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The Sword. Rennes. His sword was given him, and the moment he got it into his hand he drew it almost out of the scabbard...
W. Harding Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publishe'd 13 April 1787, by W. Palmer No.163 Strand.
Stipple. Sheet: 390 x 350mm (15½ x 13¾''). Damage to edges. Cut to platemark.
Illustration in a roundel of 'A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy' (1768) by Lawrence Sterne - the Marquis reclaiming his sword. Scene inside the court room at Rennes, Brittany, France, with two judges and a clerk seated to left, the Marquis unsheathing his sword; to the right stand his family.
De Vesme 1422, IV of IV.
[Ref: 48095] £320.00
W. Harding Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publishe'd 13 April 1787, by W. Palmer No.163 Strand.
Stipple. Sheet: 390 x 350mm (15½ x 13¾''). Damage to edges. Cut to platemark.
Illustration in a roundel of 'A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy' (1768) by Lawrence Sterne - the Marquis reclaiming his sword. Scene inside the court room at Rennes, Brittany, France, with two judges and a clerk seated to left, the Marquis unsheathing his sword; to the right stand his family.
De Vesme 1422, IV of IV.
[Ref: 48095] £320.00
![The Sword from Sterne [faded ink mss]. [The Sword. Rennes.](jpegs/55930.jpg)
The Sword from Sterne [faded ink mss]. [The Sword. Rennes. His sword was given him, and the moment he got it into his hand he drew it almost out of the scabbard...]
W. Harding Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publishe'd 13 April 1787, by W. Palmer No.163 Strand.
Stipple. Proof before title. 375 x 350mm (14¾ x 13¾''). Thread margins on three sides.
Illustration in a roundel of 'A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy' (1768) by Lawrence Sterne - the Marquis reclaiming his sword. Scene inside the court room at Rennes, Brittany, France, with two judges and a clerk seated to left, the Marquis unsheathing his sword; to the right stand his family.
De Vesme 1422, in between II & III.
[Ref: 55930] £320.00
W. Harding Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publishe'd 13 April 1787, by W. Palmer No.163 Strand.
Stipple. Proof before title. 375 x 350mm (14¾ x 13¾''). Thread margins on three sides.
Illustration in a roundel of 'A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy' (1768) by Lawrence Sterne - the Marquis reclaiming his sword. Scene inside the court room at Rennes, Brittany, France, with two judges and a clerk seated to left, the Marquis unsheathing his sword; to the right stand his family.
De Vesme 1422, in between II & III.
[Ref: 55930] £320.00
![[La Sybille Lybienne.]](jpegs/39127.jpg)
[La Sybille Lybienne.]
f. Barbieri detto Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi.
Etching, printed in brown ink. Plate: 310 x 360mm (12 x 14"). Very large margins.
A young woman in a turban reads a book she hold in her left hand, her right arm rests on a book titled 'Sibilla Libia.'
de Vesme: 2140, II of II.
[Ref: 39127] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
f. Barbieri detto Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi.
Etching, printed in brown ink. Plate: 310 x 360mm (12 x 14"). Very large margins.
A young woman in a turban reads a book she hold in her left hand, her right arm rests on a book titled 'Sibilla Libia.'
de Vesme: 2140, II of II.
[Ref: 39127] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Madonna, the Infant Christ and St. John, From an unfinished Basso relievo in Marble by Michelangelo Buonaroti. Done by him about the Year 1503 for Taddeo Taddei [...]
Michael Angelo [...] F. Bartolozzi R.A.
London Pub.d as the Act directs Jan. 1 1795 by A. Molteno Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York No. 76 St. James's Street
Soft-ground etching, rare, platemark 355 x 300mm (14 x 11¾"), with very large margins. Creases top right in margin.
Etching of Michelangelo's Taddei Tondo, which since 1830 was been in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts, London. The text below the image claims that the print was made by the celebrated Italian printmaker (and founding member of the Royal Academy) Francesco Bartolozzi and published in 1795, but this cannot be true, as the tondo was not acquired by George Beaumont until 1822. After Beaumont died in 1827, the print was briefly in possession of Lady Beaumont (who is named as the owner of the tondo on this print) before it waas received by the RA in 1830. During this time an etching of the tondo after a drawing by William Young Ottley was made by F.C. Lewis and published in London by W.B. Tiffin in 1828. This print would appear to be an altered impression of that plate, with the publisher (potentially Molteno, who was active until 1845) backdating the print and attributing the print to Bartolozzi, dead by this time but one of the foremost eighteenth century engravers, in a bid to increase demand for the print. In a recent book about the tondo, Alison Cole described the source drawing by Ottley as follows: 'the drawing sensitively attempts to amend the 'unfinished' nature of the tondo, in much the same way as plaster casts of the period tend to do, focusing on making sense of the shadowy figure of St John and the 'dove' and further delineating the exquisite features of the Virgin. Ottley probably drew the tondo soon after the purchase was made [by George Beaumont] (c.1822)'.
Not in Calabi & De Vesme; see Alison Cole, 'Michelangelo Buonarroti: The Taddei Tondo', p.37.
[Ref: 47668] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Michael Angelo [...] F. Bartolozzi R.A.
London Pub.d as the Act directs Jan. 1 1795 by A. Molteno Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York No. 76 St. James's Street
Soft-ground etching, rare, platemark 355 x 300mm (14 x 11¾"), with very large margins. Creases top right in margin.
Etching of Michelangelo's Taddei Tondo, which since 1830 was been in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts, London. The text below the image claims that the print was made by the celebrated Italian printmaker (and founding member of the Royal Academy) Francesco Bartolozzi and published in 1795, but this cannot be true, as the tondo was not acquired by George Beaumont until 1822. After Beaumont died in 1827, the print was briefly in possession of Lady Beaumont (who is named as the owner of the tondo on this print) before it waas received by the RA in 1830. During this time an etching of the tondo after a drawing by William Young Ottley was made by F.C. Lewis and published in London by W.B. Tiffin in 1828. This print would appear to be an altered impression of that plate, with the publisher (potentially Molteno, who was active until 1845) backdating the print and attributing the print to Bartolozzi, dead by this time but one of the foremost eighteenth century engravers, in a bid to increase demand for the print. In a recent book about the tondo, Alison Cole described the source drawing by Ottley as follows: 'the drawing sensitively attempts to amend the 'unfinished' nature of the tondo, in much the same way as plaster casts of the period tend to do, focusing on making sense of the shadowy figure of St John and the 'dove' and further delineating the exquisite features of the Virgin. Ottley probably drew the tondo soon after the purchase was made [by George Beaumont] (c.1822)'.
Not in Calabi & De Vesme; see Alison Cole, 'Michelangelo Buonarroti: The Taddei Tondo', p.37.
[Ref: 47668] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Young Woman of Otaheiti, bringing a Present.
J. Webber del. F. Bartolozzi sc.
[London: G. Nicol & T. Cadell, 1785.]
Stipple & line engraving on paper watermarked 'Bates'. 350 x 280mm, 13¾ x 11". Large margins.
A Tahitian dancer, published in the Official Account of Cook's Third Voyage (1776-80). John Webber (1751 - 1793) was the official artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hands of Hawaiian natives, also engraved by Bartolozzi.
De V: 1696 IV of IV.
[Ref: 20042] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. F. Bartolozzi sc.
[London: G. Nicol & T. Cadell, 1785.]
Stipple & line engraving on paper watermarked 'Bates'. 350 x 280mm, 13¾ x 11". Large margins.
A Tahitian dancer, published in the Official Account of Cook's Third Voyage (1776-80). John Webber (1751 - 1793) was the official artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hands of Hawaiian natives, also engraved by Bartolozzi.
De V: 1696 IV of IV.
[Ref: 20042] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Tancred and Erminia]](jpegs/43147.jpg)
[Tancred and Erminia] [Then views the hero's wounds... Dedicate to James Tamesz Grieve Esq.r by W. Palmer]
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London, Pub. Dec.r 1st 1784 by W. Palmer]
Stipple printed in sepia, Proof before all letters; platemark 300 x 390mm (11¾ x 15¼"). Small margins. Few foxing marks.
The injured Tancred supported by Vafrin, while Erminia, kneeling on the ground, holds his hand. Scene from 'Jerusalem Delivered' by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595).Stipple 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 1367 ii/iv; for another scene from 'Jerusalem Delivered' by Bartolozzi see ref. 25067.
[Ref: 43147] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London, Pub. Dec.r 1st 1784 by W. Palmer]
Stipple printed in sepia, Proof before all letters; platemark 300 x 390mm (11¾ x 15¼"). Small margins. Few foxing marks.
The injured Tancred supported by Vafrin, while Erminia, kneeling on the ground, holds his hand. Scene from 'Jerusalem Delivered' by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595).Stipple 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 1367 ii/iv; for another scene from 'Jerusalem Delivered' by Bartolozzi see ref. 25067.
[Ref: 43147] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Tempest] [Prospero Disarming Ferdinand.]](jpegs/17192.jpg)
[The Tempest] [Prospero Disarming Ferdinand.]
[H.W. Bunbury. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.]
Published according to Act of Parliament by Thomas Macklin of the Poets Gallery London 1792.
Stipple and etching in brown ink, progress proof before title, scratched publication line only, scarce. 410 x 480mm, 16 x 19".
Outside Prospero's grotto, the Duke stands waving a wand in the direction of Ferdinand at left, while Miranda kneels beside her father, tugging at his arm; behind in the cave Ariel plays a harp. Illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' (Act 1, Scene 2), from the series 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery', After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
[Ref: 17192] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[H.W. Bunbury. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.]
Published according to Act of Parliament by Thomas Macklin of the Poets Gallery London 1792.
Stipple and etching in brown ink, progress proof before title, scratched publication line only, scarce. 410 x 480mm, 16 x 19".
Outside Prospero's grotto, the Duke stands waving a wand in the direction of Ferdinand at left, while Miranda kneels beside her father, tugging at his arm; behind in the cave Ariel plays a harp. Illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' (Act 1, Scene 2), from the series 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery', After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
[Ref: 17192] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thalia.]](jpegs/20477.jpg)
[Thalia.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. 1776. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1776.
Etching with engraving. 274 x 209mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed to the plate.
Thalia, seated on a rock, holding a lyre and a mask, with a winged child flying the air trying to touch the mask; another mask and panflute on the ground. Illustration to 'Songs, duets etc. in the Duenna,...as performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden', written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
De Vesme: 1787 ii/iii.
[Ref: 20477] £320.00
G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. 1776. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1776.
Etching with engraving. 274 x 209mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed to the plate.
Thalia, seated on a rock, holding a lyre and a mask, with a winged child flying the air trying to touch the mask; another mask and panflute on the ground. Illustration to 'Songs, duets etc. in the Duenna,...as performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden', written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
De Vesme: 1787 ii/iii.
[Ref: 20477] £320.00
Si Giacerebbe Inutile Per Terra Deserta Senza Frutto, E Senza Onore.
G.B. Cipriani inv: F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1777.
Theatre ticket, printed in red, etching, sheet 200 x 175mm. 8 x 7". Lightly soiled. Trimmed within plate and at corners.
A classical male and female figure, with a putto flying above holding a dramatic mask, enclosed in an oval frame of fruit, corn, vine and grapes.
De Vesme: 1966; ii/ii. See 20506.
[Ref: 10554] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv: F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1777.
Theatre ticket, printed in red, etching, sheet 200 x 175mm. 8 x 7". Lightly soiled. Trimmed within plate and at corners.
A classical male and female figure, with a putto flying above holding a dramatic mask, enclosed in an oval frame of fruit, corn, vine and grapes.
De Vesme: 1966; ii/ii. See 20506.
[Ref: 10554] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Esq.r Thornhill perswades Olivia to Elope with him. Monsieur Thornhill persaude a Olive d'eschapper avec lui. Vide Dr Goldsmithd Vicar of Wakefield. Voll.1.Chap 17.
H. Ramberg Inv.t et Del.t F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculp.t
London Pub.d August 1. 1787, by Ia.s Birchall, No.473 Strand.
Stipple with small margins, printed in brown ink. Plate 381 x 355mm. 15 x 14".
Squire Thornhill persuading Olivia Primrose to elope with him, a small boy pulling on her dress in the opposite direction; a carriage and horses behind on the road, a church in the background. 'The Vicar of Wakefield', the novel by Oliver Goldsmith, written in 1761 and 1762.
In the National Trust Collections: 1312045.1.
[Ref: 27865] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H. Ramberg Inv.t et Del.t F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculp.t
London Pub.d August 1. 1787, by Ia.s Birchall, No.473 Strand.
Stipple with small margins, printed in brown ink. Plate 381 x 355mm. 15 x 14".
Squire Thornhill persuading Olivia Primrose to elope with him, a small boy pulling on her dress in the opposite direction; a carriage and horses behind on the road, a church in the background. 'The Vicar of Wakefield', the novel by Oliver Goldsmith, written in 1761 and 1762.
In the National Trust Collections: 1312045.1.
[Ref: 27865] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public Lecturer on Medical Botany. [also] Entrance into that most noble Public Gallery and admirable Medical Establishment Guys Hospital.
Russell, R.A. pinx. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp. [also] Elmes, Archt.t del.t. W. Woolnoth Sculp.t.
London Published May 1 1799.
A single plate with a stipple portrait and an engraved view. 480 x 360mm (19 x 14¼"), with wide margins.
A portrait of Dr Robert Thornton, famed for his 'Temple of Flora' flower prints, with a view of Guy's Hospital underneath. The view was published in Thornton's 'A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'.
[Ref: 51370] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Russell, R.A. pinx. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp. [also] Elmes, Archt.t del.t. W. Woolnoth Sculp.t.
London Published May 1 1799.
A single plate with a stipple portrait and an engraved view. 480 x 360mm (19 x 14¼"), with wide margins.
A portrait of Dr Robert Thornton, famed for his 'Temple of Flora' flower prints, with a view of Guy's Hospital underneath. The view was published in Thornton's 'A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'.
[Ref: 51370] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Si giacerebbe invtile per terra deserta, senza frvtto, e senza onore.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi. 1777.
Etching with engraving, fine. 266 x 209mm. 10½ x 8¼".
Ticket for a masquerade. Vertumnus seated with Pomona standing, upper body bear, next to a basket of flowers. Above them a putto flies holding a mask.
De Vesme: 1966; ii/ii. See ref 32426 & 10554 for one printed in red.
[Ref: 20506] £320.00
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi. 1777.
Etching with engraving, fine. 266 x 209mm. 10½ x 8¼".
Ticket for a masquerade. Vertumnus seated with Pomona standing, upper body bear, next to a basket of flowers. Above them a putto flies holding a mask.
De Vesme: 1966; ii/ii. See ref 32426 & 10554 for one printed in red.
[Ref: 20506] £320.00
![[Si giacerebbe invtile per terra deserta, senza frvtto, e senza onore].](jpegs/32426.jpg)
[Si giacerebbe invtile per terra deserta, senza frvtto, e senza onore].
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi.
1777.
Engraving. Sheet size: 277 x 206mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Timmed inside platemark.
A ticket for a masquerade. On the right, Vertumnus is seated, opening his arms. On the left, Pomona stands, her upper body bare, next to a basket of flowers. Above them, a putto flys, holding a mask. In a decorative oval with grapes and vegetables and a banner beneath.
De Vesme: 1966; i/ii. See ref 10554 & 20506 for later states.
[Ref: 32426] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi.
1777.
Engraving. Sheet size: 277 x 206mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Timmed inside platemark.
A ticket for a masquerade. On the right, Vertumnus is seated, opening his arms. On the left, Pomona stands, her upper body bare, next to a basket of flowers. Above them, a putto flys, holding a mask. In a decorative oval with grapes and vegetables and a banner beneath.
De Vesme: 1966; i/ii. See ref 10554 & 20506 for later states.
[Ref: 32426] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
To The King. I Humbly beg leave to lay at Your Majesty's feet the folllowing Dissertation.... May it please Your Majesty, Your Majesty's dutiful servant and faithful subject, William Chambers.
[n.d., 1772.]
Titlepage, engraved dedication with stipple engraved and etched vignette, 235 x 175mm. 9¼ x 7".
From 'A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening', W. Griffin, London, 1772. The book represented an unfortunate literary venture by the architect Sir William Chambers (1726 - 1796), in which he endeavoured to prove the superiority of the Chinese system of landscape gardening over that practised in Europe. His preface is animated with irritation against Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, whose design for Lord Clive's villa at Claremont had been preferred to his. The ‘Dissertation’ itself, with its absurd depreciation of nature, its bombastic style, and its ridiculous descriptions (mainly borrowed from other works) of the gardens of the emperor of China, was sufficient to account for the satires which it called into life. The most important of these was ‘An Heroic Epistle to Sir W. C.,’ followed by ‘An Heroic Postscript’ to this epistle, in both of which the satire was keen and the verses pointed. These lively pieces were published anonymously, and their authorship was for some time a matter for conjecture. There is now no doubt that they were by William Mason, the poet, the first book of whose ‘English Garden’ was published in 1772. Chambers commenced to exhibit with the Society of Artists (in Spring Gardens) in 1761, and was one of the first members and the first treasurer of the Royal Academy when established in 1768. In 1775 he was appointed architect of Somerset House at a salary of 2,000l. a year. With image above of two sides of a coin depicting George III as a Roman emperor and the facade of the Royal Academy. After Cipriani, engraved by Bartolozzi.
British Library system number: 000655477.
[Ref: 9314] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 1772.]
Titlepage, engraved dedication with stipple engraved and etched vignette, 235 x 175mm. 9¼ x 7".
From 'A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening', W. Griffin, London, 1772. The book represented an unfortunate literary venture by the architect Sir William Chambers (1726 - 1796), in which he endeavoured to prove the superiority of the Chinese system of landscape gardening over that practised in Europe. His preface is animated with irritation against Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, whose design for Lord Clive's villa at Claremont had been preferred to his. The ‘Dissertation’ itself, with its absurd depreciation of nature, its bombastic style, and its ridiculous descriptions (mainly borrowed from other works) of the gardens of the emperor of China, was sufficient to account for the satires which it called into life. The most important of these was ‘An Heroic Epistle to Sir W. C.,’ followed by ‘An Heroic Postscript’ to this epistle, in both of which the satire was keen and the verses pointed. These lively pieces were published anonymously, and their authorship was for some time a matter for conjecture. There is now no doubt that they were by William Mason, the poet, the first book of whose ‘English Garden’ was published in 1772. Chambers commenced to exhibit with the Society of Artists (in Spring Gardens) in 1761, and was one of the first members and the first treasurer of the Royal Academy when established in 1768. In 1775 he was appointed architect of Somerset House at a salary of 2,000l. a year. With image above of two sides of a coin depicting George III as a Roman emperor and the facade of the Royal Academy. After Cipriani, engraved by Bartolozzi.
British Library system number: 000655477.
[Ref: 9314] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman and Naked Child Mourn.]](jpegs/52400.jpg)
[Woman and Naked Child Mourn.]
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
[n.d. c.1766.]
Etching, proof before title. Plate 300 x 229mm (11¾ x 9"). Large margin top and bottom.
A woman with a veil, standing in profile to right, holding a tomb in form of a large pot; on the right, a winged naked child, mourning by the side of the pedestal, hiding his face under a veil, looking down, placing his torch upside down.
See Calabi & De Vesme (1928): 1794.
[Ref: 52400] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
[n.d. c.1766.]
Etching, proof before title. Plate 300 x 229mm (11¾ x 9"). Large margin top and bottom.
A woman with a veil, standing in profile to right, holding a tomb in form of a large pot; on the right, a winged naked child, mourning by the side of the pedestal, hiding his face under a veil, looking down, placing his torch upside down.
See Calabi & De Vesme (1928): 1794.
[Ref: 52400] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Tragedy.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[Pub.d June 30. 1788 by Macklin...]
Stipple. Sheet 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's inscription, creased bottom left.
A female allegorical figure of Tragedy leans against a balustrade. At her feet are three sleeping cherubs, about to be scared awake by a fourth who holds her mask over his face.
De Vesme 733, iii of iii.
[Ref: 53331] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[Pub.d June 30. 1788 by Macklin...]
Stipple. Sheet 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's inscription, creased bottom left.
A female allegorical figure of Tragedy leans against a balustrade. At her feet are three sleeping cherubs, about to be scared awake by a fourth who holds her mask over his face.
De Vesme 733, iii of iii.
[Ref: 53331] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Diomiro Tramezzane.
G. Bartolozzi Fecit.
G. Landi Pub. as the Act directs April 1st 1810 Sabloniere Hotel Leicester Sq.
Stipple, sheet 225 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"). Trimmed inside platemark. Very scarce.
Diomiro Tramezzane, Italian tenor active in London and Italy in the 18th and 19th centuries. Engraved by Gaetano Bartolozzi, son and pupil of the preeminent stipple engraver Francesco Bartolozzi.
De Vesme: Not in.
[Ref: 36522] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Bartolozzi Fecit.
G. Landi Pub. as the Act directs April 1st 1810 Sabloniere Hotel Leicester Sq.
Stipple, sheet 225 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"). Trimmed inside platemark. Very scarce.
Diomiro Tramezzane, Italian tenor active in London and Italy in the 18th and 19th centuries. Engraved by Gaetano Bartolozzi, son and pupil of the preeminent stipple engraver Francesco Bartolozzi.
De Vesme: Not in.
[Ref: 36522] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Triumph of Beauty and Love. From an original Drawing by J.B. Cipriani in the Possession of W. Palmer.
J.B. Cipriani R.A. Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.t.
London Published Fb.y 1st 1810, by Ant.y Molteno, Printseller to her R.H. the Dutchess of York, No. 29 Pall Mall.
Stipple. 250 x 315mm (10 x 12½"). Trimmed to plate, creasing. Some of inscription weakly inked.
Venus and Cupid in a chariot drawn by doves, attended by putti. Behind a young man embraces a nymph. First published by William Palmer in 1783.
[Ref: 48918] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J.B. Cipriani R.A. Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.t.
London Published Fb.y 1st 1810, by Ant.y Molteno, Printseller to her R.H. the Dutchess of York, No. 29 Pall Mall.
Stipple. 250 x 315mm (10 x 12½"). Trimmed to plate, creasing. Some of inscription weakly inked.
Venus and Cupid in a chariot drawn by doves, attended by putti. Behind a young man embraces a nymph. First published by William Palmer in 1783.
[Ref: 48918] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Trois Amours.]](jpegs/20480.jpg)
[Trois Amours.]
Wm. Martin inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London, 1791.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Plate 178 x 115mm. 7 x 4½". Large margins.
Three naked winged children surrounding a target on clouds, one blowing a horn, another holding two torches and the third holding a bow. Archery interest. Illustration to 'The Woodman' by Bate Dudley (London 1791). Henry Bate Dudley was the author of the libretto of the comic opera 'The Woodman', composed by William Shield.
De Vesme: 1875; ii/iii.
[Ref: 20480] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Wm. Martin inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London, 1791.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Plate 178 x 115mm. 7 x 4½". Large margins.
Three naked winged children surrounding a target on clouds, one blowing a horn, another holding two torches and the third holding a bow. Archery interest. Illustration to 'The Woodman' by Bate Dudley (London 1791). Henry Bate Dudley was the author of the libretto of the comic opera 'The Woodman', composed by William Shield.
De Vesme: 1875; ii/iii.
[Ref: 20480] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Tryphon Imperator. Ex nummo Argenteo penes Math. Duane Armig.
F. Bartolozzi del. et sculp.
London, Publish'd Decr. 1. 1788, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Etching with stipple, printed in brown ink; published state, with very large margins. 215 x 155mm, 8½ x 6". A fine impression.
A coin bearing the head in profile of Diodotus Tryphon, a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom; a measure immediately below. As a general of the army, he promoted the claims of Antiochus VI Dionysus, the infant son of Alexander Balas, in Antioch after Alexander's death - but then in 142 BC deposed the child and himself seized power.
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18241] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
F. Bartolozzi del. et sculp.
London, Publish'd Decr. 1. 1788, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Etching with stipple, printed in brown ink; published state, with very large margins. 215 x 155mm, 8½ x 6". A fine impression.
A coin bearing the head in profile of Diodotus Tryphon, a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom; a measure immediately below. As a general of the army, he promoted the claims of Antiochus VI Dionysus, the infant son of Alexander Balas, in Antioch after Alexander's death - but then in 142 BC deposed the child and himself seized power.
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18241] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Une Femme, Trois Engants et un Genie.]](jpegs/20488.jpg)
[Une Femme, Trois Engants et un Genie.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London: Griffin, 1772.]
Etching, rare. 127 x 157mm. 5 x 6¼". Very slight foxing. Cut to image with engravers and artists names.
A woman, three children and a spirit with butterfly wings, who is decorating a statue with flowers. The woman is seated on a chair and the three naked children sit by the statue, one drawing and the other two winged. Title-page to 'A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening' by William Chambers.
De Vesme: 1693.
[Ref: 20488] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London: Griffin, 1772.]
Etching, rare. 127 x 157mm. 5 x 6¼". Very slight foxing. Cut to image with engravers and artists names.
A woman, three children and a spirit with butterfly wings, who is decorating a statue with flowers. The woman is seated on a chair and the three naked children sit by the statue, one drawing and the other two winged. Title-page to 'A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening' by William Chambers.
De Vesme: 1693.
[Ref: 20488] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Untitled Classical figures]](jpegs/1294.jpg)
[Untitled Classical figures]
G. B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by F. Bartolozzi, 1788.
Coloured stipple. 235 x 270mm.
[Ref: 1294] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
G. B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by F. Bartolozzi, 1788.
Coloured stipple. 235 x 270mm.
[Ref: 1294] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Venus. [From a Statue by Mr Bacon.]
Palmer delin. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1787.]
Engraving and etching. 204 x 127mm. 8 x 5". Trimmed all round.
A sculpture of Venus twirling her long hair around her raised left hand and holding a conch shell. Illustration to "Philosphical Transaction" by the Royal Society of Arts (1787).
De Vesme: 488; ii/ii.
[Ref: 20446] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Palmer delin. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1787.]
Engraving and etching. 204 x 127mm. 8 x 5". Trimmed all round.
A sculpture of Venus twirling her long hair around her raised left hand and holding a conch shell. Illustration to "Philosphical Transaction" by the Royal Society of Arts (1787).
De Vesme: 488; ii/ii.
[Ref: 20446] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Venus & Adonis.
R.Cosway pinx.t. F.Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Published June 1 1791 by I. Read, Coventry Court, Coventry Street.
Stipple. Sheet 250 x 190mm. Trimmed into plate.
Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication.
[Ref: 7611] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
R.Cosway pinx.t. F.Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Published June 1 1791 by I. Read, Coventry Court, Coventry Street.
Stipple. Sheet 250 x 190mm. Trimmed into plate.
Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication.
[Ref: 7611] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Venus and Adonis.]](jpegs/20447.jpg)
[Venus and Adonis.]
Cosway inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Publih as the Act directs by J. Walker no.13 Parliamt Street Aug.st 21 1778.
Stipple with etching. Plate 254 x 191mm. 10 x 7½". Good margins.
Venus and Adonis seated under trees, embracing; next to her right foot, two doves, one drinking from a stream.
De Vesme: 492; v/ix. See Ref: 7611 for later letter state.
[Ref: 20447] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Cosway inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Publih as the Act directs by J. Walker no.13 Parliamt Street Aug.st 21 1778.
Stipple with etching. Plate 254 x 191mm. 10 x 7½". Good margins.
Venus and Adonis seated under trees, embracing; next to her right foot, two doves, one drinking from a stream.
De Vesme: 492; v/ix. See Ref: 7611 for later letter state.
[Ref: 20447] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Venus and Cupid.]](jpegs/53326.jpg)
[Venus and Cupid.]
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi after Guercino.]
[London: John Boydell, 1780.]
Crayon-manner stipple, printed in brown, 18th century watermark. 185 x 255mm (7¼ x 10"), with large margins.
A half-length composition, with Venus holding one arrow and Cupid's quiver while he reaches to draw another arrow from it. Engraved from a red chalk in the Royal Collection, which was probably an early sketch for the painting in Apsley House, home of the Duke of Wellington.
De Vesme 2196.
[Ref: 53326] £320.00
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi after Guercino.]
[London: John Boydell, 1780.]
Crayon-manner stipple, printed in brown, 18th century watermark. 185 x 255mm (7¼ x 10"), with large margins.
A half-length composition, with Venus holding one arrow and Cupid's quiver while he reaches to draw another arrow from it. Engraved from a red chalk in the Royal Collection, which was probably an early sketch for the painting in Apsley House, home of the Duke of Wellington.
De Vesme 2196.
[Ref: 53326] £320.00
Venus Presenting the Cestus to Juno.
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1784 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane.
Very fine stipple and etching, printed in sepia. 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with large margins. A little spottting mostly in margins.
Venus places a belt around Juno. Cupid flying in the air behind Venus, holding two arrows and a torch; on the right, a dove and two cupids in a cart, one holding a floral garland; on the left, a peacock..
De Vesme 496. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60294] £350.00
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1784 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane.
Very fine stipple and etching, printed in sepia. 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with large margins. A little spottting mostly in margins.
Venus places a belt around Juno. Cupid flying in the air behind Venus, holding two arrows and a torch; on the right, a dove and two cupids in a cart, one holding a floral garland; on the left, a peacock..
De Vesme 496. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60294] £350.00
![[Venus Chiding Cupid.]](jpegs/20464.jpg)
[Venus Chiding Cupid.]
Sir Joshua Reynolds inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp 1784.
London, Published June 1st. 1784, by A: Poggi, No:7, St Georges Row, Hyde Park.
Stipple, fine. Plate 216 x 196mm. 8½ x 7¾". Small margins.
Venus reclining on a cloud holding an arrow in her right hand point down; cupid stands holding a scroll with his left arm in his face in shame. A grinning putto lies behind Venus holding another arrow upwards.
De Vesme: 495; [undescribed state].
[Ref: 20464] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp 1784.
London, Published June 1st. 1784, by A: Poggi, No:7, St Georges Row, Hyde Park.
Stipple, fine. Plate 216 x 196mm. 8½ x 7¾". Small margins.
Venus reclining on a cloud holding an arrow in her right hand point down; cupid stands holding a scroll with his left arm in his face in shame. A grinning putto lies behind Venus holding another arrow upwards.
De Vesme: 495; [undescribed state].
[Ref: 20464] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Venus Chiding Cupid.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt. F. Bartolozzi fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by A. Poggi, No.7. St. George's Row, Oxford Turnpike, Janry. 1st. 1784.
Stipple printed in brown ink, sheet 360 x 275mm. 14¼ x 10¾". Trimmed to plate; extremities slightly tatty.
Venus reclining on a cloud holding up an arrow in her right hand; Cupid stands holding an inscribed scroll wiping away a tear from his cheek with the back of his left hand. A grinning putto lies behind Venus holding another arrow upwards provocatively.
De Vesme: 494, IV of V. Hamilton p.159.
[Ref: 21195] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt. F. Bartolozzi fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by A. Poggi, No.7. St. George's Row, Oxford Turnpike, Janry. 1st. 1784.
Stipple printed in brown ink, sheet 360 x 275mm. 14¼ x 10¾". Trimmed to plate; extremities slightly tatty.
Venus reclining on a cloud holding up an arrow in her right hand; Cupid stands holding an inscribed scroll wiping away a tear from his cheek with the back of his left hand. A grinning putto lies behind Venus holding another arrow upwards provocatively.
De Vesme: 494, IV of V. Hamilton p.159.
[Ref: 21195] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Venus Presenting the Cestus to Juno.]](jpegs/20431.jpg)
[Venus Presenting the Cestus to Juno.]
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1784 by A. Torres No.44 Market Lane.
A rare stipple and etching, very decorative. Plate 203 x 229mm. 8 x 9". Cut to plate along left-hand edge, margins on 3 sides.
Venus and Juno, half-naked; Cupid flying in the air behind Venus, holding two arrows and a torch; on the right, a dove and two cupids in a cart, one holding a floral garland; on the left, a peacock.
De Vesme: 496; iii/iv.
[Ref: 20431] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1784 by A. Torres No.44 Market Lane.
A rare stipple and etching, very decorative. Plate 203 x 229mm. 8 x 9". Cut to plate along left-hand edge, margins on 3 sides.
Venus and Juno, half-naked; Cupid flying in the air behind Venus, holding two arrows and a torch; on the right, a dove and two cupids in a cart, one holding a floral garland; on the left, a peacock.
De Vesme: 496; iii/iv.
[Ref: 20431] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Venus Sleeping. In the Cabinet at Houghton. The same size as the pciture.
Annibal Carraci Pinxit. F. Bartolozzi sculpsit. John Boydell excudit 1785.
Publish'd Sept.r 1.st 1785. by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Stipple, printed in brown. 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on card.
A rare stipple, with Venus lying naked on a drapery, arm over her head. Plate 65 from 'The Houghton Gallery', one of the many paintings from the collection that were sold to Catherine the Great and are now in the Hermitage.
[Ref: 45254] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Annibal Carraci Pinxit. F. Bartolozzi sculpsit. John Boydell excudit 1785.
Publish'd Sept.r 1.st 1785. by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Stipple, printed in brown. 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on card.
A rare stipple, with Venus lying naked on a drapery, arm over her head. Plate 65 from 'The Houghton Gallery', one of the many paintings from the collection that were sold to Catherine the Great and are now in the Hermitage.
[Ref: 45254] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Venus, Cupid and Satyr. From the Original Picture painted by Luca Giordano, In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire; To whom this plate is Dedicated, by his Grace's most Obliged, and most Obedient servant John Boydell.
Luca Giordano Pinx.t. R. Earlom delin.t. J. Boydell excudit 1767. F. Bartolozzi Sculpsit.
Published Nov.r 24th. 1767. by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 405 x 510mm (16 x 20"), with very large margins
Venus, reclining on a couch, embraces the infant Cupid, with a maid to left and a satyr leaning in over the pillows to right. Elaborate crest featuring stags and putti below image. Numbered 'No.43.' lower left, with dimensions of the original painting, by Luca Giordano (1634 - 1705). From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38309] £390.00
Luca Giordano Pinx.t. R. Earlom delin.t. J. Boydell excudit 1767. F. Bartolozzi Sculpsit.
Published Nov.r 24th. 1767. by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 405 x 510mm (16 x 20"), with very large margins
Venus, reclining on a couch, embraces the infant Cupid, with a maid to left and a satyr leaning in over the pillows to right. Elaborate crest featuring stags and putti below image. Numbered 'No.43.' lower left, with dimensions of the original painting, by Luca Giordano (1634 - 1705). From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38309] £390.00
[Venus, Cupid and Satyr. From the Original Picture painted by Luca Giordano, In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire; To whom this plate is Dedicated, by his Grace's most Obliged, and most Obedient servant John Boydell.]
Luca Giordano Pinxit. R. Earlom delin.t. J. Boydell excudit 1767. F. Bartolozzi Sculpsit.
Engraving, scratched letter proof before title. Sheet 405 x 510mm (16 x 20"). Trimmed to plate, some surface wear in inscription area.
Venus, reclining on a couch, embraces the infant Cupid, with a maid to left and a satyr leaning in over the pillows to right. An elaborate crest under the image features stags and putti. Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi from a preparatory drawing by Richard Earlom of a painting by Luca Giordano (1634 - 1705), and published as part of the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a publisher of fine engravings.
[Ref: 51826] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Luca Giordano Pinxit. R. Earlom delin.t. J. Boydell excudit 1767. F. Bartolozzi Sculpsit.
Engraving, scratched letter proof before title. Sheet 405 x 510mm (16 x 20"). Trimmed to plate, some surface wear in inscription area.
Venus, reclining on a couch, embraces the infant Cupid, with a maid to left and a satyr leaning in over the pillows to right. An elaborate crest under the image features stags and putti. Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi from a preparatory drawing by Richard Earlom of a painting by Luca Giordano (1634 - 1705), and published as part of the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a publisher of fine engravings.
[Ref: 51826] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Auguste Vestris.]](jpegs/58100.jpg)
[Auguste Vestris.] A Stranger at Sparta standing long upon one Leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, / I do not believe you can do as much; 'True (said he) but every Goose can'. / See Plutarch's Laconic Apothegms Vol. 1. Page 406.
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi & Benedetto Pastorini after Nathaniel Dance.]
Published 2.st April 1781 by Torre No 44. Market Lane.
Etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, 18th century watermark. Sheet 385 x 340mm (15¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate, hole in bottom edge repaired, faint crease.
A caricature portrait of dancer Auguste Vestris (Marie-Jean-Augustin, 1760-1842), on stage, poised on his right toe, his left leg and arms extended, a wide-brimmed hat with ribbon and flowers in his right hand. After a successful dancing career at the Paris Opéra, he trained many famous dancers including Fanny Elssler and Marie Taglioni. His son married Madame Vestris.
BM Satires 5905; De Vesme 2235, state iv (with Torres publication line).
[Ref: 58100] £390.00
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi & Benedetto Pastorini after Nathaniel Dance.]
Published 2.st April 1781 by Torre No 44. Market Lane.
Etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, 18th century watermark. Sheet 385 x 340mm (15¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate, hole in bottom edge repaired, faint crease.
A caricature portrait of dancer Auguste Vestris (Marie-Jean-Augustin, 1760-1842), on stage, poised on his right toe, his left leg and arms extended, a wide-brimmed hat with ribbon and flowers in his right hand. After a successful dancing career at the Paris Opéra, he trained many famous dancers including Fanny Elssler and Marie Taglioni. His son married Madame Vestris.
BM Satires 5905; De Vesme 2235, state iv (with Torres publication line).
[Ref: 58100] £390.00
Sophia & Olivia.
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.]
[Published May 20th. 1784, by Jno. Matthews No. 438 Strand.]
Stipple, printed in sanquine. 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Repaired tear touching plate on right,
A scene from Goldsmith's 'Vicar of Wakefield': two women, one playing a lute, the other with an open roll of paper.
De Vesme 1395. State without inscription or verse.
[Ref: 45364] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.]
[Published May 20th. 1784, by Jno. Matthews No. 438 Strand.]
Stipple, printed in sanquine. 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Repaired tear touching plate on right,
A scene from Goldsmith's 'Vicar of Wakefield': two women, one playing a lute, the other with an open roll of paper.
De Vesme 1395. State without inscription or verse.
[Ref: 45364] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Vicissit Temp.
E. Edwards inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. 1787.]
Etching with engraving. Plate 66 x 81mm. 2½ x 3¼". Trimmed to just outside plate.
A medal of Rome; a woman seating holding a broken arrow with the Colossuem in the background. Illustration to 'Roman History' by Goldsmith.
De Vesme: 2413; iv/iv.
[Ref: 20485] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
E. Edwards inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. 1787.]
Etching with engraving. Plate 66 x 81mm. 2½ x 3¼". Trimmed to just outside plate.
A medal of Rome; a woman seating holding a broken arrow with the Colossuem in the background. Illustration to 'Roman History' by Goldsmith.
De Vesme: 2413; iv/iv.
[Ref: 20485] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Francisco Vieira.
P. Violet pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.
Published as the Act directs by F. Vieira Sepr. 1st. 1801, London.
A rare stipple. 192 x 140mm. 7½ x 5½".
Francisco Vieira de Matos (1765-1805), who choose the artistic name of Vieira Portuense, was a Portuguese painter, one of the introducers of Neoclassicism in Portuguese painting. He was, in the neoclassical style, one of the two great Portuguese painters of his generation, with Domingos Sequeira. He first studied in Lisbon, later moving to Rome. He travelled through Italy, Germany, Austria and England, before returning to Portugal, in 1800. He met Swiss painter Angelika Kauffmann, from who he seems to have received influences. He seems to anticipate some motives of the romantic painting, in several of his historical paintings. He contracted tuberculosis, and moved to Madeira, were he died, aged only 39.
[Ref: 12738] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
P. Violet pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.
Published as the Act directs by F. Vieira Sepr. 1st. 1801, London.
A rare stipple. 192 x 140mm. 7½ x 5½".
Francisco Vieira de Matos (1765-1805), who choose the artistic name of Vieira Portuense, was a Portuguese painter, one of the introducers of Neoclassicism in Portuguese painting. He was, in the neoclassical style, one of the two great Portuguese painters of his generation, with Domingos Sequeira. He first studied in Lisbon, later moving to Rome. He travelled through Italy, Germany, Austria and England, before returning to Portugal, in 1800. He met Swiss painter Angelika Kauffmann, from who he seems to have received influences. He seems to anticipate some motives of the romantic painting, in several of his historical paintings. He contracted tuberculosis, and moved to Madeira, were he died, aged only 39.
[Ref: 12738] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Vigilance. See Vigilance stands rapt. Her starry Eyes, eternally on Guard, Bend their firm Gaze on heav'n: her deathless Torch Flames the bright Emblem of her ferved Zeal; And at her side her feather'd Centinel Unslumb'ring keep his watch.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Pub.d Feb.t 1.st 1798 by Colnaghi, Sala, & Co. (late Torre) No.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple and etching. 185 x 140mm. 7¼ x 5½". Very slight foxing.
A girl with bare breasts looking up to the heavens holding a flaming torch in her right hand and a cockerel close to her left side.
De Vesme: 738; iii/iii, but later state.
[Ref: 20575] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Pub.d Feb.t 1.st 1798 by Colnaghi, Sala, & Co. (late Torre) No.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple and etching. 185 x 140mm. 7¼ x 5½". Very slight foxing.
A girl with bare breasts looking up to the heavens holding a flaming torch in her right hand and a cockerel close to her left side.
De Vesme: 738; iii/iii, but later state.
[Ref: 20575] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Vigilance. See Vigilance stands' rapt. Her starry Eyes, eternally on Guard, Bend their firm Gaze on heav'n: her deathless Torch Flames the bright Emblem of her ferved Zeal; And at her side her feather'd Centinel Unslumb'ring keep his watch.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Pub.d Feb.t 1.st 1798 by Colnaghi, Sala, & Co. (late Torre) No.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple and etching. Plate 190 x 136mm (7½ x 5½"). Small margins.
A girl with bare breasts looking up to the heavens holding a flaming torch in her right hand and a cockerel close to her left side.
See De Vesme: 738.
[Ref: 52410] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Pub.d Feb.t 1.st 1798 by Colnaghi, Sala, & Co. (late Torre) No.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple and etching. Plate 190 x 136mm (7½ x 5½"). Small margins.
A girl with bare breasts looking up to the heavens holding a flaming torch in her right hand and a cockerel close to her left side.
See De Vesme: 738.
[Ref: 52410] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Premio della virtu.
G. Zocchi inv. F. Bartollozi Scul.
Wagner Ven.a C.P.E.S. [n.d., c.1761.]
Very fine engraving, 18th century watermark. 515 x 335mm (20¼ x 13¼"), with large margins.
'The First of Virtue'. A female angel kneels on a monument, blowing a trumpet as three figures festoon the monument with garlands. A half-naked woman with sagging breasts (a Sin?) covers her ears.
De Vesme 740.
[Ref: 55692] £320.00
G. Zocchi inv. F. Bartollozi Scul.
Wagner Ven.a C.P.E.S. [n.d., c.1761.]
Very fine engraving, 18th century watermark. 515 x 335mm (20¼ x 13¼"), with large margins.
'The First of Virtue'. A female angel kneels on a monument, blowing a trumpet as three figures festoon the monument with garlands. A half-naked woman with sagging breasts (a Sin?) covers her ears.
De Vesme 740.
[Ref: 55692] £320.00
Virtue directed by Prudence to Honor.
I.B. Cipriani Delt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Re-Published, Jany. 1st 1820, by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place, London.
Stipple printed in colours, oval, 160 x 180mm. 6¼ x 7".
Prudence, helmeted and holding a mirror, introduces Virtue, a winged child with a staff, to Honour, who sits, crowned with laurel and holding a cornucopia. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
See BM: 1856,0712.361 for the drawing.
[Ref: 13630] £320.00
I.B. Cipriani Delt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Re-Published, Jany. 1st 1820, by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place, London.
Stipple printed in colours, oval, 160 x 180mm. 6¼ x 7".
Prudence, helmeted and holding a mirror, introduces Virtue, a winged child with a staff, to Honour, who sits, crowned with laurel and holding a cornucopia. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
See BM: 1856,0712.361 for the drawing.
[Ref: 13630] £320.00
Virtue directed by Prudence to Honour. To Lady Gideon. This Print from ye Original Drawing by C.B. Cipriani is with ye greatest respect Dedicated by her Ladyships most humble Serv.t W. Palmer.
I.B.Cipriani Del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Re-Published Jan.y 1st. 1820 by S.&J. Fuller, 34. Rathbone Place. London.
Stipple printed in colour, framed. Plate 160 x 179mm. 6¼ x 7". Very fine.
Virtue directed by Prudence to Honour. Prudence, wearing a helmet and holding a mirror, introduces Virtue, a winged child holding a staff, to Honour, who sits, crowned with a laurel and holding a cornucopia.
See Binyon: 14(a).
[Ref: 17752] £450.00
I.B.Cipriani Del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Re-Published Jan.y 1st. 1820 by S.&J. Fuller, 34. Rathbone Place. London.
Stipple printed in colour, framed. Plate 160 x 179mm. 6¼ x 7". Very fine.
Virtue directed by Prudence to Honour. Prudence, wearing a helmet and holding a mirror, introduces Virtue, a winged child holding a staff, to Honour, who sits, crowned with a laurel and holding a cornucopia.
See Binyon: 14(a).
[Ref: 17752] £450.00
Virtue directed by Prudence to Honor.
I.B. Cipritani Del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Pub.d Jan.y 1.st 1784 by W. Palmer No.159 Strand.
Stipple and etching. Plate 164 x 183mm. 6½ x 7¼". Large margins.
A young boy, Honour, seated on a throne holding a cornucopia; two girls to the right: Prudence, with a feathered helmet and holding a mirror introducing Virtue, who has wings and holding a lance.
De Vesme: 741; iii/iv. See 13630.
[Ref: 20576] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I.B. Cipritani Del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Pub.d Jan.y 1.st 1784 by W. Palmer No.159 Strand.
Stipple and etching. Plate 164 x 183mm. 6½ x 7¼". Large margins.
A young boy, Honour, seated on a throne holding a cornucopia; two girls to the right: Prudence, with a feathered helmet and holding a mirror introducing Virtue, who has wings and holding a lance.
De Vesme: 741; iii/iv. See 13630.
[Ref: 20576] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Visiting-Card.]](jpegs/20465.jpg)
[Visiting-Card.]
F. Vieira Portoensis invt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to his Majesty Etatis 71 an 1798.
Engraving and etching. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Margins.
A visiting-card of Isabelle Menezes, wife of Portuguese ambassador to London; smoke coming from a plate on a monument, a winged figure kneeling on the ground with a putto standing to the side.
De Vesme: 1898; i/ii.
[Ref: 20465] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
F. Vieira Portoensis invt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to his Majesty Etatis 71 an 1798.
Engraving and etching. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Margins.
A visiting-card of Isabelle Menezes, wife of Portuguese ambassador to London; smoke coming from a plate on a monument, a winged figure kneeling on the ground with a putto standing to the side.
De Vesme: 1898; i/ii.
[Ref: 20465] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs. Parker Sackville Street.
G.B. Cipriani invent. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Etching and engraving, fine and rare. Collector's stamp on verso. Plate 70 x 95mm. 2¾ x 3¾".
Visiting-card of Mrs Parker. A woman seated on clouds holding a festoon of leaves in her right hand and a medallion in her left. Two putti to the right holding torches.
De Vesme: 1899.
[Ref: 20526] £320.00
G.B. Cipriani invent. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Etching and engraving, fine and rare. Collector's stamp on verso. Plate 70 x 95mm. 2¾ x 3¾".
Visiting-card of Mrs Parker. A woman seated on clouds holding a festoon of leaves in her right hand and a medallion in her left. Two putti to the right holding torches.
De Vesme: 1899.
[Ref: 20526] £320.00
![[Visiting Card of General Bartholomeu Costa.]](jpegs/20548.jpg)
[Visiting Card of General Bartholomeu Costa.]
[F. Bartolozzi R.A. Fecit. 1797.]
Etching and engraving, working proof, very scarce. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Trimmed close to the plate.
A carte-de-visite of Bartolomeu da Costa (1731 - 1801), general in the Portuguese army. A putto with butterfly wings carving inscriptions on a stone with another putto standing, wearing a helmet and holding a shield and a laurel crown.
De Vesme: 1897; i/iv. See 20589.
[Ref: 20548] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[F. Bartolozzi R.A. Fecit. 1797.]
Etching and engraving, working proof, very scarce. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Trimmed close to the plate.
A carte-de-visite of Bartolomeu da Costa (1731 - 1801), general in the Portuguese army. A putto with butterfly wings carving inscriptions on a stone with another putto standing, wearing a helmet and holding a shield and a laurel crown.
De Vesme: 1897; i/iv. See 20589.
[Ref: 20548] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Visiting Card of General Bartholomeu Costa.]](jpegs/20589.jpg)
[Visiting Card of General Bartholomeu Costa.]
[F. Bartolozzi R.A. Fecit. 1797.]
Etching and engraving, finished proof. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Trimmed close to the plate.
A carte-de-visite of Bartolomeu da Costa (1731 - 1801), general in the Portuguese army. A putto with butterfly wings carving inscriptions on a stone with another putto standing, wearing a helmet and holding a shield and a laurel crown.
De Vesme: 1897; ii/iv. See 20548.
[Ref: 20589] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[F. Bartolozzi R.A. Fecit. 1797.]
Etching and engraving, finished proof. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Trimmed close to the plate.
A carte-de-visite of Bartolomeu da Costa (1731 - 1801), general in the Portuguese army. A putto with butterfly wings carving inscriptions on a stone with another putto standing, wearing a helmet and holding a shield and a laurel crown.
De Vesme: 1897; ii/iv. See 20548.
[Ref: 20589] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vortigern and Rowena or the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain.]](jpegs/24990.jpg)
[Vortigern and Rowena or the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain.]
J.F. Rigaud R.A. Pinx.t F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculp.t
London Publish'd Feb.y 14. 1788 by W. Palmer, No.163 Strand.
Stipple printed in red, proof before title. Plate 336 x 406mm. 13¼ x 16".
Vortigern was the Saxon King of Britain in 5 AD. He forged an alliance with brothers, Hengist and Horsa, who were given lands in Lincolshire in return for help in suppressing the Picts. The alliance was further enforced when King Vortigern fell in love with Renwein (or Rowena), the beautiful daughter of Hengist who agreed to their marriage in exchange for the whole of Kent. The scene captured here is clearly the banquet scene depicting the meeting of Vortigern and Rowena. The helmeted brooding figure of Hengist is seen seated on the left. Sometime later, in an attempt to bring all of Britain under Saxon control Vortigern arranged a meeting with Hengist, then King of the Jutes. However, Hengist armed his men who then massacred some 500 Saxon noblemen in an attack which became known as ‘the night of the long knives'
[Ref: 24990] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.F. Rigaud R.A. Pinx.t F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculp.t
London Publish'd Feb.y 14. 1788 by W. Palmer, No.163 Strand.
Stipple printed in red, proof before title. Plate 336 x 406mm. 13¼ x 16".
Vortigern was the Saxon King of Britain in 5 AD. He forged an alliance with brothers, Hengist and Horsa, who were given lands in Lincolshire in return for help in suppressing the Picts. The alliance was further enforced when King Vortigern fell in love with Renwein (or Rowena), the beautiful daughter of Hengist who agreed to their marriage in exchange for the whole of Kent. The scene captured here is clearly the banquet scene depicting the meeting of Vortigern and Rowena. The helmeted brooding figure of Hengist is seen seated on the left. Sometime later, in an attempt to bring all of Britain under Saxon control Vortigern arranged a meeting with Hengist, then King of the Jutes. However, Hengist armed his men who then massacred some 500 Saxon noblemen in an attack which became known as ‘the night of the long knives'
[Ref: 24990] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Weep, Thaly Weep!
F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1778.
[London: George Kearsely, 1778.]
Etching. 102 x 118mm. 4 x 4¾". Cut.
Thalia, Music of comedy and idyllic poetry, seated on rocks looking at the medallion, with a portrait head in profile, and weeping. To the right, Samuel Foote being led to a boat by Mercury and in the foreground, a head buring in the ground. Title-page to 'An Elegy on the Death of Samuel Foote, Esq.' by Boschereccio.
De Vesme: 811; iv/iv.
[Ref: 20515] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1778.
[London: George Kearsely, 1778.]
Etching. 102 x 118mm. 4 x 4¾". Cut.
Thalia, Music of comedy and idyllic poetry, seated on rocks looking at the medallion, with a portrait head in profile, and weeping. To the right, Samuel Foote being led to a boat by Mercury and in the foreground, a head buring in the ground. Title-page to 'An Elegy on the Death of Samuel Foote, Esq.' by Boschereccio.
De Vesme: 811; iv/iv.
[Ref: 20515] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Margaret's Tomb. Her bloom was like the springing flower. [...] And every charm is fled.
Henry Bunbury, Esq. del.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.t.
London Publish'd May 10, 1799, by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Fine stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. 430 x 505mm (17 x 20"), on Whatman paper, with very large margins. Inscription weakly inked in places. Bit of foxing in title.
An illustration to David Mallet's poem 'William and Margaret', c.1724, depicting three young women in a churchyard, with an old man leaning on a tombstone. From Macklin's 'One hundred pictures/Prints illustrative of the most celebrated British Poets'.
De Vesme: 1446. II.
[Ref: 55213] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Bunbury, Esq. del.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.t.
London Publish'd May 10, 1799, by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Fine stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. 430 x 505mm (17 x 20"), on Whatman paper, with very large margins. Inscription weakly inked in places. Bit of foxing in title.
An illustration to David Mallet's poem 'William and Margaret', c.1724, depicting three young women in a churchyard, with an old man leaning on a tombstone. From Macklin's 'One hundred pictures/Prints illustrative of the most celebrated British Poets'.
De Vesme: 1446. II.
[Ref: 55213] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)