A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![Marie Bayer-Bürck [facsimile signature].](jpegs/69321.jpg)
Marie Bayer-Bürck [facsimile signature].
Kriehuber 853.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour, on oval chine collé, with printed backing sheet. Backing sheet 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 11¾"). Repaired tear in title area. Slight hole bottom left. Damaged.
A three-quarter portrait of Austrian actress Marie Bayer-Bürck (1820-1910), who debuted aged only 15, acting in Prague, Hanover and Dresden. Her Shakespearean roles included Juliette, Cleopatra, Cordelia and Ophelia.
[Ref: 69321] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Kriehuber 853.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour, on oval chine collé, with printed backing sheet. Backing sheet 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 11¾"). Repaired tear in title area. Slight hole bottom left. Damaged.
A three-quarter portrait of Austrian actress Marie Bayer-Bürck (1820-1910), who debuted aged only 15, acting in Prague, Hanover and Dresden. Her Shakespearean roles included Juliette, Cleopatra, Cordelia and Ophelia.
[Ref: 69321] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rachel Félix.]](jpegs/69322.jpg)
[Rachel Félix.]
Kriehuber 850.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour, on chine collé, with backing sheet. 430 x 320mm (17 x 12½"). Stains, backing sheet trimmed.
A three-quarter portrait of French actress Élisabeth Félix (1821-58), better known as 'Madame Rachel', wearing a toga. The daughter of a Jewish peddler and a Bohemian dealer in second-hand clothes, she began her career singing in the street, but took elocution and acting lessons, becoming a prominent figure in French society. Her lovers include Napoleon III and Jerome Bonaparte.
[Ref: 69322] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Kriehuber 850.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour, on chine collé, with backing sheet. 430 x 320mm (17 x 12½"). Stains, backing sheet trimmed.
A three-quarter portrait of French actress Élisabeth Félix (1821-58), better known as 'Madame Rachel', wearing a toga. The daughter of a Jewish peddler and a Bohemian dealer in second-hand clothes, she began her career singing in the street, but took elocution and acting lessons, becoming a prominent figure in French society. Her lovers include Napoleon III and Jerome Bonaparte.
[Ref: 69322] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![Amalie Haizinger [facsimile signature].](jpegs/69323.jpg)
Amalie Haizinger [facsimile signature].
Kriehuber 855. Ged. bei Jos. Stoufs in Wien.
Eigenthum d. Verlwers m. Vorbehalt d. geletzl. Schutzes gegen Nachdruck.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour, on chine collé, with publisher's stamp, and printed backing sheet. 475 x 325mm (18¾ x 12¾").
A three-quarter portrait of German actress and opera singer Amalie Haizinger (1800-84). She debuted aged 10 at the Karlsruhe Theatre and, after a career that took her to Paris, London and St. Petersburg, was still performing ''funny old lady'' roles at her death.
[Ref: 69323] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Kriehuber 855. Ged. bei Jos. Stoufs in Wien.
Eigenthum d. Verlwers m. Vorbehalt d. geletzl. Schutzes gegen Nachdruck.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour, on chine collé, with publisher's stamp, and printed backing sheet. 475 x 325mm (18¾ x 12¾").
A three-quarter portrait of German actress and opera singer Amalie Haizinger (1800-84). She debuted aged 10 at the Karlsruhe Theatre and, after a career that took her to Paris, London and St. Petersburg, was still performing ''funny old lady'' roles at her death.
[Ref: 69323] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John James Heidegger Esq:r.
Vanloo pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1749.
Price 1s: 6d _ Sold by Faber at ye Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare & fine mezzotint, 330 x 228mm (13 x 9"), with large margins. Mint.
John James Heidegger (1666-1749) was a Swiss count and leading impresario of masquerades. From 1710, he was part of a new commercial public entertainment, which promoted masquerade balls at the Haymarket Theatre. In 1729 Handel and Heidegger were permitted to produce operas at the King's Theatre by the Royal Academy of London.
CS: 184, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69361] £360.00
Vanloo pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1749.
Price 1s: 6d _ Sold by Faber at ye Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare & fine mezzotint, 330 x 228mm (13 x 9"), with large margins. Mint.
John James Heidegger (1666-1749) was a Swiss count and leading impresario of masquerades. From 1710, he was part of a new commercial public entertainment, which promoted masquerade balls at the Haymarket Theatre. In 1729 Handel and Heidegger were permitted to produce operas at the King's Theatre by the Royal Academy of London.
CS: 184, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69361] £360.00
Anthony Leigh or the Spanish Fryar.
[After Sir Godfrey Kneller] J. Smith fecit.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell-Street Covent-Garden. [n.d. c.1700]
Mezzotint, sheet 410 x 245mm (16¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper on three corners.
Portrait of comedian Anthony Leigh (d. 1692), in the role of the 'Spanish Friar' in Dryden's eponymous tragi-comedy. Leigh was popular with Charles II and the public, and played the friar in 1681-2, although the play was subsequently forbidden by James II. Charles, Earl of Dorset, commissioned Kneller to paint Leigh's portrait to commemorate the performance.
CS 155, state iii of v. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69447] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[After Sir Godfrey Kneller] J. Smith fecit.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell-Street Covent-Garden. [n.d. c.1700]
Mezzotint, sheet 410 x 245mm (16¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper on three corners.
Portrait of comedian Anthony Leigh (d. 1692), in the role of the 'Spanish Friar' in Dryden's eponymous tragi-comedy. Leigh was popular with Charles II and the public, and played the friar in 1681-2, although the play was subsequently forbidden by James II. Charles, Earl of Dorset, commissioned Kneller to paint Leigh's portrait to commemorate the performance.
CS 155, state iii of v. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69447] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Luise Neumann.]](jpegs/69324.jpg)
[Luise Neumann.]
Kriehuber 853.
Lithograph. Mounted over image, sight size (oval) 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"). Creasing.
A three-quarter portrait of German actress Luise Neumann (1818-1905), the daughter of actress Amalie Haizinger (1800-84). She debuted aged 16 at the Karlsruhe Theatre, but spent most of her career at the Burgtheater in Vienna. She left the stage in 1857, after her marriage to Karl Graf von Schönfeld.
[Ref: 69324] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Kriehuber 853.
Lithograph. Mounted over image, sight size (oval) 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"). Creasing.
A three-quarter portrait of German actress Luise Neumann (1818-1905), the daughter of actress Amalie Haizinger (1800-84). She debuted aged 16 at the Karlsruhe Theatre, but spent most of her career at the Burgtheater in Vienna. She left the stage in 1857, after her marriage to Karl Graf von Schönfeld.
[Ref: 69324] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Georgina George Oldmixon] Miss George.](jpegs/69285.jpg)
[Georgina George Oldmixon] Miss George.
Miss Howell pinx.t. Orme sculp.t.
London, Publish'd 20.th Aug.st 1787, by Billington & Freeman, Carvers, Gilders & Printsellers, 234 Strand, Temple Bar.
Scarce stipple, printed in brown. 215 x 150mm (8½ x 6"), large margins
A half-length portrait in oval of singer & actress Georgina George (c.1745-1835). She was born in Oxford, where she made her debut at the Holywell Music Room in 1779. In 1783 she moved to Covent Garden then Haymarket and Drury Lane. She married a Bath beau, Sir John Morella Oldmixon, after which they moved to America. In 1794 she performed at Thomas Wignell's theatre in Philadelphia as 'Mrs Oldmixon' (rather than Lady Oldmixon). The pair split up but she remained in Philadelphia, eventually retiring from the stage in 1814 and becoming the principal of a girls' seminary.
https://www.earlyamericanactresses.com/first-stars/georgina-george-oldmixon/
[Ref: 69285] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Howell pinx.t. Orme sculp.t.
London, Publish'd 20.th Aug.st 1787, by Billington & Freeman, Carvers, Gilders & Printsellers, 234 Strand, Temple Bar.
Scarce stipple, printed in brown. 215 x 150mm (8½ x 6"), large margins
A half-length portrait in oval of singer & actress Georgina George (c.1745-1835). She was born in Oxford, where she made her debut at the Holywell Music Room in 1779. In 1783 she moved to Covent Garden then Haymarket and Drury Lane. She married a Bath beau, Sir John Morella Oldmixon, after which they moved to America. In 1794 she performed at Thomas Wignell's theatre in Philadelphia as 'Mrs Oldmixon' (rather than Lady Oldmixon). The pair split up but she remained in Philadelphia, eventually retiring from the stage in 1814 and becoming the principal of a girls' seminary.
https://www.earlyamericanactresses.com/first-stars/georgina-george-oldmixon/
[Ref: 69285] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Macarthy As Pretty Poll Of Putney. in Poll & Partner Joe. New Series N.o 122.
Published at Hodgson's Wholesale print Warehouse 111 Fleet Street & by Turner & Fisher New York & Philadelphia. [n.d. c.1835]
Stipple engraving, sheet 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Full-length portrait of a woman holding a gazette in her left hand and waving with another. Likely actress Maria Honner (nee Macarthy 1812–1870) in 'My Poll and My Partner Joe' a nautical drama in three acts, produced at the Surrey Theatre on 7th September 1835, a popular play by J.T. Haines.
[Ref: 69489] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Published at Hodgson's Wholesale print Warehouse 111 Fleet Street & by Turner & Fisher New York & Philadelphia. [n.d. c.1835]
Stipple engraving, sheet 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Full-length portrait of a woman holding a gazette in her left hand and waving with another. Likely actress Maria Honner (nee Macarthy 1812–1870) in 'My Poll and My Partner Joe' a nautical drama in three acts, produced at the Surrey Theatre on 7th September 1835, a popular play by J.T. Haines.
[Ref: 69489] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![Marie Seebach [facsimile signature].](jpegs/69325.jpg)
Marie Seebach [facsimile signature].
Kriehuber 855. Wein bei L.T. Newman.
Eigenthum d. Verlwers m. Vorbehalt d. geletzl. Schutzes gegen Nachdruck.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 490 x 330mm (19¾ x 13"). Tears taped, time stained.
A three-quarter portrait of German actress Marie Seebach (1829-97), who established her reputation as Gretchen in Goethe's 'Faust' at the Thaliatheater in Hamburg. In In 1870-1 she toured 17 US cities, mostly performing 'Faust'.
[Ref: 69325] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Kriehuber 855. Wein bei L.T. Newman.
Eigenthum d. Verlwers m. Vorbehalt d. geletzl. Schutzes gegen Nachdruck.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 490 x 330mm (19¾ x 13"). Tears taped, time stained.
A three-quarter portrait of German actress Marie Seebach (1829-97), who established her reputation as Gretchen in Goethe's 'Faust' at the Thaliatheater in Hamburg. In In 1870-1 she toured 17 US cities, mostly performing 'Faust'.
[Ref: 69325] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)