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Alexander giving up his favorite mistress Campaspe to Apelles. To great Apelles when young Ammon brought The darling idol of his captive heart...Quitted his title to Campaspe's charms And gave the fair one to the friend's embrace.
Miller Pinxit. J.B. Michel Sculpsit.
John & Josiah Boydell ext. 1786. Publish'd March 1st. 1786, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, London.
Stipple. Plate 325 x 395mm. 12¾ x 15½". Trimmed to the platemark along the bottom edge.
Alexander stands on the right and addresses Appeles, who is seated in front of his easel. Campaspe, seated on the chair to the left, is conversing with two women.
See BM: 1953,0214.35.
[Ref: 17036] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Miller Pinxit. J.B. Michel Sculpsit.
John & Josiah Boydell ext. 1786. Publish'd March 1st. 1786, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, London.
Stipple. Plate 325 x 395mm. 12¾ x 15½". Trimmed to the platemark along the bottom edge.
Alexander stands on the right and addresses Appeles, who is seated in front of his easel. Campaspe, seated on the chair to the left, is conversing with two women.
See BM: 1953,0214.35.
[Ref: 17036] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Boors Drinking. In the Cabinet at Houghton. Picture the same size as the print.
Ostade Pinx. G. Farrington delin.t. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published May 1.st 1779 by J.on Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine engraving. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"), with very wide margins.
A scene of four weary looking men drinking and smoking together.
[Ref: 54121] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ostade Pinx. G. Farrington delin.t. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published May 1.st 1779 by J.on Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine engraving. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"), with very wide margins.
A scene of four weary looking men drinking and smoking together.
[Ref: 54121] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Boors at Cards in the Cabinet at Houghton. Picture the same size as the print.
David Teniers Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Dec.r 1st 1778 by J.on Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine engraving. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), with very wide margins.
A scene depicting a group of merry men engrossed in a game of cards.
[Ref: 54122] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
David Teniers Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Dec.r 1st 1778 by J.on Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine engraving. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), with very wide margins.
A scene depicting a group of merry men engrossed in a game of cards.
[Ref: 54122] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Clytie. In the collection of John Strange Esq.r.
Annibal Caracci Pinxit. John Boydell excudit 1778. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published May 1st, 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple. Sheet size: 305 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed inside plate at top and side edges.
Clytie, sitting on a rock to the right, holding a sunflower, pushing away Cupid with a thorny branch, while he takes her hand, holding a blazing torch. Within a roundel. after Carracci; state with number added and title. Clytie was a character in Greek mythology who became jealous of her lover, the sun god Apollo. To punish her, he transformed her into a sunflower so that she would always face towards him in his daily journey across the skies.
[Ref: 36890] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Annibal Caracci Pinxit. John Boydell excudit 1778. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published May 1st, 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple. Sheet size: 305 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed inside plate at top and side edges.
Clytie, sitting on a rock to the right, holding a sunflower, pushing away Cupid with a thorny branch, while he takes her hand, holding a blazing torch. Within a roundel. after Carracci; state with number added and title. Clytie was a character in Greek mythology who became jealous of her lover, the sun god Apollo. To punish her, he transformed her into a sunflower so that she would always face towards him in his daily journey across the skies.
[Ref: 36890] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Faith, Hope and Charity. From the Original Picture in the Possession of Sir Edward Swinburne Bart.
Rubens Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Feby. 1st 1780 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Very fine engraving with large margins, printed in sanguine, 455 x 405mm. 18 x 16".
The three theological virtues: Charity at left with her two children stretching out their arms; Hope wearing pearls and holding an anchor at right; Faith at centre, veiled and holding a cross and a book. The Holy Spirit above in the sky in the form of a dove, the whole in a circular frame. After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640).
[Ref: 27818] £420.00
Rubens Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Feby. 1st 1780 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Very fine engraving with large margins, printed in sanguine, 455 x 405mm. 18 x 16".
The three theological virtues: Charity at left with her two children stretching out their arms; Hope wearing pearls and holding an anchor at right; Faith at centre, veiled and holding a cross and a book. The Holy Spirit above in the sky in the form of a dove, the whole in a circular frame. After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640).
[Ref: 27818] £420.00
Moses striking the rock. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Nicolas Poussin pinxit. J.B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside, London.
Fine engraving with small margins, platemark 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24").
Moses striking the rock with his staff, creating a miraculous spring from which people rush to gather water and drink. The 1649 painting by Nicolas Poussin, then in the collection at Houghton, was regarded as one of his finest. Like most of the Houghton Collection, it was purchased by Catherine the Great where it forms part of the collection of the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.
[Ref: 28346] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Nicolas Poussin pinxit. J.B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside, London.
Fine engraving with small margins, platemark 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24").
Moses striking the rock with his staff, creating a miraculous spring from which people rush to gather water and drink. The 1649 painting by Nicolas Poussin, then in the collection at Houghton, was regarded as one of his finest. Like most of the Houghton Collection, it was purchased by Catherine the Great where it forms part of the collection of the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.
[Ref: 28346] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
A Nymph and Shepherd. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Carlo Cignani Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 315 x 380mm (12¼ x 15"), with large margins on three sides. Creasing.
A young woman gazes adoringly at a young man holding a musical pipe, who holds her stare. In front of them two children wrestle on a sheep. A scene based on a painting by Carlo Cignani (Bolognam 1628-1719), engraved by Jean Baptiste Michel (1748-1804) from an intermediate sketch by painter George Farington (1752-88)
[Ref: 51729] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Carlo Cignani Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 315 x 380mm (12¼ x 15"), with large margins on three sides. Creasing.
A young woman gazes adoringly at a young man holding a musical pipe, who holds her stare. In front of them two children wrestle on a sheep. A scene based on a painting by Carlo Cignani (Bolognam 1628-1719), engraved by Jean Baptiste Michel (1748-1804) from an intermediate sketch by painter George Farington (1752-88)
[Ref: 51729] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Pierre-Louis Dubus de Preville, Comédien François. Il a débuté le 20. 7.bre 1753 par Crispin du Légataire [...]
Jean Bap. Michel fecit 1787
A Paris chez Petit, rue du petit Pont, à l'Image N.D.
Rare engraving, sheet, 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Trimmed inside platemark. Slight crease at top.
Pierre-Louis Dubus (1721-99), French comic actor known as simply 'Préville'. As the text on the print recounts, he joined the Comédie Francaise in 1753 in the role of Crispin in Jean-François Regnard's 'Le Légitaire Universel'. Admired by Louis XV and a friend of the greatest British actor of the day, David Garrick (who christened him 'enfant de la nature'), he created more than sixty roles during his time at the Comédie Francaise (1753-86). Portrayed here in decorative frame with symbols of the arts and scene from another play by Regnard, 'Les Folies Amoureuses'.
[Ref: 37957] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Jean Bap. Michel fecit 1787
A Paris chez Petit, rue du petit Pont, à l'Image N.D.
Rare engraving, sheet, 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Trimmed inside platemark. Slight crease at top.
Pierre-Louis Dubus (1721-99), French comic actor known as simply 'Préville'. As the text on the print recounts, he joined the Comédie Francaise in 1753 in the role of Crispin in Jean-François Regnard's 'Le Légitaire Universel'. Admired by Louis XV and a friend of the greatest British actor of the day, David Garrick (who christened him 'enfant de la nature'), he created more than sixty roles during his time at the Comédie Francaise (1753-86). Portrayed here in decorative frame with symbols of the arts and scene from another play by Regnard, 'Les Folies Amoureuses'.
[Ref: 37957] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Voltaire.] Sez talens l'oni déifié...
Dessine par P.A. Dauzel au Ch.teau de [?] en 1764 et Grave par J.B. Michel...
[n.d., c.1764.]
Scarce etching. 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 6¾"), with large margins.. Some staining.
Portrait of French writer and philosopher François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778). sitting at a desk, interlocking hands covered by sleeves of his robe, a globe and inscribed papers before him, with quill in and ink pot. His papers read 'Changemens arrivés dans le Globe'.
[Ref: 65255] £450.00
Dessine par P.A. Dauzel au Ch.teau de [?] en 1764 et Grave par J.B. Michel...
[n.d., c.1764.]
Scarce etching. 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 6¾"), with large margins.. Some staining.
Portrait of French writer and philosopher François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778). sitting at a desk, interlocking hands covered by sleeves of his robe, a globe and inscribed papers before him, with quill in and ink pot. His papers read 'Changemens arrivés dans le Globe'.
[Ref: 65255] £450.00