Grosvenor Prints

Drawn from Life. Angelica Catalani.
W. Derby pinx.t. Thomson sculp.
Published in th European Magazine, with a Memoir, June 1, 1822.
Stipple with very large margins. Fine. On india. Plate: 125 x 215mm (5 x 8½"). Some slight foxing.
Half portrait of the Italian opera singer Angelica Catalani (1780-1849), whose powerful voice had a range of three octaves.
[Ref: 35526] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Angelica Catalani.]
[S. De Wilde. Engraved by T. Cheesman.]
[British, c.1800.]
Stipple on india paper, proof before all letters. 195 x 120mm, 7¾ x 4¾". A fine impression, with full margins, uncut.
Oval bust portrait of Angelica Catalani (c.1780 - 1849), Italian dramatic soprano. Her hair is dressed up with curls around her forehead, tied with ribbon and rose, and she wears an empire-line gown and a shawl. After Samuel De Wilde (1751 - 1832).
Harvard: p.217, 10.
[Ref: 19549] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Angelica Catalani.
Painted by I. Naish. Engraved by G.S. Facius.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple. Sheet size: 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed inside platemark. Glued to backing sheet.
A portrait of Angelica Catalani (1782 - 1849) in Egyptian costume. Half-length in oval, three-quarters to right but looking to front, wearing headdress, drop earrings and a dress with decorative bands at the neck, including a 6 leaf clover on her breasts. Catalini was an Italian opera singer, a soprano of nearly three octaves in range. Its unsurpassed power and flexibility made her one of the greatest bravura singers of all times. She also worked as a singing teacher. Her pupils included Laure Cinti-Damoreau and Fanny Corri-Paltoni.
[Ref: 34359] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Cathinka de Dietz. Pianiste de la Reine Bavière. [Facsimile autograph.] Le Ménestrel. Journal de Musique.
J.J. Cutier [facsimile in image.]
Imp. Petit & Bertauts. [n.d. c.1845.]
A rare lithograph. 319 x 241mm. 12½ x 9½".
Madame Catinka de Dietz (1813-1901) made her debut in Paris in 1836 at the Salle Pleyel. He career revolved around placements at different royal courts until in 1840 she became pianist to the queen of Bavaria. The following year she played at the French court and was appointed pianist to the queen of the French in 1845. She composed salon pieces, played regularly for Queen Victoria, and was reported to have written an oratorio for which Queen Victoria accepted the dedication. Her pianistic style was Classical, firmly within the Kalkbrenner tradition.
[Ref: 19955] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Melle Catinka de Dietz. Pianiste de S.M. la Reine de Bavière. L'Artiste.
Staal del et lith.
Lith de Grégoire et Deneux à Paris. [n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph. Publisher's stamp. 318 x 240mm. 12½ x 9½". Nicks to edges of sheet.
Madame Catinka de Dietz (1813-1901) made her debut in Paris in 1836 at the Salle Pleyel. He career revolved around placements at different royal courts until in 1840 she became pianist to the queen of Bavaria. The following year she played at the French court and was appointed pianist to the queen of the French in 1845. She composed salon pieces, played regularly for Queen Victoria, and was reported to have written an oratorio for which Queen Victoria accepted the dedication. Her pianistic style was Classical, firmly within the Kalkbrenner tradition.
[Ref: 19954] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Catinka von Dietz. Kammervirtuosin J.M. de Königin von Baiern.
C. Lang [facsimile in image.]
Lith v. Gutsch & Rupp. [n.d. c.1840.]
A rare lithograph. 235 x 164mm. 9¼ s 6½".
Madame Catinka de Dietz (1813-1901) made her debut in Paris in 1836 at the Salle Pleyel. He career revolved around placements at different royal courts until in 1840 she became pianist to the queen of Bavaria. The following year she played at the French court and was appointed pianist to the queen of the French in 1845. She composed salon pieces, played regularly for Queen Victoria, and was reported to have written an oratorio for which Queen Victoria accepted the dedication. Her pianistic style was Classical, firmly within the Kalkbrenner tradition. From a portrait by Gustave Staal.
[Ref: 19951] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Madame Catinka de Dietz. Pianiste de L.L.M.M. la Reine de Baviere et la Reine des Francais.
M Alophe [facsimile in image.]
Im. Lemercier a Paris. Journal des Artistes. [n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. 305 x 222mm. 12 x 8¾".
Madame Catinka de Dietz (1813-1901) made her debut in Paris in 1836 at the Salle Pleyel. He career revolved around placements at different royal courts until in 1840 she became pianist to the queen of Bavaria. The following year she played at the French court and was appointed pianist to the queen of the French in 1845. She composed salon pieces, played regularly for Queen Victoria, and was reported to have written an oratorio for which Queen Victoria accepted the dedication. Her pianistic style was Classical, firmly within the Kalkbrenner tradition.
[Ref: 19949] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini.] L. Cherubini.
Se vend chez Quenedey rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs No15 à Paris / Dép. à la Bib. Imp.
Dess: au Physionotrace et Gravé par Quenedey rue neuve des petits champs No15 à Paris 1809.
Aquatint. Sheet 240 x 155mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed slightly into plate.
Portrait of Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini (1760 -1842), Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest living composer of his era. Cherubini's operas were heavily praised and interpreted by Rossini.
[Ref: 63315] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Nocturne.
L. Balestrieri Pinx & Sculps.
Imp. Eug. Delatre, Paris. Copyright 1904 by L. Balestrieri, Paris.
Etching. Pt stamp verso H. Levasseur. 410 x 700mm (16 x 27½").
A dark scene with Frédéric Chopin playing the piano. Drawn and engraved by Lionello Balestrieri (1872-1958), an artist who moved in musical circles, coming to know Puccini, Giordano and Cilea.
[Ref: 53097] £460.00

Muzio Clementi en 1795.
[n.d.]
Lithograph. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾'').
Portrait of Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi (1752 - 1832), Italian-British composer, virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer, who was mostly active in England, in side profile.
[Ref: 63243] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Gioacchino Conti Gizziello.
Ch. Lucy Pinxit. Alex. VanHaeken Fe. 1736.
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Gioacchino Conti (1714-61), Italian soprano castrato opera singer, nicknamed Gizziello in honour of his teacher, Domenico Gizzi. This portrait was published when he was in London (1736-7), while he was engaged by George Frideric Handel.
CS 5, only state. See reference 61535 for one with margins.
[Ref: 61684] £450.00

Arcange Corelli Né à Fusignari dans le Boulonnois, Mort à Rome le 19 Jan. 1713. Agé près de 60 ans.
H. Howard pinx. Mathey Sculpsit.
A Paris chez Odieuvre M.d d'Est, rue d'Anjou la dern. P. Cochere à gauche entrant par la rue Dauphine. CPR [n.d., c.1720].
Engraving. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with large margins.
A portrait of Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Italian violinist and composer who was a major influence on the work of Bach, based on the famous portrait by Hugh Howard (now in the Music Faculty collection of Oxford University).
[Ref: 56654] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Arcangelus Corellius.
J. Cole Sc. [after Hugh Howard]
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving, fine dark image. 255 x 191mm. 10 x 7½". Repaired tears.
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music. Corelli began in Paris from where he went on to travel and accepted many invitations from nobility, including his stay at the palace of Cardinal Ottoboni. He is remembered for his precision and stylistic playing which he passed onto his pupils. His compositions for the instrument mark and epoch in the history of chamber music, influencing Johann Sebastian Bach. One of several engravings based on the famous portrait of Corelli by Hugh Howard (Oxford, Music Faculty collection).
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17217] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Francois Cramer.]
[Jos.h. Slater del.t Is.c W. Slater lith.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. Image 170 x 153mm. 6¾ x 6". Cut, scuffed.
Francois Cramer (1772-1848) was an English violinist and conductor who was Master of the King's Musick from 1837 until his death. He was the brother of Johann Baptist Cramer. He was apppointed Master of the King's Musick in 1834, by King William IV, and continued as Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17210] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

François Cramer Esq.r. From the original picture in the possession of M.r Marshall, Oxford. This Portrait is dedicated with respect to the Conductors of the Music Meetings of the Choirs of Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester by their most obedient Serv.t James Wyatt.
Published by James Cyatt, Carver & Gilder, Oxford, June 6th 1826. To be had of C. Lonsdale, 26 Old Bond Street, London.
Engraving. 355 x 270mm (14 x 10¾"). Trimmed close to plate.
Franz or François Cramer (1772-1848), an English violinist and conductor who was the Master of the King's Musick from 1834 until his death. He was appointed to this post by King William IV and, following the King's death in 1837, he continued as Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria.
[Ref: 53829] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

François Cramer Esqr. [in underneath:] 1772 - 1848.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Engraving. 235 x 160mm. 9¼ x 6¼". Cut and laid on separate sheet.
Franz or François Cramer (1772-1848) was an English violinist and conductor who was the Master of the King's Musick from 1834 until his death; he was appointed this post by King William IV, and following the King's death in 1837, he continued as Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17196] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

J.B. Cramer.
Lith. de Benard et Frey.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 180 x 130mm (7 x 5¼"). Bit dusty.
Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858], pianist and composer. Born in Mannheim, Cramer moved to London as a child, where he was taught by 'founder of modern piano playing' Muzio Clementi, and Beethoven later described Cramer as the finest pianist of his day. Like Clementi, he also turned to music publishing in later life.
[Ref: 31889] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

William Crotch. his Celebrated Child who discoerv'd extraordinary Talents for music during the Third Year of his Age, was born at Norwich July 5th 1775.
Engraved by James Fittler.
[London. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 12th 1779 by Mrs Crotch, near St James's Street Piccadilly]
Rare engraving, sheet 325 x 235mm (12¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate; losing dedication and through engravers name.
Half-length portrait of the infant musical genius William Crotch (1775–1847). He holds a music sheet, wears feathered hat and dress. Portrait is within oval on pedastal with musical ornaments. Crotch was an English child prodigy musician, composer and organist.
[Ref: 61675] £320.00

[William Crotch] The Musical Phænomenon.
London Mag.e April 1779.
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Large margins on 3 sides.
Portrait of the musical child prodigy William Crotch (1775-1847) published when he was only four years old. After showing an interest in his father's pipe organ well before his second birthday, Crotch had already toured East Anglia and peformed in London (playing before George III) by the time this print was made. Crotch continued to play the organ in later life, adding composition and lecturing on music to his activities.
[Ref: 39101] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

M.lle S. Cruvelli 697.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 140 x 90mm. 5½ x 3½". Foxed.
Her left hand raised to her chin and supported at the elbow by her right hand. Sophie Crüwell, Viscountess Vigier, stage name Sophie Cruvelli (1826-1907) was a German opera singer. She was a dramatic soprano who had a brief but successful public career in London and Paris. She was known as a tragedienne and both Verdi and Meyerbeer created operatic roles with the intention that she should first perform them.
[Ref: 23677] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

M.elle Sophie Cruvelli.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 140 x 110mm (5½ x 4¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of German opera singer Sophie Cruvelli (1826-1907). Verso oil sketch S. Stanislavs Kostka.
[Ref: 50533] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Sofia Cruvelli.
Auguste Hüssuner sc.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf floral border, on album page. 286 x 222mm. 11¼ x 8¾". Time stained, some scuffing.
Sophie Crüwell, Viscountess Vigier, stage name Sophie Cruvelli (1826-1907) was a German opera singer. She was a dramatic soprano who had a brief but successful public career in London and Paris. She was known as a tragedienne and both Verdi and Meyerbeer created operatic roles with the intention that she should first perform them.
[Ref: 23674] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Sofia Cruvelli.]
E. Desmaisons - lith.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 166 x 108mm. 6½ x 4¼". Foxed.
Her right hand raised to her chin and supported at the elbow by her left hand. Sophie Crüwell, Viscountess Vigier, stage name Sophie Cruvelli (1826-1907) was a German opera singer. She was a dramatic soprano who had a brief but successful public career in London and Paris. She was known as a tragedienne and both Verdi and Meyerbeer created operatic roles with the intention that she should first perform them.
[Ref: 23676] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Félicien David.
[By L. Massure]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Slight offsetting.
Portrait of Félicien-César David (1810 - 76), French composer. David wrote a number of operas, of which the most notable are Christophe Colomb (1847), La perle du Brésil (1851), Herculanum (1859), and Lalla-Roukh (1862). Amongst his oratorios are Moïse au Sinaï ('Moses on Sinai') (1846), and Eden (1848).
[Ref: 63251] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Sig.r de Begnis.
[n.d. C.1825.]
Lithograph. 216 x 127mm (8½ x 5"). Trimmed.
Giuseppe De Begnis (1793-1849), the Italian bass opera singer. In 1816 he married the noted prima-donna and famous beauty, Signorina Giuseppina Ronzi. They sang throughout Italy with great success. In 1819 they appeared in Paris and then in London in 1821 at the King’s Theatre. They continued to appear in opera together until their separation in 1825. Begnis then remained at the King’s Theatre until 1827, but also served as an opera manager in Bath (1823-24) and later in Dublin (1834-37) before settling in New York.
[Ref: 34569] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Sigr: Giuseppe De Begnis of the Italian Opera London.
Engrav'd by C. Knight 1822 from a Miniature Painted by Titus G. Perlotti.
[British, c.1822.]
Scarce stipple, sheet 260 x 200mm. 10¼ x 8". Sheet trimmed.
Portrait of Giuseppe De Begnis (1793 – 1849), bass opera singer. In 1816 he married the noted prima-donna and famous beauty, Signorina Giuseppina Ronzi. They sang throughout Italy with great success, and in 1819 made their first appearance at the Italian opera in Paris, remaining three seasons. In 1821 they came to London, Begnis debuting there as Don Geronio opposite his wife’s Fiorilla in Rossini’s 'Il Turco in Italia' at the King’s Theatre on May 19, 1821. They continued to appear in opera together until their separation in 1825. Begnis remained at the King’s Theatre until 1827, but also served as an opera manager in Bath (1823–24) and later in Dublin (1834–37) before settling in New York.
[Ref: 19542] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

W.m Defesch.
A. Soldi pinxit. F. Morellon le Cave Sculpsit, 1751.
Engraving. Fine. Sheet: 195 x 240mm (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A half-length portrait of Willem de Fesch (1687-1761), Dutch muscian and composer, shown holding sheet music and a quill. Willem de Fesch moved to England in the 1740s and played the violone in Handel's orchestra in 1746.
[Ref: 42135] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Philippus: de: Monte:
NLarmessin sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1682.]
Engraving. Plate 183 x 138mm. 7¼ x 5¼".
Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts'. Philippe de Monte (1521-1603) was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was a member of the 3rd generation madrigalists and wrote more madrigals than any other composer of the time. Monte's professional career began at home in Mechelen as a singer, composer and teacher. He later moved to Naples, in the employ of Cardinal Orsini before moving to England briefly, working in Philip II's choir. In 1568 Monte was appointed as successor to Jacobus Vaet as Kapellmeister to the Chapel of Maximilian II. During his ten years at the Imperial Court in Vienna, Monte served as an active teacher. He spent the remainder of his years in Habsburg courts both in Vienna and Prague.
[Ref: 17106] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Mich.l Richard De Lalande Sur-intend.t de la Musique du Roi. Né à Paris, le 15 Décembre 1657. Mort le 18 Janvier 1726.
Santerre Pinx Mathey sculp.
A Paris chez Odieuvre Md d'Estampes quai de l'Ecole vis a vis la Samarite a la belle Image. CPR
Engraving, platemark 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼").
Michel Richard Delalande (1657-1726), French baroque composer and organist in the service of Louis XIV. After the portrait Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1650-1717).
[Ref: 23175] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Dellamaria.
[Godefroy Engelmann.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Lithograph. Sheet 150 x 235mm (6 x 9¼"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Domenico Della Maria (1768 - 1800), a mandolin virtuoso and dramatic composer of operas, sitting facing the right, showing his right side profile.
[Ref: 63239] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Dibdin Esq.
Painted by Thos. Philips. Engraved by Jn. Young Engraver in/Mezzotinto to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, Septr. 1799. Published by J. Young, No.58, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Fine impression. Large margins. Laid on scrap border.
A portrait of British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor, Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814). Seen half-length slightly to left within rectangular frame, eyes to front, wearing a dark, unbuttoned coat over a light waistcoat and cravat. Dibdin was successful in a number of fields and was notably the manager of Sadler's Wells and various other theatres. With regards to his song writing, he is best known for his nautical songs, in spite of the fact that he was only at sea for one brief voyage. Dibdin idealized sailors and wrote of them as noble heroes with faithful sweethearts and wives. His songs were popular not only in England, but in Canada and America before and during the American Revolution and during the War of 1812. He became one of the most celebrated songwriters in Britain.
Chaloner Smith 17.II.
[Ref: 34902] £420.00

Donizetti.
C. Deblois.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 150 x 235mm (6 x 9¼"). Slight staining on left margin. Trimmed.
Portrait of Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (1798 - 1848), an Italian composer, best known for his 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century and a probable influence on other composers such as Giuseppe Verdi.
[Ref: 63235] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

T. S. Dupuis, Mus. Doc. Oxon.
J. Russell R.A. pinxt. C. Turner sculpt.
[London, 1797.]
Mezzotint, sheet 280 x 225mm. 11 x 9". Trimmed into plate below portrait, lacking some inscription.
Thomas Sanders Dupuis (1733 - 1796), musical director; organist. After John Russell (1745 - 1806).
Whitman: 170.
[Ref: 13152] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Dr. Dupuis. [In ink underneath the image:] Organist and Composter to the Chapel Royal, Born. 1733. Died 1796.
Price 5.s
[n.d. c.1780.]
Stipple. Image 228 x 178mm. 9 x 7". Trimmed insdie plate.
Thomas Sanders Dupuis (1733-1796) was an English composer. He started as a chorister at the Chapel Royal. In 1773 he was appointed organist at the chapel of St. Peter, and then to the Chapel Royal in 1779. He composed six duets for cello, which he edited himself after receiving his doctorate in 1790.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17219] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

F. L. Dussek. [Jan Ladislav Dussek.] Defsiné et gravé par son ami F.no. Godefroy. M. G. Pl.4.
Imp. de Lesauwage. Pub. par Blaisot.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"). Trimmed into plate.
Portrait of the composer Jan Ladislav Dussek (1761 - 1812) a Czech classical composer and virtuoso pianist, bust-length, directed to front, with head turned to look up to right.
[Ref: 63244] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Jan Ladislav Dussek?]
Painted & Engraved by T. Hardy.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾''). Trimmed to plate.
A portrait of a man with powdered hair and a frilled cravat. Chaloner Smith identifies the sitter as Czech composer Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812), and the features resemble a portrait titled 'J. L. Dussek' published in 1793 by J. Bland, however, there are several differences. Dussek was one of the earliest piano virtuosos to travel widely throughout Europe and was a favourite of both Catherine the Great and Marie Antoinette.
CS. 8.
[Ref: 48310] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Fordyce.
J.Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No.53 in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm. Several very tiny pinholes, only visible when held to the light.
A circular portrait in a rectangular border, of a woman playing a guitar, reading from music sheets. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
[Ref: 4847] £320.00

Miss Fordyce.
J.Reynolds pinxt. Harris Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm. 6 x 4¼".
Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) (active 1762), sister of Alexander Fordyce the banker; playing a guitar from a music book, wearing veil. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Chaloner Smith: pg.622. Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 15299] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Le Monde Musical. Frezzolini.
Lith Bertauts, R.Cadet, 11, Paris. Ch. Vogt. 1855.
Publication de la Maison-Brandus.
Lithograph with gold-leaf border, rare, on album page. 336 x 260mm. 13¼ x 10¼". Foxing.
Standing and resting on the back of a chair to the right; her right elbow and left hand on the back rest. Erminia Frezzolini (1818-1884) was an Italian operatic soprano. Along with Henrietta Sontag, she was one of the leading operatic sopranos of her generation. She excelled in the coloratura soprano repertoire, drawing particular acclaim in the bel canto operas of Donizetti and Bellini. She was married to tenor Antonio Poggi from 1841-1846. She made her debut in the title role of Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence in 1837. She quickly debuted in all the major opera houses in Italy in 1839 she made her debuts at La Scala, in Pisa, Reggio Emilia and Perugia. Throughout her life she also made appearances in St Petersburg, London, Madrid, Vienna, Paris, and throughout North America. She finally retired in 1874.
In the BNF. Harvard: 6.
[Ref: 23682] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Celebrated Minstrel Family, Mr. Frost, his Son, and Three Daughters.
Madeley, lith. 3, Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d. c.1840.]
A very scarce lithograph. 215 x 286mm. 8½ x 11¼". Large margins, extremities bit tatty.
A man sitting at a harpsichord, his children behind him preparing to sing. Advertised as 'The Minstral Family', the Frosts toured England in 1835-9, giving concerts of sacred and more poplar music, including Handel and Mozart.
[Ref: 22966] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Bernard Gates, Esq.r.
London, Published as the Act directs Nov.r. 1 1790 by C. Stalker N.o. 4 Stationers Court.
Stipple. Plate: 110 x 160mm, (4¼ x 6¼"). Stains in top left corner. Some surface dirt.
Half portrait in oval of Bernard Gates (1685-1773), an English composer and musician who was engaged by Handel and who served as the director of the choir of Westminster Abbey.
[Ref: 34897] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Bernard Gates Esq.r. From an Orig.l. Painting in the Possession of M.r. Dupuis.
Publishd Dec.13.1784 by T: Williams 43 Holborn.
Stipple. Sheet: 110 x 160mm, (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate mark. Surface dirt.
Half portrait in oval of Bernard Gates (1685-1773), an English composer and musician who was engaged by Handel and who served as the director of the choir of Westminster Abbey.
BM 1841,1211.34
[Ref: 34896] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Felice Giardini.
From a Sketch by Joshua Reynolds.
Published by E. Evans, 1, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields [n.d., c.1820].
Mezzotint, tile in open letters, platemark 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Late impression; with very large margins but crude repair along lower edge of platemark; pinhole outside image lower left.
Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), 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). A close friend of Gainsborough (whose portrait of Giardini is at Knole, in Kent), Giardini remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Derived from the mezzotint by Samuel William Reynolds.
NPG D14032. See Hamilton p.29.
[Ref: 34004] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Felice Giardini.
From a Sketch by Joshua Reynolds.
Published by E. Evans, 1, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields [n.d., c.1820s].
Mezzotint, tile in open letters, with slightly unclean title area. 255 x 185mm, 10 x 7¼". A good impression.
Head-only portrait of Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), 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. Reduced from the mezzotint by Samuel William Reynolds.
NPG D14032. See Hamilton p.29.
[Ref: 27376] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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)

Gluck.
C. Jager pinx. G. Goldberg sculps.
Friedr. Bruckmann's Verlag in Munchen, Berlin & London [n.d., c.1840s].
Engraving, 285 x 230mm (11¼ x 9"). Full margins.
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-87) was a German opera composer of the early classical period. He spent many years at the Habsburg court in Vienna, until he left to bring about practical reform in opera. He wanted to leave opera buffa and opera seria by returning the focus to the human drama and passions and making words and music of equal importance.
[Ref: 22442] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Christoph Willibald Gluck.] Gluck.
Se vend chez Quenedey rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs No15 à Paris / Dép. à la Bib. Imp.
Dess: au Physionotrace et Gravé par Quenedey d'apres Le buste de.
Aquatint. Sheet 240 x 155mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed slightly into plate.
Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 87), composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire, he gained prominence at the Habsburg court at Vienna.
[Ref: 63316] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Christoph Willibald Glück.]
A. Muller [pencil]
Im Verlag der Insel bei Schusler & Zöffler, Berlin [?, c.1905].
Etching. 380 x 370mm (15 x 14½"), publisher's stamp on reverse, large margins.
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) was a German opera composer of the early classical period. Insel Verlag was founded in 1901.
[Ref: 63228] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Gluck.
L.C. Rousseau, Sculpsit. anno 1806.
Etching. Plate 108 x 102mm. 4¼ x 4".
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) was a German opera composer of the early classical period. He spent many years at the Habsburg court in Vienna, until he left to bring about practical reform in opera. He wanted to leave opera buffa and opera seria by returning the focus to the human drama and passions and making words and music of equal importance.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17266] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

F. J. Gossec. Membre de L'Institut.
Dess: au Physionotrace et Gravé par Quenedey rue neuve des petits champs No15 à Paris 1813.
Aquatint. Sheet 240 x 155mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed slightly into plate.
Portrait of François-Joseph Gossec (1734 -1829), French composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works. Bust in profile to left, with powdered hair and jacket with medal at lapel; in oval.
[Ref: 63303] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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