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The Flemish Ratt Catcher.
The Flemish Ratt Catcher.
Ostade pinx.t. Rob.t Lowerie fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 April 1772.
Mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Narrow margins, horizontal crease.
A rat catcher telling stories to villagers with the aid of a storyboard of prints.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66412]   £480.00  
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[The Fortune Teller]
[The Fortune Teller]
[N: Verkolje Pinx: et fecit.]
[G: Valck Excud: Cum Previl: Ord: Holl: et West-frisiae.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 300 x 240mm (11¾ x 9½"). Trimmed to image. Loose attachment to original mount.
A ragged girl reads the palm of a woman on a terrace, a fountain behind, after a painting by Nicolass Verkoje in the Toledo Museum of Art (inv.55-39).
BM: 1875,0710.1382, 'a rare example by Verkolje of an outdoor scene during daylight'. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66521]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[James Tamesz Grieve] [John Tamesz Esq.r of Mosco.]
[James Tamesz Grieve] [John Tamesz Esq.r of Mosco.]
[Grose Pinxit. James Watson Sculpsit.]
[Published June 1st,, 1781.]
Rare mezzotint, without separate title plate. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11). Trimmed to plate on three sides, decorative border pasted over edge of plate in places. Old ink mss. in inscription area.
Half-length portrait of merhcant John Tamesz Grieve (1724-87, baptised James), born in St Petersburg while his father, Dr James Grieve (1703-63), was Physician to Empress Elizabeth. He died in Petersham, Surrey, and a memorial was erected in Bath Abbey, near one for his mother, Elizabeta Tamesz (1724-1758).
CS 140. Goodwin 126. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66375]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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