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Britannia.
Drawn by R. Smirke, R.A. Engraved by J. Neagle.
London, Published 1.st Nov.r 1805 by W. Byrne, Titchfield Street, and T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand.
Etching and engraving, small margins. Plate 228 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Britannia enthroned in centre with lions at either side and four allegorical figures surrounding, including angel at right; frame surrounding. The drawing for this print is in the Smirke album in the National Gallery of Scotland (no. 125).
[Ref: 28950] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Britannia.
Drawn by R. Smirke, R.A. Engraved by J. Neagle.
London, Published 1.st Nov.r 1805 by W. Byrne, Titchfield Street, and T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand.
Etching and engraving, small margins. Plate 228 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Britannia enthroned in centre with lions at either side and four allegorical figures surrounding, including angel at right; frame surrounding. The drawing for this print is in the Smirke album in the National Gallery of Scotland (no. 125).
[Ref: 34678] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[The Columbiad: a Poem.] [Cruelty Presiding over the Prison Ship.]
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neagle Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving, scratched letter progress proof, with guidelines for the elaborate title border. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate, small hole in unprinted area.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Joel Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'.
[Ref: 62291] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cruelty Presiding over the Prison Ship. Columbiad.
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neagle Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving. 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼"), a large-paper example.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'.
[Ref: 66300] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Faint- gazing on the burning orb of day, / When Afric's injur'd son expiring lay, page 97.
T. Kirk del. J. Neagle Sc.t
Published Feb. 1 1798 by C. Dilly & Cadell & Davies, London; and R. Crutwell, Bath.
Engraving, sheet 120 x 75mm (4¾ x 3"). Trimmed
A slave lays dying, as indicated by the lines from William Lisle Bowles' poem 'The African' (1791).
[Ref: 37655] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Greek Lady.
C. Benezech del. I. Neagle sc.t.
Published by J. Trusler Oct.r. 1. 1793.
Engraving. 195mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). Trimmed to platemark.
Greek scene in which a Greek woman walks accompanied by several figures, one holds her dress and one holds a parasol to shield her.
[Ref: 32064] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Vineyard Festival.
Burney del. Neagle sculp.
Published by Dr. Trusler, Feb.1.1792.
Engraving. 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"). Trimmed to platemark
Male and female figures dance around a central ornament whilst musicians and men bringing wine look on.
[Ref: 32124] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
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