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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Bombardment de Madrid, Le 4 Décembre 1808.
Le Compte del. Couché fils aqua fori. Bovinet Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 305 x 465mm (12 x 18¼"). Trimmed inside plate at top and bottom. Paper slightly toned.
The Peninsular War (1807-1814) was a military conflict between the First French Empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The siege of Madrid was the final French success during Napoleon’s only campaign in Spain. Napoleon himself arrived at Madrid at noon on 2nd December and on the morning of 4th December the French accepted the surrender of the defenders. This battle scene depicts Napoleon, surrounded by his officers, as prisoners are presented to him to the right of the image. The French cavalry can be seen in troops in the background to the left, with the city of Madrid burning in the distance.
[Ref: 36164] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Le Compte del. Couché fils aqua fori. Bovinet Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 305 x 465mm (12 x 18¼"). Trimmed inside plate at top and bottom. Paper slightly toned.
The Peninsular War (1807-1814) was a military conflict between the First French Empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The siege of Madrid was the final French success during Napoleon’s only campaign in Spain. Napoleon himself arrived at Madrid at noon on 2nd December and on the morning of 4th December the French accepted the surrender of the defenders. This battle scene depicts Napoleon, surrounded by his officers, as prisoners are presented to him to the right of the image. The French cavalry can be seen in troops in the background to the left, with the city of Madrid burning in the distance.
[Ref: 36164] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Papua] Îles des Papous: Maison sur Pilotis.](jpegs/53635.jpg)
[Papua] Îles des Papous: Maison sur Pilotis.
J.s Arago delin.t. Bouvinet sculp.t.
[Paris, 1822-4.]
Stipple. 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"), with large margins.
Houses on stilts, Papua New Guinea, with Papuans spear-fishing from canoes. Drawn by Jacques Étienne Victor Arago (1790-1855) and published in the official account of Louis-Claude de Freycinet's circumnavigation, 'Voyage Autour Du Monde fait par ordre du roi sur les corvettes de S.M l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820'.
[Ref: 53635] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J.s Arago delin.t. Bouvinet sculp.t.
[Paris, 1822-4.]
Stipple. 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"), with large margins.
Houses on stilts, Papua New Guinea, with Papuans spear-fishing from canoes. Drawn by Jacques Étienne Victor Arago (1790-1855) and published in the official account of Louis-Claude de Freycinet's circumnavigation, 'Voyage Autour Du Monde fait par ordre du roi sur les corvettes de S.M l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820'.
[Ref: 53635] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Papua] G.d Archipel d'Asie: Entrevue avec les Naturels de L'Île Ombai.](jpegs/53634.jpg)
[Papua] G.d Archipel d'Asie: Entrevue avec les Naturels de L'Île Ombai.
J.s Arago delin.t. Bouvinet sculp.t.
[Paris, 1822-4.]
Stipple. 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"), with wide margins.
A warrior of Ombai Island demonstrates his archery skill to Freycinet's crew. The artist, Jacques Étienne Victor Arago (1790-1855), sits under the target tree, sketching. A plate from the official account of Louis-Claude de Freycinet's circumnavigation, 'Voyage Autour Du Monde fait par ordre du roi sur les corvettes de S.M l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820'.
[Ref: 53634] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J.s Arago delin.t. Bouvinet sculp.t.
[Paris, 1822-4.]
Stipple. 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"), with wide margins.
A warrior of Ombai Island demonstrates his archery skill to Freycinet's crew. The artist, Jacques Étienne Victor Arago (1790-1855), sits under the target tree, sketching. A plate from the official account of Louis-Claude de Freycinet's circumnavigation, 'Voyage Autour Du Monde fait par ordre du roi sur les corvettes de S.M l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820'.
[Ref: 53634] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)