Catalogue: Decorative
The 5th Plague of Egypt the Picture late in the possession of W. Beckford Esqr.
Drawn & Etched by J.M.W. Turner. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Published June 10. 1808, by C. Turner No. 50. Warren Street, Fitzroy Square
Lettered above the image "H". Etching & Mezzotint. 207 x 289mm Uncut. Mint.
In the distance, the pyramids are visible, with flames running across the ground in front of them; in the foreground are a low building, broken tree-stumps, a dead horse and rider, and two supplicating figures. Rawlinson observes the scene is actually the 7th Plague not the 5th. Liber Studiorum: part of part III. Finsberg:16:iii of iii. Rawlinson:16:iii of iii. Frankau 878.
[Ref: 6882] £280.00
Midnight. Minuit.
T.Baston del. E. Kirkall Sculp.
T.Burford Exc.t. [n.d. c.1720].
Mezzotint. 200 x 260mm. Faint stain on print surface.
Ships at anchor, with anglers. The moon has a face. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 547] £550.00
Bonneville, Savoy.
Drawn & Etched by J.M.W. Turner. Engraved by H. Dawe.
Published Jan 1. 1816, by J.M.W. Turner Queen, Ann Street West.
Lettered above the image "M". Etching & Mezzotint. 215 x 290mm Uncut. Mint.
A stretch of river, with a bridge on the right below mountians covered with pines, the low left bank sweeping round on the left, with two figures on a rock in the foreground. In the centre is a medieval town, with a single diagonal stroke in the upper left corner. Liber Studiorum: part of part XIII. Finsberg:64:ii of iii. Rawlinson:64:ii of iii.
[Ref: 6883] £320.00
High Land on the British Coast.
Pillement delin. Smith Sculp.t.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street.
Engraving. 190 x 285mm, 7½ x 11¼". Creased, mounted on album paper.
A pair of figures on a rough path.
[Ref: 11605] £70.00
(£82.25 incl.VAT)
[Ruined Italian castle, with boy fishing.]
Invented & Drawn by Robt Adam Esqr. Architect. Engraved by B.Pastorini.
Published as the Act directs July 20th, 1779.
Aquatint, printed in sepia. 370 x 280mm. Very slight rubbing on left side of letters.
Romantic view of a ruined castle by one of England's most famous architects.
[Ref: 18] £280.00
[Ruined Italian castle with a bridge.]
Invented & Drawn by Robt Adam Esqr. Architect. Engraved by B.Pastorini.
Published as the Act directs July 20th, 1779.
Aquatint, printed in sepia. 370 x 280mm. Crease across left corner outside image, inside margin.
Romantic view of a ruined castle by one of England's most famous architects.
[Ref: 20] £280.00
Celadon and Amelia. From an Original Picture, in the Collection of Wm. Lock Esqr.
R. Wilson pinxit Londini. Browne aqua forti fecit. Woollett sculpt.
Publish'd June 10th. 1766 as the Act directs, by W. Woollett in Long's Court, Leicester Fields, & Ryland & Bryer at the King's Arms in Cornhill, London.
Engraving, 445 x 545mm. 17½ x 21½". A fine impression.
Celadon at the centre, looking to the heavens with his arms outstretched in disbelief and grief; Amelia lies dead at his feet. In the background a house with a shepherd driving his sheep up a hill, on which is a fortress. To right, a bay with stormy seas and a broken bridge.
Illustrates Scottish poet and playwright James Thomson's (1700 – 1748) masterpiece 'The Seasons', with seven lines of verse from 'Summer' arranged to left and right of title.
After Richard Wilson (1714 - 1782). Fagan: 57, VII.
[Ref: 11495] £330.00
The Challenge.
Painted By Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. Engraved By Charles Mottram.
London; Published Octr. 1st. 1862, By Henry Graves & Co. The Proprietors: Publishers To The Queen_6, Pall Mall. Printed by R. Holdgate.
Engraving. 790 x 385mm. Occasional spots of foxing in image. General surface dirt.
The original picture, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844, was painted for the Duke of Northumberland and is still in the family's possession. Graves: 328. Provenance: Royal House of Hanover.
[Ref: 3711] £350.00
In the Collection of Richd: Richardson Esqr. from St. John Chap. 4. V. 46.
Francisco Mielly Pinxt. Chatelin et Vivares Sculp.
Publish'd by F. Vivares June 2d. 1749.
Etching, 430 x 505mm. 17 x 19¾".
Christ walking with his disciples, meeting the centurion's servant on the road half-way to Capernaum. A city at the foot of a mountain in the background to right, overlooking a river, and a family walking by the river, turning to look.
After Italian painter Francesco Mielly (fl.1750).
Numbered 'No.1' lower right.
[Ref: 11494] £360.00
[Set of four landscape of Classical ruins, numbered 1-4.]
C. F.Phil: Koch. exc. A.V.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Set of four mezzotints. Each 205 x 270mm.
A fine set of fanciful Romanesque scenes.
[Ref: 7157] £550.00
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