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Near Brecknock.
J. Varley delin. J. C. Lewis sculp.
Published Feb.y 1806 by J. C & G Lewis, No.4 Salisbury Street, Strand, London.
Aquatint and etching with very large margins. Platemark: 215 x 320mm (8½ x 12½").
An attractive landscape view in Brecon, mid Wales, with a shepherd reclining by a river in the right foreground and some cattle and trees in the middleground. In the distance is a large building, most probably the Castle of Brecknock, built by the half-brother of William the Conqueror, within 25 years of the Norman Conquest. The ruin features the earliest style of Norman architecture and was later enlarged by the de Braose family, Norman overlords who succeeded Bernard de Neufmarche and ruled the Welsh for nearly a century.
[Ref: 33561] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Varley delin. J. C. Lewis sculp.
Published Feb.y 1806 by J. C & G Lewis, No.4 Salisbury Street, Strand, London.
Aquatint and etching with very large margins. Platemark: 215 x 320mm (8½ x 12½").
An attractive landscape view in Brecon, mid Wales, with a shepherd reclining by a river in the right foreground and some cattle and trees in the middleground. In the distance is a large building, most probably the Castle of Brecknock, built by the half-brother of William the Conqueror, within 25 years of the Norman Conquest. The ruin features the earliest style of Norman architecture and was later enlarged by the de Braose family, Norman overlords who succeeded Bernard de Neufmarche and ruled the Welsh for nearly a century.
[Ref: 33561] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Saul. The Beauty of Israel is Slain on the High Places. How are the Mighty fallen.]
I. Varley Pinx. I Linnell Sculp 1831 [on slab in plate].
Mezzotint, proof before letters. Sheet 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Trimmed to plate, slight surface scuffing, laid on board.
A funeral procession, with a shrouded body being carried into a walled city, with Saul's crown preceding him. This very rare mezzotint was engraved by John Linnell after John Varley's oil of twelve years earlier, on which Linnell painting the figures. Linnell, a close friend of William Blake (as was Varley), started etching in 1813, but turned to mezzotint, with this plate being one of his first in that medium and one of the rarest.
[Ref: 6295] £1,350.00
I. Varley Pinx. I Linnell Sculp 1831 [on slab in plate].
Mezzotint, proof before letters. Sheet 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Trimmed to plate, slight surface scuffing, laid on board.
A funeral procession, with a shrouded body being carried into a walled city, with Saul's crown preceding him. This very rare mezzotint was engraved by John Linnell after John Varley's oil of twelve years earlier, on which Linnell painting the figures. Linnell, a close friend of William Blake (as was Varley), started etching in 1813, but turned to mezzotint, with this plate being one of his first in that medium and one of the rarest.
[Ref: 6295] £1,350.00
Saul. The Beauty of Israel is Slain on the High Places. How are the Mighty fallen.
J. Varley Pinx.t. J. Linnell Sculp.t.
Published by Albert Varley, 47, Edgware Road, John Varley, 3, Elkins Row, Bayswater & R. Ackermann, 101 Strand, London 1832.
Mezzotint. Sheet 455 x 580mm. Trimmed into plate, repaired tears, one affecting title and publication line.
A funeral procession, with a shrouded body being carried into a walled city, with Saul's crown preceding him. This very rare mezzotint was engraved by John Linnell after John Varley's oil of twelve years earlier, on which Linnell painting the figures. Linnell, a close friend of William Blake (as was Varley), started etching in 1813, but turned to mezzotint, with this plate being one of his first in that medium and one of the rarest.
See Ref 6295 for proof.
[Ref: 58745] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
J. Varley Pinx.t. J. Linnell Sculp.t.
Published by Albert Varley, 47, Edgware Road, John Varley, 3, Elkins Row, Bayswater & R. Ackermann, 101 Strand, London 1832.
Mezzotint. Sheet 455 x 580mm. Trimmed into plate, repaired tears, one affecting title and publication line.
A funeral procession, with a shrouded body being carried into a walled city, with Saul's crown preceding him. This very rare mezzotint was engraved by John Linnell after John Varley's oil of twelve years earlier, on which Linnell painting the figures. Linnell, a close friend of William Blake (as was Varley), started etching in 1813, but turned to mezzotint, with this plate being one of his first in that medium and one of the rarest.
See Ref 6295 for proof.
[Ref: 58745] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)