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J'ay une grande faim de vous revoir et de tout voir.
Escobard inv. J.B. Girard.Sc
[n.d., c.1770.]
Etching, sheet 255 x 180mm. 10 x 7". Trimmed to plate and glued to album page. Four worm holes.
A French cleric inside a church apparently seducing a young woman in a confessional. Rather than merely a satirical comment on morality in the French church, this seems to be a representation of Father Girard, a Jesuit priest, and Charlotte Cadiere, who were involved in a scandalous liason around 1730.
[Ref: 11834] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Escobard inv. J.B. Girard.Sc
[n.d., c.1770.]
Etching, sheet 255 x 180mm. 10 x 7". Trimmed to plate and glued to album page. Four worm holes.
A French cleric inside a church apparently seducing a young woman in a confessional. Rather than merely a satirical comment on morality in the French church, this seems to be a representation of Father Girard, a Jesuit priest, and Charlotte Cadiere, who were involved in a scandalous liason around 1730.
[Ref: 11834] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The French Conscript.
Painted by Tho.s Stothard R.A. Engraved by Jn.o Young Engraver on Mezzotint to his R.l H. the Prince of Wales.
London Jan.y 1st 1800 by Jn.o Young No 58 Upper Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square.
Fine mezzotint, printed in colours. 510 x 630mm (20 x 24¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Some toning of paper, platemark repaired upper left, pinholes in inscription area.
A young man is pulled away from his rustic family.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43491] £380.00
Painted by Tho.s Stothard R.A. Engraved by Jn.o Young Engraver on Mezzotint to his R.l H. the Prince of Wales.
London Jan.y 1st 1800 by Jn.o Young No 58 Upper Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square.
Fine mezzotint, printed in colours. 510 x 630mm (20 x 24¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Some toning of paper, platemark repaired upper left, pinholes in inscription area.
A young man is pulled away from his rustic family.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43491] £380.00
The French Conscripts.
J.A. Atkinson Del. M. Dubourg Sculp.t.
Published & Sold June 4th 1817, by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street, corner of Brook St. London.
Coloured aquatint. 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"), with large margins watermarked 'J Whatman 1816'. Mint
Soldiers pull young men from their rural home, probably to reinforce Napoleon Bonaparte's army for the Hundred Days. From Orme's ''Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes, of Personal Valour, Bravery, and particular Incidents which occurred to the Armies of Great Britian and her Allies, in the last long-contested War, terminating with the Battle of Waterloo''. John Augustus Atkinson (1775-1830) was a British etcher, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He spent 1784-1801 in Russia with James Walker who is thought to be his uncle. After returning to London in 1801, he made prints after his works, of Russian subjects, and made outline etchings for other artists. He also executed paintings on military subjects and battles.
[Ref: 55803] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J.A. Atkinson Del. M. Dubourg Sculp.t.
Published & Sold June 4th 1817, by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street, corner of Brook St. London.
Coloured aquatint. 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"), with large margins watermarked 'J Whatman 1816'. Mint
Soldiers pull young men from their rural home, probably to reinforce Napoleon Bonaparte's army for the Hundred Days. From Orme's ''Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes, of Personal Valour, Bravery, and particular Incidents which occurred to the Armies of Great Britian and her Allies, in the last long-contested War, terminating with the Battle of Waterloo''. John Augustus Atkinson (1775-1830) was a British etcher, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He spent 1784-1801 in Russia with James Walker who is thought to be his uncle. After returning to London in 1801, he made prints after his works, of Russian subjects, and made outline etchings for other artists. He also executed paintings on military subjects and battles.
[Ref: 55803] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Homme du peuple à Valence.
H. le Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼'') very large margins.
A costume plate showing the dress of a man of Valence in France, the man is shown wearing a hat with a large brim, a cape and smoking a cigar.
[Ref: 48247] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
H. le Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼'') very large margins.
A costume plate showing the dress of a man of Valence in France, the man is shown wearing a hat with a large brim, a cape and smoking a cigar.
[Ref: 48247] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Mon.r le Medicin. 2.
Pubd. accor to Act of Parllt. June 13th. 1771 by Mdarly 39 Strand.
Etching. 178 x 109mm (7 x 4¼"). Cut to platemark.
A French doctor with a huge umbrella under his arm, a syringe in his pocket, taking a pinch of snuff.
BM Satires: 4670.
[Ref: 38202] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. accor to Act of Parllt. June 13th. 1771 by Mdarly 39 Strand.
Etching. 178 x 109mm (7 x 4¼"). Cut to platemark.
A French doctor with a huge umbrella under his arm, a syringe in his pocket, taking a pinch of snuff.
BM Satires: 4670.
[Ref: 38202] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Allegory of the French Empire dedicated to Anne of Austria.]
J. Heyden excudibat.
[n.d., c.1625.]
Rare engraving. 320 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). With the ink collector's stamp of Alfred Morrisson). Narrow margins. Crease in centre, slightly visable from front.
An allegorical plate of the French Empire dedicated to Anne of Austria (1601-60, wife of Louis XIII and mother of Louis XIV) by the author Martin Meurisse. Centred around a portrait of the queen are figures of the Virtues, Europa astride the bull and others sitting on tiers, with notes in Latin and French. The two coats of arms are the Royal Crest and the emblem of the Franciscans. Underneath, the French text dedication explains the meaning of the plate. The author was Bishop Martin Meurisse (1584-1644), a Franciscan philosopher and theologian who published theses on Logic, Physics, Metaphysics and Ethics between 1613 and 1618, each illustrated with prints such as these. Alfred Morrisson (1821-1897), described by Lugt as 'one of the most relentless collectors of his time', formed his print collection between 1860 and 1878; the Print Room of the British Museum acquired 455 rare prints from the collection before the rest was dispersed by Sothebys between 1917-19.
Lugt: L151.
[Ref: 44981] £750.00
J. Heyden excudibat.
[n.d., c.1625.]
Rare engraving. 320 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). With the ink collector's stamp of Alfred Morrisson). Narrow margins. Crease in centre, slightly visable from front.
An allegorical plate of the French Empire dedicated to Anne of Austria (1601-60, wife of Louis XIII and mother of Louis XIV) by the author Martin Meurisse. Centred around a portrait of the queen are figures of the Virtues, Europa astride the bull and others sitting on tiers, with notes in Latin and French. The two coats of arms are the Royal Crest and the emblem of the Franciscans. Underneath, the French text dedication explains the meaning of the plate. The author was Bishop Martin Meurisse (1584-1644), a Franciscan philosopher and theologian who published theses on Logic, Physics, Metaphysics and Ethics between 1613 and 1618, each illustrated with prints such as these. Alfred Morrisson (1821-1897), described by Lugt as 'one of the most relentless collectors of his time', formed his print collection between 1860 and 1878; the Print Room of the British Museum acquired 455 rare prints from the collection before the rest was dispersed by Sothebys between 1917-19.
Lugt: L151.
[Ref: 44981] £750.00
French Engravers of the Eighteenth Century. Ninety-seven Illustrations with an Introduction by Archibald Younger.
Otto Sculze and Company. 20 South Frederick St., Edinburgh. [n.d. c.1929.]
4to, orginal cloth gilt with illustrated label; pp. xxxiv, with 97 b/w plates.
A concise account of the works of the French engravers of the 18th century.
[Ref: 59941] £35.00
Otto Sculze and Company. 20 South Frederick St., Edinburgh. [n.d. c.1929.]
4to, orginal cloth gilt with illustrated label; pp. xxxiv, with 97 b/w plates.
A concise account of the works of the French engravers of the 18th century.
[Ref: 59941] £35.00
Entrée des Français a Venise, en Floreal, An 5.
Dessiné par Carle Vernet. Gravé à l’eau forte par Duplessi-Bertaux. Terminé par Delaunay le jeune
[Paris: Auber, c.1804.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 315 x 430mm (12¼ x 17"). Trimmed within plate.
The French army marching through St Mark's Square on the 16th May 1797. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 49008] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par Carle Vernet. Gravé à l’eau forte par Duplessi-Bertaux. Terminé par Delaunay le jeune
[Paris: Auber, c.1804.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 315 x 430mm (12¼ x 17"). Trimmed within plate.
The French army marching through St Mark's Square on the 16th May 1797. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 49008] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Le Souhait De La Bonne Annee Au Grand Papa.
Canot pinx. J. Ph. Le Bas Sculp.
A Paris chez J. Ph. Le Bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roy. Et a Rouen chez J.B. Descamps vis-a-vis S. Amand. 1747.
Etching and engraving, 18th century watermark, 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate. Water stain in title area.
A French interior scene: two children give a birthday present to their grandfather, who sits by a fireplace with tea or coffee on the table in front of him. A handsome clock adorns the mantelpiece. After Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707 - 1783).
[Ref: 53576] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Canot pinx. J. Ph. Le Bas Sculp.
A Paris chez J. Ph. Le Bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roy. Et a Rouen chez J.B. Descamps vis-a-vis S. Amand. 1747.
Etching and engraving, 18th century watermark, 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate. Water stain in title area.
A French interior scene: two children give a birthday present to their grandfather, who sits by a fireplace with tea or coffee on the table in front of him. A handsome clock adorns the mantelpiece. After Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707 - 1783).
[Ref: 53576] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Le Souhait de la Bonne Annee au Grand Papa.
Canot pinx. J. Ph. Le Bas Sculp.
A Paris chez J. Ph. Le Bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roy. Et à Rouen chez J.B. Descamps vis-à-vis S. Amand. 1747.
Engraving. 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"). Fine, with very large margins.
A French interior scene: a girl gets a birthday present from her grandfather, while her brother looks on. A handsome clock adorns the mantelpiece. A real tennis racquet on chimney piece. After Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707 - 1783).
[Ref: 32652] £280.00
Canot pinx. J. Ph. Le Bas Sculp.
A Paris chez J. Ph. Le Bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roy. Et à Rouen chez J.B. Descamps vis-à-vis S. Amand. 1747.
Engraving. 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"). Fine, with very large margins.
A French interior scene: a girl gets a birthday present from her grandfather, while her brother looks on. A handsome clock adorns the mantelpiece. A real tennis racquet on chimney piece. After Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707 - 1783).
[Ref: 32652] £280.00
La Visite a la Campagne.
[France, c.1830.]
Lithograph, sheet 240 x 340mm. 9½ x 13½".
A French family visiting a farmyard; the scenes features cows, pigs and chickens, as well as a woman churning milk far right. An attractive piece of French popular printing.
[Ref: 13827] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[France, c.1830.]
Lithograph, sheet 240 x 340mm. 9½ x 13½".
A French family visiting a farmyard; the scenes features cows, pigs and chickens, as well as a woman churning milk far right. An attractive piece of French popular printing.
[Ref: 13827] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Femme de qualite en grisette.
I. D. De St. Iean delin. 1683.
Avec Privilege du Roy. Se Vend A Paris sur le quay Pelletier à la pomme d'Or au troisme. apartement.
Etching, 295 x 185mm. 11¼ x 7¼".
A French lady sits in an armchair. Published by Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (c.1655 - 1695), after his own design. From a series of prints of female fashions at the court of Louis XIV (1638 – 1715).
BNF: FRBNF41095177.
[Ref: 13105] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
I. D. De St. Iean delin. 1683.
Avec Privilege du Roy. Se Vend A Paris sur le quay Pelletier à la pomme d'Or au troisme. apartement.
Etching, 295 x 185mm. 11¼ x 7¼".
A French lady sits in an armchair. Published by Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (c.1655 - 1695), after his own design. From a series of prints of female fashions at the court of Louis XIV (1638 – 1715).
BNF: FRBNF41095177.
[Ref: 13105] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Femme de qualite en echarpe.
J. D. De St. Jean delin. 1683.
Avec Privilege du Roy. Se Vend A Paris, sur le quay Pelletier à la pome d'Or au troisième apartement.
Etching, 290 x 185mm. 11½ x 7¼".
A French woman in a shawl and headscarf keeping hands warm in fur muff. Published by Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (c.1655 - 1695), after his own design. From a series of prints of female fashions at the court of Louis XIV (1638 – 1715).
BNF: FRBNF41095250.
[Ref: 13099] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
J. D. De St. Jean delin. 1683.
Avec Privilege du Roy. Se Vend A Paris, sur le quay Pelletier à la pome d'Or au troisième apartement.
Etching, 290 x 185mm. 11½ x 7¼".
A French woman in a shawl and headscarf keeping hands warm in fur muff. Published by Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (c.1655 - 1695), after his own design. From a series of prints of female fashions at the court of Louis XIV (1638 – 1715).
BNF: FRBNF41095250.
[Ref: 13099] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Femme de Qualité en deshabillé.
J.D.D. St. Jean delin. 1690. Avec privilege du Roy. F. Gallant f.
Se Vend A Paris Sur le Quay Oelletier a la Pomme d'Or au premier apartment.
Very scarce etching with engraving. Printed area: 390 x 230mm (15¼ x 9"). Unexamined out of frame.
A woman stands before a dresser, looking into a large mirror, directly at the viewer; very sensual. After painter and printmaker Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (1654 - 1695), a pioneer designer of 'gravures de mode', prints mostly of fashion subjects, which he himself published.
[Ref: 39384] £420.00
J.D.D. St. Jean delin. 1690. Avec privilege du Roy. F. Gallant f.
Se Vend A Paris Sur le Quay Oelletier a la Pomme d'Or au premier apartment.
Very scarce etching with engraving. Printed area: 390 x 230mm (15¼ x 9"). Unexamined out of frame.
A woman stands before a dresser, looking into a large mirror, directly at the viewer; very sensual. After painter and printmaker Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (1654 - 1695), a pioneer designer of 'gravures de mode', prints mostly of fashion subjects, which he himself published.
[Ref: 39384] £420.00
Femme de Qualité en Deshabillé Sortant du Lit.
Peint par J.D. de St. Jean.
Avec privilege du Roy 1688.
Scarce etching with engraving. Sheet size: 370 x 395mm (14½ x 15½"). Trimmed inside plate. Central vertical crease where previously folded.
A woman stands before a grand fireplace, gesturing towards a young servant who approaches from the left, whilst a man curiously watches from behind a curtain to the right, very sensual. The fireplace is ornately decorated with putti and vases, with a painting above of three putti at a forge. After painter and printmaker Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (1654 - 1695), a pioneer designer of 'gravures de mode', prints mostly of fashion subjects, which he himself published.
[Ref: 39385] £420.00
Peint par J.D. de St. Jean.
Avec privilege du Roy 1688.
Scarce etching with engraving. Sheet size: 370 x 395mm (14½ x 15½"). Trimmed inside plate. Central vertical crease where previously folded.
A woman stands before a grand fireplace, gesturing towards a young servant who approaches from the left, whilst a man curiously watches from behind a curtain to the right, very sensual. The fireplace is ornately decorated with putti and vases, with a painting above of three putti at a forge. After painter and printmaker Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (1654 - 1695), a pioneer designer of 'gravures de mode', prints mostly of fashion subjects, which he himself published.
[Ref: 39385] £420.00
La Peche a la Ligne.
J. Vernet del. Deq Scul.
a Paris ches Bligny, Lancier du Roi Peintre Dorcur Md. d'Estampes, Cour du Manege au Thuilleries. [Paris, c.1770.]
Fine copper engraving. 275 x 310mm (10¾ x 12¼").
A man angling from the shore in foreground in a landscape, watched by a woman with basket; a boat, tower and bridge over the river beyond. After the famous marine artist Joseph Vernet (1714 - 1789).
[Ref: 16382] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. Vernet del. Deq Scul.
a Paris ches Bligny, Lancier du Roi Peintre Dorcur Md. d'Estampes, Cour du Manege au Thuilleries. [Paris, c.1770.]
Fine copper engraving. 275 x 310mm (10¾ x 12¼").
A man angling from the shore in foreground in a landscape, watched by a woman with basket; a boat, tower and bridge over the river beyond. After the famous marine artist Joseph Vernet (1714 - 1789).
[Ref: 16382] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A French Frigate, & a Ship of the Line.
London. Pub.d Sept.r 1 1788, by R. Pollard Braynes Row, Spa Fields.
Aquatint part printed in colour, platemark 335 x 455mm (13¼ x 18"). Large margins. Bit messy.
Unidentified naval action between French and British forces.
[Ref: 37038] £320.00
London. Pub.d Sept.r 1 1788, by R. Pollard Braynes Row, Spa Fields.
Aquatint part printed in colour, platemark 335 x 455mm (13¼ x 18"). Large margins. Bit messy.
Unidentified naval action between French and British forces.
[Ref: 37038] £320.00
Coupe d'une galere avec ses proportions.
[Henry Sbonski de Passebon.]
[n.d., c.1690].
Engraving. Platemark: 430 x 560mm (17 x 22").
One of a series of 17 engravings by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. A scarce cutaway print of a standard late 17th century French galley with a detailed description of parts (in French). Below the galley is a representation of the keel-form at the shipyard on which the keel was apparently built up. De Passebon was stationed at Marseilles as a Lieutenant in the Corps des Galeres during the period that he produced the drawings from which these plates were engraved.
[Ref: 32072] £260.00
[Henry Sbonski de Passebon.]
[n.d., c.1690].
Engraving. Platemark: 430 x 560mm (17 x 22").
One of a series of 17 engravings by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. A scarce cutaway print of a standard late 17th century French galley with a detailed description of parts (in French). Below the galley is a representation of the keel-form at the shipyard on which the keel was apparently built up. De Passebon was stationed at Marseilles as a Lieutenant in the Corps des Galeres during the period that he produced the drawings from which these plates were engraved.
[Ref: 32072] £260.00
Garde Francaises sortant du Cabaret.
dessiné par le Chev De Berny.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), large margins. Mint.
A drunken soldier of the French Guards staggers the street.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60340] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
dessiné par le Chev De Berny.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), large margins. Mint.
A drunken soldier of the French Guards staggers the street.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60340] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Coiffures Francaise.
Borel inv.
[n.d., c.1790s.]
Hand coloured etching, 135 x 115mm. 5¼ x 4½".
A charming series of nine medallion vignettes of French female hairstyles and headdresses, presumably published for a series of fashion plates or a guide to fashionable appearance. By French painter and engraver Antoine Borel (1743 - 1810). Numbered upper and lower right.
[Ref: 11100] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Borel inv.
[n.d., c.1790s.]
Hand coloured etching, 135 x 115mm. 5¼ x 4½".
A charming series of nine medallion vignettes of French female hairstyles and headdresses, presumably published for a series of fashion plates or a guide to fashionable appearance. By French painter and engraver Antoine Borel (1743 - 1810). Numbered upper and lower right.
[Ref: 11100] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Coalition a la Francoise, or the French Huggers.
[Anon, c.1800]
Engraving with hand-colouring, sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"). Trimmed.
Indiscriminate embracing amongst the French, with the devil peeping out from behind a lectern.
[Ref: 33703] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon, c.1800]
Engraving with hand-colouring, sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"). Trimmed.
Indiscriminate embracing amongst the French, with the devil peeping out from behind a lectern.
[Ref: 33703] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Grand Album des Célébrités Industrielles Contemporains. 1862.
Paris: Imprimerie de Georges Kugelmann.
Rare folio, original blind-decorated cloth gilt, with five studs on front and back boards; letterpress title and 14 tinted lithograph plates, one wood engraved, each with a page of letterpress. Inner hinges and plates strained; some plates damaged.
A scarce book of descriptions of the premises of 15 French industrialists, Wine & Champagne houses including Mumm etc, including the musical instrument factory of Adolphe Sax (1814-94), inventor of the saxophone. An advert for "photo albums from Scherff Freres " at back.
[Ref: 50436] £750.00 view all images for this item
Paris: Imprimerie de Georges Kugelmann.
Rare folio, original blind-decorated cloth gilt, with five studs on front and back boards; letterpress title and 14 tinted lithograph plates, one wood engraved, each with a page of letterpress. Inner hinges and plates strained; some plates damaged.
A scarce book of descriptions of the premises of 15 French industrialists, Wine & Champagne houses including Mumm etc, including the musical instrument factory of Adolphe Sax (1814-94), inventor of the saxophone. An advert for "photo albums from Scherff Freres " at back.
[Ref: 50436] £750.00 view all images for this item
Scene at a French Inn, 3 o'clock in the Morning. Diligence waiting for the Restive Horse. Misunderstanding between the Cook, the Master, and the Horse. The Master takes the part of the Horse.
[Initialled ?FBR bottom left]
[n.d., c.1840]
Lithograph, very scarce, with large margins, printed area 325 x 460mm (12¾ x 18").
Unusual lithograph. On the side of the coach are the destinations 'Bruxelles' and 'Gand'.
Ex: Kedleston Hall collection
[Ref: 28497] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Initialled ?FBR bottom left]
[n.d., c.1840]
Lithograph, very scarce, with large margins, printed area 325 x 460mm (12¾ x 18").
Unusual lithograph. On the side of the coach are the destinations 'Bruxelles' and 'Gand'.
Ex: Kedleston Hall collection
[Ref: 28497] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
French Lilys.
Printed by Lefevre & Kohler, 52 Newman Street.
[n.d. c.1835]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 335 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"). Very faint foxing.
Two women promenade in a garden; one holds the stem of a Lily. Lithographic printers William Kohler and L.M. Lefevre were in business together at 52 Newman Street, London circa 1833-1835. Kohler set up on his own by 1838 at the latest, leaving Lefevre to trade as L.M. Lefevre.
See: Ref 68724 & 68735
[Ref: 68726] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by Lefevre & Kohler, 52 Newman Street.
[n.d. c.1835]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 335 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"). Very faint foxing.
Two women promenade in a garden; one holds the stem of a Lily. Lithographic printers William Kohler and L.M. Lefevre were in business together at 52 Newman Street, London circa 1833-1835. Kohler set up on his own by 1838 at the latest, leaving Lefevre to trade as L.M. Lefevre.
See: Ref 68724 & 68735
[Ref: 68726] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
From Manet to Toulouse-Lautrec. French Lithographs 1860-1900.
By Frances Carey and Antony Griffiths.
Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications Limited. [1978.]
8vo, colour-illustrated soft covers; pp. 104, with 11 colour and 60 b/w illustrations.
An exhibition catalogue published to accompany an exhibition on French Lithograph 1860-1900 at the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museums, 1978.
[Ref: 59773] £20.00
By Frances Carey and Antony Griffiths.
Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications Limited. [1978.]
8vo, colour-illustrated soft covers; pp. 104, with 11 colour and 60 b/w illustrations.
An exhibition catalogue published to accompany an exhibition on French Lithograph 1860-1900 at the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museums, 1978.
[Ref: 59773] £20.00
The French Mariner. There as I brav'd the storms of fate...
J.W. Harding del. J.W. Harding sculp.
Sold by R. Martin, Book & Printseller, Great Queen, Lincolns Inn Fields.
Lithograph with hand-colour, rare. Sheet: 320 x 260mm (12¼ x 10¼").
A scene in which a mariner, who sits upon a mound, looks out to sea while recounting the tale of his lost friend while the widow weeps behind him.
[Ref: 46889] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J.W. Harding del. J.W. Harding sculp.
Sold by R. Martin, Book & Printseller, Great Queen, Lincolns Inn Fields.
Lithograph with hand-colour, rare. Sheet: 320 x 260mm (12¼ x 10¼").
A scene in which a mariner, who sits upon a mound, looks out to sea while recounting the tale of his lost friend while the widow weeps behind him.
[Ref: 46889] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Marchand Franc.
G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privilege du Roi. [n.d., 1714.]
Etching, 360 x 250mm. 14¼ x 9¾". Trimmed at lower platemark. Some staining and surface dirt.
A French merchant-trader in Turkish dress holding out some papers, one of a series of 100 characters observed on his travels by Charles comte de Ferriol, marquis d'Argental, French ambassador to the Turkish Sultanate. From 'Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant, gravees sur les tableaux peints d'apres nature en 1707 & 1708. Par la Ordre de M. De Ferriol Ambassadeur du Roi a La Porte' 1714. Numbered '61.' lower right. By French engraver and publisher Gérard Scotin I (1643 - 1715).
Capper Archive.
[Ref: 10516] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privilege du Roi. [n.d., 1714.]
Etching, 360 x 250mm. 14¼ x 9¾". Trimmed at lower platemark. Some staining and surface dirt.
A French merchant-trader in Turkish dress holding out some papers, one of a series of 100 characters observed on his travels by Charles comte de Ferriol, marquis d'Argental, French ambassador to the Turkish Sultanate. From 'Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant, gravees sur les tableaux peints d'apres nature en 1707 & 1708. Par la Ordre de M. De Ferriol Ambassadeur du Roi a La Porte' 1714. Numbered '61.' lower right. By French engraver and publisher Gérard Scotin I (1643 - 1715).
Capper Archive.
[Ref: 10516] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Kaiser Koenig: Franzoesische Garde.
Augsburg in der Academischen Kunsthandlung
Aquatint with hand-colouring, platemark 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Very fine colour.
German print of French military costume including a mamaluk. Following his campaign in Egypt, Napoleon enlisted a corps of mamalukes, or slave, soldiers in his Imperial Guard, and Napoleon's famous bodyguard Roustam Raza (1783- 1845) was also a mamaluk bought in Egypt.
[Ref: 41290] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Augsburg in der Academischen Kunsthandlung
Aquatint with hand-colouring, platemark 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Very fine colour.
German print of French military costume including a mamaluk. Following his campaign in Egypt, Napoleon enlisted a corps of mamalukes, or slave, soldiers in his Imperial Guard, and Napoleon's famous bodyguard Roustam Raza (1783- 1845) was also a mamaluk bought in Egypt.
[Ref: 41290] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ménales pittoresques et historiques des paysagistes.]](jpegs/66613.jpg)
[Ménales pittoresques et historiques des paysagistes.]
[Etched and aquatinted by Louis Bacler d'Albe & A Guyot.]
[n.d., 1803.]
Oblong quarto (230 x 310mm, 9 x 12¼"), contemporary half morocco with marbled boards; 28 (of 32) rare etchings with aquatint, 22 printed in brown. Hinges strained, last plate loose, some spotting.
Plates after pastural paintings, many in the Louvre. Artists include Teniers, Claude Lorrain, Van Huysum & Poussin.
[Ref: 66613] £480.00 view all images for this item
[Etched and aquatinted by Louis Bacler d'Albe & A Guyot.]
[n.d., 1803.]
Oblong quarto (230 x 310mm, 9 x 12¼"), contemporary half morocco with marbled boards; 28 (of 32) rare etchings with aquatint, 22 printed in brown. Hinges strained, last plate loose, some spotting.
Plates after pastural paintings, many in the Louvre. Artists include Teniers, Claude Lorrain, Van Huysum & Poussin.
[Ref: 66613] £480.00 view all images for this item
A French Petit Maitre and His Valet. Le Petit Gascon Partant pour la Comedie.
[after Charles Brandoin.]
[n.d., c. 1755.]
Very rare etching. 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left edge. Slightly time-stained.
A scene on Rue d'Enfer, a Parisian street, with a foppish Frenchman wearing a coat decorated with hearts, a large nosegay on his shoulder and ribbons on his sword. His valet, who has a comb in his curl-papers, holds out a paper inscribed ''Au petit Marquis''. A close copy of a plate by Charles Grignion, published by Robert Sayer and John Smith in 1771, with the French title added.
See BM Satires 4933 for the original.
[Ref: 60765] £360.00
[after Charles Brandoin.]
[n.d., c. 1755.]
Very rare etching. 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left edge. Slightly time-stained.
A scene on Rue d'Enfer, a Parisian street, with a foppish Frenchman wearing a coat decorated with hearts, a large nosegay on his shoulder and ribbons on his sword. His valet, who has a comb in his curl-papers, holds out a paper inscribed ''Au petit Marquis''. A close copy of a plate by Charles Grignion, published by Robert Sayer and John Smith in 1771, with the French title added.
See BM Satires 4933 for the original.
[Ref: 60765] £360.00
![[A compilation album of 130 French engraved portraits.]](jpegs/38803.jpg)
[A compilation album of 130 French engraved portraits.]
[Portraits various dates 1650-1770s, compiled c.1840.]
Large folio, half morocco gilt. Album with 130 engravings, some inserted later, a few loose.
A compilation album of 18th century French portrait engravings after Nanteuil, Edelink, Drevet, Poilly, Lubin and others, with sitters including Mazarin, Richlieu, Sarrazin, Moliere, Catherine de Medici, Descartes and Diderot. A full list is available upon request.
[Ref: 38803] £3,500.00 view all images for this item
[Portraits various dates 1650-1770s, compiled c.1840.]
Large folio, half morocco gilt. Album with 130 engravings, some inserted later, a few loose.
A compilation album of 18th century French portrait engravings after Nanteuil, Edelink, Drevet, Poilly, Lubin and others, with sitters including Mazarin, Richlieu, Sarrazin, Moliere, Catherine de Medici, Descartes and Diderot. A full list is available upon request.
[Ref: 38803] £3,500.00 view all images for this item
A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660-1715.
Edited by Peter Fuhring, Louis Marchesano, Rémi Mathis, and Vanessa Selbach.
Los Angeles: The Getty Research Institute, 2013.
4to, cloth & illus. d/w; pp. xii + 332, profusely illustrated.
A study of the French print trade in the reign of the Sun King.
[Ref: 59762] £70.00
Edited by Peter Fuhring, Louis Marchesano, Rémi Mathis, and Vanessa Selbach.
Los Angeles: The Getty Research Institute, 2013.
4to, cloth & illus. d/w; pp. xii + 332, profusely illustrated.
A study of the French print trade in the reign of the Sun King.
[Ref: 59762] £70.00
Fête de la Foundation de la Republique, 1.er Vendémaire An 5.
Giardet inv. & del. Berthault Sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching with large margins. 230 x 305mm (9 x 12").
The celebration of the founding of the French Republic, held on the first day of the Republican year 5 (22nd September 1796), including a chariot race. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 28232] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Giardet inv. & del. Berthault Sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching with large margins. 230 x 305mm (9 x 12").
The celebration of the founding of the French Republic, held on the first day of the Republican year 5 (22nd September 1796), including a chariot race. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 28232] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
République Française Liberté Egalité Au Quartier Général de Milan le an de la Republique Une, et Indivisible Bonaparte Général em Chef de l'Armée d'Italie.
Appiani dif. Mercoli fig. inc.
[n.d, c.1804.]
Engraving, 175 x 220mm (7 x 8¾"). Top right missing; stains bottom right; tatty at edges.
An engraving paying tribute to the French Repurblic and its hero, General Napoleon Bonaparte.
[Ref: 11198] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Appiani dif. Mercoli fig. inc.
[n.d, c.1804.]
Engraving, 175 x 220mm (7 x 8¾"). Top right missing; stains bottom right; tatty at edges.
An engraving paying tribute to the French Repurblic and its hero, General Napoleon Bonaparte.
[Ref: 11198] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Sick British Lion and the French Quack Monkey.
George Cruikshank.
[n.d.,c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A satirical scene depicting a lion, with the demeanor and dress like a man, is approached by a french monkey who informs him that his health is in rapid decline. In the background a conversation between a mother and child, or lioness and cub; the cub asks their mother why they are not alarmed at what the doctor has said about their father, she replies that the French Republican Doctors are 'a parcel of quacks!'
[Ref: 66857] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
George Cruikshank.
[n.d.,c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A satirical scene depicting a lion, with the demeanor and dress like a man, is approached by a french monkey who informs him that his health is in rapid decline. In the background a conversation between a mother and child, or lioness and cub; the cub asks their mother why they are not alarmed at what the doctor has said about their father, she replies that the French Republican Doctors are 'a parcel of quacks!'
[Ref: 66857] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
République Française.
Fragonard fils inv. et del. Copia sculps.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching. 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"), with large margins.
A scene with classical allegorical figures in a chariot mowing down their enemies. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 55768] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Fragonard fils inv. et del. Copia sculps.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching. 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"), with large margins.
A scene with classical allegorical figures in a chariot mowing down their enemies. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 55768] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Retreat of the French Grand Army from Moscow, Intercepted by the Russian Cossacks, 1813. Inscribed to the Wisdom, Policy & Valour, of the Russian Government & Army, by Edw.d Orme.
Atkinson del. M. Dubourg sculp.t.
Published & Sold Jan.y. 30.th 1813, by Edw.d Orme, Bond St. London.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 305 x 405mm (12 x 16''). Laid on album sheet, tears, foxing and paper tone.
A scene showing the aftermath of a cossack attack on the retreating French army. Following Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon had held Moscow for one month but as winter drew in and with no negotiations from the Russians, Napoleon decided to retreat. Lack of food and fodder for animals, cold and repeated attacks from the Cossacks caused the French to lose huge numbers of men.
[Ref: 50512] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Atkinson del. M. Dubourg sculp.t.
Published & Sold Jan.y. 30.th 1813, by Edw.d Orme, Bond St. London.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 305 x 405mm (12 x 16''). Laid on album sheet, tears, foxing and paper tone.
A scene showing the aftermath of a cossack attack on the retreating French army. Following Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon had held Moscow for one month but as winter drew in and with no negotiations from the Russians, Napoleon decided to retreat. Lack of food and fodder for animals, cold and repeated attacks from the Cossacks caused the French to lose huge numbers of men.
[Ref: 50512] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Serment du Jeu de Paume a Versailles le 19 Juin 1789.
Dessine par C. Monnet. Grave par Helman.
A Paris chez Decrouan Editeur, Rue de Rempart, 4, vis-a-vis le Theatre Francais [n.d., c.1850].
Engraving. 630 x 830mm. Tatty extremities, some foxing.
France's violent transition from the ancien regime that had nurtured tennis (le jeu de paume) to the anti-aristocratic revolution began with the takeover of a tennis court. In June 1789, following a month-long deadlock in the States-General over constitutional reform at the royal palace of Versailles, the frustrated Third Estate (the commons), which had been locked out from the formal meeting place by King Louis XVI, declared itself a National Assembly, took over a royal tennis court, and on June 20th took an oath (serment) not to disperse till their demands were met. Three weeks later, on July 14th, a Paris mob attacked the Bastille prison. A nineteenth century impression of the plate first published by Nicolas Ponce in 1792.
[Ref: 7778] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine par C. Monnet. Grave par Helman.
A Paris chez Decrouan Editeur, Rue de Rempart, 4, vis-a-vis le Theatre Francais [n.d., c.1850].
Engraving. 630 x 830mm. Tatty extremities, some foxing.
France's violent transition from the ancien regime that had nurtured tennis (le jeu de paume) to the anti-aristocratic revolution began with the takeover of a tennis court. In June 1789, following a month-long deadlock in the States-General over constitutional reform at the royal palace of Versailles, the frustrated Third Estate (the commons), which had been locked out from the formal meeting place by King Louis XVI, declared itself a National Assembly, took over a royal tennis court, and on June 20th took an oath (serment) not to disperse till their demands were met. Three weeks later, on July 14th, a Paris mob attacked the Bastille prison. A nineteenth century impression of the plate first published by Nicolas Ponce in 1792.
[Ref: 7778] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Serment du Jeu de Paume a Versailles le 19 Juin 1789.
Dessine par C. Monnet. Grave par Helman.
A Paris chez Decrouan Editeur, Rue de Rempart, 4, vis-a-vis le Theatre Francais [n.d., c.1850].
Engraving. 630 x 830mm. Tatty extremities, some foxing.
France's violent transition from the ancien regime that had nurtured tennis (le jeu de paume) to the anti-aristocratic revolution began with the takeover of a tennis court. In June 1789, following a month-long deadlock in the States-General over constitutional reform at the royal palace of Versailles, the frustrated Third Estate (the commons), which had been locked out from the formal meeting place by King Louis XVI, declared itself a National Assembly, took over a royal tennis court, and on June 20th took an oath (serment) not to disperse till their demands were met. Three weeks later, on July 14th, a Paris mob attacked the Bastille prison. A nineteenth century impression of the plate first published by Nicolas Ponce in 1792.
[Ref: 6851] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine par C. Monnet. Grave par Helman.
A Paris chez Decrouan Editeur, Rue de Rempart, 4, vis-a-vis le Theatre Francais [n.d., c.1850].
Engraving. 630 x 830mm. Tatty extremities, some foxing.
France's violent transition from the ancien regime that had nurtured tennis (le jeu de paume) to the anti-aristocratic revolution began with the takeover of a tennis court. In June 1789, following a month-long deadlock in the States-General over constitutional reform at the royal palace of Versailles, the frustrated Third Estate (the commons), which had been locked out from the formal meeting place by King Louis XVI, declared itself a National Assembly, took over a royal tennis court, and on June 20th took an oath (serment) not to disperse till their demands were met. Three weeks later, on July 14th, a Paris mob attacked the Bastille prison. A nineteenth century impression of the plate first published by Nicolas Ponce in 1792.
[Ref: 6851] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
L’Intérieur du Comité Révolutionnaire. Scéne derniere.
Deposé su Cabinet d’Estampes de la Bibliothéque. Se Vend à Paris chez le C.en Boulet, Rue des Chabanois, No.8. [n.d. c.1784.]
Aquatint. 272 x 330mm. 10¾ x 13". Vertical fold down centre.
The French Revolution (1789-1799) marked a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history.
[Ref: 15439] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Deposé su Cabinet d’Estampes de la Bibliothéque. Se Vend à Paris chez le C.en Boulet, Rue des Chabanois, No.8. [n.d. c.1784.]
Aquatint. 272 x 330mm. 10¾ x 13". Vertical fold down centre.
The French Revolution (1789-1799) marked a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history.
[Ref: 15439] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![Les besoins de lEtat, sous les regnes precedens, ayant fourni a la sensibilite des Dames Chanoinesses de Maubeuge...[etc.]](jpegs/10515.jpg)
Les besoins de lEtat, sous les regnes precedens, ayant fourni a la sensibilite des Dames Chanoinesses de Maubeuge...[etc.] Dedie et Presente a Mesdames les Chanoinesses du tres Illustre et Noble Chapitre de Ste. Aldegonde de Maubeuge. Par leur tres humble et tres Obeissant Serviteur, Cornu.
Cornu inv. et sculp. Guyot direxit 1790.
A Paris, chez Guyot Graveur et Md. d'Estampes, rue St Jacques, au Grand Gessner, No.10.
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, 165 x 210mm. 6½ x 8¼". Slightly stained. Unexamined out of frame. Scarce and fine.
The canonesses of the Abbey of Saint Adelgonde at Maubeuge, northern France, giving up some of the wealth of their foundation to the French state. The last Abbess Adrienne-Florence de Lannoy (1775 - 1791) in the foreground approaches a bust of King Louis XVI surrounded by allegorical figures and putti representing the values of a new, revolutionary, French state. In the aftermath of the Revolution, it was decided by the National Assembly that royal monastic and religious foundations should pay an annual tribute to the state. The nunnery at Maubeuge was dissolved soon afterwards in 1791.
[Ref: 10515] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Cornu inv. et sculp. Guyot direxit 1790.
A Paris, chez Guyot Graveur et Md. d'Estampes, rue St Jacques, au Grand Gessner, No.10.
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, 165 x 210mm. 6½ x 8¼". Slightly stained. Unexamined out of frame. Scarce and fine.
The canonesses of the Abbey of Saint Adelgonde at Maubeuge, northern France, giving up some of the wealth of their foundation to the French state. The last Abbess Adrienne-Florence de Lannoy (1775 - 1791) in the foreground approaches a bust of King Louis XVI surrounded by allegorical figures and putti representing the values of a new, revolutionary, French state. In the aftermath of the Revolution, it was decided by the National Assembly that royal monastic and religious foundations should pay an annual tribute to the state. The nunnery at Maubeuge was dissolved soon afterwards in 1791.
[Ref: 10515] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Serment du Jeu de Paume a Versailles le 19 Juin 1789.
Dessine par C. Monnet. Grave par Helman.
A Paris chez Decrouan Editeur, Rue de Rempart, 4, vis-a-vis le Theatre Francais [n.d., c.1850].
Engraving. Plate: 470 x 360mm (18½ x 14"). Staining, foxing and tears in margins.
A real tennis scene showing the meeting of the third estate who following their being barred from a meeting by the King pledge an oath not to leave the meeting until a new constitution was established. Having not been allowed into the meeting the assembly met in the royal tennis court at Versailles. A nineteenth century impression of the plate first published by Nicolas Ponce in 1792.
[Ref: 42760] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine par C. Monnet. Grave par Helman.
A Paris chez Decrouan Editeur, Rue de Rempart, 4, vis-a-vis le Theatre Francais [n.d., c.1850].
Engraving. Plate: 470 x 360mm (18½ x 14"). Staining, foxing and tears in margins.
A real tennis scene showing the meeting of the third estate who following their being barred from a meeting by the King pledge an oath not to leave the meeting until a new constitution was established. Having not been allowed into the meeting the assembly met in the royal tennis court at Versailles. A nineteenth century impression of the plate first published by Nicolas Ponce in 1792.
[Ref: 42760] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Tableaux de la Révolution Française.
Fragonard fils inv. et del. Coiny aqua forti. Malapeau sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching 310 x 280mm (12¼ x 11"), large margins top & bottom; small margins left & right. Ink stamp on reverse showing through in bottom margin.
Allegorical frontispiece to 'Tableaux de la Révolution Française, published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 55762] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Fragonard fils inv. et del. Coiny aqua forti. Malapeau sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching 310 x 280mm (12¼ x 11"), large margins top & bottom; small margins left & right. Ink stamp on reverse showing through in bottom margin.
Allegorical frontispiece to 'Tableaux de la Révolution Française, published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 55762] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Vier geheim verborgene Silhouetten von auserordentlicher Aehnlichkeit des unglücklichen Königs und der Königin von Frankreich nebst dem König und der Königin von England.
[after Michel Hennin.]
[Frehling Sc. et exc.] [n.d., c.1793.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 90 x 125mm (3½ x 5"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A puzzle print commemorating the executions of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette. The design on the left incorporates profile portraits of the ''unfortunate King & Queen of France''; the right design had George III and Queen Charlotte.
Stanford University: Images of the French Revolution 693265200.
[Ref: 63570] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[after Michel Hennin.]
[Frehling Sc. et exc.] [n.d., c.1793.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 90 x 125mm (3½ x 5"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A puzzle print commemorating the executions of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette. The design on the left incorporates profile portraits of the ''unfortunate King & Queen of France''; the right design had George III and Queen Charlotte.
Stanford University: Images of the French Revolution 693265200.
[Ref: 63570] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Tenth of August 1793.
J. Zoffany Esq.r Pinx.t R.A. R. Earlom Sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs Jan.y 1795 by J.Zoffany, N.o 7, Bennet Street, S.t James's.
Mezzotint, sheet 570 x 680mm (22½ x 26¾"). Trimmed to plate, folding crease in the middle. Tears and creases. Damaged image of this rare and large mezzotint.
A scene depicting the events of the insurrection of August 10, 1792 (not 1793, as the title) during the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace. In particular, mob of male and female sans-culottes, several carrying heads on pikes, help themselves to bottles of wine outside the King's wine cellar at the Tuileries Palace.
Wessely 96. Bindman 46.
[Ref: 60699] £650.00
J. Zoffany Esq.r Pinx.t R.A. R. Earlom Sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs Jan.y 1795 by J.Zoffany, N.o 7, Bennet Street, S.t James's.
Mezzotint, sheet 570 x 680mm (22½ x 26¾"). Trimmed to plate, folding crease in the middle. Tears and creases. Damaged image of this rare and large mezzotint.
A scene depicting the events of the insurrection of August 10, 1792 (not 1793, as the title) during the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace. In particular, mob of male and female sans-culottes, several carrying heads on pikes, help themselves to bottles of wine outside the King's wine cellar at the Tuileries Palace.
Wessely 96. Bindman 46.
[Ref: 60699] £650.00
![[French Revolution] Reform Advised. Reform Begun. Reform Compeat.](jpegs/61814.jpg)
[French Revolution] Reform Advised. Reform Begun. Reform Compeat.
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Pu[b]lished as the Act directs Jany 8th. 1793 by J.no Brown Nº 2 Adelphi.
Coloured etching. Sheet 420 x 265mm (16½ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, small abrasion on the face of Bull in 'advised'.
A design in three compartments, each with a title. At the top is a fat John Bull, seated at a table laden with good food, with revolutionaries advising him he wants political reform. In the centre, John Bull has lost weight and his leg, and has a frog to eat; the sans culottes threaten him with cudgels and a dagger. At the bottom, John is lying prone, with the sans culottes standing on his back; one says to John 'Oh Delightfull you may thank me you Dog for sparing your Life - thank me I say'. A satire on 'The Society of the Friends of the People', which had been formed in April 1792 by Grey and others to advocate Parliamentary Reform .
BM Satires 8289; Grego I 319.
[Ref: 61814] £390.00
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Pu[b]lished as the Act directs Jany 8th. 1793 by J.no Brown Nº 2 Adelphi.
Coloured etching. Sheet 420 x 265mm (16½ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, small abrasion on the face of Bull in 'advised'.
A design in three compartments, each with a title. At the top is a fat John Bull, seated at a table laden with good food, with revolutionaries advising him he wants political reform. In the centre, John Bull has lost weight and his leg, and has a frog to eat; the sans culottes threaten him with cudgels and a dagger. At the bottom, John is lying prone, with the sans culottes standing on his back; one says to John 'Oh Delightfull you may thank me you Dog for sparing your Life - thank me I say'. A satire on 'The Society of the Friends of the People', which had been formed in April 1792 by Grey and others to advocate Parliamentary Reform .
BM Satires 8289; Grego I 319.
[Ref: 61814] £390.00
Assemblée des Notables, Tenue a Versailles, Le Fevrier 1787. Cette Assemblée fut composée...
Dessiné par Veny, et Giradet. Gravé apr Cl. Niquet.
[Auber. 1804.]
Engraving. Sheet: 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Trimmed withi plate, some foxing.
An interior scene showing the last Assembly of Notables in 1787. The Assembly was a meeting of high-ranking nobles and ecclesiastics convened by the King of France in extraordinary circumstances to discuss matters of state. This meeting was the last Assembly before the Revolution and met to discuss many issues including taxation and reform in order to find a solution to France's dire financial state.
[Ref: 42144] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par Veny, et Giradet. Gravé apr Cl. Niquet.
[Auber. 1804.]
Engraving. Sheet: 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Trimmed withi plate, some foxing.
An interior scene showing the last Assembly of Notables in 1787. The Assembly was a meeting of high-ranking nobles and ecclesiastics convened by the King of France in extraordinary circumstances to discuss matters of state. This meeting was the last Assembly before the Revolution and met to discuss many issues including taxation and reform in order to find a solution to France's dire financial state.
[Ref: 42144] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Provincial Deputy's Maiden Speech to the National Assembly. Just Published (Engraved in a superior Stile.) Chesterfield's Principles of Politeness Exemplified, in 20 figures pr. 10/6.
SC [monogram of Samuel Collings.]
Published Feb. 16 1791 by S.W. Fores 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). With narrow margins.
A deputy stands on a tribune in profile to the left, poised on one toe and leaning on the railing; he shouts with his ugly head thrown back, a blast issuing from his mouth. From his pocket protrudes a document inscribed 'L'Art de la Rhétorique'. A satire on 'Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world' by Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield.
BM Satires 7695, their example trimmed and without attribution.
[Ref: 54340] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
SC [monogram of Samuel Collings.]
Published Feb. 16 1791 by S.W. Fores 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). With narrow margins.
A deputy stands on a tribune in profile to the left, poised on one toe and leaning on the railing; he shouts with his ugly head thrown back, a blast issuing from his mouth. From his pocket protrudes a document inscribed 'L'Art de la Rhétorique'. A satire on 'Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world' by Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield.
BM Satires 7695, their example trimmed and without attribution.
[Ref: 54340] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Tableaux de la Révolution Fran?aise. Ils ne sont plus ces jours de désastres, de deuil, Où les partis haineux qui déchiraient la France, Transformant nos cites en un vaste cereueil, Au fond des coeurs navrés refoulaient l’esperance! La valeur, le génie ont reconquis la paiz: Des noires factions les voix son étouffées; Et c’est à nos brillans trophées Qu’est dû l’honneur du nom fran?ais. P.A.M. Miger.
Fragonard fils inv. et del. Coiny aqua forti. Malapeau sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching, 8 lines by Miger, about the revolution. Plate 310 x 280mm (12¼ x 11"); plate 482 x 305mm (19 x 12").
Frontispiece to 'Tableaux de la Révolution Fran?ise, published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 28293] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Fragonard fils inv. et del. Coiny aqua forti. Malapeau sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching, 8 lines by Miger, about the revolution. Plate 310 x 280mm (12¼ x 11"); plate 482 x 305mm (19 x 12").
Frontispiece to 'Tableaux de la Révolution Fran?ise, published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 28293] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[L'Elephant Blanc. faite historique, voyez Prudhomme No.96.]
[c.1791.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 365mm (8 x 14¼"), 17th century watermark. Trimmed close to image, losing title and key.
A satirical allegory of France on the eve of Revolution, while the Marquis de Lafayette was attempting to mediate between the National Assembly and the monarchy. The scene is set in Thailand, with Lafayette depicted as a white elephant with a sword and scabbard hanging from a halter around its neck, and Bailly as a stork in uniform at the head of the national guard. Around are Siamese courtiers, soldiers and the elephant's attendants, one of whom is on stilts. On a balcony are Louis XVIII and Marie-Antoinette. A version of the image appeared in issue 96 (7-14 May, 1791) of French newspaper ''Révolutions de Paris, dédiées à la Nation'', which ran from 1789 until 1794, when the 'Terror' scared the publisher into silence. A translation of that key reads: 1. The white Elephant, leader of the Siamese; 2. The Crane Mayor followed by the Municipality; 3. The Mayor’s Guard; 4. The Elephant’s military assistants; 5. Young Siamese carrying flowers and cakes; 6. Siamese Guards; 7. Enlightened Citizens; 8. The king joist [Louis XVI]; 9. His wife the ermine [Marie Antoinette]; 10. The old idol (a bear in the distance). The British Musuem states, "This satire refers to the political fable related by Prudhomme in the first nine pages of no.96 (7-14 May 1791) of his journal "Révolutions de Paris". Under cat.45 of her "Images of the French Revolution", exhib. cat., Musée du Québec, Québec City, 1989, Claudette Hould suggests that the etching (De Vinck 4077) included in Prudhomme's newspaper may have been copied from this more artistically assured satirical etching which may have appeared before the "Journal de Paris" version. In GBA 101 (1983) p.143 the etching is attributed to F J Harriet, but without giving reasons."
De Vinck 4078. Musée Carnavalet G.26495.
[Ref: 68937] £950.00
[c.1791.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 365mm (8 x 14¼"), 17th century watermark. Trimmed close to image, losing title and key.
A satirical allegory of France on the eve of Revolution, while the Marquis de Lafayette was attempting to mediate between the National Assembly and the monarchy. The scene is set in Thailand, with Lafayette depicted as a white elephant with a sword and scabbard hanging from a halter around its neck, and Bailly as a stork in uniform at the head of the national guard. Around are Siamese courtiers, soldiers and the elephant's attendants, one of whom is on stilts. On a balcony are Louis XVIII and Marie-Antoinette. A version of the image appeared in issue 96 (7-14 May, 1791) of French newspaper ''Révolutions de Paris, dédiées à la Nation'', which ran from 1789 until 1794, when the 'Terror' scared the publisher into silence. A translation of that key reads: 1. The white Elephant, leader of the Siamese; 2. The Crane Mayor followed by the Municipality; 3. The Mayor’s Guard; 4. The Elephant’s military assistants; 5. Young Siamese carrying flowers and cakes; 6. Siamese Guards; 7. Enlightened Citizens; 8. The king joist [Louis XVI]; 9. His wife the ermine [Marie Antoinette]; 10. The old idol (a bear in the distance). The British Musuem states, "This satire refers to the political fable related by Prudhomme in the first nine pages of no.96 (7-14 May 1791) of his journal "Révolutions de Paris". Under cat.45 of her "Images of the French Revolution", exhib. cat., Musée du Québec, Québec City, 1989, Claudette Hould suggests that the etching (De Vinck 4077) included in Prudhomme's newspaper may have been copied from this more artistically assured satirical etching which may have appeared before the "Journal de Paris" version. In GBA 101 (1983) p.143 the etching is attributed to F J Harriet, but without giving reasons."
De Vinck 4078. Musée Carnavalet G.26495.
[Ref: 68937] £950.00