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Priam, king of Troy, supplicating Achilles to deliver to him the body of his son Hector. Sudden (a venerable sight!) appears; / Embrac'd his knees, and bath'd his hands in tears.
Painted by H.y Fuseli R.A. Engraved by L.s Schiavonetti.
[London: F. I. Du Roveray, 1806.]
Engraving. Sheete 260 x 171mm (10¼ x 6¾"). Bit messy. Trimmed within plate, some surface wear.
Minerva appears to help Odysseus kill off the suitors who are trying to marry Penelope and take over his beloved Ithaca. An illustration from Pope's translation of Homer's 'Illiad', the epic story of the the fall of Troy. Weinglass: 242.
[Ref: 55607] £60.00
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Ezzelin, Count of Ravenna. Surnamed Braccioferro or Iron Arm; musing over the Body of Meduna, slain by him for infidelity during his absence in the Holy Land.
Painted by H.Fusley. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
London, Published May 1781 by Ja.s Birchall, No.473 Strand.
Very rare mezzotint. 550 x 455mm (21¾ x 18"). Trimmed close to plate lower margin. Creasing across upper image.
The count, in armour, sitting despondently over the body of his wife, whom he has killed for betraying him. She lies at his feet, a blindfold over her eyes. Fr 133. D'O 168. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65961] £420.00
Sleep & Death conveying the dead body of Sarpedon from the field of battle to Lycia.
Painted by Hy. Fuseli R.A. Engraved by Jas. Stow.
[London, 1810 - 1820.]
Engraving, 265 x 175mm. 10½ x 7".
A scene from the 'Iliad', epic poem presumed to be by Homer (9th century BC - 8th century BC; fl.c.). From 'The Iliad of Homer, etc. A new edition...', after Henry Fuseli (1741 - 1825). One line quotation from Book XVI below. British Library: 001721976. W: 232 IV of IV.
[Ref: 16380] £70.00
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Agamemnon deluded by the Vision appearing under the form of Nestor. Monarch Awake! 'tis Jove's command I bear. Iliad Book II.
Painted by H.y Fuseli R.A. Engraved by Ja.s Heath A.
[London, c.1805.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 175mm (10½ x 7"). Trimmed within plate.
A plate from Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's 'Iliad', after Henry Fuseli (1741-1825). W: 228 VII of VII.
[Ref: 53213] £75.00
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The Anger of Jupiter on finding himself deceived by Juno. Hear this remember and our fury dread. Illiad, Book XV.
Painted by H.y Fuseli R.A. Engraved by J.as Stow.
[London. c.1820.]
Engraving. 260 x 171mm (10¼ x 6¾").
Juno angers Jupiter by seeing his partiality to the Trojans and as such forms a design to over-reach him: she sets off her charms with the utmost car, and obtains the magic girdle of Venus. Homer's Illiad, the ancient Greek epic poem; set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy, by a coalition of Greek states. It tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Weinglass: 231
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Diomedes, having slain Rhesus, councelled by Minerva to return to the grecian army. While unresolv'd the son of Tydeus stands, Pallas appears, and thus her chief commands. Illiad Book X.
Painted by H.y Fuseli R.A. Engraved by Isaac Taylor.
[London. c.1820.]
Engraving. 260 x 171mm (10¼ x 6¾"). Cut
Odysseus and Diomedes, during the Trojan War, reach the Thracian encampment where Diomedes kills Rhesus's men. He murders twelve of Rhesus' cohorts and then Rhesus himself; Diomedes faces a moment of indecision, torn between killing more and escaping, but Athena appears to him and tells him to get on the chariot with Odysseus and escape. Homer's Illiad, the ancient Greek epic poem; set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy, by a coalition of Greek states. It tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Weinglass: 230
[Ref: 31288] £45.00
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[Queen Katherine's Dream. Vide Shakespear's Henry 8th. No. 1 of the British Poets.]
Fuseli pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. & Engraver to his Majesty Sculp.t.
[London, Publish'd April 4th. 1788 by Thos. Macklin, No,, 39 Fleet Street.]
Stipple & etching. Sheet 375 x 470mm (14¾ x 18½"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, losing title and publication line. Small nicks outside image.
A scene showing Catherine of Aragon dreaming of her crown shortly before her death. From Macklin's series of 'British Poets'. De Vesme 1427.
[Ref: 58607] £240.00
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Minerva assisting Ulysses in the destruction of the Suitors. The dreadful agis blazes in their eye; Amaz'd they see, they tremble, and they fly. Odyssey, Book XXII.
Painted by H.y Fuseli R.A. Engraved by L. Schiavonetti.
[London: F. I. Du Roveray, 1806.]
Engraving. 260 x 171mm (10¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Minerva appears to help Odysseus kill off the suitors who are trying to marry Penelope and take over his beloved Ithaca. An illustration from Pope's translation of Homer's 'Odyssey', telling the story of the epic 10-year journey home of Odysseus (or Ulysses in Roman myths) after the fall of Troy. Weinglass: 242.
[Ref: 31294] £45.00
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Penelope weeping over the bow of Ulysses. Across her knees she laid the well-known bow, And pensive say, and tears began to flow. Odyssey, Book XXI.
Painted by H.y Fuseli R.A. Engraved by R.H. Cromek.
[London. c.1820.]
Engraving. 260 x 171mm (10¼ x 6¾"). Cut, slight foxing.
Penelope receives Odysseus's bow and begins to weep, fearing that he is now dead. Homer's Odyssey, the Greek epic poem, as a sequel to the Illiad. The poem mainly centres on the Greek hero Odysseus, known as Ulysses in Roman myths, and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes him ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. Weinglass: 241
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The Shade of Ajax indignantly refusing to commincate with Ulysses. While yet I speak, the shade disdains to stay, In silence turns, and sullen stalks away. Odyssey, Book XI.
Painted by H.y Fuseli R.A. Engraved by Isaac Taylor.
[London. c.1820.]
Engraving. 260 x 171mm (10¼ x 6¾"). Cut.
Odysseus tells the Phaeacians about going to the Underworld to hear the prophesy of Tiresias. When in the Underworld he tried to talk with the shade of Ajax, but it refuses. Homer's Odyssey, the Greek epic poem, as a sequel to the Illiad. The poem mainly centres on the Greek hero Odysseus, known as Ulysses in Roman myths, and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes him ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. Weinglass: 239
[Ref: 31295] £45.00
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Oedipus. Act II. Scene I. Oedip. _ hear me, hear me, gods!
Fuseli pinx.t. Holloway sc.
London, Printed for J. Bell, British Library, Strand, Feb.y 11, 1792.
Etching & engraving. 175 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼").
An illustration to 'Oedipus: A Tragedy', John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee's adaptation of Sophocles' ''Oedipus Rex'', as published in 'Bell's British Theatre'. The original painting, by Henry Fuseli, is now lost. Weinglass 128.
[Ref: 69421] £60.00
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Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S.
Painted by - Fuseli, Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A.
London, Published Oct.r 1836 by Richard Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.
Rare mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Surface cracking/ creasing.
A three-quarter length seated portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), theologian, Dissenting clergyman and scientist, renowned for his discovery of oxygen and carbon monoxide. A close friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was an avid supporter of the American and French Revolutions, resulting in him leaving for the USA as the British government cracked down on radicals. Whitman 484. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii.
[Ref: 65211] £240.00
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