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