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![[Untitled 17th century battle scene.] 12](jpegs/59786.jpg)
[Untitled 17th century battle scene.] 12
Simonin In et Fe. Avec Privile Du Roy [n.d., c.1705].
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper, glue stains at edges.
A cavalry battle, with the riders firing pistols, drawn and engraved by Claude Simonin (c.1635-1721), an engraver and designer of ornamental gunfittings. It was published in 'Plusieurs Pieces et Ornements Darquebuzerie', a collection of designs for ornamental fittings on guns. Originally published in 1684 as a set of eight plates, an enlarged edition of 13 plates was published by Parisian gunmaker Laurent le Languedoc in 1705. Another expanded edition was published about 1776 by Gilles-Antoine Demarteau (this plate without the privilege, as per Metropolitan Museum 2011.310.1–.13). On the reverse is Moncornet's portrait of 'Henry Duc de la Trémoille et de Thouars Pair de France'.
[Ref: 59786] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Simonin In et Fe. Avec Privile Du Roy [n.d., c.1705].
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper, glue stains at edges.
A cavalry battle, with the riders firing pistols, drawn and engraved by Claude Simonin (c.1635-1721), an engraver and designer of ornamental gunfittings. It was published in 'Plusieurs Pieces et Ornements Darquebuzerie', a collection of designs for ornamental fittings on guns. Originally published in 1684 as a set of eight plates, an enlarged edition of 13 plates was published by Parisian gunmaker Laurent le Languedoc in 1705. Another expanded edition was published about 1776 by Gilles-Antoine Demarteau (this plate without the privilege, as per Metropolitan Museum 2011.310.1–.13). On the reverse is Moncornet's portrait of 'Henry Duc de la Trémoille et de Thouars Pair de France'.
[Ref: 59786] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Major John Bernardi Anno ætaris 73 primoqi die Martij A.o Dni. 1728.
W. Cooper pinx. Ger:VanderGucht sculp.
[n.d., 1728.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper.
Portrait of Major John Bernardi (1657-1736), English soldier and Jacobite who spent 40 years in Newgate Prison, without proper trial, for his involvement in an assassination plot against William III, dying there aged nearly eighty. This portrait comes from his autobiography, 'A Short History of the Life of Major Bernardi by Himself', in which he describes marrying in Newgate in 1712 (aged 68) and fathering ten children while imprisoned.
Sharp 315 I of II.
[Ref: 59862] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W. Cooper pinx. Ger:VanderGucht sculp.
[n.d., 1728.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper.
Portrait of Major John Bernardi (1657-1736), English soldier and Jacobite who spent 40 years in Newgate Prison, without proper trial, for his involvement in an assassination plot against William III, dying there aged nearly eighty. This portrait comes from his autobiography, 'A Short History of the Life of Major Bernardi by Himself', in which he describes marrying in Newgate in 1712 (aged 68) and fathering ten children while imprisoned.
Sharp 315 I of II.
[Ref: 59862] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Johannes Dux de Marlborough &c.
G. Kneller S.R.A. et Angl. Eq. Aur. pinx.
E.C. Heiss excud. aug. vind. Cum Privileg. S.C.M. [n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 220mm (13 x 8½"). Trimmed to image, tear in top left corner taped.
Portrait in oval of John Churchill (1650-1722) in wig and armour, after a portrait by Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).
[Ref: 60209] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R.A. et Angl. Eq. Aur. pinx.
E.C. Heiss excud. aug. vind. Cum Privileg. S.C.M. [n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 220mm (13 x 8½"). Trimmed to image, tear in top left corner taped.
Portrait in oval of John Churchill (1650-1722) in wig and armour, after a portrait by Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).
[Ref: 60209] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Garde Francaises sortant du Cabaret.
dessiné par le Chev De Berny.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), large margins. Mint.
A drunken soldier of the French Guards staggers the street.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60340] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
dessiné par le Chev De Berny.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), large margins. Mint.
A drunken soldier of the French Guards staggers the street.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60340] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Frederick Duke of Schonberg. Marquis of Harwich, Earle of Brantford, Baron of Tays, Gen.ll of all his Ma.ties Forces, Master Gen.ll of his Ma.ties Ordnance, One of his Ma.ties most hono.ble Privy Council, Knight of y.e most noble Order of the Garter, Count of y.e Holy Empire, & Mertola, Grandee of Portugal, Gen.ll of y.e Elector of Brandenburgs Forces, Stadtholder of Prussia. &c.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Smith fe: et ex.
[n.d. c.1689.]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate, slightly creased on right.
Full-length portrait on horseback of Frederick Herman de Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615-1690), with a black serving boy on right holding a helmet. Schomberg was a Marshal of France and a general in the English and Portuguese army. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
CS 227.II. Russell 227.I.
[Ref: 60334] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinx. I. Smith fe: et ex.
[n.d. c.1689.]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate, slightly creased on right.
Full-length portrait on horseback of Frederick Herman de Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615-1690), with a black serving boy on right holding a helmet. Schomberg was a Marshal of France and a general in the English and Portuguese army. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
CS 227.II. Russell 227.I.
[Ref: 60334] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov] General Suwarrow.](jpegs/60254.jpg)
[Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov] General Suwarrow. (from the Life)
Published 12th Dec.r 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 115 x 90mm (4½ x 3½"), large margins. Some staining and spotting.
Oval half-length portrait of Alexander Vasilievich Suvoroff (c.1729-1800), in uniform. The fourth (and last) Generalissimo of Russia, Suvoroff was famed for never losing a battle when he was in command.
[Ref: 60254] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Published 12th Dec.r 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 115 x 90mm (4½ x 3½"), large margins. Some staining and spotting.
Oval half-length portrait of Alexander Vasilievich Suvoroff (c.1729-1800), in uniform. The fourth (and last) Generalissimo of Russia, Suvoroff was famed for never losing a battle when he was in command.
[Ref: 60254] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)