05-16-201205-17-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 16, 2012 02:00 PMCalender
585

Bound Portrait Collection (c. 1830)

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Auction: Discovery - 2597MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 17, 2012 10:00AM

Description:

Bound Portrait Collection (c. 1830), Collection of approximately forty-three engraved portraits, all printed by Harding and Lepard in London (ac. 1826-1836, associated with seventy-three portraits). Portraits begin with the court of Henry VIII, members of the royal family, important ministers, literary figures and others: Lord Nelson, Cromwell, Locke, Sidney, Bacon, Thomas More, et cetera; bound together in full gilt green morocco, a.e.g., the work of a Toledo bindery, with their label; interleaved throughout with blank sheets. The engravings, all done after paintings, were engraved by Cochran, Cooper, Freeman, Holl, Ryall, Scriven, and others; binding rubbed, with rubbed areas colored in with a green marker, head and tail bumped, corners bumped with loss.
Estimate $75-100

Keywords

London, Henry VIII, Toledo, Nelson, Thomas More