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![[The Satyr and the Peasant.]](jpegs/57789.jpg)
[The Satyr and the Peasant.]
Dutius 1764 [Etched by Christian Dietrich, after Cornelis Bega?].
Fine etching. 140 x 170mm (5½ x 6¾"). Narrow margins, mounted on album paper at corners.
A fine impression showing a satyr chastises a peasant for blowing on his food, after he had blown on his hands to keep them warm. The satyr says ''I can no longer consider you as a friend, a fellow who with the same breath blows hot and cold". Based on one of Æsop's fables.
Linck 100.39.
[Ref: 57789] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)
Dutius 1764 [Etched by Christian Dietrich, after Cornelis Bega?].
Fine etching. 140 x 170mm (5½ x 6¾"). Narrow margins, mounted on album paper at corners.
A fine impression showing a satyr chastises a peasant for blowing on his food, after he had blown on his hands to keep them warm. The satyr says ''I can no longer consider you as a friend, a fellow who with the same breath blows hot and cold". Based on one of Æsop's fables.
Linck 100.39.
[Ref: 57789] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)
Alexandre le Grand avalle la medecine, au mesme temps quil fit lire a son medecin la lettre, qui le taxoit d'empoisonnement.
J. Le Potre in. et Fecit.
Sold by S. Sympson Catherine Street Strand [n.d., c.1732].
Engraving. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"). Narrow margins.
The famous scene of Alexander the Great drinking a potion prepared by Philip of Acarnania, despite being warned by Parmenion that his physician had been bribed by Darius III to poison him, showing his trust in his friend. The scene is presented within an elaborate baroque architectural surround. In 1732 Samuel Sympson advertised for sale a volume of '164 different designs of the celebrated Master Le Potre' [Jean Lepautre] ... The said Mr Sympson having purchased the plates from France, the prints will be sold at a very low rate'. Sympson moved to Maiden Lane soon afterwards.
[Ref: 57715] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J. Le Potre in. et Fecit.
Sold by S. Sympson Catherine Street Strand [n.d., c.1732].
Engraving. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"). Narrow margins.
The famous scene of Alexander the Great drinking a potion prepared by Philip of Acarnania, despite being warned by Parmenion that his physician had been bribed by Darius III to poison him, showing his trust in his friend. The scene is presented within an elaborate baroque architectural surround. In 1732 Samuel Sympson advertised for sale a volume of '164 different designs of the celebrated Master Le Potre' [Jean Lepautre] ... The said Mr Sympson having purchased the plates from France, the prints will be sold at a very low rate'. Sympson moved to Maiden Lane soon afterwards.
[Ref: 57715] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Blacksmith's Forge.]](jpegs/57800.jpg)
[Blacksmith's Forge.]
Done from a Capital Picture of Brouwer in the Collection of B: Cleeve Esq:r By Jas. Mc.Ardell.
Sold by J Mc.Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 2s.
Scarce mezzotint. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Narrow margins, some creasing. Repaired tear.
The interior of a blacksmith's forge: one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; another hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil.
Goodwin: 206.
[Ref: 57800] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)
Done from a Capital Picture of Brouwer in the Collection of B: Cleeve Esq:r By Jas. Mc.Ardell.
Sold by J Mc.Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 2s.
Scarce mezzotint. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Narrow margins, some creasing. Repaired tear.
The interior of a blacksmith's forge: one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; another hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil.
Goodwin: 206.
[Ref: 57800] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)
A Cavern. From the original Transparent Drawing by W.m Orme.
[Published & Sold Sept.r 1, 1798, by Edw.d Orme, Conduit Street, Hanover Sq.r London, Where may be had a variety of Transparent Prints, & new Publications Wholesale & Retail.]
Aquatint, 235 x 310mm (9¼ x 12¼"). Trimmed to image at top, new margin added, trimmed within plate at bottom, losing publication line.
Two fishermen in the mouth of a dark cavern, looking out onto a moonlit lake with a cottage and lit windows at right.
[Ref: 57639] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Published & Sold Sept.r 1, 1798, by Edw.d Orme, Conduit Street, Hanover Sq.r London, Where may be had a variety of Transparent Prints, & new Publications Wholesale & Retail.]
Aquatint, 235 x 310mm (9¼ x 12¼"). Trimmed to image at top, new margin added, trimmed within plate at bottom, losing publication line.
Two fishermen in the mouth of a dark cavern, looking out onto a moonlit lake with a cottage and lit windows at right.
[Ref: 57639] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Roast Chestnut Seller] La Marchande de Marron.](jpegs/57533.jpg)
[The Roast Chestnut Seller] La Marchande de Marron. Ce Dessein est au Cabinet de Mr Damery Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal MIlitaire de St. Louis.
Greuze delin. Beauvarlet Sculp.
A Paris chez Beauvarlet Graveur du Roy rue St. Jacques vis-à-vis celle des Mathurins [n.d., 1762.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark; 410 x 335mm (16 x 13¼"). Pin holes in margins.
A woman cooking and selling roast chestnuts in the street. Jean-Baptiste Greuze's original drawing was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1761.
[Ref: 57533] £280.00
Greuze delin. Beauvarlet Sculp.
A Paris chez Beauvarlet Graveur du Roy rue St. Jacques vis-à-vis celle des Mathurins [n.d., 1762.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark; 410 x 335mm (16 x 13¼"). Pin holes in margins.
A woman cooking and selling roast chestnuts in the street. Jean-Baptiste Greuze's original drawing was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1761.
[Ref: 57533] £280.00
![[Sketch of a cottage.]](jpegs/57577.jpg)
[Sketch of a cottage.]
F.B.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Pen and ink sketch on the trade card of printer Marius Vidal. Sheet 85 x 120mm (3¼ x 4¾"). Remains of album sheet over printing of the trade card.
[Ref: 57577] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
F.B.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Pen and ink sketch on the trade card of printer Marius Vidal. Sheet 85 x 120mm (3¼ x 4¾"). Remains of album sheet over printing of the trade card.
[Ref: 57577] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Representation of an Egyptian Mummy, in the Collection of Rackstrow's Museum Fleet Street.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 285 x 285mm (11¼ x 11¼"). Thread margins, tiny hole in corner of folds.
Three illustrations of an Egyptian mummy, said at the time to be a pharoah's daughter: the front and back of the case and the wrapped figure inside. It was probably published as a souvenir of Benjamin Rackstrow's Museum, 197 Fleet Street, which contained curiosities, waxworks (including one of a dissected pregnant woman) and electrical devices. Rackstrow was colonel of the Trained Bands (Militia) of the City of London, which had an inactive Samuel Johnson in its ranks.
[Ref: 57718] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 285 x 285mm (11¼ x 11¼"). Thread margins, tiny hole in corner of folds.
Three illustrations of an Egyptian mummy, said at the time to be a pharoah's daughter: the front and back of the case and the wrapped figure inside. It was probably published as a souvenir of Benjamin Rackstrow's Museum, 197 Fleet Street, which contained curiosities, waxworks (including one of a dissected pregnant woman) and electrical devices. Rackstrow was colonel of the Trained Bands (Militia) of the City of London, which had an inactive Samuel Johnson in its ranks.
[Ref: 57718] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Engraver preparing his etching plate.]](jpegs/21313.jpg)
[Engraver preparing his etching plate.]
[Sir Hubert von Herkomer.]
[n.d., 1891.]
Etching. 200 x 151mm (7¾ x 6").
An etcher at work, the ghostly outline of his subject floating behind. Etched by Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA (1849-1914) for his 'Etching and mezzotint engraving' volume.
[Ref: 21313] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Sir Hubert von Herkomer.]
[n.d., 1891.]
Etching. 200 x 151mm (7¾ x 6").
An etcher at work, the ghostly outline of his subject floating behind. Etched by Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA (1849-1914) for his 'Etching and mezzotint engraving' volume.
[Ref: 21313] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Fortune Teller]. O Fortune, fair, like all thy treach’rous kind,](jpegs/57528.jpg)
[Fortune Teller]. O Fortune, fair, like all thy treach’rous kind, / But faithless still, and wav’ring as the wind! / O painted monster, form’d mankind to cheat, / With pleasing poison, and with soft deceit!
[n.d., c.1740.]
Rare etching. Sheet 130 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
A fortune teller reads the palm of a young woman. The verse comes from Alexander Pope's paraphrasing of Chaucer's 'Merchant's Tale'.
[Ref: 57528] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1740.]
Rare etching. Sheet 130 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
A fortune teller reads the palm of a young woman. The verse comes from Alexander Pope's paraphrasing of Chaucer's 'Merchant's Tale'.
[Ref: 57528] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A bearded man in a hat] 2.](jpegs/57670.jpg)
[A bearded man in a hat] 2.
[Jo. Henric Sperling Hamburg pinxit. Jo. Jac. Haid sculpsit et excudit A.V.
[Augsburg, Haid, c.1720.]
Scarce mezzotint proof before letters, 18th century watermark. 385 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing inscriptions, trimmed to plate at sides, small tears repaired.
[Ref: 57670] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Jo. Henric Sperling Hamburg pinxit. Jo. Jac. Haid sculpsit et excudit A.V.
[Augsburg, Haid, c.1720.]
Scarce mezzotint proof before letters, 18th century watermark. 385 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing inscriptions, trimmed to plate at sides, small tears repaired.
[Ref: 57670] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Industrious Family. Saturday Evening. Published for the Home and Colonial Infant School Society.
J. Taplin.
London, Barfoor & Co., 295, Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 385 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"), very large margins. Nicks to edges.
An idealised scene of a happy family, published for educational purposes. Teapot and cup on table. 'The Home and Colonial School Society' was founded in 1836, bringing the theories of Swiss educational reformer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi to England.
[Ref: 57771] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Taplin.
London, Barfoor & Co., 295, Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 385 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"), very large margins. Nicks to edges.
An idealised scene of a happy family, published for educational purposes. Teapot and cup on table. 'The Home and Colonial School Society' was founded in 1836, bringing the theories of Swiss educational reformer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi to England.
[Ref: 57771] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Industrious Girl. Published for the Home and Colonial Infant School Society.
J. Taplin.
London, Barfoor & Co., 295, Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 385 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Nicks to edges.
An idealised scene of a girl cleaning her room, an open book on her table. 'The Home and Colonial School Society' was founded in 1836, bringing the theories of Swiss educational reformer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi to England.
[Ref: 57772] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Taplin.
London, Barfoor & Co., 295, Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 385 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Nicks to edges.
An idealised scene of a girl cleaning her room, an open book on her table. 'The Home and Colonial School Society' was founded in 1836, bringing the theories of Swiss educational reformer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi to England.
[Ref: 57772] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Landscape after George Smith of Chichester.]](jpegs/57678.jpg)
[Landscape after George Smith of Chichester.] Engrav'd after an Original Picture of M.r Geo. Smith, in the Possession of M.r Bradford.
G. Smith of Chichester pinxit. James Peake sculpsit.
London, Published 20 May 1774, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer, Map & PrintsSeller, No. 53 Fleet Street [n.d., 1774].
Engraving. Sheet 415 x 515mm (16¼ x 19¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate, some slight soiling.
A landscape with a river, and a gentle waterfall in the foreground. A lone figure sitting beneath trees to right, looks across the water towards a cottage on the left. Other buildings can be seen surrounding the river as it winds into distance, with a castle on a hill in the background. First published by Thomas Bradford in 1764.
[Ref: 57678] £350.00
G. Smith of Chichester pinxit. James Peake sculpsit.
London, Published 20 May 1774, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer, Map & PrintsSeller, No. 53 Fleet Street [n.d., 1774].
Engraving. Sheet 415 x 515mm (16¼ x 19¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate, some slight soiling.
A landscape with a river, and a gentle waterfall in the foreground. A lone figure sitting beneath trees to right, looks across the water towards a cottage on the left. Other buildings can be seen surrounding the river as it winds into distance, with a castle on a hill in the background. First published by Thomas Bradford in 1764.
[Ref: 57678] £350.00
![[A wealthy older man offering coins to a young woman, her hand raised in rejection.]](jpegs/57535.jpg)
[A wealthy older man offering coins to a young woman, her hand raised in rejection.] Dedié à Monseigneur le Prince de Galitzin, Ambassadeur de Russie é la Cour de Vienne Par son trés humble et trés obeissant Serviteur Q. Mark.
peint par Braun. gravé par Q. Mark en 1786.
Engraving. 460 x 330mm (18 x 13"), large margins. Repaired tear in title, creasing below platemark.
A composition in an arched frame, with the old man wearing a fur hat, coins and jewels on the sill, and a parrot sitting on top of its cage. Under the sill is a bas-relief of putti, one of whom holds a mask before his face while the others grab onto a goat.
The painting is now in the Saratov Art Museum, Inv. Ah-65.
[Ref: 57535] £320.00
peint par Braun. gravé par Q. Mark en 1786.
Engraving. 460 x 330mm (18 x 13"), large margins. Repaired tear in title, creasing below platemark.
A composition in an arched frame, with the old man wearing a fur hat, coins and jewels on the sill, and a parrot sitting on top of its cage. Under the sill is a bas-relief of putti, one of whom holds a mask before his face while the others grab onto a goat.
The painting is now in the Saratov Art Museum, Inv. Ah-65.
[Ref: 57535] £320.00
1.re Pastorale.
Le Prince 1769. bit later
Etching with aquatint, with hand colour. 305 x 380mm (12 x 15"), very large margins on 3 sides. Narrow right margin.
A shepherd plays a pipe to his family, dog and resting sheep and cows. Drawn and etched by Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734-81), the possible inventor of aquatint: he first used the technique in 1768, the year before this print.
[Ref: 57651] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Le Prince 1769. bit later
Etching with aquatint, with hand colour. 305 x 380mm (12 x 15"), very large margins on 3 sides. Narrow right margin.
A shepherd plays a pipe to his family, dog and resting sheep and cows. Drawn and etched by Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734-81), the possible inventor of aquatint: he first used the technique in 1768, the year before this print.
[Ref: 57651] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I1.e Pastorale.
Le Prince 1769. bit later.
Etching with aquatint, with hand colour. 305 x 380mm (12 x 15"), very large margins on 3 sides. Narrow right margin.
Two shepherds rest, with three sheep and a goat. Drawn and etched by Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734-81), the possible inventor of aquatint: he first used the technique in 1768, the year before this print.
[Ref: 57652] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Le Prince 1769. bit later.
Etching with aquatint, with hand colour. 305 x 380mm (12 x 15"), very large margins on 3 sides. Narrow right margin.
Two shepherds rest, with three sheep and a goat. Drawn and etched by Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734-81), the possible inventor of aquatint: he first used the technique in 1768, the year before this print.
[Ref: 57652] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Patience. ''Her meek hands folded on her modest breast / In mute Submission lifts th'adoring Eye, / Ev'n to the Storm that wrecks her''. Mason's Caracticus P.15.
Angelica Kauffman Pinx.t. Gul. Wynne Ryland Sculp.t.
Published for the Author May 27.th 1777 at No.159 Strand London.
Stipple. Sheet 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate, a few nicks to edges.
A woman (probably Evilina, daughter of Caractacus), stands barefoot on a rock on the seashore, lightning crossing the sky behind. A scene from 'Caractacus' (1759) by the poet and garden designer William Mason (1725-97). After Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807).
[Ref: 57802] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Angelica Kauffman Pinx.t. Gul. Wynne Ryland Sculp.t.
Published for the Author May 27.th 1777 at No.159 Strand London.
Stipple. Sheet 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate, a few nicks to edges.
A woman (probably Evilina, daughter of Caractacus), stands barefoot on a rock on the seashore, lightning crossing the sky behind. A scene from 'Caractacus' (1759) by the poet and garden designer William Mason (1725-97). After Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807).
[Ref: 57802] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Patience. ''Her meek hands folded on her modest breast / In mute Submission lifts th'adoring Eye, / Ev'n to the Storm that wrecks her''. Mason's Caracticus P.15.]
[Angelica Kauffman Pinx.t. Gul. Wynne Ryland Sculp.t.]
[Published for the Author May 27.th 1777 at No.159 Strand London.]
Stipple, proof before letters, printed in sanguine. Sheet 365 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in left edge.
A woman (probably Evilina, daughter of Caractacus), stands barefoot on a rock on the seashore, lightning crossing the sky behind. A scene from 'Caractacus' (1759) by the poet and garden designer William Mason (1725-97). After Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807).
[Ref: 57803] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Angelica Kauffman Pinx.t. Gul. Wynne Ryland Sculp.t.]
[Published for the Author May 27.th 1777 at No.159 Strand London.]
Stipple, proof before letters, printed in sanguine. Sheet 365 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in left edge.
A woman (probably Evilina, daughter of Caractacus), stands barefoot on a rock on the seashore, lightning crossing the sky behind. A scene from 'Caractacus' (1759) by the poet and garden designer William Mason (1725-97). After Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807).
[Ref: 57803] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Pretty Washerwoman.
London Pub.d by Tregear, 123 Cheapside 1828.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Some staining.
A portrait of a woman in a low-cut dress, working with a washing tub. One of a series of portraits of women in the trades and services titled 'The Pretty...'.
[Ref: 57690] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by Tregear, 123 Cheapside 1828.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Some staining.
A portrait of a woman in a low-cut dress, working with a washing tub. One of a series of portraits of women in the trades and services titled 'The Pretty...'.
[Ref: 57690] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Puck.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Pen & ink sketch on folded letter sheet, side 155 x 100mm (6 x 4"), with printed version; Baskerville vellum wove watermark. Printed version trimmed from booklet cover.
A grotesque, winged Puck, sitting on a toadstool. Apparently a preparatory sketch for the cover illustration of 'Virtue's Imperial Shakespeare', a 40-part illustrated series published by Charles Knight, 'with Illustrations by Cope, R.A. Leslie, R.A., Maclise, R.A. E.M. Ward. R.A. W.P. Frith, R.A. H.S. Marks, A.R.A. and others'.
[Ref: 57783] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1860.]
Pen & ink sketch on folded letter sheet, side 155 x 100mm (6 x 4"), with printed version; Baskerville vellum wove watermark. Printed version trimmed from booklet cover.
A grotesque, winged Puck, sitting on a toadstool. Apparently a preparatory sketch for the cover illustration of 'Virtue's Imperial Shakespeare', a 40-part illustrated series published by Charles Knight, 'with Illustrations by Cope, R.A. Leslie, R.A., Maclise, R.A. E.M. Ward. R.A. W.P. Frith, R.A. H.S. Marks, A.R.A. and others'.
[Ref: 57783] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
William Stutely making his complaint to Robin Hood.
W. Jett
[Birmingham: R. Walker, 1742.]
Engraving. 320 x 205mm (12½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate.
Robin Hood meeting William Stutely and persuading him to join his outlaws, where he became a trusted lieutenant. An llustration to Captain Charles Johnson's 'General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers etc' (1736). The book contains short biographies of both historical and fictitious criminals. It has generally been accepted that Johnson was a pseudonym for another author, although claims that the author was Daniel Defoe have never been proven.
[Ref: 57623] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
W. Jett
[Birmingham: R. Walker, 1742.]
Engraving. 320 x 205mm (12½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate.
Robin Hood meeting William Stutely and persuading him to join his outlaws, where he became a trusted lieutenant. An llustration to Captain Charles Johnson's 'General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers etc' (1736). The book contains short biographies of both historical and fictitious criminals. It has generally been accepted that Johnson was a pseudonym for another author, although claims that the author was Daniel Defoe have never been proven.
[Ref: 57623] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[A ruined tower above a river.]](jpegs/57663.jpg)
[A ruined tower above a river.]
Sanby [sic] inv.t.
Published as the Act directs by Fran.s Vivares Nov.r 4 1780.
Rare etching, printed in sepia, 18th century watermark; 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11"). Slight creasing, small marghins.
Ex Collection of Sarah Baynton-Williams.
[Ref: 57663] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Sanby [sic] inv.t.
Published as the Act directs by Fran.s Vivares Nov.r 4 1780.
Rare etching, printed in sepia, 18th century watermark; 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11"). Slight creasing, small marghins.
Ex Collection of Sarah Baynton-Williams.
[Ref: 57663] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dutch peasants around a fire outside a cottage.]](jpegs/57785.jpg)
[Dutch peasants around a fire outside a cottage.]
[Deutchar]
[n.d., c.1789.]
Etching. 45 x 65mm (1¾ x 2½"). Mounted on album paper.
[Ref: 57785] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[Deutchar]
[n.d., c.1789.]
Etching. 45 x 65mm (1¾ x 2½"). Mounted on album paper.
[Ref: 57785] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Sailor's Family.]](jpegs/57787.jpg)
[A Sailor's Family.]
Rowlandson. 1787.
Rare etching, proof before title; 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Small margins.
A scene in the interior of a cottage, with a sailor and his wife playing with their infant child, with another woman and child behind and a dog by their side. A sword and musket are on a shelf.
Metropolitan Museum 33.7(20), also without title.
[Ref: 57787] £320.00
Rowlandson. 1787.
Rare etching, proof before title; 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Small margins.
A scene in the interior of a cottage, with a sailor and his wife playing with their infant child, with another woman and child behind and a dog by their side. A sword and musket are on a shelf.
Metropolitan Museum 33.7(20), also without title.
[Ref: 57787] £320.00
Flora.
Angelica Kauffman delin.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs July 1 1782 by A. Torre No 44 Market Lane, London. A Paris Chez L Torre Porte St Antoine. A.P.D.R.
Stipple. 370 x 320mm (14½ x 12½"), with large margins.
Three women gathering flowers. Underneath are four lines of verse James Thomson's 'The Seasons'. From a set of Four Seasons, representing Spring. The other plates are: 'Pomona' (Summer), 'Ceres' (Autumn) and 'Winter'.
See 57536 for Summer & 57538 for Winter. De Vesme: 713
[Ref: 57537] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
Angelica Kauffman delin.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs July 1 1782 by A. Torre No 44 Market Lane, London. A Paris Chez L Torre Porte St Antoine. A.P.D.R.
Stipple. 370 x 320mm (14½ x 12½"), with large margins.
Three women gathering flowers. Underneath are four lines of verse James Thomson's 'The Seasons'. From a set of Four Seasons, representing Spring. The other plates are: 'Pomona' (Summer), 'Ceres' (Autumn) and 'Winter'.
See 57536 for Summer & 57538 for Winter. De Vesme: 713
[Ref: 57537] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
Pomona.
Angelica Kauffman del.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs April 15 1782 by A. Torre No 44 Market Lane, London. A Paris Chez L Torre Porte St Antoine. A.P.D.R.
Stipple. 370 x 320mm (14½ x 12½"), with large margins.
Three women under a tree: one plays a tamborine as another picks apples, placing them in the third's apron. Underneath are four lines of verse James Thomson's 'The Seasons'. From a set of Four Seasons, representing Summer. The other plates are: 'Flora' (Spring), 'Ceres' (Autumn) and 'Winter'.
See 57537 for Spring & 57538 for Winter. See 45010 in Sanguine. De Vesme: 715
[Ref: 57536] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Angelica Kauffman del.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs April 15 1782 by A. Torre No 44 Market Lane, London. A Paris Chez L Torre Porte St Antoine. A.P.D.R.
Stipple. 370 x 320mm (14½ x 12½"), with large margins.
Three women under a tree: one plays a tamborine as another picks apples, placing them in the third's apron. Underneath are four lines of verse James Thomson's 'The Seasons'. From a set of Four Seasons, representing Summer. The other plates are: 'Flora' (Spring), 'Ceres' (Autumn) and 'Winter'.
See 57537 for Spring & 57538 for Winter. See 45010 in Sanguine. De Vesme: 715
[Ref: 57536] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Winter.
Angelica Kauffman delin.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs July 1 1782 by A. Torre No 44 Market Lane, London. A Paris Chez L Torre Porte St Antoine. A.P.D.R.
Stipple. 370 x 320mm (14½ x 12½"), with large margins. Repaired tear in margins top left.
Women and children gather around a hearth. Underneath are four lines of verse James Thomson's 'The Seasons'. From a set of Four Seasons. The other plates are: 'Flora' (Spring), 'Pomona' (Summer), 'Ceres' (Autumn) and 'Winter'.
See 57537 for Spring & 57536 for Summer. De Vesme: 716
[Ref: 57538] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
Angelica Kauffman delin.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs July 1 1782 by A. Torre No 44 Market Lane, London. A Paris Chez L Torre Porte St Antoine. A.P.D.R.
Stipple. 370 x 320mm (14½ x 12½"), with large margins. Repaired tear in margins top left.
Women and children gather around a hearth. Underneath are four lines of verse James Thomson's 'The Seasons'. From a set of Four Seasons. The other plates are: 'Flora' (Spring), 'Pomona' (Summer), 'Ceres' (Autumn) and 'Winter'.
See 57537 for Spring & 57536 for Summer. De Vesme: 716
[Ref: 57538] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
![[Shakespeare's Tomb.]](jpegs/57676.jpg)
[Shakespeare's Tomb.]
Ang. Kauffman Pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliment July 1st. 1782. by A. Poggi, London.
Stipple, rare proof before title, printed in sanguine. 440 x 345mm (17¼ z 13½"). Thread margins.
A young woman with wings on her head decorating William Shakespeare's tomb with flowers. Published as a pendant to 'The Birth of Shakespeare' by Kauffman & Bartolozzi.
De Vesme: 1820, between state ii & iii of iv.
[Ref: 57676] £380.00
Ang. Kauffman Pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliment July 1st. 1782. by A. Poggi, London.
Stipple, rare proof before title, printed in sanguine. 440 x 345mm (17¼ z 13½"). Thread margins.
A young woman with wings on her head decorating William Shakespeare's tomb with flowers. Published as a pendant to 'The Birth of Shakespeare' by Kauffman & Bartolozzi.
De Vesme: 1820, between state ii & iii of iv.
[Ref: 57676] £380.00
The Shepherd Boy. Sir William Jones when a youth.
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Agar sculp.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Stipple with hand colour. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate right and bottom.
[Ref: 57624] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Agar sculp.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Stipple with hand colour. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate right and bottom.
[Ref: 57624] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Scotch Shepherdess.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Rare aquatint with very fine colour. Sheet 265 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line?
A pretty shepherdess, barefoot, carrying a child on her back, lookin up at the clouds.
[Ref: 57575] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Rare aquatint with very fine colour. Sheet 265 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line?
A pretty shepherdess, barefoot, carrying a child on her back, lookin up at the clouds.
[Ref: 57575] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![Upper Carniola [Slovenia]](jpegs/57589.jpg)
Upper Carniola [Slovenia]
L. Mansion 1831.
[London: William Spooner, 1832.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 285 x 230mm (11¼ x 9"). Trimmed to printed border, title separated, laid on album sheet.
A young woman in colourful native dress with a picturesque background. Regional Costume Studies from Fancy Ball Dresses, a collection of ethnic designs by Andre Leon Larue, called Mansion (1785-1834)
See: Ref: 22872, 17087
[Ref: 57589] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
L. Mansion 1831.
[London: William Spooner, 1832.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 285 x 230mm (11¼ x 9"). Trimmed to printed border, title separated, laid on album sheet.
A young woman in colourful native dress with a picturesque background. Regional Costume Studies from Fancy Ball Dresses, a collection of ethnic designs by Andre Leon Larue, called Mansion (1785-1834)
See: Ref: 22872, 17087
[Ref: 57589] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Study.
R. Cosway Esq.r R.A. Del.t.
London publish'd Aug.t 12th 1785 by J.R. Smith, No. 83 - Oxford Street.
Rare stipple and soft ground etching, printed in black and red, sheet 235 x 130mm (9¼ x 5"), within separately printed border, as issued, sheet 350 x 250 (13¾ x 9¾). Pin holes in edges, some slight staining.
A woman reading (probably Maria Cosway, the artist's wife), a spaniel by her side. Her skin tones are printed in red.
[Ref: 57552] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
R. Cosway Esq.r R.A. Del.t.
London publish'd Aug.t 12th 1785 by J.R. Smith, No. 83 - Oxford Street.
Rare stipple and soft ground etching, printed in black and red, sheet 235 x 130mm (9¼ x 5"), within separately printed border, as issued, sheet 350 x 250 (13¾ x 9¾). Pin holes in edges, some slight staining.
A woman reading (probably Maria Cosway, the artist's wife), a spaniel by her side. Her skin tones are printed in red.
[Ref: 57552] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Taste. Feast of the Gods] Geschmack. Das Gustunal der Götter. Gustus. Convivium Deorum.](jpegs/57612.jpg)
[Taste. Feast of the Gods] Geschmack. Das Gustunal der Götter. Gustus. Convivium Deorum. Le Gout. Le Repas des Dieux. Il Gusto. Il Convivio dé Dei.
Lodovico Burnacim inv. del. Balthasar Sigmund Setlezky Sculpsit.
Negotium Academiæ Cæs. Francisceæ excudit Aug. Vind. Cum Gratoa et Privilegio Sac. Cæs. Majestatis [Augsburg, n.d., c.1760].
Engraving with hand colour. 295 x 430mm (11½ x 17") very large margins. Some creasing, worm hole in image.
A stage set, with the Olympian gods attending a banquet in a room with walls of smoke and decorated with dishes, served by satyrs. It was engraved by Balthasar Sigmund Setlezky (1695-1771) from one of the 25 stage sets designed by Lodovico Burnacini (1636-1707) for the opera 'Il Pomo d'Oro', by the Italian composer Antonio Cesti with a libretto by Francesco Sbarra, staged 1668.
[Ref: 57612] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Lodovico Burnacim inv. del. Balthasar Sigmund Setlezky Sculpsit.
Negotium Academiæ Cæs. Francisceæ excudit Aug. Vind. Cum Gratoa et Privilegio Sac. Cæs. Majestatis [Augsburg, n.d., c.1760].
Engraving with hand colour. 295 x 430mm (11½ x 17") very large margins. Some creasing, worm hole in image.
A stage set, with the Olympian gods attending a banquet in a room with walls of smoke and decorated with dishes, served by satyrs. It was engraved by Balthasar Sigmund Setlezky (1695-1771) from one of the 25 stage sets designed by Lodovico Burnacini (1636-1707) for the opera 'Il Pomo d'Oro', by the Italian composer Antonio Cesti with a libretto by Francesco Sbarra, staged 1668.
[Ref: 57612] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[In a tent a doctor prepares a salve for a warrior with a poisoned arrow in his thigh, aided by a goddess in a cloud.]](jpegs/57531.jpg)
[In a tent a doctor prepares a salve for a warrior with a poisoned arrow in his thigh, aided by a goddess in a cloud.]
F [clevn] inv. W. Carter fecit.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Trimmed close to printed border, laid on album paper.
A scene, probably from the Trojan War.
[Ref: 57531] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
F [clevn] inv. W. Carter fecit.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Trimmed close to printed border, laid on album paper.
A scene, probably from the Trojan War.
[Ref: 57531] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)