A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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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![[George Frederic Handel] The Charming Brute.](jpegs/58329.jpg)
[George Frederic Handel] The Charming Brute. The figures odd - yest who wou'd think Within this Tun of Meat and Drink, There dwells the soul of Soft Desires, And all that Harmony inspires; Can contrast such as this be found? Upon the Globe's extensive Round; There can - you Hogshead is his Seat His sole Devotion is to Eat.
[Joseph Goupy]
[n.d. c.1754]
Fine hand coloured etching, plate 320 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, long repaired tear bottom right corner, other small tears. Some creasing within the plate mark. Surface dirt.
A verson of Joseph Goupy's caricature of George Frederic Händel (1685-1759). It depicts him as a gluttonous pig sitting on a barrel of wine at the organ surrounded by instruments, dead chickens, plus food and drink such as 'Turtle soup'. A shopping list unfurls from his pocket encompassing entirely of expensive delicacies. Handel and Goupy were good friends until they had a falling out in 1743 which caused Goupy to produce this satire.
See BM Satires: 3273 for other version.
[Ref: 58329] £2,000.00
[Joseph Goupy]
[n.d. c.1754]
Fine hand coloured etching, plate 320 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, long repaired tear bottom right corner, other small tears. Some creasing within the plate mark. Surface dirt.
A verson of Joseph Goupy's caricature of George Frederic Händel (1685-1759). It depicts him as a gluttonous pig sitting on a barrel of wine at the organ surrounded by instruments, dead chickens, plus food and drink such as 'Turtle soup'. A shopping list unfurls from his pocket encompassing entirely of expensive delicacies. Handel and Goupy were good friends until they had a falling out in 1743 which caused Goupy to produce this satire.
See BM Satires: 3273 for other version.
[Ref: 58329] £2,000.00
![[Townscape with classical buildings]](jpegs/34664.jpg)
[Townscape with classical buildings]
J. Goupy pinxit. E. Kirkall fec.
Mezzotint printed in blue, platemark 340 x 420mm (13½ x 16½"). Several tears to edges, most of which repaired. Time stained.
Large townscape by Elisha Kirkall (1681/2-1742), one of the most distinctive of British engravers. Often printed in a blue-green ink which itself was innovative at a time when almost all British prints were still printed in black, Kirkall used the mezzotint technique which in the 17th and 18th century was used predominantly for portraits and domestic subjects, and used it to render naval and topographical subjects.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 34664] £390.00
J. Goupy pinxit. E. Kirkall fec.
Mezzotint printed in blue, platemark 340 x 420mm (13½ x 16½"). Several tears to edges, most of which repaired. Time stained.
Large townscape by Elisha Kirkall (1681/2-1742), one of the most distinctive of British engravers. Often printed in a blue-green ink which itself was innovative at a time when almost all British prints were still printed in black, Kirkall used the mezzotint technique which in the 17th and 18th century was used predominantly for portraits and domestic subjects, and used it to render naval and topographical subjects.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 34664] £390.00