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Owen Farrell, the Irish Dwarf.
J. Gleadah sc.
Pub.d by G. Smeeton, 3, Old Bailey [n.d., c.1824].
Etching. 215 x 140mm (8½ x 5½"). Trimmed to plate.
A full-length portrait of Owen Farrell (1716-42?), a bearded man in ragged clothing, holding a staff and hat. He is said to have been 3' 9" and strong. A detail of an engraving by Hubert Gravelot, 1742.
[Ref: 65159] £45.00
(£54.00 incl.VAT)
Owen Farrell, the Irish Dwarf.
J. Gleadah sc.
Pub.d by G. Smeeton, 3, Old Bailey [n.d., c.1824].
Etching with wash colour. 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed with plate.
A full-length portrait of Owen Farrell (1716-42?), a bearded man in ragged clothing, holding a staff and hat. He is said to have been 3' 9" and strong. A detail of an engraving by Hubert Gravelot, 1742.
[Ref: 65160] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Matrimony. Minister. Will thou take this woman for thy wedded Wife? / John Lump. Yeas, sure, I wool, I cum.d a Purpose.
J. Gleadah sc.t [c.1820].
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, scare; very fine colour; sheet 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"). Cut; paper glued on top edge.
Humorous wedding scene by Irish printmaker Joseph Gleadah, who worked in Dublin in the 1820s.
[Ref: 40822] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Arch of Janus.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Oct.r 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 345 x 475mm (13½ x 18¾"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The Arch of Janus, a tetrapylon triumphal arch of the edge of the Forum Boarium. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'. Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61200] £320.00
[Temple of Venus & Roma] Temple of the Sun & Moon.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed for the Author, March 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 335 x 455mm (13¼ x 18"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The ruins of the Temple of Venus & Roma, showing its coffered vaulted ceiling. Behind is the church of St Maria Nuova. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'. Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61202] £320.00
Temple of Jupiter Tonans.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadeah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, September 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 480 x 345mm (19 x 13½), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description. Some loss in upper margin. Uncut. Holes in right margin where previously bound.
The three remaining columns of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans, built by Augustus 22 BCE to celebrate his escape from being struck by lightning. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'. Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61205] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Arch of Septimius Severus.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, August 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 340 x 475mm (13½ x 08¾"), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
A view of the Arch of Septimius Severus at the northwestern end of the Roman Forum, shown before the ground was cleared back to the original levels. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'. Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61206] £350.00
[Temple of Mars Ultor] The Forum of Nerva.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadeah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, August 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 475 x 345mm (18¾ x 13½), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in right margin where previously bound.
The remaining columns of the Temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Nerva, built by Augustus. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'. Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61207] £320.00
[The Colonnace of the Forum of Nerva] The Temple of Pallas.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, August 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 345 x 470mm (13½ x 18½"), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description, stained. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The remaining part of the Colonnace, an arcade that ran around the Forum of Nerva. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'. Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61208] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Temple of Hercules Victor] Temple of Vesta.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Oct.r 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 340 x 470mm (13¼ x 18½"), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The Temple of Hercules Victor in the Piazza Bocca della Verità, once the Forum Boarium, the earliest marble building to survive in Rome. It is a 'tholos', a round temple surrounded by a colonnade, a design usually associated with temples of Venus. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'. Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61210] £320.00
[Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine] Temple of Peace.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Published for the Author, at 72 Newman S.t Oxford S.t March 1. 1820.
Aquatint, printed in sepia. 350 x 475mm (13¾ x 18¾"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The northern aisle of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, the largest building in the Forum. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'. Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61212] £250.00
(£300.00 incl.VAT)
[Temple of Castor & Pollux] Temple of Jupiter Stator.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Published for the Author, at 72 Newman S.t Oxford S.t June 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 480 x 350mm (19 x 13¾"), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description. 'Stator' of title on pasted label, as per Abbey copy. Uncut. Holes in right margin where previously bound.
The Temple of Castor and Pollux, the 'Dioscuri', in the Forum, built by Tiberius. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'. Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61213] £320.00
Arch of Constantine.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed by T. Fielding, for the Author, March 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 340 x 460mm (13½ x 18¼"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in bottom margin where previously bound.
A view of the Arch of Constantine before the ground was cleared back to the original levels. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'. Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61203] £380.00
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