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[Diana.]
[Diana.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. c.1782.]
Etching and engraving, rare. Plate 222 x 190mm. 8¾ x 7½".
Diana seated underneath a tree with an arrow in her right hand. A nymph placing a sandal on Diana's foot with two other nymphs standing behind; one holding flowers and a globe, the other a serpent. From 'Thoughts on Hunting...' (E. Easton, 1782) by Peter Beckford.
De Vesme: 1650; iii/iii. See BL 1040.e.29.
[Ref: 20578]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[No.4. Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing.]
[No.4. Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing.]
G: B: Cipriani Invt. Richd. Earlom Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sepr. 1st. 1786, by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside.
Aquatint with etching, printed in red-brown ink. Plate 246 x 337mm. 9¾ x 13¼". Large margins.
Diana with her nymphs bathing.
In BM. Wessely 453.
[Ref: 14587]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Death of Dido]
[The Death of Dido]
G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pub'd. as the Act directs Mar.h 1 1787 by F. Bartolozzi.
Etching printed in sepia, platemark 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½") very large margins.
The death of Dido of Carthage, who committed suicide after the warrior Aeneas left her (as recounted in Virgil's 'Aeneid'). Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani (it was published in 'A Set of Etchings by Francis Bartolozzi R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the Late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.' in 1788.
Calabi & De Vesme 406.ii
[Ref: 43427]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Dido fainting with grief.]
[Dido fainting with grief.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. et pinx. F Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Published as the Act directs Octr,, 30th 1778 by F. Bartolozzi No.1 Bentinck Street Berwick Street Soho.
Engraving in oval, proof before title. Sheet 385 x 490mm. 15¼ x 19¼". Trimmed to plate.
Dido, supported on a pyre by a woman wearing a veil and diadem, a dagger at her side; an old woman stands behind to left and weeping women are gathered on the right. In Virgil's 'Aeneid', Dido, legendary queen of Carthage, falls in love with Aeneas after the Trojan fleet is shipwrecked on her shores. She throws herself on a pyre at his departure. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18280]   £350.00  
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The Distressed Mother.
The Distressed Mother.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculps.
London: Published as the Act directs 1 March 1785 by W. Byrne No 79 Titchfield Street.
Stipple printed in sepia, platemark 215 x 225mm (8½ x 8¾"), with very large margins
Shows Mother & child escaping a fire in ancient Rome. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85). Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work.
Calabi & de Vesme 1324.
[Ref: 43137]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The Distressed Mother.
The Distressed Mother.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculps.
London: Published as the Act directs 1 March 1785 by W. Byrne No 79 Titchfield Street.
Stipple. 215 x 225mm (8½ x 8¾"). Small margins
Shows Mother & child escaping a fire in ancient Rome. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85).
Calabi & de Vesme 1324.
[Ref: 53315]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Air. [&] Earth. [&] Fire. [&] Water.
Air. [&] Earth. [&] Fire. [&] Water. From the Original Drawing in the Possession of W. Palmer.
G.B. Cipriani Invent.t F. Bartolozzi Sculpi.t
Publish'd by W. Palmer No. 163 Strand Oct.r 1; 1784
Set of four stipple engravings, each 195 x 255mm (7¾ x 10") to platemark. Large margins.
The four elements.
De Vesme: 609-612, v/v.
[Ref: 21189]   £1,850.00   view all images for this item
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Earth.
Earth.
G.B. Cipriani inv [printmaker's name illegible].
Publié by Isidor Weiss [c.1790]
Stipple printed in red, platemark 180 x 230mm (7 x 9"); very large margins.
Continental copy, in reverse, of a stipple by Bartolozzi after Cipriani from a set of 'the Four Elements' (Earth, Fire, Water, Air).
For a set of the four elements by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, see. ref. 21189.
[Ref: 40367]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Fire.
Fire. From the Original Drawing in the Possession of W. Palmer.
G.B. Cipriani Inveni.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculpi.t.
Publish'd by W. Palmer N.o 163 Strand Oct:r 1784.
Very fine stipple, printed in sepia. 185 x 225mm (7¼ x 8¾"), with large margins. A little spottting mostly in margins.
An allegorical figure of Fire as a woman in classical robe in a cloud, holding fire in her right hand and a salamander in her left. One of the two winged cherubs blows a wind.
De Vesme 611. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60295]   £350.00  
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The Arrival Of Eloisa And Meeting Abelard In The Elysian Fields.
The Arrival Of Eloisa And Meeting Abelard In The Elysian Fields.
From an Original Painting by J.G. Cipriani R A and Engraved by F. Bartolozzi R A & Engraver to his Majesty.
Published as the Act directs June 12th. 1784, by E.M. Diemar, No. 377, Strand, London.
Stipple and etching in sepia, 390 x 355mm. 15¼ x 14". Some light spotting; paper age toned.
Published in 1717, 'Eloisa to Abelard' is a poem by Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744). It is an Ovidian heroic epistle inspired by the 12th century story of Héloïse's illicit love for, and secret marriage to, her teacher Pierre Abélard, perhaps the most popular teacher and philosopher in Paris.
[Ref: 9600]   £330.00  
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[Four plates from the 'Histoire d'Angleterre.] L'Impératrice Métilde... [&] Henri II et Rosamonde... [&] Edouard I et Eléonore... [&] Jeanne de Flandre et sons Fils.
[Four plates from the 'Histoire d'Angleterre.] L'Impératrice Métilde... [&] Henri II et Rosamonde... [&] Edouard I et Eléonore... [&] Jeanne de Flandre et sons Fils.
G.B. Cipriani del. Dirige par A.Suntach.
[Antonio Suntach, c.1790.]
Four engravings, stitched on left edge. Each c. 240 x 300mm, 9½ x 11¾".
Four scenes from a pirate edition of the series of the 'History of England', showing: the Holy Roman Empress Matilda (1102-67), uncrowned queen of England; her son Henry II (1133-89) with his mistress Rosamund at Woodstock; Edward I (1239-1307), Hammer of the Scots and banisher of the Jews from England in 1290, with his consort Eleanor; and Jeanne of Flanders addressing her supporters with her young son in her arms following the capture of Montford in 1342. Antonio Suntach (1744 - 1828) was a reproductive stipple engraver, active in Paris, who produced work after Kauffman and Morland. He published some of his own prints, but specialised in engraving his own versions of the most popular English prints.
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The fair Student.
The fair Student. Beauteous fair one let me know / What in that paper charms the so~...
Cipriani inv.t.
Dublin, Published by W.m Allen No 32. Dame Street.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"). Platemark cracked. Small margins.
A pretty young woman wearing a feathered headdress reads a large sheet of paper.
[Ref: 45831]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Faith
Faith Death's Terror is the Mountain Faith recovers; / That Mountain Barrier between Man and Peace [...]
G.B. Cipriani Inven.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Walker excudit. London. Publish'd July 1.st 1784 by Ja.s Walker Carver & Printseller No. 148 Strand.
Stipple, fine impression; platemark 215 x 210mm (8½ x 8¼"). Small margins. Glued to backing sheet at corners.
Woman holding cross, with two putti holding chalice. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85). Bartolozzi was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work.
Calabi & de Vesme 613 v/v
[Ref: 43145]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Fame.]
[Fame.]
[J.B. Cipriani del. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.]
[Publish'd March 20th. 1780.]
Engraving and etching, working proof, very scarce. Plate 306 x 228mm. 12 x 9". Large margins, foxed.
Half-drapped winged Fame seated on the grass, holding trumpet with her left hand. Inscription added later dedicated to Thomas Hollis framed with garlands, owl and oval shield carved behind. Illustration to 'Memoirs of Thomas Hollis', by Francis Blackburne (London: 1780).
De Vesme: 1736; ii/v.
[Ref: 20423]   £350.00  
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[Mr Fiervilles Ball.]
[Mr Fiervilles Ball.] Rural Felicity, Come see rural felicity. Which Love & Innocence ever enjoy.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi scu.
Pub. Sep.r 1789 by I. Read Coventry Court.
Etching and engraving. Plate 133 x 179mm. 5¼ x 7". Cut to just outside the platemark.
Ticket. A naked child seated under a tree playing the chalumeau; on the right two children dancing. It seems Italian composer and violinist Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) performed at Mr. Fierville's balls.
De Vesme: 1970; iii/iv, see 20514.
[Ref: 21184]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr Fiervilles Ball.
Mr Fiervilles Ball.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi scu.
[n.d. c.1781.]
Etching and engraving. "Maybe used at Carlisle House Thursday 5 April 1781" 95 x 120mm. 3¾ x 4¾".
Ticket. A cherub seated under a tree playing the chalumeau; two more dance. It seems Italian composer and violinist Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) performed at Mr. Fierville's balls.
De Vesme: 1970; ii/iv. See Ref 21184.
[Ref: 20514]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The First Kiss of Love.
The First Kiss of Love. But soft_to wound those tender lips forbear, Or dread, the fatal Vengeance of the Fair: Tho' sharp Your Strings, her eyes can scatter round, Darts, that with more tormenting strings may wound; Nor, as ye sip, inflict the slightest pain, For unreveng's the Wrong will ne'er remain; But gently gather from those precious rills, Th'ambrosial drops each humid lip destills.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculps. R. Stanier Excudit.
Pubd. July 1.1787 by R. Stanier No.15 Villiers Street, Strand, & T. Simpson St. Pauls Church Yard.
Stipple and etching. 208 x 235mm (8¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate.
The first kiss of love. A woman sleeping in a garden, reclining on a large sofa, breasts bare, her left arm resting on a cushion, right hand holding roses; Cupid behind her, his left hand lifting a veil over her head, right index finger touching his right eye; to right, a vase on ornamental pedestal.
De Vesme: 1317 iv/iv.
[Ref: 20442]   £360.00  
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[Constitutions of Masonry Frontispiece]
[Constitutions of Masonry Frontispiece]
G.B. Cipriani & T. Sandby Delin. F. Bartolozzi & J Fittler. Sculp.
[n.d., c.1785]
Scratched proof engraving, sheet 270 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Illustration to 'Constitutions of Masonry' 1785. An allegorical scene within Free-Masons Hall. Truth stands on clouds holding a mirror in her right hand which shines rays of lights into the hall. Wisdom, Hope, Charity and three children, sit around Truth and a winged figure holding a torch in his right hand, descends from the clouds. In the foreground sits a celestial sphere, a terrestrial sphere, a compass and other Masonic instruments on a table; by its side, a candle and an armillary sphere on the floor
Calabi & De Vesme 2546 State IV of V.
[Ref: 57076]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Adam and Eve In Paradise.
Adam and Eve In Paradise. Haste hither Eve, and worth thy sight behold. Eastward among those trees, what glorious shape Comes this way moving; seems another morn Ris'n on mid noon ~______________________Some great behest from heav'n To us perhaps he brings, and will vouchsafe This day to be our guest. Milton, Book 5th.
Drawn by J.B.Cipriani R.A. & T. Hearne. The Figures engraved by F.Bartolozzi R.A. The Landscape by W. Byrne & B.T. Pouncy.
London Pub. July.1.1794, by Darling & Thompson. Gt. Newport Str.t and T Simpson. St. Paul's Church Yard.
Copper engraving. Plate 362 x 387mm. 14¼" x 15¼". 19th Century impression.
Adam and Eve look on as an Angel from on high descends
[Ref: 9356]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Genius and Beauty.
Genius and Beauty. Genius describing Beauty and Cupid dictating Him
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t 1782
Pub.d as the Act directs Sep.r 15th 1782 by A. Torre No 44 Market Lane London A Paris chez L. Torre Porte St Antoine A.P.D.R.
Very fine stipple printed in red, platemark 230 x 280mm (9 x 11") very large margins.
Allegorical scene, with Genius (as an artist) drawing the female personification of Beauty, under instruction from Cupid.
De Vesme 620 iv/v
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Genius and Beauty.
Genius and Beauty. Genius describing Beauty and Cupid dictating Him.
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t 1782
Pub.d as the Act directs Sep.r 15th 1782 by A. Torre No 44 Market Lane London. A Paris chez L. Torre Porte St Antoine A.P.D.R.
Very fine stipple, printed in colours. 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins. Title and publication line slightly faded. Mint.
Allegorical scene, with Genius (as an artist) drawing the female personification of Beauty, under instruction from Cupid.
De Vesme 620. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. For one printed in sanguine see 40368. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60287]   £620.00  
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Geography.
Geography. 45.
Cipriani, Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi, sculp.t.
Publish'd Mar. 25th 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell No. 90, Cheapside London.
Crayon-manner stipple, printed in brown. 265 x 225mm (10½ x 8¾"), with large margins. Small tears in edges of margins.
A female allegorical figure, leaning on a globe.
De Vesme 621, state V.
[Ref: 54807]   £290.00   (£348.00 incl.VAT)
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For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1780
Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 4th 1780
Engraving, sheet 120 x 105mm (4¾ x 4"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Concert ticket for the benefit of violinist Felice Giardini, with vignette of woman touching a lyre and looking at a putto while Cupid weeps on the floor. Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines.
De Vesme: 1923 III of IV
[Ref: 46022]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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For the Benefit of Mr Giardini
For the Benefit of Mr Giardini A Concert of Musick.
G. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. [c.1776].
Engraving, sheet 120 x 135mm (4¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Concert ticket for the benefit of violinist Felice Giardini, with vignette of the Judgement of Midas: Apollo stands on the left holding his lyre, watching as Marsyas plays his pipes; Midas between them. Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines.
De Vesme: 1928
[Ref: 46019]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et delin. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[Printed by W. Hinton. St. James's Street. n.d. c.1782.]
Etching and engraving. Plate 197 x 171mm. 7¾ x 6¾". Small margins. Slight foxing.
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Mercury seated attaching a string to his lyre whilst a putto holds the lyre to the left. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1930; ii/iv. See Ref: 20519 & 21175 for later states.
[Ref: 21210]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et delin. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton. St. James's Street.
Etching and engraving. Plate 197 x 171mm. 7¾ x 6¾".
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Mercury seated attaching a string to his lyre whilst a putto holds the lyre to the left. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1930; iv/iv, see 20519 & 21210.
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[For the Benefit of Mr Giardini]
[For the Benefit of Mr Giardini] Plate 1
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Stipple, sheet 130 x 145mm (5 x 5¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
Apollo, playing the harp with the nine Muses in attendance. Ticket for a benefit held for Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), Italian composer and violinist. Giardini, an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Later state as published in 'A General History of Music' by the musicologist Charles Burney.
De Vesme 1927 iii/iii.
[Ref: 42474]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Etching with engraving, scarce proof, uncut very large margins, title only half removed. Plate 95 x 115mm. 3¾ x 4½". Title scratched, very slight foxing.
Bill-head for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Venus seated on a bed with a putto talking to her from behind her; another putto playing the lyre and a third putto pulling a bow, aiming towards right. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1922; between i/ii.
[Ref: 20577]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Benefit of Mr. Giardini.
Benefit of Mr. Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1763.]
Very fine etching with engraving. Sheet 135 x 120mm (5¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Apollo seated on a pedestal holding a lyre with a Muse crowning him. Mercury standing on the right. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1919.
[Ref: 44530]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.
For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1782.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 150 x 160mm (6 x 6¼"). Trimmed.
Apollo catching Daphne who is turning into a laurel tree. Three fluvial figures seated on the ground in front of a bed of reeds. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton
De Vesme: 1921.
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For The Benefit Of Mr. Giardini.
For The Benefit Of Mr. Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London, c.1781.]
Concert ticket, etching. 132 x 127mm (5¼ x 5"). Trimmed within plate.
A woman seated on clouds, tying ribbons to her hair; to right, two winged putti, holding a torch and dove, also sitting in the clouds. The banner above them is lettered; in a roundel. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme: 1920; ii/ii. See 21214.
[Ref: 18143]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street. [n.d. c.1779.]
Etching and engraving. Collector's mark SP, plate 127 x 146mm. 5 x 5¾".
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Venus seated on the ground with two putti surrounding her, one of whom is holding a torch. Five putti, to the right, in front of a water fountain; one playing the trumpet, one playing the lute and three singing. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1925; v/v. See 20497 for earlier state.
[Ref: 20498]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
[G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1780.]
Publish'd as the Act directs Feby. 4th. 1780.
Etching and engraving. Plate 146 x 132mm. 5¾ x 5¼". Small margins. very slight foxing
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. A young woman seated on a pedestal touching a lyre and holding a quill pen; a putto stands behind her. Cupid is seated on the floor holding an arrow and covering his face with his hands. Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1923; i/iv.
[Ref: 20496]   £320.00  
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[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
[G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.]
[n.d. c.1782.]
Etching with engraving, very scarce. Proof before all letters. 166 x 196mm. 6½ x 7¾". Cut, few fox marks.
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Apollo catching Daphne who is turning into a laurel tree. Three fluvial figures seated on the ground in front of a bed of reeds. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1921; i/iii.
[Ref: 20490]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp 1778.
Etching and engraving. Sheet 135 x 115mm (5¼ x 4½"), with large margins.
Venus Anadyomene naked and seated on a conch shell, accompanied by Cupid (drawing his bow), with other cherubs holding a torch and the drapery around Venus. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1929, state ii of iv.
[Ref: 53435]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.]
[For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp 1778.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street.
Etching and engraving. Plate 133 x 114mm, Uncut, large margins.
Venus Anadyomene naked and seated on a conch shell. Four putti inside and three flying in the sky holding a large drapery above her. Originally published as a ticket for a concert for the benefit of Mr Giardini, this last state has had the title removed. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1929; IV of IV.
[Ref: 20500]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Dodici Sonate de Violino e Basso Composte da Felice Giardini
Dodici Sonate de Violino e Basso Composte da Felice Giardini Dedicate a sua Altezza Il Serenissimo Principe Freditario di Brounsuic e di Lunebourg. Londra MCCLXV.
G.B. Cipriani del. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London, 1765.]
Etching. 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with very large margins.
A cover of a book of music, with a medallion portrait of Felice Giardini (1716-96) on a plynth with two putti. Giardini was a violin virtuoso and child prodigy. A good friend of Bach.
De Vesme 1874
[Ref: 55254]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The Dukes of Northumberland and Suffolk praying Lady Jane Gray to accept the Crown.
The Dukes of Northumberland and Suffolk praying Lady Jane Gray to accept the Crown. Humes Qto. Edn. 3 Vol:351.
G.B. Cipriania [sic] R.A. Invent. Frans. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculpt.
Published Feby. 14;1786 by W. Palmer No.163 Strand.
Stipple and etching printed in sanguine, published state, 320 x 390mm. 12½ x 15¼". Vertical creasing and some light foxing; glued to backing sheet; faint mount burn in very wide margins; tear to left.
Lady Jane Grey, seated at a table, holding an open book; next to her, a gentleman holding a charter; in the middle, the two Dukes presenting to her a crown and a sceptre. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme 528, III of III.
[Ref: 25938]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[Hamlet] Ophelia.
[Hamlet] Ophelia.
[Engraved by William Wynne Ryland after Giovanni Battista Cipriani.]
Publish'd Dec.r 2 1786 by J. Walker, Carver & Printseller No 148 Strand London.
Stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 355 x 280mm (13¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate.
Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5: Ophelia, her mind unhinged by her father's murder, she offers herbs and flowers to her brother, the queen and king. Soon after this scene, she will fall into a brook while picking flowers and drown. An early state: an edition of April 1787 has the added engraved text: ''Oph: There's Fennel for you, & Columbines: / There's Rue for you; _".
[Ref: 54242]   £320.00  
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[Handel composing sacred Music; the Genius of Harmony crowning him, & a Seraph wafting his name to Heaven.]
[Handel composing sacred Music; the Genius of Harmony crowning him, & a Seraph wafting his name to Heaven.] From Harmony, From Heavenly Harmony This Universal Frame Began.
I.B. Cipriani R.A. Inven.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to her Majesty Sculp.t.
Pub.d as the Act directs April 1.st 1784.
Stipple, proof before title. 240 x 190mm. (9½ x 7½"), large margins. Repaired tears outside image.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) seated writing a music score on a table, looking up at a little angel flying about hime holding a banner with his name; to his right a young angel puts a crown of laurels over his head. A pipe organ to the left. A book-illustration to 'An Account of the Musical Performances in Commemoration of Handel'. The Commemoration of Handel took place in Westminster Abbey in 1784, to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the great composer's death in 1759. The commemoration was organised by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and it took the form of a series of concerts of Handel's music, given in the Abbey by vast numbers of singers and instrumentalists.
De Vesme: 831.
[Ref: 59620]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Handel composing sacred Music; the Genius of Harmony crowning him, & a Seraph wafting his name to heaven.]
[Handel composing sacred Music; the Genius of Harmony crowning him, & a Seraph wafting his name to heaven.]
I.B. Cipriani R.A. Inven.t F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to her Majesty Sculp.t
Pub.d as the Act directs April 1.st 1784.
Stipple. Early proof, with collector's mark. 241 x 190mm. (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) seated writing a music score on a table, looking up at a little angel flying about hime holding a banner with his name; to his right a young angel puts a crown of laurels over his head. A pipe organ to the left. A book-illustration to 'An Account of the Musical Performances in Commemoration of Handel'. The Commemoration of Handel took place in Westminster Abbey in 1784, to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the great composer's death in 1759. The commemoration was organised by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and it took the form of a series of concerts of Handel's music, given in the Abbey by vast numbers of singers and instrumentalists.
De Vesme: 831; i/iv. See Ref: 18652 for later lettered state. Lugt: 1736 [unidentified].
[Ref: 20452]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[George Frideric Handel]
[George Frideric Handel]
G. B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[1784.]
Etching. 465 x 290mm (18¼ x 11½").
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759), composer, in an oval leaf frame crowned with a laurel wreath. To right an allegory of Music, in form of a young woman, seated on clouds, supporting the frame with her left hand, resting a trumpet on her left shoulder. To left, a little angel or winged putti flying, looking at the portrait; to extreme right, another angel holding a pipe-organ, looking up to the sky. Light shines from the top left corner; the whole in a rectangular frame decorated with palm leaves, griffons and musical emblems. Born in Saxony, Handel settled in London in 1712 where for nearly fifty years he poured out opera, oratorios, concertos and occasional music. His Messiah, first performed in Dublin in 1742, became a national institution within his lifetime. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785), engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815).
Calabi & De Vesme 830.I.
[Ref: 13951]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Handel composing sacred Music; the Genius of Harmony crowning him, & a Seraph wafting his name to heaven.
Handel composing sacred Music; the Genius of Harmony crowning him, & a Seraph wafting his name to heaven.
I.B. Cipriani R.A. Inven.t F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to her Majesty Sculp.t
Pub.d as the Act directs April 1.st 1784.
Stipple. 280 x 211mm (11 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate on three sides
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) seated writing a music score on a table, looking up at a cherub holding a banner with his name; to his right Fame puts a crown of laurels over his head. A pipe organ to the left. An llustration to 'An Account of the Musical Performances in Commemoration of Handel'. The Commemoration of Handel took place in Westminster Abbey in 1784, to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death for George Frideric Handel in 1759. The commemoration was organised by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and it took the form of a series of concerts of Handel's music, given in the Abbey by vast numbers of singers and instrumentalists.
V & A: S.4247-2009.
[Ref: 18652]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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George Frederic Handel. Born at Halle, in Saxony, the 24th.of Feby. 1682. Died in London, the 13th.of April, 1759.
George Frederic Handel. Born at Halle, in Saxony, the 24th.of Feby. 1682. Died in London, the 13th.of April, 1759.
G.B. Cipriani Delint. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. 330 x 253mm. 13 x 10". Glue stain visible down left-hand edge of the image.
A portrait of Handel inside an oval held up by clouds. Two cherubs and a girl sit around the oval. One cherub leans upon an organ, whilst the girl holds a horn with a violin at a her feet - all instruments which Handel himself played.
[Ref: 13934]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[Hanover Square Grand Professional Concert.]
[Hanover Square Grand Professional Concert.]
[G.B.Cipriani inv.] Stalker sculp.
[n.d. c.1793.]
Etching with engraving. Proof before title. 63 x 82mm. 2½ x 3¼". Trimmed.
Ticket. A putto flying holding a large veil with both hands. An oddity. On the east side of Hanover Square, at the south-eastern corner of Hanover Street, the large building now known as the Hanover Club, or Cercle des Etrangers, had for many years, down to the beginning of 1875, borne the name of the Queen's Concert Rooms, more popularly known as the Hanover Square Rooms. Sir John Gallini erected the house and the original concert room in the first half of the reign of George III. Supported by the musical talent of Bach, Abel, and Lord Abingdon, Gallini carried on here, from 1785 to 1793, a series of concerts, for which he contrived to gain the patronage of the Court. George III himself was accustomed frequently to attend these concerts, together with Queen Charlotte.
De Vesme: 1954; [undescribed state]. See Ref: 20534 for different state.
[Ref: 20532]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The Principal Scene in Harlequin every where.
The Principal Scene in Harlequin every where.
Painted by Cipriani and Richards. Engraved by Bonner.
[n.d., c.1796.]
Engraving. 110 x 165mm, 4¼ x 6½".
A scene in Tartarus (the Greek Hell) from "The Mirror or Harlequin Everywhere" by Charles Dibden, first performed at Covent Garden Theatre in 1779. The tortured include: Sisyphus, cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill; Prometheus, having his liver eaten by an eagle; Tantalus, chained to a rock in a river with a berry bush hanging just out of reach above his head; Ixion, bound to a fiery wheel; and Salmoneus, chained under an overhanging rock forever threatening to fall.
[Ref: 13586]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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[Harmony.]
[Harmony.]
[C.B. Cipriani Delin.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.]
[London, Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1786 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No. 158 Bond Street.]
Fine proof before letters stipple, printed in sepia. Plate 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins. Foxing.
A portrait of the figure of Harmony, shown playing a harp.
De Vesme 625 II of III. See Ref. 47256 for fully lettered version.
[Ref: 60326]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Harmony.
Harmony.
C.B. Cipriani Delin.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1786 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No. 158 Bond Street.
Stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet: 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed.
A portrait of the figure of Harmony, shown playing a harp.
De Vesme 625.II. See reference 60326 for proof before letters.
[Ref: 47256]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Hebe.
Hebe.
Drawn by G.B. Cipriani R.A. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi R.A.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Oct.r 19. 1791 by M.no Bovi, Engraver, N.o 207 Piccadilly, near S.t James's Church.
Stipple and engraving in brown ink, 380 x 305mm. 15 x 12". A fine impression with large margins
Hebe, goddess of healing, youth and beauty, pouring water into a drinking vessel, with Jupiter in the guise of an eagle behind (possibly an actress of the day). After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
[Ref: 16976]   £330.00  
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[The Departure of Hector.]
[The Departure of Hector.]
[Francesco Bartolozzi after Cipriani.]
[n.d., c.1786.]
Stipple, proof before letters, printed in sepia. Plate: 435 x 330mm (17 x 13''), with large margins.
A classical scene showing Hector departing to fight in the Trojan War, Hector is shown carrying his young son while his wife Andromache pulls at his cape.
De Vesma 424.
[Ref: 50413]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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