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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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The Brazen Age. Virtue languising [sic] ! is represented by Minerva leaning on the knees of Industry, & the Indolence of the Sciences shews the barreness of this Age. [...]
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top.
Fine mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33177] £480.00
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top.
Fine mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33177] £480.00
The Golden Age. The reigning Vertues of this Age are represented by Faith, Hope and Charity. Obedience by a Woman bearing a Yoak & by her side one holding Turtle Doves, the Bee Hives on the other side shews Union & Concord [...]
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, very scarce; platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top; small tear at top.
Fine mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33176] £480.00
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, very scarce; platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top; small tear at top.
Fine mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33176] £480.00
The Iron Age. Every thing in this Picture shews the wicked & perversness of this Age. Rage is represented by a Man holding a Child by the heels animated by ye torch of Envy, Fury tramples upon Charity, Innocence, & Religion [...]
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, very scarce; platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top.
Dramatic mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33175] £480.00
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, very scarce; platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top.
Dramatic mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33175] £480.00
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[Atlas.]
F. Verdier jnvent. J. Bap. de Poilly Sculp. C.P.R.
[Paris, n.d., 1747.]
Fine engraving. 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾").
Atlas the Titan, supporting a large celestial globe on a rocky outcrop. A pair of compasses and a slab with scrolls of diagrams are resting against the base of the rock lower left. Although he was frequently depicted holding up the world, the original myth has Atlas supporting the sky. From 'Recueil de plusieurs figures d'Académie, dessinées d'après nature par François Verdier'.
[Ref: 19614] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
F. Verdier jnvent. J. Bap. de Poilly Sculp. C.P.R.
[Paris, n.d., 1747.]
Fine engraving. 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾").
Atlas the Titan, supporting a large celestial globe on a rocky outcrop. A pair of compasses and a slab with scrolls of diagrams are resting against the base of the rock lower left. Although he was frequently depicted holding up the world, the original myth has Atlas supporting the sky. From 'Recueil de plusieurs figures d'Académie, dessinées d'après nature par François Verdier'.
[Ref: 19614] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)