ of superior force while advantageously anchored at the Mahé Islands.’ Dimensions approx.: 150 x 290 x 200mm / 6 x 11 ½ x 8 inches Total weight approx.: 3513 grams / 112 oz. troy. Footnotes: These silver dishes were presented to Captain Sir George Collier KCB (1774-1824) for destroying the 22-gun French corvette La Flèche whilst commanding Victor, 18 guns, in the Seychelles on 5 September 1801. After escorting troop transports into the Red Sea ahead of the British invasion of Egypt, Victor fell in with La Flèche off Diego Garcia. After an initial engagement, the corvette escaped to windward only to be found again four days later. A short but fierce action ensued during which the corvette caught fire, grounded on a coral reef and sank before a prize crew could secure the ship. As reward, the Admiralty made Collier post captain and gave him command of Leopard, 50 guns. Born in London, Collier entered the Royal Navy in 1784. As a midshipman, he was wrecked off Madagascar in 1792 surviving among the natives of that island for six months before being rescued by a passing Portuguese brig. Unfortunately, the brig was immediately captured by a French privateer and for two more years, Collier was confined as a prisoner of war on Mauritius. Returning to service in 1795, he was given his first command in Suffolk Tender. Following the Peace of Amiens, Collier commanded the Sea Fencibles at Liverpool. After accompanying the expedition to Copenhagen in 1808, for which he was knighted for delivering the admiral’s dispatches, he saw action, and was wounded, supporting the military Campaign in Spain. After the war, Collier was made commodore on the African station where he was employed suppressing the slave trade with such rigour that he was elected an honorary member of the African Institution, founded by William Wilberforce...

A bow-front marine barometer by John Dollond It is of slender cylindrical form with a silvered register plate enclosed by a hinged thermometer flap an...

J. B. Waring describes this oxidised silver Testimonial as follows: “The Manchester Art-Treasures Testimonial is surmounted by a figure of genius contending with an eagle, around which are allegorical figures of Painting, Sculpture and Industrial Art. On the columns are the rose, shamrock and thistle and the motto of the Exhibition, from Keats’ Hyperion – “a thing of beauty is a joy for ever”. On the vase are the names of the principal artists whose works adorned the Exhibition, and on the angles infantine figures of Fame hold portrait medallions of Michael Angelo, Titian and Cellini”. On an ebonized stepped plinth. Assay marks, ISH, London, 1859. Published: J. B. Waring, Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition 1862...

The openwork gold pendent mount supports a three sided faceted quartz, each side seal engraved respectively with the crest of Hood within the motto ‘Tria Juncta in Uno for the Order ...

This monumental George III gold and hardstone intaglio fob seal comprises a profile portrait of the head and shoulders of Admiral Viscount Nelson, in uniform displaying...

A photograph postcard signed by the acclaimed 19th century English author Thomas Hardy. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English author whose seminal works include 'Jude the Obscure' (1895), 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' (1891) and 'Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)'. A Thomas Hardy signed colour postcard dating from 1924. The postcard depicts a bust sculpture of Hardy by Russian sculptor Serge...

1 Volume Bound In 3/4 Tan Morocco, Cloth Boards by Bickers & Son, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt on spine, royal crest on front cover. Hand-colored Frontispiece. Profusely...

Painting in Islam: A Study of the Place of Pictorial Art in Muslim Culture. Painting in Islam by Sir Thomas W. Arnold (1965-07-01). Paintings in Islam indicates the place of painti...

1 Volume. Sir John Skelton, Charles I. Bound in 3/4 red morocco and linen boards double-bordered in gilt tooling. Raised bands, dotted in gilt tooling wit...

Painted ship lantern painted with ship name Sir John Franklin. Overall dimensions: 18"H x 14. Weight is 7 pounds.

1 Volume. Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur. Bound in full red morocco. Blue gilt floral symbol on covers. Raised bands. Decorative gilt floral symbols on spines. Top edges gilt. Cork endpapers. Russel Flint Illus 1927 Fine Bindings. Illustrated. Published: London; Jonathan Cape & The Medici Society...