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A Bed Matt or a Door Matt Achetez des Nates Chi vuol Storioli da letto. 6.
MLauron delin:
P Tempest ex Cum privilegio [n.d. c.1740.]
Hand-coloured etching and engraving; paper 18th century watermarked. Plate 246 x 165mm. 9¾ x 6½". Small hole and creasing.
A street seller walking to right with sticks over his shoulders, from which mats hang. From "The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life".
[Ref: 28181] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
A Lady at Confession.
M.Lauron pinxit. I.Smith fecit.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 250 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾").
A courtesan kneeling at confession, heard by a Franciscan monk. For a reissued plate with added decorative border see ref.15691
[Ref: 5607] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Lady at Confession.
M. Lauron pinxit. I. Smith fecit.
Printed and Sold by Thos. Bakewell next door to the Horn Tavern in Fleetstreet London.
Mezzotint. 413 x 260mm (6¼ x 10¼").
A courtesan kneeling at confession, heard by a Franciscan monk. CS: 285: unusual state not recorded; with printed decorative borders. For the print without border see ref. 5607
[Ref: 15691] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Confession.]
F. Place fec: [after Marcellus Laroon?].
P. Tespest ex: [n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins. Stain in bottom right corner.
A young woman wearing a lace-trimmed veil kneels as she confesses to a bearded monk who sits with his hands tucked into his sleeves. On the wall behind is a picture of the Crucifixion.
[Ref: 60184] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[A Lady at Confession]
Moroone pinx:
[n.d., c.1800]
Mezzotint, platemark 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8"), on wove paper with very large margins.
A young woman (supposedly the courtesan Mrs Russell) confesses to a monk who points a finger at her with one hand while one hand disappears under his habit. Such scenes between an attractive woman and a lascivious monk were common in 18th century prints. Engraved by the famous early mezzotinter John Smith (1652-1743) after Dutch painter Marcellus Laroon II (1649-1702). Originally published circa 1720. State iii?/iv (Christopher Lennox-Boyd database); for a copy of this print in reverse see ref. 37690.
[Ref: 40222] £85.00
(£102.00 incl.VAT)
John Kelsey (the Quaker) See Granger, Vol.4 Page 208.
Laroone del. Printed for R.t Wilkinson, 125 Fenchurch Street. B. Green scu.t 1775.
London, 1775.
Engraving, 210 x 140mm (8¼ x 5½"), with very small margins Some faint markings.
Full portrait of John Kelsey (active 17th century), a quaker.
[Ref: 53878] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
The London Quaker.
MLauron delin. I.Savage sculp.
P Tempest, ex: Cum privilegio. [London, n.d., c.1688.]
Copper engraving, laid paper, 245 x 160mm, 9¾ x 6¼". A good, clean impression.
A young Quaker girl standing with hands clasped at waist, a cloak under her left arm, wearing plain clothes with frilled sleeves and a headscarf. This is almost certainly the likeness of a real person; a note on an impression in the BM identifies the woman as Racheal of Covent Garden. After Marcellus Laroon (1648/1649 or 1653 - 1702), from the series 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life' published by Pierce Tempest (1653 - 1717). BM 1972,U.370.69.
[Ref: 20914] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Rachael of Covent-Garden (the Quaker) See Granger Vol.4 Page 209.
Laroon delt. Benj. Green scut.
Printed for Rt. Wilkinson, 125 Fenchurch Street [n.d., c.1817].
Soft-ground etching, laid paper, 210 x 140mm, 8¼ x 5½". Stain spot above the head, else a decent impression, with full large margins, slight cockling at top.
A young Quaker girl standing with hands clasped at waist, a cloak under her left arm, wearing plain clothes with frilled sleeves and a headscarf. After Marcellus Laroon (1648/1649 or 1653 - 1702), a 19th century copy of the (c.1690) plate for the series 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life'.
[Ref: 20967] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
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