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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Artemisia of Caria.]](jpegs/60955.jpg)
[Artemisia of Caria.]
Heinrich van Bles pinxt: F:Piloty delin.
[Munich: J. Stuntz, 1811-1816.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 485 x 380mm (19 x 15"), large margins.
An early lithograph, depicting Artemisia II of Caria (d.351 BC) in Renaissance dress, holding a goblet in which her husband Mausolus's ashes are mixed with drink. She built the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in his memory. From 'Les Oeuvres lithographiques. Contenant un choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré des Musées de sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière.'
[Ref: 60955] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Heinrich van Bles pinxt: F:Piloty delin.
[Munich: J. Stuntz, 1811-1816.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 485 x 380mm (19 x 15"), large margins.
An early lithograph, depicting Artemisia II of Caria (d.351 BC) in Renaissance dress, holding a goblet in which her husband Mausolus's ashes are mixed with drink. She built the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in his memory. From 'Les Oeuvres lithographiques. Contenant un choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré des Musées de sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière.'
[Ref: 60955] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[James Duff, 5th Earl Fife.]](jpegs/60961.jpg)
[James Duff, 5th Earl Fife.]
[Engraved by George Raphael Ward, from a Sketch by Francis Grant, A.R.A.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 590 x 400mm (23¼ x 15¾") very large margins. Some creasing, a few small nicks in margins.
Full length portrait of James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife (1814-79) in Highland dress, with kilt, sporran, sword, gun and dog.
BM 2010,7081.5180, identifying him as James Duff, 4th Earl (1776-1857).
[Ref: 60961] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by George Raphael Ward, from a Sketch by Francis Grant, A.R.A.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 590 x 400mm (23¼ x 15¾") very large margins. Some creasing, a few small nicks in margins.
Full length portrait of James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife (1814-79) in Highland dress, with kilt, sporran, sword, gun and dog.
BM 2010,7081.5180, identifying him as James Duff, 4th Earl (1776-1857).
[Ref: 60961] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Fredericus III. rex Borussiae. Dans les cocurs de tous les morels. Ses vertus, ses exploits graveront son image, Bellone en pare ses Autela, Minerve en orn ouvrage.
G.F Schmidt, Sculpsit Parisus.
A Lausanne et Geneve, chez Marc-Michel Bousquet et Comp.e 1743.
Rare engraving. Sheet 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Half-length portrait of King Frederick I of Prussia (1657-1713) as Frederick III Elector of Brandenburg, in an oval frame, dressed in armour; coat of arms and four lines of text in French on a palette below. Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712-1775) was an engraver that trained in Paris 1736-46, when closely connected with Wille. Returned to Berlin as principal engraver to King of Prussia. Between 1757-62 present in St Petersburg, to engrave portrait of Empress Catherine and to set up an engraving school. Marc Michel Bousquet (1696-1762) was a Swiss printmaker and publisher working in Geneva 1728-1734 and Lausanne 1736-1758.
[Ref: 60987] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G.F Schmidt, Sculpsit Parisus.
A Lausanne et Geneve, chez Marc-Michel Bousquet et Comp.e 1743.
Rare engraving. Sheet 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Half-length portrait of King Frederick I of Prussia (1657-1713) as Frederick III Elector of Brandenburg, in an oval frame, dressed in armour; coat of arms and four lines of text in French on a palette below. Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712-1775) was an engraver that trained in Paris 1736-46, when closely connected with Wille. Returned to Berlin as principal engraver to King of Prussia. Between 1757-62 present in St Petersburg, to engrave portrait of Empress Catherine and to set up an engraving school. Marc Michel Bousquet (1696-1762) was a Swiss printmaker and publisher working in Geneva 1728-1734 and Lausanne 1736-1758.
[Ref: 60987] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Frederic II Roi de Prusse.
Peint et grave par Daniel Chodowieki.
Je vend chez Himbourg Libraire a Berlin. [n.d. c.1777]
Etching and stipple, sheet 265 x 325mm (10½ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate. Slight foxing.
Frederick II (1712-86) inspecting his troops; the personal guards in formation at left; the king on horseback in profile to left at centre; Crown Prince Frederick William (1744-97)and General Ziethen (1699-1786) with various other commanders on horseback at right.
[Ref: 61009] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Peint et grave par Daniel Chodowieki.
Je vend chez Himbourg Libraire a Berlin. [n.d. c.1777]
Etching and stipple, sheet 265 x 325mm (10½ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate. Slight foxing.
Frederick II (1712-86) inspecting his troops; the personal guards in formation at left; the king on horseback in profile to left at centre; Crown Prince Frederick William (1744-97)and General Ziethen (1699-1786) with various other commanders on horseback at right.
[Ref: 61009] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Fridericvs. D.G. Marchio. Brandenbvrgicbs. Dvx Borvssiae et Silesiae; Bvrggr. Norimb Pater Patriae. Pivs. Felix. Avgvstvs.
G. Eichler Universit Calcographus. ad. Hirdeone Erlangenj. vivum del. et fc. Enlangoe.
[n.d. c.1744]
Very rare framed mezzotint on silk. Silk 455 x 355mm (18 x 14"). Frame 530 x 430mm (20¾ x 17"). Slightly warped but very good condition considering it is on silk! Unexamined outside of frame. Any silk engravings of this period in very good condition are extremely scarce.
Three quarter portrait of Frederick (Friedrich) Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1711 -1763), wearing armour, cloak, sash and holding a baton. He was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and eldest son of Georg Frederick Karl, nominal Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach (1688-1735), by his wife Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685-1761). His name has been added to the official name of the University of Erlangen, which he founded in 1743: the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) (English: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg). Gottfried Eichler the Younger (1715-1770) was an engraver active in Augsburg and son of German painter and draughtsman Gottfried the Elder (1677-1759).
[Ref: 61010] £1,500.00
G. Eichler Universit Calcographus. ad. Hirdeone Erlangenj. vivum del. et fc. Enlangoe.
[n.d. c.1744]
Very rare framed mezzotint on silk. Silk 455 x 355mm (18 x 14"). Frame 530 x 430mm (20¾ x 17"). Slightly warped but very good condition considering it is on silk! Unexamined outside of frame. Any silk engravings of this period in very good condition are extremely scarce.
Three quarter portrait of Frederick (Friedrich) Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1711 -1763), wearing armour, cloak, sash and holding a baton. He was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and eldest son of Georg Frederick Karl, nominal Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach (1688-1735), by his wife Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685-1761). His name has been added to the official name of the University of Erlangen, which he founded in 1743: the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) (English: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg). Gottfried Eichler the Younger (1715-1770) was an engraver active in Augsburg and son of German painter and draughtsman Gottfried the Elder (1677-1759).
[Ref: 61010] £1,500.00
His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Third. This print, Engraved from a Picture painted by S.r William Beechey, in his Majesty's Collection, is most humbly Dedicated to Her Majesty by her Most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects, J. & J. Boydell.
Painted by S.r W.m Beechey R.A. Engraved by Benjamin Smith.
Pub. Dec. 1. 1804, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside, London.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. 595 x 420mm (16½ x . 23½"). Some restoration to edges. Cut to platemark.
A full-length portrait of George III in riding gear, an ornamental urn to the right.
[Ref: 60930] £320.00
Painted by S.r W.m Beechey R.A. Engraved by Benjamin Smith.
Pub. Dec. 1. 1804, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside, London.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. 595 x 420mm (16½ x . 23½"). Some restoration to edges. Cut to platemark.
A full-length portrait of George III in riding gear, an ornamental urn to the right.
[Ref: 60930] £320.00
Eleanor Gwynne Actress and mistress of Charles 2nd. Ob 1687. From a beautiful miniature by S. Cooper.
After Samuel Cooper. Richard Earlom sculp
S. Woodburn, London. 1810
Mezzotint, trimmed. 155 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Toning and some distortion around the edges of the paper.
Eleanor Gwynne (1650-87), better known as Nell Gwyn was one of the first actresses on the English stage and was a widely popular and lauded celebrity during the Restoration period. She was a long standing mistress to Charles II and had two sons by him, who were treated well. She is thought to have been illiterate but through her good looks, strong voice and wit propelled herself out of poverty and to stardom.
[Ref: 53731] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
After Samuel Cooper. Richard Earlom sculp
S. Woodburn, London. 1810
Mezzotint, trimmed. 155 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Toning and some distortion around the edges of the paper.
Eleanor Gwynne (1650-87), better known as Nell Gwyn was one of the first actresses on the English stage and was a widely popular and lauded celebrity during the Restoration period. She was a long standing mistress to Charles II and had two sons by him, who were treated well. She is thought to have been illiterate but through her good looks, strong voice and wit propelled herself out of poverty and to stardom.
[Ref: 53731] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Lightfoot] Vera Effigies Reverendi & Doctissimi Viri Iohannis Lightfoot S.T.P.](jpegs/60927.jpg)
[John Lightfoot] Vera Effigies Reverendi & Doctissimi Viri Iohannis Lightfoot S.T.P. Aulæ S. Catherinæ apud Cantabrigienses Præfecti, nec non Ecclesiæ Eliensis Canonici.
R. White Sculpsit.
Printed for R. Scot. T. Bassett, J. Wright, & R. Chiswell.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 295 x 190mm (11¼ x 7½") very large margins. Some staining.
Oval portrait of John Lightfoot (1602-72), rabbinical scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Master of St Catharine's College. It was engraved by Robert White as the frontispiece portrait to Lightfoot's 'Works'.
[Ref: 60927] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
R. White Sculpsit.
Printed for R. Scot. T. Bassett, J. Wright, & R. Chiswell.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 295 x 190mm (11¼ x 7½") very large margins. Some staining.
Oval portrait of John Lightfoot (1602-72), rabbinical scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Master of St Catharine's College. It was engraved by Robert White as the frontispiece portrait to Lightfoot's 'Works'.
[Ref: 60927] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Madonna and Child.]](jpegs/60947.jpg)
[Madonna and Child.]
Peter Vannucci dite Perugino. N. Strixner del:
[Munich: J. Stuntz, 1811-1816.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 395 x 340mm (15½ x 13½"), large margins.
An early tinted lithograph, a portrait of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, after Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, known as Pietro Perugino (c.1450-1523). From 'Les Oeuvres lithographiques. Contenant un choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré des Musées de sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière.'
[Ref: 60947] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Peter Vannucci dite Perugino. N. Strixner del:
[Munich: J. Stuntz, 1811-1816.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 395 x 340mm (15½ x 13½"), large margins.
An early tinted lithograph, a portrait of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, after Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, known as Pietro Perugino (c.1450-1523). From 'Les Oeuvres lithographiques. Contenant un choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré des Musées de sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière.'
[Ref: 60947] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Virgin and Christ child]](jpegs/60951.jpg)
[Virgin and Christ child]
Polidoro [da Caravaggio]. F. Piloty del.
[Munich: J. Stuntz, 1811-1816.]
Tinted lithograph, with white highlights. Sheet 315 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼"), large margins.
The Virgin Mary, holding the Christ child, being offered a goblet by one of two attendants. After Polidoro Caldara, usually known as Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 149- 1543). From 'Les Oeuvres lithographiques. Contenant un choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré des Musées de sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière.'
[Ref: 60951] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Polidoro [da Caravaggio]. F. Piloty del.
[Munich: J. Stuntz, 1811-1816.]
Tinted lithograph, with white highlights. Sheet 315 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼"), large margins.
The Virgin Mary, holding the Christ child, being offered a goblet by one of two attendants. After Polidoro Caldara, usually known as Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 149- 1543). From 'Les Oeuvres lithographiques. Contenant un choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré des Musées de sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière.'
[Ref: 60951] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Morris.]](jpegs/60975.jpg)
[William Morris.]
Cosmo Rowe.
[n.d., c.1900.]
Lithograph, signed by the artist in pencil. Sheet 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"). Some surface soiling & creasing.
A portrait of William Morris (1834-96), textile designer, poet and artist. William John Monkhouse ('Cosmo') Rowe (1860-1947) based his pencil sketch on a photographic portrait of Morris by Frederick Hollyer (1838-1933).
[Ref: 60975] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cosmo Rowe.
[n.d., c.1900.]
Lithograph, signed by the artist in pencil. Sheet 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"). Some surface soiling & creasing.
A portrait of William Morris (1834-96), textile designer, poet and artist. William John Monkhouse ('Cosmo') Rowe (1860-1947) based his pencil sketch on a photographic portrait of Morris by Frederick Hollyer (1838-1933).
[Ref: 60975] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Penitant Peter.]](jpegs/60948.jpg)
[The Penitant Peter.]
Guido R. [Reni]. F. Piloty del:
[Munich: J. Stuntz, 1811-1816.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"), large margins.
An early tinted lithograph, a portrait of St Peter weeping, after Guido Reni. From 'Les Oeuvres lithographiques. Contenant un choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré des Musées de sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière.'
[Ref: 60948] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Guido R. [Reni]. F. Piloty del:
[Munich: J. Stuntz, 1811-1816.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"), large margins.
An early tinted lithograph, a portrait of St Peter weeping, after Guido Reni. From 'Les Oeuvres lithographiques. Contenant un choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré des Musées de sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière.'
[Ref: 60948] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Shepherdess]](jpegs/60984.jpg)
[Shepherdess] [As harmless as a Turtle of the Woods, As opining Flowers untainted yet n.th Winds, Fair as the Summer Beauty of the Field, The Pride of Nature, and the Joy of Sense]
Hen.y Pickering pinx.t. John Faber fecit.
Price 2 Shill.s Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square. [n.d., c.1740].
Framed mezzotint, plate 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with margins. Frame 485 x 365mm (19 x 14¼"). Small tear on right near bottom.
Three-quarter length, seated portrait of a young lady (possibly Mrs Flora MacDonald). She holds the end of a garland of flowers up in her right hand, the other end resting under left hand in her lap, a crook across her lap and a lamb at her feet to left. One of a pair of prints of shepherdesses engraved by John Faber the younger after portrait painter Henry Pickering (1700-1720, fl.), the other known as 'Chloe in the Country'.
Chaloner Smith 417 I of II. Sharpe: Not in.
[Ref: 60984] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Hen.y Pickering pinx.t. John Faber fecit.
Price 2 Shill.s Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square. [n.d., c.1740].
Framed mezzotint, plate 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with margins. Frame 485 x 365mm (19 x 14¼"). Small tear on right near bottom.
Three-quarter length, seated portrait of a young lady (possibly Mrs Flora MacDonald). She holds the end of a garland of flowers up in her right hand, the other end resting under left hand in her lap, a crook across her lap and a lamb at her feet to left. One of a pair of prints of shepherdesses engraved by John Faber the younger after portrait painter Henry Pickering (1700-1720, fl.), the other known as 'Chloe in the Country'.
Chaloner Smith 417 I of II. Sharpe: Not in.
[Ref: 60984] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
George Washington. From the Original Painting by Stuart.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured steel engraving. 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
Oval head and shoulders portrait of George Washington (1732-1799) after Charles Gilbert Stuart.
[Ref: 60928] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured steel engraving. 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
Oval head and shoulders portrait of George Washington (1732-1799) after Charles Gilbert Stuart.
[Ref: 60928] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)