William Nicholson
Sir William Nicholson
English Painter, 1872 to 1949. .William Nicholson was a painter,
print-maker and theatre designer. His father was a member of
Parliament and he was sent to study art at the Academie Julian
in Paris. He started his career as a designer of posters and as
a book illustrator but soon became an innovative and celebrated
maker of woodcuts. He broke ground with his experimental
techniques Nicholson's first success as a graphic artist with a
poster for a production of Hamlet. Many of Nicholson's
contemporaries were influenced by Japanese woodblocks and the
black-line cuts of 15th century Italian artists. Nicholson,
however, was inspired by woodblocks in English 'chapbooks'
(cheaply produced popular pamphlets) and by the 'primitive'
character of old woodblocks which he discovered in a Newark
bookshop. He first trained at the Bushey School under Hubert von
Herkomer from 1888-9 and then travelled to Paris where he
studied at the Academie Julian from 1889-90. Here he met James
Pryde whose sister Mabel he married in 1893. Under the name of
`J and W Beggarstaff' he and Pryde designed posters between 1893
and 1899; he also produced woodcuts published by Heinemanns
between 1896 and 1900 In 1894, Nicholson began collaborating on
poster designs with his brother-in-law James Pryde and the two
became known as the JW Beggarstaff. Over the winter of 1896 to 7
Nicholson produced one of his most famous graphic works. An
Alphabet begins with 'A was an Artist'. This print was an ironic
self-portrait showing Nicholson as a pavement artist. Other
prints ranged from Elizabethan to modern subject matter. 'G is
for Gentleman' was a traditional subject; 'U is for Urchin' was
more contemporary. Another departure from tradition was the
exclusion of moralising verses. As early as 1890 the artist had
begun to make woodcuts and experiment with addition of subtler
tints of green, ochre and umber to black and white images. He
soon became known for his skill in the medium, elevating the art
form aesthetically and commercially. In 1897, Nicholson produced
his most celebrated portrait, Queen Victoria, which became one
of the most famous British prints ever made.The publisher’s
prospectus of 1897 advertised three formats of this work: The
Popular Edition, lithographed in colours on cartridge paper, for
5s.-2d., The Library Edition, lithographed in colours on Dutch
hand-made paper, in cloth for 12s.6d., and The Edition de Luxe,
printed from the original woodblocks, hand-coloured and signed
by the artist, for 12 pounds, 12s. net. Nicholson's
commemorative print celebrated Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee
in 1897. This was published in Twelves Portraits From 1898 he
exhibited at the International Society of Sculptors, Painters
and Gravers being influenced by James McNeill Whistler who was
President. In 1904 he was a founder member of the Society of
Twelve, and held his first one-man show at the Paterson Gallery
in 1906. He was also responsible for several theatre designs
including the original sets for Peter Pan in 1904. Although
perhaps not suited to a career as a portraitist, Nicholson
painted portraits throughout his life and despite his detachment
form artistic public life, was knighted in 1936. His finest
portraits depict sitters with whom he was in sympathy, excelling
in his portrayal of close friends. He was knighted in 1936, and
his work is represented in a number of museums, including the
Tate Gallery in London The woodcuts were published trimmed to
the borders and mounted on cards many of which were signed in
pen and ink;, in excellent condition Later the prints were
transferred to lithographic plates;and sold either in deluxe
Folio format or as bound books on thick hand made wove paper. An
Alphabet (1896), An Almanac of Twelve Sports (1898), London
Types (1899), and Twelve Portraits (1899/1900).
Nicholson (1872-1949) was paid the princely sum of £5.00 by Heinemann for each woodcut and a further sixpence for colouring those in the De luxe edition (apparently he was capable of finishing thirty to forty a day). The first edition of the Popular series were sold out by 1 January 1898. The model for the beggar in this image is in fact James Pryde, Nicholson's brother in law and partner in the their collaboration as the poster designers 'J. & W. Beggarstaff'
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H.M. Victoria the Queen
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. The rarest image £165
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII)
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII)
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
Queen Alexandra
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Prince BismarkOtto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (German: Otto Fürst von Bismarck, Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Herzog zu Lauenburg, 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105inc delivery
Prince Bismark
Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (German: Otto Fürst von Bismarck, Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Herzog zu Lauenburg, pronounced [ˈɔtoː fɔn ˈbɪsmaʁk] (listen); 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
Gladstone
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. x 2 £105 inc delivery
Joseph Chamberlain (Colonial Secretary at the time of the Boer War)
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
Lord Roberts
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD, PC, FRSGS (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914), was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in which his exploits earned him widespread fame. Roberts would go on to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, India before leading British Forces for a year during the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904. From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Lord Kitchener
Earl Kitchener, for the title; Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British soldier in the Sudan, the Second Boer War, and First World War. From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Sir Henry Hawkins
Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton, PC, KC, known as Sir Henry Hawkins between 1876 and 1899, was an English judge. He served as a Judge of the High Court of Justice between 1876 and 1898. From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Sir Henry Hawkins
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
Sir Henry irving
Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility (supervision of sets, lighting, direction, casting, as well as playing the leading roles) for season after season at the West End’s Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. In 1895 he became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood, indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society.Irving is widely acknowledged to be one of the inspirations for Count Dracula, the title character of the 1897 novel Dracula whose author, Bram Stoker, was business manager of the theatre. Bram Stoker later wrote a biography of Henry Irving. From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in .£105 inc delivery
Eleonora Duse
Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse 3 October 1858 – 21 April 1924), often known simply as Duse, was an Italian actress, rated by many as the greatest of her time. She performed in many countries, notably in the plays of Gabriele d'Annunzio and Henrik Ibsen. Duse achieved a unique power of conviction and verity on the stage through intense absorption in the character, "eliminating the self" as she put it, and letting the qualities emerge from within, not imposed through artifice. From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Temple
Frederick Temple (30 November 1821 – 23 December 1902) was an English academic, teacher and churchman, who served as Bishop of Exeter (1869–1885), Bishop of London (1885–1896) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1896–1902). From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896 From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Cecil Rhodes 2
Cecil John Rhodes was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896 From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
A was an Artist
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . . . .Always one kept back for sets ask as popular Unmounted post inclusive just email or phone
B was a Beggar
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold Unmounted post inclusive . £85 each..Always one kept back for sets ask as popular .ask as popular
C was a Countess
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most + one unmounted also available x 3
C was a Countess poor quality £20
D is for Dandy
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 1 + 1 mounted state if preferred
E is for Earl
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
F is for Flower Girl
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper 1 only
G was a gentleman
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x3 + 1 mounted state if preferred
H for Huntsman
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. stamp behind the mount . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each. .1 + 1 mounted state if preferred
H for Huntsman one defective £20
I for Idiot
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
J for Jockey
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most x 1
K is for Keeper
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
one of poor qulaity @£20
L is for Lady
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most x 1 + 1 mounted state if preferred
M for Milkmaid
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most 1 only
N for Nobleman
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most + one unmounted also available X 4 + 1 mounted state if preferred
O for Ostler
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most X 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
P is for Publican
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. stamp behind the mount . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most X 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
Q for Quaker
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred Plus one defective @ £25
R is for Robber
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most X 3 + 1 mounted state if preferred
S for Sportsman
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
T for Trumpeter
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most X 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
U for Urchin
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than2= most x
V is for Villain
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
W is for waitress
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 3 + 1 mounted state if preferred
X for Xylographer [ Woodcut artist, type of printing etc ]
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 3 + 1 mounted state if preferred
Y is for Yokel nd
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than2 + 1 mounted state if preferred most x
One that is defective £25
And Z for Zoologist
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 3 + 1 mounted state if preferred
Nicholson's fame reached its height with his series of woodcuts and lithographs made for the publisher, William Heinemann. These include the series, An Alphabet (1896), An Almanac of Twelve Sports (1898), London Types (1899), and Twelve Portraits (1900). Some of Twelve colour-printed lithographs after the original hand-colored wood engravings by Nicholson. Quatorzaines by W. E, Henley. One page of adverts. GORDON N. RAY, 294. " Henley's sonnets are vignettes of city life suggested by Nicholson's woodcuts, the poet in effect supplying the detail that the artist has left out. `Lisa,' the flower girl of `Hammersmith,' might be a first sketch of Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's `Pygmalion." RAY, also notes, "Nicholson was attentive to the content as to the design of his prints.his subject was almost invariably one which he understood thoroughly, English life of his own day." Previously, he and his brother-in-law James Pryde (J. and W. Beggarstaff) made a series of posters simple and bold that changed the direction of poster-art in England. The "Types" include Bus Driver, Guardsman, Hawker, Beef-eater, Dandwich-Man, Coster, Lady, Bluecoat Boy, Policeman, News-Boy, Drum-Major, Flower Girl, Barmaid. These are from the book London Types NOT the vastly superior and more expensive Deluxe Edition folio .Printed on thick wove paper and with full margins as published in 1898. Holes ( punched) from the stitches in the left margin, else in excellent condition throughout , strong unfaded
Beef-eater, Tower of London
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/quatorzain by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2 available inc postage
Trafalgar Square
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/ by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80
Any Corner /Flower Girl
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/ by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2
Wimbledon Common/Drum Major
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/ by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2
Rotten Row
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/ by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper x 1
The City /News boy
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/ by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80
Costermonger/ Hammersmith
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/quatorzain by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage
Policeman, / Constitution Hill
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works, featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x inc postage
Guardsman, Horseguards Parade.
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works, featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage
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Barmaid, any bar
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works, featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2 available inc postage
Hawker /Kensington
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works, featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2 available inc postage
Bluecoat Boy, / Newgate St.
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works, featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2 available inc postage
January Hunting/Riding
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected These are slightly lightened
February Hunting/Riding
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected x 2 available
March Horse Racing
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected 3 available
April Rowing
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected
May , Fishing
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected 2 available
June Cricket
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected x 2
July Archery
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected x 2 available
AUGUST
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected
September Shooting
Illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected 3 available
October Golf
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected x2
November Boxing
Illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected 2x available
December Skating
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected
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THE BRITISH BULL-DOG
You swing the gate; and there he stands to greet you,With growl or grin, as you are strange or known: According to your merits will he treat you—An Englishman who loves and guards his own.
THE UN-COMMON CAT
Nine lives they give the common cat? There's a rare one livelier yet than that! A cat that swings nine separate tails! And, when it's let out of the bag, it rails With so knotty a tongue that the culprit quails!
THE FRIENDLY HEN
Some birds lay eggs in towering trees, And some in fens conceal them; The hen seeks friendlier haunts than these, Where every child can steal them.
THE LEARNED PIG
The farm's philosophy, our eyes assure us, Is simpler than in Aristotle's day: The youngest pigling follows Epicurus, And Bacon's Essays take the primrose way.
THE BEAUTIFUL SWAN
All day she rules the pond from edge to edge, Exerting Beauty's easy privilege; Her world a mirror spread in each direction, Where she reflects upon her own reflection.
THE VERY TAME LAMB
All men, said the poet, are struck at a mint, And some coins ring flat that the coiners embellish: But the lamb is so tame he will pardon the hint— He'd be best with a little mint-sauce for a relish!
THE TOILSOME GOAT
"You're a lively kid!" is the schoolboy jest: But the kid is driven to work one day, And the hours of harness know little rest For the stiff goat-carriage round the bay.
THE LUCKY DUCK
There was a Drake, my Duck, at Plymouth Hoe Played bowls, with Spain's Armada clear of Dover! A gamesome spirit! But to him we owe The peace your farm and all our homesteads know: For, ere the Spaniard reached our wickets, lo! Drake bowled him over!
COCK O' THE NORTH
Cock o' the North! The dawn is young, Grey-glimmering the pane; Yet you, with your discordant tongue, Have woken me again! Good beasts are silent in their pens. Hush! Leave the boasting to the hens!
One of 12 transfer Lithograph from the woodcuts published in 1900 in the Square book of Animals, illustrated by Nicholson, The rarest of William Nicholson's illustrated works; his illustrations accompany rhymes by Arthur Waugh, a prolific author and biographer during the eighteen-nineties, and famous also as the father of Evelyn Waugh. William Nicholson produced a series of books in similar format and spirit to this one, including An Alphabet (1898), Twelve Portraits (First & Second series, 1899-1902) and London Types (1898) Size tiddly 4to (280 x 280 mm.) £165 posted
THE SIMPLE SHEEP
The sheep's like the man in the street. She will follow, and blunder, and bleat, In pursuit of her fate At the slaughter-house gate, And she learns it too late to retreat.
One of 12 transfer Lithograph from the woodcuts published in 1900 in the Square book of Animals, illustrated by Nicholson, The rarest of William Nicholson's illustrated works; his illustrations accompany rhymes by Arthur Waugh, a prolific author and biographer during the eighteen-nineties, and famous also as the father of Evelyn Waugh. William Nicholson produced a series of books in similar format and spirit to this one, including An Alphabet (1898), Twelve Portraits (First & Second series, 1899-1902) and London Types (1898) Size tiddly 4to (280 x 280 mm.) £165 posted
THE SERVILE COW
When the cow's in the farmyard, her sense Of servility's simply immense; But you meet her again In the highway or lane, And she tosses you over the fence.
THE GROWING COLT
Rough, shaggy colt: the world is all before you: Blithe be your life, secure of oats and hay; A little crowd of people to adore you, And some green resting-place at shut of day!
The sun is low behind the grey-green trees. And all the farm grows quiet by degrees. Among their many lessons this is best: The animals know when and how to rest!
A. W.
Nicholson (1872-1949) was paid the princely sum of £5.00 by Heinemann for each woodcut and a further sixpence for colouring those in the De luxe edition (apparently he was capable of finishing thirty to forty a day). The first edition of the Popular series were sold out by 1 January 1898. The model for the beggar in this image is in fact James Pryde, Nicholson's brother in law and partner in the their collaboration as the poster designers 'J. & W. Beggarstaff'
When Nicholson offered his
jubilee portrait of Queen Victoria to William Heinemann, the
publisher was reluctant but the partner Sidney Pawling
showed it to W. E. Henley, editor of The New Review,
who promptly used it for publication. It appeared in 1897
but was later re-issued by Heinemann as no. 1 in the
first series of Twelve Portraits, 1899. Nicholson's image of
the Queen as 'an animated tea-cosy'
The Twelve Portraits series was published in September 1899 in two editions: a portfolio of hand-coloured woodcuts and a portfolio of lithographic versions mounted ready for framing. Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson, 1899 (1st set) This was 12 loose colour lithograph portraits by William Nicholson tipped on to card backing sheets in a green folio. This set is contained in a portfolio and was published under the title ‘Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson’ by William Heinemann in 1899. Set one includes: H.M. Victoria the Queen -- H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII) -- Prince Bismarck -- W.E. Gladstone -- The Archbishop of Canterbury -- Lord Roberts -- Cecil Rhodes -- Sir Henry Hawkins -- James McNeill Whistler -- Rudyard Kipling -- Sir Henry Irving -- Sarah Bernhardt. . Early in 1901 a second series of 12 portraits was proposed. Heinemann sent Nicholson a list of suggested sitters in July, but work on the project proceeded very slowly and it was not until the summer of 1902 that the portraits were finally delivered. Nicholson, always ready to re-use existing material, commandeered his Lord Kitchener (1898) and William 11 (1899) for this series (the latter was published in a slightly revised form), and also made use of studies of Thomas Edison, Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain made in New York in the autumn of 1900. The remaining seven portraits were conceived and executed in 1901/2: Queen Alexandra , Joseph Chamberlain (Colonial Secretary at the time of the Boer War), Li-Hung Chang (the Chinese statesman), Henrik Ibsen (whose plays Heinemann published in English translations), Sada Yacco (the Japanese actress who modelled for Rodin), Eleonora Dose (the great Italian tragedienne), and Pope Leo XIII.
The albums included a title sheet and list of portraits plus the cover so just ask if wanted (cost of postage as b heavy) as I have retained both
The Twelve Portraits series was published in September 1899 in two editions: a portfolio of hand-coloured woodcuts and a portfolio of lithographic versions mounted ready for framing. Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson, 1899 (1st set) This was 12 loose colour lithograph portraits by William Nicholson tipped on to card backing sheets in a green folio. This set is contained in a portfolio and was published under the title ‘Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson’ by William Heinemann in 1899. Set one includes: H.M. Victoria the Queen -- H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII) -- Prince Bismarck -- W.E. Gladstone -- The Archbishop of Canterbury -- Lord Roberts -- Cecil Rhodes -- Sir Henry Hawkins -- James McNeill Whistler -- Rudyard Kipling -- Sir Henry Irving -- Sarah Bernhardt. . Early in 1901 a second series of 12 portraits was proposed. Heinemann sent Nicholson a list of suggested sitters in July, but work on the project proceeded very slowly and it was not until the summer of 1902 that the portraits were finally delivered. Nicholson, always ready to re-use existing material, commandeered his Lord Kitchener (1898) and William 11 (1899) for this series (the latter was published in a slightly revised form), and also made use of studies of Thomas Edison, Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain made in New York in the autumn of 1900. The remaining seven portraits were conceived and executed in 1901/2: Queen Alexandra , Joseph Chamberlain (Colonial Secretary at the time of the Boer War), Li-Hung Chang (the Chinese statesman), Henrik Ibsen (whose plays Heinemann published in English translations), Sada Yacco (the Japanese actress who modelled for Rodin), Eleonora Dose (the great Italian tragedienne), and Pope Leo XIII.
The albums included a title sheet and list of portraits plus the cover so just ask if wanted (cost of postage as b heavy) as I have retained both
** Due to the size of the backing sheet for non UK and multiple sales if this is NOT needed please contact prior to purchase as the price could be amended**
H.M. Victoria the Queen
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. The rarest image £165
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII)
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII)
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
Queen Alexandra
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Prince BismarkOtto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (German: Otto Fürst von Bismarck, Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Herzog zu Lauenburg, 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105inc delivery
Prince Bismark
Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (German: Otto Fürst von Bismarck, Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Herzog zu Lauenburg, pronounced [ˈɔtoː fɔn ˈbɪsmaʁk] (listen); 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
Gladstone
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. x 2 £105 inc delivery
Joseph Chamberlain (Colonial Secretary at the time of the Boer War)
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
Lord Roberts
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD, PC, FRSGS (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914), was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in which his exploits earned him widespread fame. Roberts would go on to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, India before leading British Forces for a year during the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904. From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Lord Kitchener
Earl Kitchener, for the title; Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British soldier in the Sudan, the Second Boer War, and First World War. From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Sir Henry Hawkins
Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton, PC, KC, known as Sir Henry Hawkins between 1876 and 1899, was an English judge. He served as a Judge of the High Court of Justice between 1876 and 1898. From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Sir Henry Hawkins
From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
Sir Henry irving
Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility (supervision of sets, lighting, direction, casting, as well as playing the leading roles) for season after season at the West End’s Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. In 1895 he became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood, indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society.Irving is widely acknowledged to be one of the inspirations for Count Dracula, the title character of the 1897 novel Dracula whose author, Bram Stoker, was business manager of the theatre. Bram Stoker later wrote a biography of Henry Irving. From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in .£105 inc delivery
Eleonora Duse
Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse 3 October 1858 – 21 April 1924), often known simply as Duse, was an Italian actress, rated by many as the greatest of her time. She performed in many countries, notably in the plays of Gabriele d'Annunzio and Henrik Ibsen. Duse achieved a unique power of conviction and verity on the stage through intense absorption in the character, "eliminating the self" as she put it, and letting the qualities emerge from within, not imposed through artifice. From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Temple
Frederick Temple (30 November 1821 – 23 December 1902) was an English academic, teacher and churchman, who served as Bishop of Exeter (1869–1885), Bishop of London (1885–1896) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1896–1902). From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896 From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. £105 inc delivery
Cecil Rhodes 2
Cecil John Rhodes was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896 From the folio Twelve Portraits by William Nicholson,published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson a lithographic version of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 ( drawn in 1897) Size :- Height: 17in · Portfolio size width: 15.25in. This one has slight marking to the edges and original huge card backing sheet £95 inc delivery
A was an Artist
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . . . .Always one kept back for sets ask as popular Unmounted post inclusive just email or phone
B was a Beggar
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold Unmounted post inclusive . £85 each..Always one kept back for sets ask as popular .ask as popular
C was a Countess
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most + one unmounted also available x 3
C was a Countess poor quality £20
D is for Dandy
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 1 + 1 mounted state if preferred
E is for Earl
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
F is for Flower Girl
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper 1 only
G was a gentleman
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x3 + 1 mounted state if preferred
H for Huntsman
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. stamp behind the mount . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each. .1 + 1 mounted state if preferred
H for Huntsman one defective £20
I for Idiot
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
J for Jockey
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most x 1
K is for Keeper
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
one of poor qulaity @£20
L is for Lady
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most x 1 + 1 mounted state if preferred
M for Milkmaid
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most 1 only
N for Nobleman
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most + one unmounted also available X 4 + 1 mounted state if preferred
O for Ostler
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most X 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
P is for Publican
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. stamp behind the mount . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most X 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
Q for Quaker
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred Plus one defective @ £25
R is for Robber
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. sorry re price higher cost went up ! but still cheaper than most X 3 + 1 mounted state if preferred
S for Sportsman
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
T for Trumpeter
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most X 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
U for Urchin
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than2= most x
V is for Villain
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 2 + 1 mounted state if preferred
W is for waitress
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 3 + 1 mounted state if preferred
X for Xylographer [ Woodcut artist, type of printing etc ]
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 3 + 1 mounted state if preferred
Y is for Yokel nd
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold unmounted post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than2 + 1 mounted state if preferred most x
One that is defective £25
And Z for Zoologist
First sold in 1898, the Alphabet series of lithographs were commissioned via a new contract with Nicholson’s publisher William Heinemann in 1896.As in most others three differing editions of 'An Alphabet' were produced in total: The 'édition de luxe' printed directly from the woodcuts and hand-coloured by Nicholson himself, Then two lithograph versions, one 'better', the other in a cheaper binding . Due to being sold to children the original E is for Executioner and T for Topers of the de luxe edition was replaced with the more appropriate E is for Earl and T is for Trumpeter in the two lithographic editions. . These are all sold post inclusive . £85 each.. but still cheaper than most x 3 + 1 mounted state if preferred
Nicholson's fame reached its height with his series of woodcuts and lithographs made for the publisher, William Heinemann. These include the series, An Alphabet (1896), An Almanac of Twelve Sports (1898), London Types (1899), and Twelve Portraits (1900). Some of Twelve colour-printed lithographs after the original hand-colored wood engravings by Nicholson. Quatorzaines by W. E, Henley. One page of adverts. GORDON N. RAY, 294. " Henley's sonnets are vignettes of city life suggested by Nicholson's woodcuts, the poet in effect supplying the detail that the artist has left out. `Lisa,' the flower girl of `Hammersmith,' might be a first sketch of Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's `Pygmalion." RAY, also notes, "Nicholson was attentive to the content as to the design of his prints.his subject was almost invariably one which he understood thoroughly, English life of his own day." Previously, he and his brother-in-law James Pryde (J. and W. Beggarstaff) made a series of posters simple and bold that changed the direction of poster-art in England. The "Types" include Bus Driver, Guardsman, Hawker, Beef-eater, Dandwich-Man, Coster, Lady, Bluecoat Boy, Policeman, News-Boy, Drum-Major, Flower Girl, Barmaid. These are from the book London Types NOT the vastly superior and more expensive Deluxe Edition folio .Printed on thick wove paper and with full margins as published in 1898. Holes ( punched) from the stitches in the left margin, else in excellent condition throughout , strong unfaded
Beef-eater, Tower of London
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/quatorzain by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2 available inc postage
Trafalgar Square
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/ by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80
Any Corner /Flower Girl
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/ by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2
Wimbledon Common/Drum Major
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/ by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2
Rotten Row
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/ by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper x 1
The City /News boy
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/ by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80
Costermonger/ Hammersmith
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works,' London Types ' featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet/quatorzain by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from the original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published in 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage
Policeman, / Constitution Hill
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works, featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x inc postage
Guardsman, Horseguards Parade.
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works, featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage
sold at present enquire
Barmaid, any bar
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works, featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2 available inc postage
Hawker /Kensington
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works, featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2 available inc postage
Bluecoat Boy, / Newgate St.
Original antique print from one of Nicholson’s best known works, featuring twelve colour chromolithographs of people at work in London. When bound each was accompanied by a sonnet by W.E. Henley describing the illustration. The lithograph was taken from original woodblocks by William Nicholson Published 1898 by William Heinemann Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 x 2 available inc postage
January Hunting/Riding
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected These are slightly lightened
February Hunting/Riding
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected x 2 available
March Horse Racing
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected 3 available
April Rowing
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected
May , Fishing
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected 2 available
June Cricket
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected x 2
July Archery
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected x 2 available
AUGUST
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected
September Shooting
Illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected 3 available
October Golf
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected x2
November Boxing
Illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected 2x available
December Skating
Lithograph from the woodcuts, an illustration from An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Published in London, by William Heinemann, 1898. Each illustrated sport is associated with a month of the year and comprises: Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Boating, Fishing, Cricket, Archery, Coaching, Shooting, Golf, Boxing and Skating; one of Nicholson’s most sought after work. The text is taken from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Image 255 x 230 mm Proper rag paper first edition holes to left on buff thick quality rag paper £80 inc postage cheaper collected
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THE BRITISH BULL-DOG
You swing the gate; and there he stands to greet you,With growl or grin, as you are strange or known: According to your merits will he treat you—An Englishman who loves and guards his own.
THE UN-COMMON CAT
Nine lives they give the common cat? There's a rare one livelier yet than that! A cat that swings nine separate tails! And, when it's let out of the bag, it rails With so knotty a tongue that the culprit quails!
THE FRIENDLY HEN
Some birds lay eggs in towering trees, And some in fens conceal them; The hen seeks friendlier haunts than these, Where every child can steal them.
THE LEARNED PIG
The farm's philosophy, our eyes assure us, Is simpler than in Aristotle's day: The youngest pigling follows Epicurus, And Bacon's Essays take the primrose way.
THE BEAUTIFUL SWAN
All day she rules the pond from edge to edge, Exerting Beauty's easy privilege; Her world a mirror spread in each direction, Where she reflects upon her own reflection.
THE VERY TAME LAMB
All men, said the poet, are struck at a mint, And some coins ring flat that the coiners embellish: But the lamb is so tame he will pardon the hint— He'd be best with a little mint-sauce for a relish!
THE TOILSOME GOAT
"You're a lively kid!" is the schoolboy jest: But the kid is driven to work one day, And the hours of harness know little rest For the stiff goat-carriage round the bay.
THE LUCKY DUCK
There was a Drake, my Duck, at Plymouth Hoe Played bowls, with Spain's Armada clear of Dover! A gamesome spirit! But to him we owe The peace your farm and all our homesteads know: For, ere the Spaniard reached our wickets, lo! Drake bowled him over!
COCK O' THE NORTH
Cock o' the North! The dawn is young, Grey-glimmering the pane; Yet you, with your discordant tongue, Have woken me again! Good beasts are silent in their pens. Hush! Leave the boasting to the hens!
One of 12 transfer Lithograph from the woodcuts published in 1900 in the Square book of Animals, illustrated by Nicholson, The rarest of William Nicholson's illustrated works; his illustrations accompany rhymes by Arthur Waugh, a prolific author and biographer during the eighteen-nineties, and famous also as the father of Evelyn Waugh. William Nicholson produced a series of books in similar format and spirit to this one, including An Alphabet (1898), Twelve Portraits (First & Second series, 1899-1902) and London Types (1898) Size tiddly 4to (280 x 280 mm.) £165 posted
THE SIMPLE SHEEP
The sheep's like the man in the street. She will follow, and blunder, and bleat, In pursuit of her fate At the slaughter-house gate, And she learns it too late to retreat.
One of 12 transfer Lithograph from the woodcuts published in 1900 in the Square book of Animals, illustrated by Nicholson, The rarest of William Nicholson's illustrated works; his illustrations accompany rhymes by Arthur Waugh, a prolific author and biographer during the eighteen-nineties, and famous also as the father of Evelyn Waugh. William Nicholson produced a series of books in similar format and spirit to this one, including An Alphabet (1898), Twelve Portraits (First & Second series, 1899-1902) and London Types (1898) Size tiddly 4to (280 x 280 mm.) £165 posted
THE SERVILE COW
When the cow's in the farmyard, her sense Of servility's simply immense; But you meet her again In the highway or lane, And she tosses you over the fence.
THE GROWING COLT
Rough, shaggy colt: the world is all before you: Blithe be your life, secure of oats and hay; A little crowd of people to adore you, And some green resting-place at shut of day!
The sun is low behind the grey-green trees. And all the farm grows quiet by degrees. Among their many lessons this is best: The animals know when and how to rest!
A. W.