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![[Attila the Hun and his Army.]](jpegs/41995.jpg)
[Attila the Hun and his Army.]
F. Valerio B. Cast in [n.d., c.1700].
Engraving, sheet 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet; tears; large area of paper missing at bottom and sketched in in pen. Damaged.
Attila the Hun (406-453), leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his reign he was one of the most feared enemies of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires.
[Ref: 41995] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
F. Valerio B. Cast in [n.d., c.1700].
Engraving, sheet 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet; tears; large area of paper missing at bottom and sketched in in pen. Damaged.
Attila the Hun (406-453), leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his reign he was one of the most feared enemies of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires.
[Ref: 41995] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Man carrying a chicken on his back]](jpegs/41720.jpg)
[Man carrying a chicken on his back]
Th. Barker Bath del. 1802 [signed in reverse on stone lower left]
Very scarce pen lithograph, sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½). Glued to backing sheet at corners; good impression.
One of the first lithographs made in England, by Thomas Barker (1767-1847), painter and lithographer born in Bath. Barker contributed to the first collection of lithographs ever printed in England in 1803, publishing his own series of over forty 'Rustic Figures' in 183 for which many of the stones, still bearing Barker's original drawings, are in the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath.
For the complete set of 'Rustic Figures', 1813, see ref. 13436
[Ref: 41720] £480.00
Th. Barker Bath del. 1802 [signed in reverse on stone lower left]
Very scarce pen lithograph, sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½). Glued to backing sheet at corners; good impression.
One of the first lithographs made in England, by Thomas Barker (1767-1847), painter and lithographer born in Bath. Barker contributed to the first collection of lithographs ever printed in England in 1803, publishing his own series of over forty 'Rustic Figures' in 183 for which many of the stones, still bearing Barker's original drawings, are in the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath.
For the complete set of 'Rustic Figures', 1813, see ref. 13436
[Ref: 41720] £480.00
Beppo. More than the rest one person seemed to stare. / With pertinacity that's rather rare. / It was a Turk the color of Mahogany.
William Locke Jun.r del. Lith. de Villain. V. de Villeneuve lith.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Printed area 205 x 140mm (8 x 9½"). Crease.
A scene from Lord Byron's 'Beppo: A Venetian Story'. A Venetian lady, Laura, off to attend the Venetian Carnival with her lover, is stalked by her long-lost husband, who had been captured by Barbary pirates. Revealing himself, Beppo accepts his wife's actions and befriends the lover. Byron's poem argues that the English attitude to adultery is hypocritical compared to the custom of the 'Cavalier Servente; in Italy.
[Ref: 41745] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
William Locke Jun.r del. Lith. de Villain. V. de Villeneuve lith.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Printed area 205 x 140mm (8 x 9½"). Crease.
A scene from Lord Byron's 'Beppo: A Venetian Story'. A Venetian lady, Laura, off to attend the Venetian Carnival with her lover, is stalked by her long-lost husband, who had been captured by Barbary pirates. Revealing himself, Beppo accepts his wife's actions and befriends the lover. Byron's poem argues that the English attitude to adultery is hypocritical compared to the custom of the 'Cavalier Servente; in Italy.
[Ref: 41745] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cow in a cabbage field.]](jpegs/41723.jpg)
[Cow in a cabbage field.]
[Engraved by Boëtius Adamszoon Bolswert after Abraham Bloemaert.]
[n.d., c. 1611.]
Etching. Collector's embossed mark; 115 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾").
From the 12-plate series 'The Animals'.
[Ref: 41723] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Boëtius Adamszoon Bolswert after Abraham Bloemaert.]
[n.d., c. 1611.]
Etching. Collector's embossed mark; 115 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾").
From the 12-plate series 'The Animals'.
[Ref: 41723] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Broken Plate.]](jpegs/41711.jpg)
[The Broken Plate.]
peint par M. Kraus. gravé a Paris par J. Schmuzer 1763.
se vend a Vienne par F.K. Stoekl.
Engraving, 18th century watermark; platemark 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾") very large margins. Rust hole half-way up on right.
Domestic interior with a mother seeing that her son has broken a plate while playing with a top. Engraved by Jakob Schmutzer (1733-1811), Vienna-born engraver trained in Paris by the famous printmaker J.G. Wille in 1762-6.
[Ref: 41711] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
peint par M. Kraus. gravé a Paris par J. Schmuzer 1763.
se vend a Vienne par F.K. Stoekl.
Engraving, 18th century watermark; platemark 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾") very large margins. Rust hole half-way up on right.
Domestic interior with a mother seeing that her son has broken a plate while playing with a top. Engraved by Jakob Schmutzer (1733-1811), Vienna-born engraver trained in Paris by the famous printmaker J.G. Wille in 1762-6.
[Ref: 41711] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Christian Slavery at Algiers. Capt. Croker Visiting the Hospitals at Algiers. [&] Cap.t Croker Horror Stricken at Algiers.
G. Cruikshank fec.
[n.d., c.1816.]
Pair of etchings. Sheet: 250 x 100mm (9¾ x 4"). Images and title trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Two scenes showing Captain Croker's discovery of European slaves in Algiers, between the 16th-19th centuries the corsairs of the Barbary states would raid small coastal towns in the Mediterrenean and ships, selling those they captured into slavery. Croker had been a commander of one of the ships Lord Exmouth had sent to attack Algiers in an attempt to end the slavery practices and free European slaves. The scenes show Croker visiting the hospital in which many slaves were treated for injuries and Croker watching lines of slaves being driven back to the city after working in the fields. Illustrations from 'Cruelties of the Algerine pirates...',1816 by William Hone.
[Ref: 41902] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cruikshank fec.
[n.d., c.1816.]
Pair of etchings. Sheet: 250 x 100mm (9¾ x 4"). Images and title trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Two scenes showing Captain Croker's discovery of European slaves in Algiers, between the 16th-19th centuries the corsairs of the Barbary states would raid small coastal towns in the Mediterrenean and ships, selling those they captured into slavery. Croker had been a commander of one of the ships Lord Exmouth had sent to attack Algiers in an attempt to end the slavery practices and free European slaves. The scenes show Croker visiting the hospital in which many slaves were treated for injuries and Croker watching lines of slaves being driven back to the city after working in the fields. Illustrations from 'Cruelties of the Algerine pirates...',1816 by William Hone.
[Ref: 41902] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Crucifixion.]](jpegs/41722.jpg)
[The Crucifixion.]
[after Hendrik Goltzius.]
[n.d., c.1600.
Engraving, fine impression. Sheet 205 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Narrow margins.
A reversed copy of one of the ten plates of 'The Passion' by Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617), a painter and engraver of the Haarlem School whose work epitomized the extravagance and virtuosity of Dutch Mannerism.
[Ref: 41722] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[after Hendrik Goltzius.]
[n.d., c.1600.
Engraving, fine impression. Sheet 205 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Narrow margins.
A reversed copy of one of the ten plates of 'The Passion' by Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617), a painter and engraver of the Haarlem School whose work epitomized the extravagance and virtuosity of Dutch Mannerism.
[Ref: 41722] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Assemblée des Notables, Tenue a Versailles, Le Fevrier 1787. Cette Assemblée fut composée...
Dessiné par Veny, et Giradet. Gravé apr Cl. Niquet.
[Auber. 1804.]
Engraving. Sheet: 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Trimmed withi plate, some foxing.
An interior scene showing the last Assembly of Notables in 1787. The Assembly was a meeting of high-ranking nobles and ecclesiastics convened by the King of France in extraordinary circumstances to discuss matters of state. This meeting was the last Assembly before the Revolution and met to discuss many issues including taxation and reform in order to find a solution to France's dire financial state.
[Ref: 42144] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par Veny, et Giradet. Gravé apr Cl. Niquet.
[Auber. 1804.]
Engraving. Sheet: 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Trimmed withi plate, some foxing.
An interior scene showing the last Assembly of Notables in 1787. The Assembly was a meeting of high-ranking nobles and ecclesiastics convened by the King of France in extraordinary circumstances to discuss matters of state. This meeting was the last Assembly before the Revolution and met to discuss many issues including taxation and reform in order to find a solution to France's dire financial state.
[Ref: 42144] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Adam and Eve. So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the Garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword &c. Genesis Ch. 3, ve/ 24.
Painted by E. Bird R.A. Engraved by Charles Warren.
London, Published May 1815 by Walker & Co., Paternoster Row.
Engraving. 280 x 230mm (11 x 9") with large margins.
Adam and Eve being expelled from the Garden of Eden, the serpent at their feet.
[Ref: 42014] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by E. Bird R.A. Engraved by Charles Warren.
London, Published May 1815 by Walker & Co., Paternoster Row.
Engraving. 280 x 230mm (11 x 9") with large margins.
Adam and Eve being expelled from the Garden of Eden, the serpent at their feet.
[Ref: 42014] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Execution of the Conspirators, In the Gunpowder Plot in the Year 1606.
Published May 1. 1795 by I. Caulfield. [19th Century impression.]
Engraving. Sheet: 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½").
A scene showing the gruesome executions of the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot at Old Palace Yard, which took place on 30th January 1606, figures are shown being dragged through the streets while some are hung from a gibbet and some quartered while crowds of spectators gather to watch.
[Ref: 42034] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Published May 1. 1795 by I. Caulfield. [19th Century impression.]
Engraving. Sheet: 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½").
A scene showing the gruesome executions of the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot at Old Palace Yard, which took place on 30th January 1606, figures are shown being dragged through the streets while some are hung from a gibbet and some quartered while crowds of spectators gather to watch.
[Ref: 42034] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Gypsies.
Drawn by Emma Crewe. Engrav'd by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. Historical Engraver to the King.
London, publish;d June 20th, 1790 by Cha.s Tomkins, 20, Haymarket.
Stipple. 390 x 430mm (15¼ x 17"). Small margins, repaired tear in margin on left. Crack in platemark bottom right.
A family around a camp fire. Published as a pair with 'Fortuneteller'. Emma Crewe (active c.1780 - 1818) was a 'gifted amateur artist' who painted the frontispiece to Erasmus Darwin's 'The Loves of the Plants'. She also provided designs for Josiah Wedgewood's studio, used for cameos and plaques.
[Ref: 41852] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Emma Crewe. Engrav'd by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. Historical Engraver to the King.
London, publish;d June 20th, 1790 by Cha.s Tomkins, 20, Haymarket.
Stipple. 390 x 430mm (15¼ x 17"). Small margins, repaired tear in margin on left. Crack in platemark bottom right.
A family around a camp fire. Published as a pair with 'Fortuneteller'. Emma Crewe (active c.1780 - 1818) was a 'gifted amateur artist' who painted the frontispiece to Erasmus Darwin's 'The Loves of the Plants'. She also provided designs for Josiah Wedgewood's studio, used for cameos and plaques.
[Ref: 41852] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
La Savatier et le Financier. [Fable 2 . de la Fontaine Livre 8.]
Peint par Et. Jeaurat. Gravé par son Frere 1732.
[A Paris chés Joullain Quay de la Mégisserie à la Ville de Rome]
Engraving. Sheet 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Trimmed into inscription at bottom.
One of Jean de La Fontaine's fables: a financier gives a cobbler a hundred crowns as a nest egg, robbing the man of his peace of mind.
[Ref: 41778] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Et. Jeaurat. Gravé par son Frere 1732.
[A Paris chés Joullain Quay de la Mégisserie à la Ville de Rome]
Engraving. Sheet 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Trimmed into inscription at bottom.
One of Jean de La Fontaine's fables: a financier gives a cobbler a hundred crowns as a nest egg, robbing the man of his peace of mind.
[Ref: 41778] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
![['He who easily believes, is easily deceived']](jpegs/41710.jpg)
['He who easily believes, is easily deceived'] Qui facile credit facile decipitur. Die licht geloogt wort licht bedrogen.
Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp: et Per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Federati [1668]
Etching, 17th century watermark; platemark 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"), with very large margins.
Man lifting the lid of a plate, with two people stood behind laughing at him. Illustration to Act One of Andries Pels' comedy 'Julfus' (Amsterdam, 1668). Etched by Gérard Lairesse (1640-1711), Dutch painter and etcher who worked for William and Mary amongst other illustrious patrons. A classicist and theorist (after going blind he wrote a major theoretical treatise, the Groot Schilderboek or 'Great Book of Painting'), Lairesse was known as the 'Dutch Poussin'. Most of his plates were originally published by Nicolaes Visscher, who published a collected edition under the title 'Opus Elegantissimum' in c.1675.
[Ref: 41710] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp: et Per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Federati [1668]
Etching, 17th century watermark; platemark 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"), with very large margins.
Man lifting the lid of a plate, with two people stood behind laughing at him. Illustration to Act One of Andries Pels' comedy 'Julfus' (Amsterdam, 1668). Etched by Gérard Lairesse (1640-1711), Dutch painter and etcher who worked for William and Mary amongst other illustrious patrons. A classicist and theorist (after going blind he wrote a major theoretical treatise, the Groot Schilderboek or 'Great Book of Painting'), Lairesse was known as the 'Dutch Poussin'. Most of his plates were originally published by Nicolaes Visscher, who published a collected edition under the title 'Opus Elegantissimum' in c.1675.
[Ref: 41710] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Latone. Le Ciel pour punir ces Brutaux / Par qui Latone est outragée / Vut que leur forme soit changée / En celle de vils animaux [...]
Jouvenet pinx Du Bosq sculp 1714.
A Pais chez Duchange Graveur du Roy rue St Jacques
Engraving, platemark 330 x 245mm (13 x 9½"). Trimmed to platemark; rust spot near centre; good impression.
Latona, daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, gave birth to Artemis and Apollo, children of Zeus, on Delos. Fleeing the wrath of Hera, Latona passed through Lycia. When she tried to drink from a well the local peasants stirred up mud to make the water undrinkable, so Latona turned them all into frogs, as shown here. Engraving after 'Latona and the Peasants of Lycia' by Jean Jouvenet (1649-1717), one of the most important painters of religious works in France in the late 17th and early 18th century. The painting was a royal commission for the château of Fontainebleau, executed c.1700-1.
For another engraving from the same painting see ref. 38113.
[Ref: 42000] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Jouvenet pinx Du Bosq sculp 1714.
A Pais chez Duchange Graveur du Roy rue St Jacques
Engraving, platemark 330 x 245mm (13 x 9½"). Trimmed to platemark; rust spot near centre; good impression.
Latona, daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, gave birth to Artemis and Apollo, children of Zeus, on Delos. Fleeing the wrath of Hera, Latona passed through Lycia. When she tried to drink from a well the local peasants stirred up mud to make the water undrinkable, so Latona turned them all into frogs, as shown here. Engraving after 'Latona and the Peasants of Lycia' by Jean Jouvenet (1649-1717), one of the most important painters of religious works in France in the late 17th and early 18th century. The painting was a royal commission for the château of Fontainebleau, executed c.1700-1.
For another engraving from the same painting see ref. 38113.
[Ref: 42000] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Eldred fights a duel with pistols.]](jpegs/41961.jpg)
[Eldred fights a duel with pistols.]
[after William Heath.]
London Pub by W. Sams, 1823.
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 240mm (5½ x 9½"), with very large margins. Small area of foxing.
A scene from William Heath's 'Life of a Soldier': the hero, Eldred, fights a duel (in civvies) at Coombe Wood, near Croydon. Elsewhere in the text Eldred fights in India and the Peninsula War. The author, William Heath (1794-1840), is well known for his satires published under the pseudonym 'Paul Pry'.
Abbey Life 361.
[Ref: 41961] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[after William Heath.]
London Pub by W. Sams, 1823.
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 240mm (5½ x 9½"), with very large margins. Small area of foxing.
A scene from William Heath's 'Life of a Soldier': the hero, Eldred, fights a duel (in civvies) at Coombe Wood, near Croydon. Elsewhere in the text Eldred fights in India and the Peninsula War. The author, William Heath (1794-1840), is well known for his satires published under the pseudonym 'Paul Pry'.
Abbey Life 361.
[Ref: 41961] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Love Sleeps.
Angelica Kauffman del. T. Kirk sculp.
Published Jan. 1. 1794, by A.C.de Poggi, No. 91 New Bond Street, London.
Very rare stipple. 175 x 190mm (6¾ x 7½"), with large margins. Top corner of margin torn, well outside plate mark.
Eros sleeps leaning on his mother Aphrodite as a putto takes his bow. The image is within a decorative border suggesting a Græcian pottery plate.
[Ref: 41948] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Angelica Kauffman del. T. Kirk sculp.
Published Jan. 1. 1794, by A.C.de Poggi, No. 91 New Bond Street, London.
Very rare stipple. 175 x 190mm (6¾ x 7½"), with large margins. Top corner of margin torn, well outside plate mark.
Eros sleeps leaning on his mother Aphrodite as a putto takes his bow. The image is within a decorative border suggesting a Græcian pottery plate.
[Ref: 41948] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Maid of Corinth.
F. Bartolozzi inv. T. Kirk sculp.
Published Jan. 1. 1794, by A.C.de Poggi, No. 91 New Bond Street, London.
Very rare stipple. 175 x 190mm (6¾ x 7½") with large margins.
A story of Pliny: the unnamed 'Maid of Corinth', in love with a young man, marks the outline of his show on a wall, thus inventing drawing. The image is within a decorative border suggesting a Græcian pottery plate.
[Ref: 41949] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
F. Bartolozzi inv. T. Kirk sculp.
Published Jan. 1. 1794, by A.C.de Poggi, No. 91 New Bond Street, London.
Very rare stipple. 175 x 190mm (6¾ x 7½") with large margins.
A story of Pliny: the unnamed 'Maid of Corinth', in love with a young man, marks the outline of his show on a wall, thus inventing drawing. The image is within a decorative border suggesting a Græcian pottery plate.
[Ref: 41949] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mazeppa.
Vernet, Pinx.t. H. Dawe Sculpt.
[London, Published by H. Dawe, 6 Bartholomew Place, Kentish Town, Jan.1832.]
Pair Mezzotints. Sheets: 180 x 150mm (7 x 6"). Trimmed.
A pair of dramatic illustrations to Lord Byron's poem 'Mazeppa' published in 1819. The poem tells the story of Ivan Stepanovych Mazeppa (1640-1709) who, having been found having an affair with his count's wife, is strapped naked to the back of a horse which rides through the wilds of Eastern Europe. One scene shows Mazeppa lying on the ground, his horse having fallen to the ground, surrounded by wild horses, the other shows him, tied to the horse which gallops through the woods pursued by wolves.
[Ref: 41937] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Vernet, Pinx.t. H. Dawe Sculpt.
[London, Published by H. Dawe, 6 Bartholomew Place, Kentish Town, Jan.1832.]
Pair Mezzotints. Sheets: 180 x 150mm (7 x 6"). Trimmed.
A pair of dramatic illustrations to Lord Byron's poem 'Mazeppa' published in 1819. The poem tells the story of Ivan Stepanovych Mazeppa (1640-1709) who, having been found having an affair with his count's wife, is strapped naked to the back of a horse which rides through the wilds of Eastern Europe. One scene shows Mazeppa lying on the ground, his horse having fallen to the ground, surrounded by wild horses, the other shows him, tied to the horse which gallops through the woods pursued by wolves.
[Ref: 41937] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mazeppa Pursued by Wolves.] [&][Mazeppa Surrounded by Horses.]](jpegs/41911.jpg)
[Mazeppa Pursued by Wolves.] [&][Mazeppa Surrounded by Horses.]
[Vernet, Pinx.t. H. Dawe Sculpt.]
[London, Published by H. Dawe, 6 Bartholomew Place, Kentish Town, Jan.1832.]
Pair of hand-coloured mezzotints. Sheet: 120 x 165mm (4¾ x 6½") Trimmed to images. Slight creasing.
A pair of dramatic illustrations to Lord Byron's poem 'Mazeppa' published in 1819. The poem tells the story of Ivan Stepanovych Mazeppa (1640-1709) who, having been found having an affair with his count's wife, is strapped naked to the back of a horse which rides through the wilds of Eastern Europe. One scene shows Mazeppa lying on the ground, his horse having fallen to the ground, surrounded by wild horses, the other shows him, tied to the horse which gallops through the woods pursued by wolves.
[Ref: 41911] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Vernet, Pinx.t. H. Dawe Sculpt.]
[London, Published by H. Dawe, 6 Bartholomew Place, Kentish Town, Jan.1832.]
Pair of hand-coloured mezzotints. Sheet: 120 x 165mm (4¾ x 6½") Trimmed to images. Slight creasing.
A pair of dramatic illustrations to Lord Byron's poem 'Mazeppa' published in 1819. The poem tells the story of Ivan Stepanovych Mazeppa (1640-1709) who, having been found having an affair with his count's wife, is strapped naked to the back of a horse which rides through the wilds of Eastern Europe. One scene shows Mazeppa lying on the ground, his horse having fallen to the ground, surrounded by wild horses, the other shows him, tied to the horse which gallops through the woods pursued by wolves.
[Ref: 41911] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Leonora. Say. little, foolish, fluttering thing...
Publish'd Feb.y 20, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured aquatint. 245 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾") very large margins.
A scene from 'The Padlock', a two-act opera by Charles Dibden and Isaac Bickerstaffe, first staged 1765. It depicts Leonora with a bird tethered to her finger, to which she sings. The opera was a great success and is best known for the character Mungo, a black servant from the West Indies, who was played by Dibden in blackface for the premier.
[Ref: 41795] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd Feb.y 20, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured aquatint. 245 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾") very large margins.
A scene from 'The Padlock', a two-act opera by Charles Dibden and Isaac Bickerstaffe, first staged 1765. It depicts Leonora with a bird tethered to her finger, to which she sings. The opera was a great success and is best known for the character Mungo, a black servant from the West Indies, who was played by Dibden in blackface for the premier.
[Ref: 41795] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Posthumio Consul of Rome, desirous of remedying the great Licentiousness of the Baccchanalian Festivals...
Angelica Kauffman pinxit. J.M. Delattre sculpsit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, April 5, 1786 by Ann Bryer No 5 Poland Street, Soho.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 405 x 340mm (16 x 13¼"). Trimmed to platemark.
Posthumio compels the courtesan Ispala to reveal the mysteries of the bacchanalian festivities, his mother Sulpicia comforting the girl. A scene from Rollin's Roman History, with a short description in English and French underneath.
Alexander: 226.
[Ref: 41885] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Angelica Kauffman pinxit. J.M. Delattre sculpsit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, April 5, 1786 by Ann Bryer No 5 Poland Street, Soho.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 405 x 340mm (16 x 13¼"). Trimmed to platemark.
Posthumio compels the courtesan Ispala to reveal the mysteries of the bacchanalian festivities, his mother Sulpicia comforting the girl. A scene from Rollin's Roman History, with a short description in English and French underneath.
Alexander: 226.
[Ref: 41885] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
O fortunatos nimium, sua si bona nôrint, Agricolas. Virg. Geor. II.
Le Prince 1768.
Aquatint with etching, printed in sepia. 395 x 540mm (15¾ x 21¼"), with wide margins, Binding fold at centre.
A scarce large landscape with two sleeping satyrs and woman wearing a pelt playing the pan pipes; with flock and bull nearby, and two putti playing with a horn on the right. The quotation, from Virgil's 'Georgics' means “Oh more than fortunate, did they but know Their happiness, the farmers'.
[Ref: 41727] £360.00
Le Prince 1768.
Aquatint with etching, printed in sepia. 395 x 540mm (15¾ x 21¼"), with wide margins, Binding fold at centre.
A scarce large landscape with two sleeping satyrs and woman wearing a pelt playing the pan pipes; with flock and bull nearby, and two putti playing with a horn on the right. The quotation, from Virgil's 'Georgics' means “Oh more than fortunate, did they but know Their happiness, the farmers'.
[Ref: 41727] £360.00
![[Wedding Feast of Tobias and Sarah.]](jpegs/41994.jpg)
[Wedding Feast of Tobias and Sarah.] Religiosi Convivii Laetus Exitus [...]
Martin de Voss inventor Crispianus de Passe fecit et excudit.
[n.d., c.1595.]
Engraving, sheet 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Laid on backing sheet; trimmed; tears and damage to bottom edge. Damaged.
The wedding feast of Tobas and Sarah, as told in the Book of Tobit. Engraved by Crispijn de Passe the Elder (1564-1637) after Marten de Vos (1532-1603). Crispijn engraved a number of religious scenes after Vos.
[Ref: 41994] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Martin de Voss inventor Crispianus de Passe fecit et excudit.
[n.d., c.1595.]
Engraving, sheet 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Laid on backing sheet; trimmed; tears and damage to bottom edge. Damaged.
The wedding feast of Tobas and Sarah, as told in the Book of Tobit. Engraved by Crispijn de Passe the Elder (1564-1637) after Marten de Vos (1532-1603). Crispijn engraved a number of religious scenes after Vos.
[Ref: 41994] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Emperor Trajan addressing his Soldiers and Prefects] Parla Traiano in un luogo eminente alli Soldati e prefetti delle Tribu [parallel text in Latin]
M. Piccioni fecit [n.d., c.1660]
Etching, platemark 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½") very large margins.
One of a series of etchings reproducing the bas-reliefs on the Arch of Constantine in Rome, by Matteo Piccioni (c.1615-71), Ancona-born painter and printmaker active in Rome.
[Ref: 41993] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
M. Piccioni fecit [n.d., c.1660]
Etching, platemark 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½") very large margins.
One of a series of etchings reproducing the bas-reliefs on the Arch of Constantine in Rome, by Matteo Piccioni (c.1615-71), Ancona-born painter and printmaker active in Rome.
[Ref: 41993] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Jesus Christ, Porté au Tombeau. Gravé d'après Lesquisse Dantoine Vandick. Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. le Comte de Vence.
Ant. Vandick in.it L. f.t [n.d., c.1750].
Etching, sheet 410 x 250mm (16 x 9¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Fine etching after a drawing of the entombment of Christ by Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). The leading Flemish painter after Rubens during his lifetime, van Dyck was immensely celebrated as a portrait painter but was also a skilled etcher, painter of altarpieces, landscape watercolourist and painter of profane works in the manner of Titian.
[Ref: 41997] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ant. Vandick in.it L. f.t [n.d., c.1750].
Etching, sheet 410 x 250mm (16 x 9¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Fine etching after a drawing of the entombment of Christ by Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). The leading Flemish painter after Rubens during his lifetime, van Dyck was immensely celebrated as a portrait painter but was also a skilled etcher, painter of altarpieces, landscape watercolourist and painter of profane works in the manner of Titian.
[Ref: 41997] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)