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L'Allegro To bed they creep [ms]
C.W.C. / 1848
[Published for the Etching Club by Joseph Cundall, 12, Old Bond Street, 1849]
Etching on india, sheet 130 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"). Trimmed
Scene illustrating John Milton's poem 'L'Allegro', by history painter Charles West Cope (1811-90). From an edition of the poem with twenty illustrations by members of the Etching Club, of which Cope was a founding member. Cope is primarily remembered for his frescoes in the House of Lords and the peers' corridor, but in addition to his academic renderings of historical and literary subjects, he was a talented printmaker.
[Ref: 35888] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
[All Saint's Avenue Cemetry, Royal Berkshire.]
C.W.Cope, E.C.
[n.d. c.1890.]
Fine etching. 146 x 102mm (5¾ x 4").
A soldier looks on at a headstone that reads "Herelift C.W. Cope". Charles West Cope (1811-1890), painter of historical, literary and genre subjects, studied in Paris and first exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1833. He won a prize in a competition in 1843 to decorate the Houses of Parliament, where he complete several commissions. He was one of the founding members of the Etching Club.
[Ref: 14521] £85.00
(£102.00 incl.VAT)
[Hush]
C.W.C. 1878
Etching. Plate: 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"). Uncut sheet; signed by artist in pencil. Creasing on Chine paper.
Etching by history painter Charles West Cope (1811-90), widely regarded as the finest of his prints. Cope is primarily remembered for his frescoes in the House of Lords and the peers' corridor, but in addition to his academic renderings of historical and literary subjects, he was a talented printmaker. He was a founder member of the Etching Club (whose members also included Samuel Palmer). This late etching of a woman caring for a baby (made soon before Cope left London to retire to the country) was originally one of a pair with 'Hope Deferred'.
[Ref: 49447] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Meditation]
[by Charles West Cope, c.1844]
Etching on india with large margins, platemark 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
A woman sitting at a desk with open bible, with painting of the Virgin and Child on the wall. Etching by history painter Charles West Cope (1811-90). From 'Etched Thoughts of the Etching Club', of which Cope was a founding member, and illustrative of a poem by Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich. Cope is primarily remembered for his frescoes in the House of Lords and the peers' corridor, but in addition to his academic renderings of historical and literary subjects, he was a talented printmaker.
[Ref: 35890] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Woman Reading.]
[Charles West Cope, c.1844.]
Etching on india with additions in pencil, platemark 100 x 70mm (4 x 2¾"). Ms below '1st. retouched by Mr. Cope'; foxing to margins.
Proof etching, retouched by history painter Charles West Cope (1811-90) and similar to other of his etchings such as those for 'Etched Thoughts of the Etching Club' (1844). Cope was a founder member of the Etching Club.
[Ref: 35885] £200.00
(£240.00 incl.VAT)
[The Spring Flood.]
CWC
1858.
Etching on india applied to backing sheet, 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼") with margins beyond the image on all sides. Early working proof impression.
A woman carries a girl across ankle deep water. A boy holding a basket and a stick looks on in concern with his dog. An early working proof impression before the covering of his intials and the date with added water, rocks and marshy looking river bank. The published version of this etching was issued by the Etching Club in 1865. Charles West Cope (1811-1890) was the founder and leader of the Etching Club. See also 61147 for another proof.
[Ref: 61150] £150.00
(£180.00 incl.VAT)
[The Spring Flood.]
CWC
1858.
Etching on india applied to backing sheet, 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼") with margins beyond the image on all sides. Proof.
A woman carries a girl across ankle deep water. A boy holding a basket and a stick looks on in concern with his dog. The published version of this etching was issued by the Etching Club in 1865. Charles West Cope (1811-1890) was the founder and leader of the Etching Club. See also 61150 for another proof.
[Ref: 61147] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
[The Stolen Kiss]
C.W. Cope R.A.
Etching on india, with very large margins; platemark 125 x 105mm (5 x 4¼"). Uncut sheet.
A young man enters through a window to kiss a sleeping woman. Etching by history painter Charles West Cope (1811-90), from 'Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etching Club', of which Cope was a founding member. Cope is primarily remembered for his frescoes in the House of Lords and the peers' corridor, but in addition to his academic renderings of historical and literary subjects, he was a talented printmaker.
[Ref: 35892] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
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