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![[Chimpanzee.]](jpegs/59038.jpg)
[Chimpanzee.] To S.r Hans Sloane Bar.t President of the Royal Society [This Plate is humbly Inscribed.]
[H.] Gravelot ad Vivum delt. [Scotin sculp. A. D. 1738.]
Publish'd Nov. 27 1738 according to the late Act.
Scarce etching with engraving, sheet 320 x 195mm (12½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within image losing part of the dedication. Cut and glued back together losing title and engraver's name. One horizontal crease.
A chimpanzee stands in landscape, holding a bowl. In the background a man shoots arrows at two chimpanzees climbing a palm tree on the left, with three more chimpanzees on the right. Bought by Capt. Flower of the "Speaker" from Angola to London.
[Ref: 59038] £380.00
[H.] Gravelot ad Vivum delt. [Scotin sculp. A. D. 1738.]
Publish'd Nov. 27 1738 according to the late Act.
Scarce etching with engraving, sheet 320 x 195mm (12½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within image losing part of the dedication. Cut and glued back together losing title and engraver's name. One horizontal crease.
A chimpanzee stands in landscape, holding a bowl. In the background a man shoots arrows at two chimpanzees climbing a palm tree on the left, with three more chimpanzees on the right. Bought by Capt. Flower of the "Speaker" from Angola to London.
[Ref: 59038] £380.00
Le Jeu de la Cross.
Gravelot inv. Bachelet sculps.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. Framed, sight size 95 x 260mm (3¾ x 10¼"). Paper toned, unexamined out of frame.
Children playing cricket, a reversed version of Gravelot's 1739 engraving, which is believed to be the first representation of cricket to be published. In 1748 a version of this print was used by George Bickham as the heading to a page in “The British Monarchy,” a two-volume work on the counties of England. In this, it was used as the heading to the section on Shropshire. The original showed a right-handed batsman, but Bickham’s printers reversed the engraving so that the batsman appears left-handed. They also added the arms of Shrewsbury at the top of the picture and excluded one figure at the side. The rococo border was extended to the top of the picture and has flowers added. The number 3 in the top right corner would suggest that this is one in a series of prints. “La Crosse” was used in French to define cricket for many years, starting with Cotgrave’s French/English Dictionary of 1611
[Ref: 67037] £580.00
Gravelot inv. Bachelet sculps.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. Framed, sight size 95 x 260mm (3¾ x 10¼"). Paper toned, unexamined out of frame.
Children playing cricket, a reversed version of Gravelot's 1739 engraving, which is believed to be the first representation of cricket to be published. In 1748 a version of this print was used by George Bickham as the heading to a page in “The British Monarchy,” a two-volume work on the counties of England. In this, it was used as the heading to the section on Shropshire. The original showed a right-handed batsman, but Bickham’s printers reversed the engraving so that the batsman appears left-handed. They also added the arms of Shrewsbury at the top of the picture and excluded one figure at the side. The rococo border was extended to the top of the picture and has flowers added. The number 3 in the top right corner would suggest that this is one in a series of prints. “La Crosse” was used in French to define cricket for many years, starting with Cotgrave’s French/English Dictionary of 1611
[Ref: 67037] £580.00
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)
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)
The Frontispiece.
Gravelot del. - A. Walker sculp.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Etching and engraving. 177 x 114mm (7 x 4½").
A poet standing on the left receives a lyre from Apollo and Diana; a chariot above; copy of frontispiece to Somerville's 'The Chace' (London: 1735.).
[Ref: 26524] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Gravelot del. - A. Walker sculp.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Etching and engraving. 177 x 114mm (7 x 4½").
A poet standing on the left receives a lyre from Apollo and Diana; a chariot above; copy of frontispiece to Somerville's 'The Chace' (London: 1735.).
[Ref: 26524] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Giovanni Battista Gelli.]](jpegs/64268.jpg)
[Giovanni Battista Gelli.]
H.Gravelot a veteri pictura delin.t. N.Parr Sculp.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Rare etching. 110 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½"). Very small margins on upper and right of plate.
Portrait of Giovanni Battista Gelli (1498-1563), Florentine man of letters, from an artisan background. Gelli was a shoemaker, and he used to publish dialogues. He is known for his works of the 1540s, Capricci del bottaio and La Circe, which are ethical and philosophical dialogues. He became a member of the Accademia degli Umidi on 25 December 1540.
[Ref: 64268] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
H.Gravelot a veteri pictura delin.t. N.Parr Sculp.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Rare etching. 110 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½"). Very small margins on upper and right of plate.
Portrait of Giovanni Battista Gelli (1498-1563), Florentine man of letters, from an artisan background. Gelli was a shoemaker, and he used to publish dialogues. He is known for his works of the 1540s, Capricci del bottaio and La Circe, which are ethical and philosophical dialogues. He became a member of the Accademia degli Umidi on 25 December 1540.
[Ref: 64268] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Ladies Advocate; or An Apology for Matrimony. In Answer to the Batchelor's Monitor.
H. Gravelot inv. et sculp.
Published according to Act of Parliament by John Osborn in Pater-Noster Row 1741.
Engraved broadside, 18th century watermark. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½"), set in letterpress. Letterpress trimmed, losing 80% of text. Creased where folded.
An allegorical scene of a wedding, illustrating a text that calculates the benefits of matrimony to a married man, in response to a similar text showing the costs.
[Ref: 55207] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
H. Gravelot inv. et sculp.
Published according to Act of Parliament by John Osborn in Pater-Noster Row 1741.
Engraved broadside, 18th century watermark. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½"), set in letterpress. Letterpress trimmed, losing 80% of text. Creased where folded.
An allegorical scene of a wedding, illustrating a text that calculates the benefits of matrimony to a married man, in response to a similar text showing the costs.
[Ref: 55207] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Perspective View of the Engine, now made use of for Driving the Piles of the New Bridge at Westminster: most Humbly Inscrib'd to the Hon.ble Commissioners for Building the said Bridge, by the Inventor- James Vaulone, Watch-Maker
H. Gravelot delin. W.H. Toms sculp [in image]
Printed for Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard. London.
Engraving, sheet 445 x 350mm (17½ x 13¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to backing sheet and folded. Scarce.
Pile driver for building over water, consisting of a floating platform on which horses turn a wheel which drives the pilse downwards. Later 18th century reissue by Carington Bowles, of a plate first published by its engraver, W.H. Toms, in 1748. At that time the construction on the first Westminster Bridge had been underway for nine years (and would not be completed for another two). It was probably published to capitalise on public interest in the project.
For a related print demonstrating technology used to construct Westminster Bridge see ref.2555.
[Ref: 37646] £320.00
H. Gravelot delin. W.H. Toms sculp [in image]
Printed for Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard. London.
Engraving, sheet 445 x 350mm (17½ x 13¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to backing sheet and folded. Scarce.
Pile driver for building over water, consisting of a floating platform on which horses turn a wheel which drives the pilse downwards. Later 18th century reissue by Carington Bowles, of a plate first published by its engraver, W.H. Toms, in 1748. At that time the construction on the first Westminster Bridge had been underway for nine years (and would not be completed for another two). It was probably published to capitalise on public interest in the project.
For a related print demonstrating technology used to construct Westminster Bridge see ref.2555.
[Ref: 37646] £320.00