English Drawings

An exceptional watercolour on card volvelle, George the 2nd in age, circa 1730 The revolving centre circle is moved from the reverse via a turned bone knob, the front center is mo...

A pair of early 19th century engravings published by Thomas Kelly 1817 One depicting a armillary sphere (An armillary sphere is a model of objects in the sky, consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centered on Earth or the Sun, that represent lines of celestial longitude and latitude and other astronomically important features, such as the ecliptic. As such, it differs from a celestial globe, which is a smooth sphere whose principal purpose is to map the constellations. It was invented separately in ancient Greece and ancient China, with later use in the Islamic world and Medieval Europe) small tear to bottom right corner stains and discoloration And the second showing a Copernican (Copernican heliocentrism is the name given to the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in 1543. It positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets orbiting around it in circular paths modified by epicycles and at uniform speeds. The Copernican model departed from the Ptolemaic system that had prevailed for centuries, placing Earth at the center of the Universe, and is often regarded as the launching point to modern astronomy and the Scientific Revolution) Stains and discoloration to the engravings small...

Portrait of an Actress Black pencil with touches of red pencil on paper The attribution of the drawing is based on comparison with a series of similar drawings, some signed, by Har...

A finely rendered, very graphic architectural drawing in pen and ink and watercolor on paper of a star-shaped fortification with tower. The top portion of the drawing depicts a side ...

A bold geometric architectural pen and ink and watercolor drawing of an English star-shaped fortification, signed 'John Cummins' and dated 1782 lower left and dedicated to Lord Amher...