William John Burchell Paintings & Artwork for Sale | William John Burchell Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 16, 2020
William Burchell; South African 1781-1863; Portrait of a Kora; and Study of a Kora, two
Est: R10,000 - R15,000
William Burchell South African 1781-1863 Portrait of a Kora and Study of a Kora, two drawing: dated 10 Dec 1811 pencil on paper colour engraving drawing: 28,5 by 18,5cm excluding frame 50,5 by 39 by 2,5cm including frame engraving: 25 by 18cm excluding frame 37,5 by 30 by 2,5cm including frame Starting Bid: ZAR 10000
Strauss & Co
Mar. 16, 2015
William John Burchell, Jys Kraal Outspan
Est: R30,000 - R40,000
William John Burchell Jys Kraal Outspan dated 22.8.12 and numbered 528 in pencil pencil, ink and wash 29,5 by 48cm, unframed
Strauss & Co
Mar. 16, 2015
William John Burchell, Inside the Artist's Wagon, Showing Burchell at Work
Est: R55,000 - R70,000
William John Burchell Inside the Artist's Wagon, Showing Burchell at Work signed with the artist's initials, dated 9.4.15 in pencil and numbered 736 in ink pencil 33,5 by 40,5cm, unframed
Strauss & Co
Mar. 16, 2015
William John Burchell, Portrait of Júli
Est: R30,000 - R40,000
William John Burchell Portrait of Júli dated 12.8.15 in pencil and numbered 747 twice in ink pencil 32 by 22cm, unframed
Strauss & Co
Mar. 16, 2015
William John Burchell, A View of the Town, Litakun
Est: R35,000 - R50,000
William John Burchell A View of the Town, Litakun dated 24.7.12 and numbered No. 492 in ink ink and wash 29,5 by 48cm, unframed
Strauss & Co
Mar. 16, 2015
William John Burchell, Self Portrait while on Trek at Kosi Fountain
Est: R25,000 - R40,000
William John Burchell Self Portrait while on Trek at Kosi Fountain signed, dated 8.12.12 twice, numbered No 597 and inscribed with the title in ink pencil 31,5 by 22cm, unframed
Strauss & Co
Dec. 09, 2009
BURCHELL, William John (1781-1863). Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822-1824.
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
BURCHELL, William John (1781-1863). Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822-1824. 2 volumes, 4υo (268 x 214 mm). Half-titles, errata slip in vol.I, "Hints on Emigration bound at end of vol.I. 20 hand-colored aquatint plates after Burchell (5 folding), folding engraved map, numerous wood-engarved illustrations. (Without final blank 4E4 in vol.I, offsetting of text onto plates, map expertly repaired at folds, some occasional minor marginal dampstaining.) Contemporary tree calf (rebacked preserving original spine, some chipping to backstrip). FIRST EDITION. "The most valuable and accurate work on South Africa published up to the first quarter of the nineteenth century, and embracing a description of a large part of the Cape Colony and Bechuanaland at this period... the coloured are particularly admired... The work is now extremly scarce, many copies have been broken up..." (Mendelssohn). Abbey Travel 328; Gay 3001; Mendelssohn I,p.224; Tooley 116. (2)
Christie's
Mar. 25, 2009
William Burchell (British, 1782-1863) "Gibraltar 30 Jan '12 'Medina' arriving". Watercolour, signed bottom right hand side. 7.7x22in(19.5x56cm)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
"Gibraltar 30 Jan '12 'Medina' arriving". Watercolour, signed bottom right hand side. 7.7x22in(19.5x56cm)
Bonhams
Mar. 25, 2009
William Burchell (British, 1782-1863) "Journey's End, Tilbury" watercolour, signed bottom right hand side and dated 1912. 7.7x18in(19.5x46cm)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
"Journey's End, Tilbury" watercolour, signed bottom right hand side and dated 1912. 7.7x18in(19.5x46cm)
Bonhams
Jan. 26, 2006
BURCHELL, William John (1781-1863). Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. London: A.
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
BURCHELL, William John (1781-1863). Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. London: A. and R. Spottiswoode for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822-1824. 2 volumes, 4° (279 x 218mm). 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 5 folding, one folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, and illustrations all after the author. Letterpress tables. Errata slip tipped onto I/B1r. (Some light spotting and browning, occasional inkmarking, light offsetting affecting plates, map laid down on linen, lacking final blank, 4E4, in vol. I.) Straight-grained brown morocco gilt by Riviere and Son, top edges gilt, others uncut (spines slightly faded). Provenance: Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant (1803-1874, inscriptions on margins variously dated 'Cape Town. C of Good Hope 1827', 'Fort Beaufort Kat River Kaffraria 1830', 'Lt General and Governor of Malta Palace Valetta 1858') -- Edward Joseph Dent (1876-1957, bookplates). FIRST EDITION. 'THE MOST VALUABLE AND ACCURATE WORK ON SOUTH AFRICA PUBLISHED UP TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY... NOW EXTREMELY SCARCE' (Mendelssohn). Burchell set out from Cape Town in June 1811 on his travels in Africa, and covered 4,500 miles in the interior, returning to the Cape in April 1815 with natural history specimens and five hundred drawings (of which a small selection were engraved to illustrate the present work). This copy was previously in the library of the soldier and colonial administrator Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, who served as an officer in South Africa in the latter 1820s and early 1830s, before holding a series of administrative positions in Canada, Malta and India. It later belonged to the eminent musicologist and critic Edward Joseph Dent who was possibly interested in the passages on indigenous African music. 750 copies of volume I were printed and 500 of volume II. Although Tooley calls for half-titles and the 4-page 'Hints on Emigration', Abbey suggests that these were only included in some copies. Abbey Travel I, 327; Mendelssohn I, p.224; Tooley 116. (2)
Christie's
Apr. 07, 2004
BURCHELL, William John (1782-1863). Hints on Emigration to the Cape of Good Hope. London:
Est: £700 - £1,000
BURCHELL, William John (1782-1863). Hints on Emigration to the Cape of Good Hope. London: C. Green for J. Hatchard & Son, 1819. 8° (203 x 135mm). Collation: B-C 8 (pp.[1-]48). Modern brown morocco, titled in gilt on spine. RARE: 'In June 1819, on account of his up-to-date personal knowledge of Southern Africa, Burchell was called before a select committee on the Poor Laws in the British House of Commons to advise on the suitability of South Africa for the settlement of British emigrants. In his evidence he recommended the Albany district for this purpose, and doubtless, influenced by him, the British Parliament voted £50,000 to enable the government to assist would-be emigrants' (DSAB). The present work was published shortly afterwards, but was dismissed in the Quarterly Review of November 1819 by a writer believed to be John Barrow. Burchell's reply to this review was included in his Travels in the interior of Southern Africa (1822-1824, see lots 352-353). Cf. Mendelssohn I,p.223 (a reprint of 24pp. published in 'The Pamphleteer' vol.XVII in 1820).
Christie's
Apr. 07, 2004
BURCHELL, William John (1781-1863). Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. A. & R.
Est: £1,800 - £2,500
BURCHELL, William John (1781-1863). Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. A. & R. Spottiswoode for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1822-1824. 2 volumes, 4° (287 x 220mm). Half-titles, errata slip in vol.I, 'Hints on Emigration' bound after prelims. in vol.I, vol.II unopened. 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Burchell, 5 folding, folding engraved map, numerous wood-engarved illustrations. (Without final blank 4E 4 in vol.I, offsetting of text onto plates, map expertly repaired at folds, two vertical tears to 3b 4 in vol.I, one into the text area.) Original cloth-backed boards bound in 1826 or later, paper labels to spines with titles 'Burchell's Travels in Southern Africa (rule) vol.I. [II.]', uncut (expertly rebacked with original spines laid down, discolouration to spine, surface damage to labels), 20th-century cloth slip-cases. Provenance: Halstead Place Library (bookplates with shelf marks). FIRST EDITION, uncut and partially unopened, with the half titles. The endpapers of vol.I both have a watermarked date '1826' indicating when the present set was bound. No priority can be assigned between this and the Abbey set, with plates watermarked 1825 and 1827 and bound in original boards and the paper labels on the spines including more text (including the price: 9 guineas). Abbey Travel I,328; Gay 3001; Mendelssohn I,p.224; Tooley 116. (2)
Christie's
Apr. 07, 2004
BURCHELL, William John (1781-1863). Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. A. & R.
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
BURCHELL, William John (1781-1863). Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. A. & R. Spottiswoode for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1822-1824. 2 volumes, 4° (271 x 210mm). Errata slip in vol.I, 'Hints on Emigration' bound at end of vol.I. 20 HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT PLATES after Burchell, 5 folding, folding engraved map, numerous wood-engraved illustrations. (Lacking half-titles, without final blank 4E 4 in vol.I, offsetting to title of vol.II, 5 plates and the folding map in vol.I, map also with small tears at folds, the second folding plate in vol.II almost detached, text leaf ZZ4 in vol.II with 30mm. tear to upper blank margin.) Contemporary purple morocco gilt, covers elaborately panelled in gilt, gilt turn ins, gilt edges (neatly rebacked to style). Provenance: Ruth Burchell (author's presentation inscription in each volume 'To his Niece Ruth Burchell with the Authors kind love'). AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of 'the most valuable and accurate work on South Africa published up to the first quarter of the nineteenth century' (Mendelssohn). Burchell set out from Cape Town in June 1811 on his travels in Africa, and covered four thousand five hundred miles in the interior, returning to the Cape in April 1815 with natural history specimens and five hundred drawings. A small selection of the latter were engraved to illustrate the present work. Abbey Travel I,328; Gay 3001; Mendelssohn I,p.224; Tooley 116. (2)
Christie's
Apr. 07, 2004
BURCHELL, William John (1781-1863)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
St.Helena and African Sketches: an album of sketches and watercolours, the majority taken on St.Helena and at the Cape, 1810-1811 including: A profile bust portrait of the artist (?) 29.7.1810; Lookout on St.Helena with the peaks of the Flagstaff and Sugarloaf below (a panorama across two sheets); RMS.Leopard, 19.7.1810, and Jar with two spouts, 29.7.1810; A Jar, 29.7.1810; View from Ladder hill across Jamestown to Deadwood and Longwood, 5.9.1810 (sheet extended on the right); Wagon and oxon, 5.9.1810; View from the footslopes of High Knoll accross Upper Jamestown to Alarm Forest, 5.9.1810 (a panorama accross two sheets); St.Helena: a cottage by a bamboo grove; two horses and a rider, 22.9.1810 (on a fragment of a leaf); Cape Town (sheet extended on the right); Two Cape views on the road behind Table Mountain, 9.3.1811 (both), (two views on one sheet); Two sketches of Hottertots, Wynberg, 14.3.11 on a smaller sheet tipped in); two sketches of a covered Oxwagon, 19.3.1811 and 26.3.1811; The Bath House at Zwartberg, 11.4.1811; A Cottage on a hillside, with two sketches of hills ('Babylonsche Toten' and 'Klein.....berg') on the reverse; Kistio Verticallatus 6 feet high [Swarteberg]; White poplars at Brandvlei, 14.4.1811 (on two sheets); A Man taking aim with a flintlock gun, 10.2.20; and 'Study of a flintlock gunstock, 10.2.20, oblong 8° (118x185mm) comtemporary sheep, manuscript paper title label on the spine (boards detached, crude repairs to joints). [and:] Mary BURCHELL after William John Burchell. Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa: sixteen pencil vignettes numbered in pencil, titled in ink on the mounts (by W.J. Burchell), with manuscript title page (by W.J. Burchell) 'Sixteen of the vignettes of the "Travels in Southern Africa' by Wm.J. Burchell copied by his sister Mary Burchell in 1822-1823 and 1824 from his drawings on the Wood Blocks/before they were engraved for publication, and of which seven belong (sic) to the first volume and five to the second volume, with four for the third volume which latter has never yet (1862) been published', 2° (400 x 245mm). Original grey wrappers (wrappers waterdamaged causing losses) [with:] An autograph letter signed by Burchell to 'Dr Greville', Fulham, 5 February 1825, a letter of introduction for his friend Mr Peene, who will be visiting Edinburgh, and referring to the sending of specimens, 2 pages, 4to, integral address leaf; with a related pamphlet, and The South African Drawings of William J. Burchell, Johannesburg (1938), two volumes. (6) PROVENANCE: William John Burchell (contemporary ownership inscription on upper board dated 1810 and on upper paste down). James Burchell (the artist's brother), Port Elizabeth, until 1844, and thence by descent. Sale (The Property of a Lady), Sotheby's, Johannesburg, 23 March 1987, lots 18 (album) and 19 (vignettes).
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