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Frances Isabella Ker Gordon. Daughter of Lord and Lady Wm. Gordon.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Peter Simon.
Publish'd June 1.st 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell, No.90, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
Stipple, very fine with large margins. In pencil "from Duchess of Bedford"; Plate 380 x 285mm. 15 x 11¼".
Portrait, as a cherub, head only with wings, in five different positions within clouds, lit from above right. Frances Isabella Ker Gordon (1782-1831) was daughter of Lord William Gordon.
Hamilton: p.102.
[Ref: 24976] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Peter Simon.
Publish'd June 1.st 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell, No.90, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
Stipple, very fine with large margins. In pencil "from Duchess of Bedford"; Plate 380 x 285mm. 15 x 11¼".
Portrait, as a cherub, head only with wings, in five different positions within clouds, lit from above right. Frances Isabella Ker Gordon (1782-1831) was daughter of Lord William Gordon.
Hamilton: p.102.
[Ref: 24976] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry IV Part 1, Act II, Scene IV.]](jpegs/10646.jpg)
[Henry IV Part 1, Act II, Scene IV.]
[Painted by Richard Westall. Engraved by Peter Simon.]
[London: John & Josiah Boydell, 1795.]
Stripple engraving, proof before all letters, 645 x 465mm. 25½ x 18¼". Foxing. Small marginal tears, one into plate from lower edge.
Hotspur, Worcester, Mortimer and Owen Glendower sitting around a table and dividing up England, in the Archdeacon's House, Bangor. Illustrating William Shakespeare's 'Henry IV', for Boydell's 'Shakespeare Gallery'. After Richard Westall (1765 - 1836).
[Ref: 10646] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by Richard Westall. Engraved by Peter Simon.]
[London: John & Josiah Boydell, 1795.]
Stripple engraving, proof before all letters, 645 x 465mm. 25½ x 18¼". Foxing. Small marginal tears, one into plate from lower edge.
Hotspur, Worcester, Mortimer and Owen Glendower sitting around a table and dividing up England, in the Archdeacon's House, Bangor. Illustrating William Shakespeare's 'Henry IV', for Boydell's 'Shakespeare Gallery'. After Richard Westall (1765 - 1836).
[Ref: 10646] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Sleeping Nymph. Whilst Sylvia Slumbers in the Grove, Behold! the Urchin Pow'r of Love Whose Darts such anguish gave; Steals to the Nymph those lips to kiss Which he jad fill'd with every Bliss, And feels himself a Slave.
Painted by John Opie. Engraved by Peter Simon
Published July 2.d, 1787, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, London
Fine stipple engraving with etching, rich impression, plate 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½) very large margins. Repaired creases in centre. Mark on Cupid's nose.
A nymph sleeping against a tree trunk with a cupid flying above and another woman behind holding her finger in the air.
[Ref: 56644] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by John Opie. Engraved by Peter Simon
Published July 2.d, 1787, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, London
Fine stipple engraving with etching, rich impression, plate 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½) very large margins. Repaired creases in centre. Mark on Cupid's nose.
A nymph sleeping against a tree trunk with a cupid flying above and another woman behind holding her finger in the air.
[Ref: 56644] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Terpsichore.
J.P. Simon Sculp.
A Paris chez Ostervald l’Ainé Rue Pelletier No.3. Déposé à la Bibliotheque Nationale. [n.d. c.1820.]
Colour-printed stipple. Plate 412 x 285mm. 16¼ x 11¼". Horizontal crease through the middle.
Terpsichore, one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology. She ruled over dance and dramatic chorus. As seen her she iepicted, as is normally seen, holding a lyre for musical accompaniment to dancers.
[Ref: 16312] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J.P. Simon Sculp.
A Paris chez Ostervald l’Ainé Rue Pelletier No.3. Déposé à la Bibliotheque Nationale. [n.d. c.1820.]
Colour-printed stipple. Plate 412 x 285mm. 16¼ x 11¼". Horizontal crease through the middle.
Terpsichore, one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology. She ruled over dance and dramatic chorus. As seen her she iepicted, as is normally seen, holding a lyre for musical accompaniment to dancers.
[Ref: 16312] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Wisdom, from the original picture presented to the city by Alderman Boydell].](jpegs/15173.jpg)
[Wisdom, from the original picture presented to the city by Alderman Boydell].
[Painted by J. F. Rigaud R.A. Engraved by I. P. Simon].
[Pub. Sept. 29. 1799, by J. & J. Boydell, No.90, Cheapside, and at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London]
Rare proof stipple engraving, unfinished before text added to open book. Published state carries a dedication: To Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III & Queen Charlotte, by Jos. Boydell. Trimmed to plate mark.
Seated Minerva, in glory, with boy at her feet holding an open book, surrounded by a globe with dove, owl, a lamb sitting on a book with seals at right and a cockerel; in the upper part, putto with mirror at left, and two others holding up an uroboros at right. Part of a series Wisdom, Happiness, Providence, Innocence. See ref: 8615. In 1794 Rigaud won what was probably his most important commission, the decoration of the four pendentives of the Common Council Chamber in the Guildhall, London, depicting Providence, Innocence, Wisdom and Happiness; of these only the preparatory oil sketches survive (London, Guildhall A.G.).
[Ref: 15173] £380.00
[Painted by J. F. Rigaud R.A. Engraved by I. P. Simon].
[Pub. Sept. 29. 1799, by J. & J. Boydell, No.90, Cheapside, and at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London]
Rare proof stipple engraving, unfinished before text added to open book. Published state carries a dedication: To Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III & Queen Charlotte, by Jos. Boydell. Trimmed to plate mark.
Seated Minerva, in glory, with boy at her feet holding an open book, surrounded by a globe with dove, owl, a lamb sitting on a book with seals at right and a cockerel; in the upper part, putto with mirror at left, and two others holding up an uroboros at right. Part of a series Wisdom, Happiness, Providence, Innocence. See ref: 8615. In 1794 Rigaud won what was probably his most important commission, the decoration of the four pendentives of the Common Council Chamber in the Guildhall, London, depicting Providence, Innocence, Wisdom and Happiness; of these only the preparatory oil sketches survive (London, Guildhall A.G.).
[Ref: 15173] £380.00