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Delémont.
Dessiné d'apres nature par P. Birmann. Fr: Hegi sculpsit.
se trove à Basle chez P. Birmann. [1802.]
Aquatint printed in sepia. Sheet 170 x 370mm (6¾ x 14½"). Some foxing. Very large margins.
A view of Delémont, the capital of Jura canton. Plate 1 of 'Voyage pittoresque de Basle a Bienne par les vallons de Mottiers-Grandval'.
[Ref: 39239] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Der Postwagen. [The Mail Coach]
Conrad Gessner inv. et pinx. Franz Hegi Sculp.
Zurich, bey Dikenmann, Mahler. [c.1800]
Aquatint with title printed on separate plate; rare, total printed area 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼") large margins. Tears inside platemark. Repairs on left margin at top.
Dramatic scene of horses frightened by a storm, after Konrad Gessner (1764-1826), Swiss painter and etcher whose major works were produced between 1799 and 1803 while living on the Scottish estate of his patron Mitchell Horner. Many of Gessner's works from this period remain in English and Scottish private collections, although he is well represented in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and the Zurich Kunsthaus.
[Ref: 45434] £380.00
Environs de Münchenstein.
Dessiné d'apres nature par P. Birmann. Fr: Hegi sculpsit.
se trove à Bâle chez P. Birmann. [1802.]
Aquatint printed in sepia. Sheet 245 x 360mm (9¾ x 14"). With large margins. Splits in platemark and a tear taped.
A view of Münchenstein, just to the south of Basel. Plate 1 of 'Voyage pittoresque de Basle a Bienne par les vallons de Mottiers-Grandval'.
[Ref: 39238] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Die Patrouille. [The Patrol]
Conrad Gessner inv. et pinx. Franz Hegi Sculp.
Zurich, bey Dikenmann, Mahler. [c.1800]
Aquatint with title printed on separate plate; rare, total printed area 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼") large margins. Repair in top margin.
Soldiers patrolling countryside in a storm, after Konrad Gessner (1764-1826), Swiss painter and etcher whose major works were produced between 1799 and 1803 while living on the Scottish estate of his patron Mitchell Horner. Many of Gessner's works from this period remain in English and Scottish private collections, although he is well represented in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and the Zurich Kunsthaus.
[Ref: 45435] £380.00
Vue de Fluelen.
Dessiné d'après nature par J. Wetzel. Gravé par F. Hegi
[n.d., c.1820]
Fine aquatint printed in colour, sheet 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11").
Distant view of the municipality of Flüelen in the canton of Uri, Switzerland, with Lake Lucerne in the foreground. From a series of landscapes after Swiss artist Johann Jakob Wetzel (1781-1834). See also refs. 31933-4.
[Ref: 39639] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Vue de Stanzstad.
Dessiné d'après nature par J. Wetzel. Gravé par F. Hegi
Publié par Orell Fussli & Comp. à Zurich.
Aquatint printed in colour, sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed.
The village of Stansstad in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland. It overlooks Lake Lucerne. From a series of landscapes after Swiss artist Johann Jakob Wetzel (1781-1834). See also refs. 31933-4.
[Ref: 39649] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Wrestlers] Letteurs Suisses.
D'apres le modèle d'Abart. Grave par F. Hegi.
à Basle dhez Birman & Fils [n.d., c.1830].
Aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, creasing at top.
A pair of wrestlers grabbing each other's pants. The wrestlers are drawn from a sculpture by South Tyrolean Franz Abart (1769-1863).
[Ref: 61399] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
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