Jun 13, 2024 - Sale 2672

Sale 2672 - Lot 63

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(HAWAII -- EARL OF SANDWICH.) Group of 4 related items. Vp, vd
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John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792) was a British statesman and naval officer. We owe the moniker of our modern hand-held cuisine to the Earl, and Captain Cook, who received ample military funding for his Pacific voyages at the behest of the Lord, originally branded the Hawaiian island group the Sandwich Islands in his honor. The present is a small collection of related items:

- J. Scott; after Thomas Gainsborough. John 4th Earl of Sandwich. Mezzotint and engraved portrait. 13¼x9 inches sheet size, wide margins; clean. London: Henry Graves, 1868.

- Alexander Jacob. Montagu. Earl of Sandwich. Hand-colored engraved plate the Montague family heraldic arms. 13¼x9 inches sheet size, wide margins. London, circa 1767.

- Captain Cook/Alexander Hogg. Chart of the Sandwich Isles... Accurately Engraved for Anderson's Large Folio Edition of the Whole of Capt. Cook's Voyages &c. 9x14 inches sheet size, ample margins; minor edge wear. London, circa 1790.

- [King George III signed military appointment]. Printed document on vellum signed "George R" and "Sandwich", appointing one James Robinson as Second Lieutenant in the Ninth Company of Marines. 9½x13½ inches; seals intact; old folds, light soiling. [Np, 1790].