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[A Flemish Collation.]
[A Flemish Collation.]
Van Harp Pinx.t. Isaac Taylor Sculpsit. [Scratched letters.]
J. Boydell exc.t 1765 [scratched letters].
Engraving. Proof before title. Platemark: 480 x 600mm (18¾ x 23½") large margins. Two small repaired tears to upper edge of sheet.
A busy, rustic interior of a tavern where men and women are smoking, drinking and eating. Various figures are gathered in the room, including a woman sitting in a wicker chair, feeding a child on her lap, a man on the steps behind taking an apple from a woman who stands with an apron-full in the doorway, and a woman tending to a pot over the fire to the left. A cat is lapping at a saucer in the centre foreground. Crest inscribed below image.
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A Flemish Collation.
A Flemish Collation. From the Original Picture Painted by Van Harp, To Whom this Plate is most Huimbly Inscribed, In the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Bute; By his Lordships most Obliged, & most Obedient Servant, J. Boydell.
Van Harp Pinx.t, Rich.d Earlom dlein.t Isaac Taylor Sculpsit.
Published according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London November 2.d 1765.
Engraving. Platemark: 480 x 600mm (18¾ x 23½") very large margins. Two pin holes in printed area. Small tears to edges of sheet.
A busy, rustic interior of a tavern where men and women are smoking, drinking and eating. Various figures are gathered in the room, including a woman sitting in a wicker chair, feeding a child on her lap, a man on the steps behind taking an apple from a woman who stands with an apron-full in the doorway, and a woman tending to a pot over the fire to the left. A cat is lapping at a saucer in the centre foreground. Crest and motto inscribed below image. From Boydell's 'Most Capital Paintings'. For a proof impression, see item ref: 40054.
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A Flemish Collation [&] A Flemish Entertainment
A Flemish Collation [&] A Flemish Entertainment From the Original Picture by Van Harp, In the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Bute [...]
Van Harp Pinxit Rich.d Earlom delin.t. Isaac Taylor sculpsit [collation] Will.m Walker sculpsit [entertainment]
Published according to Act of Parlimanet by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, London; November 2.d 1765 [collation] Dec.r 1st 1764 [entertainment]
Two engravings, each platemark approx 470 x 610mm (18½ x 24"). Each trimmed top & bottom.
Pair of lively Flemish domestic scenes with eating, dancing and drinking. Amongst the few prints engraved from paintings by Willem van Herp I (1614-77), Flemish painter based in Antwerp who mostly painted religious scenes but also some genre scenes in the manner of Teniers, such as this. From "The Most Capital Paintings in England", a series of engravings in published in five volumes between the late 1760s and 1786, the first three of which (1769 to 1773) were originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell, who promoted the interests of artists, engravers and patrons, establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
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A Flemish Collation.
A Flemish Collation. From the Original Picture Painted by Van Harp, In the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Bute; To Whom this Plate is most Humbly Inscribed, By his Lorships most Obliged, & most Obedient Servants.
Van Harp Pinx.t, Rich.d Earlom Delin.t. Isaac Taylor Sculpsit. Published according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London November 2.d 1765.
London, 1765.
Copper engraving, 18th century watermark. 485 x 605mm (19 x 23¾"). Trimmed almost to plate mark. Creasing and staining along lower margin which also affects the lower title area. Lower left corner is creased.
A jovial scene showing guests dining and relaxing in a Flemish tavern. Scenes such as this grew out of the moralist paintings of the Netherland's early Renaissance era, though as the tradition developed it lost its moralising elements as artists turned instead to focus on good-natured chaos.
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