Humphrey Repton Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Humphrey Repton Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 13, 2023
Repton (Humphry) The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture..., first collected edition, 1840 & others on landscape (3)
Est: £150 - £200
Repton (Humphry) The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture..., edited by J.C.Loudon, first collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (foxed), wood-engraved illustrations, some full-page, one with overslip, ink inscription to head of title partly erased, stain to lower margin of a few leaves, modern half calf, spine gilt with morocco label, [Henrey 1265], 1840 § Gerardin (René, Vicomte d'Ermenonville) An Essay on Landscape; or, On the Means of Improving and Embellishing the Country round our Habitations, first edition in English, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked preserving old label, corners worn, J.Dodsley, 1783 § Burke (Edmund) A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, half-title, title ruled in red, attractive contemporary diced calf, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, Glasgow, 1818, 8vo et infra (3)
Forum Auctions - UK
Dec. 13, 2023
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818); John ADEY (1775-1860) & George STANLEY Design
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818); John ADEY (1775-1860) & George STANLEY Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton. London: T. Bensley for J.C....
Christie's
Dec. 13, 2023
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818) [RED BOOK for] Stratton Park in Hampshire, a s
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818) [RED BOOK for] Stratton Park in Hampshire, a seat of Sir Francis Baring...
Christie's
Oct. 31, 2023
REPTON, H. [HUMPHRY]. 1752-1818. Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1805.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
REPTON, H. [HUMPHRY]. 1752-1818. Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1805. Second edition, 4to (14 1/4 x 12 in.), original publisher's printed boards, brown calf spine, engraved portrait frontispiece, 27 plates, hand-colored or tinted, many with overlays, 32 black and white engravings. Boards rubbed, edge wear, spine cracked and splitting, book separated at pages 56-57, offsetting from illustrations.
Bonhams
Oct. 07, 2023
Repton, Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton - First Edition
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
REPTON, Humphrey (1752-1818) - John Adey (1775-1860) and George Stanley (d.1858). Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton. London: T. Bensley for J.C. Stadler, to be sold by Boydell and Co. and others, 1808 [watermarked 1807]. First Edition. Comparables: Freeman's, 2007 - $15,535; Christie's, 2012 - $11,875. Folio (20 3/4" x 14"). Letterpress title-page and dedication leaf, Prefatory Observations. 20 SUPERB engraved and or aquatint plates of views of the Pavillion and grounds: full-page allegorical uncoloured aquatint, engraved "General Ground Plan" with original hand-colour, one magnificent double-page aquatint and another double-page and folding both with overlips and original hand-colour, full-page aquatint with full overpage with original hand-colour, 2 full-page aquatints with overslips with original hand-colour, full-page aquatint with original hand-colour, full-page aquatint with sepia wash, 2 aquatint vignettes with overslip with original hand-colour, one without overslip, one with sepia wash, and 7 uncoloured, all by Stadler after Repton. Modern half brown limp morocco, cloth, with the contemporary ochre cloth front cover with morocco lettering-piece bound in at the beginning (a bit scuffed). Provenance: With the leather library label of William Foyle (1885-1963), bookseller, on the front paste-down, his sale, Christie's, 13th July 2000, lot 874. First edition, and early issue with watermarks dated 1807, of this extraordinary work illustrating Repton's unused plans for one of Britain's most iconic buildings. "Repton's shift in scaling dramatizes the visual consequences of his plans. In the before flap on tip, the Brighton pavilion appears hidden, isolated, distant--impressions intensified by the tiny person and by the over-writing on the shadowy building. When the flap is raised to reveal the proposed redesign, the space between us and the pavilion has now become intimate and comfortable, filled with well dressed visitors... Repton overreached in several other before/after comparisons, exaggerating the impact of his proposed improvements. In the plan at left, the design of the flap, the pole-people, and the integrated text are all ingenious and delightful--but the integrity of the work is compromised by persistent visual cheating" (Tufte, Visual Explanations, p.17). Repton was deeply flattered by "his most promising commission of all, to refashion the Royal Pavilion at Brighton for the prince of Wales. From the outset of his career Repton had sought royal patronage. When Thomas Sandby died in 1798 he tried unsuccessfully to secure, through his aristocratic contacts, the position of deputy rangership of Windsor Great Park, which Sandby had used to pursue landscaping and architecture. Repton worked on the commission for Brighton Pavilion with three of his sons, John Adey, George Stanley, and Humphry the younger. They chose an Indian style, explicitly modelled on the illustrations in volume 1 of William Daniell's Oriental Scenery (1805), and prepared a sumptuous red book. Repton was again disappointed. His design was not implemented, nor was he paid for his work; moreover, John Nash prepared another design loosely based on Repton's which was eventually built. Repton tried to salvage something from the commission by publishing Designs for the Pavillon [as here] at Brighton (1808)" (Stephen Daniels for DNB). Brighton Pavilion was a departure from Repton's usual restraint, in many ways, and he expected criticism for it, pre-empting the charges in his own "Prefatory Observations" Repton quotes himself from his "An Enquiry into the Changes of Taste in landscape Gardening and Architecture", 1806: "...we are on the eve of some great change in Landscape Gardening and Architecture, in consequence of our having lately become better acquainted with Scenery and Buildings in the interior provinces of India" (page 41), and goes on to elaborate in the current work: "As many parts of this volume may appear to recommend a degree of novelty, to which I have frequently objected in former publications..."
Arader Galleries
May. 26, 2023
18TH C. ENGRAVING; "A VIEW OF THE PARADE AT BATH"
Est: $50 - $1,000
With some hand-tinting to faces. This engraving is sometimes attributed to Humphry Repton. Dimensions: (Frame) H 17.5" x W 22.25" ; (Plate) H 10.75" x W 15.75" Condition: Not examined out of frame. Paper with very light age toning, a couple very faint age spots. A few nicks to frame.
Westport Auction
May. 25, 2023
Britain.- Repton (Humphry) Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening..., first edition, [1794]; with small group of Repton family associated items, mid-19th century
Est: £800 - £1,200
Britain.- Repton (Humphry) Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening..., first edition, half-title, 13 aquatint plates only (of 16), of which 7 finely hand-coloured, 3 double-page, 9 only with overlays (5 coloured, and 4 uncoloured), wood-engraved tail-piece, many leaves detached and loose from spine, one of the remaining overlays with loss, numerous handling creases throughout, surface dirt and marginal stains to title and throughout, contemporary marble boards, lacking spine, upper cover detached, very worn, [Abbey Scenery 388; Berlin Kat. 3427; Henrey 1269], oblong folio, by W. Bulmer & Co. for J. & J. Boydell and G. Nicol, [1794]; together with small group of Repton related items inscribed by his granddaughter "Rose", including an original watercolour inscribed verso '"Aylsham Church" Norfolk/ Grand Father's Grave/ H. Repton', a manuscript letter addressed to "Miss Repton" dated '26 November 1849', and several annotated leaves collected together with isncription to upper marble papered slip that reads 'The Family Bible Chronicle', loose, mid 19th century (sm. qty) ⁂ The landscape architect's first book, compiled from his famous "Red Books" which were drawn up for prospective clients and included watercolours with overlays showing before and after scenes.
Forum Auctions - UK
May. 19, 2023
Repton on Landscape Gardening, 1803
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Including some Remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture... by Humphry Repton (1752-1818), London: T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803, engraved frontispiece portrait after S. Shelley, including 27 aquatints and engraved plates (12 hand colored and 13 with overslips, one folding), numerous aquatint and engraved plate illustrations in text, bound in full red leather, front and back boards with blindstamped and gilt ruling and floral decoration, black and green morocco spine labels, five raised bands, aeg Provenance: Collection of Constance and Lyons Gray
Brunk Auctions
Oct. 20, 2022
Repton (Humphry) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, second edition, T.Bensley for J.Taylor, 1805.
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Repton (Humphry) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, second edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait by W.Holl after S.Shelley (spotted), 11 hand-coloured aquatint plates (9 with overlays, 1 folding), 13 engraved plates (mostly aquatint, some tinted, 3 with overlays, 1 double-page) and 3 engraved plans (1 hand-coloured), 11 aquatint illustrations in text, 2 with overlays, wood-engraved illustrations, portrait lightly spotted, some offsetting from plates, folding plate with two short tears (repaired), contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine and green roan label, [Millard British 65; cf.Abbey Scenery 390, Berlin Kat 3431 & Tooley p.209, first edition of 1803], 4to, T.Bensley for J.Taylor, 1805. ⁂ This important work contains much information from the author's Red Books (many now lost) and an evaluation of the work of Capability Brown, in addition to Repton's defence against the attacks of proponents of the picturesque, Richard Payne Knight and Uvedale Price.
Forum Auctions - UK
Oct. 20, 2022
Repton (Humphry) Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening, first edition, [1794].
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Repton (Humphry) Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening..., first edition, half-title, 16 aquatint plates of which 10 finely hand-coloured, 9 only with overlays (of 10), 3 double-page, one folding, and 6 uncoloured (4 with overlays), wood-engraved tail-piece, rather damaged by damp causing loss to lower outer corner sometimes affecting text, double-page plate bound at p.32 with slight loss to edge of image and border at lower left side (repaired and restored in pen, ink & watercolour) but also lacking the two overlays, occasional staining to lower margin, modern half red straight-grain morocco, spine gilt in compartments with green morocco label, [Abbey Scenery 388; Berlin Kat. 3427; Henrey 1269], oblong folio, by W.Bulmer & Co. for J. & J.Boydell and G.Nicol, [1794]. ⁂ The landscape architect's first book, compiled from his famous "Red Books" which were drawn up for prospective clients and included watercolours with overlays showing before and after scenes.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 29, 2022
Abbey copy.- Repton (Humphry) Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, first edition, Printed by T. Bensley and Son...for J. Taylor, 1816.
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
Abbey copy.- Repton (Humphry) Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, first edition, half-title, 43 plates, comprising: one wood-engraved and letterpress plan, 21 hand-coloured aquatints (of which 2 double-page, 8 with overslips), 6 tinted aquatints (one with overslip), 13 aquatints (2 with overslips), 27 text illustrations, comprising: 9 aquatints (2 with overslips), 18 wood-engravings, occasional light offsetting, contemporary russia, stamped in gilt and blind, g.e., [Abbey, Scenery 391; Tooley 398], 4to, Printed by T. Bensley and Son...for J. Taylor, 1816. ⁂ An excellent copy of Repton's last great work on landscape gardening, which he calls "the pleasing combination of Art and Nature adapted to the use of Man." Provenance: [Major] John Roland Abbey (bookplate).
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 29, 2022
Repton (Humphry) Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton, first edition, Printed for J.C. Stadler...the letter press by T. Bensley, 1808.
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Repton (Humphry) Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton, first edition, allegorical aquatint frontispiece misbound after d1, hand-coloured plan, 18 aquatint plates and vignettes (9 hand-coloured, 6 with overslips, one with overpage, one double-page, one folding, one plate and one vignette tinted), small tear to folding plate, slight creasing to edges of some overslips, light water-stain to one leaf, other minor, mostly marginal soiling, modern green half morocco over boards retaining part of original printed paper label on upper cover, preserved in modern green morocco-backed cloth slip-case, [Abbey, Scenery 57; Tooley 397], folio, Printed for J.C. Stadler...the letter press by T. Bensley, 1808. ⁂ Repton's proposal for the pavilion in the Indian style of architecture, originally published in 1808, was not built due to the Prince Regent's financial difficulties at the time, but his ideas were taken up by John Nash who designed the building we know today in 1815. Provenance: E.P. John Westby (bookplate).
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 29, 2022
Repton (Humphry) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, first edition, Printed by T. Brinsley...for J. Taylor, 1803.
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
Repton (Humphry) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, first edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait by W.Holl after S.Shelley slightly foxed, 11 hand-coloured aquatint plates (9 with overlays, 1 folding and with short tear), 14 engraved plates (mostly aquatint, some tinted, 3 with overlays, 1 double-page) and 2 engraved maps (1 hand-coloured), 11 aquatint vignettes and illustrations in text, 2 with overlays, wood-engraved illustrations, some offsetting, uncut in original printed pink boards, rebacked, rubbed and soiled, [Abbey, Scenery 390; Berlin Kat. 3431; Tooley 399], 4to, Printed by T. Brinsley...for J. Taylor, 1803. ⁂ Repton's "most important work" in first edition and unusual to find in the original boards.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 29, 2022
With original drawing.- Repton (Humphry) Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening, first edition, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., [1795].
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
With original drawing.- Repton (Humphry) Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening, first edition, half-title, 16 fine aquatint plates (10 hand-coloured and with overslips, including 4 double-page and 6 uncoloured, all but 2 with overslips), woodcut illustrations and vignette tail-piece, one plate with marginal tear, with an original pen and brush drawing with monochrome wash mounted on front pastedown, some foxing, light browning to edges, uncut in old marbled boards, rebacked, rubbed and soiled, extremities worn, preserved in modern silk-lined brown half morocco drop-back box, [Abbey, Scenery 388; Tooley 400], oblong folio, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., [1795]. ⁂ An exceptional copy of the rarest of Repton's landscape books. Only 250 copies were printed and Repton refused to issue a second edition although some of the chapters were re-used in 'Observations' and 'Fragments'. This copy enhanced by the inclusion of the original drawing, signed lower right "H. Repton" and within the original wash border, of plate VIII showing "the effect of cutting down some chestnut trees in the avenue at Langley [Langley Park, Kent, the seat of Sir Peter Burrell, Bart, M.P.], to let in the hill, richly covered with oaks, and that majestic tree, which steps out before its brethren like the leader of an host..." Another original drawing for plate 2 from this work (Rivenhall Place) was sold by Christies NY in 2004 for $16,000. Repton (1752-1818) was the first person to use the term 'Landscape Gardening', explaining in the introduction to this highly important and influential work that "the art can only be advanced and perfected by the united powers of the landscape painter and the practical gardener."
Forum Auctions - UK
Jun. 22, 2022
Attributed to Humphry Repton (British, 1752-1818)
Est: £200 - £400
Attributed to Humphry Repton (British, 1752-1818) The Rows at Chester inscribed in a later hand 'My Father's drawing of Chester' (lower left, said to have been written by George A Repton) pen and ink with grey wash on paper, unframed 22.3 x 27.5cm Provenance: With Squire Gallery, London, May 1954, when sold to Walter Brandt, Thence by descent to his grandson
Cheffins
Jun. 22, 2022
Humphry Repton (British, 1752-1818)
Est: £300 - £500
Humphry Repton (British, 1752-1818) Thatched cottage with deer in the foreground, Blaise Hamlet, Bristol watercolour on paper 18 x 28cm Provenance: Iolo Aneurin Williams (1890-1962); Ruskin Gallery, London Iolo Aneurin Williams (1890-1962) was a collector and connoisseur of English drawings and a museums correspondent of The Times from 1936. He was a friend of Edward Croft-Murray (1907-1980) Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum between 1954-73. Throughout his life, Williams donated a large collection of his drawings to the British Museum.
Cheffins
Dec. 15, 2021
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening. Lon
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening. London: W. Bulmer and Co., for J. & J. Boydell, [1795]. First edition of a ground-breaking book on landscape…
Christie's
Oct. 28, 2021
Repton (Humphry) Odd Whims and Miscellanies, 2 vol., first edition, 1804.
Est: £300 - £400
Repton (Humphry) Odd Whims and Miscellanies, 2 vol., first edition, half-title (vol. 1 only), vignette titles, 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates, occasional faint marginal soiling, faint abrasion marks to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt, housed in a modern slip-case, 8vo, 1804.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 23, 2021
Repton (Humphry) Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton, [watermarked 1822].
Est: £600 - £800
Repton (Humphry) Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton, second edition, 9 aquatint plates, (of which 2 folding, one with 3 small marginal tears), 12 aquatint vignettes and illustrations, all uncoloured, lacking moveable overslips, off-setting, some browning, mainly marginal, very occasional spotting, some margins a little creased, contemporary wrappers, covers detached, lacks spine, surface soiling and scuffing, a few marginal defects, modern card portfolio, [Tooley 397], folio, J. C. Stadler, [watermarked 1822]. ⁂ Humphry Repton (1752-1818) was commissioned in 1805 by the then Prince of Wales (future George IV) to redesign his Marine Pavilion. Inspired by the contemporary vogue for all things Indian - by the temples, palaces and gardens of the Hindustan - Repton produced a suite of detailed and beautiful designs. Despite the Prince's initial enthusiasm, however, neither Repton's architectural nor garden designs came to fruition, with John Nash (1752 - 1823) instead receiving the official commission. Recouping financial losses from the project, this publication was conceived, and this edition was reissued in 1822 to coincide with Nash's completion of the Royal Pavilion.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jan. 27, 2021
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). The Red Books of Humphry Repton. Edited by E
Est: $800 - $1,200
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). The Red Books of Humphry Repton. Edited by Edward Malins. London: Basilisk Press, 1976. Number 461 of 515 sets. A fine facsimile of Repton’s red books, number 461 of 515 sets. 4 volumes, folio and oblong quarto, all in original slipcase (476 x 340mm). Publisher’s original red half morocco over marbled boards, each with original sleeve.
Christie's
Jan. 27, 2021
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the Theory and Practice of L
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. London: T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803. First edition of Repton’s most important work (RIBA). Repton's second treatise reflects the increasing refinement of his theories on landscape and architecture, making more use of his ingenious overslips. This copy was bound for and presented to Maude Richey Seabury, former president of the Garden Club of America. Abbey Scenery 390; Tooley 399. See RIBA 2734 (second edition). Quarto (353 x 285mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece after S. Shelley; 28 etched and engraved plates, 12 of these with overslips, one folding panorama, with many hand-colored or tinted; aquatint and engraved illustrations in the text, 2 with overslips (portrait with repaired tear affecting image, panorama with short stub tears, light spotting throughout). 20th-century russia gilt with initials MRS stamped at center.
Christie's
Jan. 27, 2021
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening. L
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening. London: W. Bulmer and Co., for J. & J. Boydell, [1795]. First edition of a ground-breaking book on landscape gardening, illustrated with clever moveable overslips demonstrating the transformative potential of garden design. Repton was the first to adopt the term Landscape Gardening, explaining in his introduction that the art can only be advanced and perfected by the united powers of the landscape painter and the practical gardener. The former must conceive a plan, which the latter may be able to execute... yet the luxuriant imagination of the painter must be subjected to the gardener's practical knowledge in painting, digging, and moving earth. Abbey Scenery 388. Oblong folio (281 x 384mm). 16 aquatint plates, 10 of which are hand-colored, and 4 of those double-page; all but two with overslips inserted to show alternate garden plans; wood-engraved tail-piece (occasional faint spotting). Original boards, uncut; quarter morocco slipcase.
Christie's
Oct. 21, 2020
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) Proposal for the remodelling of the North front of Norman Court unframed
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) Proposal for the remodelling of the North front of Norman Court inscribed 'No VII/THE NORTH FRONT of NORMAN COURT as proposed by H Repton' (on the mount) watercolour on wove paper with original washline mount 21.7 x 40cm (8 9/16 x 15 3/4in). unframed For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 07, 2020
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) View of the south front of Norman Court unframed
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) View of the south front of Norman Court inscribed 'No.III.' (upper right) watercolour on wove paper with original washline mount 19 x 30cm (7 1/2 x 11 13/16in). unframed For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 07, 2020
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) Proposal for the remodelling of the South front of Norman Court the second work 5 x 12.5 cm (2 x 4 7/8 in) unframed
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) Proposal for the remodelling of the South front of Norman Court inscribed 'No.IV.' (upper right) watercolour on wove paper with original washline mount, laid onto an album page with a further monochrome elevation of a turreted building 19 x 29.6cm (7 1/2 x 11 5/8in). the second work 5 x 12.5 cm (2 x 4 7/8 in) unframed For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 07, 2020
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) Proposal for the remodelling of the North front of Norman Court unframed
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) Proposal for the remodelling of the North front of Norman Court inscribed 'No VII/THE NORTH FRONT of NORMAN COURT as proposed by H Repton' (on the mount) watercolour on wove paper with original washline mount 21.7 x 40cm (8 9/16 x 15 3/4in). unframed For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 07, 2020
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) North-east view of Norman Court showing a proposal for classical north front and outbuildings unframed
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) North-east view of Norman Court showing a proposal for classical north front and outbuildings inscribed 'No.V.' (upper right) watercolour on wove paper with overlay tab and original washline mount 23.6 x 30.8cm (9 5/16 x 12 1/8in). unframed For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 07, 2020
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) Plan for the alteration of the prospect from the south front of Norman Court, with wooden fencing giving way to a balustraded terrace, a deer park and a classical folly unframed (together with wa...
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) Plan for the alteration of the prospect from the south front of Norman Court, with wooden fencing giving way to a balustraded terrace, a deer park and a classical folly inscribed 'No I' (upper right) watercolour on wove paper with overlay tab and original washline mount 20.3 x 30.5cm (8 x 12in). unframed together with watercolours of the new south and east front by Henry Harrison signed and dated 1820, three further drawings by Blore (?) and two sketches of cottages at Norman court (5) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Sep. 10, 2018
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818) et John Adey (1775-1860). Fragments on the theory and pra
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818) et John Adey (1775-1860). Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening...Londres : T. Bensley & Son, 1816. Edition originale du dernier ouvrage majeur de Repton, richement illustré d'aquatintes en couleurs. Publié deux ans avant sa mort, en 1816, cet ouvrage est le dernier que Repton consacre au landscape gardening, cette "architecture du paysage" qu'il avait théorisée plus d'une décennie auparavant. Il reçoit l'assistance de son fls John, lui-même paysagiste. Ce dernier avait d'ailleurs participé à plusieurs projets de son père, parmi lesquels Bayham Abbey (Essex, 1800) et Harewood House (West Yorkshire, à peu près à la même époque). In-4 (337 x 275 mm). 42 gravures et aquatintes hors-texte, dont 13 avec une partie amovible contrecollée ; 9 vignettes gravées et aquatinte dans le texte, dont 2 avec une partie amovible contrecollée. Plusieurs plans et schémas dans le texte, bandeaux et culs-de-lampe gravés (quelques pliures et taches). Reliure de l'époque en basane, roulette à froid en encadrement sur les plats, dos lisse en veau caramel avec décor doré fgurant nerfs et les caissons, roulette dorée sur les chasses (importantes grifures au plat inférieur, chasses et dos frottés). }PROVENANCE : Sir George Stauton, Baronnet (1781-1859). Explorateur et orientaliste, membre du Parlement britannique (ex-libris gravé à ses armes sur le premier contreplat).
Christie's
Sep. 10, 2018
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gar
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening. Londres : T. Bensley, 1803. Edition originale de ce beau recueil. Principal paysagiste de son temps, Humphry Repton a réalisé plus de quatre cent commandes, certains jardins parmi les plus beaux des grandes demeures anglaises. L'ingénieux système de parties amovibles contrecollées, donnant à voir deux états du jardin, que l'on retrouve à plusieurs reprises dans cet ouvrage, était à l'origine utilisé dans les Red Books, fascicules reliés de rouge que Repton donnait à ses clients. Ces livres "pop-up" avaient ainsi un caractère utilitaire : ils permettaient de visualiser le projet du paysagiste et le résultat escompté. Millard, British Books, cat. 65 ("There is much of interest in all this to historians of landscape gardening, much revealing of Repton's tastes and methods of operation"). In-4 (322 x 260 mm). 40 illustrations, dont un portrait de l'auteur en frontispice, 12 aquatintes hors-texte en couleurs avec partie amovible contrecollée, 7 cartes et plans et un diagramme d'harmonie des couleurs (piqûres, nombreux reports, pliure p. 173, deux déchirures sur la planche dépliante en regard de la p. 208). Reliure de l'époque en demi-veau caramel à coins, dos lisse avec décor doré fgurant les nerfs et les caissons (coins très frottés).
Christie's
Nov. 15, 2017
• REPTON (HUMPHRY)
Est: £2,500 - £3,000
• REPTON (HUMPHRY) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, FIRST EDITION, T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803
Bonhams
Aug. 10, 2016
HUMPHREY REPTON, (BRITISH 1752-1818), "DESIGNS FOR A HOUSE ON CLAPHAM COMMON FOR WILLIAM HOLME, ESQ."
Est: $200 - $300
HUMPHREY REPTON (british 1752-1818) "DESIGNS FOR A HOUSE ON CLAPHAM COMMON FOR WILLIAM HOLME, ESQ." Pair watercolors Each: 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (10.8 x 15.9cm) (2) provenance: The Estate of Richard M. Scaife.
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 11, 2016
Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton
Est: $5,000 - $6,000
Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton. Humphrey Repton (1752-1818), John Adey (1775-1860), & George Stanley (d. 1858). London: T. Bensley for J.C. Stadler, to be sold by Boydell and Co. and others, 1808 (watermarked 1807). Folio (20 6/8 x 14 inches). Letterpress title-page and dedication leaf, Prefatory Observations. 20 SUPERB engraved and or aquatint plates of views of the Pavillion and grounds: full-page allegorical uncoloured aquatint, engraved "General Ground Plan" with original hand-colour, one magnificent double-page aquatint and another double-page and folding both with overlips and original hand-colour, full-page aquatint with full overpage with original hand-colour, 2 full-page aquatints with overslips with original hand-colour, full-page aquatint with original hand-colour, full-page aquatint with sepia wash, 2 aquatint vignettes with overslip with original hand-colour, one without overslip, one with sepia wash, and 7 uncoloured, all by Stadler after Repton. Modern half brown limp morocco, cloth, with the contemporary ochre cloth front cover with morocco lettering-piece bound in at the beginning (a bit scuffed). Provenance: With the leather library label of William Foyle (1885-1963), bookseller, on the front paste-down, his sale, Christie's, 13th July 2000, lot 874. First edition, and early issue with watermarks dated 1807, of this extraordinary work illustrating Repton's unused plans for one of Britain's most iconic buildings. "Repton's shift in scaling dramatizes the visual consequences of his plans. In the before flap on tip, the Brighton pavilion appears hidden, isolated, distant--impressions intensified by the tiny person and by the over-writing on the shadowy building. When the flap is raised to reveal the proposed redesign, the space between us and the pavilion has now become intimate and comfortable, filled with well dressed visitors... Repton overreached in several other before/after comparisons, exaggerating the impact of his proposed improvements. In the plan at left, the design of the flap, the pole-people, and the integrated text are all ingenious and delightful--but the integrity of the work is compromised by persistent visual cheating" (Tufte, Visual Explanations, p.17). Repton was deeply flattered by "his most promising commission of all, to refashion the Royal Pavilion at Brighton for the prince of Wales. From the outset of his career Repton had sought royal patronage. When Thomas Sandby died in 1798 he tried unsuccessfully to secure, through his aristocratic contacts, the position of deputy rangership of Windsor Great Park, which Sandby had used to pursue landscaping and architecture. Repton worked on the commission for Brighton Pavilion with three of his sons, John Adey, George Stanley, and Humphry the younger. They chose an Indian style, explicitly modelled on the illustrations in volume 1 of William Daniell's Oriental Scenery (1805), and prepared a sumptuous red book. Repton was again disappointed. His design was not implemented, nor was he paid for his work; moreover, John Nash prepared another design loosely based on Repton's which was eventually built. Repton tried to salvage something from the commission by publishing Designs for the Pavillon [as here] at Brighton (1808)" (Stephen Daniels for DNB). Brighton Pavilion was a departure from Repton's usual restraint, in many ways, and he expected criticism for it, pre-empting the charges in his own "Prefatory Observations" Repton quotes himself from his "An Enquiry into the Changes of Taste in landscape Gardening and Architecture", 1806: "...we are on the eve of some great change in Landscape Gardening and Architecture, in consequence of our having lately become better acquainted with Scenery and Buildings in the interior provinces of India" (page 41), and goes on to elaborate in the current work: "As many parts of this volume may appear to recommend a degree of novelty, to which I have frequently objected in former publications, it will perhaps subject me to some severity of criticism,... at a time when the wealth of individuals has been increasing in this country beyond the example of all former periods, it would not be an uninteresting subject of enquiry, to consider how far the more general diffusion of GOOD TASTE has kept pace with the increased wealth of the individuals; or rather, the effect which that increased wealth has produced on the taste of the country generally" (page [i]). From the distinguished library of William Foyle, who "started trading as a bookseller by selling his own school books second-hand as soon as he had no further use for them. In 1903, at the age of eighteen, he opened, with his brother Gilbert (18861971), a bookshop in Islington, north London, moving on shortly to Peckham, south London, and in 1904 to Cecil Court, off Charing Cross Road, in central London, where in many shops and on roadside barrows second-hand books were the chief commodity. Three years later the business moved to Charing Cross Road itself, where, with many extensions, it remained in his lifetime". Foyle latterly made "his home near the town of Maldon, buying in 1945 the twelfth-century Premonstratensian abbey of Beeleigh, situated on the River Chelmer. In this beautiful setting he was able to indulge his passion for collecting rare books, and formed a great library. Among his acquisitions were incunabula from William Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde, and Koberger; Shakespeare folios; and a superb collection of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century illuminated manuscripts" (Christina Foyle, rev. G. R. Davies for DNB). Abbey Scenery 57; cf. Tooley 396 (variant title).
Arader Galleries
Jul. 01, 2015
Attributed to Humphry Repton (1752-1818)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Attributed to Humphry Repton (1752-1818) Edgeworthstown House, Co. Longford, A view of the house from the east with two children Charlotte and Elizabeth Edgeworth. Two scythers cutting front lawn, a carriage and pair Watercolour, Inscribed in ink on the mount "Edgeworthstown" further inscribed in pencil, "2nd Mrs Powis, 1791, the little girls Betty and Charlotte" (Edgeworth). The original house dates to 1672. The house was enlarged in the 1770’s by Richard Lovell. Edgeworth (1744-1817). Most of the work was completed by 1787. Richard Edgeworth was an inventor and he introduced into the plans of the house many ingenious devices, including leather straps on the swing doors to prevent them from closing too quickly. He also invented an innovative central heating system. Richard Edgeworth was a member of Gratton Parliament from 1798 with the act of union in 1801. He was founder member of the Royal Irish Academy. He was married four times and had twenty-two children. The most famous was Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849). She was the author of novels and children’s literature. She was a friend of Sir Walter Scott who visited the family at Edgeworth House in 1824. Her first novel and her most important work was Castle Rackrent, published in 1800. It’s a satire on Anglo-Irish landlords and proved a great success, outselling the novels of Scott. Further novels were Belinda published in 1801. Her final novel was Helen, published in 1834. She also played an active role in the management of the Edgeworth Estate 5 x 101/2 inches (13 x 27 cm)
Sheppards
Jun. 26, 2015
Rare book: Landscape Gardening by Repton
Est: $400 - $700
Rare book: Landscape Gardening by Repton Repton, Humphry (1752-1818) OBSERVATIONS ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING (including some Remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture) London: Bensley, 1805. Portrait frontispiece, 27 aquatint or engraved plates (many handcolored), 32 wood-engraved or aquatint illustrations, contemporary leather and marbled binding Provenance: Collection of Edward Morrison Brown
Charlton Hall
Dec. 09, 2014
Repton, Humphry
Est: £3,500 - £4,500
Repton, Humphry
Sotheby's
Sep. 10, 2014
Repton, Humphry
Est: £250 - £350
Repton, Humphry Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening. Oxford: Phaidon Press Limited, 1980. Folio, number 375 of 445 facsimile copies, portrait, 27 plates, original quarter calf in slipcase, some fading to spine
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 30, 2013
Follower of Humphrey Repton (British, 1752-1818)
Est: £300 - £400
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire watercolour and pencil, unframed 12.5 x 19cm (4 15/16 x 7 1/2in).
Bonhams
Jul. 05, 2013
A COLLECTION OF EIGHTEEN WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY By or attributed to Anthony Devis (1729-1816), Alexander Runciman (1736-1785), Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), John Flaxman, R.A. (1755-1826), Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820), Humphrey Repton (1752-1818), William Mulready, R.A. (1786-1863), and many others Quantity: 18 including three landscapes, two religious subjects, eight portraits, four mythological subjects and a conversation piece Various media; four signed or inscribed Largest 257 by 394 mm
Sotheby's
Jan. 29, 2013
HUMPHRY REPTON (Bury St. Edmonds 1752-1818 Norfolk) An Italianate Landscape with Shepherds Resting.
Est: $800 - $1,200
HUMPHRY REPTON (Bury St. Edmonds 1752-1818 Norfolk) An Italianate Landscape with Shepherds Resting. Watercolor on cream wove paper. 237x370 mm; 9 3/8x14 5/8 inches. Ex-collection unknown collector, ink stamp verso (not in Lugt).
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 13, 2012
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening . London: W. Bulmer and Co., for J. & J. Boydell, [1795].
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening. London: W. Bulmer and Co., for J. & J. Boydell, [1795]. 2° (342 x 255mm). Half-title. 16 aquatint plates, some of these double-page, of which 10 hand-coloured and 10 with overslips, wood-engraved tail-piece. (Occasional faint spotting, short neat tear in folding plates.) Contemporary diced russia, gilt spine, marbled edges (spine lightly sunned, minor scuffing). FIRST EDITION OF A GROUND-BREAKING BOOK ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING, illustrated with cleverly effective aquatint plates with moveable overslips which demonstrate the transformative potential of garden design. Repton was the first to adopt the term 'Landscape Gardening', explaining in his introduction that 'the art can only be advanced and perfected by the united powers of the landscape painter and the practical gardener. The former must conceive a plan, which the latter may be able to execute... yet the luxuriant imagination of the painter must be subjected to the gardener's practical knowledge in painting, digging, and moving earth.' Although Abbey states that a few copies are known with a title-page dated 1794, RIBA argues convincingly for a publication date of 1795. Abbey Scenery 388; RIBA 2735; Tooley 210.
Christie's
Jun. 13, 2012
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818) & John Adey REPTON (1775-1860). Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. Including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture . London: T. Bensley & Son for J. Taylor, 1816.
Est: £6,000 - £9,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818) & John Adey REPTON (1775-1860). Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. Including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture. London: T. Bensley & Son for J. Taylor, 1816. 4° (340 x 272mm). Half-title. 43 plates (one wood-engraved and letterpress plan, 22 hand-coloured aquatints [3 double page, 10 with overslips], 7 tinted aquatints [one with overslips], 13 aquatints [3 with overslips]), 29 illustrations (9 aquatint [2 with overslips], 20 wood-engraved). (Occasional faint spotting.) Contemporary diced russia, gilt spine, marbled edges (spine lightly sunned, minor scuffing). Provenance: The Earl Ferrers, April 21, 1818 (flyleaf signature). FIRST EDITION of Repton's final great work on landscape gardening. In the introduction he bemoans the effect of the Napoleonic war on landscape gardening (financial rather than physical) and defines the subject as: 'The pleasing combination of Art and Nature adapted to the use of Man.' Abbey Scenery 391; RIBA 2732; Tooley 398.
Christie's
Jun. 23, 2011
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803. 4υo (323 x 260 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by S. Shelley after Holl, aquatint tailpieces, 28 engraved or aquatinted plates, 13 with overslips, 10 fully colored, some folding, one double-page, 11 engraved vignettes in text, 2 with overslips. (Frontispiece lightly foxed, some light offsetting.) 19th-century half morocco, marbled boards (rebacked, old spine laid down); cloth folding case. Provenance: Lewis Richard Ashurst (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, A FINELY COLORED COPY OF REPTON'S "MOST IMPORTANT WORK" (RIBA). Repton's second treatise reflects the increasing refinement of his theories on landscape and architecture. "Perhaps [Repton's] most significant and influential publication overall" (Archer). Abbey, Scenery 390; Archer 279.1; RIBA 2734; Tooley 399.
Christie's
May. 10, 2011
REPTON, HUMPHRY.
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
REPTON, HUMPHRY. DESIGNS FOR THE PAVILLON AT BRIGHTON. LONDON: FOR J.C. STADLER, [C.1822] Second edition, folio (550 x 373mm.), hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, 8 plates (one folding, one double-page), 7 coloured by hand, 11 vignettes, 3 coloured by hand, 3 plates and one vignette with overslips, one plate with overpage, paper watermarked 'J. Whatman, Turkey Mill, 1822', nineteenth-century green half cloth over marbled paper boards, printed label on upper cover, uncut, [Abbey, Scenery 57; Tooley (1954) p.207], plate 14 and one vignette (no.3) lacking overslips, some occasional spotting, extremities rubbed, stains to label
Sotheby's
Dec. 02, 2010
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening . London: T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803.
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. London: T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803. 4υo (356 x 290 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait after S. Shelley, and 27 plates, aquatints and line-engravings, 12 with overslips, one folding, many hand-colored or tinted, a further 11 aquatint and engraved plates in the text, 2 with overslips, vignette on p. 8, woodcut diagrams, one hand-colored on p. 219. (Some occasional pale offsetting.) Modern green half morocco, uncut. FIRST EDITION of Repton's second treatise, a less scenic work than Sketches and Hints but one reflecting the increasing alignment between landscape and architecture, and the kind of tidying up exercise recommended on a gentleman's estate. "Humphry repton, the British architect, used before/after flaps in some 100 presentations during the early 1800s, both in his books on landscape theory and in pitching proposals to clients. His redesigns could easily be presented without flaps--though without magic--by means of spatial parallelism, by paired images... And, despite the enchantment of flaps, comparisons are usually more effective when the information is adjacent in space rather than stacked in time" (Tufte, Visual Explanations, p.81). Abbey Scenery 390; Tooley 399.
Christie's
Nov. 14, 2010
Repton, Humphry (1752-1818), Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton, London: Printed for J.C. Stadler, [c. 1822], later three-quarter ...
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Repton, Humphry (1752-1818), Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton, London: Printed for J.C. Stadler, [c. 1822], later three-quarter black morocco with gilt lettering, with hand-colored plan and nineteen plates including vignettes, twelve of them hand-colored, six with overslips, one over-page, and two double-page, folio, (interior with very minor soiling and small edge tears to a couple plates, very good overall). Abbey Travel, 57.
Skinner
Jun. 02, 2010
REPTON, Humphrey (1752-1818) and John Adey REPTON (1775-1860). Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. Including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture . London: T. Bensley & Son for J. Taylor, 1816.
Est: £6,000 - £9,000
REPTON, Humphrey (1752-1818) and John Adey REPTON (1775-1860). Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. Including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture. London: T. Bensley & Son for J. Taylor, 1816. 4° (340 x 275mm). Half-title. 43 plates: one wood-engraved and letterpress plan, 22 hand-coloured aquatints [3 double page, 10 with overslips], 7 tinted aquatints [one with overslip], 13 aquatints [3 with overslips]; 29 illustrations: 9 aquatint [2 with overslips], 20 wood-engraved. (Very occasional minor offsetting.) Contemporary red half-morocco, spine gilt in compartments, pink mottled endpapers (extremities rubbed, joints starting). Provenance: George Cornwall Legh (1804-1877, MP for Cheshire North; bookplate and case label). FIRST EDITION OF REPTON'S FINAL GREAT WORK ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING. A FRESH COPY. In the introduction Repton bemoans the effect of the Napoleonic war on landscape gardening (financial rather than physical) and defines the subject as: 'the pleasing combination of Art and Nature adapted to the use of Man.' Abbey, Scenery, 391; Tooley 398.
Christie's
Jun. 02, 2010
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening . London: T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803.
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. London: T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803. 4° (340 x 277mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait after S. Shelley, and 27 plates, 12 of these with overslips, one folding, and many hand-coloured or tinted; aquatint and engraved illustrations in the text, 2 of these with overslips. (Spotting on the frontispiece and last plate, faint marginal dampstain in the title and frontispiece, occasional light offsetting and occasional light spotting, short marginal tears in the folding plate.) Contemporary green morocco-backed and -edged marbled paper-covered boards, green morocco gilt label on the upper side, edges gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, sides scuffed). FIRST EDITION OF REPTON'S 'MOST IMPORTANT WORK' (RIBA). Repton's second treatise reflects the increasing refinement of his theories on landscape and architecture, and answers the criticisms of Uvedale Price and Payne Knight. 'Perhaps [Repton's] most significant and influential publication overall' (Archer). Abbey, Scenery, 390; Archer 279.1; RIBA 2734; Tooley 399.
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