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Johannes Gay. [Life is a jest, and all things shew it; I thought so once, but now I know it.]
Zinck pinx. W.m Smith del. et sculp.
[published Dec.r 1st 1775 by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho, London.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 220 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, losing quote and publication line.
John Gay (1685-1732), poet and playwright. A member of the Scriblerus Club in London along with Pope, Swift, and other writers, Gay is best-known for 'The Beggar's Opera', which was produced almost every year until the 1880s, and in the twentieth century supplied the plot for Brecht and Weils 'Die Dreigroschenoper' ('The Threepenny Opera'). Engraved from a portrait by Dresden-born miniaturist C.F. Zincke (1684?-1767), a favourite of George II
O'D 16; CS 1.
[Ref: 59418] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Zinck pinx. W.m Smith del. et sculp.
[published Dec.r 1st 1775 by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho, London.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 220 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, losing quote and publication line.
John Gay (1685-1732), poet and playwright. A member of the Scriblerus Club in London along with Pope, Swift, and other writers, Gay is best-known for 'The Beggar's Opera', which was produced almost every year until the 1880s, and in the twentieth century supplied the plot for Brecht and Weils 'Die Dreigroschenoper' ('The Threepenny Opera'). Engraved from a portrait by Dresden-born miniaturist C.F. Zincke (1684?-1767), a favourite of George II
O'D 16; CS 1.
[Ref: 59418] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Catherine Lady Walpole.
F. Zinke effig.p. 1735. G. Vertue del. & sculp, 1748.
[London, c.1748.]
Engraving, 225 x 160mm. 9 x 6¼".
Catherine (Shorter), Lady Walpole (1682 - 1737), first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, later 1st Earl of Orford. In an oval frame decorated with flowers, placed on a pedestal decorated with garlands, on which lie a vase with flowers, fruits, palm leaves, a palette with brushes, a portrait miniature of a woman, and a sketch of trees. Curtain above; shield with Garter star in foreground on left, with ribbon lettered with motto 'Fari Qvæ Sentiat'. From 'Ædes Walpolianæ: or, a description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford' probably printed by John Hughs in 1748. Numbered 'Vol.2. P.225' upper right. After Christian Friedrich Zincke (1684? - 1767), portrait-miniaturist in enamel, born in Dresden; worked in England from 1706, living in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, and, from 1746, in Lambeth.
British Library: 015311021.
[Ref: 14043] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
F. Zinke effig.p. 1735. G. Vertue del. & sculp, 1748.
[London, c.1748.]
Engraving, 225 x 160mm. 9 x 6¼".
Catherine (Shorter), Lady Walpole (1682 - 1737), first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, later 1st Earl of Orford. In an oval frame decorated with flowers, placed on a pedestal decorated with garlands, on which lie a vase with flowers, fruits, palm leaves, a palette with brushes, a portrait miniature of a woman, and a sketch of trees. Curtain above; shield with Garter star in foreground on left, with ribbon lettered with motto 'Fari Qvæ Sentiat'. From 'Ædes Walpolianæ: or, a description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford' probably printed by John Hughs in 1748. Numbered 'Vol.2. P.225' upper right. After Christian Friedrich Zincke (1684? - 1767), portrait-miniaturist in enamel, born in Dresden; worked in England from 1706, living in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, and, from 1746, in Lambeth.
British Library: 015311021.
[Ref: 14043] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Sr. Robert Walpole Earl of Orford - 1744.
F. Zinke effig.p. 1744. G. Vertue del. & sculp, 1748.
[London, c.1748.]
Engraving, 225 x 160mm. 9 x 6¼".
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745), was a Whig statesman; in all but name he was Prime Minister, 1721-42. In an oval frame decorated with feathers, on a table draped with a cloth and covered with scrolls and a royal standard. Curtain above to left, his country seat Houghton Hall visible through columns in distance to right. Walpole came to office in the wake of the South Sea Bubble crisis and built up British prosperity in a long period of peace by his economic reforms. He obtained more power than any previous minister and remained in office for over twenty years, resorting to bribery and patronage to overcome unpopularity. His reign came to an end when he was drawn into an unsuccessful war with Spain. From 'Ædes Walpolianæ: or, a description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford' probably printed by John Hughs in 1748. Numbered 'Vol.2. P.225' upper right. After Christian Friedrich Zincke (1684? - 1767), portrait-miniaturist in enamel, born in Dresden; worked in England from 1706, living in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, and, from 1746, in Lambeth.
British Library: 015311021.
[Ref: 14044] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
F. Zinke effig.p. 1744. G. Vertue del. & sculp, 1748.
[London, c.1748.]
Engraving, 225 x 160mm. 9 x 6¼".
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745), was a Whig statesman; in all but name he was Prime Minister, 1721-42. In an oval frame decorated with feathers, on a table draped with a cloth and covered with scrolls and a royal standard. Curtain above to left, his country seat Houghton Hall visible through columns in distance to right. Walpole came to office in the wake of the South Sea Bubble crisis and built up British prosperity in a long period of peace by his economic reforms. He obtained more power than any previous minister and remained in office for over twenty years, resorting to bribery and patronage to overcome unpopularity. His reign came to an end when he was drawn into an unsuccessful war with Spain. From 'Ædes Walpolianæ: or, a description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford' probably printed by John Hughs in 1748. Numbered 'Vol.2. P.225' upper right. After Christian Friedrich Zincke (1684? - 1767), portrait-miniaturist in enamel, born in Dresden; worked in England from 1706, living in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, and, from 1746, in Lambeth.
British Library: 015311021.
[Ref: 14044] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)