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Gioacchino Conti Gizziello.
Ch. Lucy Pinxit. Alex. VanHaeken Fe. 1736.
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Gioacchino Conti (1714-61), Italian soprano castrato opera singer, nicknamed Gizziello in honour of his teacher, Domenico Gizzi. This portrait was published when he was in London (1736-7), while he was engaged by George Frideric Handel.
CS 5, only state. See reference 61535 for one with margins.
[Ref: 61684] £450.00
Ch. Lucy Pinxit. Alex. VanHaeken Fe. 1736.
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Gioacchino Conti (1714-61), Italian soprano castrato opera singer, nicknamed Gizziello in honour of his teacher, Domenico Gizzi. This portrait was published when he was in London (1736-7), while he was engaged by George Frideric Handel.
CS 5, only state. See reference 61535 for one with margins.
[Ref: 61684] £450.00
His Excellency James Kieth, Lieutenant Collonel of One of the Regiments of Foot-Guards, and General in Chief of the Armys of His Imperial Majesty of all the Russias.
A. Ramsay pinxit. A.Van Haecken fecit.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 250mm. 14 x 9¾". Very scarce.
James Francis Edward Keith (1696 - 1758), Scottish field marshal of Prussia. Keith participated in the Jacobite uprising of 1715 and in the abortive invasion of 1719 with his brother; escaping to the Continent, he first entered the service of Spain and then went to Russia, where he gained honour in both civil and military offices, and was given command of a regiment of guards in 1728. Later he went to Prussia and became close friends with Frederick the Great, who made him a field marshal in 1747. Keith entered the circle of Europe’s leading intellectuals and rendered great service to Prussia in the early part of the Seven Years War, and was killed in the battle of Hochkirch. After Scottish portrait painter Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784).
See Chaloner Smith: 10. This version, without oval fame and pedestal, undescribed.
[Ref: 12199] £350.00
A. Ramsay pinxit. A.Van Haecken fecit.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 250mm. 14 x 9¾". Very scarce.
James Francis Edward Keith (1696 - 1758), Scottish field marshal of Prussia. Keith participated in the Jacobite uprising of 1715 and in the abortive invasion of 1719 with his brother; escaping to the Continent, he first entered the service of Spain and then went to Russia, where he gained honour in both civil and military offices, and was given command of a regiment of guards in 1728. Later he went to Prussia and became close friends with Frederick the Great, who made him a field marshal in 1747. Keith entered the circle of Europe’s leading intellectuals and rendered great service to Prussia in the early part of the Seven Years War, and was killed in the battle of Hochkirch. After Scottish portrait painter Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784).
See Chaloner Smith: 10. This version, without oval fame and pedestal, undescribed.
[Ref: 12199] £350.00
Major Ralph Snow.
[I. W]hood de Bloomsb: sqr. pinxt. pro Zacha. Chambers de Scaccar. Reg. Genero. Cui hanc Tabulam D D: Alex: Vanhaecken [fe.]
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 340 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed within the image, losing part of inscription at sides, laid on board.
Ralph Snow (1670-1744), writing master, holding a sheet with 'La plume' written in florid lettering. He was one of the four dedicatees of George Bickham's 'A poem on writing', c.1727. Although Chaloner Smith only lists this state the BM has a proof before title, without the armillary sphere in the background.
Chaloner Smith 15.
[Ref: 52600] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[I. W]hood de Bloomsb: sqr. pinxt. pro Zacha. Chambers de Scaccar. Reg. Genero. Cui hanc Tabulam D D: Alex: Vanhaecken [fe.]
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 340 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed within the image, losing part of inscription at sides, laid on board.
Ralph Snow (1670-1744), writing master, holding a sheet with 'La plume' written in florid lettering. He was one of the four dedicatees of George Bickham's 'A poem on writing', c.1727. Although Chaloner Smith only lists this state the BM has a proof before title, without the armillary sphere in the background.
Chaloner Smith 15.
[Ref: 52600] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
The Hon.ble Thomas Wentworth Esq.r Brigadier General of His Majesty's Forces Colonel of One of His Regiments of Foot, & Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in America.
A. Ramsay pinx.t A. Van Haecken fecit [c.1747]
Mezzotint, sheet 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Small tear.
Mezzotint of a British soldier serving in America, engraved after Allan Ramsay by Alexander Van Haecken, younger brother of the drapery painter Joseph Van Haecken who worked for some time as Ramsay's studio assistant.
CS: 19; Ex Collection of Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43183] £360.00
A. Ramsay pinx.t A. Van Haecken fecit [c.1747]
Mezzotint, sheet 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Small tear.
Mezzotint of a British soldier serving in America, engraved after Allan Ramsay by Alexander Van Haecken, younger brother of the drapery painter Joseph Van Haecken who worked for some time as Ramsay's studio assistant.
CS: 19; Ex Collection of Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43183] £360.00
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[Woman in riding dress] In her love darting Eyes awakes the Fires [...]
Jos. Vanhaecken pinx. Alex. Van haecken fe.
Sold by T. Jefferys in the Strand and W. Herbert on London Bridge. [n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint. 460 x 310mm (18 x 12¼"). Thread margins, some restoration, laid on archival paper, with modern paper border.
A full length portrait of a woman in riding dress, a whip hanging from the wrist. Originally published by the engraver, Alexander Van Haecken.
CS 22, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 54805] £650.00
Jos. Vanhaecken pinx. Alex. Van haecken fe.
Sold by T. Jefferys in the Strand and W. Herbert on London Bridge. [n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint. 460 x 310mm (18 x 12¼"). Thread margins, some restoration, laid on archival paper, with modern paper border.
A full length portrait of a woman in riding dress, a whip hanging from the wrist. Originally published by the engraver, Alexander Van Haecken.
CS 22, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 54805] £650.00