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8th Anacreontic Society Meeting [Wednesday 5th Jan 1780]
Lawrenson inv. F. Bartolozzi sc.
Rare etching, in ink verso "G Beaumont". Sheet 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed inside platemark, ink mss. date, creasing.
Ticket for a meeting of the Anacreontic Society, a club for noblemen and professional singers, showing a man and woman placing garlands around a bust of Anacreon. Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after a design by William Lawranson (c.1742-c.1783). Calabi & de Vesme 1976, ii of iv.
[Ref: 69282] £280.00
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5th Anacreontic Society Meeting [Wednesday 5th Jan 1780]
Lawrenson inv. F. Bartolozzi sc.
Rare etching, printed in sepia. Sheet 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed inside platemark, ink mss. date, creasing.
Ticket for a meeting of the Anacreontic Society, a club for noblemen and professional singers, showing a man and woman placing garlands around a bust of Anacreon. Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after a design by William Lawranson (c.1742-c.1783). Calabi & de Vesme 1976, ii of iv.
[Ref: 69281] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Giovanna Baccelli] Mademoiselle Baccelli.
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pub.d. Jan.y 20, 1793 by J.R. Smith N.º 83 Oxford Street.
Mezzotint, sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate with printer's crease.
A half-length portrait in oval of Venetian ballerina Giovanna Bacchelli (Francesca Antonia Giuseppa Zanerini, 1753-1801), holding a mask. She was the mistress of John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, who commissioned this portrait from Reynolds (now at Knole, Kent). CS 6.
[Ref: 69346] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Marie Bayer-Bürck [facsimile signature].
Kriehuber 853.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour, on oval chine collé, with printed backing sheet. Backing sheet 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 11¾"). Repaired tear in title area. Slight hole bottom left. Damaged.
A three-quarter portrait of Austrian actress Marie Bayer-Bürck (1820-1910), who debuted aged only 15, acting in Prague, Hanover and Dresden. Her Shakespearean roles included Juliette, Cleopatra, Cordelia and Ophelia.
[Ref: 69321] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
[Carina Anna] Carina.
Eduard Kaiser 1865. Druck v. Reiffenstein & Rösch.
Commissions. Verlag v. F. Wessely vormals H.F. Müller's W.we in Wein. Mit Vorbehalt der Vervielfaltigung.
Tinted lithograph on chine collé, printed backing sheet. Total 415 x 320mm (16¼ x 12½"). Scuffs and stains, signed dedication old ink mss. in inscription area. 1863
A three-quarter length portrait of Austrian soprano Katharina Gschmeidler (stage name Anna Carina, 1839-85).
[Ref: 69320] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Letitia Cross.] M.rs 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"), with very large margins. Small holes in margins. Light staining. Abrasions in title area.
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: 69449] £360.00
[Rachel Félix.]
Kriehuber 850.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour, on chine collé, with backing sheet. 430 x 320mm (17 x 12½"). Stains, backing sheet trimmed.
A three-quarter portrait of French actress Élisabeth Félix (1821-58), better known as 'Madame Rachel', wearing a toga. The daughter of a Jewish peddler and a Bohemian dealer in second-hand clothes, she began her career singing in the street, but took elocution and acting lessons, becoming a prominent figure in French society. Her lovers include Napoleon III and Jerome Bonaparte.
[Ref: 69322] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Amalie Haizinger [facsimile signature].
Kriehuber 855. Ged. bei Jos. Stoufs in Wien.
Eigenthum d. Verlwers m. Vorbehalt d. geletzl. Schutzes gegen Nachdruck.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour, on chine collé, with publisher's stamp, and printed backing sheet. 475 x 325mm (18¾ x 12¾").
A three-quarter portrait of German actress and opera singer Amalie Haizinger (1800-84). She debuted aged 10 at the Karlsruhe Theatre and, after a career that took her to Paris, London and St. Petersburg, was still performing ''funny old lady'' roles at her death.
[Ref: 69323] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
John James Heidegger Esq:r.
Vanloo pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1749.
Price 1s: 6d _ Sold by Faber at ye Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare & fine mezzotint, 330 x 228mm (13 x 9"), with large margins. Mint.
John James Heidegger (1666-1749) was a Swiss count and leading impresario of masquerades. From 1710, he was part of a new commercial public entertainment, which promoted masquerade balls at the Haymarket Theatre. In 1729 Handel and Heidegger were permitted to produce operas at the King's Theatre by the Royal Academy of London. CS: 184, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69361] £360.00
Mrs. Arabella Hunt Dyed December 26th 1705 Were there on Earth another Voice like thine,/ Another Hand, so Blest with skill Divine;/ The late afflicted World some hopes might have,/ And Harmony recall thee from the Grave.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1706.
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper.
Arabella Hunt (1662-1705), singer and musician. In 1680 Hunt married 'James Howard', in fact a woman named Amy Poulter, as revealed by Hunt when she launched a suit for annulment after they separated. Hunt also alleged Poulter to be a hermaphrodite, but a jury of five midwives declared Poulter a 'perfect woman in all her parts' after examination. The marriage was annulled in 1682. Hunt never remarried, but had a successful career as singer, lutenist and teacher at the English court. She instructed Princess Anne in singing and became a favourite of Queen Mary, who awarded her a pension of £100 per annum. She often performed Purcell's compositions, accompanied by the composer. Engraving published shortly after Hunt's death, taken from the 1692 portrait by Kneller in the Government Art Collection, which currently hangs in Downing Street. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 137 I of II.
[Ref: 69326] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs. Arabella Hunt Dyed December 26th 1705 Were there on Earth another Voice like thine,/ Another Hand, so Blest with skill Divine;/ The late afflicted World some hopes might have,/ And Harmony recall thee from the Grave.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1706.
Mezzotint, plate 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with very large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
Arabella Hunt (1662-1705), singer and musician. In 1680 Hunt married 'James Howard', in fact a woman named Amy Poulter, as revealed by Hunt when she launched a suit for annulment after they separated. Hunt also alleged Poulter to be a hermaphrodite, but a jury of five midwives declared Poulter a 'perfect woman in all her parts' after examination. The marriage was annulled in 1682. Hunt never remarried, but had a successful career as singer, lutenist and teacher at the English court. She instructed Princess Anne in singing and became a favourite of Queen Mary, who awarded her a pension of £100 per annum. She often performed Purcell's compositions, accompanied by the composer. Engraving published shortly after Hunt's death, taken from the 1692 portrait by Kneller in the Government Art Collection, which currently hangs in Downing Street. CS 137 I of II.
[Ref: 69327] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
L'Indifferent. Tirée du Cabinet de M.r Massé.
A, Watteau pinxit. G. Scotin Sculp.
a Paris avec privilege du Roy [n.d., 1729].
Etching with engraving. 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), large margins.
A man with a tricorn and cape dances in a wooded landscape.
[Ref: 69481] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Ivanhoé] The Maid of Judah. Fancy Sketches N.º 4.
Printed by Lefevre & Kohler, 53, Newman S.t.
London: Published by G.S. Tregear, 96, Cheapside [n.d., c.1830].
Lithograph. Printed area 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8").
A young Jewish girl plays a lyre. Gioachino Rossini's three-act opera 'Ivanhoé' was first performed in England in 1829, with the title 'The Maid of Judah'. It is likely this is a portrait of the singer playing Rebecca.
[Ref: 69478] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Anthony Leigh or the Spanish Fryar.
[After Sir Godfrey Kneller] J. Smith fecit.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell-Street Covent-Garden. [n.d. c.1700]
Mezzotint, sheet 410 x 245mm (16¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper on three corners.
Portrait of comedian Anthony Leigh (d. 1692), in the role of the 'Spanish Friar' in Dryden's eponymous tragi-comedy. Leigh was popular with Charles II and the public, and played the friar in 1681-2, although the play was subsequently forbidden by James II. Charles, Earl of Dorset, commissioned Kneller to paint Leigh's portrait to commemorate the performance. CS 155, state iii of v. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69447] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Edward Miller. Mus: Doct: Doncaster.
Painted & Engraved by T. Hardy.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Stipple. 265 x 200mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins. Old ink mss. ownership inscription on top edge of Colonel Cooke M.P.
A half-length portrait of Edward Miller (1731-1807), musical director, organist and historian of Doncaster. As a composer he is most noted as the writer of the hymn tunes Rockingham and Galway. For a time he was a flautist in Handel's orchestra. In 1756 he was appointed organist of St George's Minster Doncaster, where he remained for 50 years. In 1786 Cambridge University awarded him a doctorate.
[Ref: 69296] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Cacophanie.
Peint par A. Weisz. Gravé par Paul Giradet.
Berlin - Verlag von Goupil & Co. Imprimé et Publié par Goupil & Cie Editeurs le 1er 8bre 1878 - Paris - Londres - La Haye. New York - Published by M. Knoedler.
Mixed-method engraving. 550 x 440mm (21¾ x 17¼"), with very large margins. Spotting in margins. Staining top left margin.
An elegant interior with a woman putting her fingers in her ears to block the noise coming from the bewigged man playing the cello. To one side is a umbrella yarn swift.
[Ref: 69428] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Luise Neumann.]
Kriehuber 853.
Lithograph. Mounted over image, sight size (oval) 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"). Creasing.
A three-quarter portrait of German actress Luise Neumann (1818-1905), the daughter of actress Amalie Haizinger (1800-84). She debuted aged 16 at the Karlsruhe Theatre, but spent most of her career at the Burgtheater in Vienna. She left the stage in 1857, after her marriage to Karl Graf von Schönfeld.
[Ref: 69324] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Oedipus. Act II. Scene I. Oedip. _ hear me, hear me, gods!
Fuseli pinx.t. Holloway sc.
London, Printed for J. Bell, British Library, Strand, Feb.y 11, 1792.
Etching & engraving. 175 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼").
An illustration to 'Oedipus: A Tragedy', John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee's adaptation of Sophocles' ''Oedipus Rex'', as published in 'Bell's British Theatre'. The original painting, by Henry Fuseli, is now lost. Weinglass 128.
[Ref: 69421] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Macarthy As Pretty Poll Of Putney. in Poll & Partner Joe. New Series N.o 122.
Published at Hodgson's Wholesale print Warehouse 111 Fleet Street & by Turner & Fisher New York & Philadelphia. [n.d. c.1835]
Stipple engraving, sheet 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Full-length portrait of a woman holding a gazette in her left hand and waving with another. Likely actress Maria Honner (nee Macarthy 1812–1870) in 'My Poll and My Partner Joe' a nautical drama in three acts, produced at the Surrey Theatre on 7th September 1835, a popular play by J.T. Haines.
[Ref: 69489] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Marie Seebach [facsimile signature].
Kriehuber 855. Wein bei L.T. Newman.
Eigenthum d. Verlwers m. Vorbehalt d. geletzl. Schutzes gegen Nachdruck.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 490 x 330mm (19¾ x 13"). Tears taped, time stained.
A three-quarter portrait of German actress Marie Seebach (1829-97), who established her reputation as Gretchen in Goethe's 'Faust' at the Thaliatheater in Hamburg. In In 1870-1 she toured 17 US cities, mostly performing 'Faust'.
[Ref: 69325] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
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