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![[Woman abducted by a god?]](jpegs/46002.jpg)
[Woman abducted by a god?]
EC [ms below image]
[c.1680]
Fine mezzotint, scarce, platemark 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Glued to backing sheet.
[Ref: 46002] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
EC [ms below image]
[c.1680]
Fine mezzotint, scarce, platemark 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Glued to backing sheet.
[Ref: 46002] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Achilles and the daughters of King Lykodemes looking at the gifts sent by Ulysses.]](jpegs/11517.jpg)
[Achilles and the daughters of King Lykodemes looking at the gifts sent by Ulysses.]
Invente et peint par S. le Clerc et grave par E. Jeaurat 1713.
à Paris chez Jeaurat demeurant au bas des fossez St Victor chez Mr. le Brun audit. des Comptes, et chez P. Giffart rue s. Jacques a Ste Therese C.P.R.
Copper Engraving, 370 x 445mm. 14½ x 17½".
A scene from Greek mythology. While the women are looking at the jewels, Achilles (centre right) holds a sword and shield and admires the helmet held by a slave on the right. Six lines of French text below image. Engraved and published in Paris by Edmé Jeaurat (1688 - 1738), who married the sister of the painter of this picture Sébastien Leclerc II (1676 - 1763).
[Ref: 11517] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Invente et peint par S. le Clerc et grave par E. Jeaurat 1713.
à Paris chez Jeaurat demeurant au bas des fossez St Victor chez Mr. le Brun audit. des Comptes, et chez P. Giffart rue s. Jacques a Ste Therese C.P.R.
Copper Engraving, 370 x 445mm. 14½ x 17½".
A scene from Greek mythology. While the women are looking at the jewels, Achilles (centre right) holds a sword and shield and admires the helmet held by a slave on the right. Six lines of French text below image. Engraved and published in Paris by Edmé Jeaurat (1688 - 1738), who married the sister of the painter of this picture Sébastien Leclerc II (1676 - 1763).
[Ref: 11517] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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)
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)
![[Aeneas dispatched to Dido by the gods]](jpegs/45140.jpg)
[Aeneas dispatched to Dido by the gods] Oro liceat dare tuta per undas vela, Virg. AEneid. Lib. 5 [...]
Cotelle pinx. Dans le Cabinet des Bijoux de S.A.R. Monseig. le Duc d'Orleans à S. Cloud
Se vend à Paris chez Limosin rue de Gesvres au grand Coeur avec privil. [c.1750]
Fine engraving, platemark 340 x 285mm (13½ x 11¼") large margins Crease in centre as normal.
Scene from book five of Virgil's 'The Aeneid', with the gods sending the protagonist Aeneas to Dido, queen of Carthage. Aeneas and Dido fall in love, but he is eventually compelled to leave her to found the city of Rome.
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45140] £340.00
Cotelle pinx. Dans le Cabinet des Bijoux de S.A.R. Monseig. le Duc d'Orleans à S. Cloud
Se vend à Paris chez Limosin rue de Gesvres au grand Coeur avec privil. [c.1750]
Fine engraving, platemark 340 x 285mm (13½ x 11¼") large margins Crease in centre as normal.
Scene from book five of Virgil's 'The Aeneid', with the gods sending the protagonist Aeneas to Dido, queen of Carthage. Aeneas and Dido fall in love, but he is eventually compelled to leave her to found the city of Rome.
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45140] £340.00
Philosophers like Fortune-tellers thrive, / Those by false notions, these false flateries live, / And those as oft true vertue do mistake, / As these false auguries, and predictions make.
[Etched by Thomas Dudley after Francis Barlow.]
[London, 1687.]
Etching. Sheet 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, paper toned.
Aesop being beaten by Xanthus for saying he had seen two crows, when only one was in sight. One of thirty-two illustrations to the 2nd edition of 1687 of Barlow's Aesop, showing scenes from his life. Aesop began life as a slave in Samos, owned by Xanthus.
[Ref: 40312] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Etched by Thomas Dudley after Francis Barlow.]
[London, 1687.]
Etching. Sheet 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, paper toned.
Aesop being beaten by Xanthus for saying he had seen two crows, when only one was in sight. One of thirty-two illustrations to the 2nd edition of 1687 of Barlow's Aesop, showing scenes from his life. Aesop began life as a slave in Samos, owned by Xanthus.
[Ref: 40312] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
St Agnes. From the Painting of Domenichino Zampieri, 6 feet 10 inches high, by 5 feet wide, in the Royal Palace at Kensington.
Domenichino Zampieri Pinx.t. Robertus Strange delin.t et sculp.t Londini 1759.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 505 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"), with large margins. Foxing top margin.
St Agnes of Rome, patron saint of chastity, her hands joined in prayer, a cherub with a lamb at her feet and another flying above her, bringing a crown and palm. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Domenico Zampieri, c.1620, now in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.
[Ref: 46536] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Domenichino Zampieri Pinx.t. Robertus Strange delin.t et sculp.t Londini 1759.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 505 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"), with large margins. Foxing top margin.
St Agnes of Rome, patron saint of chastity, her hands joined in prayer, a cherub with a lamb at her feet and another flying above her, bringing a crown and palm. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Domenico Zampieri, c.1620, now in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.
[Ref: 46536] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Agriculture.]](jpegs/50428.jpg)
[Agriculture.]
B. West R.A. Historical Painter to his Majesty pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Historical Engraver to his Majesty sculp.t.
[London Published as the Act directs Oct.r 1789 by B. West, Newman Street.]
Oval etching. Printed area (at most) 515 x 640mm (20¼ x 25¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame, probably trimmed within plate, losing publication line?
An idyllic harvest scene, with figures cutting corn with sickles, binding sheaths, gathering grapes and plouching with oxen. One of nine designs by Bartolozzi for the ceiling of the Queen's Lodge at Windsor, which was pulled down in 1823 by George IV.
De Vesme 1331.
[Ref: 50428] £1,200.00
B. West R.A. Historical Painter to his Majesty pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Historical Engraver to his Majesty sculp.t.
[London Published as the Act directs Oct.r 1789 by B. West, Newman Street.]
Oval etching. Printed area (at most) 515 x 640mm (20¼ x 25¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame, probably trimmed within plate, losing publication line?
An idyllic harvest scene, with figures cutting corn with sickles, binding sheaths, gathering grapes and plouching with oxen. One of nine designs by Bartolozzi for the ceiling of the Queen's Lodge at Windsor, which was pulled down in 1823 by George IV.
De Vesme 1331.
[Ref: 50428] £1,200.00
Amazones Historiques. Défaite de l'Amazone.
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Some faint spotting. Small margins.
A half-naked woman pulled from her horse by a centaur. Her axe lies broken on the ground. Plate 6 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55558] £320.00
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Some faint spotting. Small margins.
A half-naked woman pulled from her horse by a centaur. Her axe lies broken on the ground. Plate 6 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55558] £320.00
Amazones Historiques. Victoire de l'Amazone.
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Some faint spotting. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, swinging an axe down on a centaur. Her saddle cloth is a tiger's skin. Plate 5 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55557] £320.00
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Some faint spotting. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, swinging an axe down on a centaur. Her saddle cloth is a tiger's skin. Plate 5 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55557] £320.00
Amazones Historiques. Chasse au Tigre.
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Some faint spotting. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, swinging an axe down on a tiger biting her horse's haunch. Her saddle cloth is a black panther's skin. Plate 4 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55556] £320.00
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Some faint spotting. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, swinging an axe down on a tiger biting her horse's haunch. Her saddle cloth is a black panther's skin. Plate 4 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55556] £320.00
Amazones Historiques. Combat a l'Arc.
Composé et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, bow drawn, with a lion-skin blanket. Plate 2 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55555] £320.00
Composé et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, bow drawn, with a lion-skin blanket. Plate 2 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55555] £320.00
Amazones Historiques. Camille, Reine des Amazones.
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph, Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, with helmet, sword and tiger-skin blanket. Plate 1 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55554] £320.00
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph, Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, with helmet, sword and tiger-skin blanket. Plate 1 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55554] £320.00
The Listening Genii.
A: Van Assen del et sculpt.
Published, Septr. 15, 1791, by I. Read, Coventry Court, Coventry Strt.
Stipple with etching, sheet 155 x 115mm. 6 x 4½". Trimmed to plate. Soiled.
An angelic harpist in the clouds with two winged putti. After Benedictus Antonio van Assen (c.1767 - c.1817).
[Ref: 12968] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A: Van Assen del et sculpt.
Published, Septr. 15, 1791, by I. Read, Coventry Court, Coventry Strt.
Stipple with etching, sheet 155 x 115mm. 6 x 4½". Trimmed to plate. Soiled.
An angelic harpist in the clouds with two winged putti. After Benedictus Antonio van Assen (c.1767 - c.1817).
[Ref: 12968] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Apollo.]](jpegs/20443.jpg)
[Apollo.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London, Publish'd May 20th; 1783 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No.158 New Bond Street.
Stipple and etching. Plate 160 x 114mm. 6¼ x 4½". Slight damage on left.
Apollo holding a lyre under his arm, plucking a string with his right index finger.
De Vesme: 356; iii/iv.
[Ref: 20443] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London, Publish'd May 20th; 1783 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No.158 New Bond Street.
Stipple and etching. Plate 160 x 114mm. 6¼ x 4½". Slight damage on left.
Apollo holding a lyre under his arm, plucking a string with his right index finger.
De Vesme: 356; iii/iv.
[Ref: 20443] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Ariadne.
W. Hamitton pinx.
London, Published March 25, 1814, by J. Dunford. G.t Newport Str.t.
Coloures stipple, plate 350 x 275mm (13¾ x 11). Trimmed to plate on right, small margins on other three sides.
Ariadne having just been abandoned by Theseus at Naxos leans on rocks and watches his ship leave in turbulent waters. She looks a lot less distraught than she does in other depictions.
[Ref: 60327] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
W. Hamitton pinx.
London, Published March 25, 1814, by J. Dunford. G.t Newport Str.t.
Coloures stipple, plate 350 x 275mm (13¾ x 11). Trimmed to plate on right, small margins on other three sides.
Ariadne having just been abandoned by Theseus at Naxos leans on rocks and watches his ship leave in turbulent waters. She looks a lot less distraught than she does in other depictions.
[Ref: 60327] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ariadne Forsaken.]](jpegs/31087.jpg)
[Ariadne Forsaken.]
[Francis S. Walker.]
[n.d. c.1911.]
Coloured mezzotint, proof before all letters, very large margins. Plate 375 x 178mm (14¾ x 7").
Ariadne forsaken; a young woman in classical dress standing on a seashore, looking ahead forlornly and shielding her eyes with her hand, holding the edge of her cloak with the other; seagulls in the sky.
[Ref: 31087] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
[Francis S. Walker.]
[n.d. c.1911.]
Coloured mezzotint, proof before all letters, very large margins. Plate 375 x 178mm (14¾ x 7").
Ariadne forsaken; a young woman in classical dress standing on a seashore, looking ahead forlornly and shielding her eyes with her hand, holding the edge of her cloak with the other; seagulls in the sky.
[Ref: 31087] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Atalanta and Melanion .] LXXXXV.](jpegs/55485.jpg)
[Atalanta and Melanion .] LXXXXV.
A:D: Gabbiani inven: Santi Pacini Sculps:
[Florence 1762.]
Very fine etching in brown with plate tone, 18th century watemark. 205 x 375mm (8 x 14¾"), with very large margins.
Melanion (Hippomenes) dropping golden apples to slow Atalanta in the race he had to win to marry her. From ''Raccolta di cento pensieri diversi di Anton Domenico Gabbiani''.
[Ref: 55485] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A:D: Gabbiani inven: Santi Pacini Sculps:
[Florence 1762.]
Very fine etching in brown with plate tone, 18th century watemark. 205 x 375mm (8 x 14¾"), with very large margins.
Melanion (Hippomenes) dropping golden apples to slow Atalanta in the race he had to win to marry her. From ''Raccolta di cento pensieri diversi di Anton Domenico Gabbiani''.
[Ref: 55485] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Aurora.]](jpegs/47561.jpg)
[Aurora.]
Guidus Reni pinx. Franciscus Cecchini sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate: 360 x 630mm (14 x 24¾"), with large margins. Creasing in bottom left corner.
A classical scene showing Aurora bringing the new dawn, leading the way for Apollo in his chariot. A 1614 frecso by Guido Reni on the ceiling of Scipio Borghese's Casino dell'Aurora.
[Ref: 47561] £320.00
Guidus Reni pinx. Franciscus Cecchini sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate: 360 x 630mm (14 x 24¾"), with large margins. Creasing in bottom left corner.
A classical scene showing Aurora bringing the new dawn, leading the way for Apollo in his chariot. A 1614 frecso by Guido Reni on the ceiling of Scipio Borghese's Casino dell'Aurora.
[Ref: 47561] £320.00
Bacchanale d'apres une Pierre Antique (Jaspe Sanguin) du Cabinet du Roy, expliquée par Casaubon dans son livre De Satyrica Graecorum et Romanorum Poësi.
Eliz. Cheron Le Hay delin. C. Simonneau maj. sculp. 1713.
Avec Privil. du Roy. [n.d. c.1720.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 190 x 197mm. 7½ x 7¾".
A bacchanale, depicting a musical drunken revel; Bacchus sits on a goat which struggles to bear his weight, supported on either side by satyrs and children. A naked woman plays a tambourine in front and a second plays pipes behind; a third woman picks grapes to the right. Plate 11 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25101] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Eliz. Cheron Le Hay delin. C. Simonneau maj. sculp. 1713.
Avec Privil. du Roy. [n.d. c.1720.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 190 x 197mm. 7½ x 7¾".
A bacchanale, depicting a musical drunken revel; Bacchus sits on a goat which struggles to bear his weight, supported on either side by satyrs and children. A naked woman plays a tambourine in front and a second plays pipes behind; a third woman picks grapes to the right. Plate 11 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25101] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Bacchanale. Agathe du Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue. Non alios utinam peperissent Fata triomphos.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin.
Avex Privil du Roi. [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving. Plate 127 x 146mm. 5 x 5¾". Large margins.
A bacchanale, depicting a musical drunken revel; a large man sits naked on a donkey being led by a child playing music; a satyr behind covers himself and holds a laurel reef over the head of the seated man; a woman behind. Plate 24 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25100] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin.
Avex Privil du Roi. [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving. Plate 127 x 146mm. 5 x 5¾". Large margins.
A bacchanale, depicting a musical drunken revel; a large man sits naked on a donkey being led by a child playing music; a satyr behind covers himself and holds a laurel reef over the head of the seated man; a woman behind. Plate 24 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25100] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Quo me, Bacche, rapis tui Plenum?
Aurel.o Milani del. W. Baillie Sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. 185 x 230mm (7¼ x 9").
Horace, Odes III:25: 'Where are you taking me, Bacchus?'. Here Bacchus sits leaning on a barrel, a faun and cherub behind.
[Ref: 4231] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Aurel.o Milani del. W. Baillie Sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. 185 x 230mm (7¼ x 9").
Horace, Odes III:25: 'Where are you taking me, Bacchus?'. Here Bacchus sits leaning on a barrel, a faun and cherub behind.
[Ref: 4231] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Sleeping Bacchus. In the Drawing Room at Houghton. Size of the Picture F.8 I.0½ by F.10 I8¾ long,
Luca Giordano Pinxit. Rich.d Earlom Sculpsit. [Etched in image:] Luca Giordan.
Published Sep.r 29.th 1780 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 400 x 456mm (15¾ x 18"). Few scratches.
Bacchus, asleep, reclines with his staff and cloak at his side, surrounding him are putti, satyrs, fauna, a young woman and three shepherds and various animals; a woodland scene with mountains in the distance.
[Ref: 30852] £380.00
Luca Giordano Pinxit. Rich.d Earlom Sculpsit. [Etched in image:] Luca Giordan.
Published Sep.r 29.th 1780 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 400 x 456mm (15¾ x 18"). Few scratches.
Bacchus, asleep, reclines with his staff and cloak at his side, surrounding him are putti, satyrs, fauna, a young woman and three shepherds and various animals; a woodland scene with mountains in the distance.
[Ref: 30852] £380.00
Birth of Bacchus.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. Salliar Sculpsit.
Publish'd June 24.th 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, N.º 90, Cheapside London.
Stipple. 355 x 280mm (14 x 11"), very large margins.
A nymph holds a bunch of grapes above the open mouth of the child Bacchus, as a goat watches. In the foreground is his thyrsus and a cup.
[Ref: 62302] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. Salliar Sculpsit.
Publish'd June 24.th 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, N.º 90, Cheapside London.
Stipple. 355 x 280mm (14 x 11"), very large margins.
A nymph holds a bunch of grapes above the open mouth of the child Bacchus, as a goat watches. In the foreground is his thyrsus and a cup.
[Ref: 62302] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bacchus, putti and a satyr.]](jpegs/47428.jpg)
[Bacchus, putti and a satyr.]
Designed & Engraved by C.M. Metz.
Pub. March 1. 1800 No 13 Thayr Street, Manchester Square.
Crayon manner. 250 x 325mm (10 x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
A cherubic Bacchus accidently spills wine from his cup into the mouth of an even-younger satyr, with two other putti behind. To the right is a vat of grapes; by the satyr is a tamborine.
[Ref: 47428] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Engraved by C.M. Metz.
Pub. March 1. 1800 No 13 Thayr Street, Manchester Square.
Crayon manner. 250 x 325mm (10 x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
A cherubic Bacchus accidently spills wine from his cup into the mouth of an even-younger satyr, with two other putti behind. To the right is a vat of grapes; by the satyr is a tamborine.
[Ref: 47428] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Bacchus and Ariadne, dans l'Isle de Naxos.
A.Devéria del. Imp. Lemercier, Benard & Ce.
Paris, chez Bulla éditeur, rue Tiquetonne, 18. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph with superb original hand colour highlighted with gum arabic. Publisher's blind stamp. Printed area 310 x 360mm. Right edge of the wide margins slightly damaged.
Underneath the title is a French text explanation of the scene.
[Ref: 1745] £320.00
A.Devéria del. Imp. Lemercier, Benard & Ce.
Paris, chez Bulla éditeur, rue Tiquetonne, 18. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph with superb original hand colour highlighted with gum arabic. Publisher's blind stamp. Printed area 310 x 360mm. Right edge of the wide margins slightly damaged.
Underneath the title is a French text explanation of the scene.
[Ref: 1745] £320.00
![[Bacchus and Ariadne.]](jpegs/20572.jpg)
[Bacchus and Ariadne.]
B. Cipriani Delin.t F. Bartolozzi Fecit.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 1.st 1786 by W. Dickinson Bond Street.]
Stipple and etching. 157 x 190mm. 6¼ x 7½". Publication line cut, slight foxing.
Bacchus and Ariadne naked seated under a tent embracing and holding cups. A satyr pouring water on the left, with a putti asleep on the right, young child lying on the back of a tiger in the foreground.
De Vesme: 375; iii/vi. See 20573 for earlier state.
[Ref: 20572] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
B. Cipriani Delin.t F. Bartolozzi Fecit.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 1.st 1786 by W. Dickinson Bond Street.]
Stipple and etching. 157 x 190mm. 6¼ x 7½". Publication line cut, slight foxing.
Bacchus and Ariadne naked seated under a tent embracing and holding cups. A satyr pouring water on the left, with a putti asleep on the right, young child lying on the back of a tiger in the foreground.
De Vesme: 375; iii/vi. See 20573 for earlier state.
[Ref: 20572] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Triumphant return of Bacchus to the island of Naxos]](jpegs/44940.jpg)
[Triumphant return of Bacchus to the island of Naxos] Bacchus triomphant retourne dans l'Isle de Naxe [...]
Dessiné et retouché sur le Cuivre, par Eisen aprè un ancien bas-relief d'yvoire de meme grandeur
A Paris, chez Le Rouge, rue des Grands Augustins [c.1760]
Etching, 18th century watermark; platemark 225 x 420mm (8¾ x 16½"). Trimmed to platemark.
Bacchus, god of wine (sat on a cheetah to right) leading a procession of revellers. Etching by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. This is one of few plates that Eisen etched himself- his reputation was established primarily on the basis of his drawings, which were engraved by other to illustrate nearly 400 books including editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 44940] £480.00
Dessiné et retouché sur le Cuivre, par Eisen aprè un ancien bas-relief d'yvoire de meme grandeur
A Paris, chez Le Rouge, rue des Grands Augustins [c.1760]
Etching, 18th century watermark; platemark 225 x 420mm (8¾ x 16½"). Trimmed to platemark.
Bacchus, god of wine (sat on a cheetah to right) leading a procession of revellers. Etching by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. This is one of few plates that Eisen etched himself- his reputation was established primarily on the basis of his drawings, which were engraved by other to illustrate nearly 400 books including editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 44940] £480.00
Beauty directed by Prudence rejects with Scorn the Solicitations of Folly.
Angelica Kauffman pinxit. J.M. Delattre sculpsit.
Published according to Act, 28th Jan.y, 1783 for the Proprietor [Ann Bryer], No 5 Poland Street, Soho.
Fine stipple, printed in sepia. 375 x 320mm (14¾ x 12½"), with large margins.
Beauty pushes away Folly, who is attempting to drape a grape-laden vine over her.
Alexander 146.
[Ref: 61432] £390.00
Angelica Kauffman pinxit. J.M. Delattre sculpsit.
Published according to Act, 28th Jan.y, 1783 for the Proprietor [Ann Bryer], No 5 Poland Street, Soho.
Fine stipple, printed in sepia. 375 x 320mm (14¾ x 12½"), with large margins.
Beauty pushes away Folly, who is attempting to drape a grape-laden vine over her.
Alexander 146.
[Ref: 61432] £390.00
Bellerophon. I am Bellerophon the bold / Who slew Chimæra in her lair; [...]
John Masefield. Judith Masefield.
[n.d., c.1950.]
Broadside, linocut roundel with letterpress verse. Sheet 450 x 215mm (17¾ x 8½"). Crease through image, surface soiling.
A stark black and white image of the Greek hero Bellerophon riding the winged horse Pegasus, illustrating a poem by John Masefield (1878-1967), Poet Laureate 1930-67. The illustration was drawn (and probably cut) by his daughter Judith (1904-88).
[Ref: 52837] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
John Masefield. Judith Masefield.
[n.d., c.1950.]
Broadside, linocut roundel with letterpress verse. Sheet 450 x 215mm (17¾ x 8½"). Crease through image, surface soiling.
A stark black and white image of the Greek hero Bellerophon riding the winged horse Pegasus, illustrating a poem by John Masefield (1878-1967), Poet Laureate 1930-67. The illustration was drawn (and probably cut) by his daughter Judith (1904-88).
[Ref: 52837] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Calchas.
Guarana inu. P.o sc.
Copper engraving, double-plated, plate for image 248 x 190mm, 9¾ x 7½". Plate for border 336 x 272mm. 13¼ x 10¾". Large margins.
Calchus, son of Thestor, was on Argive seer, with a gift for interpreting the flight of birds that he received of Apollo, "as an augur, Calchas had no rival in the camp". He also interprets the entrails of the enemy during the tide of battle.
[Ref: 23869] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Guarana inu. P.o sc.
Copper engraving, double-plated, plate for image 248 x 190mm, 9¾ x 7½". Plate for border 336 x 272mm. 13¼ x 10¾". Large margins.
Calchus, son of Thestor, was on Argive seer, with a gift for interpreting the flight of birds that he received of Apollo, "as an augur, Calchas had no rival in the camp". He also interprets the entrails of the enemy during the tide of battle.
[Ref: 23869] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Oath of Calypso. After in Obedience to the Gods, She Consents to the departure of Ulysses from her Island.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Smith fecit.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Coloured mezzotint. 355 x 255mm. Scratch in image to left of "Calypso's" shoulder.
Angelica (Maria Anna Catharina) Kauffmann [Swiss neoclassical painter, 1741-1807].
D'Oench 106; CLB state ii of ii; not is CS or Whitman. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3542] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Smith fecit.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Coloured mezzotint. 355 x 255mm. Scratch in image to left of "Calypso's" shoulder.
Angelica (Maria Anna Catharina) Kauffmann [Swiss neoclassical painter, 1741-1807].
D'Oench 106; CLB state ii of ii; not is CS or Whitman. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3542] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Allegorical scene with figures studying a map]](jpegs/44930.jpg)
[Allegorical scene with figures studying a map]
Ch. Eisen inv. Aliamet sculp. [c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 150mm (8½ x 6"). Trimmed along platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Allegorical scene 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.
[Ref: 44930] £280.00
Ch. Eisen inv. Aliamet sculp. [c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 150mm (8½ x 6"). Trimmed along platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Allegorical scene 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.
[Ref: 44930] £280.00
Ne Réveillez pas le Chat qui Dort.
Dutallis pinx.t. Parf.t Augrand Sculp.t.
A Paris chez tous les M.ds d'Estampes. Déposée à la Bibliothèque Imp.le [n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple. 275 x 330mm (10¾ x 13"), with very large margins.
A woman leans out from behind a drape to touch a cat asleep on the groin of Cupid sleeping on a bed. ''Don't wake the sleeping cat'' is the French equivalent of ''Let sleeping dogs lie".
[Ref: 55431] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dutallis pinx.t. Parf.t Augrand Sculp.t.
A Paris chez tous les M.ds d'Estampes. Déposée à la Bibliothèque Imp.le [n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple. 275 x 330mm (10¾ x 13"), with very large margins.
A woman leans out from behind a drape to touch a cat asleep on the groin of Cupid sleeping on a bed. ''Don't wake the sleeping cat'' is the French equivalent of ''Let sleeping dogs lie".
[Ref: 55431] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Offering to Ceres]](jpegs/54013.jpg)
[Offering to Ceres]
Pietro Cortona fecit. / Gius. Zocchi. Sc.
[London, 1764.]
Etching, proof before title. 385 x 255mm (15¼ x 10"), with very wide margins. Uncut.
A representation of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, as a young woman wearing a garland of grain crops being offered crops, a pair of lions and a bull by a group of farmers. This is thought to be one of the 41 plates from the Luti Collection.
[Ref: 54013] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Pietro Cortona fecit. / Gius. Zocchi. Sc.
[London, 1764.]
Etching, proof before title. 385 x 255mm (15¼ x 10"), with very wide margins. Uncut.
A representation of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, as a young woman wearing a garland of grain crops being offered crops, a pair of lions and a bull by a group of farmers. This is thought to be one of the 41 plates from the Luti Collection.
[Ref: 54013] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Group of Boys]](jpegs/43418.jpg)
[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 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Chryseis Restored to her Father, parallel text in French]](jpegs/46757.jpg)
[Chryseis Restored to her Father, parallel text in French]
[G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. - F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1786.]
[London, Publish'd June 12.th 1786, by S. Vivares]
A rare stipple, printed in sepia, platemark 390 x 450mm (15¼ x 17¾"). Proof before all letters. Small margins.
Scene from Homer's 'The Odyssey' in which the enslaved Trojan woman Chryseis is returned to her father after Apollo unleashes a plague on her Greek captors. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85). Bartolozzi was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case, getting around the rules by electing Bartolozzi as a painter). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton enticed 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. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal.
Calabi & de Vesme 381 ii/v (before all letters, with etched border). Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire.
[Ref: 46757] £420.00
[G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. - F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1786.]
[London, Publish'd June 12.th 1786, by S. Vivares]
A rare stipple, printed in sepia, platemark 390 x 450mm (15¼ x 17¾"). Proof before all letters. Small margins.
Scene from Homer's 'The Odyssey' in which the enslaved Trojan woman Chryseis is returned to her father after Apollo unleashes a plague on her Greek captors. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85). Bartolozzi was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case, getting around the rules by electing Bartolozzi as a painter). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton enticed 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. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal.
Calabi & de Vesme 381 ii/v (before all letters, with etched border). Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire.
[Ref: 46757] £420.00
Chryseis Restored To Her Father. Chrïseis Rendue a fon Pere. They land, that expiations may be pay'd... With whom Ulysses to the Altar went... Les Nochers jettent... au pied des saints autels... [quotation from Homer's Iliad in English and French.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. F. Bartolozzi sculpx [sic] 1786.
London, Publish'd June 12th. 1787, by S. Vivares No.13, Great Newport Street.
Stipple and etching, 385 x 440mm. 15¼ x 17¼". A fine impression. Repaired top middle near platemark.
A scene from the 'Iliad' epic poem, presumed to be by Homer (9th century BC - 8th century BC; fl.c.): Chryseis, priestess of Apollo on the island of Chryse near Troy, in classical dress, ascending the steps of a colonnaded porch to embrace her father Chryses, who leans forward, wearing a cape decorated with a sun and a laurel wreath. A soldier and a youth stand behind to right, restraining a garlanded bull; women behind them and a girl standing in the left foreground, holding censers. In an oval. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18276] £320.00
G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. F. Bartolozzi sculpx [sic] 1786.
London, Publish'd June 12th. 1787, by S. Vivares No.13, Great Newport Street.
Stipple and etching, 385 x 440mm. 15¼ x 17¼". A fine impression. Repaired top middle near platemark.
A scene from the 'Iliad' epic poem, presumed to be by Homer (9th century BC - 8th century BC; fl.c.): Chryseis, priestess of Apollo on the island of Chryse near Troy, in classical dress, ascending the steps of a colonnaded porch to embrace her father Chryses, who leans forward, wearing a cape decorated with a sun and a laurel wreath. A soldier and a youth stand behind to right, restraining a garlanded bull; women behind them and a girl standing in the left foreground, holding censers. In an oval. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18276] £320.00
![[Mercury with Herse and Aglaurus.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 70.](jpegs/21848.jpg)
[Mercury with Herse and Aglaurus.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 70.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
The god Mercury with Herse, with whom he is in love, and her sister Aglaurus. Engraved by Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) after a sketch in the copy of Claude le Lorrain's 'Liber Veritatis' owned by the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. Commissioned by John Boydell, Richard Earlom engraved the full set between 1774 and 1777, when they were published by Boydell in two volumes, each containing 100 prints, numbered 1-200. A third volume of 100 prints was published by Boydell in 1819, which was numbered separately, containing mezzotints by Earlom after other drawings by Claude in various collections.
[Ref: 21848] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
The god Mercury with Herse, with whom he is in love, and her sister Aglaurus. Engraved by Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) after a sketch in the copy of Claude le Lorrain's 'Liber Veritatis' owned by the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. Commissioned by John Boydell, Richard Earlom engraved the full set between 1774 and 1777, when they were published by Boydell in two volumes, each containing 100 prints, numbered 1-200. A third volume of 100 prints was published by Boydell in 1819, which was numbered separately, containing mezzotints by Earlom after other drawings by Claude in various collections.
[Ref: 21848] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Clytie. In the collection of John Strange Esq.r.
Annibal Caracci Pinxit. John Boydell excudit 1778. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published May 1st, 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple. Sheet size: 305 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed inside plate at top and side edges.
Clytie, sitting on a rock to the right, holding a sunflower, pushing away Cupid with a thorny branch, while he takes her hand, holding a blazing torch. Within a roundel. after Carracci; state with number added and title. Clytie was a character in Greek mythology who became jealous of her lover, the sun god Apollo. To punish her, he transformed her into a sunflower so that she would always face towards him in his daily journey across the skies.
[Ref: 36890] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Annibal Caracci Pinxit. John Boydell excudit 1778. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published May 1st, 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple. Sheet size: 305 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed inside plate at top and side edges.
Clytie, sitting on a rock to the right, holding a sunflower, pushing away Cupid with a thorny branch, while he takes her hand, holding a blazing torch. Within a roundel. after Carracci; state with number added and title. Clytie was a character in Greek mythology who became jealous of her lover, the sun god Apollo. To punish her, he transformed her into a sunflower so that she would always face towards him in his daily journey across the skies.
[Ref: 36890] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Clytie. In the Collection of John Strange Esqr. Size of the Picture 17 inches Diameter.
Annibal Caracci Pinxit. I.B. Michel Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1778. Published May 1st. 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple engraving, 295 x 255mm. Light surface soiling.
Clytia (or Clytie) was a water nymph, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology. She was loved by Apollo. Apollo, having loved her, abandoned her for Leucothea and left her deserted. She was so angered by his treatment that she told Leucothoe's father, Orchamus, about the affair. Since Apollo had defiled Leucothoe, Orchamus had her put to death by burial alive in the sands. Clytie had wanted Apollo back and had wanted to win him back by taking away his new love, but her actions only hardened Apollo's heart against her. She sat naked, with neither food nor drink, for nine days on the rocks, staring at the sun, Apollo, and mourning his departure. After nine days, the suffering turned her yellow and brown, and she was transformed into a sunflower (some researchers claim heliotrope or marigold), which turns its head always to look longingly at Apollo's chariot of the sun. This story is told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
[Ref: 8087] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Annibal Caracci Pinxit. I.B. Michel Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1778. Published May 1st. 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple engraving, 295 x 255mm. Light surface soiling.
Clytia (or Clytie) was a water nymph, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology. She was loved by Apollo. Apollo, having loved her, abandoned her for Leucothea and left her deserted. She was so angered by his treatment that she told Leucothoe's father, Orchamus, about the affair. Since Apollo had defiled Leucothoe, Orchamus had her put to death by burial alive in the sands. Clytie had wanted Apollo back and had wanted to win him back by taking away his new love, but her actions only hardened Apollo's heart against her. She sat naked, with neither food nor drink, for nine days on the rocks, staring at the sun, Apollo, and mourning his departure. After nine days, the suffering turned her yellow and brown, and she was transformed into a sunflower (some researchers claim heliotrope or marigold), which turns its head always to look longingly at Apollo's chariot of the sun. This story is told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
[Ref: 8087] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cupid forging the Bolts of Love.]](jpegs/9645.jpg)
[Cupid forging the Bolts of Love.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple and etching in sepia, proof before all letters, 165 x 120mm. 6½ x 4¾". Some mild staining; glued to album page at corners.
Two winged putti hammer the bolt into shape while a third holds the metal in place over an anvil. Bellows and a fire in foreground to left, two doves above.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9645] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple and etching in sepia, proof before all letters, 165 x 120mm. 6½ x 4¾". Some mild staining; glued to album page at corners.
Two winged putti hammer the bolt into shape while a third holds the metal in place over an anvil. Bellows and a fire in foreground to left, two doves above.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9645] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sleeping Cupid.]](jpegs/46214.jpg)
[Sleeping Cupid.]
Guido Rheni, Pinx.t. Anna Louisa Lane, Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple, rare. Sheet: 260 x 335mm (10¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A classical scene showing the figure of cupid sleeping in a pastoral landscape.
[Ref: 46214] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Guido Rheni, Pinx.t. Anna Louisa Lane, Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple, rare. Sheet: 260 x 335mm (10¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A classical scene showing the figure of cupid sleeping in a pastoral landscape.
[Ref: 46214] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Cupid and Ganymede. From Prior. From the Original Picture, in the Possession of Geo.e Bowles Esq.r.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Tho.s Burke fecit.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1784, by Tho.s Burke, Kemp's Row, Chelsea.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"), with large margins.
Cupid kneels, covering his face in his hands, compaining to his mother Venus that Ganymede has cheated him out of his arrows with false dice. Ganymede, holding the arrows, protests his innocence.
Alexander 170. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60304] £450.00
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Tho.s Burke fecit.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1784, by Tho.s Burke, Kemp's Row, Chelsea.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"), with large margins.
Cupid kneels, covering his face in his hands, compaining to his mother Venus that Ganymede has cheated him out of his arrows with false dice. Ganymede, holding the arrows, protests his innocence.
Alexander 170. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60304] £450.00
Amantium Iræ. The Quarrel of Cupid and Psyche. Engraved by Cap.t Baillie from a most beautiful Cabinet Picture of Nicolo Pousin in the Collection of Wellbore Ellis Agar Esq.r.
Jan.y 1. 1778.
Stipple and soft-ground etching with surface-tone, printed in colours. 245 x 215mm (9¾ x 8½"), large margins. Date weakly inked.
A group of cherubs, two embracing, one holding a fruit, others behind catching butterflies, another leaning over a basket of fruit. Etched by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Having retired from the army in 1761 he devoted himself to printmaking and dealing, specialising in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 49607] £360.00
Jan.y 1. 1778.
Stipple and soft-ground etching with surface-tone, printed in colours. 245 x 215mm (9¾ x 8½"), large margins. Date weakly inked.
A group of cherubs, two embracing, one holding a fruit, others behind catching butterflies, another leaning over a basket of fruit. Etched by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Having retired from the army in 1761 he devoted himself to printmaking and dealing, specialising in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 49607] £360.00
[Amantium Iræ. The Quarrel of Cupid and Psyche. Engraved by Cap.t Baillie from a most beautiful Cabinet Picture of Nicolo Pousin in the Collection of Wellbore Ellis Agar Esq.r.]
[Jan.y 1. 1778.] Bit later.
Stipple and soft-ground etching with surface-tone, rare proof before letters, printed in orange on thin paper. Plate area 225 x 210mm (8¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed into black inscription area at bottom.
A group of cherubs, two embracing, one holding a fruit, others behind catching butterflies, another leaning over a basket of fruit. Etched by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Having retired from the army in 1761 he devoted himself to printmaking and dealing, specialising in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 54243] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Jan.y 1. 1778.] Bit later.
Stipple and soft-ground etching with surface-tone, rare proof before letters, printed in orange on thin paper. Plate area 225 x 210mm (8¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed into black inscription area at bottom.
A group of cherubs, two embracing, one holding a fruit, others behind catching butterflies, another leaning over a basket of fruit. Etched by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Having retired from the army in 1761 he devoted himself to printmaking and dealing, specialising in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 54243] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Cupid and Gamymede. From Prior. [...] From the Original Picture, in the possession of Geo.e Bowles, Esq.r.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Thomas Burke Fecit.
Publish'd Jan.y 1st 1784 by Tho.s Burke, Kemp's Row Chelsea.
Stipple and etching with large margins. 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼").
Cupid, crying with his face in his hands, complains to his mother Venus that Ganymede has cheated him out of his arrows with false dice. Ganymede, holding the arrows, protests his innocence. An illustration to the poem 'Cupid And Ganymede' by Matthew Prior (1664-1721).
[Ref: 29789] £320.00
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Thomas Burke Fecit.
Publish'd Jan.y 1st 1784 by Tho.s Burke, Kemp's Row Chelsea.
Stipple and etching with large margins. 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼").
Cupid, crying with his face in his hands, complains to his mother Venus that Ganymede has cheated him out of his arrows with false dice. Ganymede, holding the arrows, protests his innocence. An illustration to the poem 'Cupid And Ganymede' by Matthew Prior (1664-1721).
[Ref: 29789] £320.00
Cupid and Psyche.
Painted by Jn.o Hoppner Esq:r Portrait Painter to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Engraved by Jn.o Young Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London, Published by Jn.o Young No 58 Upper Charlotte Street Rathbone Place Jan.y 1st. 1793.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 565 x 435mm (22¼ x 17"). Small margins.
Romantic image showing Psyche asleep in a landscape, enveloped in vapour wafting from an open casket at her side, Cupid bending over her.
[Ref: 51164] £690.00
Painted by Jn.o Hoppner Esq:r Portrait Painter to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Engraved by Jn.o Young Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London, Published by Jn.o Young No 58 Upper Charlotte Street Rathbone Place Jan.y 1st. 1793.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 565 x 435mm (22¼ x 17"). Small margins.
Romantic image showing Psyche asleep in a landscape, enveloped in vapour wafting from an open casket at her side, Cupid bending over her.
[Ref: 51164] £690.00
Les Amours trainant aux pieds de Venus le Sanglier qui tua Adonis.
Westall pinxit. Will.m Holl sculpsit.
A Paris chez Bance rue S. Denis, No. 175 pres celle aux Ours.
Colour-printed stipple. Plate: 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾'') very large margins. Tears going into plate at top. Repaired with acid free tape.
A classical scene showing two cherubs pulling the boar which killed Adonis towards Venus.
[Ref: 48093] £360.00
Westall pinxit. Will.m Holl sculpsit.
A Paris chez Bance rue S. Denis, No. 175 pres celle aux Ours.
Colour-printed stipple. Plate: 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾'') very large margins. Tears going into plate at top. Repaired with acid free tape.
A classical scene showing two cherubs pulling the boar which killed Adonis towards Venus.
[Ref: 48093] £360.00
Cupids Education Cupid by Nature form'd a harmless Child [...] 202
N. Foucha Pinx. / J. Johnson fecit. [c.1750]
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Creasing; 'CL-B' collectior's stamp verso, slight staining top.
Copy in reverse of a continental engraving by Desplaces after Nicolas Fouché. The text below explains how cupid (on the right) was brought up by nature (left) to be 'frank, sincere, humane and mild'. But after he was entrusted to Hermes (centre) he 'grew sly malignant', emulating his tutor.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36211] £350.00
N. Foucha Pinx. / J. Johnson fecit. [c.1750]
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Creasing; 'CL-B' collectior's stamp verso, slight staining top.
Copy in reverse of a continental engraving by Desplaces after Nicolas Fouché. The text below explains how cupid (on the right) was brought up by nature (left) to be 'frank, sincere, humane and mild'. But after he was entrusted to Hermes (centre) he 'grew sly malignant', emulating his tutor.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36211] £350.00
Het Ambacht van Cupido.
[Anon, c.1613]
Engraving with letterpress, sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ x 7½"). Glued to backing sheet; text verso (not corresponding to this image wine making).
'Harmonium rerum Amor conservat'. Page from the 1613 edition (reprinted 1615, 1616 and 1619) of 'Ambacht van Cupido' ('The Trade of Cupid') by Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655). At this time Latin was the dominant language used to write poetry in the Netherlands, and Hensius, by writing in Dutch, pioneered the use of the language for poetry.
[Ref: 39413] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon, c.1613]
Engraving with letterpress, sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ x 7½"). Glued to backing sheet; text verso (not corresponding to this image wine making).
'Harmonium rerum Amor conservat'. Page from the 1613 edition (reprinted 1615, 1616 and 1619) of 'Ambacht van Cupido' ('The Trade of Cupid') by Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655). At this time Latin was the dominant language used to write poetry in the Netherlands, and Hensius, by writing in Dutch, pioneered the use of the language for poetry.
[Ref: 39413] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)