Grosvenor Prints

[The Virgin Mary with Jesus and two angels.]
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi Engraver To His Majesty sculp.
[J. & J. Boydell., n.d., c.1790s]
Fine stipple, printed in sanguine. 220 x 320mm (8½ x 12½"), with small margins. Thread margin at top. Few fly marks on left.
The Virgin Mary sits on a cloud with Jesus, who plays with a necklace, upon her knee while two angels above them place a crown on the Virgin's head.
de Vesme: 2187, II of II.
[Ref: 53319] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Natalis Thomas Maggi. Natus Forijulii Nonis Marti i Anno MDCCXXXV.
B. Rebecca delin. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Pubd. June 20. 1788 by Molteno, Colnaghi & Co, No.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple with etching printed in brown ink, with large margins, 275 x 225mm. 10¾ x 9". Repaired hole to title.
Portrait in an oval of Natalis Thomas Maggi (1735 - 1787), musician; he holds a book in his right hand. After Biagio Rebecca (1735 - 1808).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18235] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ball At The Mansion House. April XVII. MDCCLXXV The Right Hon.ble Iohn Wilkes, Lord Mayor.]
[G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1775.]
Engraving in red/brown ink. Plate 240 x 215mm. 9½ x 8½". Fine proof impression before all letters, with good margins all around.
Elaborate ticket for an April 17th 1775 ball at The Mansion House in the City of London. Three putti dance with a classical female figure, while two more fly overhead bringing vines, all in a frame of palm and oak leaves.
De Vesme: 1963; i/iv. See Ref: 14666 for later state in red/brown ink, and 20524 & 21223 for later states in black ink.
[Ref: 14667] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Market of Love.
F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to His Majesty, invt. & sculpt.
Publish'd 4th May, 1801, by Anth.y Molteno, Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, No.29 Pall Mall, London.
Stipple and etching, on later paper, 225 x 265mm (9 x 10½").
In front of a tree, four classical women kneeling and standing around a fenced enclosure holding three winged putti; in the background on the left, another nymph carrying away a putto on her shoulder. A reissue of the plate published in 1795 by Molteno and C. Guisan, with evidence of wear. By Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815).
De Vesme 440, undescribed state. See BM 1951,0723.21.
[Ref: 22471] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

M. Val Marziale. Fedelmente Tradutto in Italiano da Giuspanio Graglia Tomo.I.
G.B. Cipriani Del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Pubd. as the Act dizects 14 th December 1783. by G. Graglia London.
Etching with engraving. 210 x 135mm (8¼ x 5¼"). Small margins.
A satyr seated playing Pan's flute before a bust of Martial (poet Marcus Valerius Martialis, c.40-c.104AD). The engraved title of 'Tutti gli Epigrammi di M. Val Marziale, fedelmente trasportati in italiano da Giuspanio Graglia Torinese'.
De Vesme: 1744; ii/iii.
[Ref: 62162] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

M. Val Marziale. Fedelmente Tradutto in Italiano da Giuspanio Graglia Tomo.I.
G.B. Cipriani Del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Pubd. as the Act dizects 14 th December 1783. by G. Graglia London.
Etching with engraving. 210 x 135mm (8¼ x 5¼").
A satyr seated playing Pan's flute before a bust of Martial (poet Marcus Valerius Martialis, c.40-c.104AD). The engraved title of 'Tutti gli Epigrammi di M. Val Marziale, fedelmente trasportati in italiano da Giuspanio Graglia Torinese'.
De Vesme: 1744; iii/iv.
[Ref: 20484] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of Vincenzo Martinelli with cornucopia below]
G.B. Cipriani Fiorentino disegno / F. Bartolozzi scalpi [1766]
Engraving with very large margins, fine, platemark 205 x 140mm (8 x 5½").
Portrait of the Italian author Vincenzo Martinelli, from his edition of Boccaccio's 'Decameron' published in London in 1766. Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This was the medium employed for many of his prints although this print uses the more established technique of etching.
De Vesme 872 (only state).
[Ref: 36621] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Lady Mary after Queen.] In His Majesty's Collection.
From an Original Drawing by Hans Holbein. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. Historical Engraver to his Majesty.
Published as the Act directs, June 1796, by I. Chamberlaine, Brompton Row, Knightsbridge.
Stipple. 440 x 310mm (17¼ x 12¼").
Mary Tudor painted before she became queen as Mary I. After Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8 - 1543), for 'Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII Engraved in imitation of the original drawings of Hans Holbein in the Collection of His Majesty, with biographical and historical memoirs' issued in parts between 1792 and 1800.
[Ref: 33149] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mary Queen of Scots. To the Master Wardens & Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Drapers [...]
Federico Zuccheri Pinx.t. S. Roma Del.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Published as the Act directs Jan. 26 1779, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Etching, sheet 480 x 330mm (19 x 13"). Trimmed to platemark; creasing top left. Rare.
Full-length portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87, reigned 1542-67), after Federico Zuccaro (1539/40-1609).
De V: 1208 v of v.
[Ref: 36392] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Departure of Mary Queen of Scot's to France, when a Child.] [&] [Mary, Queen of Scots Leaving Scotland]
Painted by R. Westall. R.A. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi. R.A.
London. Publish'd, August 2. 1794, by W Dickinson.
Pair of stipple proofs, plate 375 x 470mm (14¾ x 18½"). Repaired creases and tears mainly in margins. Small margins.
Pair of stipples depicting Mary Stuart (1542–1587) leaving for France when she was five and fleeing to England after she was forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son on 24th July 1567.
[Ref: 56632] £380.00 view all images for this item

[Ticket] Masqued Ball New Club Soho Feby. XXIV. MDCCLXXV [lettered on tablet in image.]
I.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1775.
[British, 1775.]
Etched ball invitation, printed in brown ink. In ink verso 42. State before plate reworked and Bartolozzi's name erased. Image 265 x 185mm. 10½ x 7¼". Lacking lower margin. Fold creases as to put in a pocket.
A bacchanal women holding up a tragic mask with a her left hand and lifting her veil with her right. A putto seated to the right holds up the inscribed plaque, seated next to a bunch of grapes; two dramatic masks on the ground in left foreground. This plate has been altered; the putto originally held aloft a basket of fruit and flowers.
See item Ref: 20425 for an early issue of the plate. De Vesme 1959, I of II.
[Ref: 27691] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Masqued Ball New Club Soho Feby. XXIV. MDCCLXXV.
I.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1775.
Stipple, very fine image. Plate 321 x 233mm. 12¾ x 9¼". Trimmed to the plate, slight foxing.
A ticket; a bacchanal women holding up a mask with a her left hand a cloth in her right. A putto seated to the right holding up a basket of flowers, a bunch of grapes next to him; two masks on the ground in left foreground.
De Vesme: 1959; I of II.
[Ref: 20425] £360.00

Maternal Care.
Bartolozzi invenit.
London Pub.d. as the Act Sept.r 15 1794 by Colhaghi & Co.
Stipple, with superb colour printing. 330 x 265mm (13 x 10½"), with large margins.
A mother breastfeeds a baby as an infant lies asleep in her lap.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60314] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Maternal Happiness.]
G.B. Cipriani R.A. invt. F. Bartolozzi RA, sculpt.
London, Published Janry. 12. 1795, by C. Guisan No. 74, Wells Street Oxford Street, & Sold by A Molteno Printseller, No.76 St. James's Strt.
Stipple and etching, state before title. 275 x 225mm, 10¾ x 9". Horizontal crease just above image.
A woman, her head covered, embracing her child, whose arms stretch out towards her. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme 623, ii of iii.
[Ref: 21302] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Saint Matheu avec un Ange.]
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d., c. 1780.]
Etching. Plate: 450 x 340mm (17¾ x 13¼). Very large margins.
St Mathew the Evangelist sits turned toward an angel who indicates something written in the large book.
de Vesme: 2146.
[Ref: 39112] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Meditation.]
P. Violet pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
London Pub.d Dec.r 1. 1792 by I.F. Tomkins, No 49 New Bond Street.
Rare stipple, proof before title. 130 x 100mm (5 x 4") very large margins. Some spotting.
A head and shoulders portrait of a woman in a turban, head turned to her left. A pair to 'Admiration'.
Not in BM. De V: 657 II of IV
[Ref: 55512] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Meekness.
G.B. Cipriani del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Published according to Act, Nov.r 6th 1783, by the Proprietor, No 5, Poland Street, Soho
Stipple printed in sepia, platemark 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Thread margins. Fine impression.
Woman sat on clouds with dove and sheep. 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 658 ii/ii
[Ref: 43143] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Melpomene]
G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pub'd. as the Act directs Mar.h 1 1787 by F. Bartolozzi.
Etching printed in sepia, platemark 255 x 230mm (10 x 9"), with very large margins.
Melpomene, the Tragic Muse, watching on as a boy weeps over a dead friend. Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani (it was published in 'A Set of Etchings by Francis Bartolozzi R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the Late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.' in 1788.
Calabi & De Vesme 442.ii
[Ref: 43426] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Il Mercurio Italico. Vide p.18. Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia libant. Omnia nos itidem___ Lucretius.
Burney del.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
London Published Jan.y 31.st 1789 for F. Sastres.
Etching and engraving. Plate 222 x 171mm. 8¾ x 6¾". Uncut, very large margins.
Minerva stretching her right arm towards Italy, seated on the ground in the form of a woman. In the centre, Mercury flying in the air; St Peter's Basilica and Colosseum in the background. Frontispiece to "Il Mercurio Italico" by Francesco Sastres (London: 1789).
De Vesme: 1784; iii/iii.
[Ref: 20427] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Il Mercurio Italico. Vide p.18. Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia libant. Omnia nos itidem___ Lucretius.
Burney del.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
London Published Jan.y 31.st 1789 for F. Sastres.
Etching and engraving. Plate: 222 x 171mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to plate in lower edge, otherwise small margins.
Minerva stretching her right arm towards Italy, seated on the ground in the form of a woman. In the centre, Mercury flying in the air; St Peter's Basilica and Colosseum in the background. Frontispiece to "Il Mercurio Italico" by Francesco Sastres (London: 1789).
De Vesme: 1784; iii/iii.
[Ref: 39793] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Cupidon Achette Trop Cher. Engraved from a fine high finished Painting in Water Colours after the Antique by F. Bartolozzi.
Jos. Tturts pinx. F. Bartolozzi Sculps.
London, Pub. Dec.r 1. 1786 by J. Thane. Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Stipple printed in colour with large margins. Platemark: 200 x 225mm (8 x 8¾"). Slight staining.
Mercury and Venus leading a young girl towards Jupiter and Juno, seated on a throne on the left. On the far right, Cupid is seen crying. Within an oval. After British printmaker, author and poet, Joseph Strutt (1749 - 1802). Engraved by one of the founding members of the RA, and the founding President of the short-lived Society of Engravers, Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815).
De Vesme 389. V of V.
[Ref: 36457] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Triumph of Mercy When he, whom even our joys provoke,/ The fiend of Nature, join'd his yoke, And rush'd in wrath to make our isle his prey [...]
W. Artaud pinx.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
London, Publish'd Feb 16 1794 by Tho.s Macklin Poets Gall.y Fleet Street.
Stipple printed in brown, sheet 420 x 495mm (16½ x 19½"). Trimmed inside platemark; nick to lower edge; crease to top left. Bit tatty.
'The Triumph of Mercy', engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi from one of the eight history paintings that William Artaud (1763-1823) painted for Thomas Macklin's 'The British Poets' (this one has lines from William Collins' 'Ode to Mercy' below the image). Only half of the 1788 painting survives (New Haven, Yale Centre for British Art) but that is no less that 8½ x 6 feet and shows the influential of Gavin Hamilton's monumental compositions.
De Vesme 1439
[Ref: 39657] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Merit.
F. Bartolozzi Esq.r R.A. Inv.t Del.t & Sculp.t
London Pub: March 15. 1795 by A: Molteno, Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, No.76, St. James's Street.
Stipple and etching. 210 x 152mm. 8¼ x 6".
A winged child seated on a cloud holding up a laurel reef.
De Vesme: 659; iv/iv.
[Ref: 20460] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Minerva and Mercury with a young man]
G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pub'd. as the Act directs Mar.h 1 1787 by F. Bartolozzi.
Etching printed in sepia, platemark 260 x 270mm (10¼ x 10½") very large margins.
Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani (it was published in 'A Set of Etchings by Francis Bartolozzi R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the Late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.' in 1788.
Calabi & De Vesme 406.ii
[Ref: 43428] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Miscuit Utile Dulci.
E.F. Burney del. F. Bartolozzi sculps.
[n.d. c.1797.]
Etching with engraving, large margins. Plate 109 x 152mm. Some foxing.
Apollo and Mercury as children on clouds. A naked child is seated playing the lyre with another child wearing a winged hat and standing behind a music score conducting. Admission ticket for an evening by A. A. Le Texier, and later for Brandenbough House masquerade. Illustration to 'Mes soixante ans; Epitre en vers, par M. Le Texier' (London: Baylis, 1797).
De Vesme: 1934; ii/iii.
[Ref: 20512] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A Muse. The original in the Collection of Charles Boddam Esq.r.
G.B. Cipriani del. Fra.s Bartolozzi sculp.
London Publish'd March 18th. 1783, by E.M. Diemar No. 377 Strand.
Stipple. Plate: 225 x 150mm (8¾ x 6"). Small margins
An allegorical scene with a muse playing a triangle.
[Ref: 45412] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A Muse. The Original in the Collection of Charles Boddam Esq.r.
G.B. Cipriani inv. Fra.s Bartolozzi Sculp.
London, Publish'd March 18th 1783 by E.M. Diemar No 377 Strand.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 230 x 150mm. Narrow margins.
Playing a triangle.
[Ref: 7609] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Muse.]
Angelica Kauffman del. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London. Publish'd May 18th. 1782, by T. Tomkins Foster Lane.
Etching with engraving, fine. Plate 177 x 127mm. 7 x 5". Large margins.
Muse seated holding a lyre and a flute; a swan to the left. Illustration to 'Beauties of English Poetry, by Elizabeth Tomkins'.
De Vesme: 1806; ii/ii.
[Ref: 20478] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Music.
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
London, Publish'd Nov.r 20. 1786, by W. Dickinson Engraver, Bond Street.
A very fine stipple engraving. Plate 203 x 286mm. 8 x 11¼". Glued to backing sheet. Corners damaged.
Neoclassical representation of the Muse Euterpe with accompanying putti, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Florence 1727- London 1785). A founder member of the Royal Academy and one of the most prolific draughtsmen of his generation,Cipriani produced decorative schemes, drawings for medallions, and concert tickets in a neo-classical style. His fame was partly due to his partnership with his fellow Italian, engraver Francesco Bartolozzi. Bartolozzi engraved many of Cipriani's works and also designed Cipriani's tomb in the Old Chelsea Burial Ground.
De Vesme: 686; v/vi. See Ref: 21212 for first state, proof before all letters.
[Ref: 14685] £320.00

[Music.]
[G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t]
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 20. 1786, by W. Dickinson Engraver, Bond Street.]
A very scarce and very fine stipple engraving, printed in red/brown ink. Proof before all letters, with small margins. Plate 198 x 286mm. 7¾ x 11¼". Some foxing.
Neoclassical representation of the Muse Euterpe with accompanying putti, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Florence 1727- London 1785). A founder member of the Royal Academy and one of the most prolific draughtsmen of his generation, Cipriani produced decorative schemes, drawings for medallions, and concert tickets in a neo-classical style. His fame was partly due to his partnership with his fellow Italian, engraver Francesco Bartolozzi. Bartolozzi engraved many of Cipriani's works and also designed Cipriani's tomb in the Old Chelsea Burial Ground.
De Vesme: 686; i/vi. See Ref: 14685 for later state.
[Ref: 21212] £480.00

Music.
G.B.Cipriani invt. F.Bartolozzi Sculp.
London Publish'd as the Act directs Feby. 15th 1783 by A.Torre, No. 44 Mark Lane.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. Plate: 180 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Slight surface abrasion near title. Light foxing.
The allegorical figure of Music, in Grecian dress, plays a harp and looks to the heavans.
[Ref: 1289] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[For The Benefit Of Mr. Salpietro.] Music the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm [etched in image.]
F. Vieira Portuensis inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Concert ticket, proof etching, sheet 116 x 150mm. Trimmed inside plate.
Proof before cartouche lettered. Refers to a Giovanni Salpietro, violinist. Designed by Francisco Vieira 'Portuense' (1765 - 1805), Portuguese painter born in Oporto, where he trained in studio of Jean Pillement.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7842] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Six solos for a Violin & Bass Humbly Dedicated to Crisp. Molineux Esq.r Composed by By Lewis Borghi.]
Pub.d Janry 20th 1783 by M.r Borghi No 5 John Street Oxford Street.
Rare etching, scratched letter proof before title. 305 x 230mm (12 x 9") Small margins.
The title page for a book of music by Luigi Borghi (c.1745-c.1806), an Italian violinist and composer who lived in London from the 1770s. He played in the orchestra of the King's Theatre from 1783 to 1785, and was leader of the second violins in the Handel Commemoration at Westminster Abbey in 1784.
De Vesme: 1868; ii/iv.
[Ref: 51271] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Six Overtes In Four Parts, With Hautboys And French Horns Ad Libitum, Calculated For Small Or Great Concerts; Most Humbly Dedicated To His Grace The Duke Of Dorset, Ambassador From His Britannic Majesty To The Court Of Versailles, By Lewis Borghi.
London. Printed for the Author, and sold at his House, No.5, John Street, Great Portland Street, (where may be had all his former Works.) at T. Skillern's No.17, St. Martin's Lane, & all the Music Shops.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by Lewis Borghi, April 16. 1787.
Etched titlepage in sepia. In ink on verso: -1- nov 1790. Light soiling.
Title-page of music book of six overtures; four winged figures, seated on clouds, playing music: on the left, one playing the cello; in the centre, another playing the violin; on the right, one playing the organ and the other singing; illustration to 'Six overtures in four parts' by Lewis (Louis) Borghi (London: 1787). Borghi (1772 - 1794; fl.) was a composer and violinist; Bartolozzi made prints for his music books. Numbered and priced lower left and right: 'Opa. VI.' and 'Price 15s.'
British Library: 004229937. De Vesme: 1869; iv/iv.
[Ref: 9729] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Vignette illustration; Music and five other female figures with an old man.] See page 324. Vol: III.
E. F. Burney delt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
Publish'd as the Act directs April 30th. 1789.
Etching on india paper, final state, 200 x 175mm. 8 x 7". A fine impression with full margins.
Music standing on the right, with a laurel crown on her head and holding a lyre; next to her (far right) an old man seated and an allegorical female figure. On the left of the composition, four allegorical female figures; the whole within an octagonal enveloped by leafy oak tree branches. Illustration to 'History of Music' (London: 1776) by Charles Burney. After Edward Francis Burney (1760 - 1848).
De Vesme 1945, III of III, see 20542.
[Ref: 21193] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A Naiad. Ye green haired Nymphs...
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1779.
Published according to Act of Parliament Oct 4. 1779 by F. Bartolozzi N.1 Bentinck St. Bewick St. Soho.
Stipple. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾''), with wide margins.
A naiad sits on the wall of a pool, one foot on an upturned urn, out of which water flows.
De Vesme 451.
[Ref: 48314] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Naiad. Ye green haired Nymphs...
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1779.
Published according to Act of Parliament Oct 4. 1779 by F. Bartolozzi N.1 Bentinck St. Bewick St. Soho.
Stipple, printed in colours, faint 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾''), with large margins. Some creasing.
A naiad sits on the wall of a pool, one foot on an upturned urn, out of which water flows.
De Vesme 451.
[Ref: 62362] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Nessus abducting Deianeira.]
G.B. Cipriani inv.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs by F. Bartolozzi 1787.
Etching with aquatint tones, printed in brown. 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"). Some surface dirt.
Nessus the centaur abducting Deianeira, the wife of Hercules. In the background is Hercules about to sheet Nessus with an arrow dipped in the Hydra. In turn Nessus's poisoned blood leads to the death of Hercules.
Calabi & De Vesme 455.iii.
[Ref: 44335] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Nest of Cupids.
Engraved by F. Bartolozzi R.A.
London, Published 10th May 1804 by Anth.y Molteno, No. 29 Pall Mall, Printseller to her R.H. the Duchess of York.
Etching printed in brown, platemark 280 x 355mm (11 x 14"), with large margins. Late impression printed by David Strang ('David Strang Imp' in pencil lower left).
Twentieth century impression of an etching by Francesco Bartolozzi, printed by David Strang (1887-1967), son of the distinguished etcher and painter William Strang, whose plates he printed. David Strang also printed for Laura Knight and (posthumously) Walter Sickert. A rare curiosity.
[Ref: 47656] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

This Plate is dedicated to William Lock, Esq. by his most Obliged and Devoted Servant F. Bartolozzi.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Publish'd pursuant to an Act of Parliament Jan.y ye 28.th 1772.
Stipple printed in red. Sheet: 260 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Trimmed.
Niobe, head turned to left, eyes turned upwards, touching her uncovered right breast with her left hand; below, a shield held by an angel, seated on a cloud.
De Vesme: 456.ii.
[Ref: 22936] £320.00

[Noah Stands Before God.]
Gio. Bened. Castiglione. [f: Bartolozzi f:.]
[n.d., c.1765.]
Etching. Sheet: 285 x 410mm (11¼ x 16"), 18th century watermark. Trimmed and a hole in centre.
A biblical scene in which the figure of Noah stands before an altar with his hands outstretched while the figure of God is held up by two angels. Several figures, some holding animals kneel around the altar.
De Vesme 1. Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire
[Ref: 46838] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Nymphs after Bathing.
G.B Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
London Pub.d as the Act directs Jan.y 15.th 1783 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane. A Paris chez L. Torre Porte St Antoine A.P.D.R.
Fine stipple printed in sanguine, plate 260 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins. Some very light foxing. Mint.
In a landscape, two beautiful nymphs arrange their hair after bathing in a stream.
De Vesme 467. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60288] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Nymphs Bathing]
G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pubd. as the Act directs March. 1 1787 by F. Bartolozzi.
Etching printed in sepia, platemark 240 x 295mm (9½ x 11½"), with very large margins.
Very decorative nude image. Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani (it was published in 'A Set of Etchings by Francis Bartolozzi R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the Late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.' in 1788.
Calabi & De Vesme 436.iii
[Ref: 43414] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Nymphs Sporting]
G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pubd. as the Act directs March. 1 1787 by F. Bartolozzi.
Etching printed in sepia, platemark 260 x 200mm (10 x 8"), with very large margins.
Decorative nude scene. Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani (it was published in 'A Set of Etchings by Francis Bartolozzi R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the Late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.' in 1788.
Calabi & De Vesme 462.ii
[Ref: 43417] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Nymphs Bathing.
Drawn by J.B. Cipriani. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.
London Published June 1st 1796 by Dietmar 114, Strand.
Stipple, printed in brown, fine.
Beautiful nymphs bathe at the stream.
De Vesme: 461.
[Ref: 45366] £320.00

The Noble Peasant. A Comic-Opera. Set to Music by William Shield. Price 10.6d.
F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Printed for Willm. Napier Music-seller to their Majesties No.474 Strand. [1784.]
Engraved titlepage illustrated by Bartolozzi, sheet 155 x 215mm. 6 x 8½". One diagonal crease.
The decorative border including flowers and fronds held by winged putti, and a lyre, pipes and sheet music in the lower part, engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). William Shield (1748 - 1829), composer at Covent Garden, wrote music for upwards of thirty dramatic pieces. This comic opera was written by Thomas Holcroft (1745 - 1809).
British Library: 004655802. De V:
[Ref: 13892] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Ophelia. There's rue for you, and here's some for me
James Nixon pinx.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
[London, Publish'd April 8th 1784 by W. Dickinson]
Stipple printed in red, sheet 190 x 145mm (7½ x 5¾"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing publication line;
The tragic Ophelia's last appearance in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' before her death from drowning. Stipple engraving after the miniature painter James Nixon (bap.1741-1812). This may be engraved from Nixon's miniature of Mary Bowles (née Elton) as Ophelia, in the collection of the Elton family seat, Clevedon Court, Somerset. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver who 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. This state is not listed in the catalogue.
Calabi & de Vesme 1860 iv/iv
[Ref: 43141] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Orange Girl.]
J.H. Benwell del. Walker Excud.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
London Publish'd Dec.r 2.nd 1786, by J. Walker, No.148, Strand.
Etching with stipple and large margins. Plate 274 x 221mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Slight mark.
Half-length young woman, body facing three-quarter to right, head turned in profile to right, wearing a hat with ribbons, holding a basket of oranges in right hand, a paper inscribed "Theatre Royal, Drury-lane Isabella". Isabella, or, The Fatal Marriage, was a play by Thomas Southerne, which was adapated by Garrick with Sarah Siddons playing the title role.
De Vesme 1288: ii/iv.
[Ref: 28904] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening; by Sr: William Chambers, Knt: Comptroller General of his Majesty's Works.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London] Printed by W. Griffin, Printer to the Royal Academy [also Davies, Dodsley, Wilson, Nicoll, Walter and Elmsley]. 1772.
Engraved illustrated titlepage to the first (4to) edition, with large margins, rare. 230 x 170mm, 9 x 6¾".
According to Colvin, the book was “primarily an attack on the bare style of landscape gardening associated with Capability Brown, and the oriental dress was merely a literary camouflage. To Chamber’s embarrassment his supposed championship of the Chinese garden as a model for imitation was taken seriously by the public, obliging him in 1773 to publish a second edition with an “Explanatory Discourse.’ Scottish architect Sir William Chambers (1723-1796) was responsible for many of Kew Gardens' temples, Carlton House, the north and south wings of Buckingham Palace, Richmond Palace, Sir Joshua Reynolds house, internal decorations of St James's Palace, Somerset House and many others. He was appointed tutor in architecture to the future George III. The classical design in an oval after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785) shows a spirit with butterfly wings decorating a statue with flower garlands; on the right, a woman seated on a chair, and on the left, three naked putti, one drawing.
See BL L.32/58. Colvin p. 205. De Vesme 1693.
[Ref: 26329] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Argalia appearing to Ferraù.]
[G.B. Cipriani. F. Bartolozzi.]
[n.d., c.1773.]
Etching on india paper, proof before all letters and engraved border. Sheet 270 x 195mm, 10½ x 7¾". Age-toning and light spotting.
Two soldiers in Romanesque uniform; Argalia standing in river to left, holding helmet, and on the right Ferraù standing on the bank, holding a pole. An illustration after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785) to 'Orlando furioso (The Frenzy of Orlando)' (G. Baskerville, Birmingham) by Lodovico Ariosto (1474 - 1533). Ariosto's Italian romantic epic takes place against the backdrop of the war between Charlemagne and his Christian paladins, and the Saracen army which is attempting to invade Europe.
De Vesme 1638, I of VI. See BL C.70.f.4.
[Ref: 21170] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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