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  • Winstanley (Henry) The Prospect of the dwelling house of Hen: Winstanley Gent: att Littlebury in the County of Essex, forty Miles distant from London, on the Road to Cambridge, etching, [c. 1670-...
    Nov. 26, 2024

    Winstanley (Henry) The Prospect of the dwelling house of Hen: Winstanley Gent: att Littlebury in the County of Essex, forty Miles distant from London, on the Road to Cambridge, etching, [c. 1670-...

    Est: £200 - £300

    Winstanley (Henry, 1644-1703) The Prospect of the dwelling house of Hen: Winstanley Gent: att Littlebury in the County of Essex, forty Miles distant from London, on the Road to Cambridge, etching on laid paper, pencil inscriptions in lower margin, on laid paper without watermark, image approx. 245 x 390 mm (9 5/8 x 15 1/4 in), under glass, faint tape stains to the upper edge, minor toning, framed, [circa 1670-1690] Provenance: Collection of John and Eileen Harris Literature: cf. Taylor, Christopher, The House and Garden of Henry Winstanley, Littlebury, Landscape History, 2014, vol. 35, issue 2, 39-52. *** Henry Winstanley was an English painter, engineer, and merchant who constructed the first Eddystone Lighthouse after losing two of his ships on the Eddystone rocks. Winstanley developed an interest in engraving after a grand tour of Europe between 1669 and 1674, where he was impressed by Continental architecture and the engravings in which it was portrayed; it is said he studied with Wenceslaus Hollar upon his return. Winstanley was well known in Essex for his fascination with mechanical and hydraulic gadgets. The present etching shows the house he had built for himself at Littlebury, which he filled with whimsical mechanisms of his design and construction, and the "Essex House of Wonders" became a local landmark that was popular with visitors. One contemporary account of a visit to the house explained, after "being taken into one particular room of his house, and there observing an old slipper carelessly lying in the middle of the floor, if, as was natural, you gave it a kick with your foot, up started a figure before you; if you sat down in a chair, a couple of arms would immediately clasp you in, so as to render it impossible to disentangle yourself till your attendant set you at liberty; and if you sat down within a certain arbour by the side of the canal, you were forthwith sent out afloat to the middle of the canal from whence it was impossible to escape …".

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  • Henri Winstanley (British, 19th/20th Century), "Autumn"
    Jan. 29, 2022

    Henri Winstanley (British, 19th/20th Century), "Autumn"

    Est: $200 - $400

    Henri Winstanley (British, 19th/20th Century) "Autumn", 1887 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left. Framed. 20" x 30", framed 32" x 43-1/2"

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  • Henri Winstanley (British, 19th/20th Century), "Autumn"
    Sep. 16, 2021

    Henri Winstanley (British, 19th/20th Century), "Autumn"

    Est: $400 - $700

    Henri Winstanley (British, 19th/20th Century) "Autumn", 1887 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left. Framed. 20" x 30", framed 32" x 43-1/2"

    New Orleans Auction Galleries
  • Carte da gioco - Winstanley, Henry
    Jun. 12, 2018

    Carte da gioco - Winstanley, Henry

    Est: €1,000 - €1,500

    Mazzo di carte da gioco

    Finarte Roma
  • (2) Henry Winstanley, English, 1644-1703, Engraving, "The Stables of Audley End" Plates 52 and 53, some creasing and foxing, 7 1/2"...
    Apr. 22, 2014

    (2) Henry Winstanley, English, 1644-1703, Engraving, "The Stables of Audley End" Plates 52 and 53, some creasing and foxing, 7 1/2"...

    Est: $100 - $200

    (2) Henry Winstanley, English, 1644-1703, Engraving, "The Stables of Audley End" Plates 52 and 53, some creasing and foxing, 7 1/2" x 16 3/4" sight size

    William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals
  • w - A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN WOOLWORK PICTURE DEPICTING THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE, MID 19TH CENTURY
    Apr. 26, 2005

    w - A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN WOOLWORK PICTURE DEPICTING THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE, MID 19TH CENTURY

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    worked and applied with coloured wools, within a rosewood frame CATALOGUE NOTE The first lighthouse on Eddystone rock was built by Henry Winstanley (1644-1703) out of Cornish granite and was completed in 1698. Winstanley a trained engraver, shipowner and designer produced widely circulated designs of his lighthouse project. Winstanleys' first lighthouse was virtually rebuilt a year after its completetion as its defences needed strengthening and fabric rebuilding due to the ravages of an unforgiving sea. This second tower survived just four years before being demolished in the great winter storm of November 1703. Winstanley perished with his beloved lighthouse that night.

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