Grosvenor Prints

Le Modeleur. 2.
à Augsbourg chez J.J.Haid et fils.
A rare mezzotint. Sheet 410 x 305mm. 16¼ x 12". Trimmed to plate, laid on archival tissue.
A draughtsman with his hat on, sat at his raised drawing table looking away, possibly towards his subject matter; a candlelit-lamp attached to the desk at top left. His hand poised over the table and paper ready to draw. To his left: tools and various stones. The early stages of copying. Johann-Jakob Haid (1704-1767), pupil of Reidinger, belonged to a famous German family of portraitists and engravers based in Augsburg.
Rijksmuseum: RP-P-2005-101.
[Ref: 21732] £450.00

Auriga Mercenarius. Der Miethgutscher.
J.J. Haid excud, A.V.
Mezzotint. 410 x 320mm (16 x 12½"), with very large margins.
'The Hired Coachman'. An affluently-dressed man, sword on hip, looking down with distaste on the coachman demanding his fare. The pair stand on steps with two sphinx statues. Engraved and published by Johann Jakob Haid (1704-67) in Augsburg.
[Ref: 41257] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Ioannes Bernoullius, Phil.etc Med. D. Academ. Scient. Petropolit. et Parisiensis ut et Scoietatum regiarum Londinensis atqs Berolin. Item que instituti Scientiarum Bonoiensis, membrum Profess. Math. Publ. et p.t. Rector Academiae Basileensis. Nat. A.S.R. MDCLXVII.d.27.Lul.st.v
Huber pinxit. I.Iac. Haid sc. et excud. Aug. Videlic.
[n.d. c.1750.]
A very rare mezzotint. 310 x 190mm. 12¼ x 7½". Cut, creasing.
Johann Bernoulliu (1667-1748) was a Swiss mathematician and was known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus.
W: 265.
[Ref: 15773] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Ambrosius Karl Bieler] Ambrosius Carolus Bielerus M. D. Reipublicæ Ratisbonensis Physicus Ordinarius. Nat. A.S.R. MDCXCIV, d. III Mart.
M.C. Hirschmann junior pinxit. J. Jac. Haid sculps. Aug. Vind.
[n.d., c.1737]
Fine mezzotint printed in blue. 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8").
Half-length portrait of Ambrosius Karl Bieler (1693-1747) physician of Regensburg, holding a book on botany.
Wellcome Library no. 1103i
[Ref: 58853] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Edwd. Bright late of Malden in Essex. Who died November 10, 1750. Aged 29 Years. He weigh'd 43 Stone & 1/2 (14tt toye Stone) which is 609 pounds.
[after David Ogborne.]
J.J Haid et filius excud. A.V. [Augsburg, Germany, c.1760.]
A fine & very rare mezzotint. 410 x 290mm (16¼ x 11½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of Edward Bright (1721-50), a grocer from Maldon, Essex, famed for his corpulence. Engraved and published by Johann Jakob Haid (1704 - 1767), mezzotinter and founder of a big publishing house in Augsburg, in collaboration with his son. This image was copied from the 1750 mezzotint by James McArdell after David Ogborne.
See Refs: 58382 & 58347 for Fat Men
[Ref: 58383] £750.00

Les Soldats en Jeu.
peint par Valentin.
à Augsbourg chez J.J. Haid et fils. [n.d., c.1770.]
A rare mezzotint with hand colour. Plate: 380 x 420mm (15 x 16½''). Very large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate on lower edge, foxing.
A scene showing two soldiers playing a game of cards at a table.
[Ref: 49211] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The content Family.
J.Philipp Haid del. J.J.Haid et filius exc. A.V.
[Augsburg, c.1760]
Mezzotint. 155 x 165mm. Very fine.
[Ref: 2883] £330.00

[Smoking and Drinking.]
I.I.Haid et filius excud. A.V.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Mezzotint. Plate 211 x 158mm. 8¼ x 6¼".
A man wearing a feathered cap balances a goblet on two fingers in the air whilst holding a jug, presumably of wine in the other. Behind him another man stands smoking a pipe.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18514] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Georgius Christianus Gebauerus Ic.tus Magnæ Britanniæ Regnus, Elect. Brunsvigo-Luneb. Consiliarius Aul. Antecessor in Georgia Augusta Primarig et ord. Jurid. Senior. Natus XXVI. Octobr. MDC.XC.
C.N. Eberlain pinx.
J. Jac. Haid excud. Aug. Vind. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 315 x 195mm (12½ x 7¾"), with large margins. Remains of album paper on reverse.
Georg Christian Gebauer (1690-1773), professor of law at the University of Göttingen in his library.
[Ref: 44351] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Ad mentem Generosis D.ni C.L. ab Hagedorn, Pontentiss: Sarmat: Regis et Electoris Sax: a Confilus Legationum, in Cupis pinacotheca archtypon asservatur.
I Nogari pinxit; I I Haid del sc et exc Aug Vind.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Mount window 340 x 230mm. Trimmed to plate and laid onto backing sheet.
A turbaned man golding a scroll and gesturing at a globe, after a painting by Nogari then in Hagedorn's collection. The BM describes their example as "possibly a geographer".
BM: 1885,1212.13.
[Ref: 8401] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Geometria. Die Messkunst.
Joh. Rotenhamer pinx.
J. Jac Haid exc. Aug. Vindel. [Augsburg, n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint, fine & rare. 410 x 280mm (16¼ x 11"). Narrow margins, trimmed close to plate top left. Very slight central crease; small amount of foxing.
''The Measurement''. A female allegorical figure uses a pair of compasses to measure lines of longitude on a globe. After Johann (Hans) Rottenhammer (1564-1625).
[Ref: 44052] £420.00

[Five mezzotint heads, stitched together.]
J.J. Haid et filius excud: Aug. Vind.
Five mezzotints, stitched at top. Each c. 215 x 160mm, 8½ x 6¼". A rare collection. Uncut.
Five portraits, four untitled women and a man titled 'Le Baiser Rendu' (The received kiss). Published by Haid and Son; Johann Jakob Haid (1704-1767), the German painter and engraver, and founder of the big publishing house 'J.J. Haid'; and his son Johann Elias Haid (1736-1809) the German engraver, mezzotinter and publisher in Augsburg; son and pupil of Johann Jakob. These are possibly illustrations to Claude Joseph Dorat's (1734-1780) 1770s series of poems called 'Les Baisers'. Haid was a well-known publisher of popular subjects, these ones illustrating the magical power of the kiss
[Ref: 19530] £1,000.00 view all images for this item

[Germany] Fridericus Andreas Hallbauer. Theol. Doct. et Prof. P.O. Serenis. Sax. Ducu, Consil. Eccles. Civ. Goth. et Altenb. Insp. Societ. Lat. Direct. nat.d.13. Septembr. MDCXCII. Dec. VIII.
I. Gunther Helmshausen pinx. I.I. Haid Sculps. et exc. Aug. Vind.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Mezzotint, with very large margins. Collector's stamp on Verso. Plate 323 x 202mm (12¾ x 8").
Friedrich Andreas Hallbauer (1692-1750) was Professor of Rhetoric and Poetry from 1731-1740 and then Professor of Theology from 1740 until death; both positions at Jena. He was a Lutheran theologian of the 18th century.
Ex Collection: Kupferstichkarinett der Staatlichen Mussen zu Berlin [Lugt: 1606.]
[Ref: 28974] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[A bearded man in a hat] 2.
[Jo. Henric Sperling Hamburg pinxit. Jo. Jac. Haid sculpsit et excudit A.V.
[Augsburg, Haid, c.1720.]
Scarce mezzotint proof before letters, 18th century watermark. 385 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing inscriptions, trimmed to plate at sides, small tears repaired.
[Ref: 57670] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

L'Ouie.
J.J. Haid et filius exc. A.V. 2. [Augsburg, c.1760.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. 215 x 175mm (10¾ x 6¾"). Sligh crease.
'Hearing': a seated man, with a woman caressing both him and his lute. Probably from a set of images representing the five senses. Published by the Augsburg-based Haid family, who mainly produced mezzotints copied from earlier prints.
[Ref: 31830] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Fridericus Hoffmannus. Regiæ Majestatis Prussicæ Consiliarius intimus, Archiater et Professor Medicinæ primarius, Comes Palatinus Cæsareus Academiæ Fridericianæ Senior, Imperatoriæ Carolinæ Petropolitanæ Britannicæ et Prissicæ Academiæ Scientiarum Sodalis. Natus 1660.
Ant. Pesne Piet. Reg Porussiæ ad vivam pinxit.
I. Iac. Haid sculp. et exc. Aug. Vind.
Mezzotint. Plate: 305 x 185mm (12 x 7¼''). Marks in small margins, vertical crease.
A half-length portrait in a decorative frame of German physician and chemist Friedrich Hoffmann (1660-1742).
W. 1418-9.
[Ref: 48388] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Un baiser, ou ta Rose. [A kiss, or your rose.] No:46.
J.J Haid et filius excud: A.V. [Augsburg, Germany, c.1770s.]
Mezzotint on watermarked laid paper, 215 x 160mm. 8½ x 6¼". Some reworking to plate. Repaired spliting along left platemark.
A courting couple (master and servant?) in a garden landscape, with spaniel and sheep. Engraved and published by Johann Jakob Haid (1704 - 1767), mezzotinter and founder of a big publishing house in Augsburg, in collaboration with his son.
[Ref: 27991] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Marcus Friedricus Kleinert Noricus artis pictorae felicitate aulis Episcopi Bambergensis atque Herbipolensis itemque Regii Principis Sobieskii adscriptus natus Ao. MDCXCIV.d.5.Mart: denatus in patria Ao. MDCCXLII.d.14.Maji.
Se ipsum pinxit. J. Jac. Haid sculps. et excud. A.V.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, sheet 415 x 280mm. Trimmed to plate.
A self-portrait by Marcus Friedrich Kleinert (1695 - 1742), German painter who specialised in portraiture, here depicted at a canvas in his studio, with a silver snuffbox. Engraved by Johann Jakob Haid (1704 - 1767), mezzotinter and founder of a publishing house in Augsburg.
[Ref: 7893] £350.00

[Man wearing hat, in profile] 2.
J.J. Haid et filius exc A.V. [c.1750]
Mezzotint, scarce, platemark 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 6¼"). Glued to backing sheet, one small etching pasted verso. Small margins. Printer's crease on right.
Fine mezzotint published by Johann Jakob Haid, German painter and mezzotint engraver who died in Augsburg in 1767, and his son, Johann Elias (d.1800).
[Ref: 47690] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Sebastianus Munsterus, Prof. Ebr. L. in Acad. Basil. nat 1489. den.d.23 Maji 1552.
Ioh. Iac. Haid exc. Aug. Vind. [n.d., c.1747.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Slight marking and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of German academic and cartographer Sebastian Munster (1488-1552). An illustration from Brucker's "Ehren-tempel der Deutschen Gelehrsamkeit".
[Ref: 43656] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Men Playing Cards.]
J. J. Haid et filius excudit A. V. [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate: 150 x 230mm (6 x 9").
Interior scene in which several figures crowd around a table a which three men are playing cards.
[Ref: 35119] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Jacob Powell of Stebbin in essex. Who died Oct.r 6.th 1754 Aged 37 years. He weighed near 40 Stone.
J.J. Haid et filius excud. A. V.
[Augsburg, n.d. 1760.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 410 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Trimmed to image.
A caricature portrait of a large man, removing his wig to mop the sweat from his brow. Little is known of Powell other than the details on this print, which suggest his enormous size was his claim to a brief moment of fame. The Haid family in Germany often copied earlier prints without acknowledgement, in this case a British print of c.1754.
O'Connell, 'The Popular Print in England' p.106
[Ref: 33428] £330.00

Mr. Jacob Powell of Stebbing in Essex. Who died Oct.r 6th 1754 Aged 37 Years. He Weigd'h near 40 Stone.
J.J.Haid et filius excud. A.V.
[Augsburg, n.d. 1760.]
Mezzotint. 410 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Stains.
A caricature portrait of a large man, removing his wig to mop the sweat from his brow. Little is known of Powell other than the details on this print, which suggest his enormous size was his claim to a brief moment of fame. The Haid family in Germany often copied earlier prints without acknowledgement, in this case a British print of c.1754.
See O'Connell, 'The Popular Print in England' p.106.
[Ref: 2888] £650.00

Mr. Jacob Powell of Stebbing in Essex. Who died Oct.r 6th 1754 Aged 37 Years. He Weigd'h near 40 Stone.
J.J.Haid et filius excud. A.V.
[Augsburg, n.d. 1760.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. 410 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A caricature portrait of a large man, removing his wig to mop the sweat from his brow. Little is known of Powell other than the details on this print, which suggest his enormous size was his claim to a brief moment of fame. The Haid family in Germany often copied earlier prints without acknowledgement, in this case a British print of c.1754.
See O'Connell, 'The Popular Print in England' p.106. See Refs: 58383 & 58347 for Fat Men
[Ref: 58382] £750.00

La Sculpture. Die Bildhauer Kunst.
Peint par Pierre
J. Jac. Haid excud. A.V
Mezzotint, sheet 405 x 320mm (16 x 12½"). Trimmed.
Sculptor contemplating a bust he has carved while an apprentice works with a new block of marble behind him. Engraving after Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (1713-89), French painter who replaced Boucher as painter to the king and also enjoyed the patronage of the king's mistress Madame de Pompadour.
For a 'draughtsman' by Haid see ref. 21732.
[Ref: 41231] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

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L'Hiver.
Mauchard pinx.t.
Se vend à Augsbourg chez J.J. Haid et fils.
Rare mezzotint. 390 x 270mm (15¼ x 10½") very large margins. Printer's creases on right edge of plate, backed with archival tissue.
A half-length portrait of a woman wearing a fur-lined coat, with a hood and muff. Winter, one of a set of four portraits representing the Four Seasons.
[Ref: 60945] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Christoph Jacob Trew] D. Christoph. Jac. Trew. S. Caes. Maiestat. et Sereniss. Marchionis Onold. Brandenburg [...]
D/ van der Smissen pinxit J.J. Haid sculps et excud A.V. [c.1720]
Mezzotint, platemark 310 x 195mm (12¼ x 7¾"). Small margins.
Christoph Jacob Trew (1695-1769), solicitor and physician whose passion for botany led him to sponsor the publication of some of the most important botanical works of the eighteenth century, most notably the posthumously-published 'Plantae Selectae' (1773). Portrait of Trew at his desk with plant specimens, after Domenicus van der Smissen (1704-60).
W2975
[Ref: 44061] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Johan Wilhelm Weinmann] Joannes Guilielmus Weinmannus Dicasterij Ratisbonensis Assessor et Pharmacopola, natus Gardelegiæ MDCLXXXIII. d. XIII Mart. ætat LIV.
Hirschman pinx. J. Jac. Haid sculps. Aug. Vind.
[n.d., c.1737]
Mezzotint printed in blue. 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8"), large margins on 3 sides. Thread margin lower right.
Johan Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741), German apothecary and botanist, aged 54 so dating the portrait to 1737. Weinmann established a botanical garden in Regensburg and published botanical works, most notably the eight-volume florilegium 'Phytanthoza iconographia' (1737-45), illustrated with fine mezzotint plates. Engraving by Johann Jakob Haid (1704-67), one of the engravers employed on the florilegium, after a portrait by Johann Leonhard Hirschmann (1672-1750), artist and printmaker who studied in the studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller as a young man.
Wellcome 3142.
[Ref: 58811] £360.00

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