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Angiola Bianchi.
Painted by I. Naish. Engraved by G.S. Facius.
Published by the Proprietor. [n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. Sheet: 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾''). Trimmed.
A portrait of Italian singer Angiola Bianchi.
[Ref: 49954] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by I. Naish. Engraved by G.S. Facius.
Published by the Proprietor. [n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. Sheet: 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾''). Trimmed.
A portrait of Italian singer Angiola Bianchi.
[Ref: 49954] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Angelica Catalani.
Painted by I. Naish. Engraved by G.S. Facius.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple. Sheet size: 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed inside platemark. Glued to backing sheet.
A portrait of Angelica Catalani (1782 - 1849) in Egyptian costume. Half-length in oval, three-quarters to right but looking to front, wearing headdress, drop earrings and a dress with decorative bands at the neck, including a 6 leaf clover on her breasts. Catalini was an Italian opera singer, a soprano of nearly three octaves in range. Its unsurpassed power and flexibility made her one of the greatest bravura singers of all times. She also worked as a singing teacher. Her pupils included Laure Cinti-Damoreau and Fanny Corri-Paltoni.
[Ref: 34359] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by I. Naish. Engraved by G.S. Facius.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple. Sheet size: 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed inside platemark. Glued to backing sheet.
A portrait of Angelica Catalani (1782 - 1849) in Egyptian costume. Half-length in oval, three-quarters to right but looking to front, wearing headdress, drop earrings and a dress with decorative bands at the neck, including a 6 leaf clover on her breasts. Catalini was an Italian opera singer, a soprano of nearly three octaves in range. Its unsurpassed power and flexibility made her one of the greatest bravura singers of all times. She also worked as a singing teacher. Her pupils included Laure Cinti-Damoreau and Fanny Corri-Paltoni.
[Ref: 34359] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
A Dance of Boy Angels. In the Salon at Houghton.
Van Dyke Pinxit. S.G. & J.G. Facius Sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 1st 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside London.
Fine stipple with engraving. 330 x 390mm (13 x 15¼") very large margins
The Holy Family watching eight infant angels dancing, weaving in and out between each other. Plate 64 of Volume two of the 'Houghton Gallery'.
[Ref: 58610] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Van Dyke Pinxit. S.G. & J.G. Facius Sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 1st 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside London.
Fine stipple with engraving. 330 x 390mm (13 x 15¼") very large margins
The Holy Family watching eight infant angels dancing, weaving in and out between each other. Plate 64 of Volume two of the 'Houghton Gallery'.
[Ref: 58610] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Golden Age.
Painted by B.West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved from the Original Picture by Facius.
Publish'd Jany 1st 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple, printed in colours. 295 x 330mm.
[Ref: 6517] £520.00
Painted by B.West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved from the Original Picture by Facius.
Publish'd Jany 1st 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple, printed in colours. 295 x 330mm.
[Ref: 6517] £520.00
Hebe.
Willm. Hamilton, Pinxit. Facius's, Sculpserunt.
Publishd Augst. 1st. 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No.90, Cheapside London.
Stipple engraving with etching, 300 x 355mm (11¾ x 14"), with large, uncut margins.
Hebe, goddess of healing, youth and beauty, pouring water into a bowl from which Jupiter in the guise of an eagle drinks. By George Sigmund Facius (1750 - 1814), stipple engraver and mezzotinter, in collaboration with his brother Johann Gottlieb Facius (1750 - 1802 after).
[Ref: 8008] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Willm. Hamilton, Pinxit. Facius's, Sculpserunt.
Publishd Augst. 1st. 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No.90, Cheapside London.
Stipple engraving with etching, 300 x 355mm (11¾ x 14"), with large, uncut margins.
Hebe, goddess of healing, youth and beauty, pouring water into a bowl from which Jupiter in the guise of an eagle drinks. By George Sigmund Facius (1750 - 1814), stipple engraver and mezzotinter, in collaboration with his brother Johann Gottlieb Facius (1750 - 1802 after).
[Ref: 8008] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Industry, attended by Patience and assisted by Perseverance, is crowned by Honour and rewarded with Plenty.
Angelica Kauufmann pinxit. G.S. et J.G. Facius sculpsurunt. John Boydell excudit 1779.
Published March 25.th 1779 by 1779 by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple, J. Whatman watermark. 430 x 310mm (17 x 12¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed within plate at bottom.
An oval scene of four allegorical figures: the male Honour holds a cornucopia in one hand and reach out the other to crown the female Industry with a wreath. Two more women, Patience and Perseverance, attend.
[Ref: 62363] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Angelica Kauufmann pinxit. G.S. et J.G. Facius sculpsurunt. John Boydell excudit 1779.
Published March 25.th 1779 by 1779 by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple, J. Whatman watermark. 430 x 310mm (17 x 12¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed within plate at bottom.
An oval scene of four allegorical figures: the male Honour holds a cornucopia in one hand and reach out the other to crown the female Industry with a wreath. Two more women, Patience and Perseverance, attend.
[Ref: 62363] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Charles von Linné. Bern 13/24 May 1707. Died Jan.y 10.th 1778. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Sir Joseph Banks Bart.
Rostin Pinxit. S.G. & J.G. Facius Sculpserunt.
Publish'd June 24.th 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, N.o 90 Cheapside London.
Engraving. Sheet: 305 x 215mm (12 x 8½"). Trimmed and slight creasing at top corners.
A portrait of Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist Carl Linneaus (1707-1778), shown holding a specimen. "Linnoea Borealis"
[Ref: 47364] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Rostin Pinxit. S.G. & J.G. Facius Sculpserunt.
Publish'd June 24.th 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, N.o 90 Cheapside London.
Engraving. Sheet: 305 x 215mm (12 x 8½"). Trimmed and slight creasing at top corners.
A portrait of Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist Carl Linneaus (1707-1778), shown holding a specimen. "Linnoea Borealis"
[Ref: 47364] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Isaacus Milner. S.T.P., S.R. Soc. Decanus Ecclesiae Cathedralis Carleolensis, dim Chemiae & Philosophie naturalis, nunc Matheseos Professor apud Cantalrigienses, Et Collegii Reginalis Proeses.
J. Opie pinx. Facius sculp, 1798.
Stipple laid on album sheet, fine impression, 495 x 373mm. 19½ x 14¾". Trimmed to plate and mounted within album page.
Isaac Milner (1750-1820), Natural philosopher and Dean of Carlisle. He was a mathematician, inventor, and President of Queens' College, Cambridge, and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. He was instrumental in the 1785 religious conversion of William Wilberforce, and a great supporter of the Abolitionists' campaign against the slave trade.
NPG: D38419.
[Ref: 24785] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J. Opie pinx. Facius sculp, 1798.
Stipple laid on album sheet, fine impression, 495 x 373mm. 19½ x 14¾". Trimmed to plate and mounted within album page.
Isaac Milner (1750-1820), Natural philosopher and Dean of Carlisle. He was a mathematician, inventor, and President of Queens' College, Cambridge, and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. He was instrumental in the 1785 religious conversion of William Wilberforce, and a great supporter of the Abolitionists' campaign against the slave trade.
NPG: D38419.
[Ref: 24785] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Lieutenant General Thomas Musgrave, Governor of Gravesend & Tilbury Fort, Colonel of the 76.th Regiment of Foot. Engraved from a Picture painted in 1786: with a view of Mr. Chew's House, near German-town, in Pennsylvania 1777.
L. Abbot pinx.t 1786. G.S. Facius sc. 1797.
[n.d. c.1797.]
Stipple, rare. 391 x 290mm (15½ x 11½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Sir Thomas Musgrave (1737-1832), Colonel of the 76th Regiment of Foot and Governor General of Gravesend & Tilbury Fort. He fought and was wounded at the Battle of Pelham New York on October 18th, 1776. At the Battle of German-Town October 4th, 1777, he saved the day by throwing himself with 5 companies into Chew's stone house, where he successfully held the American forces at bay until the repulsed British columns could rally. The Americans were compelled to abandon the field on which they came so near to success.
[Ref: 30778] £420.00
L. Abbot pinx.t 1786. G.S. Facius sc. 1797.
[n.d. c.1797.]
Stipple, rare. 391 x 290mm (15½ x 11½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Sir Thomas Musgrave (1737-1832), Colonel of the 76th Regiment of Foot and Governor General of Gravesend & Tilbury Fort. He fought and was wounded at the Battle of Pelham New York on October 18th, 1776. At the Battle of German-Town October 4th, 1777, he saved the day by throwing himself with 5 companies into Chew's stone house, where he successfully held the American forces at bay until the repulsed British columns could rally. The Americans were compelled to abandon the field on which they came so near to success.
[Ref: 30778] £420.00
Sir William Musgrave, 6th. Bart. of Hayton in Cumberland. Commissioner for Customs, 1763. Commissr. for Auditing the Public Accots., 1785...[etc.]
L.F. Abbot, pt. 1782. G.S. Facius sculpt. 1797.
[c.1790.]
Stipple, 400 x 300mm. 15¾ x 11¾".
Sir William Musgrave (1735 - 1800), customs official, collector of portrait prints and Trustee of the British Museum.
[Ref: 10825] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
L.F. Abbot, pt. 1782. G.S. Facius sculpt. 1797.
[c.1790.]
Stipple, 400 x 300mm. 15¾ x 11¾".
Sir William Musgrave (1735 - 1800), customs official, collector of portrait prints and Trustee of the British Museum.
[Ref: 10825] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Orlando Furioso] Angelica and Medoro.
Painted by B. West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved from the Original Picture for Facius.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple. Sheet: 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½''). Trimmed.
A portrait of lovers Angelica and Medoro, characters in Ludovico Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso'.
[Ref: 48178] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by B. West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved from the Original Picture for Facius.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple. Sheet: 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½''). Trimmed.
A portrait of lovers Angelica and Medoro, characters in Ludovico Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso'.
[Ref: 48178] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
General Field Marshal Prince Kutusoff of Smolensk.
From a Print lately come from Germany. Engrav'd by Facius.
London, Publish'd May 25, 1813, for the Proprietors, by Mes. Colnaghi, Cockspur Street.
Stipple with etching, title in open letters, with very large margins. 205 x 155mm. 8 x 6".
Portrait of Marshal Kutusov, Prince of Smolensk (1745 - 1813), Russian supreme commander during the Napoleonic Wars. In profile to left, with short wavy hair, wearing a military coat with epaulettes, three stars and a sash; in an oval. The same portrait was used to decorate a wine glass made by the Imperial Glassworks of St Petersburg, in the same year.
For the 'Print lately come from Germany' from which this was presumably engraved, see ref. 22543
[Ref: 27662] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
From a Print lately come from Germany. Engrav'd by Facius.
London, Publish'd May 25, 1813, for the Proprietors, by Mes. Colnaghi, Cockspur Street.
Stipple with etching, title in open letters, with very large margins. 205 x 155mm. 8 x 6".
Portrait of Marshal Kutusov, Prince of Smolensk (1745 - 1813), Russian supreme commander during the Napoleonic Wars. In profile to left, with short wavy hair, wearing a military coat with epaulettes, three stars and a sash; in an oval. The same portrait was used to decorate a wine glass made by the Imperial Glassworks of St Petersburg, in the same year.
For the 'Print lately come from Germany' from which this was presumably engraved, see ref. 22543
[Ref: 27662] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
John Smith, D.D., F.S.A. Master of Gonvile & Caius Coll: Camb: Lowndn. Profr. Of Astronomy Chancellor of Lincoln.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Facius.
Published Feb: 1. 1797, by I. Deighton, Cambridge: & to be had at Messrs Facius No. 8 Macclesfield Street.
Stipple and engraving, open letters, 445 x 355mm. 17½ x 14". A fine impression.
Dr John Smith (1711 baptised - 1795), professor of astronomy at Cambridge, wearing wig and robes; within oval frame. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.64, II. Welcome: 2761.
[Ref: 13888] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Facius.
Published Feb: 1. 1797, by I. Deighton, Cambridge: & to be had at Messrs Facius No. 8 Macclesfield Street.
Stipple and engraving, open letters, 445 x 355mm. 17½ x 14". A fine impression.
Dr John Smith (1711 baptised - 1795), professor of astronomy at Cambridge, wearing wig and robes; within oval frame. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.64, II. Welcome: 2761.
[Ref: 13888] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Lord Castlereagh.
Engraved by G.S. Facius, from a drawing after a Bust by Jos.h Nollekens R.A.
London, Publish'd by R. Ackermann, Dec.r 17th 1814, at 101 Strand.
Stipple. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Narrow margins,
Robert Stewart (1769-1822), 2nd Marquess of Londonberry and Viscount Castlereagh. As Chief Secretary of Ireland he was instrumental in putting down the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and helped secure the passage of the controversial Irish Act of Union of 1800. As Foreign Secretary from 1812 he was central to the management of the coalition that defeated Napoleon and was the principal British diplomat at the Congress of Vienna that reshaped Europe afterwards. Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonberry and Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822), both an Irish and British statesman. His career ended when he showed signs of paranoia, with claims he was being blackmailed for homosexuality. Now believed this was brought on by syphilitic meningitis. He cut his own throat with a letter-opener.
[Ref: 47444] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by G.S. Facius, from a drawing after a Bust by Jos.h Nollekens R.A.
London, Publish'd by R. Ackermann, Dec.r 17th 1814, at 101 Strand.
Stipple. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Narrow margins,
Robert Stewart (1769-1822), 2nd Marquess of Londonberry and Viscount Castlereagh. As Chief Secretary of Ireland he was instrumental in putting down the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and helped secure the passage of the controversial Irish Act of Union of 1800. As Foreign Secretary from 1812 he was central to the management of the coalition that defeated Napoleon and was the principal British diplomat at the Congress of Vienna that reshaped Europe afterwards. Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonberry and Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822), both an Irish and British statesman. His career ended when he showed signs of paranoia, with claims he was being blackmailed for homosexuality. Now believed this was brought on by syphilitic meningitis. He cut his own throat with a letter-opener.
[Ref: 47444] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Venus and Cupid.]
Titian Pinxit. Josh, Boydell delint. G.S. & J.G. Facius Sculpt.
Publish'd Sepr. 29, 1780 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple engraving, proof before title, 470 x 560mm. 18½ x 22". Light spotting. Very fine.
Venus lying naked on a couch with Cupid to left, sheilding himself with his bow from a shower of coins that fall from above. Adaptation by Josiah Boydell (1752 - 1817) of the famous image by Titian (1489/90 - 1576). Nephew of John, and partner and later sole proprietor of the firm, Josiah is named on several prints as an intermediary draughtsman.
[Ref: 10408] £550.00
Titian Pinxit. Josh, Boydell delint. G.S. & J.G. Facius Sculpt.
Publish'd Sepr. 29, 1780 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple engraving, proof before title, 470 x 560mm. 18½ x 22". Light spotting. Very fine.
Venus lying naked on a couch with Cupid to left, sheilding himself with his bow from a shower of coins that fall from above. Adaptation by Josiah Boydell (1752 - 1817) of the famous image by Titian (1489/90 - 1576). Nephew of John, and partner and later sole proprietor of the firm, Josiah is named on several prints as an intermediary draughtsman.
[Ref: 10408] £550.00
Count Wittgenstein. Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Armies.
Engrav'd by Facius, after a sketch lately arrived from Russia.
Stipple. Sheet size: 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince Wittgenstein (1769 - 1843) was a Russian Field Marshal distinguished for his services in the Napoleonic wars. He was promoted to Major in 1793 of the Ukrainian light cavalry regiment. He fought with the unit in the Kosciuszko Uprising. In 1800 he took command of the Mariupolski Hussars Regiment and lead the Russian army in numerous campaigns. In 1828 he was appointed to command the Russian army in the war against Turkey, but ill health soon obliged him to retire. In 1834 the King of Prussia gave him the title of Fürst (Prince) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein.
[Ref: 34453] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd by Facius, after a sketch lately arrived from Russia.
Stipple. Sheet size: 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince Wittgenstein (1769 - 1843) was a Russian Field Marshal distinguished for his services in the Napoleonic wars. He was promoted to Major in 1793 of the Ukrainian light cavalry regiment. He fought with the unit in the Kosciuszko Uprising. In 1800 he took command of the Mariupolski Hussars Regiment and lead the Russian army in numerous campaigns. In 1828 he was appointed to command the Russian army in the war against Turkey, but ill health soon obliged him to retire. In 1834 the King of Prussia gave him the title of Fürst (Prince) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein.
[Ref: 34453] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)