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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Carnarvon Castle, The Birth Place of Edward II in North Wales. ~ Le Chateau de Carnarvon, ou le Roy Edouard II etoit ne, dans la Principaute de Galles.
Rich.d Wilson Pinx.t. Will.m Byrne Sculpt.
Published July 17th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 400 x 540mm (15¾ x 21¼"). Small margins. Slight crease on left.
A view of Caernafon from across the Afon Seiont, cows in the foreground. Richard Wilson (1714-82), a founder member of the Royal Academy, was described in the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the ''most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country''.
[Ref: 44527] £360.00
Rich.d Wilson Pinx.t. Will.m Byrne Sculpt.
Published July 17th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 400 x 540mm (15¾ x 21¼"). Small margins. Slight crease on left.
A view of Caernafon from across the Afon Seiont, cows in the foreground. Richard Wilson (1714-82), a founder member of the Royal Academy, was described in the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the ''most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country''.
[Ref: 44527] £360.00
Chinese Barges of the Embassy preparing to pass under a Bridge.
W. Alexander del.t. W. Byrne sculp.t.
London, Published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving, watermark J. Whatman 1794. 340 x 480mm (13¼" x 19"), with large margins.
A river scene with various boats, a stone bridge and an archway. From Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China. The artist William Alexander accompanied Macartney, and his watercolours were the basis for subsequent prints such as this one.
[Ref: 65317] £320.00
W. Alexander del.t. W. Byrne sculp.t.
London, Published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving, watermark J. Whatman 1794. 340 x 480mm (13¼" x 19"), with large margins.
A river scene with various boats, a stone bridge and an archway. From Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China. The artist William Alexander accompanied Macartney, and his watercolours were the basis for subsequent prints such as this one.
[Ref: 65317] £320.00
The Body of Tee, a Chief, as preserved after Death, in Otaheite.
J. Webber del. W. Byrne sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. Platemark: 255 x 400mm (10 x 15¾"). Uncut.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. An exterior scene depicting the preserved deceased body of Chief Tee, of Otaheite in Tahiti, wearing a cloth wrap headscarf, and loin cloth, lying on top of a piece of cloth, laid out on a wooden structure with a thatched roof. A man stands in the foreground, wearing a cloth wrap and holding onto a piece of cloth, looking at the body. The area is surrounded by a wooden fence. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34295] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. W. Byrne sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. Platemark: 255 x 400mm (10 x 15¾"). Uncut.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. An exterior scene depicting the preserved deceased body of Chief Tee, of Otaheite in Tahiti, wearing a cloth wrap headscarf, and loin cloth, lying on top of a piece of cloth, laid out on a wooden structure with a thatched roof. A man stands in the foreground, wearing a cloth wrap and holding onto a piece of cloth, looking at the body. The area is surrounded by a wooden fence. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34295] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
One of the Grand Signior's Foot Guards. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Honble. Lord Baltimore.
Franco. Smith pinx. W. Byrne sculp.
Publd. accg. to Act of Parlt. Jany. 30, 1769.
Engraving, 265 x 195mm. 10½ x 7¾". Trimmed to plate. Stain spots.
A guard of the Turkish Sultan, armed with bow and arrows. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731 - 1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits, numbered 'Tav. XV' upper right.
for a better impression of this print see ref. 30115
[Ref: 11695] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Franco. Smith pinx. W. Byrne sculp.
Publd. accg. to Act of Parlt. Jany. 30, 1769.
Engraving, 265 x 195mm. 10½ x 7¾". Trimmed to plate. Stain spots.
A guard of the Turkish Sultan, armed with bow and arrows. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731 - 1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits, numbered 'Tav. XV' upper right.
for a better impression of this print see ref. 30115
[Ref: 11695] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Sappho. [In Greek above.] From the Justinian Palace at Rome.
Jos. Nollekens R.A. delt. W. Byrne sculpt.
London, Published as the Act directs, March 12.1799, by T. Gardiner, Princes Street, Cavendish Square.
Engraving, sheet 280 x 215mm. 11 x 8½".
Sappho (c.630 - 570BC), ancient Greek lyric poet. From a bas-relief in Rome by sculptor Joseph Nollekens (1737 - 1823).
[Ref: 14955] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Jos. Nollekens R.A. delt. W. Byrne sculpt.
London, Published as the Act directs, March 12.1799, by T. Gardiner, Princes Street, Cavendish Square.
Engraving, sheet 280 x 215mm. 11 x 8½".
Sappho (c.630 - 570BC), ancient Greek lyric poet. From a bas-relief in Rome by sculptor Joseph Nollekens (1737 - 1823).
[Ref: 14955] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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[A female nude leaning on a wall with a vase.]
J. Collet del. Byrne sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs 15 Dec.r 1770.
Etching with engraving. 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"), with wide margins.
From the collection 'Designs by Jn.o Collett, Both Serious and Comic, Engraved on 36 Plates'.
[Ref: 53930] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J. Collet del. Byrne sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs 15 Dec.r 1770.
Etching with engraving. 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"), with wide margins.
From the collection 'Designs by Jn.o Collett, Both Serious and Comic, Engraved on 36 Plates'.
[Ref: 53930] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A View in the Island of Rotterdam.
Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Engrav'd by W. Byrne.
Published Feb.y 1st, 1777 by W. Strahan in New Street, Shoe Lane, & Thos. Cadell in the Strand, London.
Copper engraving. 265 x 410mm, 10½ x 16". Large margins.
Nomuka, one of the islands of Tonga, visited by Tasman, Cook and Bligh. When Joseph Banks abandoned his plan to accompany James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific, the artists he intended to take with him—the well-known German artist Johann Zoffany and three topographical artists (James Miller, John Frederick Miller and John Cleveley)—were also withdrawn from the voyage. In their place, the Admiralty board appointed William Hodges, landscape painter. Unlike the artists of the first voyage, Hodges was to be directly under Cook’s orders. Early in the voyage Hodges was occupied with coastal profiles and tutoring a number of the midshipmen in topographic drawing. As the voyage progressed he showed a growing interest in recording atmospheric phenomena. Painting through the windows of the great cabin on the Resolution, Hodges was practising a form of ‘plein airism’ that would not become fashionable until the nineteenth century, when it would herald a transformation in western art. Hodges’ ‘Landing’ paintings, unlike his other work relating to the voyage, were designed and painted according to the conventions of history painting then fashionable in England. These conventions drew upon attitudes, compositions and costumes borrowed from classical sculpture and the masters of Italian painting, although the innovation of including contemporary costume gained increasing acceptance through the works of Benjamin West. Depicting the early European contact with Pacific Islanders, Hodges’ paintings, and the engravings made from them to illustrate Cook’s second voyage journal, contain all the drama one would expect in the making of history. Cook, determined to take the public presentation of his second Pacific voyage into his own hands, rewrote his journal a number of times throughout the voyages, perfecting an account of which he would be the hero. Hodges, a great admirer of Cook and well aware of the historical importance of his discoveries, has created the illustrations to support Cook’s heroic role. Pl. no. XLIII of "A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World: Performed in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775." in 2 vols. James Cook, London, 1777.
[Ref: 20043] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Engrav'd by W. Byrne.
Published Feb.y 1st, 1777 by W. Strahan in New Street, Shoe Lane, & Thos. Cadell in the Strand, London.
Copper engraving. 265 x 410mm, 10½ x 16". Large margins.
Nomuka, one of the islands of Tonga, visited by Tasman, Cook and Bligh. When Joseph Banks abandoned his plan to accompany James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific, the artists he intended to take with him—the well-known German artist Johann Zoffany and three topographical artists (James Miller, John Frederick Miller and John Cleveley)—were also withdrawn from the voyage. In their place, the Admiralty board appointed William Hodges, landscape painter. Unlike the artists of the first voyage, Hodges was to be directly under Cook’s orders. Early in the voyage Hodges was occupied with coastal profiles and tutoring a number of the midshipmen in topographic drawing. As the voyage progressed he showed a growing interest in recording atmospheric phenomena. Painting through the windows of the great cabin on the Resolution, Hodges was practising a form of ‘plein airism’ that would not become fashionable until the nineteenth century, when it would herald a transformation in western art. Hodges’ ‘Landing’ paintings, unlike his other work relating to the voyage, were designed and painted according to the conventions of history painting then fashionable in England. These conventions drew upon attitudes, compositions and costumes borrowed from classical sculpture and the masters of Italian painting, although the innovation of including contemporary costume gained increasing acceptance through the works of Benjamin West. Depicting the early European contact with Pacific Islanders, Hodges’ paintings, and the engravings made from them to illustrate Cook’s second voyage journal, contain all the drama one would expect in the making of history. Cook, determined to take the public presentation of his second Pacific voyage into his own hands, rewrote his journal a number of times throughout the voyages, perfecting an account of which he would be the hero. Hodges, a great admirer of Cook and well aware of the historical importance of his discoveries, has created the illustrations to support Cook’s heroic role. Pl. no. XLIII of "A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World: Performed in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775." in 2 vols. James Cook, London, 1777.
[Ref: 20043] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
One of the Grand Signior's Foot Guards. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. W. Byrne sculp.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t Jan.y 30. 1769.
Fine engraving. Plate 266 x 196mm (10½ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins. Crease to left along platemark edge.
A guard of the Turkish Sultan, armed with bow and arrows. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30115] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fran.co Smith pinx. W. Byrne sculp.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t Jan.y 30. 1769.
Fine engraving. Plate 266 x 196mm (10½ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins. Crease to left along platemark edge.
A guard of the Turkish Sultan, armed with bow and arrows. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30115] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
South View of Windsor, taken from the Great Park.
Drawn by W. Hodges, R.A. Engraved by T. Byrne & J. Schuman.
London, Published as the Act directs 1st Jan.y 1791, by W. Byrne, No.19 Titchfield Street.
Coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. 350 x 490mm (13¾ x 19¼"), large margins. Tear in margin.
A view of Windsor Castle, with deer in the foreground.
[Ref: 60908] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by W. Hodges, R.A. Engraved by T. Byrne & J. Schuman.
London, Published as the Act directs 1st Jan.y 1791, by W. Byrne, No.19 Titchfield Street.
Coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. 350 x 490mm (13¾ x 19¼"), large margins. Tear in margin.
A view of Windsor Castle, with deer in the foreground.
[Ref: 60908] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Engraved after the Original Picture in the Possession of James Connell Esq.r to whom this Plate is inscribed by W. Byrne]
Painted by F. Zuccarelli. Engraved by Will.m Byrne. The Figures by F. Bartolozzi
Published as the Act directs Jan 27th 1775 by Wm. Byrne No. 69 Wells Street Oxford Street London
Fine engraving proof impression, platemark 435 x 520mm (17 x 20½"). Large margins. Foxed & staining.
The Tempest: landscape with approaching storm, shepherd hurrying his flock and a woman reaching to help up another woman. Originally published as one of a pair (with The Calm) after the Italian landscape painter Francesco Zuccarelli (1702-88), who spent much of the 1750s and 1760s in England (he was a founder member of the Royal Academy). Like many engravings of the period, this was a collaboration between two printmakers: one specialising in landscape (William Byrne) and another specialising in figure engraving (Francesco Bartolozzi).
De Vesme 2473
[Ref: 38611] £320.00
Painted by F. Zuccarelli. Engraved by Will.m Byrne. The Figures by F. Bartolozzi
Published as the Act directs Jan 27th 1775 by Wm. Byrne No. 69 Wells Street Oxford Street London
Fine engraving proof impression, platemark 435 x 520mm (17 x 20½"). Large margins. Foxed & staining.
The Tempest: landscape with approaching storm, shepherd hurrying his flock and a woman reaching to help up another woman. Originally published as one of a pair (with The Calm) after the Italian landscape painter Francesco Zuccarelli (1702-88), who spent much of the 1750s and 1760s in England (he was a founder member of the Royal Academy). Like many engravings of the period, this was a collaboration between two printmakers: one specialising in landscape (William Byrne) and another specialising in figure engraving (Francesco Bartolozzi).
De Vesme 2473
[Ref: 38611] £320.00