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A View of the Flower Garden & part of the Palace of Fontainebleau.
J. Tinney sculp. et ex.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whttle, 53 Fleet Street, London. [This impression c.1805.]
Copper engraving in fine contemporary colour by hand, wove paper watermarked 1805. 220 x 450mm, 8¾ x 17¾". Evidence of some scratching to sky with some oxidisation in the pigment, overall fine.
Figures in the gardens of the Palace of Fontainebleau, not far from Paris, France, one of the largest and most imposing French royal châteaux. The palace as it is today is the work of many French monarchs, building on an early 16th century structure of Francis I. Numbered '10' upper right. A copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 20737] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
J. Tinney sculp. et ex.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whttle, 53 Fleet Street, London. [This impression c.1805.]
Copper engraving in fine contemporary colour by hand, wove paper watermarked 1805. 220 x 450mm, 8¾ x 17¾". Evidence of some scratching to sky with some oxidisation in the pigment, overall fine.
Figures in the gardens of the Palace of Fontainebleau, not far from Paris, France, one of the largest and most imposing French royal châteaux. The palace as it is today is the work of many French monarchs, building on an early 16th century structure of Francis I. Numbered '10' upper right. A copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 20737] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Georgius II.us D.G. Mag. Brit. Fra. & Hib. Rex &c.
Jos. Highmore pinxit. J. Tinney fecit.
Printed & Sold by J. Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street London [n.d. c.1740].
Fine mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, tipped onto album paper on left side.
A profile portrait of George II, wearing wig and armour with lion-head epaulette, medal on a ribbon around his neck.
CS 3.
[Ref: 62086] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Jos. Highmore pinxit. J. Tinney fecit.
Printed & Sold by J. Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street London [n.d. c.1740].
Fine mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, tipped onto album paper on left side.
A profile portrait of George II, wearing wig and armour with lion-head epaulette, medal on a ribbon around his neck.
CS 3.
[Ref: 62086] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
An oblique View of the East front of Hampton Court, with part of the Garden.
Highmore delin. J.Tinney sculp.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street, & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill London [n..d., c.1760).
Very fine engraving. 340 x 495mm (13½ x 19½"), with large margins.
A view looking down the East Front of Hampton Court, designed by Christopher Wren. Among the figures are a boy with a dancing dog and a gardener with a watering can.
[Ref: 57962] £420.00
Highmore delin. J.Tinney sculp.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street, & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill London [n..d., c.1760).
Very fine engraving. 340 x 495mm (13½ x 19½"), with large margins.
A view looking down the East Front of Hampton Court, designed by Christopher Wren. Among the figures are a boy with a dancing dog and a gardener with a watering can.
[Ref: 57962] £420.00
The South front of Kensington Palace, as seen from the Verges of the great Walk. Façade Meridioinale du Palais de Kensington, vue de La grande allée.~
Highmore delin. J. Tinney Sculp.
London_Printed for Robt Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street London, & John Bowles No.13 in Cornhill & Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1751.]
Copper engraving. 240 x 482mm. 9½ x 19". Cut to image and under title, false margins added.
One from a set of very fine engravings published in 1751 as a collection of views showing Kensington Palace & Hampton Court Palace. Highmore, Anthony 1719-1799, draughtsman, was deaf, and resided principally at Canterbury, where he occupied himself with the study of theology. John Tinney, engraver, practised both in line and mezzotint, but with no great ability, during the reign of George II. He was also a printseller, and carried on business at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street, London, where all his own works were published. His mezzotint plates include portraits. He engraved in line a set of ten views of Hampton Court and Kensington Palace, after Anthony Highmore. Tinney is now remembered as the master of the distinguished engravers William Woollett, Anthony Walker, and John Browne. He died in 1761.
Crace IX: 13.
[Ref: 17015] £420.00
Highmore delin. J. Tinney Sculp.
London_Printed for Robt Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street London, & John Bowles No.13 in Cornhill & Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1751.]
Copper engraving. 240 x 482mm. 9½ x 19". Cut to image and under title, false margins added.
One from a set of very fine engravings published in 1751 as a collection of views showing Kensington Palace & Hampton Court Palace. Highmore, Anthony 1719-1799, draughtsman, was deaf, and resided principally at Canterbury, where he occupied himself with the study of theology. John Tinney, engraver, practised both in line and mezzotint, but with no great ability, during the reign of George II. He was also a printseller, and carried on business at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street, London, where all his own works were published. His mezzotint plates include portraits. He engraved in line a set of ten views of Hampton Court and Kensington Palace, after Anthony Highmore. Tinney is now remembered as the master of the distinguished engravers William Woollett, Anthony Walker, and John Browne. He died in 1761.
Crace IX: 13.
[Ref: 17015] £420.00
The Elevation of the North Front of an intended Building for the London Hospital in White Chapel Road, with Plans of the Ground and First Floors, 1752.
Boulton Mainwaring inv. J. Tinney sculps.
Rare engraving, sheet 275 x 330mm (10¾ x 13"). Trimmed inside platemark. Creases.
The London Hospital was founded in 1740 and first situated in Moorfields, before moving in the 1750s to buildings in Whitechapel designed by hospital surveyor Boulton Mainwaring as shown here. The new building, finished in 1757, was the finest hospital building in London at the time. This is one of few engravings of the hospital.
[Ref: 38687] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Boulton Mainwaring inv. J. Tinney sculps.
Rare engraving, sheet 275 x 330mm (10¾ x 13"). Trimmed inside platemark. Creases.
The London Hospital was founded in 1740 and first situated in Moorfields, before moving in the 1750s to buildings in Whitechapel designed by hospital surveyor Boulton Mainwaring as shown here. The new building, finished in 1757, was the finest hospital building in London at the time. This is one of few engravings of the hospital.
[Ref: 38687] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Veue des Parterres de Seaux et du grand Canal dans l'Eloignement. A View of the Flower Gardens of Seaux & of ye. great Canal at a Distance.
J. Tinney sculp.
Printed for Jno. Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street London [n.d., c.1755].
Etching, 220 x 450mm. 8¾ x 17¾". Age toned.
A prospect of the flower gardens at the Parc De Seaux, Paris.
An English copy of the view by French engraver Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754) published in 1728 in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 9602] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Tinney sculp.
Printed for Jno. Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street London [n.d., c.1755].
Etching, 220 x 450mm. 8¾ x 17¾". Age toned.
A prospect of the flower gardens at the Parc De Seaux, Paris.
An English copy of the view by French engraver Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754) published in 1728 in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 9602] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Veue du Chateau de Seaux prise du haut de l'Allee de la Diane. A View of the Palace of Seaux from the Top of Diana's Walk.
J. Tinney sculp.
London, Printed & Sold by Rob.t Sayer, Print & Map-seller, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 215 x 455mm. 8½ x 18". Fine early colour; good margins.
A prospect of the formal gardens and chateau at the Parc De Sceaux, Paris; figures with dogs to foreground. The château depicted here, demolished during the Revolution, was built by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the minister of finance to Louis XIV, and purchased by Louis' illegitimate son, the duke of Maine in 1699. His duchesse held court in a glittering salon at Sceaux in the first decades of the eighteenth century. The present château, rebuilt 1856-62 in a Louis XIII style, is now a museum. From a series of copies of prints of French royal palaces by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 17602] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Tinney sculp.
London, Printed & Sold by Rob.t Sayer, Print & Map-seller, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 215 x 455mm. 8½ x 18". Fine early colour; good margins.
A prospect of the formal gardens and chateau at the Parc De Sceaux, Paris; figures with dogs to foreground. The château depicted here, demolished during the Revolution, was built by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the minister of finance to Louis XIV, and purchased by Louis' illegitimate son, the duke of Maine in 1699. His duchesse held court in a glittering salon at Sceaux in the first decades of the eighteenth century. The present château, rebuilt 1856-62 in a Louis XIII style, is now a museum. From a series of copies of prints of French royal palaces by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 17602] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)