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George Frederick Cooke as Sir Pertinax MacSycophant.
Engraved by Woodman after a Drawing of the same size by De Wilde.
London, Published as the Act directs, by John Cawthorn, No.5, Catherine Street, Strand, Apr. 10. 1808.
Stipple, open letter state to watermarked laid paper; sheet 475 x 315mm. 18¾ x 12½". Trimmed roughly to plate; two small tears from lower extremity. Few small nicks.
Actor George Frederick Cooke (1756 - 1811) in costume in Charles Macklin's 'Man of the World', holding the pommel of his sword; rectangular frame. After Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832).
NPG D34094. Harvard p.282, 42.
[Ref: 20559] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Woodman after a Drawing of the same size by De Wilde.
London, Published as the Act directs, by John Cawthorn, No.5, Catherine Street, Strand, Apr. 10. 1808.
Stipple, open letter state to watermarked laid paper; sheet 475 x 315mm. 18¾ x 12½". Trimmed roughly to plate; two small tears from lower extremity. Few small nicks.
Actor George Frederick Cooke (1756 - 1811) in costume in Charles Macklin's 'Man of the World', holding the pommel of his sword; rectangular frame. After Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832).
NPG D34094. Harvard p.282, 42.
[Ref: 20559] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Frederick Cooke.] Mr Cooke.](jpegs/39321.jpg)
[George Frederick Cooke.] Mr Cooke. Ha! am I king? 'tis so - but - Edward lives.
Drawn, Etch'd by Dighton.
Pub.d Dec.r 1st 1800 by Dighton. Char.g Cross No 12.
Fine coloured etching, (Ed)meads 1808 watermark; 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). Very large margins.
The actor George Frederick Cooke (1756-1812) as Shakespeare's Richard III, performed at the Theatre Royal, the role that made him famous. However his career was blighted by his drinking.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 39321] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn, Etch'd by Dighton.
Pub.d Dec.r 1st 1800 by Dighton. Char.g Cross No 12.
Fine coloured etching, (Ed)meads 1808 watermark; 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). Very large margins.
The actor George Frederick Cooke (1756-1812) as Shakespeare's Richard III, performed at the Theatre Royal, the role that made him famous. However his career was blighted by his drinking.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 39321] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
M.r T. P. Cooke as William.
[n.d. c.1829]
Fine hand-coloured etching, sheet 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Thomas Peter Cooke in character as William, in 'Black-Eyed Susan.' Whole length, standing, in a sailor's uniform with ships, and maybe Dover Castle in the background
[Ref: 62033] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1829]
Fine hand-coloured etching, sheet 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Thomas Peter Cooke in character as William, in 'Black-Eyed Susan.' Whole length, standing, in a sailor's uniform with ships, and maybe Dover Castle in the background
[Ref: 62033] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Michael Costa.]](jpegs/1138.jpg)
[Michael Costa.]
From a Photograph by Signori Caldesi. Engraved by George Zobel.
London, Published May 21st 1855, by J.Mitchell, Bookseller & Publisher to Her Majesty. 33 Old Bond S.t.
Mezzotint on steel. 510 x 340mm. Damp stain.
From Caldesi's 'Artists of the Italian Opera'. Sir Michael Costa (1808-1884) was the Musical Director. In 1855 Costa wrote the oratorio 'Eli'; Rossini's commented: 'The good Costa has sent me an oratorio score and a Stilton cheese. The cheese was very good'.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 1138] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
From a Photograph by Signori Caldesi. Engraved by George Zobel.
London, Published May 21st 1855, by J.Mitchell, Bookseller & Publisher to Her Majesty. 33 Old Bond S.t.
Mezzotint on steel. 510 x 340mm. Damp stain.
From Caldesi's 'Artists of the Italian Opera'. Sir Michael Costa (1808-1884) was the Musical Director. In 1855 Costa wrote the oratorio 'Eli'; Rossini's commented: 'The good Costa has sent me an oratorio score and a Stilton cheese. The cheese was very good'.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 1138] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mrs. Crouch.]](jpegs/29121.jpg)
[Mrs. Crouch.]
[G: Romney pinxit. F. Bartolozzi R:A: sculpt.]
[n.d. c.1788.]
Very rare stipple, proof before all letters. Plate 318 x 255mm (12½ x 10"). With the collector's mark of A. Anderson Weston.
Portrait of the singer and actress Anna Maria Crouch; three-quarter length portrait, seated under a cliff, lower body facing three-quarter to right, upper body turned and looking three-quarter to left, right hand on chest, book in left hand, necklace with a miniature portrait attached hung from neck; yacht on sea in distance to extreme right. Anna Maria Crouch (1763-1805), the singer and stage actress in the London theatres; she was, briefly, a mistress of George, Prince of Wales. Alexander Anderdon Weston (d. 1901) inherited a fine collection of English portraits after Reynolds and other artists, formed by his uncle James Hughes Anderdon.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 21 (a). De Vesme: 1063. Lugt 65.
[Ref: 29121] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
[G: Romney pinxit. F. Bartolozzi R:A: sculpt.]
[n.d. c.1788.]
Very rare stipple, proof before all letters. Plate 318 x 255mm (12½ x 10"). With the collector's mark of A. Anderson Weston.
Portrait of the singer and actress Anna Maria Crouch; three-quarter length portrait, seated under a cliff, lower body facing three-quarter to right, upper body turned and looking three-quarter to left, right hand on chest, book in left hand, necklace with a miniature portrait attached hung from neck; yacht on sea in distance to extreme right. Anna Maria Crouch (1763-1805), the singer and stage actress in the London theatres; she was, briefly, a mistress of George, Prince of Wales. Alexander Anderdon Weston (d. 1901) inherited a fine collection of English portraits after Reynolds and other artists, formed by his uncle James Hughes Anderdon.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 21 (a). De Vesme: 1063. Lugt 65.
[Ref: 29121] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
"The Gaffer." (Frank Curzon.) Vanity Fair Supplement.
Spy [monogram of Sir Leslie Ward in image.]
Hentschel-Colourtype, London. [1908.]
Chromolithograph with biographical sheet. 385 x 254mm. 15¼ x 10".
Frank Curzon (1868-1927) was an English actor who became an important theatre manager, leasing the Royal Strand Theatre, Avenue Theatre, Criterion Theatre, Comedy Theatre, Prince of Wales Theatre and Wyndham's Theatre, amongst others. Later in life, he became a very successful racehorse breeder, and in 1927 his horse Call Boy won the Epsom Derby. He was a keen golfer.
[Ref: 19249] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [monogram of Sir Leslie Ward in image.]
Hentschel-Colourtype, London. [1908.]
Chromolithograph with biographical sheet. 385 x 254mm. 15¼ x 10".
Frank Curzon (1868-1927) was an English actor who became an important theatre manager, leasing the Royal Strand Theatre, Avenue Theatre, Criterion Theatre, Comedy Theatre, Prince of Wales Theatre and Wyndham's Theatre, amongst others. Later in life, he became a very successful racehorse breeder, and in 1927 his horse Call Boy won the Epsom Derby. He was a keen golfer.
[Ref: 19249] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Madame Davis.
P.Lely pinxit. R.Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1675.]
Mezzotint. 335 x 247mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and laid on separate sheet repaired tear right side.
Mary 'Moll' Davis, playing a guitar. An actress and mistress of Charles II, her child Mary Tudor (1673-1726) married the second Earl of Derwentwater.
CS: 11: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 17006] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
P.Lely pinxit. R.Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1675.]
Mezzotint. 335 x 247mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and laid on separate sheet repaired tear right side.
Mary 'Moll' Davis, playing a guitar. An actress and mistress of Charles II, her child Mary Tudor (1673-1726) married the second Earl of Derwentwater.
CS: 11: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 17006] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Nancy Dawson.
James Watson fecit.
London, Printed for John Bowles, at N,,º 13 ~ Cornhill.
Very rare mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins. Mounted in album paper.
A half-length portrait of Nancy Dawson, stage name of Ann Newton (1730-67), an actress and dancer at Sadler's Wells, the Covent Garden Theatre and Drury Lane. She found fame in 1759 during a performance of the Beggar's Opera: the man who danced the hornpipe among the thieves fell ill and she replaced him, to the audience's delight. A song called 'The Ballad of Nancy Dawson', attributed to George Alexander Stevens, contains the lines, 'Her easy mien, her shape so neat, / She foots, she trips, she looks so sweet; / Her every motion's so complete, I die for Nancy Dawson'.
CS: 45., state ii.
[Ref: 61955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
James Watson fecit.
London, Printed for John Bowles, at N,,º 13 ~ Cornhill.
Very rare mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins. Mounted in album paper.
A half-length portrait of Nancy Dawson, stage name of Ann Newton (1730-67), an actress and dancer at Sadler's Wells, the Covent Garden Theatre and Drury Lane. She found fame in 1759 during a performance of the Beggar's Opera: the man who danced the hornpipe among the thieves fell ill and she replaced him, to the audience's delight. A song called 'The Ballad of Nancy Dawson', attributed to George Alexander Stevens, contains the lines, 'Her easy mien, her shape so neat, / She foots, she trips, she looks so sweet; / Her every motion's so complete, I die for Nancy Dawson'.
CS: 45., state ii.
[Ref: 61955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
M.me de Giuli Borsi.
V. Hess.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 268 x 202mm. 10½ x 8". Some foxing and staining, crease on right & top left.
Seated on a chair wearing arm-length gloves; she wears a bracelet and a cord around her neck that falls into her lap. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23680] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
V. Hess.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 268 x 202mm. 10½ x 8". Some foxing and staining, crease on right & top left.
Seated on a chair wearing arm-length gloves; she wears a bracelet and a cord around her neck that falls into her lap. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23680] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Teresa De Giuli Borsi. Cantante di Camera di S.M.il Re di Sardegna e di S.A.J. e Re il Granduca di Toscana.
H=Mibenten. [?]
[n.d. c.1855.]
Lithograph on india, rare, gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 343 x 254mm. 13½ x 10". Foxed.
Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23678] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
H=Mibenten. [?]
[n.d. c.1855.]
Lithograph on india, rare, gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 343 x 254mm. 13½ x 10". Foxed.
Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23678] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Teresa De Giuli Borsi.]](jpegs/23679.jpg)
[Teresa De Giuli Borsi.]
Ve. Hess [?]
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 299 x 235mm. 11¾ x 9¼". Foxed.
Seated on a chair with her arms folded in her lap, wearing a wedding ring; she was married to Carlo Antonio Borsi. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23679] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ve. Hess [?]
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 299 x 235mm. 11¾ x 9¼". Foxed.
Seated on a chair with her arms folded in her lap, wearing a wedding ring; she was married to Carlo Antonio Borsi. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23679] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Galerie de la Presse, de la Litterature & des Beaux Arts. M.lle Dejazet.
Chez Augbert gal. Vero-Dodat.
Imp d'Aubert & Co. [n.d., c.1830].
Lithograph with large margins. Sheet size: 290 x 225mm. (11½ x 8¾).
A portrait of Pauline Virginie Déjazet (1798 – 1875), a French actress, who made her first appearance on the stage at the age of five. It was not until 1820, when she began her enrollment with the recently founded Gymnase, that she gained recognition with parts which came to be known as 'Dejazets'. She played at the Theatre des Varietes and finally became manager. It was then renamed Theatre Dejazet. She took a touring company to London's Opera Comique in 1870. One of the great names of the French stage.
[Ref: 31676] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Chez Augbert gal. Vero-Dodat.
Imp d'Aubert & Co. [n.d., c.1830].
Lithograph with large margins. Sheet size: 290 x 225mm. (11½ x 8¾).
A portrait of Pauline Virginie Déjazet (1798 – 1875), a French actress, who made her first appearance on the stage at the age of five. It was not until 1820, when she began her enrollment with the recently founded Gymnase, that she gained recognition with parts which came to be known as 'Dejazets'. She played at the Theatre des Varietes and finally became manager. It was then renamed Theatre Dejazet. She took a touring company to London's Opera Comique in 1870. One of the great names of the French stage.
[Ref: 31676] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Denman in the Character of Mr. Grim-Gruffinhoff, In the Farce of Matrimony.
D. Ibbetson Delint.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 355 x 230mm. 14 x 9". Trimmed to plate, upper right corner missing.
A well-known actor in character, a semi-caricatured depiction.
[Ref: 10604] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
D. Ibbetson Delint.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 355 x 230mm. 14 x 9". Trimmed to plate, upper right corner missing.
A well-known actor in character, a semi-caricatured depiction.
[Ref: 10604] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Derivis. Acade Roy de Musique. Role d'Appins, dans Virginie.
Passaert del. Paul L. Sc.
A Paris chez Paul Legrand, Rue des Macons Sorbone No.16. [n.d., c.1820].
Stipple with large margins. Publisher's stamp in bottom right corner. Foundation Custodia ref: L.4291. Platemark: 200 x 155mm. (8 x 6"). Two pin holes to the top and bottom of printed area.
A portrait of Nicolas-Prosper Dérivis (1808 - 1880), a French operatic bass. He possessed a rich deep voice that had a great carrying power, and while he could easily assail heavy dramatic roles, he was also capable of executing difficult coloratura passages and performing more lyrical parts. Along with Nicolas Levasseur, he was one of the greatest French basses of his generation.
[Ref: 31677] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Passaert del. Paul L. Sc.
A Paris chez Paul Legrand, Rue des Macons Sorbone No.16. [n.d., c.1820].
Stipple with large margins. Publisher's stamp in bottom right corner. Foundation Custodia ref: L.4291. Platemark: 200 x 155mm. (8 x 6"). Two pin holes to the top and bottom of printed area.
A portrait of Nicolas-Prosper Dérivis (1808 - 1880), a French operatic bass. He possessed a rich deep voice that had a great carrying power, and while he could easily assail heavy dramatic roles, he was also capable of executing difficult coloratura passages and performing more lyrical parts. Along with Nicolas Levasseur, he was one of the greatest French basses of his generation.
[Ref: 31677] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Charlote Desmares.
Lepicie Sculp 1733.
A Paris chez Louis Surugue graveur du Rue des Noyers...[imprint faint]. Avec privilege du Roy.
Engraving, laid paper. Unclear collector's stamp on verso. Image 405 x 285mm. 16 x 11¼". Cut to image, slight stain.
Portrait of French actress and comedienne Christine Antoinette Charlotte Desmares (1682 - 1753); in oval masonry fame on a pedestal lettered with four-line tribute. She is in costume, holding dagger and comic mask in left hand. Two collector's stamps to verso. After Charles Antoine Coypel (1694 - 1752).
[Ref: 23459] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Lepicie Sculp 1733.
A Paris chez Louis Surugue graveur du Rue des Noyers...[imprint faint]. Avec privilege du Roy.
Engraving, laid paper. Unclear collector's stamp on verso. Image 405 x 285mm. 16 x 11¼". Cut to image, slight stain.
Portrait of French actress and comedienne Christine Antoinette Charlotte Desmares (1682 - 1753); in oval masonry fame on a pedestal lettered with four-line tribute. She is in costume, holding dagger and comic mask in left hand. Two collector's stamps to verso. After Charles Antoine Coypel (1694 - 1752).
[Ref: 23459] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Mdme. Rose Didelot, in the Character of Calypso, in the Ballet of Telemachus. Composed by Mr. Dauberval.
Cha.s Henard del.t. Conde & Reynolds sculp.t.
[London & Paris, c.1794.]
Colour-printed mezzotint, on Whatman paper watermarked 1794. 520 x 410mm (20½ x 16").
Rose Didelot (active 1796 - 1806), wife of Charles Louis Didelot. A talented ballerina, she was a rival of Parisot, although the three appeared togeather in a performance of 'Alonzo e Caro' at the Opera in 1796, causing a scandal with their scanty costumes .
[Ref: 3166] £1,400.00
Cha.s Henard del.t. Conde & Reynolds sculp.t.
[London & Paris, c.1794.]
Colour-printed mezzotint, on Whatman paper watermarked 1794. 520 x 410mm (20½ x 16").
Rose Didelot (active 1796 - 1806), wife of Charles Louis Didelot. A talented ballerina, she was a rival of Parisot, although the three appeared togeather in a performance of 'Alonzo e Caro' at the Opera in 1796, causing a scandal with their scanty costumes .
[Ref: 3166] £1,400.00
Mr. Dodd.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression with very large margins, uncut.
The prominent Georgian actor, James William Dodd (1740?-1796), engraved Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), as part of a series of small portraits of actors.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection; CS 1 iii/iii. For individual portraits see refs. 36694-5.
[Ref: 36816] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression with very large margins, uncut.
The prominent Georgian actor, James William Dodd (1740?-1796), engraved Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), as part of a series of small portraits of actors.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection; CS 1 iii/iii. For individual portraits see refs. 36694-5.
[Ref: 36816] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Dodd.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread margins.
James William Dodd (c.1740-1796), actor. Dodd became a strolling player aged sixteen, and acted in Sheffield, Norfolk and Bath before Garrick recruited him for his Drury Lane company in 1765. Dodd was to remain at Drury Lane for the next thirty years, and while he never challenged Tom King as the principal comedian of the company, he was respected by audiences and colleagues. More problematic was his private life: his indiscretions with Covent Garden actress Mary Bulkley caused scandal and his fledgling attempts at management were jeopardised by his rudeness and attempts to seduce young actresses. Physically Dodd was very small, and described as having a 'white, calf-like stupid face'. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36694] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread margins.
James William Dodd (c.1740-1796), actor. Dodd became a strolling player aged sixteen, and acted in Sheffield, Norfolk and Bath before Garrick recruited him for his Drury Lane company in 1765. Dodd was to remain at Drury Lane for the next thirty years, and while he never challenged Tom King as the principal comedian of the company, he was respected by audiences and colleagues. More problematic was his private life: his indiscretions with Covent Garden actress Mary Bulkley caused scandal and his fledgling attempts at management were jeopardised by his rudeness and attempts to seduce young actresses. Physically Dodd was very small, and described as having a 'white, calf-like stupid face'. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36694] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Dunlap.]](jpegs/9908.jpg)
[William Dunlap.]
Max Rosenthal Sc. 1897. [Signed in pencil lower right.] Charles C. Ingham, N.A. Pinx.
Engraved for the Dunlap Society [c.1897]. From the painting in the National Academy of Design, New York.
Mezzotint, signed engraver's proof on india laid paper, numbered '221' in pencil. 175 x 125mm, 7 x 5". Tear from left sheet edge.
William Dunlap (1766 - 1839) was a pioneer of the American theatre. He was a producer, playwright, and actor, as well as a historian. He managed two of New York's earliest and most prominent theaters, the John Street Theatre (from 1796-98) and the Park Theatre (from 1798-1805). He was also an artist, despite losing an eye in childhood.
[Ref: 9908] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Max Rosenthal Sc. 1897. [Signed in pencil lower right.] Charles C. Ingham, N.A. Pinx.
Engraved for the Dunlap Society [c.1897]. From the painting in the National Academy of Design, New York.
Mezzotint, signed engraver's proof on india laid paper, numbered '221' in pencil. 175 x 125mm, 7 x 5". Tear from left sheet edge.
William Dunlap (1766 - 1839) was a pioneer of the American theatre. He was a producer, playwright, and actor, as well as a historian. He managed two of New York's earliest and most prominent theaters, the John Street Theatre (from 1796-98) and the Park Theatre (from 1798-1805). He was also an artist, despite losing an eye in childhood.
[Ref: 9908] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Alessandrina Duprez. [All'udire l'eccelso tuo canto, Tutti provan si dolce un incanto, Al veder la tua gioia il tuo viso, Come fosser rapiti in Eliso.]
Raf. Fidanza f.
[E.I. D.D.D. Roma Lit. Rosi. Carnevale 1834.]
Lithograph on album page. 210 x 140mm. 8¼ x 5½". Cut.
Alessandrina Duprez (179?-185?); little is known of this singer however publications show her as an active soloist at Il Teatro La Pergola in Florence, during the 1830s.
In the Archivi di Teatro Napoli.
[Ref: 23685] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Raf. Fidanza f.
[E.I. D.D.D. Roma Lit. Rosi. Carnevale 1834.]
Lithograph on album page. 210 x 140mm. 8¼ x 5½". Cut.
Alessandrina Duprez (179?-185?); little is known of this singer however publications show her as an active soloist at Il Teatro La Pergola in Florence, during the 1830s.
In the Archivi di Teatro Napoli.
[Ref: 23685] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Mlle. Duthé. Le Menuet. 4. L'Opera.
Guérard del. E. Desmaisons lith.
Paris, publié par J. Bulla et F. Delarue, 10 rue JJ Rousseau. Imp. Lemercier. London pub.15 June 1844 by the Anaglyphic Company, 25 Berners St. Oxford St.
Fine coloured lithograph, rare. 325 x 249mm. 12¾ x 9¾". Cut.
Catherine-Rosalie Gerard Duthé (1748-1830) was a celebrated French courtesan. After quitting a French convent, she became the mistress of wealthy English financier George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont. She then became a dancer at the Paris Opera Ballet. From 'Les annales de l'Opéra ou Recueil des premières danseuses'.
[Ref: 23937] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Guérard del. E. Desmaisons lith.
Paris, publié par J. Bulla et F. Delarue, 10 rue JJ Rousseau. Imp. Lemercier. London pub.15 June 1844 by the Anaglyphic Company, 25 Berners St. Oxford St.
Fine coloured lithograph, rare. 325 x 249mm. 12¾ x 9¾". Cut.
Catherine-Rosalie Gerard Duthé (1748-1830) was a celebrated French courtesan. After quitting a French convent, she became the mistress of wealthy English financier George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont. She then became a dancer at the Paris Opera Ballet. From 'Les annales de l'Opéra ou Recueil des premières danseuses'.
[Ref: 23937] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mademoiselle Duvernay, Dancing the Cachoucha. Presented with No. 1 of the Wonder, June 24th 1837.
A rare lithograph. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"), large margins. Bottom right corner rebuilt, outside image.
A portrait of popular ballerina Pauline Duvernay (1812-1894), shown in the role of Florinda, the heroine of Jean Caralli's 'Le Diable Boîteux'. The Cachoucha, a Spanish dance with origins in Cuba, is the highlight of the ballet. Duvernay was one of Queen Victoria's favourite dancers.
[Ref: 59161] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A rare lithograph. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"), large margins. Bottom right corner rebuilt, outside image.
A portrait of popular ballerina Pauline Duvernay (1812-1894), shown in the role of Florinda, the heroine of Jean Caralli's 'Le Diable Boîteux'. The Cachoucha, a Spanish dance with origins in Cuba, is the highlight of the ballet. Duvernay was one of Queen Victoria's favourite dancers.
[Ref: 59161] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pauline Duvernay.
A.E. Chalon R.A. R.J. Lane A.R.A.
[London: J. Mitchell, 1837.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 310 x 230mm. 12¼ x 9". Creasing; margins trimmed.
Pauline (Yolande Marie Louise) Duvernay (1813 - 1894), dancer, looking over her right shoulder, in costume, holding castanets; in the first London production of "Le Diable Boîteux" ("The Devil on Two Sticks", i.e. crutches), 1836, choreographed by Jean Coralli. Duvernay retired the following year, aged 25 and at the height of her career, to marry Stephens Lyne-Stephens, M.P., thought to be the richest commoner in England at that time. By Richard James Lane, after Alfred Edward Chalon (1780 - 1860).
Harvard p.402, 1.
[Ref: 24287] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A.E. Chalon R.A. R.J. Lane A.R.A.
[London: J. Mitchell, 1837.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 310 x 230mm. 12¼ x 9". Creasing; margins trimmed.
Pauline (Yolande Marie Louise) Duvernay (1813 - 1894), dancer, looking over her right shoulder, in costume, holding castanets; in the first London production of "Le Diable Boîteux" ("The Devil on Two Sticks", i.e. crutches), 1836, choreographed by Jean Coralli. Duvernay retired the following year, aged 25 and at the height of her career, to marry Stephens Lyne-Stephens, M.P., thought to be the richest commoner in England at that time. By Richard James Lane, after Alfred Edward Chalon (1780 - 1860).
Harvard p.402, 1.
[Ref: 24287] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Mathias Flecksippl, faisant le bel humeur aux jours maigres. 28
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
A dwarf comic actor, a broken jug on his head, carrying a shepherd's crook. Plate 28 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/28
[Ref: 37564] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
A dwarf comic actor, a broken jug on his head, carrying a shepherd's crook. Plate 28 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/28
[Ref: 37564] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Malper Höllriglin... 32
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Malper Höllriglin as an angry landlady with a burning piece of wood. Plate 32 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/32.
[Ref: 37566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Malper Höllriglin as an angry landlady with a burning piece of wood. Plate 32 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/32.
[Ref: 37566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Bertraüd Knörtzlin, Baÿerischen Diern. 42
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Bertraüd Knörtzlin carrying a chopping knife and basket of radishes making an obscene gesture with the other hand. Plate 42 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
[Ref: 37565] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Bertraüd Knörtzlin carrying a chopping knife and basket of radishes making an obscene gesture with the other hand. Plate 42 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
[Ref: 37565] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sophia Luxuria, General Staals leib mäscherin der gestusten... 30
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Privil. S.C.M. [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
Sophia Luxuria, a dwarf actress, wearing military coat and hat, a sword at her feet. Plate 30 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/30
[Ref: 37563] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Privil. S.C.M. [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
Sophia Luxuria, a dwarf actress, wearing military coat and hat, a sword at her feet. Plate 30 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/30
[Ref: 37563] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Hanss Görge Prijann, gebohrner Donnerhüdt, von Scanderbeg aüs einer bastardirt Rottmeister der waghältz u.eisenfresser, Catharina, köpffer und Bluth gurgln contra Champmerdant 33
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Hanss Görge Prijann as a fierce officer with a raised sword. Plate 33 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/33.
[Ref: 37569] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Hanss Görge Prijann as a fierce officer with a raised sword. Plate 33 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/33.
[Ref: 37569] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Eckhardt genannt Koch. Regisseur des K.K: Hof Burgtheaters.
Lieder lithog: 1824. Lith: Inst in Wien.
Lithograph. 297 x 235mm. 11¾ x 9¼". Foxing. Glue staining in the corners.
Siegfried Gotthilf Eckhardt (1754-1831), actor and director. From 1798 he was a tragic and comic actor at the Vienna Burgtheatre.
[Ref: 16511] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Lieder lithog: 1824. Lith: Inst in Wien.
Lithograph. 297 x 235mm. 11¾ x 9¼". Foxing. Glue staining in the corners.
Siegfried Gotthilf Eckhardt (1754-1831), actor and director. From 1798 he was a tragic and comic actor at the Vienna Burgtheatre.
[Ref: 16511] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Fanny Elssler. Florinde.
Edwin D. Smith. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Nov. 1 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Francesca "Fanny" Cerrito as a water sprite, the title role of 'Ondine, ou La naïade', a ballet with choreography by Jules Perrot and music by Cesare Pugni. Cerrito (11 May 1817 – 6 May 1909) was one of the few 19th century ballerinas who also gained acceptance as a choreographer. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 49518] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Edwin D. Smith. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Nov. 1 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Francesca "Fanny" Cerrito as a water sprite, the title role of 'Ondine, ou La naïade', a ballet with choreography by Jules Perrot and music by Cesare Pugni. Cerrito (11 May 1817 – 6 May 1909) was one of the few 19th century ballerinas who also gained acceptance as a choreographer. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 49518] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Emery, (Son of the Late Celebrated John Emery) as John Peerybingle in Cha.s Dickens' admired Drama of the Cricket on the Hearth.
T.H. Wilson del.
Madeley, lith, 3 Wellington St. Strand.
A rare lithograph, signed in ink on right. Sheet: 420 x 255mm (16½ x 10"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Samuel Anderson Emery (1814-1881) in the role of John Perrybingle.
[Ref: 46853] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
T.H. Wilson del.
Madeley, lith, 3 Wellington St. Strand.
A rare lithograph, signed in ink on right. Sheet: 420 x 255mm (16½ x 10"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Samuel Anderson Emery (1814-1881) in the role of John Perrybingle.
[Ref: 46853] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Esslair. K. Bayer. Hofschauspieler.
München bey Hermann u. Barth. [Publisher's oval blindstamp underneath:] H & B.
Lithograph. 368 x 280mm. 14½ x 11".
Ferdinand Esslair (1772-1840) was an Austro-German actor of Slavonian Silesian origin. He turned first to a military career before descovering his acting abilities in Innsbruck in 1795. He travelled around performing in Stuttgart, Augsburg, Strasbourg and Salzburg. From 1801 to 1806 he acted as director in Nuremburg.
[Ref: 16563] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
München bey Hermann u. Barth. [Publisher's oval blindstamp underneath:] H & B.
Lithograph. 368 x 280mm. 14½ x 11".
Ferdinand Esslair (1772-1840) was an Austro-German actor of Slavonian Silesian origin. He turned first to a military career before descovering his acting abilities in Innsbruck in 1795. He travelled around performing in Stuttgart, Augsburg, Strasbourg and Salzburg. From 1801 to 1806 he acted as director in Nuremburg.
[Ref: 16563] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Fanny Essler.
Alexandre Lacauchie, Lith de Rigo frères, Pass, Saulnier, 19.
Publié par Marchant, 12, Boulol. St. Martin.
Lithograph. 248 x 159mm. 9¾" x 6¼". Some spotting.
Fanny Essler (1810-1884, Vienna), ballet dancer.
[Ref: 8500] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Alexandre Lacauchie, Lith de Rigo frères, Pass, Saulnier, 19.
Publié par Marchant, 12, Boulol. St. Martin.
Lithograph. 248 x 159mm. 9¾" x 6¼". Some spotting.
Fanny Essler (1810-1884, Vienna), ballet dancer.
[Ref: 8500] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Fanny Essler.
Lith. Rigo Fs. Pass. Saulnier, 19. Alexandre. Lacauchie.
Paris, Publie par Marchand. [n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. 321 x 246mm. 12¾ x 9¾". Staining to the margins.
Fanny Elssler (1810-1884), born Franziska Elssler, was an Austrian ballerina. From her earliest years she was trained for the ballet, and made her appearance at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna before she was seven. She almost invariably danced with her sister Theresa, who was two years her senior; the sisters studied dancing with Jean-Pierre Aumer and Freiedrich Horschelt beginning when Fanny was nine years old, also traveling to Naples to study with the great Gaetano Gioja. After some years experience together in Vienna, the two went in 1827 to Naples. It was conspicuously in her performance of the Spanish La Cachucha that Elssler outshone all rivals. In 1840 she sailed with her sister for New York, and after two years unmixed success they returned to Europe. While in New York City, Fanny dined with and was escorted by John Van Buren, son of the President of the United States, Martin Van Buren. During the following five years Fanny appeared in Germany, Austria, France, England and Russia. In 1845, she refused to perform along with her rivals Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito and Lucile Grahn in Jules Perrot's Pas de Quatre in London.
[Ref: 12952] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. Rigo Fs. Pass. Saulnier, 19. Alexandre. Lacauchie.
Paris, Publie par Marchand. [n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. 321 x 246mm. 12¾ x 9¾". Staining to the margins.
Fanny Elssler (1810-1884), born Franziska Elssler, was an Austrian ballerina. From her earliest years she was trained for the ballet, and made her appearance at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna before she was seven. She almost invariably danced with her sister Theresa, who was two years her senior; the sisters studied dancing with Jean-Pierre Aumer and Freiedrich Horschelt beginning when Fanny was nine years old, also traveling to Naples to study with the great Gaetano Gioja. After some years experience together in Vienna, the two went in 1827 to Naples. It was conspicuously in her performance of the Spanish La Cachucha that Elssler outshone all rivals. In 1840 she sailed with her sister for New York, and after two years unmixed success they returned to Europe. While in New York City, Fanny dined with and was escorted by John Van Buren, son of the President of the United States, Martin Van Buren. During the following five years Fanny appeared in Germany, Austria, France, England and Russia. In 1845, she refused to perform along with her rivals Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito and Lucile Grahn in Jules Perrot's Pas de Quatre in London.
[Ref: 12952] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Blanche Fane.]](jpegs/8713.jpg)
[Blanche Fane.]
Painted by James Edgell Collins Printed by Lemercier, Paris Lithographed by Léon-Noel.
Published by Henry Graves and Co. Publishers to the Queen. 6 Pall Mall March 1856.
Lithograph, 540 x 400mm. 21¼ x 15¾". Some foxing outside printed area.
Actress Blanche Fane, playing Gertrude in 'The Little Treasure', half-length, head turned slightly to the right.
[Ref: 8713] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by James Edgell Collins Printed by Lemercier, Paris Lithographed by Léon-Noel.
Published by Henry Graves and Co. Publishers to the Queen. 6 Pall Mall March 1856.
Lithograph, 540 x 400mm. 21¼ x 15¾". Some foxing outside printed area.
Actress Blanche Fane, playing Gertrude in 'The Little Treasure', half-length, head turned slightly to the right.
[Ref: 8713] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Farren.
T. Lawrence Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t R.A. Engraver to his Majesty.
Publish'd Jan.y 1. 1792 by Bull & Jeffryes Ludgate Hill London
Stipple engraving, 560 x 360mm. 22 x 14".
Elizabeth (née Farren, 1759-1829), actress. She performed most frequently at the Drury Lane and Haymarket theatres following her London debut in 1777. In 1797 she married Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, by whom she had a son and two daughters. Thomas Lawrence's portrait (from which this engraving was made) was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1790 with the catalogue description 'Portrait of an Actress', to which Farren took exception. The portrait is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
NPG D17080.
[Ref: 12822] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
T. Lawrence Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t R.A. Engraver to his Majesty.
Publish'd Jan.y 1. 1792 by Bull & Jeffryes Ludgate Hill London
Stipple engraving, 560 x 360mm. 22 x 14".
Elizabeth (née Farren, 1759-1829), actress. She performed most frequently at the Drury Lane and Haymarket theatres following her London debut in 1777. In 1797 she married Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, by whom she had a son and two daughters. Thomas Lawrence's portrait (from which this engraving was made) was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1790 with the catalogue description 'Portrait of an Actress', to which Farren took exception. The portrait is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
NPG D17080.
[Ref: 12822] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Farren in the Character of Hermione. Winter's Tale, Act V.
Johann. Zoffany pinxt. E: Fisher Sculpt.
Publish'd July 15th: 1781, by Mess:rs Sayer & Bennett, Printsellers, No: 53, Fleet Street, & E. Fisher, No.11, Ludgate Street.
Mezzotint. Plate 603 x 406mm. 23¾ x 16". Creasing and repaired tear lower left, and centre left. Creasing to upper right corner. Damaged but still charming image.
Elizabeth Farren (1759-1829), actress and Countess of Derby. She performed most frequently at both the Drury Lane and Haymarket Theatres following her London debut in 1777. Here she is seen as Hermione in Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale".
Harvard: 21.p.359. CS: 17, ii of ii. From the Stapleford Park Collection.
[Ref: 19625] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Johann. Zoffany pinxt. E: Fisher Sculpt.
Publish'd July 15th: 1781, by Mess:rs Sayer & Bennett, Printsellers, No: 53, Fleet Street, & E. Fisher, No.11, Ludgate Street.
Mezzotint. Plate 603 x 406mm. 23¾ x 16". Creasing and repaired tear lower left, and centre left. Creasing to upper right corner. Damaged but still charming image.
Elizabeth Farren (1759-1829), actress and Countess of Derby. She performed most frequently at both the Drury Lane and Haymarket Theatres following her London debut in 1777. Here she is seen as Hermione in Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale".
Harvard: 21.p.359. CS: 17, ii of ii. From the Stapleford Park Collection.
[Ref: 19625] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs. Theodore Martin. (Helen Faucit.)
Painted by R. Lehmann. Engraved by F. Joubert
London: Published Jan. 1st 1875 by Goupil & Co. (Successors to Holloway & Son) 25 Bedford Street, Strand _ Copyright Registered.
Engraving on india, platemark 530 x 400mm (21 x 15¾"), with large margins.
Helen Faucit (1814-98), actress. Widely admired (the writer Thomas de Quincey compared her to Helen of Troy), Carol J. Carlisle concludes in her DNB entry that Faucit's acting, 'though not ‘great’ in the Siddons tradition (exciting by apparently superhuman power and grandeur), has probably been unexcelled in its artistic, interpretive, and emotional effectiveness'. Engraving after the painting by Rudolf Lehmann, German artist who portrayed many British luminaries in literature and the arts, now in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Not in Harvard. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 47079] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by R. Lehmann. Engraved by F. Joubert
London: Published Jan. 1st 1875 by Goupil & Co. (Successors to Holloway & Son) 25 Bedford Street, Strand _ Copyright Registered.
Engraving on india, platemark 530 x 400mm (21 x 15¾"), with large margins.
Helen Faucit (1814-98), actress. Widely admired (the writer Thomas de Quincey compared her to Helen of Troy), Carol J. Carlisle concludes in her DNB entry that Faucit's acting, 'though not ‘great’ in the Siddons tradition (exciting by apparently superhuman power and grandeur), has probably been unexcelled in its artistic, interpretive, and emotional effectiveness'. Engraving after the painting by Rudolf Lehmann, German artist who portrayed many British luminaries in literature and the arts, now in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Not in Harvard. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 47079] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Justine Favart] Marie-Justine-Benoît-Duroncerai](jpegs/62536.jpg)
[Justine Favart] Marie-Justine-Benoît-Duroncerai Epouse de M.r Favart Pensionnaire du Roi, reçu a la Comedie Italienne en 1752, Dans la Piece Des Trois Sultanes de M. Favart, Role de Roxelane.
Simonet del. Prunau sculp.
[n.d., c.1752.]
Rare etching. Sheet 280 x 185mm (11 x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of Justine Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727-72), playing the harp in the role of Roxelane in The Three Sultanas, written by her husband, Charles Simon Favart. An operatic singer, actress, playwright and dancer, Justine caught the attention of Maurice, comte de Saxe, a Marshal of France and her husband's patron. When he began to making advances, Charles was forced to flee so that Justine could be established as Maurice's mistress. When the marshal realised she was fickle, she was confined in a convent until she surrendered herself. Soon afterwards, in 1750, the marshal died and Favarts could resume their careers. This print was published two years later.
[Ref: 62536] £320.00
Simonet del. Prunau sculp.
[n.d., c.1752.]
Rare etching. Sheet 280 x 185mm (11 x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of Justine Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727-72), playing the harp in the role of Roxelane in The Three Sultanas, written by her husband, Charles Simon Favart. An operatic singer, actress, playwright and dancer, Justine caught the attention of Maurice, comte de Saxe, a Marshal of France and her husband's patron. When he began to making advances, Charles was forced to flee so that Justine could be established as Maurice's mistress. When the marshal realised she was fickle, she was confined in a convent until she surrendered herself. Soon afterwards, in 1750, the marshal died and Favarts could resume their careers. This print was published two years later.
[Ref: 62536] £320.00
Miss Fenton. While Crowds attentive sit to Polly's Voice...
J. Ellys Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill. [n.d., but post 1768.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10") with large margins.
Oval portrait of the actress Lavinia Fenton (1708-60), with verse praising her performance as the original Polly Peachum in John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera', January 1728. In April she ran off with Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton; Gay wrote to Jonathan Swift: ''The Duke of Bolton, I hear, has run away with Polly Peachum, having settled £400 a year on her during pleasure, and upon disagreement £200 a year''. After waiting for the first duchess's death, Lavinia finally married him in 1751. Originally engraved in 1728, this example was printed after Bowles moved to 13 Cornhill in 1768.
CS 127, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 48126] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Ellys Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill. [n.d., but post 1768.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10") with large margins.
Oval portrait of the actress Lavinia Fenton (1708-60), with verse praising her performance as the original Polly Peachum in John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera', January 1728. In April she ran off with Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton; Gay wrote to Jonathan Swift: ''The Duke of Bolton, I hear, has run away with Polly Peachum, having settled £400 a year on her during pleasure, and upon disagreement £200 a year''. After waiting for the first duchess's death, Lavinia finally married him in 1751. Originally engraved in 1728, this example was printed after Bowles moved to 13 Cornhill in 1768.
CS 127, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 48126] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Kitty Fischer.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Glued to album page at corners.
Catherine Maria ('Kitty') Fisher (d.1767) as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl. Although originally a milliner, she became an aspiring actress known for her beauty, wit, daring horsemanship and high-profile affairs with men of wealth. She was a favourite model of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Chaloner Smith: 53a, II of II. Hamilton: p.98, III of III. Goodwin: 10, II of II. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7876] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Glued to album page at corners.
Catherine Maria ('Kitty') Fisher (d.1767) as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl. Although originally a milliner, she became an aspiring actress known for her beauty, wit, daring horsemanship and high-profile affairs with men of wealth. She was a favourite model of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Chaloner Smith: 53a, II of II. Hamilton: p.98, III of III. Goodwin: 10, II of II. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7876] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Joannes Fletcher Episcopi Lond. Fili 9. Honoratiss Dno. Dno. Johanni Vicecomiti Percival &c. Hanc Tabulam ad Archetypum expressam.
Geo: Vertue Sculp. 1729. Humillime D.D.D. G. Vertue.
Engraving. Plate 366 x 242mm. Sheet 461 x 332mm. Fine.
John Fletcher (1579-1625) was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; both during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivaled Shakespeare's. Though his reputation has been eclipsed since, Fletcher remains an important transitional figure between the Elizabethan popular tradition and the popular drama of the Restoration.
[Ref: 12640] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Geo: Vertue Sculp. 1729. Humillime D.D.D. G. Vertue.
Engraving. Plate 366 x 242mm. Sheet 461 x 332mm. Fine.
John Fletcher (1579-1625) was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; both during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivaled Shakespeare's. Though his reputation has been eclipsed since, Fletcher remains an important transitional figure between the Elizabethan popular tradition and the popular drama of the Restoration.
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Buck Metamorphos'd Or Mr. Foote in the Character of the Englishman return'd from Paris.
Drawn & Engrav'd by Gab.l Smith.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, sheet 345 x 285mm (13½ x 11¼"). Trimmed into lower part of plate. Horizontal centre crease, slightly soiled; laid to conservation backing.
Buck is shown wearing the latest 'French' fashions, including large fur muff, wig with pointed sides, mis-matched tights, and coat with over-sized cuffs. Two Englishmen in traditional dress smirk at him. A scene from 'The Englishman Returned from Paris', by actor and dramatist Samuel Foote (1720 - 1777), which premiered at Covent Garden in 1756. A rare print, by the engraver Gabriel Smith (1724 - c.1783).
[Ref: 13292] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engrav'd by Gab.l Smith.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, sheet 345 x 285mm (13½ x 11¼"). Trimmed into lower part of plate. Horizontal centre crease, slightly soiled; laid to conservation backing.
Buck is shown wearing the latest 'French' fashions, including large fur muff, wig with pointed sides, mis-matched tights, and coat with over-sized cuffs. Two Englishmen in traditional dress smirk at him. A scene from 'The Englishman Returned from Paris', by actor and dramatist Samuel Foote (1720 - 1777), which premiered at Covent Garden in 1756. A rare print, by the engraver Gabriel Smith (1724 - c.1783).
[Ref: 13292] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Foote in the Character of Smirk, of the Auctioneer taken off.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Etching. 175 x 198mm (7 x 7¾"). Some soiling.
Samuel Foote (1720-1777), an English dramatist, actor and theatre manager with an extraordinary gift as mimicry. He played Mr Smirk, a faux-auctioneer, in 'The Minor, 1760, one of his farces or 'comedies', in which he often performed more than one character.
Harvard Volume II. p.49: 36.
[Ref: 21014] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1780.]
Etching. 175 x 198mm (7 x 7¾"). Some soiling.
Samuel Foote (1720-1777), an English dramatist, actor and theatre manager with an extraordinary gift as mimicry. He played Mr Smirk, a faux-auctioneer, in 'The Minor, 1760, one of his farces or 'comedies', in which he often performed more than one character.
Harvard Volume II. p.49: 36.
[Ref: 21014] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon, in the Mayor of Garratt]](jpegs/46860.jpg)
[Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon, in the Mayor of Garratt]
J. Zoffany pinx.t J.G. Haid fec.t
Publish'd as ye Act directs Aug.st 1.st 1765 by J. Boydell in Cheapside
A rare proof mezzotint, platemark 430 x 510mm (17 x 20"). Repaired tear to top edge. Small margins.
Scene from Samuel Foote's play 'Mayor of Garratt', set in the hamlet of Garratt in Wandsworth, south-west of London. The plot centres around Foote's character Major Sturgeon, a Citizen and Fishmonger who is also a Major in the Middlesex Militia. Engraving after a painting by Johann Zoffany presumably commissioned by Foote, who left it in his will to William Fitzherbert, one of his executors.
CS 2; O'D 17; Lennox-Boyd 14 ii/iii. For a similar theatrical scene after Zoffany see ref. 27516.
[Ref: 46860] £480.00
J. Zoffany pinx.t J.G. Haid fec.t
Publish'd as ye Act directs Aug.st 1.st 1765 by J. Boydell in Cheapside
A rare proof mezzotint, platemark 430 x 510mm (17 x 20"). Repaired tear to top edge. Small margins.
Scene from Samuel Foote's play 'Mayor of Garratt', set in the hamlet of Garratt in Wandsworth, south-west of London. The plot centres around Foote's character Major Sturgeon, a Citizen and Fishmonger who is also a Major in the Middlesex Militia. Engraving after a painting by Johann Zoffany presumably commissioned by Foote, who left it in his will to William Fitzherbert, one of his executors.
CS 2; O'D 17; Lennox-Boyd 14 ii/iii. For a similar theatrical scene after Zoffany see ref. 27516.
[Ref: 46860] £480.00
J. Forbes-Robertson. [Pencil lower right:] Yours truly, J. Forbes-Robertson. May 1913.
From a Painting by George Harcourt. Photogravure by Annans, Glasgow.
[1913.]
Photogravure, signed in pencil. Plate 570 x 305mm. 22½ x 12". Laid on board.
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) was an English actor and theatre manager. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the nineteenth century and one of the finest actors of his time.
[Ref: 22948] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
From a Painting by George Harcourt. Photogravure by Annans, Glasgow.
[1913.]
Photogravure, signed in pencil. Plate 570 x 305mm. 22½ x 12". Laid on board.
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) was an English actor and theatre manager. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the nineteenth century and one of the finest actors of his time.
[Ref: 22948] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![L. Fornasari. [Facsimile signature below.]](jpegs/9928.jpg)
L. Fornasari. [Facsimile signature below.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph, sheet 425 x 290mm. 16¾ x 11½". Some foxing. Sheet trimmed.
Luciano Fornasari, bass singer whose American debut was in 1832 at the Richmond Hill Theatre, New York City.
Harvard Theatre Collection: pg.54, 1.
[Ref: 9928] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph, sheet 425 x 290mm. 16¾ x 11½". Some foxing. Sheet trimmed.
Luciano Fornasari, bass singer whose American debut was in 1832 at the Richmond Hill Theatre, New York City.
Harvard Theatre Collection: pg.54, 1.
[Ref: 9928] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Augusta Fuchs] Quadrilles. From Auber's Celebrated Opera, Le Dieu et la Bayadére._](jpegs/53233.jpg)
[Augusta Fuchs] Quadrilles. From Auber's Celebrated Opera, Le Dieu et la Bayadére._ Respectfully dedicated to Mad.lle Augusta, by S.M.
N. Currier's Lith. N.Y.
New York. Published by James L. Hewitt & Co, 239 Broadway. [n.d., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). With music-seller's ink stamp, mount burn.
A music cover with a portrait of Mademoiselle Augusta (Caroline Augusta Josephine Thérèse Fuchs, 1806-1901) en pointe. Born in France, she debuted in London in 1833, toured America with great success, starring in 'Le Dieu et la Bayadére' in 1836, 'La Sylphide' in 1838 and 'Giselle' in 1858. On her marriage she became Comtesse de Saint-James and died at the age of 95.
[Ref: 53233] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
N. Currier's Lith. N.Y.
New York. Published by James L. Hewitt & Co, 239 Broadway. [n.d., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). With music-seller's ink stamp, mount burn.
A music cover with a portrait of Mademoiselle Augusta (Caroline Augusta Josephine Thérèse Fuchs, 1806-1901) en pointe. Born in France, she debuted in London in 1833, toured America with great success, starring in 'Le Dieu et la Bayadére' in 1836, 'La Sylphide' in 1838 and 'Giselle' in 1858. On her marriage she became Comtesse de Saint-James and died at the age of 95.
[Ref: 53233] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Joseph Furttenbach] Vera Effigies Viri Nobilissimi et Prudentissimi Dn. Josephi Furtenbachi,](jpegs/62203.jpg)
[Joseph Furttenbach] Vera Effigies Viri Nobilissimi et Prudentissimi Dn. Josephi Furtenbachi, Reipubl. Ulm. Senatoris et Architecti Ingeniosissimi, debiti honoris, et gratitudinis ergo, picta et oblata, ab Andrea Schuch, Pictor. A.º M.D.C.L.I. Ætat 60.
Melchir Küsell fec. [after Andreas Schuch]
[n.d., c.1661.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 235 x 150mm (9¼ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border at sides, mounted in album paper.
A three-quarter portait of Joseph Furttenbach the Elder (1591-1667), a German architect, mathematician, engineer and diarist, who had a particular interest in theatre and stage design. His building designs included a hospital, waterworks system, schoolhouse and theatre.
Collector's stamp of Comte C. W. de Renesse-Breidbach (1776-1833), Belgian soldier and politician on back (Lugt 1209).
[Ref: 62203] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Melchir Küsell fec. [after Andreas Schuch]
[n.d., c.1661.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 235 x 150mm (9¼ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border at sides, mounted in album paper.
A three-quarter portait of Joseph Furttenbach the Elder (1591-1667), a German architect, mathematician, engineer and diarist, who had a particular interest in theatre and stage design. His building designs included a hospital, waterworks system, schoolhouse and theatre.
Collector's stamp of Comte C. W. de Renesse-Breidbach (1776-1833), Belgian soldier and politician on back (Lugt 1209).
[Ref: 62203] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Gabriella di Vergy. Ballo Gabriella di Vergy. Cost. Francesi No.5.
Milano presso l'incisore Stucchi. [n.d. c.1830.]
Coloured aquatint. Plate 236 x 171mm (9¼ x 6¾").
Costume for Gabriella di Vergy, an opera seria in two acts by Donizetti, written in 1826 and revised in 1838. After Donizetti's death, his Gabriella di Vergy finally received its first performance on 29 November 1869 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples with the title of Gabriella.
[Ref: 52452] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Milano presso l'incisore Stucchi. [n.d. c.1830.]
Coloured aquatint. Plate 236 x 171mm (9¼ x 6¾").
Costume for Gabriella di Vergy, an opera seria in two acts by Donizetti, written in 1826 and revised in 1838. After Donizetti's death, his Gabriella di Vergy finally received its first performance on 29 November 1869 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples with the title of Gabriella.
[Ref: 52452] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)