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L'Afrique. Bien que de mes Deserts les chaleurs indomtees / Enchassent les Mortals par leur sterilite; / Mesvilles neantinoins sot partout habitees, / Pour leur utilite.
Bosse fe. avec Privilege du Roy
a paris chez chereau le jeaune ruë St Jacques au S.t Remy [n.d., c.1740].
Engraving with original hand colour. 215 x 140mm (8½ x 5½") very large margins. Stain in left margin. Repaired hole in bottom of lower margin.
A female allegorical figure representing Africa, dressed in colourful cloth carrying a parasole and tambourine, an elephant in background.
[Ref: 55117] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Album with 30 portraits of rulers of Baden.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Folio, 19th century half morocco with marbled boards; with 30 lithographs, ea. 270 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼"), pasted in. Spine rebacked with rexine, inner hinges strained; prints trimmed to printed border on three sides, spotting throughout.
Thirty full-length portraits of margraves (Markgrafs) of Baden, from Bertold I to Carl Willhelm (d.1666). With a photocopied condition report with pencil mss from Rugby School.
[Ref: 55129] £450.00
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Le Grand Triomfateure ou le Libraire ambulan[t]. Vn autre moins fameux Libraire, Pourra se contenter d'un pilier du Palais, Mais pour le debit que je fais Paris entier m'est necessaire.
Chez Honnart rue S. Jacques au Coq avec privil.
[n.d. c. 1670]
Engraving. 275 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½"). Wide margins on 3 sides. Repaired tear into lower left platemark and into the image.
Portrait of a stooped man, maybe Jewish, with crutches. The book seller was a recurring character of Henri Bonnart II's work; as here he is often depicted recounting his dubious adventures and ruminating on the rivalry between travelling tradesman and their settled counterparts.
[Ref: 54687] £380.00
(£456.00 incl.VAT)
Dame Chinois dans sa Chambre. Chaque pays a sa beaute, Et les visages de la Chine Ont tout l'air et la bonne mine De nos dames de qualite.
Chez H Bonnart vis avis les Mathurins au Coq avec privilege du Roy [n.d. c.1675-1700].
Etching with engraving. 275 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½"), with very large margins. Trimmed to platemark on left side. Foxing in margins.
A seated Chinese woman next to a table with paper and writing implements. Engraving by Henri Bonnart II (1642-1711), known for his work on fashion and costume, along with his four brothers. From an album of 215 prints depicting different French costumes of the period, the majority are published by members of the Bonnart family.
[Ref: 54719] £320.00
Vue du Chateau de Choisy le Roy du côté du Jardin.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving with original hand colour. Sheet 255 x 430mm (10 x 17"), prepared as a transparency. Trimmed to plate, edges blacked, colour smears a little surface wear.
A view of the royal residence, the Château de Choisy, prepared as a transparency, with pinholes with coloured tissue on the reverse so that when it is held up to a light the windows of the buildings are lit.
[Ref: 54799] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Portraits of Mr & Mrs Cosway.
R.d Cosway RA delin. R.t Thew Sc .
Published 1 June 1789 by M. Lawson, No. 96, Strand corner of Beaufort Buildings.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"), with large margins. Uncut. Mint.
A rare self-portrait of the artist Richard Cosway and his wife Maria. It was originally published with the title 'Abelard and Heloise in the Gardens of Fulberts Country Residence at Corbeil', the same year. From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 54975] £480.00
[Fireworks for the wedding of Leopold I] Eigentliche Abbild ,, ünd vorstellüng des sehr künftlichen ünd tostbarn Feuerwerds welches auf dem Hochfeyerlichen Kayserl. Beylager zu Wien den 8, Decembris (28) Novemb.) dess 1666. Jahrs, angesündet und branet worden.
[after Melchior Küsel.]
[Frankfurt: Johann Görlin & Johann Bauer, 1703.]
Engraving. 300 x 345mm (11¾ x 13½"), with margins. Binding folds.
A fireworks display celebrating the marriage of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I to Margaret Theresa, daughter of King Philip IV of Spain. The fireworks are being launched from a baroque building, with centaurs fighting in the foreground. From 'Theatrum Europaeum', published by the heirs of Matthaus Merian.
[Ref: 54927] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Réunion d'Artistes. Dédiée aux Amateurs des Arts.
Peint par Boilly en 1800. Gravé par A. Clement. Imprimé par Bassand.
à Paris chez l'Auteur, Cloitre des Bernadines d.ion des Plantes No.136 & à l'entrepôt de Thé, rue des fossés Montmartre, No.6'.
Stipple. 550 x 430mm (21¾ x 17"), very large margins on 3 sides Trimmed within plate on left, year entering plate taped, slight spotting. Some loss on left in margin
A group portrait of twenty-nine French artists, all seen head and shoulders, grouped together amidst clouds, in an oval. They include Boilly, Redouté, Isabay, Bourgeois, Demarne, Vernet and Gérard. See BM 1882,0311.1242 for the original key of persons.
[Ref: 54913] £980.00
Geography. 45.
Cipriani, Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi, sculp.t.
Publish'd Mar. 25th 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell No. 90, Cheapside London.
Crayon-manner stipple, printed in brown. 265 x 225mm (10½ x 8¾"), with large margins. Small tears in edges of margins.
A female allegorical figure, leaning on a globe. De Vesme 621, state V.
[Ref: 54807] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
Choir of Westminster Abbey during the coronation of His Most Gracious Majesty George the IV, July 10 1821.
Painted by Frederick Nash. Engraved by Charles Turner.
London Published Jan.y 1 1822 by F. Nash, No 40 Mary Street, Fitzroy Square, Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co, Cockspur Street, Hurst & Robinson, Cheapside, & Moltano, Pall Mall.
Finely hand coloured etching. Sheet 535 x 410mm (21 x 16¼"), on card, as issued. Dusty.
A scarce and decorative view of the coronation ceremony with 12 numbers depicting the orders. Whitman: 798; this state with key below not seen by Whitman.
[Ref: 55055] £350.00
[Hanover Square ticket no 121.] Hanover Square for the Benefit of Miss .no Diot Jones, & Johnotone April the 10.th. A Ball to begin at 7'oclock [ink mss verso].
Rare Stipple sheet 110 x 115mm (4¼ x 4½"). Top left corner slightly torn. Trimmed.
Stipple of a putto sitting on a cloud with a cloth draped over one shoulder playing a harp. They are surrounded by an oval frame of laurel leaves. Ink writing on the back of the invitation gives details of the event.
[Ref: 55005] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Passants qui regarde ma burlesque figure /Ayez compassion de mon rigoureux ... sort mon malheureux penchant trop voisin de la mort fait voir que je n'ay phis de droict pour la nature...
E. V. jn. I. Le Potre fe. Cum privil. Regis.
[n.d. c. 1700]
Engraving. 290 x 215mm (11½ x 8½"), with large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate mark on left side. Stain in lower left corner, affecting title area. Brown stain in the left-centre of the image. Creasing.
A Rabalaisian figure stands hunched, with the aid of a crutch while children dance and play in the background. An owl perches on the doorway. In the accompanying text he meditates on his coarse appearance and the rare virtue it provides him.
[Ref: 54712] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rivière de Bezouki.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 285 x 375mm (11¼ x 14¾"), with very large margins with blindstamp of 'La Favorite' in bottom margin.
A river of Java, with a waterfall. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). Colour-printed examples are rare. SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54668] £350.00
Portraits of Ladies of Rank and Fashion. Painted by John Hoppner, R.A. Engraved by Charles Wilkin. Executed in a Manner to United the High Finishing of Painting with the Spirit and Freedom of Drawing.
London: Published by the Proprietor. Charles Wilkin, Eaton Street, Pimlico. 1797.
Front printed wrapper and ten crayon-manner stipples, proofs before titles. Each 250 x 190mm (10 x 7½"), eight with letterpress biographies. In mounts.
Extremely rare to find complete matching set of proofs. The complete set of ten portraits from the series 'Ladies of Rank and Fashion', with portraits by John Hoppner and Charles Wilkin. The sitters are Lady Charlotte Duncombe; Viscountess St. Asaph; Lady Charlotte Campbell; Jane Elizabeth, Viscountess Andover; Lady Gertude Villiers; Lady Langham; The Countess of Euston; Lady Catherine Howard; The Duchess of Rutland; and Lady Gertrude Fitzpatrick. See Ref: 54826 , 54827, 54828, 54829 54830, 54831 for single images.
[Ref: 54955] £2,000.00
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Macao.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc. Finot imp.
de Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 285 x 380mm (11¼ x 15") very large margins.
Prospect of the Portuguese trading port of Macao (Macau), from 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...'. Colour-printed examples are rare. SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54665] £650.00
[Macbeth.] [From an Original Picture, in the Collection of Will,m Lock Esq.r.]
[Painted by Fran.co Zuccarelli. Engrav'd by W,,m Woollett.]
[Published as the Act directs Dec.r 29th. 1770, by W.m Woollett, in Green Street, Leicester Fields, London]
Etching. Proof before letters. Plate 335 x 430mm (13¼ x 17"), with margins. Repaired tears and some creasing.
Macbeth and Banquo meet the Three Witches in a wind-swept landscape. Behind soldiers try to restrain their terrified horses as lightning strikes a castle on the hilltop behind. Fagan 74. See Ref: 54251 for lettered impression
[Ref: 55160] £380.00
[The Virgin Mary with Jesus and two angels.]
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi Engraver To His Majesty sculp.
[J. & J. Boydell., n.d., c.1790s]
Fine stipple, printed in sanguine. 220 x 320mm (8½ x 12½"), with small margins. Thread margin at top. Few fly marks on left.
The Virgin Mary sits on a cloud with Jesus, who plays with a necklace, upon her knee while two angels above them place a crown on the Virgin's head. de Vesme: 2187, II of II.
[Ref: 53319] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Vue Prise à Malacca.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"), very large margins, with blindstamp of 'La Favorite' in bottom margin.
View at Malacca, Malaysia; some Europeans on horseback in right foreground. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). Colour-printed examples are rare. SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54666] £390.00
[Eleven fine watercolours of Mediterranean scenes.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Eleven watercolours by the same hand. Each c. 185 x 225mm (7¼ x 8¾"), some sheets watermarked 'L Tovil Mill 1810.]
Eleven watercolours from an English tour around the Mediterranean, with subjects from Venice, Malta, Naples, and Genoa, including two litters, a wine press, a monk taking confession and various costumes. The Lower Tovil Mill (or Allnut Mill) was a papermaking mill on the River Loose, a tributary of the Medway, Kent.
[Ref: 55050] £1,500.00
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[Two untitled medley prints in imitation of old master paintings]
[n.d., c.1775.]
Each sheet 130 x 100mm (5 x 4"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
Two trompe-l'œil medley prints, with Old Master-style Dutch painting stuck on wooden panels with red sealing wax,
[Ref: 54802] £320.00
[Untitled medley print relating to the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-74.]
[n.d., c.1775.]
Printed from two plates, mezzotint and a colour-printed engraving, both with hand colour. Total 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
A trompe-l'œil medley print, with a central mezzotint printed over an engraving of proporting to be seven pieces of paper, stuck on a wooden wall by red sealing wax.. The mezzotint is of an Old Master-style Dutch drinker. The other images are two playing cards (front and back); a map of the Aegean; a scene of a 'triumphant' Russian standing over a vanquished Turk with a Greek watching; a scrap with French text relating to the war; and a naval battle engraving (The Battle of Chesme, June 24, 1770) and a German almanac title-page, both printed in sanguine. Christian Gottlob Winterschmidt (1755-1809) See National Archives for copy Orlov Revolt 1770.
[Ref: 54801] £690.00
[A monk carrying a skull.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. 175 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½"), with small margins. Worm hole repaired.
A shaven-headed monk holding a scull on his arm, pointing into an eye socket.
[Ref: 54692] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Vieille ridicule.
Dolivar sculp. Se vend a Paris chez Est. Gantrel rue S. Iaq. a limage S. Maur avec privil.
Paris. [n.d. c.1680-92]
Engraving and etching, 17th century watermark;. 300 x 200mm (12 x 8"). Small tears around the edges. Staining in the margins. Repairs to left margin and upper left corner in platemark. Creasing. Major loss (made up) top left.
Possibly someone cross-dressing in ornate clothing, in the background a flamboyant procession on horseback.
[Ref: 54715] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Princesse de Perse A son air grave et dalaigneux Vous ne diriers pas qu'elle pense Aqulque larcin amoureux Mais c'est encor pis qu'en france.
Chez H Bonnart rue S. Iacques vis avis les Mathurins au Coq avec privi.
[n.d. c. 1675-1700]
Etching with engraving. 270 x 195mm (10½ x 7¼"). Small left margin.
A Persian princess dressed in finery. Engraving by Henri Bonnart II (1642-1711), known for his work on fashion and costume, along with his four brothers. From an album of 215 prints depicting different French costumes of the period, the majority are published by members of the Bonnart family.
[Ref: 54720] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cochinchine-Philippines. Femmes Cochinchinoises. Togals.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 285 x 380mm (11¼ x 15") very large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate at top.
Two costume images: women of Cochinchina and men and women of the Philippines. From the 'Atlas Historique' of the 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). Colour-printed examples are rare. SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54667] £390.00
Physic.
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. J.M. Lelattre Sculp.t.
London, Published March 31st 1788 for the Proprietor, by Palmer & Fielding, No 163 Strand.
Rare stipple, printed in brown. 180 x 165mm (7 x 6½"), with large margins. Uncut.
A winged cherub sitting on a cloud, holding the Rod of Asclepius in his right hand, a bowl in his left. A lyre rests behind him.
[Ref: 55074] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Le plaisir de la promenade le Teste a Teste.
Chez Guerard rue petit a limage N. dame
[n.d. c. 1670]
Fine & rare engraving, pt 17th watermark. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"), with large margins. Fading to the title in lower right corner. Fainting toning at the edges of the upper and right hand margins.
A man and a woman, well dressed and made up, walk hand in hand. Printed by Nicolas Bonnart (c. 1637 - 1718), the son of Henri Bonnart. He was largely active between 1664-70 and moved his printing business to St. Jacques Rue in 1674.
[Ref: 54685] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
Politics.
1791. [After Catherine Maria Fanshawe] R. Pollard, Sculpt. direct. & Perfecit. Aqua.t by J. Wells.
London: Publish'd April 6th 1791, by M. Ryland, No.107, New Bond Street.
Aquatint. 465 x 770mm (18¼ x 30¼"). Repaired tear, not entering image, central crease, wear to edges.
A group of men discuss politics around a salon fireplace, while the women gossip, yawn or sleep. Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765-1834) was best known for her poetry, including the 'Riddle on the Letter H', which was originally mistakenly ascribed to Lord Byron.
[Ref: 53995] £850.00
[Vue d'un partie de la ville Dordrecht prise de le Moulin é Ciment de la Village de Zwyndrecht.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving with original hand colour. Sheet 310 x 435mm (12¼ x 17"), prepared as a transparency. Trimmed, losing title, edges blacked, a little surface wear.
A view of the harbour of Dordrecht, prepared as a transparency, with pinholes with coloured tissue on the reverse so that when it is held up to a light the windows of the buildings are lit, and the sky has stars and a crescent moon.
[Ref: 54797] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Two paper puppet designs, uncut.]
[French, c.1780.]
Two etchings with original hand colour. Sheets 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾") & 335 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼"). Woman trimmed into plate at top, some creasing; man with ragged edges.
Two extremely rare paper puppet designs, The woman is in a rustic dress and hat, with arms and legs. The man is in an opulant frockcoat with sash and garland of flowers; he has a separate hat, arms and legs jointed at hip and knee.
[Ref: 54912] £950.00
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Ile-de-Gorée.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15"), with very large margins, with blindstamp of 'La Favorite'.
A view of French settlement of Île de Gorée, Senegal, famed for its 'Maison des Esclaves' with its 'Door of No Return'. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). Colour-printed examples are rare. SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54669] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
London Fashions for the Summer of 1843, Published and Sold by G. Walker, 33 St James's Street.
Drawn & Etched by C. Sibley, 34 Percy St, Beford Square.
A large coloured aquatint. Image size 600 x 650mm (23½ x 25½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Two scenes illustrating the fashions for men, women and children, numbered 1-15. The upper scene is a salon, the lower scene a park.
[Ref: 55183] £750.00
London Fashions for the Winter of 1840, Published and Sold by G. Walker, 33 St James's Street.
C. Sibley excud.t.
A large coloured aquatint. Image size 580 x 660mm (22¾ x 26"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Two scenes illustrating the fashions for men, women and children, numbered 75-89. The upper scene is a drawing room, the lower scene is a park with an architectural feature.
[Ref: 55182] £750.00
London Fashions for 1844, Published and Sold by G. Walker, 33 St James's Street.
Drawn by C. Sibley, 6 Russell Place, Fitzroy Sq.r.
A large coloured aquatint. Image size 600 x 690mm (23½ x 27¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Two scenes illustrating the fashions for men, women and children, numbered 32-47. The upper scene is probably in St James's Park, the lower scene in a drawing room, also illustratring a mantle clock and a harp.
[Ref: 55181] £750.00
National Liveries.
[by Charles Sibley?]
Published by G. Walker, Author of ''The Art of Cutting'', 20 Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square, London. (Entered at Stationer's Hall.) [n.d, c.1840.]
A large coloured aquatint. Image size 690 x 520mm (27 x 20½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Illustrations of 25 men in three rows, depicting their livery uniforms. See Ref: 57418 & 37822
[Ref: 55184] £750.00
L'Espagne. Mon Lion furieux rugit de toutes parts, Mon Prince, bien fouvent, le pousse en temeraire; Car le Coq des Francoise, par son chant le fait taire, Quand on les fait trouver sons l'Etandart de Mars.
A Paris chez N. Bonnart, rue S.t Iacques, a l'aigle avec privil.
Paris [n.d. c. 1675]
Engraving. 280 x 190mm (11 x 7½"). Trimmed to platemark and laid on paper. Tears and creasing in margins.
A Spanish woman in ornate dress, holding a fan in one hand and flower in the other. Printed by Nicolas Bonnart (c. 1637 - 1718), the son of Henri Bonnart. He was largely active between 1664-70 and moved his printing business to St. Jacques Rue in 1674. From an album of 215 prints depicting different French costumes of the period, the majority are published by members of the Bonnart family.
[Ref: 54721] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Femme d'un Docteur de Strasbourg. Je suis scavant autant que belle, Je charme l'esprit et le coeur; Comment ne serios-je pas telle, Puisque mon Epoux est Docteur?
A Paris chez N. Bonnart, rue S.t Jacques, a l'aigle, avec privil.
Paris [n.d. c.1675]
Engraving. 275 x 19mm (10¾ x 7½). Trimmed to platemark and laid on paper. Some creasing in the margins staining in lower left margin.
A woman dressed in clothing appropriate for a doctor's wife. Printed by Nicolas Bonnart (c. 1637 - 1718), the son of Henri Bonnart. He was largely active between 1664-70 and moved his printing business to St. Jacques Rue in 1674. From an album of 215 prints depicting different French costumes of the period, the majority are published by members of the Bonnart family.
[Ref: 54722] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Sweet Echo 178 Sweet Echo, Sweet Nymph, That liv'st unseen, Within they Airy Cell. Vide, Mask of Comms.
London, Printed for Robert Sayer Map & Printseller, No.53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 15, Jan 1788.
Rare coloured mezzotint sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾). Thread margins on three sides and trimmed to plate on bottom. Repairs.
A young woman with hair dressed high and a large hat, sitting in a garden holding up a sheet of music; with a waterfall on the right flowing into a stream running past her. The inscription has four lines of verse from Milton's 'Comus' in two columns.
[Ref: 55022] £350.00
A Tigress.
Engraved by John Murphy by Permission of Mr. George Stubbs from the Picture Painted by himself and in his Possession.
London, Published July 27, 1798 by J. Murphy, North side Paddington Green.
Coloured mezzotint. Sheet 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Trimmed to platemark. Very slight hole above tiger's head.
A very rare mezzotint, probably engraved from the life-size portrait of the Royal Tiger in Stubbs's possession when he died. The painting had originally been engraved by John Dixon in 1772; however that mezzotint plate had been destroyed, so John Murphy was allowed to engrave a new plate. A beautifully-coloured example of one of the finest images produced in the history of mezzotint. Lennox-Boyd 133: ii of ii.
[Ref: 54787] £4,500.00
La Dance de Village. La Bergere en Simple Cornette/ Dansante au son des Chatumeaux/ Fait Souvent plus d'Amans nouveaux/ Que la Demoiselle Coquette.
N. Arnoult f. A Paris chex N. Arnoult rue de la Fromagerie a l'Image S.t Claude aux halles Avec Pri. du Roy.
Paris. [n.d. c. 1680-92]
Engraving. 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"). Small margins on 3 sides. Trimmed in left side. Staining in margins. Crease affecting title area.
A group of young women and a man dance around a tree. In the tree sits a man playing the pipes. Engraving by Nicolas Arnoult (1650 - c.1722), specialist in fashion plates and historical costume. See [Ref: 68714] for a reverse copy.
[Ref: 54717] £250.00
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[Woman in riding dress] In her love darting Eyes awakes the Fires [...]
Jos. Vanhaecken pinx. Alex. Van haecken fe.
Sold by T. Jefferys in the Strand and W. Herbert on London Bridge. [n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint. 460 x 310mm (18 x 12¼"). Thread margins, some restoration, laid on archival paper, with modern paper border.
A full length portrait of a woman in riding dress, a whip hanging from the wrist. Originally published by the engraver, Alexander Van Haecken. CS 22, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 54805] £650.00
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