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[Frontispiece to Rhodope]
A. Kauffman del. Delatre sculp.
Published as the Act directs, 1 May 1780 by E.M. Diemar, Strand London.
Rare etching and engraving sheet 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½"), with large margins. 'Rhodopé' written in old ink under publication line. Bit dusty.
Jupiter in the form of an eagle perches on his throne which is draped in cloth or perhaps his discarded clothes. Behind this a naked nymph dances among the clouds. In the background stands a pyramid. In the foreground a wreath frames the lower portion of the image. The print appears in 'The History and Amours of Rhodope', written and published by Diemar.
[Ref: 63993] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Welsh Market Woman.
J. Brandard. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.t.
Published by T. Catherall, Chester & Bangor. Entered at Stationers Hall. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 285 x 200mm (11¼ x 8"), with large margins.
A woman wearing the felt Welsh hat, with the drum-shaped crown of popular in north-west Wales, carrying an umbrella and wicker basket.
[Ref: 63555] £150.00
(£180.00 incl.VAT)
The Musical Shepherdess. From the Original Picture, In the Collection of Welbore Ellis Agar Esq.r.
Claude le Lorraine Pinxit. Wilson Lowrie Sculpsit.
Published August 24.th 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 495 x 610mm (19½ x 24"), laid paper watermarked 'J Whatman 179-'. Narrow margins, repairs to edges.
A large image showing a woman playing a pipe while tending her sheep by a river with an Italianate town and bridge behind.
[Ref: 64066] £460.00
Adieux des Lanciers polonias aux dames de Châtellerault en 1810. (Historique).
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 175 x 195mm (7 x 7¾"), with large margins.
Polish lancers engage in an orgy with local women in the fields.
[Ref: 63445] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Wedding feast of Peleus and Thetis.]
Pet. Paul. Rubenius invenit. Franciscus vanden Wyngaerde fecit et excud.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 310 x 415mm (12¼ x 16¼"), on 19th century wove paper. Trimmed within plate, tears, paper toning.
The marriage feast of Thetis, one of the 50 Nereids, and the mortal Peleus. Their son was Achilles, the hero of the Trojan War.
[Ref: 63991] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Un Pensionnat de demoiselles, pris d'assaut par des Cosaques in 1814. (Historique).
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 175 x 195mm (7 x 7¾"), with large margins.
Young girls at a boarding school being raped by Cossacks.
[Ref: 63444] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Summer. View Thomson's Seasons.
C.R. Ryley & G. Robertson pinx.t. James Fittler, Direx.t.
Published as the Act directs April, 12, 1800 by J. Fittler N.º 62 Upper Charlotte St.r London, and may be had of R. Cribb, N.º 288, Holborn.
Etching with engraving. 360 x 450mm (14¼ x 17¾"), very large margins. Surface scraping outside platemark.
A fine impression of this rustic scene, with figures gathered beneath a huge tree, with men shearing sheep to the left. See BM 1872,0608.125 for a later state, published by Molteno in 1803.
[Ref: 64065] £480.00
[The Vicar of Wakefield] Olivia, & Sophia with the Fortune-Teller.
F. Bartolozzi correct.d [after Thomas Stothard].
Published May 20.th 1784, by Jn.º Matthews No. 438 Strand.
Stipple, printed in colours. Sheet 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, spotting, slight crease. With collector's ink stamp on reverse.
A fine colour print. With the ink stamp of Alexander Anderdon Weston (d.1901), who inherited a fine collection of English portraits formed by his uncle, James Hughes Anderdon. De Vesme 396; Lugt 65 for the ink stamp.
[Ref: 64083] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
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