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Attilius Ariosti Bononiensis.
Attilius Ariosti Bononiensis.
E. Seeman Jun.r pinx. ISimon fecit 1719.
Scarce mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate. Creasing.
A three-quarter portrait of composer Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729), seated with his elbow resting on a harpsichord and his left hand on a viola d'amore. Ariosti was born in Bologna, but worked all over Europe, including Berlin, Venice, Paris & London, where he shared the directorship of the Royal Academy of Music with Handel and Bononcini. This portrait stresses that his favorite instrument was the viola d'amore.
CS 18. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67446]   £380.00  
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Sir Issac Newton.
Sir Issac Newton.
Drawn and scraped MDCCLX by James MacArdell from an Original Portrait Painted by Enoch Seeman now in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R and A.SS.
[1760.] MDCCLX.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Trimmed close to plate and backed onto album paper. Creasing in upper and lower left corners.
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor.
CS 138 i of ii. G78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Wellcome Collection 7411i for the engraving.
[Ref: 68158]   £360.00  
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Sir Issac Newton.
Sir Issac Newton.
Drawn and scraped MDCCLX by James MacArdell from an Original Portrait Painted by Enoch Seeman now in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R and A.SS.
[1760.] MDCCLX.
Mezzotint. Sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Trimmed close to plate and backed onto album paper at sides.
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor.
CS 138 ii of ii. G78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Wellcome Collection 7411i for the engraving.
[Ref: 68160]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Sir Isaac Newton.
Sir Isaac Newton.
Drawn and scraped MDCCLX by James MacArdell from an Original Portrait Painted by Enoch Seeman now in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R and A.SS.
[1760.] MDCCLX.
Mezzotint. 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"), with large margins.
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor.
CS 138 ii of ii. G78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Wellcome Collection 7411i for the engraving.
[Ref: 68161]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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