Retrato de Cristóbal Colon.
Antonio Calliano lo dib.ó. Rafael Esteve lo. grabo. Se hallará en la Calcografia de la Imprenta Real. [n.d., c.1820.] Engraving. 550 x 370mm (21¾ x 14½"). Tears in very large margins. An imaginary portrait of Columbus, apparently taken from a painting by Van Loo by Antonio Raffaele Calliano (1785 - 1824). Shown as a young man, he stands by a table embellished with the arms of Castille, on which are two globes.
[Ref: 37117] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Vista de Malta.
R.el Esteve la grabo. [Madrid: Imprenta de Villalpando, 1796.] Scarce etching and engraving. 190 x 305mm (7½ x 12") very large margins. A view of Malta under siege from Turkish galleys. One of five plates in José María Calderón de la Barca's 'Gloriosa defensa de Malta contra el formidable exército de Soliman II por los Caballeros de San Juan de Jerusalén', engraved by Rafael Esteve Vilella (1772-1847).
[Ref: 41888] £320.00