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[Bacchus and Ariadne.]  From a Drawing of Franceschini.
[Bacchus and Ariadne.] From a Drawing of Franceschini.
W. Baillie f.
Publish'd Jan. 2.nd 1772 [but c.1800].
Stipple engraving. 280 x 265mm (11 x 10½"). Trimmed into plate at top, damage bottom left corner spotting. Small margins.
Bacchus and Ariadne being transported upwards on a cloud by three figures, one playing a pipe, another a tambourine, the third holding a crown of stars above Ariadne's head. The plate was Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810) after Marc Antonio Franceschini (1648-1729). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68863]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Dame Jouant de la Guitarre.
Dame Jouant de la Guitarre.
R. Bon. del.
[n.d. c.1670-1693]
Engraving, sheet 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed and laid on album paper at corners.
One of a series of fashion prints from the, 'Recueil des modes de la cour de France.' A woman in high soceity attire, known as a 'Dame de Qualite,' playing a guitar, a popular instrument in the court of Louis XIV. By Robert Bonnart (1652 - 1733), painter and engraver who studied under Van der Meulen. Son of Henri I Bonnart, and one of four brothers whose work in fashion and costume is inextricably bound together.
[Ref: 68707]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Letitia Cross.] Mrs Cross.
[Letitia Cross.] Mrs Cross.
Tho.Hill pinx.
[n.d., c.1700.] Sold by J.Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to plate.
Portrait of Letitia Cross (1682 - 1737), British actress and Soprano. She appeared at the Drury Lane Theatre and was the mistress of Peter the Great (1672-1725) while he visited England.
CS 70 ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68629]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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Dame chantant la Musique.
Dame chantant la Musique.
[n.d. c.1675] [Chez Boissevin rue petit pont au chadron]
Engraving, sheet 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed and laid on album paper at corners
A woman in elaborate fashion holding a book singing and standing next to a lute resting on a covered table. Published by Louis Boissevin, (c.1610-1685).
[Ref: 68711]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Élisabeth Duparc] Sign:a Lizabetta Du Prk detta La Francesina.
[Élisabeth Duparc] Sign:a Lizabetta Du Prk detta La Francesina.
George Kanpton Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1737.
[Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark Sheet 315 x 225mm (12½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into plate at bottom, losing publication line. Ex-libris stamp on reverse,
A half-length portrait of French soprano Élisabeth Duparc (c.1715-1778), holding a music book. She came to London in 1736, where she joined the 'Opera of the Nobility', Frederick Prince of Wales's rival to his George II's Royal Academy of Music.
CS 119. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68592]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Élisabeth Duparc] Sign:a Lizabetta Du Prk detta La Francesina.
[Élisabeth Duparc] Sign:a Lizabetta Du Prk detta La Francesina.
George Kanpton Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1737.
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), with large margins. Old ink mss in lower margin.
A half-length portrait of French soprano Élisabeth Duparc (c.1715-1778), holding a music book. She came to London in 1736, where she joined the 'Opera of the Nobility', Frederick Prince of Wales's rival to his George II's Royal Academy of Music.
CS 119. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68591]   £360.00  

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VI Erato.
VI Erato. Plectra gerens Erato, Saltat pede, carmine, vultu.
[after Nicholas Bonnart]
Pet: Schenck exc: Amstelod; cum Privil: Ausen, 20 Eydell. [n.d. c.1700]
Engraving, sheet 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper at corners.
Erato Greek muse of, erotic lyric poetry, holding castanets, violin, oboe and music book lie at her feet. A Dutch reverse copy of Henri Bonnart's (1642 - 1711), 'Terpsichore' print. Interesting that Schenk has switched the titles of Terpsichore and Erato, as Bonnart's interpretation of the muses makes sense with their representation.
See [Ref: 68721].
[Ref: 68722]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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IV. Euterpe.
IV. Euterpe. Dulciloquis calamos Euterpe Flatibus implet.
[after Nicholas Bonnart]
Pet: Schenck exc: Amstelod; cum Privil: Ausen, 20 Eydell. [n.d. c.1700]
Engraving, sheet 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper at corners.
Euterpe, the Muse of Music, seated at an organ. Sheet music, clarinet and oboe lie on the ground next to her. A Dutch reverse copy of Henri Bonnart's (1642 - 1711) print.
[Ref: 68720]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The Favourite Comic Dance.
The Favourite Comic Dance. By Mess, rs Bologna Jun.r. and Grimaldi, In the Popular Pantomime of Mother Goose.
[Published March 15, 1807 at R. Ackermanns, No.101 Strand London.]
Rare hand-colouring etching. Sheet 255 x 315mm (10¼ x 12½"). Trimmed within plate. Crack in title.
Grimaldi and Monsieurs Bologna hold hands, dancing, heads turned away from one another, in the pantomime Mother Goose. Early clown image.
Not in George BM Satires.
[Ref: 67924]   £320.00  
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Arlequine dansant a l'Opera.
Arlequine dansant a l'Opera.
G: Valck Ex. [n.d. c.1700]
Engraving, sheet 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper at corners.
A costume print of a masked woman walking through an ornate garden. A Dutch copy of a French print by Nicholas Bonnart II (1688-1762). Published by engraver, printmaker and publisher, Gerald Valck (c.1652-1726).
[Ref: 68717]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Jenny Lind's Celebrated Sonnambula Song.
Jenny Lind's Celebrated Sonnambula Song. "Ah Non Giunge," "Do Not Mingle."
[n.d., c.1840.] London. T.Boosey & Co, 28 Holles Street, Oxford Street. M&N Hanhart, Lith Printers.
Lithograph. Sheet 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Some foxing & time-staining.
Portrait of Johanna Maria Lind-Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind 1820-87), full-length, slightly turned to the left, her hands clasped at her breast about a bunch of flowers, dressed as Amina in La Sonnambula in a pale dress hanging off her shoulders, townsfolk and buildings beyond, illustration to a song sheet.
[Ref: 68537]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Songsheet.] Macbeth.
[Songsheet.] Macbeth. Transposed by C.W.Glover.
J.Brandard, del et lith. M&N.Hanhart Chromo Lith.
[n.d., c.1850.] London; Leoni Lee & Coxhead, Music Sellers to her Majesty, Queen Victoria, 48, Albemarle St.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼").
Songsheet for Macbeth, depicting various scenes in the play in vignettes in each corner. The centre image shows Act 3, scene 4 of the play, in which Macbeth is horrifed as he sees Banquo's ghost, while Lady Macbeth stands by him before she sends the guests away. Transposed by Charles W.Glover (1806-1863), English violinist and composer.
[Ref: 68713]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Sleepwalker.] La Sonnambula.
[The Sleepwalker.] La Sonnambula. Revised by Cha.s. W.Glover.
J.Brandard. M&N.Hanhar Imp.t.
[n.d., c.1831.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Stained.
Songsheet for La Sonnambula, or 'The Sleepwalker', an 1831 opera by Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). She walks on a thin plank over the street. Revised by Charles W.Glover (1806-1863), English violinist and composer.
[Ref: 68710]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[Organ]
[Organ] Awake, my soul! and with the sun. Thy daily stage of duty run, Shake off dull sloth, and early rise. To pay thy morning sacrifice. Morning Hymn.
Prited by Lefevre & Kohler,.
Published by E. Lacey, 76 S.t Pauls Church Yard. [n.d. c.1835]
Scarce hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 335 x 260mm (13¼ x 10"). Very faint foxing.
A woman sits playing an organ, eyes cast up; she knows the music by heart. Lithographic printers William Kohler and L.M. Lefevre were in business together at 52 Newman Street, London circa 1833-1835. Kohler set up on his own by 1838 at the latest, leaving Lefevre to trade as L.M. Lefevre.
[Ref: 68745]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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V. Terpsichore, invenit-Psalterium.
V. Terpsichore, invenit-Psalterium. Dulcia Terpsichore citharis, modu-lamina miscet.
[after Nicholas Bonnart]
Pet: Schenck exc: Amstelod; cum Privil: Ausen, 20 Eydell. [n.d. c.1700]
Engraving, sheet 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper at corners.
Terpsichore, the Muse of Dancing, seated outside, playing a lyre. Cupid holds a music book open for her, his bow and arrows and their feet. A Dutch reverse copy of Henri Bonnart's (1642 - 1711), 'Erato' print. Interesting that Schenk has switched the titles of Terpsichore and Erato, as Bonnart's interpretation of the muses makes sense with their representation.
See [Ref: 68722].
[Ref: 68721]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Incantation Scene. Der Freischütz.
Incantation Scene. Der Freischütz.
[Charles Hullmandel.]
London Pud.d. March 1825 by Tomkins, 35, New Bond Street.
Lithograph. Sheet 365 x 295mm (14¼ x 11½").
A scene from Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischütz. Der Freischütz is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind, based on a story by Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun from their 1810 collection Gespensterbuch. It premiered on 18 June 1821 at the Schauspielhaus Berlin. The incantation scene depicts Kaspar summoning Samiel (Satan) through a ritual in order to cast magic bullets to win a sharpshooting competition and win the right to marry his lover.
[Ref: 68536]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Wolf's Glen Scene.] Der Freischütz.
[Wolf's Glen Scene.] Der Freischütz. Zamiel Appearing to the Summons of Casper in the Wolf's Glen.
Printed by C.Hullmandel.
London Publish'd by Goulding, d'Atmaine & Co, 20, Soho Squ're.
Lithograph. Sheet 365 x 295mm (14¼ x 11½").
A scene from Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischütz. Der Freischütz is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind, based on a story by Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun from their 1810 collection Gespensterbuch. It premiered on 18 June 1821 at the Schauspielhaus Berlin. This scene depicts the dramatic climax of Act II in Carl Maria von Weber’s 1821 German Romantic opera, Der Freischütz. It is widely considered one of the most powerful supernatural scenes in operatic history, often referred to as the "Wolf's Glen Scene."
[Ref: 68634]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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La Dance de Village.
La Dance de Village.
[After Nicolas Arnoult]
C. Dankerts exc. cum Privilegio. [n.d. c.1700]
Engraving, sheet 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper at corners
A group of young women and a man dance around a tree. In the tree sits a man playing the bagpipes. A reverse copy of an engraving by Nicolas Arnoult (1650 - c.1722), specialist in fashion plates and historical costume. Published by Cornelis Danckerts II (1664-1717), Ducth printmaker and publisher in Amsterdam; son of Justus Danckerts (1635-1701).
See [Ref:54717] for Arnoult's version.
[Ref: 68714]   £320.00  
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La Dance de Laloyeau.
La Dance de Laloyeau.
C. Dankerts exc. cum Privilegio. [n.d. c.1700]
Engraving, sheet 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper at corners.
A group of young women and a man dance around a large barrel, atop of which one man plays an organ grinder and another holds a glass of alcohol aloft. A reverse copy of an engraving by Nicolas Arnoult (1650 - c.1722), specialist in fashion plates and historical costume. Published by Cornelis Danckerts II (1664-1717), Ducth printmaker and publisher in Amsterdam; son of Justus Danckerts (1635-1701).
See [Ref:54717] for Arnoult's version.
[Ref: 68715]   £320.00  
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