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Alexander giving up his favorite mistress Campaspe to Apelles. To great Apelles when young Ammon brought The darling idol of his captive heart...Quitted his title to Campaspe's charms And gave the fair one to the friend's embrace.
Miller Pinxit. J.B. Michel Sculpsit.
John & Josiah Boydell ext. 1786. Publish'd March 1st. 1786, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, London.
Stipple. Plate 325 x 395mm. 12¾ x 15½". Trimmed to the platemark along the bottom edge.
Alexander stands on the right and addresses Appeles, who is seated in front of his easel. Campaspe, seated on the chair to the left, is conversing with two women.
See BM: 1953,0214.35.
[Ref: 17036] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Miller Pinxit. J.B. Michel Sculpsit.
John & Josiah Boydell ext. 1786. Publish'd March 1st. 1786, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, London.
Stipple. Plate 325 x 395mm. 12¾ x 15½". Trimmed to the platemark along the bottom edge.
Alexander stands on the right and addresses Appeles, who is seated in front of his easel. Campaspe, seated on the chair to the left, is conversing with two women.
See BM: 1953,0214.35.
[Ref: 17036] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Alexandri Magni praecipuæ res geste ab Antonio Tempesta Florentino primum delineatæ, nuc a Michaele van Lochom Sculptore. Regio Ienioris typi tabulis expressæ.
Parisus Apud Petrum Mariette via Jacobæa. sub signio Spei. [n.d., c.1670.]
Engraving. 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6¼").
The title-page to a series of 12 prints depicting the life of Alexander the Great. The design features military trophies, a lion, two winged putti and figures of Bellona and Abundance. After Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630).
[Ref: 26550] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Parisus Apud Petrum Mariette via Jacobæa. sub signio Spei. [n.d., c.1670.]
Engraving. 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6¼").
The title-page to a series of 12 prints depicting the life of Alexander the Great. The design features military trophies, a lion, two winged putti and figures of Bellona and Abundance. After Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630).
[Ref: 26550] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Amalia Augusta, Prinzessin von Anhalt Dessau. Ihro Hochfürstl: Durchlaucht der Frau Erbprinzessin zu Anhalt Dessau &c. &c. &c.]
[Nach Tischbein. Geschabt von Michelis.]
[unterthangiggst gewidmet von der Chalcographischen Geserllschaft in Dessau 1797.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, printed in sepia. 520 x 370mm (20½ x 14½"), with very large margins. Some restoration in centre, laid on archival paper.
A young girl in a white dress putting an ornament on a Christmas tree. Princess Amalie Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau (1793-1854) married her first cousin, Frederick Günther, becoming Princess Consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
See: Ref: 57927 for titled impression.
[Ref: 55063] £380.00
[Nach Tischbein. Geschabt von Michelis.]
[unterthangiggst gewidmet von der Chalcographischen Geserllschaft in Dessau 1797.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, printed in sepia. 520 x 370mm (20½ x 14½"), with very large margins. Some restoration in centre, laid on archival paper.
A young girl in a white dress putting an ornament on a Christmas tree. Princess Amalie Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau (1793-1854) married her first cousin, Frederick Günther, becoming Princess Consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
See: Ref: 57927 for titled impression.
[Ref: 55063] £380.00
![L'Amour en Ribote [The Drunken Cupid; in image, to banner cartouche upper left.]](jpegs/17714.jpg)
L'Amour en Ribote [The Drunken Cupid; in image, to banner cartouche upper left.]
['peint par Eisen Père - Gravé par L. Halbou.]
[A Paris chés Basan Graveur n.d., c.1760.]
Rare engraving, proof before letters, sheet 455 x 335mm. 18 x 13¼". Trimmed to plate.
This scene was painted with a companion "Les dragons de Vénus". Three figures framed by a carved masonry or wooden border. A latter-day cupid, a portly young male with bow and quiver of arrows over his shoulder perched on the lintel, talks to two young ladies, earnestly entreating them for more wine from the bottle that one lady holds. This cupid seems already somewhat inebriated, and the woman holds the bottle away from his outstretched hand, while he holds up an empty glass in his left hand. A potted vine laden with grapes grows against the left side of the frame, while an arrow pierces a heart lower right. Painted by François Eisen, engraved by Louis Michel Halbou and published by Pierre François Basan, this appears to be a rare engraving: according to their website catalogue the Bibliothèque nationale de France hold only a photomechanical reproduction of this image.
See La BNF: FRBNF40914125.
[Ref: 17714] £480.00
['peint par Eisen Père - Gravé par L. Halbou.]
[A Paris chés Basan Graveur n.d., c.1760.]
Rare engraving, proof before letters, sheet 455 x 335mm. 18 x 13¼". Trimmed to plate.
This scene was painted with a companion "Les dragons de Vénus". Three figures framed by a carved masonry or wooden border. A latter-day cupid, a portly young male with bow and quiver of arrows over his shoulder perched on the lintel, talks to two young ladies, earnestly entreating them for more wine from the bottle that one lady holds. This cupid seems already somewhat inebriated, and the woman holds the bottle away from his outstretched hand, while he holds up an empty glass in his left hand. A potted vine laden with grapes grows against the left side of the frame, while an arrow pierces a heart lower right. Painted by François Eisen, engraved by Louis Michel Halbou and published by Pierre François Basan, this appears to be a rare engraving: according to their website catalogue the Bibliothèque nationale de France hold only a photomechanical reproduction of this image.
See La BNF: FRBNF40914125.
[Ref: 17714] £480.00
Astruc.
C. Monnet inv. Gravé par Louis Halbou 1771.
Engraving, platemark 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½").
Jean Astruc (1684-1766), professor of medicine at Montpellier and Paris. Astruc wrote an important treatise on venereal diseases, and was also one of the first to use secular techniques of literary analysis to advance the theory that the book of Genesis (in the Bible) was composed from various sources and manuscripts.
Wellcome Library no. 625i
[Ref: 31944] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
C. Monnet inv. Gravé par Louis Halbou 1771.
Engraving, platemark 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½").
Jean Astruc (1684-1766), professor of medicine at Montpellier and Paris. Astruc wrote an important treatise on venereal diseases, and was also one of the first to use secular techniques of literary analysis to advance the theory that the book of Genesis (in the Bible) was composed from various sources and manuscripts.
Wellcome Library no. 625i
[Ref: 31944] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Vue de l'isle Barbe à une lieue de Lyon.
Grobon del et sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 310mm (8 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate.
The Roman church of Notre-Dame on Île Barbe, on the Saone near Lyon. Drawn and etched by Jean Michel Grobon (1770-1853). According to the BM 'all his prints bar one precede 1800'.
[Ref: 59405] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Grobon del et sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 310mm (8 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate.
The Roman church of Notre-Dame on Île Barbe, on the Saone near Lyon. Drawn and etched by Jean Michel Grobon (1770-1853). According to the BM 'all his prints bar one precede 1800'.
[Ref: 59405] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
N. Bonaparte 1er Consul de la République Française.
Peint par Bacler Dalbe. Gravé par Mercoli fils.
Déposé à la Bibliothèque Nationale. Se vend à Paris chez Bacler Dalbe Ingenieur Géographe rue des Moulins No.542 au coin de la rue Thérèse [n.d., 1800].
Rare stipple. Sheet 510 x 395mm (20 x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate, some creasing and restoration.
Oval bust portrait of a young Napoleon wearing an embroidered jacket, published shortly after he seized power in the coup of 18 Brumaire (10th November 1799). According to the BM the print was deposited on 19 April 1800.
BM: 1850,0211.125.
[Ref: 58102] £480.00
Peint par Bacler Dalbe. Gravé par Mercoli fils.
Déposé à la Bibliothèque Nationale. Se vend à Paris chez Bacler Dalbe Ingenieur Géographe rue des Moulins No.542 au coin de la rue Thérèse [n.d., 1800].
Rare stipple. Sheet 510 x 395mm (20 x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate, some creasing and restoration.
Oval bust portrait of a young Napoleon wearing an embroidered jacket, published shortly after he seized power in the coup of 18 Brumaire (10th November 1799). According to the BM the print was deposited on 19 April 1800.
BM: 1850,0211.125.
[Ref: 58102] £480.00
Boors Drinking. In the Cabinet at Houghton. Picture the same size as the print.
Ostade Pinx. G. Farrington delin.t. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published May 1.st 1779 by J.on Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine engraving. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"), with very wide margins.
A scene of four weary looking men drinking and smoking together.
[Ref: 54121] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ostade Pinx. G. Farrington delin.t. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published May 1.st 1779 by J.on Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine engraving. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"), with very wide margins.
A scene of four weary looking men drinking and smoking together.
[Ref: 54121] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Boors at Cards in the Cabinet at Houghton. Picture the same size as the print.
David Teniers Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Dec.r 1st 1778 by J.on Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine engraving. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), with very wide margins.
A scene depicting a group of merry men engrossed in a game of cards.
[Ref: 54122] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
David Teniers Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Dec.r 1st 1778 by J.on Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine engraving. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), with very wide margins.
A scene depicting a group of merry men engrossed in a game of cards.
[Ref: 54122] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Edmund Burke.
Sir Joshua Reynolds R.A. pinx.t 1775. M. Benedetti sculp.t Pupil to F. Bartolozzi RA.
Pub.d by C. Dyer Compton Str.t Soho [n.d., c.1791].
Stipple. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, stains in edges at bottom
Edmund Burke (1729-97), Anglo-Irish statesman, known as the 'The British Cicero'. Originally published by Benedetti in 1791.
[Ref: 62075] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds R.A. pinx.t 1775. M. Benedetti sculp.t Pupil to F. Bartolozzi RA.
Pub.d by C. Dyer Compton Str.t Soho [n.d., c.1791].
Stipple. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, stains in edges at bottom
Edmund Burke (1729-97), Anglo-Irish statesman, known as the 'The British Cicero'. Originally published by Benedetti in 1791.
[Ref: 62075] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Jacobo. Calottus Nobilis Lotharingus Calcographus.
[Michel Lasne.]
[n.d., c.1750s.]
Engraving, unfinished proof?, sheet 155 x 105mm. 6 x 4¼". Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of painter and engraver Jacques Callot (1592 - 1635) in oval frame forming a creature's head in the upper part, a coat of arms with stars below. With unlettered cartouche below portrait. A copy in reverse of a plate engraved by Michel Lasne (1596 - 1667) after his own design in 1626.
[Ref: 11992] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Michel Lasne.]
[n.d., c.1750s.]
Engraving, unfinished proof?, sheet 155 x 105mm. 6 x 4¼". Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of painter and engraver Jacques Callot (1592 - 1635) in oval frame forming a creature's head in the upper part, a coat of arms with stars below. With unlettered cartouche below portrait. A copy in reverse of a plate engraved by Michel Lasne (1596 - 1667) after his own design in 1626.
[Ref: 11992] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Tipe de la Religion. Estampe du tableau trouvé dans l'eglise, des soy disant Jésuittes de Billom, en Auvergne, l'An 1762. Voyez les Comtes rendus aux Chambres assembleés des Collêges de Clermont Ferrand et Billom. Le 14 Juillet 1763.
[after the etching by Jean Michel Moreau le jeune.]
[c.1783.]
Rare etching. Sheet 315 x 515mm (12½ x 20½"). Verso pencil sketch of a warship. Trimmed within plate, paper soiled. creases, damaged.
An allegory of the French wars of religion, with the Catholic church as a galleon with different factions attempting to gain control as they sail across the sea away from the world of flesh and towards the City of God. On the way, they harvest the faithful, who join them in the ship, while fending of the attacks of the deady sins and of heretics. The king of France and the Pope are both in the lifeboat behind the galleon. This is a reversed copy of an etching by Jean Michel Moreau le jeune, in turn a copy of a vast painting (10 x 20 feet, probably painted in 1613) discovered in the Jesuit College at Billom in Auvergne in 1762, when the Jesuit order was being dissolved in France. It was taken to Paris for investigation and a report was published on the 15th July 1763. It is now in the French National Archives.
[Ref: 49003] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[after the etching by Jean Michel Moreau le jeune.]
[c.1783.]
Rare etching. Sheet 315 x 515mm (12½ x 20½"). Verso pencil sketch of a warship. Trimmed within plate, paper soiled. creases, damaged.
An allegory of the French wars of religion, with the Catholic church as a galleon with different factions attempting to gain control as they sail across the sea away from the world of flesh and towards the City of God. On the way, they harvest the faithful, who join them in the ship, while fending of the attacks of the deady sins and of heretics. The king of France and the Pope are both in the lifeboat behind the galleon. This is a reversed copy of an etching by Jean Michel Moreau le jeune, in turn a copy of a vast painting (10 x 20 feet, probably painted in 1613) discovered in the Jesuit College at Billom in Auvergne in 1762, when the Jesuit order was being dissolved in France. It was taken to Paris for investigation and a report was published on the 15th July 1763. It is now in the French National Archives.
[Ref: 49003] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[The pretty charlatan]](jpegs/44946.jpg)
[The pretty charlatan] La jolie charlatane / Sur les quays, ou les boulevards / Si jamais l'avois l'avantage [...]
F. Eisen le Pere Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chez Ouvrier Graveur Place Maubert chez un M.d Bonnetier au Soleil d'or [c.1760]
Fine engraving, sheet 425 x 305mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a 'pretty charlatan', with verses below explaining why she is best avoided. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44946] £520.00
F. Eisen le Pere Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chez Ouvrier Graveur Place Maubert chez un M.d Bonnetier au Soleil d'or [c.1760]
Fine engraving, sheet 425 x 305mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a 'pretty charlatan', with verses below explaining why she is best avoided. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44946] £520.00
Clytie. In the collection of John Strange Esq.r.
Annibal Caracci Pinxit. John Boydell excudit 1778. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published May 1st, 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple. Sheet size: 305 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed inside plate at top and side edges.
Clytie, sitting on a rock to the right, holding a sunflower, pushing away Cupid with a thorny branch, while he takes her hand, holding a blazing torch. Within a roundel. after Carracci; state with number added and title. Clytie was a character in Greek mythology who became jealous of her lover, the sun god Apollo. To punish her, he transformed her into a sunflower so that she would always face towards him in his daily journey across the skies.
[Ref: 36890] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Annibal Caracci Pinxit. John Boydell excudit 1778. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published May 1st, 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple. Sheet size: 305 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed inside plate at top and side edges.
Clytie, sitting on a rock to the right, holding a sunflower, pushing away Cupid with a thorny branch, while he takes her hand, holding a blazing torch. Within a roundel. after Carracci; state with number added and title. Clytie was a character in Greek mythology who became jealous of her lover, the sun god Apollo. To punish her, he transformed her into a sunflower so that she would always face towards him in his daily journey across the skies.
[Ref: 36890] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Clytie. In the Collection of John Strange Esqr. Size of the Picture 17 inches Diameter.
Annibal Caracci Pinxit. I.B. Michel Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1778. Published May 1st. 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple engraving, 295 x 255mm. Light surface soiling.
Clytia (or Clytie) was a water nymph, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology. She was loved by Apollo. Apollo, having loved her, abandoned her for Leucothea and left her deserted. She was so angered by his treatment that she told Leucothoe's father, Orchamus, about the affair. Since Apollo had defiled Leucothoe, Orchamus had her put to death by burial alive in the sands. Clytie had wanted Apollo back and had wanted to win him back by taking away his new love, but her actions only hardened Apollo's heart against her. She sat naked, with neither food nor drink, for nine days on the rocks, staring at the sun, Apollo, and mourning his departure. After nine days, the suffering turned her yellow and brown, and she was transformed into a sunflower (some researchers claim heliotrope or marigold), which turns its head always to look longingly at Apollo's chariot of the sun. This story is told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
[Ref: 8087] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Annibal Caracci Pinxit. I.B. Michel Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1778. Published May 1st. 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple engraving, 295 x 255mm. Light surface soiling.
Clytia (or Clytie) was a water nymph, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology. She was loved by Apollo. Apollo, having loved her, abandoned her for Leucothea and left her deserted. She was so angered by his treatment that she told Leucothoe's father, Orchamus, about the affair. Since Apollo had defiled Leucothoe, Orchamus had her put to death by burial alive in the sands. Clytie had wanted Apollo back and had wanted to win him back by taking away his new love, but her actions only hardened Apollo's heart against her. She sat naked, with neither food nor drink, for nine days on the rocks, staring at the sun, Apollo, and mourning his departure. After nine days, the suffering turned her yellow and brown, and she was transformed into a sunflower (some researchers claim heliotrope or marigold), which turns its head always to look longingly at Apollo's chariot of the sun. This story is told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
[Ref: 8087] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Fontenelle.
Peint pas Garnerey. Gravé par P.M. Alix.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Colour-printed French mezzotint. Sheet: 310 x 230mm (12 x 9''). Trimmed.
A portrait of French writer Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) who contributed to the Age of Enlightenment in France.
[Ref: 48905] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Peint pas Garnerey. Gravé par P.M. Alix.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Colour-printed French mezzotint. Sheet: 310 x 230mm (12 x 9''). Trimmed.
A portrait of French writer Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) who contributed to the Age of Enlightenment in France.
[Ref: 48905] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Faith, Hope and Charity. From the Original Picture in the Possession of Sir Edward Swinburne Bart.
Rubens Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Feby. 1st 1780 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Very fine engraving with large margins, printed in sanguine, 455 x 405mm. 18 x 16".
The three theological virtues: Charity at left with her two children stretching out their arms; Hope wearing pearls and holding an anchor at right; Faith at centre, veiled and holding a cross and a book. The Holy Spirit above in the sky in the form of a dove, the whole in a circular frame. After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640).
[Ref: 27818] £420.00
Rubens Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Feby. 1st 1780 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Very fine engraving with large margins, printed in sanguine, 455 x 405mm. 18 x 16".
The three theological virtues: Charity at left with her two children stretching out their arms; Hope wearing pearls and holding an anchor at right; Faith at centre, veiled and holding a cross and a book. The Holy Spirit above in the sky in the form of a dove, the whole in a circular frame. After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640).
[Ref: 27818] £420.00
Vüe de la Ferme.
L.C. de Carmontelle, Inv, del. O. Michel, Sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Etching. Sheet 295 x 480mm (11½ x 18¾"). Repaired tears entering image
A view of a very clean farmyard, with very richly dressed women walking to the right, maybe at Versailles. As the artist, Louis Carrogis Carmontelle (1717-1806), was also a playwright, set designer and landscape gardener, this could be either a theatre set or a farm-themed garden. He is best known for his watercolour of the young Mozart playing the clavier.
[Ref: 43481] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
L.C. de Carmontelle, Inv, del. O. Michel, Sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Etching. Sheet 295 x 480mm (11½ x 18¾"). Repaired tears entering image
A view of a very clean farmyard, with very richly dressed women walking to the right, maybe at Versailles. As the artist, Louis Carrogis Carmontelle (1717-1806), was also a playwright, set designer and landscape gardener, this could be either a theatre set or a farm-themed garden. He is best known for his watercolour of the young Mozart playing the clavier.
[Ref: 43481] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
La Credulite Sans Reflexion. Dedie a Son Altesse Serenissime Monseigneur le Prince de Conde Prince du Sang. par son tres humble et tres obeissant Serviteur Halbou.
Peint par Schenau, Peintre de S.A.S.E. de Saxe. Grave par Louis Halbou 1770.
A Paris chez Halbou, Rue de la Harpe, vis a vis la Rue des deux Porte [c.1770]. Ce Tableau Original apartient au Sr. Halbou.
Etching and engraving, 480 x 380mm. 18¾ x 15".
A wealthy lady and her maid visit a fortune teller who reads the playing cards she has spread on the table in front of her. After Johann Eleazar Schenau (1737 - 1806), painter and etcher born in Saxony who trained in Dresden, went to Paris 1756-70. He returned to Dresden as a member of the Academy, professor there in 1774. Director of the Meissen drawing school together with G B Casanova 1776, on his own from 1795.
[Ref: 10287] £320.00
Peint par Schenau, Peintre de S.A.S.E. de Saxe. Grave par Louis Halbou 1770.
A Paris chez Halbou, Rue de la Harpe, vis a vis la Rue des deux Porte [c.1770]. Ce Tableau Original apartient au Sr. Halbou.
Etching and engraving, 480 x 380mm. 18¾ x 15".
A wealthy lady and her maid visit a fortune teller who reads the playing cards she has spread on the table in front of her. After Johann Eleazar Schenau (1737 - 1806), painter and etcher born in Saxony who trained in Dresden, went to Paris 1756-70. He returned to Dresden as a member of the Academy, professor there in 1774. Director of the Meissen drawing school together with G B Casanova 1776, on his own from 1795.
[Ref: 10287] £320.00
République Française Liberté Egalité Au Quartier Général de Milan le an de la Republique Une, et Indivisible Bonaparte Général em Chef de l'Armée d'Italie.
Appiani dif. Mercoli fig. inc.
[n.d, c.1804.]
Engraving, 175 x 220mm (7 x 8¾"). Top right missing; stains bottom right; tatty at edges.
An engraving paying tribute to the French Repurblic and its hero, General Napoleon Bonaparte.
[Ref: 11198] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Appiani dif. Mercoli fig. inc.
[n.d, c.1804.]
Engraving, 175 x 220mm (7 x 8¾"). Top right missing; stains bottom right; tatty at edges.
An engraving paying tribute to the French Repurblic and its hero, General Napoleon Bonaparte.
[Ref: 11198] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Femme de Ste. Croix de Tenériffe. Femme de Gibraltar. Homme d'Algésiras.
de Sainson pinx. J.M.Michel lith.
Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Langlumé. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph. Printed area 230 x 400mm.
From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829. On the outward leg he visited Algeciras, Gibraltar and Teneriffe.
[Ref: 8148] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
de Sainson pinx. J.M.Michel lith.
Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Langlumé. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph. Printed area 230 x 400mm.
From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829. On the outward leg he visited Algeciras, Gibraltar and Teneriffe.
[Ref: 8148] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Indian Female of the Arrowaoka Nation.
Benedetti Sculp.t.
London, Published Dec.r 1.st 1792, by J. Johnson, S.t Pauls Church Yard.
Stipple. Plate: 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed to plate on left edge.
A portrait of a native woman holding a parrot and a bow and arrow.
[Ref: 46057] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Benedetti Sculp.t.
London, Published Dec.r 1.st 1792, by J. Johnson, S.t Pauls Church Yard.
Stipple. Plate: 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed to plate on left edge.
A portrait of a native woman holding a parrot and a bow and arrow.
[Ref: 46057] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
L'Ingratitude L'Oiseau cheri que vous tenié en Cage, De vous Cloris, est en vain regretté [...]
F. Eisen Pater Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chés Buldet, rue de Gesvres [c.1760]
Engraving, platemark 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark on left; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a bird fleeing its cage, with verses below likening this 'ungrateful' bird to the way that a lover, 'who one makes happy, takes back their liberty'. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pater' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44947] £420.00
F. Eisen Pater Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chés Buldet, rue de Gesvres [c.1760]
Engraving, platemark 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark on left; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a bird fleeing its cage, with verses below likening this 'ungrateful' bird to the way that a lover, 'who one makes happy, takes back their liberty'. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pater' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44947] £420.00
![[Louis XVIII.]](jpegs/41876.jpg)
[Louis XVIII.]
[Engraved by Pierre-Michel after Pasquier.]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Very scarce aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished, proof before title; 430 x 340mm (17 x 13½") large margins. Pair of printer's creases in unprinted inscription area.
Louis XVIII (1755-1824), king of France 1814-24 (less the Hundred Days).
[Ref: 41876] £420.00
[Engraved by Pierre-Michel after Pasquier.]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Very scarce aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished, proof before title; 430 x 340mm (17 x 13½") large margins. Pair of printer's creases in unprinted inscription area.
Louis XVIII (1755-1824), king of France 1814-24 (less the Hundred Days).
[Ref: 41876] £420.00
![[Malignant pleasure]](jpegs/44948.jpg)
[Malignant pleasure] Le plaisir malin / Tu ris Enfant des Peines que tu fais / Tu t'Applaudis de ta perfide adresse [...]
Peint par F. Eisen le Pere Gravé par Louis Halbou 1763.
A Paris chez la V.e de F. Chereau rue St. Jacques au 2 Pilliers d'Or Ou chez Halbou rue de la Comedie Francoise au Soleil d'Or
Fine engraving, platemark 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark on left; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a mischievous boy with his weapons (a blowpipe and balls), with verses below warning him that one day the arrows of love will injure him in the same way. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pater' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception (in particular compare ref.44945, 'Le beau Commissaire').
[Ref: 44948] £420.00
Peint par F. Eisen le Pere Gravé par Louis Halbou 1763.
A Paris chez la V.e de F. Chereau rue St. Jacques au 2 Pilliers d'Or Ou chez Halbou rue de la Comedie Francoise au Soleil d'Or
Fine engraving, platemark 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark on left; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a mischievous boy with his weapons (a blowpipe and balls), with verses below warning him that one day the arrows of love will injure him in the same way. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pater' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception (in particular compare ref.44945, 'Le beau Commissaire').
[Ref: 44948] £420.00
![[Portrait of a man in a Cap.]](jpegs/49926.jpg)
[Portrait of a man in a Cap.]
Mlasne fecit.
[n.d., c.1640.]
Engraving. Sheet: 340 x 240mm (13¼ x 9½''). Trimmed within plate. Damage in plate near head.
A portrait of a man in a cap in an oval with a decorative border. Engraved by Michel Lasne (1590-1667).
[Ref: 49926] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Mlasne fecit.
[n.d., c.1640.]
Engraving. Sheet: 340 x 240mm (13¼ x 9½''). Trimmed within plate. Damage in plate near head.
A portrait of a man in a cap in an oval with a decorative border. Engraved by Michel Lasne (1590-1667).
[Ref: 49926] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Moliere.
Mignard Pinx.t. P.M. Alix Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours. Sheet 325 x 255mm (12¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate, horizontal fold, laid on album paper.
A portrait of Jean Baptiste Poqelin (1622-1673), better known as Molière, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature.
[Ref: 52843] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Mignard Pinx.t. P.M. Alix Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours. Sheet 325 x 255mm (12¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate, horizontal fold, laid on album paper.
A portrait of Jean Baptiste Poqelin (1622-1673), better known as Molière, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature.
[Ref: 52843] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Moses striking the rock. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Nicolas Poussin pinxit. J.B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside, London.
Fine engraving with small margins, platemark 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24").
Moses striking the rock with his staff, creating a miraculous spring from which people rush to gather water and drink. The 1649 painting by Nicolas Poussin, then in the collection at Houghton, was regarded as one of his finest. Like most of the Houghton Collection, it was purchased by Catherine the Great where it forms part of the collection of the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.
[Ref: 28346] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Nicolas Poussin pinxit. J.B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside, London.
Fine engraving with small margins, platemark 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24").
Moses striking the rock with his staff, creating a miraculous spring from which people rush to gather water and drink. The 1649 painting by Nicolas Poussin, then in the collection at Houghton, was regarded as one of his finest. Like most of the Houghton Collection, it was purchased by Catherine the Great where it forms part of the collection of the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.
[Ref: 28346] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Music.
Domenichino pinxt. M. Benedetti Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1797.]
Stipple; ink collector's mark on verso. Sheet size: 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A seated figure, wearing a decorative head-piece, depicted with a music book. The subject has the attributes of St. Cecilia, the Patron Saint of musicians and Church music, and the viola di gamba, seen in the background to the right, and sheet music are indicative of the artist portraying the subject as the saint. After the painting 'The Cumaean Sibyl' (1616-17) by Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641, known as Domenichino), now in the Galleria Borghese, Rome.
[Ref: 36841] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Domenichino pinxt. M. Benedetti Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1797.]
Stipple; ink collector's mark on verso. Sheet size: 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A seated figure, wearing a decorative head-piece, depicted with a music book. The subject has the attributes of St. Cecilia, the Patron Saint of musicians and Church music, and the viola di gamba, seen in the background to the right, and sheet music are indicative of the artist portraying the subject as the saint. After the painting 'The Cumaean Sibyl' (1616-17) by Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641, known as Domenichino), now in the Galleria Borghese, Rome.
[Ref: 36841] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Costumes du Village de Badessa, dans le Royaume de Naples.
Daname Deinartrais sculp.
[Paris: Didot, 1818.]
Rare aquatint. 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"), very large margins.
A costume plate of Italian peasants, from 'Collection de Costumes du Royaume de Naples' by Michel-Francois Damame de Martrais.
[Ref: 51819] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Daname Deinartrais sculp.
[Paris: Didot, 1818.]
Rare aquatint. 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"), very large margins.
A costume plate of Italian peasants, from 'Collection de Costumes du Royaume de Naples' by Michel-Francois Damame de Martrais.
[Ref: 51819] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Costumes du Village de Massagrognia, dans le Royaume de Naples.
Daname Deinartrais sculp.
[Paris: Didot, 1818.]
Rare aquatint. 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼") very large margins on 3 sides. Narrow top margin.
A costume plate of Italian peasants, from 'Collection de Costumes du Royaume de Naples' by Michel-Francois Damame de Martrais.
[Ref: 51816] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Daname Deinartrais sculp.
[Paris: Didot, 1818.]
Rare aquatint. 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼") very large margins on 3 sides. Narrow top margin.
A costume plate of Italian peasants, from 'Collection de Costumes du Royaume de Naples' by Michel-Francois Damame de Martrais.
[Ref: 51816] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Costumes du Village de Collelungo, dans le Royaume de Naples.
Daname Deinartrais sculp.
[Paris: Didot, 1818.]
Rare aquatint. Sheet 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate.
A costume plate of Italian peasants, from 'Collection de Costumes du Royaume de Naples' by Michel-Francois Damame de Martrais.
[Ref: 51815] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Daname Deinartrais sculp.
[Paris: Didot, 1818.]
Rare aquatint. Sheet 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate.
A costume plate of Italian peasants, from 'Collection de Costumes du Royaume de Naples' by Michel-Francois Damame de Martrais.
[Ref: 51815] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Costumes du Village de Chieti, dans le Royaume de Naples.
Daname Deinartrais sculp.
[Paris: Didot, 1818.]
Rare aquatint. 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼") very large margins.
A costume plate of Italian peasants, from 'Collection de Costumes du Royaume de Naples' by Michel-Francois Damame de Martrais.
[Ref: 51818] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Daname Deinartrais sculp.
[Paris: Didot, 1818.]
Rare aquatint. 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼") very large margins.
A costume plate of Italian peasants, from 'Collection de Costumes du Royaume de Naples' by Michel-Francois Damame de Martrais.
[Ref: 51818] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Costumes du Village de Sessano, dans le Royaume de Naples.
Daname Deinartrais sculp.
[Paris: Didot, 1818.]
Rare aquatint. 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼") very large margins.
A costume plate of Italian peasants, from 'Collection de Costumes du Royaume de Naples' by Michel-Francois Damame de Martrais.
[Ref: 51817] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Daname Deinartrais sculp.
[Paris: Didot, 1818.]
Rare aquatint. 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼") very large margins.
A costume plate of Italian peasants, from 'Collection de Costumes du Royaume de Naples' by Michel-Francois Damame de Martrais.
[Ref: 51817] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Nymph and Shepherd. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Carlo Cignani Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 315 x 380mm (12¼ x 15"), with large margins on three sides. Creasing.
A young woman gazes adoringly at a young man holding a musical pipe, who holds her stare. In front of them two children wrestle on a sheep. A scene based on a painting by Carlo Cignani (Bolognam 1628-1719), engraved by Jean Baptiste Michel (1748-1804) from an intermediate sketch by painter George Farington (1752-88)
[Ref: 51729] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Carlo Cignani Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 315 x 380mm (12¼ x 15"), with large margins on three sides. Creasing.
A young woman gazes adoringly at a young man holding a musical pipe, who holds her stare. In front of them two children wrestle on a sheep. A scene based on a painting by Carlo Cignani (Bolognam 1628-1719), engraved by Jean Baptiste Michel (1748-1804) from an intermediate sketch by painter George Farington (1752-88)
[Ref: 51729] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[L'Odalisque. - L'Amusement du Sultan.]](jpegs/47211.jpg)
[L'Odalisque. - L'Amusement du Sultan.]
[Michel Honoré Bounieu.]
[n.d., c.1786.]
A fine Mezzotint, proof before letters. 355 x 485mm (14 x 19"). Trimmed just within plate at bottom.
An oriental prince watching two women dancing, one of whom plays a tambourine. A black servant looks on in the background. Drawn and engraved by Michel Honoré Bounieu (1740-1814), the print was advertised in the 'Mercure' in 1786.
[Ref: 47211] £650.00
[Michel Honoré Bounieu.]
[n.d., c.1786.]
A fine Mezzotint, proof before letters. 355 x 485mm (14 x 19"). Trimmed just within plate at bottom.
An oriental prince watching two women dancing, one of whom plays a tambourine. A black servant looks on in the background. Drawn and engraved by Michel Honoré Bounieu (1740-1814), the print was advertised in the 'Mercure' in 1786.
[Ref: 47211] £650.00
![[L'Odalisque.]](jpegs/10811.jpg)
[L'Odalisque.]
[Michel Honoré Bounieu.]
[n.d., c.1785.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, image 355 x 485mm. 14 x 19". Some soiling; trace of water stain to lower left corner. Tear into plate at right. Trimmed into lower part of plate.
An oriental prince watching two women dancing, one of whom playing a tambourine. A black servant looks on in the background. By Michel Honoré Bounieu (1740 - 1814), painter, draughtsman and engraver. Pupil of Pierre, member of the Academy 1767, also active as a restorer. He later became professor of design at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10811] £380.00
[Michel Honoré Bounieu.]
[n.d., c.1785.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, image 355 x 485mm. 14 x 19". Some soiling; trace of water stain to lower left corner. Tear into plate at right. Trimmed into lower part of plate.
An oriental prince watching two women dancing, one of whom playing a tambourine. A black servant looks on in the background. By Michel Honoré Bounieu (1740 - 1814), painter, draughtsman and engraver. Pupil of Pierre, member of the Academy 1767, also active as a restorer. He later became professor of design at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10811] £380.00
William Pitt.
Ant: Hickel Pinx.t. P.M.Alix Sculp.
A Paris chez Drouhin Editeur, Rue de Vaugirard No 1348 enface du Jardin des Carmes. [n.d., c.1795.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours. 415 x 330mm (16½ x 13").
[Ref: 9046] £480.00
Ant: Hickel Pinx.t. P.M.Alix Sculp.
A Paris chez Drouhin Editeur, Rue de Vaugirard No 1348 enface du Jardin des Carmes. [n.d., c.1795.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours. 415 x 330mm (16½ x 13").
[Ref: 9046] £480.00
![[The good policeman]](jpegs/44945.jpg)
[The good policeman] Le beau Commissaire / Ecoutez-moi, beau Commissaire; / Si j'ai pris un peu de bonbon, / C'est une faute trop légere / Pour me faire mettre en prison [...]
F. Eisen le Pere Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chez Ouvrier Graveur Place Maubert chez un M.d Bonnetier au Soleil d'or [c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 425 x 300mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a woman haranguing a policeman for wanting to imprison her for a minor offence, and warns him that one day love will take his heart captive. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44945] £420.00
F. Eisen le Pere Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chez Ouvrier Graveur Place Maubert chez un M.d Bonnetier au Soleil d'or [c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 425 x 300mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a woman haranguing a policeman for wanting to imprison her for a minor offence, and warns him that one day love will take his heart captive. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44945] £420.00
Pierre-Louis Dubus de Preville, Comédien François. Il a débuté le 20. 7.bre 1753 par Crispin du Légataire [...]
Jean Bap. Michel fecit 1787
A Paris chez Petit, rue du petit Pont, à l'Image N.D.
Rare engraving, sheet, 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Trimmed inside platemark. Slight crease at top.
Pierre-Louis Dubus (1721-99), French comic actor known as simply 'Préville'. As the text on the print recounts, he joined the Comédie Francaise in 1753 in the role of Crispin in Jean-François Regnard's 'Le Légitaire Universel'. Admired by Louis XV and a friend of the greatest British actor of the day, David Garrick (who christened him 'enfant de la nature'), he created more than sixty roles during his time at the Comédie Francaise (1753-86). Portrayed here in decorative frame with symbols of the arts and scene from another play by Regnard, 'Les Folies Amoureuses'.
[Ref: 37957] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Jean Bap. Michel fecit 1787
A Paris chez Petit, rue du petit Pont, à l'Image N.D.
Rare engraving, sheet, 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Trimmed inside platemark. Slight crease at top.
Pierre-Louis Dubus (1721-99), French comic actor known as simply 'Préville'. As the text on the print recounts, he joined the Comédie Francaise in 1753 in the role of Crispin in Jean-François Regnard's 'Le Légitaire Universel'. Admired by Louis XV and a friend of the greatest British actor of the day, David Garrick (who christened him 'enfant de la nature'), he created more than sixty roles during his time at the Comédie Francaise (1753-86). Portrayed here in decorative frame with symbols of the arts and scene from another play by Regnard, 'Les Folies Amoureuses'.
[Ref: 37957] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
CCCCCXXXII. 66. To Her Grace Elizabeth Duchess of Buccleugh, Encourager of the Artists, No 13 of this Work, Is most humbly Dedicated by Her Grace's most obedient & obliged humble Serv.t Michael Angelo Pergolesi.
Pergolesi Inve.t scul.t Pub.d According to Act of Parliament August 30, 1792, No 16 Broad Street, Golden Squ.e.
Engraving. 420 x 285mm (16½ x 11¼") very large margins.
A cameo bust portrait of Elizabeth Scott (née Montague, 1743-1827), wife of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, within a page of festoons. It was published in Michel Angelo Pergolesi's 'Designs for Various Ornaments on Seventy Plates', 1777-1801. Little is known about Pergolesi other than he came to England to work for Robert Adam, designing furniture, mantelpieces, ceilings, chandeliers, doors and mural ornament. He returned to Italy c.1801.
[Ref: 55691] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pergolesi Inve.t scul.t Pub.d According to Act of Parliament August 30, 1792, No 16 Broad Street, Golden Squ.e.
Engraving. 420 x 285mm (16½ x 11¼") very large margins.
A cameo bust portrait of Elizabeth Scott (née Montague, 1743-1827), wife of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, within a page of festoons. It was published in Michel Angelo Pergolesi's 'Designs for Various Ornaments on Seventy Plates', 1777-1801. Little is known about Pergolesi other than he came to England to work for Robert Adam, designing furniture, mantelpieces, ceilings, chandeliers, doors and mural ornament. He returned to Italy c.1801.
[Ref: 55691] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sibilla. From a Picture in the Collection of his Imperial Majesty at Vienna.
Guido Reni pinxt. M. Benedetti Sculp.
Pubd. 1st. June 1796 by M. Benedetti No.8, Queen Charlotte Row New Road.
Stipple and etching. Plate 272 x 208mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Small margins.
A woman dressed in a loose gown and cloak around her right arm, her hair loose under a striped turban with a jewel at the centre of her forehead, sitting with her cheek against her right hand, the elbow resting on a cushion, reading a book propped open on her knee, with a curtain behind. The Persian Sibyl reading a book in her turban; the Sibyl was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle. The word Sibyl comes (via Latin) from the ancient Greek word sibylla, meaning prophetess. There were many Sibyls in the ancient world, but the Persian Sibyl is said to have foretold the exploits of Alexander of Macedon.
See Ref: 13963 for trimmed to image and title.
[Ref: 52414] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Guido Reni pinxt. M. Benedetti Sculp.
Pubd. 1st. June 1796 by M. Benedetti No.8, Queen Charlotte Row New Road.
Stipple and etching. Plate 272 x 208mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Small margins.
A woman dressed in a loose gown and cloak around her right arm, her hair loose under a striped turban with a jewel at the centre of her forehead, sitting with her cheek against her right hand, the elbow resting on a cushion, reading a book propped open on her knee, with a curtain behind. The Persian Sibyl reading a book in her turban; the Sibyl was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle. The word Sibyl comes (via Latin) from the ancient Greek word sibylla, meaning prophetess. There were many Sibyls in the ancient world, but the Persian Sibyl is said to have foretold the exploits of Alexander of Macedon.
See Ref: 13963 for trimmed to image and title.
[Ref: 52414] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Teniers's Kitchen or Allegory of the Four Elements.]](jpegs/40065.jpg)
[Teniers's Kitchen or Allegory of the Four Elements.]
Teniers Pinxit. J.B. Michell Sculp.t.
Published July 1.st 1777 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. Proof before title. Platemark: 485 x 610mm (19 x 24"), with very large margins. Small tears in outer margins.
The interior of an opulent kitchen with several work stations, and a large fireplace with in background, beside which figures are carving, and cooking meat. A falconer stands to the right, as others sort fish to the left. A plethora of meat, fish and poultry is scattered around the room scattered in foreground Plate from 'The Houghton Gallery' The original painting was completed in 1646 and is in the Hermitage collection. The print was published and commissioned by John Boydell, the great London printmaker and seller. The painting was part of Sir Robert Walpole's collection and was soon thereafter sold to Catherine the Great (1779)
[Ref: 40065] £390.00
Teniers Pinxit. J.B. Michell Sculp.t.
Published July 1.st 1777 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. Proof before title. Platemark: 485 x 610mm (19 x 24"), with very large margins. Small tears in outer margins.
The interior of an opulent kitchen with several work stations, and a large fireplace with in background, beside which figures are carving, and cooking meat. A falconer stands to the right, as others sort fish to the left. A plethora of meat, fish and poultry is scattered around the room scattered in foreground Plate from 'The Houghton Gallery' The original painting was completed in 1646 and is in the Hermitage collection. The print was published and commissioned by John Boydell, the great London printmaker and seller. The painting was part of Sir Robert Walpole's collection and was soon thereafter sold to Catherine the Great (1779)
[Ref: 40065] £390.00
Veneris Triumphus. Illa quidem totum dignissima temperat orbem. Illa tenet nullo regna minora Deo. Ovid: Fast: Lib: IV.V: 91.
C. Cignani inv: et. del: J.M. Liotard sculpsit.
[n.d., 1743.]
A rare & fine engraving. Sheet 500 x 865mm (19¾ x 34") Trimmed within plate.
A scene representing Love's triumph over learning, glory and the arts, one of seven cartoons drawn by Carlo Cignani (1628-1719) for the fresco decorations on the walls of a room in the Palazzo del Giardino at Parma. Venus sits holding Cupid in her arms as her triumphal chariot (drawn by two young satyrs and two putti with their hands tied behind their backs) crushes a book, an eagle standard, a sword, a pair of compasses, a laurel-wreath and a palette. The procession is headed by a winged youth playing a harp and includes the Three Graces. Cignani's frescoes were begun in about 1678 and survive today, although they suffered damage in the Second World War. The cartoons came into the possession of Joseph Smith (1682-1770, the British consul at Venice, 1744-60, and patron of Canaletto) in the 1730s, where Jean Michel Liotard saw them and engraved them for his 'Monochromata Septem Caroli Cignanti Bononiensis', as this print. The cartoons were bought by George III in 1762 and are now in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court.
[Ref: 46261] £480.00
C. Cignani inv: et. del: J.M. Liotard sculpsit.
[n.d., 1743.]
A rare & fine engraving. Sheet 500 x 865mm (19¾ x 34") Trimmed within plate.
A scene representing Love's triumph over learning, glory and the arts, one of seven cartoons drawn by Carlo Cignani (1628-1719) for the fresco decorations on the walls of a room in the Palazzo del Giardino at Parma. Venus sits holding Cupid in her arms as her triumphal chariot (drawn by two young satyrs and two putti with their hands tied behind their backs) crushes a book, an eagle standard, a sword, a pair of compasses, a laurel-wreath and a palette. The procession is headed by a winged youth playing a harp and includes the Three Graces. Cignani's frescoes were begun in about 1678 and survive today, although they suffered damage in the Second World War. The cartoons came into the possession of Joseph Smith (1682-1770, the British consul at Venice, 1744-60, and patron of Canaletto) in the 1730s, where Jean Michel Liotard saw them and engraved them for his 'Monochromata Septem Caroli Cignanti Bononiensis', as this print. The cartoons were bought by George III in 1762 and are now in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court.
[Ref: 46261] £480.00
![[Voltaire.] Dedié à Belle et Bonne fille adoptive de Voltaire.](jpegs/58064.jpg)
[Voltaire.] Dedié à Belle et Bonne fille adoptive de Voltaire.
Peint par Garnerey. Gravé par P.M. Alix.
[n.d., 1791 or 1803.]
Aquatint, printed in colours, very fine impression. Sheet 185 x 230mm (11¼ x 9"). Trimmed, corners snipped, some abrasion around letters.
An oval bust portrait of the philosopher Voltaire born in November 1694, wearing a wig and blue jacket with a fur collar. From the series of portraits 'Collection des Grands Hommes'.
[Ref: 58064] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Garnerey. Gravé par P.M. Alix.
[n.d., 1791 or 1803.]
Aquatint, printed in colours, very fine impression. Sheet 185 x 230mm (11¼ x 9"). Trimmed, corners snipped, some abrasion around letters.
An oval bust portrait of the philosopher Voltaire born in November 1694, wearing a wig and blue jacket with a fur collar. From the series of portraits 'Collection des Grands Hommes'.
[Ref: 58064] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Waiting for the moment]](jpegs/44943.jpg)
[Waiting for the moment] L'Attente du moment / De la Légereté Philis voila l'Image / Elle fait aujourd'huy tout votre Amusement [...]
Peint par Eisen le Pere Gravé par Louis Halbou 1763
A Paris chez la V.e de F. Chereau rue St. Jacques au 2 Pilliers d'Or Ou chez Halbou rue de la Comedie Francoise au Soleil d'Or
Engraving, sheet 350 x 270mm (13¾ x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a woman sat with a shuttlecock and rackets; verses below drawing analogy between the game and the torments of love. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [the father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44943] £450.00
Peint par Eisen le Pere Gravé par Louis Halbou 1763
A Paris chez la V.e de F. Chereau rue St. Jacques au 2 Pilliers d'Or Ou chez Halbou rue de la Comedie Francoise au Soleil d'Or
Engraving, sheet 350 x 270mm (13¾ x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a woman sat with a shuttlecock and rackets; verses below drawing analogy between the game and the torments of love. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [the father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44943] £450.00
Vue du Pont de Westminster.
Grave par P M Alix, d'apres le Tableau original, qui est dans le Cabinet de M. F. Drouchn, 1799.
Framed coloured etching with aquatint. 645 x 840mm (25½ x 33"). Unexamined out of the frame.
A view of the Westminster Bridge after an anonymous painting from Marie Francois Drouhin's collection. Pierre-Michel Alix (1762-1817) was a French engraver who studied under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas and was best known for his portraits of notable figures during the French Revolution and First French Empire. A wonderful example of French colour printing.
[Ref: 56496] £2,300.00
Grave par P M Alix, d'apres le Tableau original, qui est dans le Cabinet de M. F. Drouchn, 1799.
Framed coloured etching with aquatint. 645 x 840mm (25½ x 33"). Unexamined out of the frame.
A view of the Westminster Bridge after an anonymous painting from Marie Francois Drouhin's collection. Pierre-Michel Alix (1762-1817) was a French engraver who studied under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas and was best known for his portraits of notable figures during the French Revolution and First French Empire. A wonderful example of French colour printing.
[Ref: 56496] £2,300.00