William Penn (1644-1718), Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania
Engraved by W[?] Grainger (active 1784-1793) from the  EUROPEAN MAGAZINE. and. LONDON REVIEW. Containing. PORTRAITS, VIEWS, BIOGRAPHY, ANECDOTES, LITERATURE,  published and edited by James Asperne (1757 to1820) .It was in direct competition with the Gentleman's Magazine. Its founding editor, James Perry soon passed proprietorship to the Shakespearean scholar Isaac Reed and his partners John Sewell and Daniel Braithwaite, who guided the European Magazine during its first two decades  , engraver.Published: London : James Asperne, No. 2, Cornhill.,  some age toning and marking but early and rare £22 NOT in NPG/ BM would clean and can send cleaned if wished ask

William Penn (1644-1718), Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania
Normally by: John, Chapman, fl.1792-1823, engraver.Published: (1823 reprinted form the earlier 1790's) published by John Wilkes .One of a number of stipple heads of famous persons of similar format by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, 1795-1810 then reprinted 1820's by Reese. From the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings A4 page  plate size; unmounted b £22 Interesting blak + white+liberty cap motif

Mr Jefferson

THOMAS JEFFERSON, ESQR. Full bust, head to left. Stipple. Published October i, 1801, by Vernor & Hood, Poultry. Stipple engraving  engraved by Ridley, published  by Vernor & Hood in Poultry.,  From The Monthly Mirror (1795-1811). Founded by Thomas Bellamy By J. Wright, Si. John's Square, Clerkenwell publishedby Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, in the Poultry ; unmounted b x 2 unmounted b  £22

 


John Hancock. . . signer of declaration etc
Unmounted Steel engraving in a decorative border with facsimile signature from "The History of the United States" edited by Charles Mackay Published James S. Virtue ND. 1863, London,engravings drawn by William Henry Bartlett, Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, Charles Mackay,by Edward Henry Corbould and others £12 unmounted

Admiral David Farragut, US Navy officer in the American Civil War, 1862-1867. The senior Union naval officer in the Civil War, Farragut (1801-1870)

A steel  engraving from volume III of "The War with the South: a History of the Late Rebellion", by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867.  Fom an original  photograph by Mathew Brady  Mathew B. Brady (May 18, 1822 – January 15, 1896) was one of the most celebrated 19th century American  photographers, best known for his portraits of celebrities and the documentation of the American Civil War. He is credited with being the father of photojournalism .dated  1864 by Virtue and Yorston in New York £20

Commodore Decateur
Unmounted Steel engraving in a decorative border with facsimile signature from "The History of the United States" edited by Charles Mackay Published James S. Virtue ND. 1863, London,engravings drawn by William Henry Bartlett, Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, Charles Mackay,by Edward Henry Corbould and others £12 unmounted

A Gillmore
Unmounted Steel engraving in a decorative border with facsimile signature from "The History of the United States" edited by Charles Mackay Published James S. Virtue ND. 1863, London,engravings drawn by William Henry Bartlett, Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, Charles Mackay,by Edward Henry Corbould and others £12 unmounted

Major S Hancock

A steel  engraving from volume III of "The War with the South: a History of the Late Rebellion", by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867.  Fom an original  photograph by Mathew Brady  Mathew B. Brady (May 18, 1822 – January 15, 1896) was one of the most celebrated 19th century American  photographers, best known for his portraits of celebrities and the documentation of the American Civil War. He is credited with being the father of photojournalism .dated  1864 by Virtue and Yorston in New York  £20

 


General George Meade, US Army officer and civil engineer, 1862-1867. In the American Civil War, Meade (1815-1872) fought for the Union states at Bull Run and Antietam,

Unmounted Steel engraving in a decorative border with facsimile signature from "The History of the United States" edited by Charles Mackay Published James S. Virtue ND. 1863, London,engravings drawn by William Henry Bartlett, Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, Charles Mackay,by Edward Henry Corbould and others £12 unmounted

Andrew Hull Foote, American Civil War admiral, 1862-1867. Foote (1806-1863) served in the Union Navy in the American Civil War. He was seriously wounded commanding an attack on the Confederate stronghold of Fort Donelson in 1862

Unmounted Steel engraving in a decorative border with facsimile signature from "The History of the United States" edited by Charles Mackay Published James S. Virtue ND. 1863, London,engravings drawn by William Henry Bartlett, Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, Charles Mackay,by Edward Henry Corbould and others £12 unmounted x 3

Ambrose Burnside, Union Army general in the American Civil War, 1862-1867. Burnside (1824-1881) commanded the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg,


Unmounted Steel engraving in a decorative border with facsimile signature from "The History of the United States" edited by Charles Mackay Published James S. Virtue ND. 1863, London,engravings drawn by William Henry Bartlett, Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, Charles Mackay,by Edward Henry Corbould and others £12 unmounted x 3

Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, American Union major-general, 1862-1867. Kilpatrick (1836-1881) earned the nickname "Kill-cavalry" for his battle tactics

A steel  engraving from volume III of "The War with the South: a History of the Late Rebellion", by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867.  Fom an original  photograph by Mathew Brady  Mathew B. Brady (May 18, 1822 – January 15, 1896) was one of the most celebrated 19th century American  photographers, best known for his portraits of celebrities and the documentation of the American Civil War. He is credited with being the father of photojournalism .dated  1864 by Virtue and Yorston in New York  £20£

George Stoneman, Union cavalry general, 1862-1867. Whilst in command of the cavalry corps of the Army of the Ohio, Stoneman (1822-1894) was captured by the Confederates at Macon, A steel  engraving from volume III of "The War with the South: a History of the Late Rebellion", by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867.  Fom an original  photograph by Mathew Brady  Mathew B. Brady (May 18, 1822 – January 15, 1896) was one of the most celebrated 19th century American  photographers, best known for his portraits of celebrities and the documentation of the American Civil War. He is credited with being the father of photojournalism .dated  1864 by Virtue and Yorston in New York  £20

General Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816-1894) served as Speaker of the US House of Representatives from 1856-1857. After the outbreak of the Civil War President Lincoln appointed him a Major-General of Volunteers

A steel  engraving from volume III of "The War with the South: a History of the Late Rebellion", by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867.  Fom an original  photograph by Mathew Brady  Mathew B. Brady (May 18, 1822 – January 15, 1896) was one of the most celebrated 19th century American  photographers, best known for his portraits of celebrities and the documentation of the American Civil War. He is credited with being the father of photojournalism .dated  1864 by Virtue and Yorston in New York  £20

Philip Henry Sheridan, Union general, 1862-1867. In the American Civil War Sheridan (1831-1888) rose to the rank of Major-general in the Union (northern) army, and commanded the Army of the Shenandoah Valley from 1864

A steel  engraving from volume III of "The War with the South: a History of the Late Rebellion", by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867.  Fom an original  photograph by Mathew Brady  Mathew B. Brady (May 18, 1822 – January 15, 1896) was one of the most celebrated 19th century American  photographers, best known for his portraits of celebrities and the documentation of the American Civil War. He is credited with being the father of photojournalism .dated  1864 by Virtue and Yorston in New York  £20

Winfield Scott (1786 - 1866) and a scene from the battle at Niagara.


Unmounted Steel engraving in a decorative border with facsimile signature from "The History of the United States" edited by Charles Mackay Published James S. Virtue ND. 1863, London,engravings drawn by William Henry Bartlett, Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, Charles Mackay,by Edward Henry Corbould and others £12 unmounted