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D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electricatis periculis clarus.
J.E. Haid sculp. [after Benjamin Wilson].
A.V. 1778.
Scarce mezzotint. 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), wearing a wig, without spectacles. This is the scarce first version: two years later Haid re-engraved the plate, retaining the title but replacing the image with the portrait by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils, the more famous image of Franklin wearing spectacles and fur hat.
[Ref: 56455] £850.00
J.E. Haid sculp. [after Benjamin Wilson].
A.V. 1778.
Scarce mezzotint. 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), wearing a wig, without spectacles. This is the scarce first version: two years later Haid re-engraved the plate, retaining the title but replacing the image with the portrait by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils, the more famous image of Franklin wearing spectacles and fur hat.
[Ref: 56455] £850.00
Iephtha et Filia. ex Archetypo Altid 5 1/3 et Latitud. 3 3/4 pedum cuius est possessor illustris Dominus hosephus de Khun, Reipubl. Augustasnae Quaestor et Aedilis.
Bernhard Strozzi Pinxxit. Joh. Elias haid Delineavit. et Sculpsit Aug. Vind. 1775.
Mezzotint. 292 x 460mm.
Jephtha was an Israelite general who sacrificed his daughter because of a pledge to God.
[Ref: 5771] £350.00
Bernhard Strozzi Pinxxit. Joh. Elias haid Delineavit. et Sculpsit Aug. Vind. 1775.
Mezzotint. 292 x 460mm.
Jephtha was an Israelite general who sacrificed his daughter because of a pledge to God.
[Ref: 5771] £350.00
The Art of Dressing Fish, Most humbly dedicated to the Hon.ble Society of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce, by his most obedient humble Servant Joh. Elias Haid. [&] The Cook Maid, Most humbly dedicated to Samuel More Esq.r, Secretary to the Hon.ble Society of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce, by his most obedient humble Servant Joh. Elias Haid.
Johann Caspar Heilmann pinxit. Johann Elias Haid sculpsit. Aug Vind:1773. [Cook Maid - '1774'].
Pair of fine mezzotints. Each 485 x 360mm (19 x 14¼"). Slight damp staining.
Johann Casper Heilmann [1718 - 1760], a Swiss painter and draughtsman working in Rome and Paris. Johann Elias Haid [1736 - 1809] was a German engraver and publisher. Son and pupil of Johann Jakob, he published his own prints in Augsburg. These pictures were produced in the same year the Society moved into a purpose built home, designed by John Adam. The Honourable Society of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce, was founded by William Shipley as a fund to support improvements in the liberal arts, sciences, and manufactures. In 1758, the Society awarded medals divided into catagories: Agriculture, Chemistry, Colonies & Trade, Manufactures, Mechanics, and Polite Arts (painting and the plastic arts). Samuel More was secretary to the society between 1770 and 1773, and was one of the most important supporters of the society's awards.
[Ref: 3161] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
Johann Caspar Heilmann pinxit. Johann Elias Haid sculpsit. Aug Vind:1773. [Cook Maid - '1774'].
Pair of fine mezzotints. Each 485 x 360mm (19 x 14¼"). Slight damp staining.
Johann Casper Heilmann [1718 - 1760], a Swiss painter and draughtsman working in Rome and Paris. Johann Elias Haid [1736 - 1809] was a German engraver and publisher. Son and pupil of Johann Jakob, he published his own prints in Augsburg. These pictures were produced in the same year the Society moved into a purpose built home, designed by John Adam. The Honourable Society of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce, was founded by William Shipley as a fund to support improvements in the liberal arts, sciences, and manufactures. In 1758, the Society awarded medals divided into catagories: Agriculture, Chemistry, Colonies & Trade, Manufactures, Mechanics, and Polite Arts (painting and the plastic arts). Samuel More was secretary to the society between 1770 and 1773, and was one of the most important supporters of the society's awards.
[Ref: 3161] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
![[Silversmith] Johann Elias Mayer](jpegs/56015.jpg)
[Silversmith] Johann Elias Mayer
Gemahlt von Anton Graff. 1763. Gescaben von Joh. Elias Haid in Augsburg. 1773.
Mezzotint. 415 x 280mm (16¼ x 11"). Framed. Thread margins, slight spotting. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of Johann Elias Mayer (1722-72), silver merchant of Augsburg, published posthumously.
[Ref: 56015] £480.00
Gemahlt von Anton Graff. 1763. Gescaben von Joh. Elias Haid in Augsburg. 1773.
Mezzotint. 415 x 280mm (16¼ x 11"). Framed. Thread margins, slight spotting. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of Johann Elias Mayer (1722-72), silver merchant of Augsburg, published posthumously.
[Ref: 56015] £480.00
![[Johann Stephan Pütter]](jpegs/35596.jpg)
[Johann Stephan Pütter] Johannes Stephanus Pütter / Magnae Britanniae regi [...]
H.F.L. Matthieu pinx 17776 / J.E. Haid sculp AV 1777
Mezzotint with very large margins, rare, platemark 220 x 140mm (8½ x 5½"). Wormholes lower right; good impression on laid paper.
Johann Stephan Pütter (1725-1807), lecturer on law at the university of Göttingen who turned down positions in Vienna and St Petersburg to stay there. He was also the electorate of Hanover's representative at the Imperial elections in Frankfurt on three occasions.
[Ref: 35596] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
H.F.L. Matthieu pinx 17776 / J.E. Haid sculp AV 1777
Mezzotint with very large margins, rare, platemark 220 x 140mm (8½ x 5½"). Wormholes lower right; good impression on laid paper.
Johann Stephan Pütter (1725-1807), lecturer on law at the university of Göttingen who turned down positions in Vienna and St Petersburg to stay there. He was also the electorate of Hanover's representative at the Imperial elections in Frankfurt on three occasions.
[Ref: 35596] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ragostski Sigismond Prince de Transilvanie.]](jpegs/63541.jpg)
[Ragostski Sigismond Prince de Transilvanie.]
[Engraved by Johann Elias Haid after a sketch by Bernard Picart after Rembrandt.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint, proof before title. 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Damage, loss in corners bottom right & top left. Messy.
Sigismund Rákóczi (1544-1608), a Hungarian soldier who rose to prominence in the wars against the Ottomans, becoming Prince of Transylvania towards the end of his life.
[Ref: 63541] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Johann Elias Haid after a sketch by Bernard Picart after Rembrandt.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint, proof before title. 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Damage, loss in corners bottom right & top left. Messy.
Sigismund Rákóczi (1544-1608), a Hungarian soldier who rose to prominence in the wars against the Ottomans, becoming Prince of Transylvania towards the end of his life.
[Ref: 63541] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vanitas allegory]](jpegs/34104.jpg)
[Vanitas allegory] Forma aetate perit; virtus clara aeternaque habetur.
Joseph Christ, pinx. Aug. Vind. Joh. Elias Haid sculp. Aug. Vind.
J. Jac. Haid et filius excudit Aug. Vind. [c.1760]
Mezzotint with very large margins on 3 sides, very scarce; platemark 445 x 330mm (17½ x 13"). Trimmed to plate along lower edge.
An elegant young man, with music, fine clothes and elegant objects. An old man behind holding a book with cautionary text in latin; mountainous landscape in distance. Engraved and published by the Haid family of Augsburg, after a painting by the Augsburg painter Joseph Christ (c.1732-1788).
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 34104] £450.00
Joseph Christ, pinx. Aug. Vind. Joh. Elias Haid sculp. Aug. Vind.
J. Jac. Haid et filius excudit Aug. Vind. [c.1760]
Mezzotint with very large margins on 3 sides, very scarce; platemark 445 x 330mm (17½ x 13"). Trimmed to plate along lower edge.
An elegant young man, with music, fine clothes and elegant objects. An old man behind holding a book with cautionary text in latin; mountainous landscape in distance. Engraved and published by the Haid family of Augsburg, after a painting by the Augsburg painter Joseph Christ (c.1732-1788).
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 34104] £450.00
Georgius Whitefield, Artium Magister, Verbi divini Minister inter Anglos maxime notius.
Jenkin pinx. J.E. Haid sc. 1783.
J.J. Haid et filious exc. A.V.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 140 x 225mm (5½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper, mounted on card with two other portraits of Whitefield. Slight loss to left of title.
A head and shoulders portrait of minister George Whitefield (1714-1770), in wig and gown. The other two portraits are engraved portraits by Picot after Hone and Trotter after Russell.
[Ref: 61981] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)
Jenkin pinx. J.E. Haid sc. 1783.
J.J. Haid et filious exc. A.V.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 140 x 225mm (5½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper, mounted on card with two other portraits of Whitefield. Slight loss to left of title.
A head and shoulders portrait of minister George Whitefield (1714-1770), in wig and gown. The other two portraits are engraved portraits by Picot after Hone and Trotter after Russell.
[Ref: 61981] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)