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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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![[View of the Parthenon from the Propylea.]](jpegs/59683.jpg)
[View of the Parthenon from the Propylea.]
[Engraved by J. Bailey after Simone Pomardi.]
[London, published September 1, 1819, by Rodwell and Martin, Bond-street.]
Scarce aquatint. Sheet 270 x 420mm (10½ x 16½"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill', no date. Trimmed close to printed border (never with printed title).
A view looking across rooftops to the Parthenon, from 'Views in Greece' by Edward Dodwell (1767-1832), published in parts between 1819 and 1821 to accompany 'A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806'. Dodwell produced 400 drawings and Pomardi 600 during their travels around Greece, many of which are now in the Packard Humanities Institute.
Abbey Travel 130.
[Ref: 59683] £390.00
[Engraved by J. Bailey after Simone Pomardi.]
[London, published September 1, 1819, by Rodwell and Martin, Bond-street.]
Scarce aquatint. Sheet 270 x 420mm (10½ x 16½"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill', no date. Trimmed close to printed border (never with printed title).
A view looking across rooftops to the Parthenon, from 'Views in Greece' by Edward Dodwell (1767-1832), published in parts between 1819 and 1821 to accompany 'A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806'. Dodwell produced 400 drawings and Pomardi 600 during their travels around Greece, many of which are now in the Packard Humanities Institute.
Abbey Travel 130.
[Ref: 59683] £390.00
Athens, South View of the Acropolis. To J. Spencer Smith, Esq.r M.P. F.R.S. & F.S.A. &c. The Print from the Original Drawing in his Collection, is respectfully inscribed by E. Orme.
Drawn by Préaux on the Spot 1799. Engraved by J. Jeakes.
Published Nov.r 1 1804, by Edw.d Orme, His Majesty's Printseller, New Bond Street London.
Rare coloured aquatint. Sheet 440 x 590mm (17¼ x 23¼"), watermarked 'Russell'. Trimmed within plate, a little creasing.
A view looking up at the Acropolis, with the pediment of the Parthenon just visible above the walls. The artist, Jean Francois Préaulx, was a draughtsman in the service of the Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier in the Levant and near east. He also engraved several pictures in the collection of John Sydney Smith (1796-1845, younger brother of Admiral Sydney Smith), who served in the British Embassy at Constantinople 1793-1801, first as private secretary to the ambassador and Secretary of Legation from 1798.
[Ref: 59676] £480.00
Drawn by Préaux on the Spot 1799. Engraved by J. Jeakes.
Published Nov.r 1 1804, by Edw.d Orme, His Majesty's Printseller, New Bond Street London.
Rare coloured aquatint. Sheet 440 x 590mm (17¼ x 23¼"), watermarked 'Russell'. Trimmed within plate, a little creasing.
A view looking up at the Acropolis, with the pediment of the Parthenon just visible above the walls. The artist, Jean Francois Préaulx, was a draughtsman in the service of the Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier in the Levant and near east. He also engraved several pictures in the collection of John Sydney Smith (1796-1845, younger brother of Admiral Sydney Smith), who served in the British Embassy at Constantinople 1793-1801, first as private secretary to the ambassador and Secretary of Legation from 1798.
[Ref: 59676] £480.00
A Woman of Spra. A Woman of Cyprus. Vol. VI., p.120.
Pub.d by R. Ackermann, London, 1821.
Coloured etching. Sheet 145 x 85mm (5¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Illustrations of the attire of Greek women of the islands of Psara and Cyprus, from ''The World in Miniature: Turkey''. The work was published during the war for Greek Independence: in 1824 Psara was recaptured by the Ottomans, and 17,000 Greeks (7,000 Psarians and 10,000 refugees from other parts of Greece) were killed or sold as slaves, leaving the island deserted.
Abbey Travel 6.
[Ref: 59692] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by R. Ackermann, London, 1821.
Coloured etching. Sheet 145 x 85mm (5¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Illustrations of the attire of Greek women of the islands of Psara and Cyprus, from ''The World in Miniature: Turkey''. The work was published during the war for Greek Independence: in 1824 Psara was recaptured by the Ottomans, and 17,000 Greeks (7,000 Psarians and 10,000 refugees from other parts of Greece) were killed or sold as slaves, leaving the island deserted.
Abbey Travel 6.
[Ref: 59692] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Greek couple attacked.]](jpegs/59899.jpg)
[A Greek couple attacked.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. 175 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½") Trimmed into image.
A Greek couple stand under a cliff, the man firing his pistol into the air. Behind are men with torches.
[Ref: 59899] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. 175 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½") Trimmed into image.
A Greek couple stand under a cliff, the man firing his pistol into the air. Behind are men with torches.
[Ref: 59899] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jeune Grec.]](jpegs/59902.jpg)
[Jeune Grec.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7").
A young Greek, with mustache and turban.
[Ref: 59902] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7").
A young Greek, with mustache and turban.
[Ref: 59902] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Le Mage Grec.
[Charles Waltner after Rubens.]
[n.d., c.1878.]
Drypoint etching. Sheet 270 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed.
An interpretative etching after Peter Paul Rubens.
[Ref: 59695] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Waltner after Rubens.]
[n.d., c.1878.]
Drypoint etching. Sheet 270 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed.
An interpretative etching after Peter Paul Rubens.
[Ref: 59695] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Greek Merchant of Astrachan, in the Streets of Moscow, from a drawing by Geissler, given to the Author by Professor Pallas. P.48.
Published Nov.r 25th 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, London.
Rare aquatint and etching. Sheet 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½").
Published in 'Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa' by Edward Daniel Clarke.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 59694] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Published Nov.r 25th 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, London.
Rare aquatint and etching. Sheet 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½").
Published in 'Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa' by Edward Daniel Clarke.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 59694] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)