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Blucher.
Blucher. Born at Rostock Dec.r 16.th 1742. Decided the Eventful Battle of Waterloo, June 18.th 1815 and Died Sep.r 10.th 1819. His Martial Glory Filled the World. Emori Domuit Ferum Qui Nappoleonta.
Engraved by J. Swaine after a Drawing from Life by F. Rehberg Esq.r.
Pub.d by J. Swaine Engraver, 84 Dean St.t. Soho Square London.
Engraving. Proof. Sheet: 220 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
Portrait of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Marshal of the Prussian armies at the battles of Liepzig and Waterloo, in which the French, under the personal command of Napoleon, were defeated. Blucher faces to the left, smoking a pipe. A view of La Belle Alliance below portrait.
[Ref: 42157]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Five portraits of Marshal Blücher]
[Five portraits of Marshal Blücher] Sketches of the veteran Field Marshal Blücher taken from life June 12.h by Fr Rehberg.
J. Swaine sc.
London, Pubd, July 13, 1814 by M.r Colnaghi's, Cockspur St.t & M.r Rehberg, 30, St, James's Street.
Rare proof etching, sheet 515 x 420mm (20¼ x 16½"). Taped into mount. Large crease across the middle.
Portraits of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (1742-1819), three bust length and two full length of him smoking. The Prussian field marshal best known for leading his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
[Ref: 55845]   £360.00  
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Le Chevalier Hamilton Roche.
Le Chevalier Hamilton Roche.
Fr. Rehberg del.t. Jn.o Swaine sc.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of John Hamilton Roche, army officer and writer, probably the frontispiece the French edition of his 'Cathoerida, or Poems from Paris'. Other works include 'Russia: A Heroic Poem', 'The Sudburiad' and 'Salamanca. A poem'. Few details are known about his life; however, the London Gazette listed a 'John Hamilton Roche, late of Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk, wine and brandy merchant' as a prisoner of the King's Bench debtor's prison, in 1812.
[Ref: 53297]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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