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The Children in the Wood.
The Children in the Wood. Their pretty lips with blackberries, Were all besmear'd and dyed, And when they saw the darksome night. They sat them down and cried [...]
Benwell pinx.t L. C. Ruotte sc. Se vend a[?] Paris chez Arthur et Compagnie, a la Manufacture de Papiers au coin de la rue [...] le Boulevard.
Paris, 1914.
Coloured engraving. 280 x 320mm (12½ x 11"), with wide margins. Some creasing in upper right corner.
A scene from the English folk tale better known as 'The Babes in the Wood'. Abandoned in the forest, the two children fall asleep at dusk.
[Ref: 54080]   £450.00  
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D. Joseph Napoleon Roi d'Espagne et des Indes. Frère de l'Empereur Grand Électeur de l'Empire Français.
D. Joseph Napoleon Roi d'Espagne et des Indes. Frère de l'Empereur Grand Électeur de l'Empire Français.
[Robert Le Fevre pinxt. Gregorius del. L.C. Ruotte Sculp.t]
Déposé à la Bibliothèque Impériale. à Paris chez Potrelle Editeur, rue St. Honoré, No.142. [n.d. c.1812.]
Stipple. 444 x 350mm (17½ x 13¾"). Foxing.
Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844) was the elder brother of Napoleon I of France, who made him King of Naples and Sicily (1806-1808), and later King of Spain and the Indies as Joseph I of Spain (1808-1813). From a series of plates representing members of the French Imperial family and European Kings, engraved by Ruotte or Bourgeois de la Richardière and published by Potrelle, 1805-1810.
Ex Collection: William Fitzwilliam Burton [1796-1844], of Burton hall, Carlow; Eire, landowner.
[Ref: 21099]   £360.00  
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Louis Napoléon Roi de Hollande. Frère de l'Empereur Connetable de l'Empire Français.
Louis Napoléon Roi de Hollande. Frère de l'Empereur Connetable de l'Empire Français.
Dessiné par Gregorius, d'aprés le Buste de Casteillier. L.C. Ruotte Sculp.t
à Amsterdam Chez Buffa et Comp.ie Déposé a la Bibliothèque Imperiale. Se vend à Paris chez Potrelle Editeur. M. d'Estampes, rue St. Honoré No.142. [n.d. c.1807.]
Stipple. 425 x 337mm (16¾ x 13¼"). Foxing.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1778-1846), King of Holland (1806-1810). Brother of Napoleon I of France, and his son was the last Emperor, Napoleon III. From a series of plates representing members of the French Imperial family and European Kings, engraved by Ruotte or Bourgeois de la Richardière and published by Potrelle, 1805-1810.
Ex Collection: William Fitzwilliam Burton [1796-1844], of Burton hall, Carlow; Eire, landowner. In the British Museum as coloured stipple.
[Ref: 21100]   £360.00  
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Eugêne Napoléon Vice Roi D'Italie. Dedié et Présenté à Sa Majesté Josephine Impératrice des Française et Reine d'Italie. Par son trés humble et Respectueux Sujet L.C. Ruotte.
Eugêne Napoléon Vice Roi D'Italie. Dedié et Présenté à Sa Majesté Josephine Impératrice des Française et Reine d'Italie. Par son trés humble et Respectueux Sujet L.C. Ruotte.
D'après le Buste de Chinard qui appartient à S.M. Dessiné par Grégorius, L.C. Ruotte Sculp.
Déposé à la Bibliothèque Imp.le. Se vend à Paris chez Potrelle Editeur, M. d'Estampes, rue St. Honoré, No.142. [n.d. c.1806.]
Stipple. 432 x 342mm (17 x 13½"). Scratched across image top right.
Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824), son of the Empress Josephine and her first husband, who was executed during the revolutionary Reign of Terror. Napoleon adopted him on his marriage to Josephine, and was obviously very fond of him. Eugène was given command of the Army of Italy and was viceroy of Italy. From a series of plates representing members of the French Imperial family and European Kings, engraved by Ruotte or Bourgeois de la Richardière and published by Potrelle, 1805-1810.
Ex Collection: William Fitzwilliam Burton [1796-1844], of Burton hall, Carlow; Eire, landowner. In the British Museum.
[Ref: 21102]   £360.00  
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George III. King of Great Britain. &c. &c. [&] Charlotte. Queen of Great Britain. &c. &c.
George III. King of Great Britain. &c. &c. [&] Charlotte. Queen of Great Britain. &c. &c.
B. West pinx.t. C. Ruotte Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
A Pair of Stipples. Sheet size: 250 x 160mm (9¾ x 6¼") each. Cut to platemark at sides.
A pair of stipple portraits after Benjamin West. King George III, bust, directed to right, within an oval. Queen Charlotte, bust, directed to front, looking left, hair dressed up, wearing a pearl necklace and a dress decorated in bows. George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. On 8 September 1761 in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, the King married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, whom he met on their wedding day. A fortnight later, both were crowned at Westminster Abbey.
[Ref: 36317]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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The Sheep Shearer [parallel text in French]
The Sheep Shearer [parallel text in French]
Peint par H. Singleton. Gravé par Ruotte.
A Paris chez Pomel Jne et C.ie rue du Temple 43 [n.d., c.1810].
Stipple engraving, rare, sheet 485 x 355mm (19 x 14"). Trimmed inside platemark; nicks to edges.
Henry Singleton (1766-1839), London-born painter who began painting large and ambitious historical scenes such as 'Paul I Granting Liberty to Kosciuszko' (1797) and 'The Death of Captain Alexander Hood' but turned increasingly to book illustrations and genre scenes (often intended specifically for engraving) in his later years.
[Ref: 44199]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Still Life with Classical Urn.]
[Still Life with Classical Urn.]
Peint par Prevost. Gravé par Ruotte.
à Paris chez Bance Ainé M.d d'Estampes, Rue S.t Denis, No.214.
Fine & very scarce colour-printed stipple, with hand-colour. Sheet: 290 x 345mm (11½ x 13½''). Cut to platemark.
See ref: 51113 & 51114
[Ref: 51112]   £450.00  
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