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S.r John Barnard.
T. Ryley Fecit.
Sold by T. Jefferys at the Corner of St. Martins Lane Charing Cross and W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A three-quater length of politician Sir John Barnard (1685-1764) who served as MP for the City of London, as an alderman and Lord Mayor. CS 2 only state.
[Ref: 47340] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Diana The bright Diana and her Nymph were found, / Laid Side by side, & both a sleeping sound [...]
A. Watteau pinx. T. Ryley fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill London [c.1750]
Mezzotint, rare; platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins; 'CL-B' collector's stamp verso.
Diana and a nymph sleep, with a satyr looming over them. Mezzotint in reverse of an etching published in Jean de Jullienne's posthumous edition of prints after Watteau's drawings, traditionally known as the 'Recueil Jullienne'. Jullienne was one of the leading French amateurs and collectors of the eighteenth century and in assembling prints reproducing Watteau's drawings he did much to spread the artist's reputation outside France. Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36208] £350.00
Diana The bright Diana and her Nymph were found, / Laid Side by side, & both a sleeping sound [...]
A. Watteau pinx. T. Ryley fecit.
Printed for John Bowles ~ at the Black Horse in Cornhill London [c.1750]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Some staining top right and short tear in margin.
Diana and a nymph sleep, with a satyr looming over them. A mezzotint in reverse of an etching published in Jean de Jullienne's posthumous edition of prints after Watteau's drawings.
[Ref: 60187] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
His Most Excellent Majesty George the II.d King of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c.
T. Ryley fecit [c.1750]
A rare mezzotint, platemark 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Slight paper tone and trimmed margins
George II (1683-1760), king of Great Britain and Ireland whose reign saw the Jacobite threat reduced to nothing, the Hanoverian succession securely established, and his country transformed into a great world power. Fine and rare mezzotint after the 1744 full-length portrait by Thomas Hudson, now in the National Portrait Gallery. O'D 24; CS 9.
[Ref: 40865] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Smack the Coachman, Tipling within Doors; while his Fare are fretting without.
Riley [Thomas Ryley] del et fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, Feb.y 1, 1768. Printed for John Bowles, at No 13 in Cornhill, London.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Top margin cut to plate, elsewhere toned. Small margins.
A smiling coachman lifts a foaming tankard, his arm hooked over a chair, whip in hand and his pipe and tobacco on the table.
[Ref: 58392] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
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