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[Fête de la Fédération] Serment Fédératif du 14 Juillet 1790.
[Fête de la Fédération] Serment Fédératif du 14 Juillet 1790.
Swebach Del. Le Cour sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Very rare aquatint. 430 x 320mm (17 x 12½"). Narrow margins, small split in platemark, creasing.
A view of the Fête de la Fédération, a festival held to celebrate the French Revolution, with a triumphal arch and large altar in the distance where several people are proclaiming their allegiance to the Nation, the Law and (still) the King.
[Ref: 61482]   £320.00  
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John Bull ou Le Peuple Anglais apprenant de l'Enchanteur Merlin Comment Finira la Guerre.
John Bull ou Le Peuple Anglais apprenant de l'Enchanteur Merlin Comment Finira la Guerre.
Le Cour inv. & Sculp.t an XI.
[1803]
Rare aquatint and etching. 240 x 280mm (9½ x 11") large margins. Tears taped, some creasing. Collector's ink stamp, "J.M.R. Vienne" Collections Francaise and pasted label on reverse.
''John Bull or The English People Learning from the Enchanter Merlin How the War Will End''. A satire of the end of the Peace of Amiens in 1803. It is set in Merlin's cave, with the magician showing John Bull a gallows with Pitt hanging from it. Thunderbolts emitted by a laurel wreath represesenting the French Republic break George III's throne, causing him to fall to the floor.
[Ref: 60502]   £360.00  
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Vue de la Porte du Palais de S.t James à Londres.
Vue de la Porte du Palais de S.t James à Londres. Cette vue prise de la rue appelée Cleveland Row, représente la porte unique du palais du roi d'Angleterre et qui sert aussi de principale entrée au parc de saint-James. Au fond d'on voit la rue nommée Pall-mall.
A Paris chez Le Coeur, graveur, rue St Jacques, N.º 30 et chez Bance ainé, rue S.t Denis, N.º 214. A Paris. chez Genty, M.d d'Estampes, Rue S.t Jacques, N.º 33, au coin de la Rue du Plâtre [n.d., c.1820].
Stipple and etching, printed in bistre, finished by hand. 295 x 400mm (11½ x 15¾"), with large margins.
A view of the north gate of St James's Palace.
[Ref: 63774]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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