Grosvenor Prints

L'Adolescenza.
G. Zocxhi inv. F. Bartollozi Scul.
Wagner Venezia C.P.E.S. [n.d., c.1761.]
Very fine engraving, 18th century watermark. 520 x 340mm (20½ x 13½"), with large margins.
Young people, read, play a pipe and flirt among classical ruins.
[Ref: 55693] £320.00

The Brazen Age. Virtue languising [sic] ! is represented by Minerva leaning on the knees of Industry, & the Indolence of the Sciences shews the barreness of this Age. [...]
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top.
Fine mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33177] £480.00

The Golden Age. The reigning Vertues of this Age are represented by Faith, Hope and Charity. Obedience by a Woman bearing a Yoak & by her side one holding Turtle Doves, the Bee Hives on the other side shews Union & Concord [...]
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, very scarce; platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top; small tear at top.
Fine mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33176] £480.00

The Iron Age. Every thing in this Picture shews the wicked & perversness of this Age. Rage is represented by a Man holding a Child by the heels animated by ye torch of Envy, Fury tramples upon Charity, Innocence, & Religion [...]
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, very scarce; platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top.
Dramatic mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33175] £480.00

[Allegory on the three ages of man]
Tiziano Vecellio invento, e depinse. Valentino le Febre Disegno;. Mirtillo ed'Amarilli. Opera esistente in casa del Sig.r Girolamo Manfrin in Venezia. Gottifredo Saiter Scolpi
Appo Teodoro Viero Venezia. [n.d., c.1786]
Etching and engraving with very large margins, 18th century watermark paper; platemark 265 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"). Fine.
Engraving resembling an early work by Titian (Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland) representing the three ages of man through the putti (infancy), man and woman in the opposite corner (adulthood), and an old man contemplating as skull (old age). However, the omission of the old man in this print and various other small differences suggest the print was made from a copy. This plate was first executed by Valentin Lefevre in the 17th century as part of a famous set of engravings, which were republished in 1749. By this time the plates were worn and required retouching, which in this case was carried out by German engraver J.G. Seuter (1717-1809). Seuter often signed himself in the Italianised 'Gottifredo Saiter', as here. Another edition, from which this plate comes, was published by Teodor Viero of Venice in 1786.
[Ref: 32557] £320.00

Agriculture.
G.B.Cipriani Inv. I.M.Delattre Sculp.t.
London. Publish'd March 31st; 1788, for the Proprietor, by Palmer & Fielding No. 163 Strand.
Stipple, printed in brown. 180 x 165mm (7 x 6½").
A cherub holding a sickle, seated on the handle of a spade in a cloud.
[Ref: 1275] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Agriculture.
G.B. Cipriani Inv. I.M. Delattre Sculp.t.
London. Publish'd March 31st; 1788, for the Proprietor, by Palmer & Fielding No. 163 Strand.
Stipple. 180 x 165mm (7 x 6½"), with very large margins. Uncut.
A cherub holding a sickle, seated on the handle of a spade in a cloud.
[Ref: 55310] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Attention. [&] Serenity.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Pub.d Feb.y. 1.st 1798 by Colnaghi Sala & Co. (late Tore) No.132 Pall Mall.
A pair of printed stipple. Framed. Image: 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Frame: 210 x 175mm (8¼ x 7"). Unexamined out of frame.
A pair of allegorical scenes, one showing the figure of attention writing at her desk, the second shows serenity looking towards the sky.
[Ref: 45409] £420.00 view all images for this item

Salon de 1851. L'Amour de L'Or.
Alf. Stevens pinxt. Voncken lith.
Imp. Passage du Prince, 10. [n.d. c.1851.]
Lithograph. 254 x 197mm (10 x 7¾").
The Love of Gold.
[Ref: 12963] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Beauty looking in the Mirror of Prudence, with a Genius representing Innocence. From the Original Picture in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Manchester, To whom this plate is dedicated by his Grace's Obedient Servant, Ja.s Birchall.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculpx.
London, Pub'd August 15 1786 by Jas. Birchall No.473 Strand.
Stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet 385 x 345mm (15¼ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate, creases and tears in inscription area.
[Ref: 53084] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A la Beaute. [&] A la Volupte. ['To Beauty' and 'To Pleasure'.]
Peint par J.A. Laurent. Grave par Roger. [&] Peint par J.A. Laurent. Grave pa Mecou.
Depose a la Bibliotheque Nle. le 13 Pluvoise An XIIe. [&] Depose a la Bibliotheque Nle. en Fructidor An XIIe. [French, 1803.]
Pair of stipples printed in colours, each sheet c.220 x 240mm. 8¾ x 9½". Trimmed to or close to plates. Second plate chipped at lower left. Some staining and light soiling to both, mostly marginal.
Two charming images of winged putti; one emerging from inside a fallen rose in a woodland, the other peacefully asleep (inebriated?) in an empty wine glass, a background of vine leaves and grapes.
[Ref: 25588] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

The Power of Beauty. Vain is you powr, all efforts vain will prove. The Power of Beauty sways the God Love. To the Countess of Harrington. The Print from the Original Drawing by G.B.Cipriani, is with ye greatest respect Dedicated by Her Ladyships most Humble Serv.t W Palmer.
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. Le Grand, Sculp.t.
A Paris chez Mme. Breton, Mde. d'Estampes, au Pavillon, Jardin du Palais Royal, et rue du Chantre, Maison du Chandellier. [n.d. c.1780]
Stipple, printed in colours. 197 x 192mm (7¾" x 7½").
[Ref: 8481] £420.00

Beauty.
G.B. Cipriani del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Published according to Act, Nov.r 6th 1782, by the Proprietor, No 5, Poland Street, Soho
Stipple printed in sepia, platemark 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Thread margins.
Woman sat on clouds with peacock. 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 576 iii/iii
[Ref: 43144] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Beauty & Time.
Published according to Act of Parliament the 1.st of January 1781[?] by [illegible] Humprey.
Fine stipple, printed in sepia. 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Mint.
A bare-breasted young woman and Chronos tussle over his scythe. Ozias Humphrey (1742-1810), miniaturist and publisher, is best known for commissioning William Blake's 'A Small Book of Designs' and 'A Large Book of Designs', containing colour-printed plates from his other works.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60292] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Charitas.
S. Lyne Excu. [c. 1700]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 180 x 120mm, large margins. Very slight staining.
A female allegorical figure of Charity in a landscape of classical ruins, with three children and a dog.
[Ref: 60860] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Charity.
I.H. Ramberg delin. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
London Published 1st. Janry. 1787. by Robert Wilkinson No.58 Cornhill London.
Stipple with etching on india paper, printed in brown ink. 200 x 225mm. 8 x 9". Small upper and lower margin, one rust spot to plate; else a fine impression.
Allegorical representation of Charity, as a woman comforting a little girl and two naked putti; basket of fruit far left. In an oval. After Johann Heinrich Ramberg (1763 - 1840).
De Vesme 581, III of III. Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 21194] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Charity. From the Original Picture, of the same Size, painted by Carlo Cignani, in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire; To whom this Plate is humbly inscribed By his Grace's much obliged, and most devoted Servant. J. Boydell. No. 2.
Mortimer delin.t. S. F. Ravenet Sculp.t.
Published according to Act of Parliament, 1.st. March. 1763, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. Plate: 510 x 405mm (20 x 16"), with wide margins. Some foxing.
An allegorical depiction of Charity in which a woman, sitting at the foot of a column, feeds and watches over her children.
[Ref: 38321] £360.00

La Charité Humaine Gravée d'après le tableau de l'Albane qui est dans le Cabinet du Roy. Large de 1. Pied 11 Pouces sur 1. Pied 6. Pouces de haut
Peint par l'Albane. Gravé par J. Daullé en 1763
A Paris chez la V.ve Daullé Quay des Augustins.
Engraving, platemark 370 x 495mm (14½ x 19½"), very large margins. Glued to backing sheet; stamp of bibliothèque Talhouet, du cabinet de la Lambardais lower left.
Allegory of charity, with a female figure picking fruit to give to the three children, one of whom suckles her breast. After a painting by Francesco Albani (1578-1660) then in the possession of the king and displayed at Versailles. The engraver Daullé obtained royal permission to engrave this painting and another in the royal collection. This painting is now in the Palais du Luxembourg, Paris.
[Ref: 38595] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Charity. From the Original Picture of the same size, painted by Carlo Cignani in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire: to Whom this Plate is most humnbly inscribed, By His Graces much Obliged and most devoted Servant. J.Boydell.
Mortimer delin.t. S.F. Ravenet Sculp.t.
Published according to Act of Parliament, 1st. March, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London
A very fine copper engraving. 520 x 405mm (20½ x 16").
John Hamilton Mortimer is the intermediary in this instance taking a drawing from the painting by Cignani. "The Most Capital Paintings in England" series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three (1769 to 1773) originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14390] £360.00

Chastity. Extinguishing the flame of Love.
Cut in Paper by the R.t Hon.ble Lady Templeton. Engrav'd by P.W. Tomkins late Pupil to F. Bartolozzi.
Publish'd July 5. 1792 by I.F. Tomkins No.49 New Bond Street.
Stipple. 187 x 200mm (7¼ x 8").
Diana, the emblem of Chastity, with her hunting hounds, spraying water over Temptation. By Elizabeth Upton, Lady Templetown (1747-1823), an artist who provided designs for Josiah Wedgewood.
[Ref: 14586] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Comedy.
Publish'd Dec.r 8, 1778 by I. Mortimer.
Etching. Plate: 300 x 200mm (11¾ x 8"), with large margins.
A allegorical scene showing the figure of Comedy pointing at a folio in which is the portrait of Falstaff, at the base of the plinth sits a satyr and a child looking in a mirror. By John Hamilton Mortimer.
[Ref: 47378] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Composition]
J. B. Cipriani del.t. Rob.t Sa.l Marcuard Scu.t.
London, [n.d. 1784]
Stipple and etching, proof before title and publication line, watermark 1784; 165 x 225mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate. Light foxing
An allegorical scene of a classical female figure painting a figure of Athena; she is being advised by a cherub over her shoulder, while another cherub holds her drawing board. A companion print to 'Study' also by Marcuard (after Cipriani), published by Palmer 1784.
[Ref: 54116] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

La Contrariete. Q.5
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. Plate 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4½"), with large margins.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing contrariety with a fountain, a fire, bellows, wheels and a lobster.
[Ref: 59102] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Allegorical frontispiece to Colton's General Atlas.]
F.A. Chapman del. C. Wise Sc.
[New York; J.H. Colton, c.1850.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 470 x 375mm (18½ x 14¾"). Creased at bottom below image.
An allegorical scene with four female figures representing the sciences related to mapping gathered around a globe, one of whom is pointing to America. Around them are the tools of geographers and navigators: a telescope, sextant, compass, palette and brushes, reference books and hourglass. Behind is a town and harbour.
[Ref: 51957] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Musical scene]. From a Drawing of Franceschini.
W. Baillie f.
Publish'd Jan. 2.nd 1772.
Stipple engraving, 295 x 260mm. 11½ x 10¼". Later issue c.1800.
Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.

[Ref: 12232] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

La Curiosité. Q.10.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with large margins.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing curiosity, with two frogs.
[Ref: 59317] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Allegory on the Discord in France]
CL M inv.
[published by Blaeu, 1638]
Etching, platemark 295 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"). Small margins. Central fold (as issued?), printers crease; pinhole lower right, left corner wrinkled.
Hercules carrying a repaired globe marked 'Gallia' (France), assisted by Mars and Minerva. Statues of Justice and Concord on pedestals either side. One from a series of sixteen plates showing the festivals and ceremonies given to Marie de Medici by the city of Amsterdam during her visit from 31 August to 5 September 1638, published by Blaeu in Kaspar van Baerle's book on the festivities 'Medicea Hospes' ('The Medicean Guest'). The visit was considered an important moment in Dutch history as it conferred international recognition on the newly-formed Dutch Republic. This is one of the nine plates by Pieter Nolpe after Moyaert.
Muller 1793.13; Hollstein 6-14 (after Moeyaert); Hollstein 95-103 (Nolpe). For another plate from the volume see ref. 28696; for Barlaeus, see ref. 29659.
[Ref: 37014] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

La Doctrine. G 2.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d. c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with very large margins. Paper age-toned.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 59570] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Pleasure. [&] Sorrow.
H. Corbould Del. R. Cooper sculp.
London, Published Feb.y 1. 1814. by S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place.
Pair of stipples, printed in colours with fine hand finishing. Sheets c. 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plates.
Two small children admire a captive bird, then mourn its death.
The BM has 'Sorrow' (1940,1109.52, trimmed losing title) and 'Tenderness', with the same children playing with a cat and kittens.
[Ref: 55420] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Europe.
London. Pub.d by C.T. Stampa & C.o, 25 Kirby Str.t, Hatton Garden, Dec.r. 1. 1804. [But later]
Coloured mezzotint, watermark 1824, 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"), with large margins. Small nicks in margins.
An allegorical figure of Europe shown full-length standing slightly to the left. Her right hand holds a pair of compasses as she plots on a globe. She is surrounded by objects; to her left a cornacopia, book, scroll, map of Europe. Right; a pallete, sheet music, a caduceus rod and books. In the background a man ploughs a field.
[Ref: 60702] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

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

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

[Illustrations by Agostino Carracci on the the fresco ceiling in the Farnese Gallery.]`
C. Cesius sculp. Ann. Car. Cu. S. P.cis.
[Rome, c.1765.]
Five etchings on one sheet. Centre etching 220 x 220 (8¾ x 8¾"), with five ovals, c.140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"). Centre fold as issued, several repaired tears in margins. Slight staining on right & left.
A sheet from an album: a central classical scene of a chariot (Hades abducting Persephone?) with four ovals of female allegorical figures of Fortitude, Justice, Charity & Temperance. The ovals are from from a bound album of 64 plates after the fresco ceiling in the Farnese Gallery by Annibale Carracci
BM A,3.39 for 'Fortitude', A,3.38 for 'Charity', A,3.37 for 'Temperance', & A,3.40 for 'Justice'.
[Ref: 45222] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Atropos troisieme Parque. Ainsi s'en vont nos jours que la Parque a filéz, Quand le Temps des a faulx à qui rien ne resiste, Vient en couper la trame, et nous prends sur la piste Des plus heureux momens que se sont écoulez
R.B. [Robert Bonnart] del.
[n.d. c.1700.] Chez N. Bonnart, rue St. Iaques, a l'aigle, avez privil.
Engraving. 295 x 195mm (11½ x 7¾"). Trimmed to the platemark. Some spotting in the bottom right-hand corner.
Atropos (or Morta), one of the Parcæ, the Three Fates of Roman mythology, responsible for cutting the Threat of Life.
[Ref: 14407] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

La Fécondité. G.7.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d. c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching, pt 18th century watermark. 190 x 135mm (7½ x 5¼"), with large margins. Stain and wormhole on top right corner.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing fertility, with a globe, cornucopia, animals and flowers.
[Ref: 59344] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

La Fidelite.
L. Lagrenée inv. N.F. Regnault. Sp.
AParis chés Regnault, rue croix des petits-Champs. [n.d. c.1770.]
Very fine stipple printed in red ink. Plate 186 x 196mm (7¼ x 7¾"). Glued to backing sheet at corners.
'Loyalty', sanguine stipple after L.J.F. Lagrenée (1724-1805), pupil of Van Loo and Director of the St Petersburg Academy before occupying similar positions in Paris and Rome.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28414] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Temple of Flora or [...]
[Engraved by P.W. Tomkins after Edward Burney.]
Published as the Act Directs June 1804 by D.r Thornton, Hynd St.
Stipple, proof, Sheet 180 x 335mm (7 x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate right and bottom, lettering of title only slightly inked. Stain bottom right.
An allegorical figure of Flora, seated in a chariot drawn by winged cherubs, published as a vignette on the title page of Dr Robert Thornton's magnificient 'Temple of Flora', the grandest British botantical book. The absence of the artist and engraver's signatures and the scant inking of the letters of the title suggest this is proof impression of the vignette.
[Ref: 55245] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Flower painted by Varelst. From Prior. [...] From the Original Picture, in the possession of Geo.e Bowles, Esq.r.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Thomas Burke Fecit.
Publish'd Jan.y 1st 1784 by Tho.s Burke, Kemp's Row Chelsea.
Stipple and etching with large margins. 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼").
A tribute to the still-life painter Simon Verelst (c.1644-1721). Thomas Prior's poem on a painting by Verelst is accompanied by an engraving after Kauffman depicting Flora herself lending a hand to the painter's work: 'When fam'd Varelst this little Wonder drew; / Flora vouchsaf'd the growing work to view: / Finding the painter's science at a stand, / The Goddess snatch'd the pencil from his Hand; / And finishing the Piece, she smiling said; Behold one work of mine, that ne'er shall fade.'
[Ref: 29791] £320.00

[Foresight] La Prévoyance. R 3.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d. c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with very large margins.
A rococo design, with magic eye, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 59572] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Fortitudo.
[Jacob Gole?]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"), with very large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate on right, toning in top margin, old ink number bottom right of plate. Stain top left & right.
An opulently-dressed woman representing 'Courage', with high headress, seated on a fallen column, armour and a trumpet at her feet. Through a window is a triumphal columan and a palace. The blackness of the background mezzotint suggests it has been reworked.
[Ref: 60180] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Frontispiece. The Four Quarters of the World. Plate. 1. No. 1.
H. Gravelot inv. C. Grignon sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate: 235 x 160mm (9¼ x 6¼''). Trimmed on left.
An allegorical scene showing Asia, America, Africa and Europe represented by female figures by a large column.
[Ref: 51031] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Allegory of the French Empire dedicated to Anne of Austria.]
J. Heyden excudibat.
[n.d., c.1625.]
Rare engraving. 320 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). With the ink collector's stamp of Alfred Morrisson). Narrow margins. Crease in centre, slightly visable from front.
An allegorical plate of the French Empire dedicated to Anne of Austria (1601-60, wife of Louis XIII and mother of Louis XIV) by the author Martin Meurisse. Centred around a portrait of the queen are figures of the Virtues, Europa astride the bull and others sitting on tiers, with notes in Latin and French. The two coats of arms are the Royal Crest and the emblem of the Franciscans. Underneath, the French text dedication explains the meaning of the plate. The author was Bishop Martin Meurisse (1584-1644), a Franciscan philosopher and theologian who published theses on Logic, Physics, Metaphysics and Ethics between 1613 and 1618, each illustrated with prints such as these. Alfred Morrisson (1821-1897), described by Lugt as 'one of the most relentless collectors of his time', formed his print collection between 1860 and 1878; the Print Room of the British Museum acquired 455 rare prints from the collection before the rest was dispersed by Sothebys between 1917-19.
Lugt: L151.
[Ref: 44981] £750.00

Frontispiece. Minerva surrounded by figures representing various Arts & Sciences, holding the three Vol.s of the Royal Magazine.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins.
An allegorical view showing the figure of Minerva sitting in a classical setting holding volumes of the Royal Magazine from which this print is an illustration.
[Ref: 46309] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Gaiety.
[Anon., British, n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple and etching, oval, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Hole to right margin.
Allegorical female figure in flowing robes, smiling and holding a bouquet of flowers above her head. From an unidentified publication.
[Ref: 22850] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

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

The Golden Age.
Painted by B.West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved from the Original Picture by Facius.
Publish'd Jany 1st 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple, printed in colours. 295 x 330mm.
[Ref: 6517] £520.00

La Gratitude ou Reconoissance. P 11.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d. c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), with very large margins.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), centred around an elephant.
[Ref: 59585] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Gratitude.
G: D: L: pinx.
I. Smith ex. [n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint, 225 x 185mm. 9 x 7¼".
Female figure, wearing a long robe, pouring liquid from a cup into a fire on a raised stand; beside her another female figure with plate of food on her lap, and two nude putti embracing. Through a clearing in the background a group of figures dancing round a statue is visible. After Gérard de Lairesse (1641 - 1711), engraved and published by the famous early mezzotinter and re-publisher of older plates John Smith (1652 - 1743).
Chaloner Smith: undescribed.
[Ref: 11492] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Harmony.
C.B. Cipriani Delin.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1786 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No. 158 Bond Street.
Stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet: 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed.
A portrait of the figure of Harmony, shown playing a harp.
De Vesme 625.II. See reference 60326 for proof before letters.
[Ref: 47256] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Harmony.]
[C.B. Cipriani Delin.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.]
[London, Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1786 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No. 158 Bond Street.]
Fine proof before letters stipple, printed in sepia. Plate 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins. Foxing.
A portrait of the figure of Harmony, shown playing a harp.
De Vesme 625 II of III. See Ref. 47256 for fully lettered version.
[Ref: 60326] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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