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Lithograph
Richard James Lane after A. E. Chalon
London: J. Mitchell, March 16th, 1837
Image 280 x 207 mm, Sheet 312 x 230 mm
A print showing Duvernay as Florinda in The Devil on
Two Sticks
Pauline Duvernay, (1813-1894) studied at the ballet
school of the Paris Opera and was the prize student of
Auguste Vestris. By all reports she was a great beauty
who at the time rivaled Marie Taglioni. Duvernay's
greatest role was Florinda in The Devil on Two Sticks
in which she triumphed at Drury Lane, in London in
1836. She retired, aged just 25, in 1837 and married
Stephen Lynn- Stevens, thought to be the richest
commoner in England at that time.
Religious and Clerical
70. Dr. Richard Busby, Master of Westminster School
58 Years Died 1695 Aged 89
Mezzotint
James Watson after John Riley
London, Publish’d according to Act of Parliment Novr
1st 1775, by J. Watson and Sold by B. Clowes No.18
Gutter Lane Cheapside
Image 406 x 328, Plate 455 x 328 mm, Sheet 609 x 470
mm
Unmounted
Condition: Scratched to the left of image, very minor
foxing to sheet.
[27698]
£300
The Rev. Dr. Richard Busby (1606–1695) was an
English Anglican priest who served as head master of
Westminster School for more than fifty-five years.
69. Signor Paganini
Lithograph
William Crane
Lithog: by W. Crane - Chester, 1829
Image145 x 125 mm, Sheet 307 x 243 mm
unmounted
Niccolò Paganini (1782 – 1840) was an Italian violinist,
violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most
celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark
as one of the pillars of modern violin technique.
William Crane (died 1843) was the brother of the
portrait artist Thomas Crane who was the father of the
famous artist Walter Crane.
[27695]
£200
James Watson (c.1740-1790) was born in Ireland. As a
young man he moved to London, where he studied
mezzotint engraving. He became one of the leading
mezzotint engravers of the day, including fifty-six
plates after the paintings of Joshua Reynolds. The
majority of Watson's work was produced for Sayer,
Boydell and other printsellers but he published some
plates himself. Watson exhibited at the Society of
Artists from 1762 to 1775, during which time he was
regarded as a master in his field.
John Riley (1646-1691) began practising painting at a
young age, which probably meant he was independently
wealthy. He became a fashionable society portrait
painter. At the height of his success, in the 1680s, Riley
charged £40 for a full-length portrait, a considerable
amount of money at this time. In 1689, together with
Godfrey Kneller, he was appointed Principal Painter to