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Arshi, Cook of the Seraglio. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Honble. Lord Baltimore.
Franco. Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publd. accordg. to Act of Parlt. Jany. 30, 1769.
Engraving, 270 x 195mm. 10½ x 7¾". Trimmed to plate. Stain spots.
A cook to the Turkish Sultan. A seraglio (also serraglio) is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish household. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731 - 1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits, numbered 'Tav. XII' upper right.
for a better impression of this print see ref. 30111
[Ref: 11696] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Franco. Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publd. accordg. to Act of Parlt. Jany. 30, 1769.
Engraving, 270 x 195mm. 10½ x 7¾". Trimmed to plate. Stain spots.
A cook to the Turkish Sultan. A seraglio (also serraglio) is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish household. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731 - 1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits, numbered 'Tav. XII' upper right.
for a better impression of this print see ref. 30111
[Ref: 11696] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jesus Christ]](jpegs/43593.jpg)
[Jesus Christ] Ecce Salvator Noster
Tiziano Pinx. Vitalba S. appo Wagner Ven.a C.P.E.S. 1781
Engraving, platemark 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾") very large margins.
Jesus Christ, taken from a detail of a painting by the great Venetian painter Titian (?1485-90-1576).
[Ref: 43593] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Tiziano Pinx. Vitalba S. appo Wagner Ven.a C.P.E.S. 1781
Engraving, platemark 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾") very large margins.
Jesus Christ, taken from a detail of a painting by the great Venetian painter Titian (?1485-90-1576).
[Ref: 43593] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Grand Vizir. Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Honble. Lord Baltimore.
Franco Smith pint. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 25 July 1768.
Engraving, 275 x 195mm. 10¾ x 7¾". Trimmed to plate. Some spotting.
The Grand Vizier was the most important minister of the Turkish Sultan, in principle dismissible only by the Sultan himself. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731 - 1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits, numbered 'Tav. V' upper right.
for a better impression of this print see ref. 30112
[Ref: 11699] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Franco Smith pint. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 25 July 1768.
Engraving, 275 x 195mm. 10¾ x 7¾". Trimmed to plate. Some spotting.
The Grand Vizier was the most important minister of the Turkish Sultan, in principle dismissible only by the Sultan himself. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731 - 1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits, numbered 'Tav. V' upper right.
for a better impression of this print see ref. 30112
[Ref: 11699] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Grecian Woman. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 25 July 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
A Grecian woman, standing with a windmill and a yacht in the background on the Aegean Sea. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30122] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 25 July 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
A Grecian woman, standing with a windmill and a yacht in the background on the Aegean Sea. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30122] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
John the Baptist's Head Brought in a Charger to Herodias. From the Original Picture Painted by Lorenzo Pasinelli. In the Collection of the Right Honourable Lady Vicountess Midleton. Vol II No.21.
Lorenzo Pasinelli Pinxit. G. Vitalba delin.t et Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit London 1767.
Engraving. Platemark: 320 x 375mm (12½ x 14¾"). Very large margins.
A soldier presenting Salome with the head of St John the Baptist on a platter, Herodias standing behind her daughter on the left. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38261] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Lorenzo Pasinelli Pinxit. G. Vitalba delin.t et Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit London 1767.
Engraving. Platemark: 320 x 375mm (12½ x 14¾"). Very large margins.
A soldier presenting Salome with the head of St John the Baptist on a platter, Herodias standing behind her daughter on the left. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38261] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Madonna Reading a Book Held by a Cherub.]](jpegs/39412.jpg)
[Madonna Reading a Book Held by a Cherub.]
Guercino inv. G. Vitalba scul. Londra 1764.
Etching, printed in brown ink. Plate: 280 x 370mm, (11 x 14½"). Very large margins.
A portrait of the Madonna who reads from a book held up to her by a cherub.
[Ref: 39412] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Guercino inv. G. Vitalba scul. Londra 1764.
Etching, printed in brown ink. Plate: 280 x 370mm, (11 x 14½"). Very large margins.
A portrait of the Madonna who reads from a book held up to her by a cherub.
[Ref: 39412] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Spring. From the Original Picture of the Same Size painted by Filippo Lauri in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.Vol. II. No. 1.
Fillipo Lauri pinxit. G. Vitalba A. fortis J. Revenet perfectit.
Publish'd May 30.th. 1770 by John Boydell in Cheapside.
Engraving with some etching. Plate: 240 x 315mm (9½ x 12¼"). Very large margins.
An allegorical scene in which figures pick flowers and collect birds eggs. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38282] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Fillipo Lauri pinxit. G. Vitalba A. fortis J. Revenet perfectit.
Publish'd May 30.th. 1770 by John Boydell in Cheapside.
Engraving with some etching. Plate: 240 x 315mm (9½ x 12¼"). Very large margins.
An allegorical scene in which figures pick flowers and collect birds eggs. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38282] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Summer. From the Original Picture of the same Size painted by Filippo Lauri in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Vol II N.o. 2.
Filippo Lauri Pinxit. G. Vitalba A.fortis J. Ravenet perfecit.
Publish'd May 30.th 1770 by John Boydell in Cheapside.
Engraving with etching. Plate: 240 x 310mm (9½ x 12¼"). Very large margins.
A rural scene showing men, women and children collecting the harvest. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38281] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Filippo Lauri Pinxit. G. Vitalba A.fortis J. Ravenet perfecit.
Publish'd May 30.th 1770 by John Boydell in Cheapside.
Engraving with etching. Plate: 240 x 310mm (9½ x 12¼"). Very large margins.
A rural scene showing men, women and children collecting the harvest. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38281] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Six Conversation Sonatas for the Harpsicord or Piano Forte, with accompanyments for two Violins and a Violoncello, Composed and Dedicated (by Permission) to her Grace the Dutchess of Devonshire, by M. Hawden Organist of Beverley Minster, Opera Seconda.
C. Thomas inv.t. G. Vitalba, aque forti. sculp.t.
[n.d., 1775.]
Etching with engraving, 18th century watermark. 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"), with very large margins.
A female allegorical figure sits before an organ, writing music, watched by a winged cherub.
[Ref: 64735] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
C. Thomas inv.t. G. Vitalba, aque forti. sculp.t.
[n.d., 1775.]
Etching with engraving, 18th century watermark. 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"), with very large margins.
A female allegorical figure sits before an organ, writing music, watched by a winged cherub.
[Ref: 64735] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Turkish Lady, Going with her Slave to the Bath. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Honble. Lord Baltimore.
Franco Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publd. accordg. to Act of Parlt. 25 July 1768.
Engraving, 275 x 195mm. 10¾ x 7¾". Trimmed to plate. Some soiling.
After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731 - 1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits, numbered 'Tav. XVIII' upper right.
for a better impression of this print see ref. 30113
[Ref: 11702] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Franco Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publd. accordg. to Act of Parlt. 25 July 1768.
Engraving, 275 x 195mm. 10¾ x 7¾". Trimmed to plate. Some soiling.
After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731 - 1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits, numbered 'Tav. XVIII' upper right.
for a better impression of this print see ref. 30113
[Ref: 11702] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mufti. Chief of the Mahometan Church. Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t July 25 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 279 x 202mm (11 x 8"). Uncut with large margins.
A Mufti, an Islamic scholar who is an interpreter and expounder of Islamic law. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30125] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t July 25 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 279 x 202mm (11 x 8"). Uncut with large margins.
A Mufti, an Islamic scholar who is an interpreter and expounder of Islamic law. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30125] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Turkish Dancer. Dancing before her Master. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t Feb 15. 1769.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
A Turkish lady dancing in front of the Sultan; most likely she would have lived in the seraglio. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30117] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t Feb 15. 1769.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
A Turkish lady dancing in front of the Sultan; most likely she would have lived in the seraglio. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30117] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Arshi, Cook of the Seraglio. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t Jan.y 30 1769.
Engraving. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins. Few creases.
A cook to the Turkish Sultan. The seraglio is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish household. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
for a cut version. Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30111] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t Jan.y 30 1769.
Engraving. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins. Few creases.
A cook to the Turkish Sultan. The seraglio is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish household. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
for a cut version. Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30111] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Grand Vizir. Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pint. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 25 July 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
The Grand Vizier was the most important minister of the Turkish Sultan, in principle dismissible only by the Sultan himself. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30112] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fran.co Smith pint. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 25 July 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
The Grand Vizier was the most important minister of the Turkish Sultan, in principle dismissible only by the Sultan himself. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30112] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Turkish Lady at Home. Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t 25 July 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 285 x 196mm (11¼ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
An elegantly dressed woman holding papers in her right hand. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30129] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t 25 July 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 285 x 196mm (11¼ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
An elegantly dressed woman holding papers in her right hand. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30129] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Turkish Lady, Going with her Slave to the Bath. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t 25 July 1768.
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30113] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t 25 July 1768.
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30113] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Italianate landscape.]](jpegs/55601.jpg)
[Italianate landscape.]
G. Vitalba inv. et incis.
Publish'd as the Act directs, March 17, 1792, by the Author, Mo 19 Weymouth Street.
Etching, printed in brown and hand finished with original coloured borders; Sheet 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on 18th century album paper in borders.
A landscape with a lake, with a man angling. Giovanni Vitalba (1738-c.1816, a pupil of Bartolozzi, is best known for his plate of Kenwood House in Robert and James Adam's 'The Works in Architecture', 1774.
[Ref: 55601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G. Vitalba inv. et incis.
Publish'd as the Act directs, March 17, 1792, by the Author, Mo 19 Weymouth Street.
Etching, printed in brown and hand finished with original coloured borders; Sheet 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on 18th century album paper in borders.
A landscape with a lake, with a man angling. Giovanni Vitalba (1738-c.1816, a pupil of Bartolozzi, is best known for his plate of Kenwood House in Robert and James Adam's 'The Works in Architecture', 1774.
[Ref: 55601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)