A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Blacksmith's Forge.]](jpegs/57800.jpg)
[Blacksmith's Forge.]
Done from a Capital Picture of Brouwer in the Collection of B: Cleeve Esq:r By Jas. Mc.Ardell.
Sold by J Mc.Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 2s.
Scarce mezzotint. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Narrow margins, some creasing. Repaired tear.
The interior of a blacksmith's forge: one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; another hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil.
Goodwin: 206.
[Ref: 57800] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)
Done from a Capital Picture of Brouwer in the Collection of B: Cleeve Esq:r By Jas. Mc.Ardell.
Sold by J Mc.Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 2s.
Scarce mezzotint. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Narrow margins, some creasing. Repaired tear.
The interior of a blacksmith's forge: one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; another hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil.
Goodwin: 206.
[Ref: 57800] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)
![Food for the Body [&] Food for the Soul](jpegs/43378.jpg)
Food for the Body [&] Food for the Soul Engrav'd from the original Painting of Adrian Brower in 1747
A. Brower pinx Major sculp
Pair of engravings, each approx. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Both trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet
Pair of genre scenes after Adriaen Brouwer (1605x6-38), Flemish artist who made a significant contribution to peasant genre painting during his brief career. His admirers included Rembrandt and Rubens, both of whom reputedly owned several of his works.
Private Collection.
[Ref: 43378] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A. Brower pinx Major sculp
Pair of engravings, each approx. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Both trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet
Pair of genre scenes after Adriaen Brouwer (1605x6-38), Flemish artist who made a significant contribution to peasant genre painting during his brief career. His admirers included Rembrandt and Rubens, both of whom reputedly owned several of his works.
Private Collection.
[Ref: 43378] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Contentment.
Engraved by W. Barnard from a Study by A. Brower.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1812, by T. Palser, Surry Side West.r Bridge.
Mezzotint. 223 x 178mm (8¾ x 7"). Cut to image.
A boor, a Dutch peasant, shown head and shoulders in profile to left, smoking a pipe, his head bowed and eyes almost closed, with a beard and a flat cap and his collar pulled up.
[Ref: 31180] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by W. Barnard from a Study by A. Brower.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1812, by T. Palser, Surry Side West.r Bridge.
Mezzotint. 223 x 178mm (8¾ x 7"). Cut to image.
A boor, a Dutch peasant, shown head and shoulders in profile to left, smoking a pipe, his head bowed and eyes almost closed, with a beard and a flat cap and his collar pulled up.
[Ref: 31180] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dutch Boors]](jpegs/56272.jpg)
[Dutch Boors]
Brewer Pinx.t [Adriaen Brouwer?] C. Corbut fecit [Richard Purcell].
Printed for Robert Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), very large margins. Uncut. Grease stains in top margin. Central crease.
Two Dutch doors smoking pipes in a dark interior The engraver was Richard Purcell, who used the pseudonym Corbutt when pirating the works of others, in this case one by David Martin.
CS 67.
[Ref: 56272] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Brewer Pinx.t [Adriaen Brouwer?] C. Corbut fecit [Richard Purcell].
Printed for Robert Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), very large margins. Uncut. Grease stains in top margin. Central crease.
Two Dutch doors smoking pipes in a dark interior The engraver was Richard Purcell, who used the pseudonym Corbutt when pirating the works of others, in this case one by David Martin.
CS 67.
[Ref: 56272] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Evils of drink]](jpegs/57946.jpg)
[Evils of drink]
A. Brouwer pinxit. J. Gronsvelt fecit.
[n.d., c.1680.] But later.
Rare engraving. Sheet 200 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate.
[Ref: 57946] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A. Brouwer pinxit. J. Gronsvelt fecit.
[n.d., c.1680.] But later.
Rare engraving. Sheet 200 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate.
[Ref: 57946] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Dutch Peasant.]](jpegs/54228.jpg)
[A Dutch Peasant.]
A. Brower Pin.t. T. Burke fecit.
[Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 18, 1771, by the Proprietor W.m W. Ryland No. 27, Cornhill.]
Mezzotint, rare scratch letter proof before title. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Crease in plate bottom right.
A rustic man, clutching a broken pitcher, giggling.
Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 54228] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. Brower Pin.t. T. Burke fecit.
[Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 18, 1771, by the Proprietor W.m W. Ryland No. 27, Cornhill.]
Mezzotint, rare scratch letter proof before title. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Crease in plate bottom right.
A rustic man, clutching a broken pitcher, giggling.
Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 54228] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Jovial Toper.
[After Adriaen Brouwer].
Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. Platemark: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Small margins. Small surface damage to shoulder.
A peasant man seated at a table, wearing a fur hat, with his head tilted to right, grinning and clutching a jug or tankard. Pieces of bread can be seen lying on the table to the left.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32984] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[After Adriaen Brouwer].
Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. Platemark: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Small margins. Small surface damage to shoulder.
A peasant man seated at a table, wearing a fur hat, with his head tilted to right, grinning and clutching a jug or tankard. Pieces of bread can be seen lying on the table to the left.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32984] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Luxuria]](jpegs/46381.jpg)
[Luxuria]
ABrouwer Vorsterman junior sc. [c.1650]
Etching, scarce, 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet on left.
First state, before verses in Dutch added, of print after Adriaen Brouwer illustrating the vice of drinking.
[Ref: 46381] £450.00
ABrouwer Vorsterman junior sc. [c.1650]
Etching, scarce, 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet on left.
First state, before verses in Dutch added, of print after Adriaen Brouwer illustrating the vice of drinking.
[Ref: 46381] £450.00
![[Blacksmith's Forge.]](jpegs/20181.jpg)
[Blacksmith's Forge.]
Done from a Capital Picture of_Brouwer in the Collection of B: Cleeve Esq:r By Jas. Mc.Ardell.
Sold by JMc.Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 2s.
Mezzotint. 368 x 261mm (14½ x 10¼"). Collector's mark. Trimmed.
The interior of a blacksmith's forge, where one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; whilst another man hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil.
Goodwin: 206. Ex Collection: J.F. Gigoux in Paris. Lugt: 1164a.
[Ref: 20181] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Done from a Capital Picture of_Brouwer in the Collection of B: Cleeve Esq:r By Jas. Mc.Ardell.
Sold by JMc.Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 2s.
Mezzotint. 368 x 261mm (14½ x 10¼"). Collector's mark. Trimmed.
The interior of a blacksmith's forge, where one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; whilst another man hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil.
Goodwin: 206. Ex Collection: J.F. Gigoux in Paris. Lugt: 1164a.
[Ref: 20181] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Smith's Forge.
Brouwer Pinx.t. Spooner fecit.
[Robert Sayer?, c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
The interior of a blacksmith's forge, where one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; whilst another man hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil. This plate also appears with the inscription 'Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, London'.
Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 55921] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Brouwer Pinx.t. Spooner fecit.
[Robert Sayer?, c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
The interior of a blacksmith's forge, where one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; whilst another man hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil. This plate also appears with the inscription 'Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, London'.
Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 55921] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Violin Player.]](jpegs/30424.jpg)
[Violin Player.]
A. Brouwer pinx. N. Strixner del.
[n.d. c.1823.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 349 x 310mm (13¾ x 12¼").
A rustic interior with a peasant seated on an upturned tub playing the violin; four others singing in front of a fire-place in right background. From "Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck".
[Ref: 30424] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A. Brouwer pinx. N. Strixner del.
[n.d. c.1823.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 349 x 310mm (13¾ x 12¼").
A rustic interior with a peasant seated on an upturned tub playing the violin; four others singing in front of a fire-place in right background. From "Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck".
[Ref: 30424] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)