Grosvenor Prints

[Le Singe.]
I. Mortimer inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[T. Lowndes Published Nov.r 24 1779.]
Etching with engraving, proof before all letters. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½").
Monkey in a room biting a man's ear from behind, two men watching from behind with their arms open. Behind them stand two women embracing each other in front of a men; three further men in front of a door to the left. Illustration to "Evelina" by Frances Burney.
De Vesme: 1692, this state not known to De V.
[Ref: 20434] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Joannes Evelyn Arm.r
F. Bartolozzi det et Sculp.
[n.d. c.1776.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 247 x 184mm. 9¾ x 7¼". Staining, hole in margin to right.
Portrait of John Evelyn; half length, to the left, wearing dark cloak; in oval frame on pedestal. Frontispiece to Hunter's edition of Evelyn's 'Sylva'. John Evelyn (1620-1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist. His memoirs are contemporaneous with those of Samuel Pepys, and are over-shadowed by Pepys's chronicles. The pair used to correspond frequently and much of this correspondence is preserved.
De Vesme: 808.
[Ref: 24386] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Freeing of Amoret]
[Francesco Bartolozzi after John Opie, 1792]
Stipple, sheet 505 x 410mm (19¾ x 16¼") Proof before letters; trimmed to platemark; uncleaned edges. Slight crease top right margin.
A dramatic & fine image of Britomart freeing Amoret from the enchanter Busirane. Illustration to Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queen' published in 'Macklin's British Poets', an initiative of the publisher Thomas Macklin to encourage ambitious painting and engraving of literary subjects and rival the 'Shakespeare Gallery' of his contemporary John Boydell. Proof stipple by Francesco Bartolozzi ((1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Bartolozzi waas invited to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique employed here whereby images were produced using dots rather than lines.
Calabi & de Vesme 1437 ii/iv
[Ref: 46746] £520.00

Faith Death's Terror is the Mountain Faith recovers; / That Mountain Barrier between Man and Peace [...]
G.B. Cipriani Inven.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Walker excudit. London. Publish'd July 1.st 1784 by Ja.s Walker Carver & Printseller No. 148 Strand.
Stipple, fine impression; platemark 215 x 210mm (8½ x 8¼"). Small margins. Glued to backing sheet at corners.
Woman holding cross, with two putti holding chalice. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85). Bartolozzi was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work.
Calabi & de Vesme 613 v/v
[Ref: 43145] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Fame.]
[J.B. Cipriani del. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.]
[Publish'd March 20th. 1780.]
Engraving and etching, working proof, very scarce. Plate 306 x 228mm. 12 x 9". Large margins, foxed.
Half-drapped winged Fame seated on the grass, holding trumpet with her left hand. Inscription added later dedicated to Thomas Hollis framed with garlands, owl and oval shield carved behind. Illustration to 'Memoirs of Thomas Hollis', by Francis Blackburne (London: 1780).
De Vesme: 1736; ii/v.
[Ref: 20423] £350.00

[John Fane] Lord Burghersh.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A.
London, Publish'd March 1788, by Molteno Colnaghi & Co. 132 Pall Mall.
Stipple in brown. Sheet 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate
John Fane (1784-1859), 11th Earl of Westmorland, as a child, dressed in the feminine style of the period.
De Vesme 770, state v of v.
[Ref: 53432] £220.00 (£264.00 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)

[The Faun's Concert.]
Carlo Cignani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp in Londra.
[n.d., c.1765.]
Etching with engraving, printed in brown. Sheet 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate.
A naked infant faun plays the panpipes, a man with human legs but pointed ears plays a clarinet and a cherub taps a tamborine. On the left an adult faun supports a jar with his left arm. Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) after a drawing by Carlo Cignani 1628-1719), published in ''Seventy-three prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi &c. from the original pictures and drawings of Michael Angelo, Domenchino ... in the Collection of His Majesty''.
De Vesme 416.
[Ref: 53436] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Fiervilles Ball.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi scu.
[n.d. c.1781.]
Etching and engraving. "Maybe used at Carlisle House Thursday 5 April 1781" 95 x 120mm. 3¾ x 4¾".
Ticket. A cherub seated under a tree playing the chalumeau; two more dance. It seems Italian composer and violinist Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) performed at Mr. Fierville's balls.
De Vesme: 1970; ii/iv. See Ref 21184.
[Ref: 20514] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Mr Fiervilles Ball.] Rural Felicity, Come see rural felicity. Which Love & Innocence ever enjoy.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi scu.
Pub. Sep.r 1789 by I. Read Coventry Court.
Etching and engraving. Plate 133 x 179mm. 5¼ x 7". Cut to just outside the platemark.
Ticket. A naked child seated under a tree playing the chalumeau; on the right two children dancing. It seems Italian composer and violinist Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) performed at Mr. Fierville's balls.
De Vesme: 1970; iii/iv, see 20514.
[Ref: 21184] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The First Kiss of Love. But soft_to wound those tender lips forbear, Or dread, the fatal Vengeance of the Fair: Tho' sharp Your Strings, her eyes can scatter round, Darts, that with more tormenting strings may wound; Nor, as ye sip, inflict the slightest pain, For unreveng's the Wrong will ne'er remain; But gently gather from those precious rills, Th'ambrosial drops each humid lip destills.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculps. R. Stanier Excudit.
Pubd. July 1.1787 by R. Stanier No.15 Villiers Street, Strand, & T. Simpson St. Pauls Church Yard.
Stipple and etching. 208 x 235mm (8¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate.
The first kiss of love. A woman sleeping in a garden, reclining on a large sofa, breasts bare, her left arm resting on a cushion, right hand holding roses; Cupid behind her, his left hand lifting a veil over her head, right index finger touching his right eye; to right, a vase on ornamental pedestal.
De Vesme: 1317 iv/iv.
[Ref: 20442] £360.00

[Vignette of five children; for Dryden's 'Fables'.]
Drawn by the Rt. Hon. Lady Diana Beauclerk. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi Esqr. R. A.
Pubd June 4. 1797. by Edwd. Harding 98 Pall Mall.
Etching with stipple, sheet 210 x 260mm. 8¼ x 10¼". Margins trimmed; laid on card.
On the right a winged child standing, in profile to left, with a helmet on his head, holding a mask of Satyre in front of his face; another child behind him, with three more children on the left, looking towards the mask. Illustration to chapter "Theodore and Honoria" in 'Fables' by John Dryden (London, 1797). Text on verso faintly visible. Lady Diana Beauclerk (1734 - 1808) was the daughter of the second Duke of Marlborough. Her first marriage was to Lord Bolingbroke in 1757. When this marriage was dissolved she married Topham Beauclerk. She was a talented amateur artist whose designs were much admired by Horace Walpole.
De Vesme 1718.II. See Ref: 13808 & 32030
[Ref: 23675] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

La Fleur. Amiens. La Fleur, in less than five minutes, had pull'd out his Pipe, and leading off the dance himself with the first not, set the fille de chambre, the maitre d'hotel, the cook, the scullion, and all the household, besides an old monkey a dancing; To Mrs. Thornhill, This Print is with the greatest respect Dedicated by Madam Your most Humble Serv.t W. Palmer.
W. Harding Inv.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
[Publish'd 13 April 1787 by W. Palmer No. 163 Strand.]
Stipple, very rare. 370 x 336mm (14½ x 13¼"). Trimmed, some creasing.
A musical scene showing a kitchen; on the left, a young man dancing while playing the flute; on the right, a young woman with a hat dancing; five more figures dancing in background; a dog and a monkey dancing at the extreme left.
De Vesme: 1421.
[Ref: 30379] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Flora.]
[F. Vieira Portuensis inv. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.]
[London: 1800.]
Engraving and etching, rare. 266 x 190mm. 10½ x 7½". Trimmed inside the plate along right-hand edge.
Flora, half-nude, holding a long stick in her hands and seated on a cloud. She floats above a landscape accompanied by three winged spirit children, one of which holds in his hand some flowers which are identical to the plants in the right foreground. Frontispiece to "The Enchanted Plants" by Mrs. Montolieu.
De Vesme: 1766; i/iii.
[Ref: 20601] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Fool of Quality]. Master Harry Clinton, releaving the distress of the Country Girl. [&] Mrs Vindex, meeting with Master Harry Clinton.
P.W. Tompkins delin.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.t.
Pub, as the Act directs, April 1. 1791 by I.F> Tomkins No 49. New Bond Street.
Pair of stipple engravings, printed in brown. 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). Some small tears outside platemark.
Two scenes from 'The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland', written by the Irish writer Henry Brooke and published in five volumes 1765-70. It tells the story of Harry Clinton who, rejected by his decadent and aristocratic father, is educated on enlightened principles by his philanthropic uncle. Inspired by the Methodist movement, it was influential in its day: Charles Kingsley described it as 'more pure, sacred and eternal than anything since the Faerie Queene'. However to modern taste it is rambling and sentimental: Walter Allen, author of the important study 'The English Novel' (1954), called it 'one of the worst novels ever written, but a remarkable book'.
[Ref: 30313] £420.00 view all images for this item

[Fool of Quality]. Master Harry Clinton, releaving the distress of the Country Girl. [Mrs Vindex, meeting with Master Harry Clinton.
P.W. Tomkins delin.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculpt.
Pub. as the Act directs, April 12, 1791 by J.F. Tomkins No. 49 New Bond Street.
Pair of stipples. Each 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"), with large margins. Mint.
Two scenes from the Irish writer Henry Brooke's novel 'The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland', privately published in five volumes 1765-70. Among Brooke's inspirations was the Methodist movement; in 1781 John Wesley wrote and published an abridged version with a preface that describes the story as 'one of the most beautiful pictures that ever was drawn in the world'.
Provenance: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 52927] £450.00 view all images for this item

John Fothergill M.D. F.R.S. Cui suas artes, sua dona laetus Et herbam et Venae salientis ictum Scire concessit, celerem et medendi Delius usum. From a Bust in the Possession of Dr. Lettsom.
R.d Livesay pinx. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Rare stipple. 197 x 120mm. 7¾ x 4¾".
Dr John Fothergill (1712-1780) was an English physician, plant collector, philanthropist and Quaker. A great friend of Benjamin Franklin, he helped to advance the interests of the Pennsylvania Hospital in England. In 1762 he sent anatomical drawings and anatomical casts of a pregnant woman to the hospital, which were greatly admired by medical students and the public, in addition to donating the first book to the hospital library.
De Vesme: 813, iii/iii. W: 1016-5.
[Ref: 24569] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Ex Tabella quæ adservatur in Ecclesia P.P. Oratorü Venetüs.
Iacob Amiconi pin. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. I. Wagner recognovit et vend. Venezia C.P.E.S.
[n.d., c.1756.]
Engraving. Plate: 570 x 350mm (22½ x 13¾"). Creasing and foxing in small margins. Slight loss in top right margin.
A biblical scene showing St Francis watching over a cherub branding the figure of Heresy. Madonna sits with the enfant Jesus upon a cloud and the figure of God hovers above.
De Vesme: 256.II. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46816] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Constitutions of Masonry Frontispiece]
G.B. Cipriani & T. Sandby Delin. F. Bartolozzi & J Fittler. Sculp.
[n.d., c.1785]
Scratched proof engraving, sheet 270 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Illustration to 'Constitutions of Masonry' 1785. An allegorical scene within Free-Masons Hall. Truth stands on clouds holding a mirror in her right hand which shines rays of lights into the hall. Wisdom, Hope, Charity and three children, sit around Truth and a winged figure holding a torch in his right hand, descends from the clouds. In the foreground sits a celestial sphere, a terrestrial sphere, a compass and other Masonic instruments on a table; by its side, a candle and an armillary sphere on the floor
Calabi & De Vesme 2546 State IV of V.
[Ref: 57076] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Adam and Eve In Paradise. Haste hither Eve, and worth thy sight behold. Eastward among those trees, what glorious shape Comes this way moving; seems another morn Ris'n on mid noon ~______________________Some great behest from heav'n To us perhaps he brings, and will vouchsafe This day to be our guest. Milton, Book 5th.
Drawn by J.B.Cipriani R.A. & T. Hearne. The Figures engraved by F.Bartolozzi R.A. The Landscape by W. Byrne & B.T. Pouncy.
London Pub. July.1.1794, by Darling & Thompson. Gt. Newport Str.t and T Simpson. St. Paul's Church Yard.
Copper engraving. Plate 362 x 387mm. 14¼" x 15¼". 19th Century impression.
Adam and Eve look on as an Angel from on high descends
[Ref: 9356] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Manuel Jorge Gomes de Sepúlveda] Sepulveda em Bragança Alçando Amao Disse Pelo Principe Regente D. Joao. [...]
Ignacio da Silva Valente pinx. F. Bartolozzi sculp em Lisboa em 1812
Engraving, platemark 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8") very large margins.
Manuel Jorge Gomes de Sepúlveda 1735-1814), Portuguese soldier and governor of Capitania do Rio Grande de São Pedro in Portuguese-governed Brazil. Engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815). Born in Florence, Bartolozzi was elected a founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768 (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This was one of Bartolozzi's final prints; its rarity can be deduced from the fact that when Calabi and de Vesme included the print in their Bartolozzi catalogue raisonné it was without having actually seen an impression.
Calabi and de Vesme 904.i [states described incorrectly]
[Ref: 43525] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Genius and Beauty. Genius describing Beauty and Cupid dictating Him
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t 1782
Pub.d as the Act directs Sep.r 15th 1782 by A. Torre No 44 Market Lane London A Paris chez L. Torre Porte St Antoine A.P.D.R.
Very fine stipple printed in red, platemark 230 x 280mm (9 x 11") very large margins.
Allegorical scene, with Genius (as an artist) drawing the female personification of Beauty, under instruction from Cupid.
De Vesme 620 iv/v
[Ref: 40368] £360.00

Genius and Beauty. Genius describing Beauty and Cupid dictating Him.
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t 1782
Pub.d as the Act directs Sep.r 15th 1782 by A. Torre No 44 Market Lane London. A Paris chez L. Torre Porte St Antoine A.P.D.R.
Very fine stipple, printed in colours. 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins. Title and publication line slightly faded. Mint.
Allegorical scene, with Genius (as an artist) drawing the female personification of Beauty, under instruction from Cupid.
De Vesme 620. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. For one printed in sanguine see 40368. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60287] £620.00

Geography. 45.
Cipriani, Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi, sculp.t.
Publish'd Mar. 25th 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell No. 90, Cheapside London.
Crayon-manner stipple, printed in brown. 265 x 225mm (10½ x 8¾"), with large margins. Small tears in edges of margins.
A female allegorical figure, leaning on a globe.
De Vesme 621, state V.
[Ref: 54807] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

His Royal Highness, George Prince of Wales,
J. Russell R.A. Pinxt F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculp.
London, Published June 1. 1795 by John Jeffreyes Ludgate Hill.
Rare stipple, open letter proof before dedication. Sheet 540 x 360mm (21¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed inside platemark, affecting publication line, repairs in inscription area.
George IV when Prince of Wales, holding a bow and standing against a statue. Archers aim at a target behind. The finished plate was dedicated to the Royal Kentish Bowmen, an archery society established 1785; George was made president in 1789, encouraging many other aristocrats to join.
De Vesme 820.
[Ref: 56668] £380.00

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1780
Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 4th 1780
Engraving, sheet 120 x 105mm (4¾ x 4"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Concert ticket for the benefit of violinist Felice Giardini, with vignette of woman touching a lyre and looking at a putto while Cupid weeps on the floor. Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines.
De Vesme: 1923 III of IV
[Ref: 46022] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini A Concert of Musick.
G. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. [c.1776].
Engraving, sheet 120 x 135mm (4¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Concert ticket for the benefit of violinist Felice Giardini, with vignette of the Judgement of Midas: Apollo stands on the left holding his lyre, watching as Marsyas plays his pipes; Midas between them. Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines.
De Vesme: 1928
[Ref: 46019] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

For The Benefit Of Mr. Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London, c.1781.]
Concert ticket, etching. 132 x 127mm (5¼ x 5"). Trimmed within plate.
A woman seated on clouds, tying ribbons to her hair; to right, two winged putti, holding a torch and dove, also sitting in the clouds. The banner above them is lettered; in a roundel. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme: 1920; ii/ii. See 21214.
[Ref: 18143] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1782.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 150 x 160mm (6 x 6¼"). Trimmed.
Apollo catching Daphne who is turning into a laurel tree. Three fluvial figures seated on the ground in front of a bed of reeds. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton
De Vesme: 1921.
[Ref: 44532] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Benefit of Mr. Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1763.]
Very fine etching with engraving. Sheet 135 x 120mm (5¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Apollo seated on a pedestal holding a lyre with a Muse crowning him. Mercury standing on the right. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1919.
[Ref: 44530] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr Giardini] Plate 1
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Stipple, sheet 130 x 145mm (5 x 5¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
Apollo, playing the harp with the nine Muses in attendance. Ticket for a benefit held for Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), Italian composer and violinist. Giardini, an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Later state as published in 'A General History of Music' by the musicologist Charles Burney.
De Vesme 1927 iii/iii.
[Ref: 42474] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et delin. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[Printed by W. Hinton. St. James's Street. n.d. c.1782.]
Etching and engraving. Plate 197 x 171mm. 7¾ x 6¾". Small margins. Slight foxing.
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Mercury seated attaching a string to his lyre whilst a putto holds the lyre to the left. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1930; ii/iv. See Ref: 20519 & 21175 for later states.
[Ref: 21210] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et delin. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton. St. James's Street.
Etching and engraving. Plate 197 x 171mm. 7¾ x 6¾".
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Mercury seated attaching a string to his lyre whilst a putto holds the lyre to the left. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1930; iv/iv, see 20519 & 21210.
[Ref: 21175] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
[G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.]
[n.d. c.1782.]
Etching with engraving, very scarce. Proof before all letters. 166 x 196mm. 6½ x 7¾". Cut, few fox marks.
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Apollo catching Daphne who is turning into a laurel tree. Three fluvial figures seated on the ground in front of a bed of reeds. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1921; i/iii.
[Ref: 20490] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Etching with engraving, scarce proof, uncut very large margins, title only half removed. Plate 95 x 115mm. 3¾ x 4½". Title scratched, very slight foxing.
Bill-head for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Venus seated on a bed with a putto talking to her from behind her; another putto playing the lyre and a third putto pulling a bow, aiming towards right. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1922; between i/ii.
[Ref: 20577] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street. [n.d. c.1779.]
Etching and engraving. Collector's mark SP, plate 127 x 146mm. 5 x 5¾".
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Venus seated on the ground with two putti surrounding her, one of whom is holding a torch. Five putti, to the right, in front of a water fountain; one playing the trumpet, one playing the lute and three singing. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1925; v/v. See 20497 for earlier state.
[Ref: 20498] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp 1778.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street.
Etching and engraving. Plate 133 x 114mm, Uncut, large margins.
Venus Anadyomene naked and seated on a conch shell. Four putti inside and three flying in the sky holding a large drapery above her. Originally published as a ticket for a concert for the benefit of Mr Giardini, this last state has had the title removed. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1929; IV of IV.
[Ref: 20500] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp 1778.
Etching and engraving. Sheet 135 x 115mm (5¼ x 4½"), with large margins.
Venus Anadyomene naked and seated on a conch shell, accompanied by Cupid (drawing his bow), with other cherubs holding a torch and the drapery around Venus. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1929, state ii of iv.
[Ref: 53435] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

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)

Grand Misere.
Sr. Joshua Reynolds pinx.t F. Bartolozzi sculps.t [c.1790].
Watercolour, sheet 220 x 195mm (8½ x 7¾").
Humorous gambling scene ('grand misère' is a bid in the eighteenth-century card game Boston). Executed by an anonymous amateur artist, the names of Reynolds and Bartolozzi (perhaps the most famous artist and engraver in Britain at the time) are inscribed as part of the joke.
[Ref: 41538] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Grand Professional Concert.]
[Bartolozzi fecit 1791.]
Etching with engraving. Proof before all letters. 95 x 121mm. 3¾ x 4¾".
A putto seated on a rock reading a music score; a lyre on the ground to his left.
See De Vesme: 1953 [this noted as 'Copie'].
[Ref: 20606] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Lord Graves Admiral of the White And Commander in Chief of the British Van on the 29th of May and 1st of June 1794.
Painted by J. Northcote. R.A. Engraved by Bartolozzi R.A.
[n.d. c.1795].
Stipple engraving and etching, scratched letter proof. 520 x 390mm. Some scuffing outside image.
Thomas Graves, Baron Graves [1725? - 1802], admiral. Early impression before publication line.
[Ref: 4437] £330.00

[Thomas Lord Graves Admiral of the White And Commander in Chief of the British Van on the 29th of May and 1st of June 1794.]
[Painted by J. Northcote. R.A. Engraved by Bartolozzi R.A.]
[n.d. c.1795.]
Stipple and etching, proof before all letters, very fine with large margins. Plate 520 x 393mm. 20½ x 15½".
Portrait, three-quarters length standing directed to front, right foot forward, left hand on his sword hilt, at his hip, left wrist bound in a sling, looking away to left, wearing naval uniform and a ring on a chain around his neck, naval battle in the background. Admiral Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves (1725-1802) was a British Admiral and colonial officer. During the Seven Years' War, he failed to confront a French ship which gave challenge and was tried by court-martial and reprimanded. However, in 1761, he became Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland.
NPG: D34805. De Vesme: 826, i.
[Ref: 24822] £380.00

The Death of Lady Jane Gray. Dedicated by Permission to the Queen by Her Majesties most Dutiful and Devoted Servant, W:Martin. From the Original Picture in the Town Hall, Norwich.
Wm,, Martin pinxit. Francis Bartolozzi R.A. Historical Engraver to His Majesty sculp.
London, Publish'd Sepr. 1: 1790, by Wm. Martin Leicester Square, & Wm. Dickinson Engraver No. 158 New Bond Street. Size of the PICTURE 10 FT 4, by 9 FT.
Stipple and etching in stipple frame, printed in brown ink, published state, 405 x 450mm. 16 x 17¾". A good impression.
Lady Jane Grey (1536/1537 – 1554), also known as The Nine Days' Queen, was a young English noblewoman who occupied the English throne from 10 until 19 July 1553 and was executed for high treason. Here she stands with a book in one hand, looking up to left, one of her ladies kneeling and clinging to her left wrist protectively; a bishop stands to left, pointing at an open Bible held by a server and exhorting her to prayer, while a soldier stands in a full suit of armour in the far right and the executioner awaits. Other ladies weep nearby. A great-granddaughter of Henry VII by his younger daughter Mary, Jane was a first-cousin-once-removed of Edward VI. The teenage King left her the Crown in his will, thus trying to keep England protestant and subverting the claims of his half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth under the Third Succession Act. During her short reign Jane resided in the Tower of London and never to left the premises again. She became a prisoner when the Privy Council decided to change sides and proclaim Mary queen. See the companion print ref:18271. After William Martin (1753 - c.1831). Martin painted history paintings and presented two to his native Norwich in 1787. He had worked as an assistant to Cipriani and admired Kauffmann.
From the Norman Blackburn Collection. Collection N. Rapp.
[Ref: 18270] £350.00

The Dukes of Northumberland and Suffolk praying Lady Jane Gray to accept the Crown. Humes Qto. Edn. 3 Vol:351.
G.B. Cipriania [sic] R.A. Invent. Frans. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculpt.
Published Feby. 14;1786 by W. Palmer No.163 Strand.
Stipple and etching printed in sanguine, published state, 320 x 390mm. 12½ x 15¼". Vertical creasing and some light foxing; glued to backing sheet; faint mount burn in very wide margins; tear to left.
Lady Jane Grey, seated at a table, holding an open book; next to her, a gentleman holding a charter; in the middle, the two Dukes presenting to her a crown and a sceptre. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme 528, III of III.
[Ref: 25938] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Grisalda. [&] The Shepherdess of the Alps. From the Original Picture in the Collection of George Bowles Esq, to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obedient Humble Servant, W.Dickinson.
Painted by Angelica Kauffman. Engraved by F.Bartolozzi.
London, Publish'd Feb.y 20th 1785 by W.Dickinson, Engraver & Printseller, No.158 Bond Street.
Pair of stipples, printed in sepia, scratch-letter proofs. Each 440 x 330mm (17¼ x 13"). Large margins on the Shepherdess; Small margins on Grisalda. Slight repaired hole on right in Grisalda.
A pair of scenes from 'The Shepherdess of the Alps', a play by Charles Dibdin's play, 1780, based on 'Patient Griselda', one of the stories in Boccaccio's Decameron. In 'Grisalda' (later with the full title 'Gualtherus and Grisalda') Gualtiero, King of Sicily, meets the poor shepherdess, Griselda, who he had married years before but had forced to exile. The story has also been made into an opera by Alessandro Scarlatti (1721) and Antonio Vivaldi (1735).
[Ref: 39240] £490.00 view all images for this item

Gio, Francesco, Barbieri. detto il Guercino da Cento.
Guercino Pinsit. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1764.
Etching with engraving printed in brown ink, 320 x 265mm. 12½ x 10½". One patched hole to title area.
Self portrait of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), best known as Guercino or Il Guercino, painting a canvas at his easel. Guercino was an Italian Baroque painter from the region of Emilia, and active in Rome and Bologna. Guercino is Italian for squinter, a nickname that was given to him because he was cross-eyed. He is especially noted for his many superb drawings. He is painting Amour in form of a little angel, who is holding a bow in his left hand and pulling the collar of a dog with his right.
Ex Collection of Maj. J. B. Talbot M.C.
[Ref: 13263] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[A woman and young girl.]
Guercino del. [F. Bartolozzi sc.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink on watermarked laid paper, first state before all letters. Initials lower right in image, maybe an artist's proof, 240 x 230mm, 9½ x 9". A fine impression with full margins.
After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2215, only state.
[Ref: 21511] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A woman and her child, with two men.]
[Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sc.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink on watermarked laid paper, first state before all letters. 225 x 155mm, 9 x 6". A fine impression with full margins. Uncut.
After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2170 [undescribed state].
[Ref: 21286] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with a river.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink on watermarked laid paper, first state before all letters. 215 x 425mm, 8½ x 16¾". A fine impression with full margins. Uncut.
Figures and a cluster of trees to riverbank in foreground; buildings in distance on far bank (left). After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2182.
[Ref: 21288] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

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