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Athens, from the Academy.
Athens, from the Academy.
C.R. Cockerell R.A. del. L. Haghe Lith.
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the King [1837]
Rare lithograph, sheet 135 x 225mm (5¼ x 8¾"), large margins. Staining from glue.
View of Athens after a design by Charles Robert Cockerell (1788-1863), who first trained with the distinguished watercolourists Thomas and William Daniell. Cockerell was on the continent from 1810-17, spending much of his time studying ancient Greek architecture and sculpture. Frontispiece to 'Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence There' by Christopher Wordsworth, bishop of Lincoln (1837).
[Ref: 42106]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Le celebratissime Statue rappresentanti la Favola di Niobe...che ha suggerito la prima idea di questo soggetto l'Autore D.D.
Le celebratissime Statue rappresentanti la Favola di Niobe...che ha suggerito la prima idea di questo soggetto l'Autore D.D.
C.R. Cockerell Archo: Inglese invento e incise 1816.
Etching, very scarce. 529 x 604mm. 20¾ x 23¾".
The Niobid statues from the Uffizi Gallery, arranged in the pediment of a temple, to tell the story of Niobe, with Niobe under the apex, clasping one of her daughters to her and defying Latona, six other figures on each side, in order of height, looking upwards and rushing or gesturing towards her; an inset below showing a classical temple with the pediment. With a text in Italian giving the history of the statues and explaining Cockerell's reasons for arranging the figures as he has.
BM: 1941,0918.65.
[Ref: 23075]   £390.00  
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