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No. 1. From an Original Drawing of the same size by Dan.l Bond.
Pye sculpsit.
London, published March 1st 1796, by B.B. Evans, in the Poultry and Colnaghi & C.o Pall Mall.
Rare etching. 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with very large margins.
A ruined church on a countryside hill, with travellers in the foreground. Daniel Bond (c.1725-1803), painter and japanner, the first of the Birmingham School of landscape artists.
[Ref: 60729] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pye sculpsit.
London, published March 1st 1796, by B.B. Evans, in the Poultry and Colnaghi & C.o Pall Mall.
Rare etching. 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with very large margins.
A ruined church on a countryside hill, with travellers in the foreground. Daniel Bond (c.1725-1803), painter and japanner, the first of the Birmingham School of landscape artists.
[Ref: 60729] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Charitas.
S. Lyne Excu. [c. 1700]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 180 x 120mm, large margins. Very slight staining.
A female allegorical figure of Charity in a landscape of classical ruins, with three children and a dog.
[Ref: 60860] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
S. Lyne Excu. [c. 1700]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 180 x 120mm, large margins. Very slight staining.
A female allegorical figure of Charity in a landscape of classical ruins, with three children and a dog.
[Ref: 60860] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates. H 1. Price 2.sh.
Columbani delin ac. sculp.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 150 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed to plate, very small stain.
A large ornamental vase topped by two Graecian spinxes. The title page to a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
V&A 28263:3. Alexander pg. 226.
[Ref: 60788] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Columbani delin ac. sculp.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 150 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed to plate, very small stain.
A large ornamental vase topped by two Graecian spinxes. The title page to a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
V&A 28263:3. Alexander pg. 226.
[Ref: 60788] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates.] H 3.](jpegs/60790.jpg)
[Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates.] H 3.
P. Columbani f.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼") Trimmed into plate, affecting publication line.
A large ornamental vase, from a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
Alexander pg. 226
[Ref: 60790] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
P. Columbani f.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼") Trimmed into plate, affecting publication line.
A large ornamental vase, from a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
Alexander pg. 226
[Ref: 60790] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates.] H 4.](jpegs/60789.jpg)
[Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates.] H 4.
P. Columbani f.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 175 x 90mm (7 x 3½") Trimmed to plate.
A large ornamental vase, from a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
V&A 28263:9. Alexander pg. 226
[Ref: 60789] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
P. Columbani f.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 175 x 90mm (7 x 3½") Trimmed to plate.
A large ornamental vase, from a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
V&A 28263:9. Alexander pg. 226
[Ref: 60789] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates.] H 5.](jpegs/60791.jpg)
[Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates.] H 5.
P. Columbani f.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 175 x 90mm (7 x 3½") Trimmed to plate.
A large ornamental vase, from a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
V&A 28263:6. Alexander pg. 226
[Ref: 60791] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
P. Columbani f.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 175 x 90mm (7 x 3½") Trimmed to plate.
A large ornamental vase, from a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
V&A 28263:6. Alexander pg. 226
[Ref: 60791] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Connoisseur and Tired Boy. (from Morland.)
[Henry Morland.]
[n.d., c.1835.]
Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Trimmed within plate.
A man holds up a candle to light a painted landscape in a heavy frame, which is held up for him by a yawning boy. After Henry Morland (c.1719 - 1797, father of George), who exhibited the painting on which this is based several times at the Free Society of Artists. In 1775 he published this description of it: 'An Italian Connoisseur and tired boy. The connoisseur is an admirer of no pictures but Italian, therefore his taste is greatly affronted on being shown a Dutch picture; nevertheless his attention is engaged by some effect he sees in the landscape - has forgotten the boy, who is tired with holding the picture in a heavy frame, which he is just ready to drop'.
[Ref: 60880] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Henry Morland.]
[n.d., c.1835.]
Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Trimmed within plate.
A man holds up a candle to light a painted landscape in a heavy frame, which is held up for him by a yawning boy. After Henry Morland (c.1719 - 1797, father of George), who exhibited the painting on which this is based several times at the Free Society of Artists. In 1775 he published this description of it: 'An Italian Connoisseur and tired boy. The connoisseur is an admirer of no pictures but Italian, therefore his taste is greatly affronted on being shown a Dutch picture; nevertheless his attention is engaged by some effect he sees in the landscape - has forgotten the boy, who is tired with holding the picture in a heavy frame, which he is just ready to drop'.
[Ref: 60880] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A New Book of Ornaments In the Present (Antique) Taste as now used by all Professions by Matt.s Darly. Price 4 Sh.
Pub by MDarly according to Act Jan.y 1.st 1772 Where may be had the greatest Variety of Ornamants, Vases, &c.
Scarce etching. 330 x 205mm (13 x 8"), with large margins. Laid on 18th century album paper.
The title page of a book of ornamental designs by Matthias (or Matthew) Darly, a drawing master and engraver who had worked with Thomas Chippendale in the 1750s, but is best known now for his caricatures.
[Ref: 60784] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub by MDarly according to Act Jan.y 1.st 1772 Where may be had the greatest Variety of Ornamants, Vases, &c.
Scarce etching. 330 x 205mm (13 x 8"), with large margins. Laid on 18th century album paper.
The title page of a book of ornamental designs by Matthias (or Matthew) Darly, a drawing master and engraver who had worked with Thomas Chippendale in the 1750s, but is best known now for his caricatures.
[Ref: 60784] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[A New Book of Ornaments.] 5.](jpegs/60786.jpg)
[A New Book of Ornaments.] 5.
Pub according to Act by MDarly December 20.th 1771.
Scarce etching. 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"), large margins Old ink number in margin, laid on 18th century album paper.
Three ornamental designs for scroll work for room decoration. Plate 5 of 'A New Book of Ornaments In the Present (Antique) Taste as now used by all Professions' by Matthias (or Matthew) Darly, a drawing master and engraver who had worked with Thomas Chippendale in the 1750s, but is best known now for his caricatures.
See Ref: 60785
[Ref: 60786] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Pub according to Act by MDarly December 20.th 1771.
Scarce etching. 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"), large margins Old ink number in margin, laid on 18th century album paper.
Three ornamental designs for scroll work for room decoration. Plate 5 of 'A New Book of Ornaments In the Present (Antique) Taste as now used by all Professions' by Matthias (or Matthew) Darly, a drawing master and engraver who had worked with Thomas Chippendale in the 1750s, but is best known now for his caricatures.
See Ref: 60785
[Ref: 60786] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A New Book of Ornaments.] 6.](jpegs/60785.jpg)
[A New Book of Ornaments.] 6.
Pub according to Act by MDarly Jan.y 7.th 1772.
Scarce etching. 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"), with large margins. Old ink number in margin, laid on 18th century album paper.
Four ornamental designs including two mirrors and a ceiling rose. Plate 6 of 'A New Book of Ornaments In the Present (Antique) Taste as now used by all Professions' by Matthias (or Matthew) Darly, a drawing master and engraver who had worked with Thomas Chippendale in the 1750s, but is best known now for his caricatures.
[Ref: 60785] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub according to Act by MDarly Jan.y 7.th 1772.
Scarce etching. 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"), with large margins. Old ink number in margin, laid on 18th century album paper.
Four ornamental designs including two mirrors and a ceiling rose. Plate 6 of 'A New Book of Ornaments In the Present (Antique) Taste as now used by all Professions' by Matthias (or Matthew) Darly, a drawing master and engraver who had worked with Thomas Chippendale in the 1750s, but is best known now for his caricatures.
[Ref: 60785] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Design with star and two fanciful dolphins.]](jpegs/60761.jpg)
[Design with star and two fanciful dolphins.]
[Drawn and etched by Christoph Jamnitzer?]
[Nuremberg: Jamnitzer, 1610?]
Etching. 80 x 110mm (3¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere.
A decorative design in the style of Christoph Jamnitzer's 'New Grotteßken Buch', a patternbook of designs showing grotesque imagery, putti, fantastic animals and other subjects to be used by craftsmen.
[Ref: 60761] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn and etched by Christoph Jamnitzer?]
[Nuremberg: Jamnitzer, 1610?]
Etching. 80 x 110mm (3¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere.
A decorative design in the style of Christoph Jamnitzer's 'New Grotteßken Buch', a patternbook of designs showing grotesque imagery, putti, fantastic animals and other subjects to be used by craftsmen.
[Ref: 60761] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Expectation. To bosom heaving & to Eyes that weep. / While lovers linger in a distant clime. / Fear multiplies the dangers of the deep / And expectation loads the wing of time. EW.
Designd by H.W. Bunbury Esq.r Engraved by J.R. Smith.
London Publishd Jan.r 1.1784 by J.R. Smith No.83 Oxford Street.
Stipple, printed in brown. 400 x 3602mm (15¾ x 14¼") very large margins. Some creasing in margins.
An oval scene of two young women sitting side by side at the edge of a grassy cliff overlooking the sea, worrying about their sailor beaus.
D'Oench: 232. Frankau: 132.
[Ref: 60767] £320.00
Designd by H.W. Bunbury Esq.r Engraved by J.R. Smith.
London Publishd Jan.r 1.1784 by J.R. Smith No.83 Oxford Street.
Stipple, printed in brown. 400 x 3602mm (15¾ x 14¼") very large margins. Some creasing in margins.
An oval scene of two young women sitting side by side at the edge of a grassy cliff overlooking the sea, worrying about their sailor beaus.
D'Oench: 232. Frankau: 132.
[Ref: 60767] £320.00
Lamour Moissonneur.
Boucher inv. et fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet 290 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾"). Trimmed, to image on right. Time stained.
'Harvester love'. Two cherubs tickle Cupid, who is asleep on a sheaf of wheat. His quiver is on the ground. A reversed copy of the engraving by Francois Bernard Lepicie after François Boucher.
[Ref: 60732] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Boucher inv. et fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet 290 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾"). Trimmed, to image on right. Time stained.
'Harvester love'. Two cherubs tickle Cupid, who is asleep on a sheaf of wheat. His quiver is on the ground. A reversed copy of the engraving by Francois Bernard Lepicie after François Boucher.
[Ref: 60732] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Scrap album with plates after Henry Bellenden Ker.]](jpegs/60830.jpg)
[Scrap album with plates after Henry Bellenden Ker.]
[n.d., c.1812.
Folio scrap album with 42 plates pasted in at corners, largest 205 x 340mm (8 x 13½"). Bookseller label of J Stabling Gt Yarmouth on front sheet. Boards and 1 plate loose.
A collection of landscapes: 38 are by Henry Bellenden Ker, including views of Wimbledon Common & Park, Hampton Wick and Windsor, and his grotesque figure with a bird's-skull head playing a trumpet. Also included are 18 etchings after Smith of Chichester etc. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871) was a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and an amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
BM 1853.01172.172
[Ref: 60830] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1812.
Folio scrap album with 42 plates pasted in at corners, largest 205 x 340mm (8 x 13½"). Bookseller label of J Stabling Gt Yarmouth on front sheet. Boards and 1 plate loose.
A collection of landscapes: 38 are by Henry Bellenden Ker, including views of Wimbledon Common & Park, Hampton Wick and Windsor, and his grotesque figure with a bird's-skull head playing a trumpet. Also included are 18 etchings after Smith of Chichester etc. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871) was a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and an amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
BM 1853.01172.172
[Ref: 60830] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
![[Lenore] [Death, disguised as William, asks her to mount his horse and ride to their marriage bed.]](jpegs/60733.jpg)
[Lenore] [Death, disguised as William, asks her to mount his horse and ride to their marriage bed.] Plate 1. Page 21. Proof.
Drawn by Lady Diana Beauclerk. Engraved by Harding.
Publish'd June 1st 1796 by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall.
Stipple, proof before title? 280 x 395mm (11 x 15½"). Trimmed to plate, centre fold, as usual.
A scene from Gottfried August Bürger's ballad 'Lenore', written 1773. When William, Lenore's fiancé, fails to return with the Prussian army after the Battle of Prague (1757, during the Seven Years' War), she argues with God, complaining about his unfairness. At midnight 'William' appears and takes her to a graveyard, where he is revealed as Death, with scythe and hourglass; the marriage bed is a grave in which William's skeleton lies in shattered armour. One of four plates in 'Leonora. Translated from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürgher, by W. R. Spencer, Esq. With designs by the Right Honourable Lady Diana Beauclerc.' Beauclerk was the daughter of the third Duke of Marlborough.
[Ref: 60733] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Lady Diana Beauclerk. Engraved by Harding.
Publish'd June 1st 1796 by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall.
Stipple, proof before title? 280 x 395mm (11 x 15½"). Trimmed to plate, centre fold, as usual.
A scene from Gottfried August Bürger's ballad 'Lenore', written 1773. When William, Lenore's fiancé, fails to return with the Prussian army after the Battle of Prague (1757, during the Seven Years' War), she argues with God, complaining about his unfairness. At midnight 'William' appears and takes her to a graveyard, where he is revealed as Death, with scythe and hourglass; the marriage bed is a grave in which William's skeleton lies in shattered armour. One of four plates in 'Leonora. Translated from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürgher, by W. R. Spencer, Esq. With designs by the Right Honourable Lady Diana Beauclerc.' Beauclerk was the daughter of the third Duke of Marlborough.
[Ref: 60733] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Beauties of Claude Lorraine Consisting of Twenty Four Landscapes, Selected from the Liber Veritatis; And Engraved on Steel By Eminent Engravers, from a Brilliant Copy in the Possession of His Grace the Duke of Bedford.
London, Published by W.B. Cooke, 9, Soho Square. 1825.
2º, later half morocco gilt with marbled boards and endpapers; frontispiece portrait, title, 4pp., 24 numbered mezzotints on steel, printed in sepia. Block loose from covers; plates spotted.
24 plates printed from mezzotints engraved on steel, copied from plates in John Boydell's 'Liber Veritatis' engraved by Richard Earlom. Bookplate of Arthur Perigal 1784-1847.
See Ref: 60827 & 60828
[Ref: 60829] £720.00 view all images for this item
London, Published by W.B. Cooke, 9, Soho Square. 1825.
2º, later half morocco gilt with marbled boards and endpapers; frontispiece portrait, title, 4pp., 24 numbered mezzotints on steel, printed in sepia. Block loose from covers; plates spotted.
24 plates printed from mezzotints engraved on steel, copied from plates in John Boydell's 'Liber Veritatis' engraved by Richard Earlom. Bookplate of Arthur Perigal 1784-1847.
See Ref: 60827 & 60828
[Ref: 60829] £720.00 view all images for this item
![[Subscription issue of plates 51-60 of Volume III of Claude Lorraine's 'Liber Veritatis'.]](jpegs/60827.jpg)
[Subscription issue of plates 51-60 of Volume III of Claude Lorraine's 'Liber Veritatis'.]
Claude Lorraine del.t. Rich.d Earlom, sculp.t.
Pub. June 1, 1807, by Boydell & C.o 90 Cheapside London.
10 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes, with large margins. Sheets 295 x 460mm (11½ x 18"), original stitching on top edge. Two plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1808', six '1809', two not marked. Plates spotted
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, copied in mezzotint by Richard Earlom from the Duke of Devonshire's copy of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60828
[Ref: 60827] £450.00 view all images for this item
Claude Lorraine del.t. Rich.d Earlom, sculp.t.
Pub. June 1, 1807, by Boydell & C.o 90 Cheapside London.
10 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes, with large margins. Sheets 295 x 460mm (11½ x 18"), original stitching on top edge. Two plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1808', six '1809', two not marked. Plates spotted
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, copied in mezzotint by Richard Earlom from the Duke of Devonshire's copy of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60828
[Ref: 60827] £450.00 view all images for this item
![[Eleven bound plates of Lorraine's 'Liber Veritatis'.]](jpegs/60828.jpg)
[Eleven bound plates of Lorraine's 'Liber Veritatis'.]
Claude le Lorraine delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Jan: 1.st 1774 [to Jan.y 1.st 1776] by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Oblong folio, later cloth; 11 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes. Each plate c. 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). First plate with surface soiling, wear to edges.
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, five from the collection of Earl Spencer and five from Charles Lambert's. They were issued as part of the Subscription Edition of the third volume of John Boydell's highly successful 'Liber Veritatis'. The first two volumes were published in 1774 and 1777, and contained mezzotint copies by Richard Earlom of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', owned by the Duke of Devonshire, which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes. This third volume, also by Earlom, contained 100 plates of paintings in other collections. Engraving the plates of this additional volume began in January 1802 and the completed book was published 1819. The plates are numbers 140, 128, 109, 110, 99, 91, 87, 42, 3 & 16, evidence of removal of plates.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60829.
[Ref: 60828] £480.00 view all images for this item
Claude le Lorraine delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Jan: 1.st 1774 [to Jan.y 1.st 1776] by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Oblong folio, later cloth; 11 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes. Each plate c. 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). First plate with surface soiling, wear to edges.
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, five from the collection of Earl Spencer and five from Charles Lambert's. They were issued as part of the Subscription Edition of the third volume of John Boydell's highly successful 'Liber Veritatis'. The first two volumes were published in 1774 and 1777, and contained mezzotint copies by Richard Earlom of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', owned by the Duke of Devonshire, which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes. This third volume, also by Earlom, contained 100 plates of paintings in other collections. Engraving the plates of this additional volume began in January 1802 and the completed book was published 1819. The plates are numbers 140, 128, 109, 110, 99, 91, 87, 42, 3 & 16, evidence of removal of plates.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60829.
[Ref: 60828] £480.00 view all images for this item
Keep Within Compass And You Shall be Sure, To Avoid Many Troubles Which Others Endure. Industry Produceth Wealth. [&] Keep Within Compass And You Shall be Sure, To Avoid Many Troubles Which Others Endure. Prudence Produceth Esteem.
[After Robert Dighton] Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, N.o 69 S.t Paul's Church Yard, London.
Published as the Act directs 9 Nov.r 1784 [& 16 Aug. 1785].
Scarce pair of mezzotints with hand colour. Each 350 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Framed. Time stained, faded colour, some damage, Unexamined out of matching 19th century frames.
Portraits of two righteous people, standing underneath the arc of an extended pair of compasses with 'Fear God' on the cross bar, with moneybags at the feet of the man and 'Rewards of Virtue' at the feet of the woman. In the corners are scenes of wantonness and its just rewards. The compass is one of the great symbols of freemasonary.
BM Satires 6903 & 6907.
[Ref: 60771] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
[After Robert Dighton] Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, N.o 69 S.t Paul's Church Yard, London.
Published as the Act directs 9 Nov.r 1784 [& 16 Aug. 1785].
Scarce pair of mezzotints with hand colour. Each 350 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Framed. Time stained, faded colour, some damage, Unexamined out of matching 19th century frames.
Portraits of two righteous people, standing underneath the arc of an extended pair of compasses with 'Fear God' on the cross bar, with moneybags at the feet of the man and 'Rewards of Virtue' at the feet of the woman. In the corners are scenes of wantonness and its just rewards. The compass is one of the great symbols of freemasonary.
BM Satires 6903 & 6907.
[Ref: 60771] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
![[A dying female sea-monster.]](jpegs/60815.jpg)
[A dying female sea-monster.]
Drawn by I.Mortimer. Etch'd by I. Haynes.
Published as the Act directs Jan 25, 1780 by J.Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand [but later].
Etching. 150 x 230mm (6 x 9"), large margins.
A sea-monster with sagging breasts and a fish's tail, reclining on rocks. From a series of twelve prints of published posthumously by Mortimer's widow Jane.
See BM 1975,U.1591.23 for Mortimer's original ink sketch.
[Ref: 60815] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by I.Mortimer. Etch'd by I. Haynes.
Published as the Act directs Jan 25, 1780 by J.Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand [but later].
Etching. 150 x 230mm (6 x 9"), large margins.
A sea-monster with sagging breasts and a fish's tail, reclining on rocks. From a series of twelve prints of published posthumously by Mortimer's widow Jane.
See BM 1975,U.1591.23 for Mortimer's original ink sketch.
[Ref: 60815] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![Night Club [pencil].](jpegs/60890.jpg)
Night Club [pencil].
O. Donovan [pencil].
[n.d., c.1950.]
Etching, limited edition 3/25, signed by the artist. 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½"), very large margins. Faint creasing.
A cellar nightclub, with a pianist and dancers.
Property of Nigel C. Talbot
[Ref: 60890] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
O. Donovan [pencil].
[n.d., c.1950.]
Etching, limited edition 3/25, signed by the artist. 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½"), very large margins. Faint creasing.
A cellar nightclub, with a pianist and dancers.
Property of Nigel C. Talbot
[Ref: 60890] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum.] Ill.mo D.D. Rogerio Dupplesseis...](jpegs/60847.jpg)
[Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum.] Ill.mo D.D. Rogerio Dupplesseis...
Franciscus Perrier, D.D.D. MDCXXXVIII Romæ, superiorum permissu. Cum privilegio summu Pontificis.
A Paris chez la v.e de F. Chereau [i.e. Marguerite Chereau] graveur du Roy rue S.t Jacques aux deux pilliers d'or avec privilege du Roi [n.d., c.1730].
4to (340 x 230mm, 13½ x 9") album, 18th century half calf with marbled boards; engraved title and 84 plates (of 100, two double-page), plus six from earlier plates; engraved index with titles on two plates. Title and plates numbered up to 38 plus extra plates mounted on album paper; plates numbered from 39 bound in, with titles in old ink mss. in margins. Index annotated in ink, marking the missing plates.
A collection of engravings of classical statues in Italian museums, including the famous 'Dying Gaul'. Originally published by François Perrier in 1638, these were published by Margarite Chéreau, who continued the business of her husband, François Chéreau, when he died in 1729. The series are close copies of earlier plates: one of the additional earlier plates is a reversed version of plate 39.
[Ref: 60847] £3,000.00 view all images for this item
Franciscus Perrier, D.D.D. MDCXXXVIII Romæ, superiorum permissu. Cum privilegio summu Pontificis.
A Paris chez la v.e de F. Chereau [i.e. Marguerite Chereau] graveur du Roy rue S.t Jacques aux deux pilliers d'or avec privilege du Roi [n.d., c.1730].
4to (340 x 230mm, 13½ x 9") album, 18th century half calf with marbled boards; engraved title and 84 plates (of 100, two double-page), plus six from earlier plates; engraved index with titles on two plates. Title and plates numbered up to 38 plus extra plates mounted on album paper; plates numbered from 39 bound in, with titles in old ink mss. in margins. Index annotated in ink, marking the missing plates.
A collection of engravings of classical statues in Italian museums, including the famous 'Dying Gaul'. Originally published by François Perrier in 1638, these were published by Margarite Chéreau, who continued the business of her husband, François Chéreau, when he died in 1729. The series are close copies of earlier plates: one of the additional earlier plates is a reversed version of plate 39.
[Ref: 60847] £3,000.00 view all images for this item
![The Procession Passes [pencil].](jpegs/60889.jpg)
The Procession Passes [pencil].
O. Donovan [pencil].
[n.d., c.1950.]
Aquatint, limited edition 7/12, signed by the artist. 235 x 150mm (9¼ x 6"), very large margins. Rubbing in margins around signatures.
Five women lean out of a window to watch a procession.
Property of Nigel C. Talbot
[Ref: 60889] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
O. Donovan [pencil].
[n.d., c.1950.]
Aquatint, limited edition 7/12, signed by the artist. 235 x 150mm (9¼ x 6"), very large margins. Rubbing in margins around signatures.
Five women lean out of a window to watch a procession.
Property of Nigel C. Talbot
[Ref: 60889] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[A village schoolroom.]](jpegs/60734.jpg)
[A village schoolroom.]
[by Maria Spilsbury]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Crayon-manner etching. Sheet 290 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, central fold.
A group of children, seated on stools and a settee, listening attentively to a girl standing. The scene is lit from a doorway to the right.
[Ref: 60734] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by Maria Spilsbury]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Crayon-manner etching. Sheet 290 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, central fold.
A group of children, seated on stools and a settee, listening attentively to a girl standing. The scene is lit from a doorway to the right.
[Ref: 60734] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Von einem wohlgebawten vnd fruchtbaren acter.
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
A man with an ox team ploughs a field, with a harvest scene behind. Plate 39 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60849] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
A man with an ox team ploughs a field, with a harvest scene behind. Plate 39 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60849] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Von grossem gut vnd Reichthumb.
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
A winged demon wrapped in chains stands betweeen a man and his coffers and coin-bags. Plate 55 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60850] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
A winged demon wrapped in chains stands betweeen a man and his coffers and coin-bags. Plate 55 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60850] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Von verheilung, betrüg und warfagenn der Sternscher und schwartkunstler.
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
Practitioners of the dark arts. One man reads the entrails of a deer and another has flames spouting from a bowl. Plate 114 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60851] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
Practitioners of the dark arts. One man reads the entrails of a deer and another has flames spouting from a bowl. Plate 114 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60851] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Von der hoffnung eines guten gerücht und lobs nach dem tode.
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
'The hope of a good reputation after death'. A man is being led away by Death, as a long-haired, web-fingered, monstrous figure rises from a hole. Plate 119 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60852] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
'The hope of a good reputation after death'. A man is being led away by Death, as a long-haired, web-fingered, monstrous figure rises from a hole. Plate 119 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60852] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Von grossern zugebrachtem heurahtgut. Ich frewe mich dass mir mein hausfraw ein grosses heuratgut zugebracht hat.
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
A man and his much older wife, pleased that she brought such a large dowry. Plate 70 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60853] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
A man and his much older wife, pleased that she brought such a large dowry. Plate 70 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60853] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Von grosser thorheit der Alchimisten vnd Soldtmacher. Ich hoff dürch die Alchimi reich zu werden und gross gut zu erwerbenn.
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
An alchemist's workshop: ''Of the great folly of alchemists and mercenaries. I hope to make a great fortune through Alchemy''. Plate 113 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60854] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[by Balthasar Schwan.]
[Frankfurt: 1652.]
Engraving. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at corners.
An alchemist's workshop: ''Of the great folly of alchemists and mercenaries. I hope to make a great fortune through Alchemy''. Plate 113 of 'Glück und Unglück Spiegel', by Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74).
[Ref: 60854] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
L'Histoire touchante. Gravé fun Dessin de Rembrandt dans le Cabinet de Mons.r Dan: Neyman a Amsterdam.
WB [William Baillie] 1767.
Mezzotint. 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Small margins.
A young man by an unlit hearth uses a lamp to read from a small volume to an old man, who shielding his eyes with one hand. Behind a woman occupies herself with household work. Rembrandt's drawing, which probably depicts Tobias' son reading to his father, was sold from the collection of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845–1927) at Sotheby's, London, 25 March 1920, lot 57. The catalogue acknowledged Baillie's mezzotint. Captain William Baillie (1723 - 1810) retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
BM 1870,1008.918.
[Ref: 60801] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
WB [William Baillie] 1767.
Mezzotint. 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Small margins.
A young man by an unlit hearth uses a lamp to read from a small volume to an old man, who shielding his eyes with one hand. Behind a woman occupies herself with household work. Rembrandt's drawing, which probably depicts Tobias' son reading to his father, was sold from the collection of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845–1927) at Sotheby's, London, 25 March 1920, lot 57. The catalogue acknowledged Baillie's mezzotint. Captain William Baillie (1723 - 1810) retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
BM 1870,1008.918.
[Ref: 60801] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Triumph of Fame.] Fama triumphus a Francisco Petrarca primum excogitatus [...]](jpegs/60884.jpg)
[The Triumph of Fame.] Fama triumphus a Francisco Petrarca primum excogitatus [...]
Titianus pinxit. Jo. Ant. Buti del. Silvester Pomarede Sculpsit Romæ Anno Jubilæi 1750.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 390 x 520mm (15¼ x 20½"). Losses to platemark lower right corner, narrow margins elsewhere, some creasing.
The winged female figure of Fame rides in a chariot drawn by lions, blowing a trumpet, her left foot resting on the head of a slunped Death. The procession, led by Bellona, features men and women of history, named above their heads, including Dido, Zenobia, Lucretia, Alexander and Plato. From a series of four prints, ''Triumphs from Petrarch painted by Titian, engraved by Silvio Pomarede after the intermediary drawing by Gianantonio Buti.
[Ref: 60884] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Titianus pinxit. Jo. Ant. Buti del. Silvester Pomarede Sculpsit Romæ Anno Jubilæi 1750.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 390 x 520mm (15¼ x 20½"). Losses to platemark lower right corner, narrow margins elsewhere, some creasing.
The winged female figure of Fame rides in a chariot drawn by lions, blowing a trumpet, her left foot resting on the head of a slunped Death. The procession, led by Bellona, features men and women of history, named above their heads, including Dido, Zenobia, Lucretia, Alexander and Plato. From a series of four prints, ''Triumphs from Petrarch painted by Titian, engraved by Silvio Pomarede after the intermediary drawing by Gianantonio Buti.
[Ref: 60884] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Triumph of Time.] Ex Archetypo celeberrimi Titiani, quod sui juris est exprimi mandavit Dominius Joannes Michilli](jpegs/60885.jpg)
[The Triumph of Time.] Ex Archetypo celeberrimi Titiani, quod sui juris est exprimi mandavit Dominius Joannes Michilli Generalis Vectigalium Conductor pro Tabacco Romæ in suis Ædibus Anno 1748.
Titianus pinxit. Jo. Anto. Buti delin. Silvester Pomarede incidit.
Engraving. 390 x 515mm (15¼ x 20½"). Losses to platemark in bottom corners, mounted in album paper at corners. Small margins.
The winged figure of Time rides in a chariot drawn by deer, measuring the celestial sphere with a pair of compasses. A procession of men and women from history include Leonidas, Darius, Alexander, Ajax, Nestor & Ulysses. From a series of four prints, ''Triumphs from Petrarch painted by Titian, engraved by Silvio Pomarede after the intermediary drawing by Gianantonio Buti.
[Ref: 60885] £380.00
Titianus pinxit. Jo. Anto. Buti delin. Silvester Pomarede incidit.
Engraving. 390 x 515mm (15¼ x 20½"). Losses to platemark in bottom corners, mounted in album paper at corners. Small margins.
The winged figure of Time rides in a chariot drawn by deer, measuring the celestial sphere with a pair of compasses. A procession of men and women from history include Leonidas, Darius, Alexander, Ajax, Nestor & Ulysses. From a series of four prints, ''Triumphs from Petrarch painted by Titian, engraved by Silvio Pomarede after the intermediary drawing by Gianantonio Buti.
[Ref: 60885] £380.00