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Calchas.
Calchas.
Guarana inu. P.o sc.
Copper engraving, double-plated, plate for image 248 x 190mm, 9¾ x 7½". Plate for border 336 x 272mm. 13¼ x 10¾". Large margins.
Calchus, son of Thestor, was on Argive seer, with a gift for interpreting the flight of birds that he received of Apollo, "as an augur, Calchas had no rival in the camp". He also interprets the entrails of the enemy during the tide of battle.
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[Queen Elizabeth.] [&] [Death of Rizzio.]
[Queen Elizabeth.] [&] [Death of Rizzio.]
Giacomo Guarana Venetus Pinxit. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.t Engraver to His Majesty.
London, Publish'd 1:st February 1790, by W.m Palmer Printseller to Her Majesty No.153 Strand.
Stipple and etching, proof before title, printed in brown. 335 x 405mm (13¼ x 16"), with wide margins.
Two scenes: Queen Elizabeth I gives a box in the ear to the Earl of Essex; and the murder of David Rizzio in the prescence of Mary, Queen of Scots.
De Vesme: 536: iii/iv; Tuer: 1208 or 1211. De Vesme: 534: iii/iv. Collection: Northwick.
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