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A View of the Canal, Chinese Building, Rotundo, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with the Masquerade. Vue du Canal, du Batiment, Chinois, de la Rotunda, &c, des Jardins de Ranelagh un jour de Masquarade.
Canalet delint. C.Grignion Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament [1752]/ Printed for and sold by Robt Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street.
Copper engraving with fine hand-colouring, sheet 265 x 410mm. 10½ x 16". Silght foxing around edges
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Pensioners' Hospital at Chelsea, became a popular place of leisure and entertainment. Balls, concerts and dinners were held almost daily. During the masquerade depicted here, participants were disguised or in fancy dress, often favouring Oriental costume. This Oriental taste was reflected by Ranelagh's 'China House' created in 1750. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768), who lived and worked in London during the 1740s and 1750s.
For an uncoloured impression with original publication line see ref. 18202.
[Ref: 27191] £320.00
Canalet delint. C.Grignion Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament [1752]/ Printed for and sold by Robt Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street.
Copper engraving with fine hand-colouring, sheet 265 x 410mm. 10½ x 16". Silght foxing around edges
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Pensioners' Hospital at Chelsea, became a popular place of leisure and entertainment. Balls, concerts and dinners were held almost daily. During the masquerade depicted here, participants were disguised or in fancy dress, often favouring Oriental costume. This Oriental taste was reflected by Ranelagh's 'China House' created in 1750. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768), who lived and worked in London during the 1740s and 1750s.
For an uncoloured impression with original publication line see ref. 18202.
[Ref: 27191] £320.00
An Inside View of the Rotundo in Ranelagh Gardens. Vue de l'Interieur de la Rotonde dans le Jardins de Ranelagh.
Canaleti delin. N. Parr sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching. 265 x 405mm (10½ x 16"). Trimmed within plate.
Elegantly dressed figures gather in the large open space of the Rotunda, with a large extravagant fireplace in the centre, musicians playing in stands far right. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, opened in 1742 and quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity for a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. It housed balls, concerts and dinners. However its popularity waned over the years and in 1803 the Rotunda closed, to be demolished two years later. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 41736] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Canaleti delin. N. Parr sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching. 265 x 405mm (10½ x 16"). Trimmed within plate.
Elegantly dressed figures gather in the large open space of the Rotunda, with a large extravagant fireplace in the centre, musicians playing in stands far right. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, opened in 1742 and quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity for a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. It housed balls, concerts and dinners. However its popularity waned over the years and in 1803 the Rotunda closed, to be demolished two years later. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 41736] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the Canal Chinese Building, Rotunde, in Ranelagh Gardens, with Masquerade &c. Vuë du Canal, du Batiment Chinois de la Rotunda, &c, Des Jardins de Ranelagh un Jour de Masquarade.
[after Canaletto.]
[French, c.1760.]
Engraving with hand colour. Very large margins.
Ranelagh Gardens during a masquarade, with the revellers wearing masks. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768), who lived and worked in London during the 1740s and 1750s. The print is a 'vuë d'optique', designed to be viewed through an optical viewer that gave the impression of perspective: thus the scene is reversed, as is the extra title at top, 'Masquerade Anglois'.
[Ref: 37771] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Canaletto.]
[French, c.1760.]
Engraving with hand colour. Very large margins.
Ranelagh Gardens during a masquarade, with the revellers wearing masks. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768), who lived and worked in London during the 1740s and 1750s. The print is a 'vuë d'optique', designed to be viewed through an optical viewer that gave the impression of perspective: thus the scene is reversed, as is the extra title at top, 'Masquerade Anglois'.
[Ref: 37771] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Chinese House, the Rotunda, & the Company in Masquerade in Renelagh Gardens. [parallel text in Fernch]
Bowles delin.t / Bowles sculp
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1750]
Line engraving with hand-colouring, watermarked paper 18th century; platemark 285 x 410mm (11¼ x 16"). Small margins; staining; very good colour.
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Its admirers included Smollett, Edward Gibbon, Horace Walpole and the Duke of Cumberland. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. During the masquerade depicted here, participants were disguised or in fancy dress, often favouring Oriental costume. This Oriental taste was reflected by Ranelagh's 'China House' created in 1750. The rococo rotunda, built by William Jones, was 150ft in diameter and heated by a large fireplace. Mozart once played at the orchestra stand inside it. After one of several pictures of the area which Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768) painted while resident in London.
[Ref: 37212] £380.00
Bowles delin.t / Bowles sculp
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1750]
Line engraving with hand-colouring, watermarked paper 18th century; platemark 285 x 410mm (11¼ x 16"). Small margins; staining; very good colour.
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Its admirers included Smollett, Edward Gibbon, Horace Walpole and the Duke of Cumberland. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. During the masquerade depicted here, participants were disguised or in fancy dress, often favouring Oriental costume. This Oriental taste was reflected by Ranelagh's 'China House' created in 1750. The rococo rotunda, built by William Jones, was 150ft in diameter and heated by a large fireplace. Mozart once played at the orchestra stand inside it. After one of several pictures of the area which Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768) painted while resident in London.
[Ref: 37212] £380.00
A View of the Bridge over the Thames at Hampton Court. Vue du Pont sur la Tamise a Hampton Court.
[After Antonio Canaletto]
Printed for Rob.t Wilkinson 58 Cornhil & Bowles & Carver 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Framed engraving with fine hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
View of Hampton Court Bridge crossing the River Thames at Hampton, Middlesex, with barges on the water. The wooden Chinese bridge was designed by Samuel Stevens and Benjamin Ludgator, and opened on 13 December, 1753. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 61274] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[After Antonio Canaletto]
Printed for Rob.t Wilkinson 58 Cornhil & Bowles & Carver 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Framed engraving with fine hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
View of Hampton Court Bridge crossing the River Thames at Hampton, Middlesex, with barges on the water. The wooden Chinese bridge was designed by Samuel Stevens and Benjamin Ludgator, and opened on 13 December, 1753. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 61274] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A North View of London. Vue Septentrionale de la Ville de Londres.
Canaleti Delin. Stevens Sculpt.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. [Published 12th May, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.]
Engraving. Sheet 250 x 395mm (10 x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line, mounted on card at edges.
A view of London from the bowling green at Islington, showing the New River Head waterworks and Sadler's Wells in the foreground. After Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768).
[Ref: 62018] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Canaleti Delin. Stevens Sculpt.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. [Published 12th May, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.]
Engraving. Sheet 250 x 395mm (10 x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line, mounted on card at edges.
A view of London from the bowling green at Islington, showing the New River Head waterworks and Sadler's Wells in the foreground. After Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768).
[Ref: 62018] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
To S.r Hugh Smithson Bar.t, This View of the City of London Taken through one of the Centers of the Arches of the New Bridge at Westminster and Engrav'd from a Painting of Canaletti, is most hum.bly Dedicated by hus most Obliged Humble Servant. John Brindley.
Canaletti Pinx. S. Wale delin. R. Parr Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1747.
Very Scarce engraving. 435 x 590mm (17 x 23¼"), with large margins. Slight centre fold.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768) lived in London from 1746 to 1756, the early part coinciding with the building of Westminster Bridge, which was only the second bridge to be built in the metropolis. This view of London was taken from under one of the arches of the bridge, with the wooden buttressing in place, three years before the bridge opened. The original oil is in the Duke of Northumberland's collection in Syon House. Canaletto also painted both Sion House and the Duke's London home, Northumberland House. A fine panorama of London from the River.
[Ref: 52903] £1,150.00
Canaletti Pinx. S. Wale delin. R. Parr Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1747.
Very Scarce engraving. 435 x 590mm (17 x 23¼"), with large margins. Slight centre fold.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768) lived in London from 1746 to 1756, the early part coinciding with the building of Westminster Bridge, which was only the second bridge to be built in the metropolis. This view of London was taken from under one of the arches of the bridge, with the wooden buttressing in place, three years before the bridge opened. The original oil is in the Duke of Northumberland's collection in Syon House. Canaletto also painted both Sion House and the Duke's London home, Northumberland House. A fine panorama of London from the River.
[Ref: 52903] £1,150.00
Prospectus Monumenti Erecti in Memoriam Funesti Incendiianno MDCLXVI Londini. Viso del Monumento Fabricato per Memoriam del Incendio Tragico del Anno MDCLXVI a Londra.
[Antonio Canaletto]
[Robert Sayer n.d. c.1790.]
Copper engraving. Plate 312 x 420mm. 12¼ x 16½".
A view of the Monument and Fish Street Hill. In the background can be seen St Magnus and Martyr, and in the foreground is a lot of busy market and workday activity. A View erected in memory of the dreadful fire in the year 1666.
[Ref: 16086] £320.00
[Antonio Canaletto]
[Robert Sayer n.d. c.1790.]
Copper engraving. Plate 312 x 420mm. 12¼ x 16½".
A view of the Monument and Fish Street Hill. In the background can be seen St Magnus and Martyr, and in the foreground is a lot of busy market and workday activity. A View erected in memory of the dreadful fire in the year 1666.
[Ref: 16086] £320.00
A View of Northumberland House, Charing Cross. &c. Vüe de la Maison de Northumberland a Charing Cross.
Canaleti Pinx.t et Delin. In the Collection fof the Earl of Northumberland. J. Bowles Sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. Published 12.th. May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 395 x 265mm (15½ x 10½"). Frame: 555 x 420mm (22 x 16½"). Unexamined out of frame. Some rubbing.
A view of Northumberland House, the London residence of the Percy family. The house stood on the far western corner of the Strand and Charing Cross and was demolished in 1874 to create Northumberland Avenue.
[Ref: 40398] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Canaleti Pinx.t et Delin. In the Collection fof the Earl of Northumberland. J. Bowles Sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. Published 12.th. May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 395 x 265mm (15½ x 10½"). Frame: 555 x 420mm (22 x 16½"). Unexamined out of frame. Some rubbing.
A view of Northumberland House, the London residence of the Percy family. The house stood on the far western corner of the Strand and Charing Cross and was demolished in 1874 to create Northumberland Avenue.
[Ref: 40398] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the Canal, Chinese Building, Rotundo, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with the Masquerade. Vüe du Canal, du Bâtiment, Chinois, de la Rotunda, &cc. des Jardins de Ranelagh un jour de Masquerade.
Canalet delin.t. C.Grignion Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. Printed for & Sold by Rob.t. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Framed. Plate: 400 x 260mm (15¾ x 10¼"). Frame: 585 x 440mm (23 x 17"). Unexamined out of frame. Some rubbing in sky.
A view of the Chinese House and Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens on the bank of the Thames at Chelsea. Ranelagh House was bought in 1751 by a syndicate led by the proprietor of the Drury Lane and was opened to the public the following year. It was in the gardens that the masquerade was introduced to a wider public, it had formerly been an aristocratic entertainment.
[Ref: 40401] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Canalet delin.t. C.Grignion Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. Printed for & Sold by Rob.t. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Framed. Plate: 400 x 260mm (15¾ x 10¼"). Frame: 585 x 440mm (23 x 17"). Unexamined out of frame. Some rubbing in sky.
A view of the Chinese House and Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens on the bank of the Thames at Chelsea. Ranelagh House was bought in 1751 by a syndicate led by the proprietor of the Drury Lane and was opened to the public the following year. It was in the gardens that the masquerade was introduced to a wider public, it had formerly been an aristocratic entertainment.
[Ref: 40401] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Inside view of the Rotundo in Ranelagh Gardens.] Prospect Von dem Inern de la Rotonde in den Garten zu Ranelagh in London.](jpegs/50058.jpg)
[Inside view of the Rotundo in Ranelagh Gardens.] Prospect Von dem Inern de la Rotonde in den Garten zu Ranelagh in London.
Canaleti del. F. Leizelt Sculp.
Se vend à Augsbourg dans le Négoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire sous son Privilege et avec défence de n'en faire ni vendre de copies. [n.d., c.1760.]
Etching with hand colour. Sheet: 330 x 440mm (13 x 17¼"). Trimmed to plate, torn in two, repaired, nicks in edges.
A vüe d'optique of the Chinese House and Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea. The print was to be used in an zograscope or optical diagonal machine which would use lenses to create the illusion of a 3-D landscape. The print would be seen in reversed, accounting for the backwards title above the scene.
[Ref: 50058] £320.00
Canaleti del. F. Leizelt Sculp.
Se vend à Augsbourg dans le Négoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire sous son Privilege et avec défence de n'en faire ni vendre de copies. [n.d., c.1760.]
Etching with hand colour. Sheet: 330 x 440mm (13 x 17¼"). Trimmed to plate, torn in two, repaired, nicks in edges.
A vüe d'optique of the Chinese House and Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea. The print was to be used in an zograscope or optical diagonal machine which would use lenses to create the illusion of a 3-D landscape. The print would be seen in reversed, accounting for the backwards title above the scene.
[Ref: 50058] £320.00
An Inside View of the Rotundo in Ranelagh Gardens. Vue de l'Interieur de la Rotonde dans le Jardins de Ranelagh.
Canaleti delin. N. Parr sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for & Sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 265 x 405mm. 10½ x 16". Tatty extremities; a fine impression with full margins.
Elegantly dressed figures gather in the large open space, a large extravagant fireplace in the centre of the room, musicians playing in stands far right. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 14739] £220.00
Canaleti delin. N. Parr sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for & Sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 265 x 405mm. 10½ x 16". Tatty extremities; a fine impression with full margins.
Elegantly dressed figures gather in the large open space, a large extravagant fireplace in the centre of the room, musicians playing in stands far right. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 14739] £220.00
Gezigt van den Tuin van Somerset's Paleis, Langs den Theems tot op de Brug van Londen.
[After Canaletto.] C. Philips junior fecit, 1753.
Is. Tirion excudit.
Engraving, 180 x 435mm (7 x 17¼") with large margins. Stained, folding creases as normal, nicks to edges.
Panoramic view from the garden terrace of the Somerset House overlooking the Thames River. St. Paul's Cathedral looms in the background while London Bridge is depicted at far right. This view is based on a painting by Canaletto.
[Ref: 59817] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[After Canaletto.] C. Philips junior fecit, 1753.
Is. Tirion excudit.
Engraving, 180 x 435mm (7 x 17¼") with large margins. Stained, folding creases as normal, nicks to edges.
Panoramic view from the garden terrace of the Somerset House overlooking the Thames River. St. Paul's Cathedral looms in the background while London Bridge is depicted at far right. This view is based on a painting by Canaletto.
[Ref: 59817] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the Canal in S.t. James's Park, Buckingham House &c. taken from the Parade. Vüe du Canal et de la Maison de Buckingham dans le Parc de S.t. James.
Canaletti Delin. Stevens. sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured engraving. 400 x 265mm (15¾ x 10½"), very large margins. Repaired tear in margin.
A view of St James's Park looking west towards Buckingham House, before the staight lines of the canal were landscaped to a lake.
[Ref: 40396] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Canaletti Delin. Stevens. sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured engraving. 400 x 265mm (15¾ x 10½"), very large margins. Repaired tear in margin.
A view of St James's Park looking west towards Buckingham House, before the staight lines of the canal were landscaped to a lake.
[Ref: 40396] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A view of the Parade of St. James's Park. Vue de la Parade dans le Parc de St. Jacques.
London Printed for Robt. Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1770].
Engraving, 170 x 275mm. 6¾ x 10¾".
Horseguard's Parade, after Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 12683] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
London Printed for Robt. Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1770].
Engraving, 170 x 275mm. 6¾ x 10¾".
Horseguard's Parade, after Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 12683] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
A view of the Canal in St. James's Park Buckingham House &c. Vue du Canal et de la Maison de Buckingham dans le Parc de St. James.
London Printed for Robt. Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street [n.d., c.1770].
Original hand coloured etching and engraving, 170 x 275mm. 6¾ x 10¾". Diagonal crease through plate.
On laid paper from the plate originally engraved in 1753. Numbered '12.' upper right.
[Ref: 9591] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London Printed for Robt. Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street [n.d., c.1770].
Original hand coloured etching and engraving, 170 x 275mm. 6¾ x 10¾". Diagonal crease through plate.
On laid paper from the plate originally engraved in 1753. Numbered '12.' upper right.
[Ref: 9591] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the Center Cross Walk & C. in Vauxhall Gardens. Vüe de Centre de la Grande Alleé du Jardin de Vauxhall.
[Ca]naleti delin.t. E. Rooker scu.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament [Laurie & Whittle, 1794?].
Coloured engraving. Mounted in album paper, sight size 245 x 385mm (9¾ x 15¼"). Left edge of image obscured by mount, losing part of inscription; some creasing and scuffing on image, pasted on backboard of a leather-bound album.
A view of promenaders in Vauxhall Gardens, in front of a theatrical backdrop with a view of a ruined Roman viaduct. Originally published by Sayer in 1751, this example has the date erased and a possible publication line hidden by the mount.
[Ref: 60356] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[Ca]naleti delin.t. E. Rooker scu.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament [Laurie & Whittle, 1794?].
Coloured engraving. Mounted in album paper, sight size 245 x 385mm (9¾ x 15¼"). Left edge of image obscured by mount, losing part of inscription; some creasing and scuffing on image, pasted on backboard of a leather-bound album.
A view of promenaders in Vauxhall Gardens, in front of a theatrical backdrop with a view of a ruined Roman viaduct. Originally published by Sayer in 1751, this example has the date erased and a possible publication line hidden by the mount.
[Ref: 60356] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[On Ascension Day the doge marries the Adriatic sea using this vessel, the bucentaur]](jpegs/35604.jpg)
[On Ascension Day the doge marries the Adriatic sea using this vessel, the bucentaur] Nel giorno dell'Ascensione il Sereniss:mo Principe si porta a spossar l'Adriatico mare conquesto aureo Naviglio detto Il Bucintoro.
Ant.o Canaletto del. Appo Lodovico Furlanetto aope il Ponte dei Bareteri 1790
Engraving with large margins, platemark 250 x 370mm (9¾ x 14½").
The bucentaur, used in Venice up until 1798 to perform the ritual 'Marriage of the Sea'. It was depicted in paintings by Canaletto and Francesco Guardi, and was such a symbol of Venetian life that Napoleon ordered its destruction in 1798 to symbolize his conquest after Ludovico Manin surrendered to him.
[Ref: 35604] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Ant.o Canaletto del. Appo Lodovico Furlanetto aope il Ponte dei Bareteri 1790
Engraving with large margins, platemark 250 x 370mm (9¾ x 14½").
The bucentaur, used in Venice up until 1798 to perform the ritual 'Marriage of the Sea'. It was depicted in paintings by Canaletto and Francesco Guardi, and was such a symbol of Venetian life that Napoleon ordered its destruction in 1798 to symbolize his conquest after Ludovico Manin surrendered to him.
[Ref: 35604] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Architectural view, probably in Venice.]](jpegs/38467.jpg)
[Architectural view, probably in Venice.] Qui grandezza vedrai, che in fasto, e treno / Il vasto albergo ad un mortal disegna [...]
Ant. Canal Pinxit. Jacobus Monaco inc.
Apud Ludovicum Furlanetto supra Pontem vulgo dictum dei Baretteri C.P.E.S. [c.1780]
Engraving, 18th century watermarked paper; platemark 265 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"). Very large margins. Mint.
View after Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768), the greatest painter of Venice and its surroundings. Canaletto also spent several year working in London.
[Ref: 38467] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Ant. Canal Pinxit. Jacobus Monaco inc.
Apud Ludovicum Furlanetto supra Pontem vulgo dictum dei Baretteri C.P.E.S. [c.1780]
Engraving, 18th century watermarked paper; platemark 265 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"). Very large margins. Mint.
View after Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768), the greatest painter of Venice and its surroundings. Canaletto also spent several year working in London.
[Ref: 38467] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A View from the Pillar of S.t Theodore to the Entrance of the Great Canal at Venice.
Ant. Canale delin.
London Printed for & sold by J. Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside, & R. Sayer, Map & Printseller; facing Fetter Lane End; Fleet Street.
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 275 x 430mm (10¾ x 17"), with very large margins. Laid on album paper. Foxing top left corner.
A bustling street view of the area between Piazza San Marco and the canal.
[Ref: 55170] £320.00
Ant. Canale delin.
London Printed for & sold by J. Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside, & R. Sayer, Map & Printseller; facing Fetter Lane End; Fleet Street.
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 275 x 430mm (10¾ x 17"), with very large margins. Laid on album paper. Foxing top left corner.
A bustling street view of the area between Piazza San Marco and the canal.
[Ref: 55170] £320.00