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[The Landing of the British Troops in Egypt on the 8th of March 1801.]
[The Landing of the British Troops in Egypt on the 8th of March 1801.]
Painted by P.I. de Loutherbourg R.A. Etched by L Schiavonetti V.A.
London Pub.d 1803 by Anth.y Cardon No 31 Clipstone Street Fitzroy Square.
Stipple, scratched-letter working proof, framed. 620 x 820mm, 24½ x 32¼". Slight spotting. Unexamined out of frame.
The second Battle of Aboukir Bay, in which a British army of 5,000 led by General Ralph Abercromby landed along the beach to dislodge an entrenched French detachment of 2,000 under General Louis Friant. They did so, but not before 1,100 British troops were lost. The finished print was published in 1804, with a dedication to the officers involved and a remarque of the trophies of war. From 'de Loutherbourg's Campaigns in Egypt and Italy'.
Government Art Collection: 1533. Ogilby 568: 1. See 60056 for keyplate.
[Ref: 21581]   £490.00  
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Priam, king of Troy, supplicating Achilles to deliver to him the body of his son Hector.
Priam, king of Troy, supplicating Achilles to deliver to him the body of his son Hector. Sudden (a venerable sight!) appears; / Embrac'd his knees, and bath'd his hands in tears.
Painted by H.y Fuseli R.A. Engraved by L.s Schiavonetti.
[London: F. I. Du Roveray, 1806.]
Engraving. Sheete 260 x 171mm (10¼ x 6¾"). Bit messy. Trimmed within plate, some surface wear.
Minerva appears to help Odysseus kill off the suitors who are trying to marry Penelope and take over his beloved Ithaca. An illustration from Pope's translation of Homer's 'Illiad', the epic story of the the fall of Troy.
Weinglass: 242.
[Ref: 55607]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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William Blake.
William Blake.
Painted by T. Phillips R.A. Engraved by L. Schiavonetti V.A.
London Pub.d March 1.1813, by R. Ackerman, 101 Strand.
Etching on india. Plate: 260 x 375mm (10 x 14¾"); very large margins. Foxing, india slightly lifting at bottom right.
A half-length portrait of poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). Forgotten almost immediately after his death it wasn't until the late nineteenth century that he was rediscoverd and is now considered one of the seminal figures in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic movement.
[Ref: 40787]   £420.00  
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The Canterbury Pilgrims.
The Canterbury Pilgrims.
Painted by Thomas Stothard Esq.r R.A. Etched by Lewis Schiavonetti, V.A. and Finished by James Heath A.R.A. Historical Engraver to His Majesty, and to H.R.H. the Prince Regent, &c.
London: Published for the Proprietors by R. Cribb, N.º 288 Holborn, October 1, 1817.
Etching, state before key. 360 x 995mm (14¼ x 39¼"). Some restoration.
A procession of the pilgrims immortalised by Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', on horseback, led by a piper, based on the painting on oak by Thomas Stothard (1806-7, now in the Tate Gallery, N01163). Robert Cromek commissioned the painting, putting it on show at a shilling per visitor. He also asked Italian stipple engraver Luigi Schiavonetti (1765-1810) to make a plate, but Schiavonetti only completed the outline etching. As a tribute to the engraver, Cromek published the incomplete print in 1810. The incomplete plate was then given to Francis Engleheart to complete, but Cromek’s death in 1812 stalled the project. Cromek’s widow, Elizabeth, gave the plate to Niccolo Schiavonetti, Louis's younger brother, but he too died. The plate was finally completed by James Heath and was published for Elizabeth, on 1st October 1817. A later state, with a full key identifying each pilgrim, was printed by W.H. Worthington, also for Elizabeth. The print also caused a rift between Stothard and his friend William Blake: Blake claimed that Cromek had commissioned a painting of the Canterbury Pilgrims from him first, but Cromek had not liked the design and so took the commission to Stothard. Blake accused Cromek and, through him, Stothard, of copying his long, frieze-like composition
[Ref: 61951]   £750.00  
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Chinese Guard Presented to the Emperor.
Chinese Guard Presented to the Emperor. from an Original Painting in the Possession of John Duncan Esq.r.
Burney delin.t. L. Schiavonetti sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs by Dr. J. Trusler March 1790.
Engraving. 195mm x 130mm (8" x 5") Trimmed to plate mark.
A Chinese scene in which a soldier kneels before an Emperor.
[Ref: 32052]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Right Honourable William Burton Conyngham.]
[The Right Honourable William Burton Conyngham.]
L. Schiavonetti sculp.t [after Charles Gilbert Stuart].
[n.d., c.1790.]
Fine stipple, proof with engraver's name only, in pencil verso "Franck 18 Dec 1824". 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Trimmed to plate.
William Burton Conyngham (1733-96), a Commissioner of the Treasury for Ireland from 1793, who began the construction of Slane Castle. He presented the Trinity College Harp to the college, which was used as a Guinness trade mark in 1876 and as the model for the insignia of the Irish Free State and the Republic of Ireland in 1922. Irish and American interest. Stuart (1755-1828), an American painter known for his portraits of the first six presidents of the USA (including the portrait of Washington on the $1 bill), is called Gilbert Charles today but engravings after him are often signed C.G. For this portrait only Conyngham's face was taken from Stuart's oil of c.1792.
National Library of Ireland: EP CONY-WI (3) I.
[Ref: 59278]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Milk below Maids.
Milk below Maids. Qui veut du lait il est tout chaud.
Painted by F. Wheatley R.A. Engraved by L. Schiavonetti.
London Pub.d as the Act Directs July 2. 1793 by Colnaghi & Co N.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple in brown ink, sheet 415 x 320mm. 16¼ x 12½". Trimmed to plate. A good impression. Scuffing in sky area.
A milkmaid standing by a doorway, with two pails by her feet. She hands a small pail of milk to two young children; street lamp, chimneys and horse-drawn carriage in the background. Plate 2 to the famous 'Cries of London' series after paintings by Francis Wheatley (1747 - 1801).
[Ref: 11820]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Milk below Maids.
Milk below Maids. Qui veut du lait il est tout chaud.
Painted by F. Wheatley R.A. Engraved by L. Schiavonetti.
London Pub.d as the Act Directs July 2. 1793 by Colnaghi & Co N.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet 410 x 320mm (16 x 12½"). Trimmed to plate.
A milkmaid standing by a doorway, with two pails by her feet. She hands a small pail of milk to two young children. An early example: later states have 'Second plate of the Cries of London' added in English and French around the title. This is one of thirteen plates in Wheatley’s ‘Cries of London’, the most famous version of a popular theme in English printmaking. The shouts and songs of the street traders advertising their wares were a part of city life and inspired a number of artists of different styles, from these idealised scenes to the more raucous caricatures drawn by Rowlandson. Francis Wheatley (1747-1801) exhibited fourteen painted ‘Cries’ at the Royal Academy between 1792-5, with enough success for Colnaghi to commission some of the best engravers in England, including brothers Luigi and Niccolo Schiavonetti, Giovanni Vendramini & Thomas Gaugain to reproduce thirteen of the series in stipple. These were available as separate prints or as a set and were a great success (even abroad, as denoted by the French version of the titles), and have remained popular to this day.
[Ref: 28146]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Two bunches a penny primroses, two bunches a penny.
Two bunches a penny primroses, two bunches a penny. A un sou mes deux poignees de primeroses, a un sou.
Painted by F. Wheatley R.A. Engraved by L. Schiavonetti.
London Pub.d as the Act Directs July 2 by Colnaghi and Co N.132 Pall Mall. 1793.
Stipple, printed in sepia, with large margins. 420 x 330mm (16½ x 13").
Flower sellers, a young woman and two small children, hold baskets and bunches of primroses on the street. This is one of thirteen plates in Wheatley’s ‘Cries of London’, the most famous version of a popular theme in English printmaking. The shouts and songs of the street traders advertising their wares were a part of city life and inspired a number of artists of different styles, from these idealised scenes to the more raucous caricatures drawn by Rowlandson. Francis Wheatley (1747-1801) exhibited fourteen painted ‘Cries’ at the Royal Academy between 1792-5, with enough success for Colnaghi to commission some of the best engravers in England, including brothers Luigi and Niccolo Schiavonetti, Giovanni Vendramini & Thomas Gaugain to reproduce thirteen of the series in stipple. These were available as separate prints or as a set and were a great success (even abroad, as denoted by the French version of the titles), and have remained popular to this day.
[Ref: 28149]   £320.00  
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Sweet China Oranges, sweet China.
Sweet China Oranges, sweet China. Oranges sucrees, Oranges fines. Cries of London Plate 3rd.
Painted by F. Wheatley R.A. Engraved by L. Schiavonetti.
London Pub.d as the Act Directs July 1794 by Colnaghi & Co No.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet 410 x 320mm (16 x 12½"). Trimmed to plate.
Two fashionably dressed women buy oranges from a man with two full baskets. This is one of thirteen plates in Wheatley’s ‘Cries of London’, the most famous version of a popular theme in English printmaking. The shouts and songs of the street traders advertising their wares were a part of city life and inspired a number of artists of different styles, from these idealised scenes to the more raucous caricatures drawn by Rowlandson. Francis Wheatley (1747-1801) exhibited fourteen painted ‘Cries’ at the Royal Academy between 1792-5, with enough success for Colnaghi to commission some of the best engravers in England, including brothers Luigi and Niccolo Schiavonetti, Giovanni Vendramini & Thomas Gaugain to reproduce thirteen of the series in stipple. These were available as separate prints or as a set and were a great success (even abroad, as denoted by the French version of the titles), and have remained popular to this day.
[Ref: 28147]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Baron Brownlow.]
[Baron Brownlow.]
[Painted by George Romney. Engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti.]
[n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple and etching, unfinished proof before all letters. Plate 268 x 202mm (10½ x 8"). Collector's mark. Trimmed along upper edge.
Brownlow Cust (1744-1807), 1st Baron Brownlow, Tory Member of Parliament. He was elected to the House of Commons for Ilchester, and then Grantham.
Horne: 8. Ex Collection: Earl of Bute.
[Ref: 29095]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Fidelia.
Fidelia. How have I been charmed to see one of the most beauteous women the Age has produced on her knees helping on an old man's slipper. Spectator No.449.
Drawn by Rich.d Westall R.A. Engraved by Louis Schciavonetti V.A.
London: Pub. March 1.1819 by Hurst, Robinson & Co_late Boydells, 90 Cheapside.
Stipple and etching, printed in colours and hand-finished. Plate 610 x 502mm (24 x 19¾").
An old man seated in his armchair by the fireplace is assisted by his loyal daughter: papers, ink and quill on the table to the right.
[Ref: 21695]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Fidelia.
[Fidelia. How have I been charmed to see one of the most beauteous women the Age has produced on her knees helping on an old man's slipper. ]
Drawn by Rich.d Westall R.A. Etched by Louis Schiavonetti V.A.
Published 25th December 1806 by John Sharpe London.
Stipple, scarce unfinished scratch letter proof before title. 610 x 502mm (24 x 19¾"), with large margins. Slight stain in margin on left centre.
An old man seated in his armchair by the fireplace is assisted by his loyal daughter: papers, ink and quill on the table to the right. From Milton.
[Ref: 47705]   £320.00  
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Marie Thérèse, Charlotte de France, Duchesse d’Angouleme née le 19 Dec 1778.
Marie Thérèse, Charlotte de France, Duchesse d’Angouleme née le 19 Dec 1778.
Edw.d Strochling. L. Schiavonetti sculp.
London Published May 1. 1805 by Mr Weber, Bath Hotel, Leicester Square.
Stipple. 241 x 145mm (9½ x 5¾").
Marie Thérèse de France (1778-1851), assumed the title of Duchess of Angoulême following her marriage to Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême. She became the Dauphine of France upon the accession of her father-in-law to the throne of France in 1824.
[Ref: 28748]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Minerva assisting Ulysses in the destruction of the Suitors.
Minerva assisting Ulysses in the destruction of the Suitors. The dreadful agis blazes in their eye; Amaz'd they see, they tremble, and they fly. Odyssey, Book XXII.
Painted by H.y Fuseli R.A. Engraved by L. Schiavonetti.
[London: F. I. Du Roveray, 1806.]
Engraving. 260 x 171mm (10¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Minerva appears to help Odysseus kill off the suitors who are trying to marry Penelope and take over his beloved Ithaca. An illustration from Pope's translation of Homer's 'Odyssey', telling the story of the epic 10-year journey home of Odysseus (or Ulysses in Roman myths) after the fall of Troy.
Weinglass: 242.
[Ref: 31294]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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John Penn Esq.
John Penn Esq.
Drawn by A. Tendi, from an original bust by Deare. Engraved by L. Schiavonetti.
Published March 1.1801, by J. Hatchard 173 Piccadilly.
Stipple and etching. Sheet size 245 x 150mm (9¾ x 6"). Cut to platemark.
Bust portrait sculpture, facing three-quarter to right, head slightly tilted towards the viewer, in an oval within rectangular frame; after Tendi's drawing of sculpture by Deare; published state. John Penn (1760-1834), grandson of William Penn, was the last proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania, and a governor of the Isle of Portland where he built Pennsylvania Castle. Following the war of American Independence, the Penns settled in England and were granted an annuity by Parliament for their losses.
[Ref: 53548]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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A. Pope.
A. Pope.
Drawn by E.F. Burney. Engraved by L.s Schiavonetti.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. 202 x 145mm. 8 x 5¾".
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse for his translation of Homer. His is famous for his use of the heroic couplet.
[Ref: 23713]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[Louis XVI, Roi de France.]
[Louis XVI, Roi de France.]
[J. Boze. L. Schiavonetti.]
Publisched by Mr Joseph Weber, 2 October 1802. 6 Reysell Street Leicester Square. [ink mss.]
Stipple, platemark 260 x 165mm (10¼ x 6¾"), with very large margins. Proof before all letters; old ink mss. publication details outside bottom plate mark.
A portrait of Louis XVI King of France set in an oval. The Germanic spelling of 'Publisched' suggests it was the publisher himself who wrote the mss. It was published by Weber in the third volume of Memoirs of Maria Antoinetts Archduchess of Austria in 1812
For another portrait with same ms publication inscription see ref. 11800.
[Ref: 41695]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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The Mask.
The Mask. From the Original Picture in the possession of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxit L. Schiavonetti sculp.t [1790].
Stipple printed in sepia, sheet 215 x 250mm (8½ x 9¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Portrait of two of the daughters of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Charlotte (1769–1802), holding a graecian thatrical mask, and Anne (1773–1865). It was engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti after an intermediary drawing by Francesco Bartolozzi (a different state of the print indicates 'F. Bartolozzi delineavit').
[Ref: 46759]   £260.00  
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[Charlotte & Anne Spencer] The Mask.
[Charlotte & Anne Spencer] The Mask. From the Original Picture in the possession of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxit L. Schiavonetti sculp.t.
London, Pub.d April 21 1790 by T. Simpson St Pauls Church Yard.
Stipple. 230 x 265mm (9 x 10½"), very large margins. Repaired tear in margin, faint crease.
Portrait of two of the daughters of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Charlotte (1769-1802), holding a Graecian theatrical mask, and Anne (1773-1865). It was engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti after an intermediary drawing by Francesco Bartolozzi (a different state of the print indicates 'F. Bartolozzi delineavit').
See Ref: 60369; Hamilton: pg. 133. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60316]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr Tomkins.
Mr Tomkins.
George Engleheart Rsq.r Pinx.t. Engraved by L.Schiavonetti.
London Published for the Proprietor, January 1, 1807. Sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Pater-Noster Row.
Stipple. Sheet 190 x 120mm, 7½ x 4¾". Trimmed.
Thomas Tomkins (1743–1816), calligrapher and author of ‘Rays of Genius’, of which this is the frontispiece.
[Ref: 19024]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Shakespeare. Troilus & Cressida. Act V. Scene II.
Shakespeare. Troilus & Cressida. Act V. Scene II.
Painted by Angelica Kauffman. Engraved by I. Schiavonetti.
Published Jan.y 1:st 1795, by John & Josiah Boydell at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & at No. 90, Cheapside, London.
Stipple, very fine impression, open letter proof before quote from play. 495 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), with large margins.
Ulysses restrains Troilius, who watches from behind hangings in Calchas' tent, as Cressida sits holding Diomedes by the hand, agreeing finally to give him the sleeve Troilius gave her as a love token. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
Alexander: 297 [Kauffman].
[Ref: 59326]   £420.00  
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