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Paul Legrand Sc.
a Paris chez Dopter, rue St Jacques, No 21 [n.d., c.1830].
Mezzotint. 235 x 315mm (9¼ x 12½"), with large margins.
Napoleon, surprised by a violent storm in Berlin, sheltered in a house occupied by an Egyptian woman who was the widow of an officer. Napoleon gave her a pension of 1200 f, and supported the education of her son. Napoleon later told his officers that it was the first time he had to seek shelter from a storm, but he had felt that a good deed awaited him there.
[Ref: 55815] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Le Bon-Jour.] [&] [La prière]
Peint par Miss Julia Conyers. Gravé par Aug.in Le Grand.
[AParis chez Bance, Rue S. Denis, No 175 près celle aux Ours.] [n.d., c.1810.]
Pair of colour-printed stipples. Sheets 230 x 190mm (9 x 7½"). Trimmed within plates, losing titles and publication lines.
A pair of French nursery scenes: the first shows a morning scenes with woman and three children, the youngest trying to catch a butterfly; the second is in the evening, the mother nursing a baby while an older infant kneels to pray.
[Ref: 44290] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Le Bon-Jour.
Peint par Miss Julia Conyers. Gravé par Aug.in Le Grand.
AParis chez Bance, Rue S. Denis, No 175 près celle aux Ours. [n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple printed in colours, sheet 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). Slightly stained.
Attractive and delicate French genre scene of a family, with youngest child trying to catch a butterfly.
[Ref: 38892] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Derivis. Acade Roy de Musique. Role d'Appins, dans Virginie.
Passaert del. Paul L. Sc.
A Paris chez Paul Legrand, Rue des Macons Sorbone No.16. [n.d., c.1820].
Stipple with large margins. Publisher's stamp in bottom right corner. Foundation Custodia ref: L.4291. Platemark: 200 x 155mm. (8 x 6"). Two pin holes to the top and bottom of printed area.
A portrait of Nicolas-Prosper Dérivis (1808 - 1880), a French operatic bass. He possessed a rich deep voice that had a great carrying power, and while he could easily assail heavy dramatic roles, he was also capable of executing difficult coloratura passages and performing more lyrical parts. Along with Nicolas Levasseur, he was one of the greatest French basses of his generation.
[Ref: 31677] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Vue d'Edimbourg.
Dessiné par Ed. de Montulé. Gravé par Paul Legrand.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Aquatint. 220 x 295mm (8¾ x 11½"). Very large margins.
A distant view of Edinburgh Castle. In the foreground is a man in a kilt.
[Ref: 39337] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
Grotte de Fingall. Vue de l'intérieur à l'éxtérieur.
Dessiné par Ed. de Montulé. Gravé par Paul Legrand.
Aquatint. Plate: 215 x 295m, (8½ x 11¾"). Very large margins.
A view inside Fingal's Cave on the Isle of Staffa in Scotland. From 'Voyage en Angleterre et en Russie, pendent les années 1821, 1822 et 1823' by Edouard Montulé published in 1825 in which he described his travels to Great Britain and Eastern Europe.
[Ref: 39448] £150.00
(£180.00 incl.VAT)
Moscou Vu de la Route de Kalouga.
Dessiné Pr Ed. de Montulé. Gravé par Paul Legrand.
Aquatint. Plate: 290 x 220mm, (11½ x 8¾"). Large margins.
A view of Moscow from the ancient Kaluga Road. From 'Voyage en Angleterre et en Russie, pendent les années 1821, 1822 et 1823' by Edouard Montulé published in 1825 in which he described his travels to Great Britain and Eastern Europe.
[Ref: 39450] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Louisa. My Life! my joy! my only love! A voice at distance cries: That voice her inmost soul could move The starts with wild surprise. [and in French]. [&] While thus with agonizing Sighs They view'd the fatal place, Louisa's mild, yet stedfast Eyes Were fix'd en Henrys face. [and in French.]
Painted by G. Morland. Engrav'd by Aug. Legrand.
a Paris chez Augustin Legrand, rue St. Julien-le-Pauvre No.3. [n.d. c.1780.]
A pair of coloured stipples. 482 x 348mm (19 x 13¾"). Repairs on second image.
A young woman standing on the shore, looking over her right shoulder with dispair as a boat is shipwrecked in stormy waters behind at left, an old veiled woman sitting behind at right, her face obscured by Louisa's hand, point to right. [&] Four figures on a shore, a young sailor and old woman at right and a man at right all sitting looking with distress to left, a young woman standing in the centre, holding the hand of the older man and looking with compassion towards the sailor. See Ref: 4298 for the same pair but engraved by Gaugain.
[Ref: 29034] £420.00
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Le Chien de Siberie. Tom. V. Pl. XXX. Pag. 300.
De Seve del. L. Legrand sculp.
[n.d., c.1755.]
Enrgaving. Plate: 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 6¼"). Small margins.
A portrait of a Siberian Husky.
[Ref: 47728] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Siege of a walled town]
C. Eisen inv. Louis Legrand sculp. [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 130 x 190mm (5 x 7½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Engraving after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45114] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
Vue de l'Île de Staffa. Hébrides.
Dessiné par Ed. de Montulé. Gravé par Paul Legrand.
Aquatint. Plate: 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). Very large margins.
A view of the Isle of Staffa showing its distinctive basalt columns. From 'Voyage en Angleterre et en Russie, pendent les années 1821, 1822 et 1823' by Edouard Montulé published in 1825 in which he described his travels to Great Britain and Eastern Europe.
[Ref: 39449] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
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