Kinderen (Gamboes Mimishe Dansers.). Enfants (Gamboes Danseurs Mimiques.).
A. v. Pers. del. Konl.e. lith. v. C. W. Meiling.
[n.d., c.1850]
Chromolithograph with hand colouring. Sheet: 345 x 400mm, (13½ x 15¾").
Portrait of two Indonesian children dressed up as dancers. From 'Nederlandsch Oost-Indische typen= Types indien neerlandais' after work by Auguste van Pers (1815-1871) a Dutch artist who spent most of his life in the East Indies.
[Ref: 35093] £320.00
Children feeding Chickens.
Picture painted by J. Russel Crayon Painter to his Majesty & his R.H. the Prince of Wales. Walker Foccad. P. W. Tomkins Sculp.t late pupil of Bartolozzi.
London Pub. Ian 1. 1790 by I. Walker Nr. 7 Cornhill & N. 106 New Bond Street Printseller to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Stipple. Plate: 345 x 360mm (13½ x 14''), with very large margins. Repaired hole in middle.
A scene showing two children feeding and playing with chickens.
[Ref: 48101] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Jeû d'enfans. De la Mode, et des ses boutades, Ce Jeû d'enfans rend les excés, Ces atours, malagré leur succés, Sont bien souvent des mascarades.
Peint par Ch. Coypel. gravé par Lepecie.
a Paris chez L'auteur rue St. Jacques au dessus des Jacobins, et chez L. Surugue graveur du Roy rue des Noyers vis avis St. Yves avec privelege du Roy. Le Tableau est dans le Cabinet de Monsieur Fagon Conseiller d'Etat ordinaire, et au Counseil Royal. [n.d., c.1731.]
Engraving with very large margins, rare. Platemark: 450 x 525mm (17¾ x 20½"). Laid on board. Tears and creases to sheet. Light foxing to sheet.
An interior scene within an elegant bedroom. An unusual representation of nine partially naked children masquerading in contemporary fashions and play-acting at adult behaviour. After french painter Charles Antoine Coypel (1694 - 1752), who became 'premier peintre du roi' and director of the Académie Royale in 1747. He received a number of commissions for paintings for the Palais de Versailles.
[Ref: 35784] £450.00
Children at Play. It Often Ends in Sorrow.
C. le White Sculp.
Published Janu.y the 25th 1782 by C. White Stafford Row Pimlico.
Stipple, part printed in colours. 185 x 160mm (7¼ x 6") very large margins.
A small and tearful boy turns from his two female playmates.
[Ref: 53933] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Children at Play.]
W. Hamilton R.A. Del.t P.W. Tomkins Sculp.t late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A.
Publish'd as the Act Directs Jany. 1791 by S Vivaris & Son.
Stipple printed in brown ink, proof before title. Collector's stamp. Plate 220 x 246mm (8¾ x 9¾").
Ex: Adolphe Frederich, Duke of Cambridge (1744-1850), 7th son of George III.
[Ref: 28912] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Children at Play.
[Francesco Bartolozzi.]
[n.d., c.1773.]
Stipple, printed in sepia. Plate: 255 x 230mm (10 x 9"), with large margins
A scene showing three putti playing whilst riding a goat. De Vesme 1250 Variant of IV. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46718] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Children at Their Mothers Grave. Advance sweet innocents, and view that grave! [/] Beneath that rising dust your mother lies; [/] A clay cold silent corps! Pale as the shroud [/] Which now she wears. Dedicated to Noel Desenfans Esq.r, Consul General of Poland in Great Britain, &c. By his most obedient humble Servant John Ogbourne.
Sir Francis Bourgeois pinxit. R.A. John Ogborne sculpsit.
London, published Jan.y 2 1797, by J. Ogborne, No.58 Great Portland Street, & Testolini, No. 73, Cornhill.
Stipple engraving with very large margins. Platemark: 590 x 465mm. (23¼ x 18¼").
A family mourning their mother, two grave-diggers on left. Lines of verse by Joseph Strutt below image. The print is dedicated to Noel Desenfans, who was employed by King Stanislaw of Poland to assemble a collection of paintings (and was appointed Polish Consul General in London). After Stanislaw was forced to abdicate, the paintings eventually formed the basis of th Dulwich Picture Gallery. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28428] £350.00
[Group of Boys]
G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pubd. as the Act directs March. 1 1787 by F. Bartolozzi.
Etching printed in sepia, platemark 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾") very large margins.
Group of boys, catalogued by Calabi and De Vesme as crying at the death of a friend. Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani (it was published in 'A Set of Etchings by Francis Bartolozzi R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the Late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.' in 1788. Calabi & De Vesme 1249.ii
[Ref: 43418] £160.00
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[Boys Fighting]
G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pub'd. as the Act directs Mar.h 1 1787 by F. Bartolozzi.
Etching printed in sepia, platemark 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½") very large margins.
Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani (it was published in 'A Set of Etchings by Francis Bartolozzi R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the Late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.' in 1788. Calabi & De Vesme 1253.iii
[Ref: 43424] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Three children fighting over a bird.]
G.Lairesse Pinxit.
Sold by J.Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d., c.1680.].
Mezzotint. 180 x 170mm.
A reversed copy of a part of Gerard Lairesse's 'Immoderatum Dulce Amarrum' of c.1675. The engraver's name has been removed, but it is believed to be Isaac Beckett. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3650] £380.00
Le Lever des Enfans.
Ch. Eisen inv. Basan excudit
A Paris chez Basan
Fine engraving, sheet 215 x 260mm (8½ x 10¼"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners
Interior scene of children's bedroom, with toy horse in bottom left and one child holding a cat. Fine engraving after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45106] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Children Reading the Inscription, on their Mothers Grave-Stone.
Painted by R.M.Paye. Engraved by W.Ward.
London published June 24th-1785 by J.R.Smith No. 83-Oxford Street.
Mezzotint. 460 x 560mm.
[Ref: 4580] £250.00
(£300.00 incl.VAT)
[Two children playing with a dog]
[French, c.1785]
Stipple printed in sepia, sheet 150 x 170mm (6 x 6¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
Stipple probably copied from a British print by a French engraver.
[Ref: 39845] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
[Two children, one asleep, with a birdcage and cat]
[French, c.1785]
Stipple printed in sepia, sheet 150 x 170mm (6 x 6¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
Stipple probably copied from a British print by a French engraver.
[Ref: 39846] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
[Smile Please.]
[Eileen A. Soper.]
[n.d., c.1925.]
Etching. Proof impression. Platemark: 130 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½") very large margins.
Girl taking photograph of companion with a scottish terrier. Eileen Alice Soper (1905 - 1990) was an etcher and illustrator of children's and wildlife books. She produced a series of etchings, mainly of children playing, and illustrated books for other writers, notably for Enid Blyton and Elizabeth Gould.
[Ref: 40119] £360.00
[A boy and his dog.] [&] [A girl and her dog.] d'apres le Tableau de Mr. Greuze Peintre/ par C.G. Schultze [&] ...par P.C. Ingouf.
A Paris ches Chereau rue de Mathurins [&] ...rue S. Jacques [n.d., c.1775].
Pair of engravings, each c.240 x 180mm, 9½ x 7". Full margins.
The boy wears a hat and has been playing a game with his spaniel - he holds a whip and ball. The young girl is dressed in night clothes, seated on a chair and holding a toy dog on her lap. After Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725 - 1805).
[Ref: 22746] £330.00
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[Two children with sheep]
PLombart Academiae sculpsit et ex. cum Privil. Regis [c.1650]
Engraving, platemark 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"). Repaired tears to top margin.
Fine decorative engraving by Pierre Lombart (1613-82), French engraver who spent much of his career in London, admired particularly for his set of twelve countesses after Van Dyck.
[Ref: 44009] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Children's Ball.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Chromolithograph with some figures pasted on. Sheet 185 x 265mm (7¼ x 10½"). Trimmed to image and around title.
A dance, with a conductor and orchestra, overseen by adults.
[Ref: 56619] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Childrens' disguises] Deguisements enfantins. A Messire Jean-Louis-Etienne d'huteau Chevalier &. [...]
F. Eisen le Pere pinx. N. Dupuis Sculp.
A Paris chez Buldet, rue de Gevres [c.1762]
Engraving, platemark 430 x 305mm (17 x 12"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border with three children in fancy dress. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pere' [father] on this print.
[Ref: 44958] £520.00
English Landscape Scenery; An Advanced Drawing Book. Twenty-Four Sketches from Nature. By George Childs.
London: David Bogue, 86, Fleet Street, late Tilt & Bogue [n.d., c.1845].
Oblong 4to (195 x 285mm, 7¾ x 11¼), green cloth gilt; letterpress title and 24 lithographic plates, as called for. Hinges strained, one plate loose and battered, spotting throughout.
A book of rustic scenery, mostly in Kent and the South-East, but also Wales, drawn and lithographed by George Childs (1800-75).
[Ref: 60684] £360.00
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[Image of Virgin and Child worshipped by Araucanians] Vera efigies alterius, quae in rupis cavitate in modum capellae concameratae [...]
[Anon., c.1640]
Engraving, platemark 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼") very large margins.
Native Americans worship an image of the Virgin and Child supposedly found in a cliff in Chile. Plate from 'Historica relacion del Reyno de Chile y de las missiones y ministerios que exercita en él la Compañía de Jesus' (1645) by the Chilean Jesuit priest Alonso de Ovalle.
[Ref: 46083] £360.00
La Corvette la Bonite. (au Cap Horn).
Dessiné par Lauvergne. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et C.ie. Lith. par Lauvergne.
Arthus Bertrand éditeur. London. Ackermann et C.o 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾") very large margins.
A view of the 'Bonite' out on the sea near Cape Horn. Plate 15 from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47189] £180.00
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Iles et Bancs de Glace. Cap Horn.
Dessiné par Lauvergne. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et C.ie. Lith. par Sabatier.
Arthus Bertrand éditeur. London. Ackermann et C.o 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins.
A view showing icebergs in the sea near Cape Horn. Plate 14 from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47190] £230.00
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A Trademan's Wife of Chili. [Plate V?]
[London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 101, Strand, 1819.]
Fine hand-coloured aquatint with etching and large margins. Plate 247 x 190mm. 9¾ x 7½".
A woman of middle class; wife to a tradesman. From 'Letters from Buenos Ayres and Chili, with and Original History of the Latter Country. Illustrated with Engravings'.
[Ref: 23597] £160.00
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Home dress of a Lady of rank her Servant of Chili. [Plate VI.]
[London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 101, Strand, 1819.]
Hand-coloured aquatint with etching. Plate 242 x 190mm. 9½ x 7".
A woman of high class seated in a chair holding a reef; her servant to the left standing holding a small basket. From 'Letters from Buenos Ayres and Chili, with and Original History of the Latter Country. Illustrated with Engravings'.
[Ref: 23598] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Palace.
U.S.N. Ast. Exp.n Plate IV.
P.S. Duval & Co's Steam lith. Press Phil. [n.d. c.1852.]
Lithograph. 222 x 292mm. 8¾ x 11½".
Made after an astronomical expedition by the United States Navy in 1852. The Palace in Chile.
[Ref: 20781] £90.00
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Plan of a Bay and Harbour on the Coast of Chili: Discovered by a Victualler to Commodore Anson's Squadron in the South Sea, 1741.
R.W. Seale sculp.
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraved map. 280 x 370mm (11 x 14½"). Folded as issued, backed on paper.
George Anson's circumnavigation, 1740-44, was one of the last great buccaneering voyages, an official expedition to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases but, more importantly, plunder their shipping. A main target was one of the richly-laden Manila galleons that crossed between Acapulco in Mexico and Manilla the Philippines. A stroke of luck presented them with one laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43994] £140.00
Arucano, Native of Chili. D.r Prichard's Natural History of Man. Plate XLI.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 145mm (9 x 5¾"0.
A Mapuche of the Araucanía region of Chile.
[Ref: 56215] £65.00
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Merchant's Ladies of Chili. [Plate IV.]
[London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 101, Strand, 1819.]
Fine hand-coloured aquatint with etching and large margins. Plate 242 x 190mm. 9½ x 7½".
Two women of society in conversation, dressed in European attire; merchant's wives. From 'Letters from Buenos Ayres and Chili, with and Original History of the Latter Country. Illustrated with Engravings'.
[Ref: 23595] £160.00
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Watering Place Juan Feniandez.
Drawn by Maria Graham. Engraved by Edwd. Finden.
[1824.]
Aquatint, sheet 170 x 205mm. 6¾ x 8". Trimmed within plate. Slightly soiled.
A view in Chile. From a drawing by Maria, Lady Callcott (1785 - 1842), who sailed for South America in the ship Doris in 1821 in the company of her first husband Captain Graham. Graham died off Cape Horn in April 1822, and his widow proceeded to Valparaiso, where she remained as instructress to Donna Maria from 22 November 1822 to January 1823. Soon afterwards she came back to England, engaged in literary work, and on 20 February 1827 married Augustus Wall Callcott, the artist. Plate XIII to 'Journal of a residence in Chile, during the year 1822; and a voyage from Chile to Brazil, in 1823.' London, 1824. Abbey Travel: 714, 13. British Library: 001483390.
[Ref: 10257] £50.00
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Chili, La Plata and Part of Bolivia.
Engraved by S.Hall, Bury Street, Bloomsbury.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Engraved map with original colour. 400 x 260mm, 15¾ x 10¼".
Bolivia still has access to the sea, before it lost land in the War of the Pacific (1879-83).
[Ref: 13236] £80.00
[Chile] Jeneral José Miguel Carrera, Primer Presidente de la Rupública de Chile. José Migl. Carrera [facsimile signature.]
H. Meyer [inside image.] Imp. Bertauts, Paris.
[n.d. c.1820.]
A very rare lithograph with large margins, 642 x 483mm. 25¼ x 19".
Full-length portrait, right hand resting on a map on which is marked 'Chile', 'Argentina' and 'Patagonia'. José Miguel Carrera Verdugo (1785-1821) was a Chilean general, and considered one the founders of independent Chile. He was the most important leader of the Chilean War of Independence. After the Spanish Reconquista he continued campaigning from exile, but was eventually betrayed and executed in Mendoza by the pro-San Martin military forces of the United Provinces of South America.
[Ref: 15182] £380.00
The Port of Callao, in the South Sea; with the Adjacent Islands, Rocks & Coasts, to Windward and Leeward, and the Soundings in Fathoms:
Drawn by Order of His Catholic Majesty.
[Gentleman's Magazine, London. 1753.]
Copper engraving. Image 208 x 362mm. 8¼ x 14¼". Cut along the left-hand edge. Three vertical folds. One horiztontal fold.
The coast of Peru from the Port of China to Tomocayo Point, showing Callao near Limea, and the Island of St Lorenzo and other landmarks such as the Old Men's Port.
[Ref: 17096] £95.00
Quebrada de Cassipi.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1830. I.A: Sedlmayr München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1834.]
Rare lithograph. 464 x 629mm (18¼ x 24¾"). Some small tears and creasing. Spotting.
The south-west view from the terrace of the home of Cassapi. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 15172] £230.00
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The Game of Porotos.
G. Bramati inisce. Fumagatti F.A.T.
[n.d. c.1827]
Coloured aquatint and etching in mount. 171 x 229mm. 6¾" x 9".
Indian natives from Chile playing Porotos. From 'Le Costum Ancien et Moderne', plate 29 by Dr. Jules Ferrario, Milan 1827.
[Ref: 8694] £120.00
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Thal von Concon und Campana da Quillota.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1827. I.A. Sedlmayr München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1834.]
Rare lithograph, watermark Thurneisen. Sheet 435 x 585mm (17 x 23") very large margins. Centre fold.
The Quillota valley, Valparaiso, Chile. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 52542] £160.00
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[Chile] Panoramic View from the Summit of Santa Lucia, (Santiago.).
Drawn from Camera Sketches by E.R. Smith. T. Sinclair's Lith.
[Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855.]
Tinted lithograph with touches of original hand colour, on three sheets conjoined, total 290 x 1750mm (11½ x 69"). Folded as issued, backed on linen.
A view of Santiago, the capital of Chile, from Santa Lucía Hill in the centre of the city. The touches of original colour highlight flags including two Chilean flags and a Stars and Stripes, clothing on the staffage and one cactus. The plate fails to be a true panorama by about 3cm, the width of one end margin. It was published in the first volume of 'The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52', titled 'Chile: its geography, climate, earthquakes, government, social condition, mineral and agricultural resources, commerce, etc.', written by James Melville Gilliss, superintendant of the expedition.
[Ref: 66618] £260.00
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The Mint. U.S.N.Ast. Exp. Plate III.
P.S. Duval & Co. steam lith. press Philad[elphia, USA]. [n.d., c.1852.]
Sepia-tnted lithograph, image 160 x 240mm. 6¼ x 9½". Lower extremity slightly bumped. Trace of crease through left side of image.
The Mint, Santiago, Chile, South America; military and civilian figures in the foreground. For an astronomical survey expedition by the United States Navy in 1852. LoC: 2003655331.
[Ref: 25593] £95.00
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Thal Der Silla Velluda.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1829. I.A: Sedlmayr München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1834.]
Rare lithograph. 464 x 629mm (18¼ x 24¾"). Some small tears and creasing. Spotting.
Silla Velluda, the highest mountain in Laguna del Laja National Park, Chile. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 15170] £230.00
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Fort von Tvun Leuvu in Chile.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1829. J.N. Ott München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1834.]
Rare lithograph, watermark Thurneisen. Sheet 435 x 585mm (17 x 23") with very wide margins Centre fold.
A fort in the Bío Bío Region of Chile. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 52545] £180.00
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Basaltgebirge von Tvun-Leuvu.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1828. I.A. Sedlmayr München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1834.]
Rare lithograph, watermark Thurneisen. Sheet 435 x 585mm (17 x 23") with very wide margins. Centre fold.
Basalt rock in the Andes of Chile. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 52539] £160.00
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Uspallata.
R.Elwes del et lith. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton
[London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street] [c.1854]
Lithograph and tintstone, printed area 120 x 180mm (4½ x 7"). Proof before publication line added?
Uspallata, a village in Argentina on the route through the Andes between Mendoza and Santiago, Chile by Robert Elwes (1819-1878) a Victorian traveller.
[Ref: 45592] £90.00
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Verduero. [&] Huaso. [&] Panadero.
Inez Buchanan.
[Active 1903-19.]
Set of 3 watercolours signed in pencil. Sheets: 200 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾''). Foxing on verso.
Three watercolours depicting Chilean tradesmen including a Huaso, or horseman, a Verdulero, or greengrocer riding a donkey laden with bags of vegetables and a baker, also riding a donkey.
[Ref: 49508] £360.00
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Costume of a Chilian Peasant preparaing to throw the Lazo.
London Published by F. Kennedy, 27, King St Holborn. Printed by C. Kellow, 13, Red Lion St, Holborn.
Lithograph, sheet 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼").
Unusual and scarce costume print.
[Ref: 41656] £140.00
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Chateau de Chillon.
Winterlin pinx.t J.J. Tanner sculp.t
Hasler & C.ie éditeurs à Bale.
Aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 210 x 255mm (8¼ x 10"). Slight foxing.
A landscape view of Castle Chillon on Lake Geneva. The Château de Chillon (Chillon Castle) is an island castle located on the shore of Lake Geneva in the commune of Veytaux, at the eastern end of the lake, 3 km from Montreux, Switzerland. The castle consists of 100 independent buildings that were gradually connected to become the building as it stands now. The castle was made popular by Lord Byron, who wrote the poem The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) about François de Bonivard, a Genevois monk and politician who was imprisoned there from 1530 to 1536. After Anton Winterlin (1805-94), Swiss artist based in Basle.
[Ref: 41107] £95.00
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Vue du Chateau de Chillon.
J. Weibel fc.
1818.
Etching with fine hand colouring. Size: 209 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Trimmed around image and text. Small rust spot in centre of image.
A landscape view of Castle Chillon on Lake Geneva. The Château de Chillon (Chillon Castle) is an island castle located on the shore of Lake Geneva in the commune of Veytaux, at the eastern end of the lake, 3 km from Montreux, Switzerland. The castle consists of 100 independent buildings that were gradually connected to become the building as it stands now. The castle was made popular by Lord Byron, who wrote the poem The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) about François de Bonivard, a Genevois monk and politician who was imprisoned there from 1530 to 1536. By Swiss landscape painter and printmaker, Samuel Jakob Weibel (1771 - 1846).
[Ref: 31915] £160.00
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Iacobus Chimarrhaeus S.R.E. Protn. Comes Pal: Aplus: Et Emp. Eques Auratae Militiae, Eleemosiinarius Caes: Maior. Aeta. Lix. Domat Omnia Virtus. M.D.C.I.
[S. Caes. Mtis. sculptor Aeg. Sadeler ad viuum delineavit, et D.D. Pragae.]
[Marco Sadeler excudit.] [n.d. c.1601.]
Engraving. 165 x 127mm. 6½ x 5". Cut.
Portrait of the preacher Jacobus Chimarrhaeus (1542-1614), aged 59, half-length slightly turned to left, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and beard; in lettered oval with coats of arms and headgear in four corners. Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25256] £50.00
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le Ramoneur. Ce visage à geule beante Dans les rues crie pour trante, Ramones cy, ramones la, lalala, . La cheminee du haut en bas.
J. Bonnart fecit. Chez H. Bonnart, rue S.t Iacques vis a vis le Mathurins avec privil.
Paris, [n.d. c.1675-1700].
Etching with engraving, 17th century watermark. 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½") very large margins. Some staining. Crease.
A chimney sweep crying his trade in the street. Engraved by Jean-Baptiste Bonnart and published by Henri Bonnart II from a series of 215 prints of figures in a wide variety of contemporary French costume and fashion.
[Ref: 54895] £130.00
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Seyley, The Chimney Sweeper.
Pub.d Sept. 16, 1813, by R.S.Kirby, 11 London House Yard.
Etching. 200 x 125mm (8 x 5"). Small margin on left.
A later version of a print from the 1688, 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life.' Portrait of a chimney sweep walking to right with brushes over his shoulder; with sack slung over his left shoulder; wearing wide brimmed hat and simple clothes; behind him stands a boy
[Ref: 66000] £70.00
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The Muff. Dont you think I am very genteel? _ Vastly so, Brother.
Williams fect.
Printed and Published by W. Belch, 256, High Street, Borough, London. [n.d., c.1810.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 240 x 190mm. 9½ x 7½". Trimmed to plate. Some soiling/staining.
Social satire; two chimney sweeps, their faces blackened with soot, enjoy the feel of a lady's muff, a domestic servant behind.
[Ref: 11627] £110.00
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