Aquatint Collection (page 9)

"Commandeur Grand-Croix de l'Ordre de l'Epée", 1780s. Creator: Johan Abraham Aleander
"Commandeur Grand-Croix de l'Ordre de l'Epee", 1780s. Costume for commander with the large cross of the Order of the Sword

Gustaf III's national costume/Swedish costume, 1780s. Creator: Johan Abraham Aleander
Gustaf III's national costume/Swedish costume, 1780s. "L'Habit de Gala". Gentleman in a gala version of the court costume

"Commandeur de l'Ordre de l'Etoile polaire", 1780s. Creator: Johan Abraham Aleander
"Commandeur de l'Ordre de l'Etoile polaire", 1780s. Costume for Commander of the Order of the Polar Star

Gustaf III's national costume/Swedish costume, 1780s. Creator: Johan Abraham Aleander
Gustaf III's national costume/Swedish costume, 1780s. "L'Habit de Cour." Gentleman in court dress

Gustaf III's national costume/Swedish costume, 1780s. Creator: Johan Abraham Aleander
Gustaf III's national costume/Swedish costume, 1780s. "L'Habit de Gala". Lady in a gala version of the court costume

"Chevalier de l'Ordre des Seraphins en petit habit", 1780s. Creator: Johan Abraham Aleander
"Chevalier de l'Ordre des Seraphins en petit habit", 1780s. Knight of the Order of Seraphim in Little Seraphim Costume

"L'Habit d'Ekolsund" - Lord in Gustaf III's so-called Ekolsundsdräkt, 1780s. Creator: J F Martin
"L'Habit d'Ekolsund" - Lord in Gustaf III's so-called Ekolsundsdrakt, 1780s. Probably after drawing by J A Aleander, 1780s

"Chevalier de l'Ordre des Seraphins en grand habit", 1780s. Creator: J F Martin
"Chevalier de l'Ordre des Seraphins en grand habit", 1780s. Knight of the Order of Seraphim in grand habit - The Great Seraphim Robe

Early Morning in the Alps, Late 17th or early 18th century. Creator: Alfred Hartley
Early Morning in the Alps, Late 17th or early 18th century

Vue de la chute du torrent de Gelten, 1785. Creator: Charles-Melchior Descourtis
Vue de la chute du torrent de Gelten, 1785. [Gelten falls, Switzerland]

Nude Reclining on Curtained Bed [Emma Hamilton (?)], November 1, 1797

A Penny Barber, 1789. 1789. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Penny Barber, 1789

Travelling on the Liverpool and Machester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator: SG Hughes
Travelling on the Liverpool and Machester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotives on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L&MR)

A Meeting of the Four-In-Hand Club, Hyde Park, London, c1838, (1947). A four-in-hand, or coach-and-four, was a coach with four horses. Aquatint in the Guildhall Art Gallery, London

View and Plan of Longwood House, St. Helena: the Residence of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1817. From a private collection

1881 portrait of Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 - 19 April 1882) English Naturalist and author of the Origin of Species. 1922 Hand coloured aquatint of Darwin by G

Interior of the Church of St John at Hackney, London, 1827. Artist
Interior of the Church of St John at Hackney, London, 1827. View looking from the organ gallery across the congregation during the order of confirmation

Interior view of the Kings Audience Chamber in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, 1818. The Kings Audience Chamber was refurbished for King George III by William Chambers in the late 18th century

A Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year in London, c1825. Artist: George Hunt
A Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year in London, c1825. A pedestrian struggling through the snow, facing a driving blizzard with a broken umbrella

Aerial view of London, 1850. Artist: A Appert
Aerial view of London, 1850. View of London looking north-east, from Westminster and showing the course of the River Thames; in the foreground are Westminster Abbey

Allegory of Freemasonry. Private Collection

Ancient Germanic warriors on a battlefield. Formations of cavalry, infantry and other troops behind wheeled vehicles. Warrior at left with winged helmet, sword, shield, fur cape and tunic

Headstone Major Gus March-Phillips, St Laurent sur Mer
The grave is in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery. March-Phillips commanded a Small Scale Landing Force that came ashore here in a Commando operation named Aquatint on 12 September 1942

The Doctor Dismissing Death, 1785. 1785. Creators: Peter Simon, Francis Jukes
The Doctor Dismissing Death, 1785

A View in Kew Gardens of the Alhambra and the Pagoda, 1813. Creator: Heinrich Schutz
A View in Kew Gardens of the Alhambra and the Pagoda, 1813. After Franz Joseph Manskirch

Crawley (An Excursion to Brighthelmstone), June 1, 1790. June 1, 1790
Crawley (An Excursion to Brighthelmstone), June 1, 1790

Country Inn, 1787. 1787. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Country Inn, 1787

Outside Half Hanger, Hanging Guard, Inside Half Hanger, September 1, 1798

Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator
Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotive in the 2-mile sandstone railway cutting which opened in 1830

North View of Friar Bacons Study at Oxford, late 18th century, (1943). Creator
North View of Friar Bacons Study at Oxford, late 18th century, (1943). The tower to the left of Folly Bridge housed the study of Roger Bacon (c1214-1292), English experimental scientist

Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, c1785, (1942). Creators: Robert Pollard, Francis Jukes
Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, c1785, (1942). Vauxhall Gardens in south London was a pleasure ground open for public amusement, and filled with statues, landscaped walks, theatrical arches, a Rotunda

Vue interieure de l Assemblee du Champs-de-Mai... 1815, (1921). Creator
Vue Interieure De L Assemblee Du Champ-De-Mai Au Moment De La Presentation Des Drapeaux, 1 June 1815, (1921). View of the crowd on the Champ de Mai in Paris, as the flags are presented

Cossacks in Hamburg, 18 March 1813, 1813. Artist: Suhr, Christoph (1771-1842)
Cossacks in Hamburg, 18 March 1813, 1813. From a private collection

Fishing in a Punt, 1820, (1929). Artist: John Heaviside Clark
Fishing in a Punt, 1820, (1929). After Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851). From The Story of British Sporting Prints, by Captain Frank Siltzer. [Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd, London, 1929]

Passage of the Douro, 1815, (1910). Artist: Edward Orme
Passage of the Douro, 1815, (1910). The souvenir-medal is part of a collection box issued by Edward Orme to commemorate the military campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, 1815

Fantascope disc, 1833. Artist: Thomas Mann Baynes
Fantascope (Phenakistoscope), 1833. An optical toy depending on persistence of vision for its effect. The disc shows multiple images of cat chasing a bird

Inner court, Fleet Prison, London, 1808-1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Inner court, Fleet Prison, London, 1808-1811. Prisoners playing fives and skittles, and socialising. Fleet Prison was a prison for debt and contempt of court

Solitude, 1843. Creator: William James Bennett
Solitude, 1843

Cavalry Charging, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography, 1801, published 1803

Views in Egypt (plates), 1801. Creators: Luigi Mayer, Thomas Milton, Thomas Bensley, Robert Bowyer
Views in Egypt (plates), 1801

Boys Bathing, 1896. Creator: Edvard Munch
Boys Bathing, 1896

Print, Chateau de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
View of the chateau and town of Chinon. aquatint engraving, 1819, by Florent Fidele Constant Bourgeois, 1767-1841, in the collection of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon

Soir Sur La Reviere
Possibly an landscape aquatint, which shows a wide, calm river with thick trees populating the left side, in the evening. Date: circa 1921

Nightfall
An aquatint showing an Australian town, under a dark, evening sky, from across reflective, moonlit waters. Date: circa 1925

Barges, Chiswick, Mall
An aquatint of a group of barges at Chiswick Mall, a waterfront street in London, workmen can be seen tending to the boats. Date: circa 1922

Shades of Evening
A landscape aquatint showing plain grassland, with a dividing wall, under a darkening evening sky. Date: circa 1921

A Fair Wind
An aquatint showing the silhouetted shape of a sail boat, using the force of a fair wind in the ocean. Date: circa 1921

The Swinging Basin
An aquatint of Yarra Docklands in Australia, with a large vessel docked beside the platform. Date: circa 1918

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