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Eight Curious prints of Fowl and Fish.
P. And. Rÿsbrack Pinx. G: Vander Gucht Sculpt.
Published by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London. [n.d., c.1765.]
Extremely scarce complete set of eight engravings, including one proof impression. Plates: 570 x 420mm (22½ x 16½").
Eight plates after Pieter Andreas Rysbrack's (1685-1748) series of four paintings showing fish and four paintings showing fowl. The fish are depicted lying haphazardly on tables next to baskets as if ready for preparation or on the market stall while the birds are all shown in landscape settings as if freshly shot, ready to be collected. Each bird is numbered and named in a key below the image. John Boydell reissued the plates in 1760s which had previously been published in 1735 by Richard Hylton.
[Ref: 41786] £6,500.00 view all images for this item
P. And. Rÿsbrack Pinx. G: Vander Gucht Sculpt.
Published by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London. [n.d., c.1765.]
Extremely scarce complete set of eight engravings, including one proof impression. Plates: 570 x 420mm (22½ x 16½").
Eight plates after Pieter Andreas Rysbrack's (1685-1748) series of four paintings showing fish and four paintings showing fowl. The fish are depicted lying haphazardly on tables next to baskets as if ready for preparation or on the market stall while the birds are all shown in landscape settings as if freshly shot, ready to be collected. Each bird is numbered and named in a key below the image. John Boydell reissued the plates in 1760s which had previously been published in 1735 by Richard Hylton.
[Ref: 41786] £6,500.00 view all images for this item
![Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck. [A cat in the larder.]](jpegs/22738.jpg)
Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck. [A cat in the larder.]
Hamilton pinx: [Philip Ferdinand Van Hamilton] C: Auer del:
[German, Munich?, n.d., c.1823.]
Early and scarce sepia-tinted lithograph, heightened in white. Image 455 x 335mm, 18 x 13¼". Outline border. One repair and minor creasing in margins.
A large dead hare strung up by its legs dominates the centre of the composition; dead birds including tits, finches, thrush and partridge. After Philip Ferdinand Van Hamilton (Flemish, c.1664 - 1750). The engraver is Kaspar Auer (German, 1795 - 1821). This plate formed part of a series of lithographed reproductions after paintings in the royal collection in Munich. "At this early stage lithography had not been developed far enough to reproduce colours, so the artists contented themselves with the addition of one or two tint-stones, from which highlights were scraped out to reveal the white of the paper. But to a public educated on the traditional type of 'gallery' publication, where all the paintings were reproduced in engraving, even this touch of colour would have been a surprise, and would have associated these prints rather with the traditional chiaroscuro woodcut." BM:German Printmaking in the Age of Goethe'.
See BM 1854,1020.1430; for a reversed version of this image see ref. 9296
[Ref: 22738] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Hamilton pinx: [Philip Ferdinand Van Hamilton] C: Auer del:
[German, Munich?, n.d., c.1823.]
Early and scarce sepia-tinted lithograph, heightened in white. Image 455 x 335mm, 18 x 13¼". Outline border. One repair and minor creasing in margins.
A large dead hare strung up by its legs dominates the centre of the composition; dead birds including tits, finches, thrush and partridge. After Philip Ferdinand Van Hamilton (Flemish, c.1664 - 1750). The engraver is Kaspar Auer (German, 1795 - 1821). This plate formed part of a series of lithographed reproductions after paintings in the royal collection in Munich. "At this early stage lithography had not been developed far enough to reproduce colours, so the artists contented themselves with the addition of one or two tint-stones, from which highlights were scraped out to reveal the white of the paper. But to a public educated on the traditional type of 'gallery' publication, where all the paintings were reproduced in engraving, even this touch of colour would have been a surprise, and would have associated these prints rather with the traditional chiaroscuro woodcut." BM:German Printmaking in the Age of Goethe'.
See BM 1854,1020.1430; for a reversed version of this image see ref. 9296
[Ref: 22738] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thrush, greenfinch, sparrow and finch]](jpegs/46771.jpg)
[Thrush, greenfinch, sparrow and finch] La grive litorne, le verdier, le moineau-franc et le pinçon. Souvenirs du Chasseur.
Edouard Traviés [signed in plate]. Imp. Lemercier Paris.
Paris, E. Savary et C.e Place du Louvre 10. London, E. Gambart & Co. [c.1850]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, sheet 610 x 435mm (24 x 17"). Savary blindstamp bottom left.
Dead game hanging by string in tromp-l'oeil frame. One of a series of lithographs of dead quarry, 'Souvenirs du chasseur' by Edouard Traviès (1809 - 1865), animal painter and illustrator. Traviès was born in Doullens in the Somme district of France in March 1809, the younger brother of the caricaturist Charles Joseph Traviès de Villier (1804-1859). Throughout his career he concentrated on natural history subjects, both in watercolour (he exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon between 1831 and 1866) and lithography, as here.
For another plate from the same set see ref. 22489. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46771] £450.00
Edouard Traviés [signed in plate]. Imp. Lemercier Paris.
Paris, E. Savary et C.e Place du Louvre 10. London, E. Gambart & Co. [c.1850]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, sheet 610 x 435mm (24 x 17"). Savary blindstamp bottom left.
Dead game hanging by string in tromp-l'oeil frame. One of a series of lithographs of dead quarry, 'Souvenirs du chasseur' by Edouard Traviès (1809 - 1865), animal painter and illustrator. Traviès was born in Doullens in the Somme district of France in March 1809, the younger brother of the caricaturist Charles Joseph Traviès de Villier (1804-1859). Throughout his career he concentrated on natural history subjects, both in watercolour (he exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon between 1831 and 1866) and lithography, as here.
For another plate from the same set see ref. 22489. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46771] £450.00
![[Game Birds.]](jpegs/51074.jpg)
[Game Birds.]
G. Stevens pinx.t et del. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 180 x 145mm (7 x 5¾''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A still life showing game birds in a larder.
[Ref: 51074] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Stevens pinx.t et del. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 180 x 145mm (7 x 5¾''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A still life showing game birds in a larder.
[Ref: 51074] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Still-life with game birds and cats]](jpegs/40219.jpg)
[Still-life with game birds and cats] Dedié a S.E.Mr. le Marquis de Chauvelin Ambassadeur de France a Turin D'aprés le Tableau de Benedetto Castiglione haut de onze pouces et large d'un pied neuf pouces [...]
[c.1760][Bit later]
Etching, platemark 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Small margins.
Etching after a painting by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-64), Genovese artist of mostly religious subjects, which exploited his gift for animals and still-life elements. This painting was owned by Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, balli de Breteuil (1723-85), Maltese diplomat and patron of the arts. The print, in turn, is dedicated to the French ambassador in Turin, the Marquis de Chauvelin. Famous cat image.
[Ref: 40219] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1760][Bit later]
Etching, platemark 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Small margins.
Etching after a painting by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-64), Genovese artist of mostly religious subjects, which exploited his gift for animals and still-life elements. This painting was owned by Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, balli de Breteuil (1723-85), Maltese diplomat and patron of the arts. The print, in turn, is dedicated to the French ambassador in Turin, the Marquis de Chauvelin. Famous cat image.
[Ref: 40219] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Harvest Scene. 60
D. Cox Del.t. R. Reecve sculp.t.
London, Published June 1823 by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate.
A still life of a picnic basket, a keg, a cup and a jacket, under a fence with foxglove growing in the verge.
[Ref: 57502] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
D. Cox Del.t. R. Reecve sculp.t.
London, Published June 1823 by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate.
A still life of a picnic basket, a keg, a cup and a jacket, under a fence with foxglove growing in the verge.
[Ref: 57502] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![8. Le Geai. [Jay.]](jpegs/22489.jpg)
8. Le Geai. [Jay.] La Venerie - Souvenirs de Chasses.
Edouard Traviés [signed in plate]. Imp. Becquet, rue des Noyers, 37.
[Paris, n.d., c.1854.]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 530 x 355mm. 20¾ x 14".
A dead jay tied by its legs and suspended from a hook; in a frame. From a series of dead quarry by Edouard Traviès (1809 - 1865). Traviès was born in Doullens in the Somme district of France in March 1809, the younger brother of the caricaturist Charles Joseph Traviès de Villier (1804-1859). Throughout his career he concentrated on natural history subjects, both in watercolour (he exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon between 1831 and 1866) and lithography, as here.
[Ref: 22489] £500.00
Edouard Traviés [signed in plate]. Imp. Becquet, rue des Noyers, 37.
[Paris, n.d., c.1854.]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 530 x 355mm. 20¾ x 14".
A dead jay tied by its legs and suspended from a hook; in a frame. From a series of dead quarry by Edouard Traviès (1809 - 1865). Traviès was born in Doullens in the Somme district of France in March 1809, the younger brother of the caricaturist Charles Joseph Traviès de Villier (1804-1859). Throughout his career he concentrated on natural history subjects, both in watercolour (he exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon between 1831 and 1866) and lithography, as here.
[Ref: 22489] £500.00
Mackerel.
D. Cox Del.t. R. Reecve sculp.t.
London, Published June 1823 by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, affecting publication line.
A still life of three fish, a basket and a pot on a table.
[Ref: 57501] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
D. Cox Del.t. R. Reecve sculp.t.
London, Published June 1823 by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, affecting publication line.
A still life of three fish, a basket and a pot on a table.
[Ref: 57501] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Still-life.]](jpegs/59547.jpg)
[Still-life.]
J. Baptiste Monnoyer.
[n.d. c.1691.]
Very fine mezzotint, 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate, glued on album sheet at edges. Repaired tear on right edge. Slight crease on right bottom.
Table-top still-life with roses and other flowers in a wide, rounded glass vase. An early state, before additions to artist's signature.
Wessely 482. Nagler 500. Collector's stamp of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony.
[Ref: 59547] £420.00
J. Baptiste Monnoyer.
[n.d. c.1691.]
Very fine mezzotint, 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate, glued on album sheet at edges. Repaired tear on right edge. Slight crease on right bottom.
Table-top still-life with roses and other flowers in a wide, rounded glass vase. An early state, before additions to artist's signature.
Wessely 482. Nagler 500. Collector's stamp of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony.
[Ref: 59547] £420.00
![[Still-life of flowers in a vase.]](jpegs/66059.jpg)
[Still-life of flowers in a vase.]
J. Baptiste Monnoyer. J. Smith fecit & excudit.
[London: John Boydell, c.1805.]
Rare mezzotint. 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
Table-top still-life with roses and other flowers in a wide, rounded glass vase. The light source, a window, is reflected in the vase.
Wessely 482. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 3 of 3. See Item 59547 for his guessed first state.
[Ref: 66059] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. Baptiste Monnoyer. J. Smith fecit & excudit.
[London: John Boydell, c.1805.]
Rare mezzotint. 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
Table-top still-life with roses and other flowers in a wide, rounded glass vase. The light source, a window, is reflected in the vase.
Wessely 482. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 3 of 3. See Item 59547 for his guessed first state.
[Ref: 66059] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Still life of pots & bottles.]](jpegs/57500.jpg)
[Still life of pots & bottles.] 53.
D. Cox, Del.t. T. Sutherland, Sculp.t.
London, Pub. March 1st 1821 by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate.
A broken pot, two bottles and an ewer on a table.
[Ref: 57500] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
D. Cox, Del.t. T. Sutherland, Sculp.t.
London, Pub. March 1st 1821 by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate.
A broken pot, two bottles and an ewer on a table.
[Ref: 57500] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Still life with lobster & oysters.]](jpegs/66062.jpg)
[Still life with lobster & oysters.]
[engraved by Robert Robinson.]
[Published by John Smith, n.d., c.1690.]
Rare mezzotint. 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, just into plate at bottom, laid on album paper at corners.
An untitled still-life with a lobster on a platter, a basket of fruit and a coffee pot.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66062] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[engraved by Robert Robinson.]
[Published by John Smith, n.d., c.1690.]
Rare mezzotint. 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, just into plate at bottom, laid on album paper at corners.
An untitled still-life with a lobster on a platter, a basket of fruit and a coffee pot.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66062] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Floral still life.] Tiré du Cabinet de M.r le Brun](jpegs/57499.jpg)
[Floral still life.] Tiré du Cabinet de M.r le Brun d'apres le Tableau original hauteur 16 pouc. ½ larg. 13 pouc. ½,
Rachel Ruisch Pinx. Vandermeer Sculp.
a Paris chez Chereau et Joubert rue des Mathurins aux deux Pilliers d'or [n.d., c.1788].
Engraving with etching. 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"). Small margins.
A still life with cut roses and insects, painted by Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750). From 'Galerie des peintres flamands hollandais et allemands', a set reproducing paintings by Dutch, Flemish and German masters from the collection of J. B. Lebrun, engraved by various artists from 1777 to 1790 (or 1791), and published in 3 volumes, in 1792 and 1794. The plates were issued in series of twelve.
From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57499] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Rachel Ruisch Pinx. Vandermeer Sculp.
a Paris chez Chereau et Joubert rue des Mathurins aux deux Pilliers d'or [n.d., c.1788].
Engraving with etching. 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"). Small margins.
A still life with cut roses and insects, painted by Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750). From 'Galerie des peintres flamands hollandais et allemands', a set reproducing paintings by Dutch, Flemish and German masters from the collection of J. B. Lebrun, engraved by various artists from 1777 to 1790 (or 1791), and published in 3 volumes, in 1792 and 1794. The plates were issued in series of twelve.
From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57499] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Still life with sunflower.]](jpegs/66758.jpg)
[Still life with sunflower.]
[Elias Christoph Heiss.]
[Augsburg, n.d., c.1690.]
Fine & scarce mezzotint. 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Small margins.
A vase of flowers with a sunflower, tulip and roses. Elias Christoph Heiss (1660-1731).
Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66758] £520.00
[Elias Christoph Heiss.]
[Augsburg, n.d., c.1690.]
Fine & scarce mezzotint. 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Small margins.
A vase of flowers with a sunflower, tulip and roses. Elias Christoph Heiss (1660-1731).
Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66758] £520.00
![[Still life of flowers in a vase.]](jpegs/66061.jpg)
[Still life of flowers in a vase.]
[after Simon Verelst.]
[London: John Lloyd, c.1690.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 215 x 170mm (8½ x 6¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into plate at bottom, losing inscription space.
A flower arrangement in a glass vase, with four butterflies and apricots and cherries on the table.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66061] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Simon Verelst.]
[London: John Lloyd, c.1690.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 215 x 170mm (8½ x 6¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into plate at bottom, losing inscription space.
A flower arrangement in a glass vase, with four butterflies and apricots and cherries on the table.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66061] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)