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![Das Bretspiel. [Board games.]](jpegs/27808.jpg)
Das Bretspiel. [Board games.]
J: E: Nilson, inv: et excud: Aug: Vind: [Augsburg, Germany, c.1750.]
Rare etching with small margins, ceramic design?, 190 x 290mm. 7½ x 11½". Margins a little trimmed. Two creases to lower left corner.
Two groups of figures in fashionable contemporary costume arranged around gaming tables, playing draughts and backgammon; the composition features a view of landscaped grounds, the whole almost completely framed by ornate scrollwork and foliage. From a book of designs or ornament prints; numbered '3' upper right. By Johann Esaias Nilson (1721 - 1788), ornamental designer and printmaker, called 'the German Watteau'.
[Ref: 27808] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J: E: Nilson, inv: et excud: Aug: Vind: [Augsburg, Germany, c.1750.]
Rare etching with small margins, ceramic design?, 190 x 290mm. 7½ x 11½". Margins a little trimmed. Two creases to lower left corner.
Two groups of figures in fashionable contemporary costume arranged around gaming tables, playing draughts and backgammon; the composition features a view of landscaped grounds, the whole almost completely framed by ornate scrollwork and foliage. From a book of designs or ornament prints; numbered '3' upper right. By Johann Esaias Nilson (1721 - 1788), ornamental designer and printmaker, called 'the German Watteau'.
[Ref: 27808] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Catherina Alexiewna. Rossorum Imperiatrix. Nata Princeps Anhalt: Servest: nata d. 2 Mai 1729.
J:E: Nilson, inv: Sculps: et excud: Aug:V:
[n.d., c.1770.]
Stipple. Sheet 225 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper.
Half-length portrait of Catherine II (1729-1796), in profile, set in a roundel in an architectural capriccio, with the Three Graces paying tribute. Catherine II ruled Russia between 1762 and 1796, the longest rule by a female monarch in Russia's history.
[Ref: 37903] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J:E: Nilson, inv: Sculps: et excud: Aug:V:
[n.d., c.1770.]
Stipple. Sheet 225 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper.
Half-length portrait of Catherine II (1729-1796), in profile, set in a roundel in an architectural capriccio, with the Three Graces paying tribute. Catherine II ruled Russia between 1762 and 1796, the longest rule by a female monarch in Russia's history.
[Ref: 37903] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Denmark] Christianus VII. D.G. Dan: Norveg: Vandal: Gothor: Rex. Nat: d: 29. Jan: 1749.](jpegs/17593.jpg)
[Denmark] Christianus VII. D.G. Dan: Norveg: Vandal: Gothor: Rex. Nat: d: 29. Jan: 1749.
J.E. Nilson fec: et exc: A.V.
Cum Gr: et Pr: S.C.R.M. Acad. [n.d. c.1765.]
Etching. 222 x 158mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed and laid on album page.
Christian VII (1749-1808) was King of Denmark and Norway, and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death. He was dreadful towards his wife, Princess Caroline Mathilda, a sister of King George III of Great Britain, declaring that it was not fashionable to loves one's wife, and thus he pursued a young courtisan, Stovlet-Cathrine. His neglected wife drifted into an affair with Johann Friedrich Struensee, the royal physician. Following a divorce, Struensee was arrested and later executed; the warrant was signed by Christian with indifference. He suffered from various mental problems, the symptoms of which leaned towards paranoia and schizophrenia.
See 17597 for Christian VII's wife Caroline Matilda; and 17598 for Juliana Maria, who saw Christian VII restored to the throne.
[Ref: 17593] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
J.E. Nilson fec: et exc: A.V.
Cum Gr: et Pr: S.C.R.M. Acad. [n.d. c.1765.]
Etching. 222 x 158mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed and laid on album page.
Christian VII (1749-1808) was King of Denmark and Norway, and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death. He was dreadful towards his wife, Princess Caroline Mathilda, a sister of King George III of Great Britain, declaring that it was not fashionable to loves one's wife, and thus he pursued a young courtisan, Stovlet-Cathrine. His neglected wife drifted into an affair with Johann Friedrich Struensee, the royal physician. Following a divorce, Struensee was arrested and later executed; the warrant was signed by Christian with indifference. He suffered from various mental problems, the symptoms of which leaned towards paranoia and schizophrenia.
See 17597 for Christian VII's wife Caroline Matilda; and 17598 for Juliana Maria, who saw Christian VII restored to the throne.
[Ref: 17593] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Elisabeth I. Russorum Imperatrix nata 1709 d. 20 Dec.
Fait par J.E. Nilson, se vend à Augsbourg chez l'Auteur. et à Paris chez Rosselin Rue St. Jaques a l'Autel Saumur
[n.d., c.1760]
Etching, platemark 220 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Small margins. Very slight staining at top off image.
Elizaveta Petrovna (1709-62), Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death. She led Russia into the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48) and the Seven Years' War (1756-63), and spent vast amounts of money on archectural projects in and around St Petersburg. Part of a series of portraits of European monarchs by Johann Esaias Nilson (1721-88), 'the German Watteau'. Nilson was part of a family of artists and established himself as the leading Augsburg artist of his day, whose influence extended across publishing, art academies, a role as court painter, and the decorative arts (especially ceramics).
[Ref: 37099] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Fait par J.E. Nilson, se vend à Augsbourg chez l'Auteur. et à Paris chez Rosselin Rue St. Jaques a l'Autel Saumur
[n.d., c.1760]
Etching, platemark 220 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Small margins. Very slight staining at top off image.
Elizaveta Petrovna (1709-62), Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death. She led Russia into the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48) and the Seven Years' War (1756-63), and spent vast amounts of money on archectural projects in and around St Petersburg. Part of a series of portraits of European monarchs by Johann Esaias Nilson (1721-88), 'the German Watteau'. Nilson was part of a family of artists and established himself as the leading Augsburg artist of his day, whose influence extended across publishing, art academies, a role as court painter, and the decorative arts (especially ceramics).
[Ref: 37099] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Fredericus Rex Bor. E.B.
J. E. Nilson fec. et excud. A. V.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Engaving, 18th century watermark, plate 255 x 160mm (10 x 6¼"), large margins. Large stains on top margin, going into the plate. Repaired wormhole, some creases.
Bust portrait of Frederick II, King of Prussia (1712-1786), in an oval decorated with crown, bay and oak leaves above. Coat of arms, bay and oak leaves below the oval with two putti underneath.
[Ref: 58907] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. E. Nilson fec. et excud. A. V.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Engaving, 18th century watermark, plate 255 x 160mm (10 x 6¼"), large margins. Large stains on top margin, going into the plate. Repaired wormhole, some creases.
Bust portrait of Frederick II, King of Prussia (1712-1786), in an oval decorated with crown, bay and oak leaves above. Coat of arms, bay and oak leaves below the oval with two putti underneath.
[Ref: 58907] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Georgius II. Magn: Brit: Franc: et Hibern: Rex. Dux Brunsv: et Luneb et Elector nat. d. 10 gbr. 1682.
Inventé et grave par J.E. Nilson.
Se vend a Augsbourg chez L'Auteur et à Paris chez Rosselin rue S.t Jacques a l'hotel Saumur. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼''), with large margins. Staining on left bottom.
A portrait of George II (1683-1760) who ruled Great Britain from 1727.
[Ref: 48646] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Inventé et grave par J.E. Nilson.
Se vend a Augsbourg chez L'Auteur et à Paris chez Rosselin rue S.t Jacques a l'hotel Saumur. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼''), with large margins. Staining on left bottom.
A portrait of George II (1683-1760) who ruled Great Britain from 1727.
[Ref: 48646] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Iosephus Rex Portugalliae. nat: d: 6. Juny 1714.
J: E: Nilson, inv: sculps: et excud: A:V.
[n.d. c.1760.]
Etching. 223 x 165mm. 8¾ x 6½". Trimmed and laid on album page. Foxing down left-hand edge.
Joseph I (1714-1777) the Reformer, King of Portugal. His private life was aired by his wife, Spanish Infanta, Mariana Victoria of Spain, who did not like the King's affairs and only exposed them to acquaintances. He was devoted to the Church and opera, and assembled one of the greatest collections of operatic scores in Europe. With Joseph's ascent to the throne in 1750, he placed power in the hands of Sebastiao Jose de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, who sought to overhaul all aspects of economic, social and colonial policy to make Portugal a more efficient contender with other European powers.
[Ref: 17588] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
J: E: Nilson, inv: sculps: et excud: A:V.
[n.d. c.1760.]
Etching. 223 x 165mm. 8¾ x 6½". Trimmed and laid on album page. Foxing down left-hand edge.
Joseph I (1714-1777) the Reformer, King of Portugal. His private life was aired by his wife, Spanish Infanta, Mariana Victoria of Spain, who did not like the King's affairs and only exposed them to acquaintances. He was devoted to the Church and opera, and assembled one of the greatest collections of operatic scores in Europe. With Joseph's ascent to the throne in 1750, he placed power in the hands of Sebastiao Jose de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, who sought to overhaul all aspects of economic, social and colonial policy to make Portugal a more efficient contender with other European powers.
[Ref: 17588] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Carolina Mathildis D.G. Daniae Norveg: Vand: Gothor: Regina. Nata Princ: Wall: d: 22 Iul. 1751.
J.E. Nilson fec: et exc: A.V.
C. Gr: et Priv: S.C.R.Maj: Ac. [n.d. c.1780.]
Etching. 222 x 158mm. 8¾ x 6¼". Trimmed and laid on album page.
Caroline Matilda (1751-75), posthumous daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and sister of George III. She married her cousin, Christian VII of Denmark, at fifteen, an unhappy union. In 1772 they divorced and she spent the rest of her life in Hanover, never seeing her children again.
See 17493 for Christian VII; and 17598 for Juliana Maria, who saw him restored to the throne.
[Ref: 17597] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
J.E. Nilson fec: et exc: A.V.
C. Gr: et Priv: S.C.R.Maj: Ac. [n.d. c.1780.]
Etching. 222 x 158mm. 8¾ x 6¼". Trimmed and laid on album page.
Caroline Matilda (1751-75), posthumous daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and sister of George III. She married her cousin, Christian VII of Denmark, at fifteen, an unhappy union. In 1772 they divorced and she spent the rest of her life in Hanover, never seeing her children again.
See 17493 for Christian VII; and 17598 for Juliana Maria, who saw him restored to the throne.
[Ref: 17597] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Mustapha III. Nat: d. 20 Dec. 1715. In Sol: evect: d. 29. Oct: 1757.
J.E. Nilson fec: et excud; A.V. C.P.S.C.M.
[Augsburg, c.1760.]
Engraving with very large margins. 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½").
Mustafa III (1717-74), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757. He sought to modernise the Empire but was not strong enough to overcome the reactionary Janissaries and imams. However, he did manage to get foreign advisers to reform the infantry and artillery, and ordered the founding of scientific academies. Knowing the weakness of the army he avoided war, allowing Russia to annex the Crimea. Portrait in elaborate border with three figures responding to the image.
[Ref: 29887] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J.E. Nilson fec: et excud; A.V. C.P.S.C.M.
[Augsburg, c.1760.]
Engraving with very large margins. 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½").
Mustafa III (1717-74), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757. He sought to modernise the Empire but was not strong enough to overcome the reactionary Janissaries and imams. However, he did manage to get foreign advisers to reform the infantry and artillery, and ordered the founding of scientific academies. Knowing the weakness of the army he avoided war, allowing Russia to annex the Crimea. Portrait in elaborate border with three figures responding to the image.
[Ref: 29887] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Franciscus è Comitibus de Nádasd, Perpet. Ter. Fogaras, et Comitat. Comarom. Albensis vero Supremus Comes, Regn. Dalmat. Croat. Et Slavon. Banus.. General. Camp. Mareschallus s. nat. d. 30. Sept. 1708.
Crediz, Efig: pinxit. J:E: Nilson, inv: sc: et excud: Aug:V:
[n.d. c.1760.]
Etching. 222 x 165mm. 8¾ x 6½". Trimmed.
Franz Leopold von Nádasdy (1708-1783) was an Austrian field marshal a Ban of Croatia. He was known for his successes in the War of Austrian Succession in Neuhaus and Braunau. He was successful during the Seven Years' War and was later awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa. After his loss at the Battle of Leuthen he retired as a general from military service. He moved to Croatia in 1758 to assist in the reformation and management of the Balkans.
[Ref: 17591] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Crediz, Efig: pinxit. J:E: Nilson, inv: sc: et excud: Aug:V:
[n.d. c.1760.]
Etching. 222 x 165mm. 8¾ x 6½". Trimmed.
Franz Leopold von Nádasdy (1708-1783) was an Austrian field marshal a Ban of Croatia. He was known for his successes in the War of Austrian Succession in Neuhaus and Braunau. He was successful during the Seven Years' War and was later awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa. After his loss at the Battle of Leuthen he retired as a general from military service. He moved to Croatia in 1758 to assist in the reformation and management of the Balkans.
[Ref: 17591] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Pascalis de Paoli. Dux Corsorum pro Libertate Pugnantium. Natus 1723.
[L. de Montagna del.] J: E: Nilson fec. et excud Aug: V:
C: Gr: et Priv: S:C:R:M: [n.d., c.1765.]
Etching. Sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed into image and insciption.
Oval portrait of Pasquale Paoli (1725-1807), Corsican general and patriot, within illustrated borders depicting an allegorical figure blowing a trumpet and holding a liberty cap on a pole, a Corsican seated by his mastiff, and an armorial with a Moor's head
[Ref: 58700] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[L. de Montagna del.] J: E: Nilson fec. et excud Aug: V:
C: Gr: et Priv: S:C:R:M: [n.d., c.1765.]
Etching. Sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed into image and insciption.
Oval portrait of Pasquale Paoli (1725-1807), Corsican general and patriot, within illustrated borders depicting an allegorical figure blowing a trumpet and holding a liberty cap on a pole, a Corsican seated by his mastiff, and an armorial with a Moor's head
[Ref: 58700] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)