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![The President of the Royal Society requests the honor of Mr Winkworth's [ink] Company at the Soirées at 13, Connaught Place, on Saturday April 23rd May 7th. 28th. & June 11th. at 9 o'Clock.](jpegs/25548.jpg)
The President of the Royal Society requests the honor of Mr Winkworth's [ink] Company at the Soirées at 13, Connaught Place, on Saturday April 23rd May 7th. 28th. & June 11th. at 9 o'Clock.
[n.d. c.1853.]
Ticket. 102 x 140mm. 4 x 5½".
A ticket requesting the company of Mr Winkworth to the parties of 1853 hosted by the President of the Royal Society, William Parsons, Earl of Rosse (1848-1854).
[Ref: 25548] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1853.]
Ticket. 102 x 140mm. 4 x 5½".
A ticket requesting the company of Mr Winkworth to the parties of 1853 hosted by the President of the Royal Society, William Parsons, Earl of Rosse (1848-1854).
[Ref: 25548] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![The President of the Royal Society requests the honor of Mr Winkworth's [ink] Company at Burlington House, on Saturday, March 16th. and May 11th. at 9 o'Clock.](jpegs/25550.jpg)
The President of the Royal Society requests the honor of Mr Winkworth's [ink] Company at Burlington House, on Saturday, March 16th. and May 11th. at 9 o'Clock.
[n.d. c.1861.]
Ticket. 102 x 140mm. 4 x 5½".
A ticket requesting the company of Mr Winkworth to the parties of 1861 hosted by the President of the Royal Society, William Parsons, Earl of Rosse (1848-1854).
[Ref: 25550] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1861.]
Ticket. 102 x 140mm. 4 x 5½".
A ticket requesting the company of Mr Winkworth to the parties of 1861 hosted by the President of the Royal Society, William Parsons, Earl of Rosse (1848-1854).
[Ref: 25550] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
The Dimensions of the Royal Sovereign.
[TBastion F. Claude Du Bosc S.]
[n.d., c.1721.]
Scarce coloured engraving. Framed, sight size 400 x 370mm (15¾ x 14½"). Mounted over image, probably trimmed, inscriptions hidden or lost.
An extremely rare and decorative rear view of HMS Royal Sovereign, a 100-gun first rate ship of the line launch 1701, showing the richly carved stern, with longboats around the ship. Decorations include two mermaids in the bottom corners framing view and a figure of Neptune on a sea-horse. From the series ''Twenty-two prints of several of the capital ships of his Majesties Royal Navy with variety of other sea pieces''.
[Ref: 64039] £900.00
[TBastion F. Claude Du Bosc S.]
[n.d., c.1721.]
Scarce coloured engraving. Framed, sight size 400 x 370mm (15¾ x 14½"). Mounted over image, probably trimmed, inscriptions hidden or lost.
An extremely rare and decorative rear view of HMS Royal Sovereign, a 100-gun first rate ship of the line launch 1701, showing the richly carved stern, with longboats around the ship. Decorations include two mermaids in the bottom corners framing view and a figure of Neptune on a sea-horse. From the series ''Twenty-two prints of several of the capital ships of his Majesties Royal Navy with variety of other sea pieces''.
[Ref: 64039] £900.00
The Old Flag & the New. Do you wish to see it mutilated in this fashion? If not, resist home rule and the Dismemberment of the Empire. Rally Round the Old Flag / God Save the Queen!
Printed by C. Terry & Co., Little Denmark St., Soho, London, W.C. [n.d., c.1850.]
Wood engraving, printed in colours. Sheet 220 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Small tear on left.
Call for action in response to the concerted campaign for Repeal of the Act of Union and grant self-government to Ireland in the 19th century, using the prospective change to the Royal Standard as a symbol of this 'dismemberment of the Empire'.
[Ref: 37970] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by C. Terry & Co., Little Denmark St., Soho, London, W.C. [n.d., c.1850.]
Wood engraving, printed in colours. Sheet 220 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Small tear on left.
Call for action in response to the concerted campaign for Repeal of the Act of Union and grant self-government to Ireland in the 19th century, using the prospective change to the Royal Standard as a symbol of this 'dismemberment of the Empire'.
[Ref: 37970] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond Hill.]](jpegs/50329.jpg)
[The Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond Hill.]
Sydney R. Jones [signed in plate and in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 235 x 385mm (9¼ x 15¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A view looking up at the Royal Star and Garter Home from the Twickenham riverside, before the towpath was built up. Sir Edwin Cooper's home for injured servicemen was opened in 1924 and closed for conversion to flats in 2013.
[Ref: 50329] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Sydney R. Jones [signed in plate and in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 235 x 385mm (9¼ x 15¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A view looking up at the Royal Star and Garter Home from the Twickenham riverside, before the towpath was built up. Sir Edwin Cooper's home for injured servicemen was opened in 1924 and closed for conversion to flats in 2013.
[Ref: 50329] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Meeting of the Royal Surrey Bowmen on Epsom Downs.
Cook sculp.
[n.d. c.1794.]
Engraving. Plate 109 x 159mm. 4¼ x 6¼".
The Royal Surrey Bowmen were founded on St Georges Day 1790 with H.R.H. The Duke of Clarence as Patron. The club disbanded during the Napoleonic Wars and was reformed in 1937. The original venue for the club was the 'Everglades', Epsom Downs, and the present club is still based in the vicinity. A snake has appeared on all club records, and is thought to have originated because of the adders natural habitat in the Everglades. Cover page to "The Sporting Magazine", 1794.
[Ref: 24933] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Cook sculp.
[n.d. c.1794.]
Engraving. Plate 109 x 159mm. 4¼ x 6¼".
The Royal Surrey Bowmen were founded on St Georges Day 1790 with H.R.H. The Duke of Clarence as Patron. The club disbanded during the Napoleonic Wars and was reformed in 1937. The original venue for the club was the 'Everglades', Epsom Downs, and the present club is still based in the vicinity. A snake has appeared on all club records, and is thought to have originated because of the adders natural habitat in the Everglades. Cover page to "The Sporting Magazine", 1794.
[Ref: 24933] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Royal Toxopholites' Ground.
Laporte Pinxit. J. Engleheart Sculp.t
Published by Pittman, Warwick Square. [n.d. c.1836.]
Engraving. Plate 140 x 190mm. 5½ x 7½". Trimmed close to the platemark along upper and lower edge.
The Royal Toxophilite Society was established in 1781 by Sir Ashton Lever with a handsome building and ample shooting ground at Regent's Park, London. It was established to represent the two ancient bodies, "The Finsbury Archers" and "The Archers' Company of the honourable Artillery Company".
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 20076] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Laporte Pinxit. J. Engleheart Sculp.t
Published by Pittman, Warwick Square. [n.d. c.1836.]
Engraving. Plate 140 x 190mm. 5½ x 7½". Trimmed close to the platemark along upper and lower edge.
The Royal Toxophilite Society was established in 1781 by Sir Ashton Lever with a handsome building and ample shooting ground at Regent's Park, London. It was established to represent the two ancient bodies, "The Finsbury Archers" and "The Archers' Company of the honourable Artillery Company".
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 20076] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
The Royal Train at Elgin Station, September 6, 1872. [In ink below:] Queen Victoria was on her way to Dunedin.]
Drawn by G. Mackintosh.
Published by James Watson, Bookseller, Elgin. From The "Graphic" of Sept. 21, 1872.
Wood engraving, 202 x 228mm. 8 x 9".
As Scotland’s infrastructure developed – first with road improvements in the early part of the century, then rail (arriving in Elgin in 1852) in the middle years – Elgin became a more attractive spot for the wealthy whether noble or merchant to settle. Villas and fine houses were built by Scots who had made fortunes in the Empire. It even attracted a visit by Queen Victoria in 1872.
[Ref: 22772] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by G. Mackintosh.
Published by James Watson, Bookseller, Elgin. From The "Graphic" of Sept. 21, 1872.
Wood engraving, 202 x 228mm. 8 x 9".
As Scotland’s infrastructure developed – first with road improvements in the early part of the century, then rail (arriving in Elgin in 1852) in the middle years – Elgin became a more attractive spot for the wealthy whether noble or merchant to settle. Villas and fine houses were built by Scots who had made fortunes in the Empire. It even attracted a visit by Queen Victoria in 1872.
[Ref: 22772] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bookplate/stationery] United Service Annuity & Benevolent Institution](jpegs/21158.jpg)
[Bookplate/stationery] United Service Annuity & Benevolent Institution MDCCCXXXIX [1839].
B. Warwick Sc. 124 Regent Street.
[London, c.1839.]
Engraved armorial bookplate for The United Service Institution (now The Royal United Services Institute), sheet 145 x 115mm. 5¾ x 4½". Trimmed within plate.
Roundel vignette of a (war) widow and children at the tomb of a serviceman, surrounded by military flags; also cannons and other weaponry; surmounted by the hull of a warship and a crown, with an anchor protruding below. A banner is inscribed with the Latin motto 'Non Nobis Solum' ("Not for ourselves alone"). The United Service Institution, founded in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington, was and remains concerned with national and international defence and security.
[Ref: 21158] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
B. Warwick Sc. 124 Regent Street.
[London, c.1839.]
Engraved armorial bookplate for The United Service Institution (now The Royal United Services Institute), sheet 145 x 115mm. 5¾ x 4½". Trimmed within plate.
Roundel vignette of a (war) widow and children at the tomb of a serviceman, surrounded by military flags; also cannons and other weaponry; surmounted by the hull of a warship and a crown, with an anchor protruding below. A banner is inscribed with the Latin motto 'Non Nobis Solum' ("Not for ourselves alone"). The United Service Institution, founded in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington, was and remains concerned with national and international defence and security.
[Ref: 21158] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
An Officer , Private & Driver of the Royal Waggon Train.
Drawn & Etched by C. H. S. Aquatinted by J. C. Stadler.
London Pub.d. April 1.st. 1812 by Colnaghi & C.o. 23 Cockspur Street.
Very fine coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 320 x 255mm (12½ x 10").
Exterior scene depicting three soldiers and an officer of the Royal Waggon Train (now Royal Logistics Corps), a corps responsible for the managment of transport and supplies, pulling a wagon. Formed in 1799 as the Royal Waggon Corps it was renamed in 1802 as the Royal Waggon Train. From 'Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations of 1812'.
Ogilvy 870.
[Ref: 33557] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etched by C. H. S. Aquatinted by J. C. Stadler.
London Pub.d. April 1.st. 1812 by Colnaghi & C.o. 23 Cockspur Street.
Very fine coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 320 x 255mm (12½ x 10").
Exterior scene depicting three soldiers and an officer of the Royal Waggon Train (now Royal Logistics Corps), a corps responsible for the managment of transport and supplies, pulling a wagon. Formed in 1799 as the Royal Waggon Corps it was renamed in 1802 as the Royal Waggon Train. From 'Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations of 1812'.
Ogilvy 870.
[Ref: 33557] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The King's Yacht.
[London: R. Lambe, 1824.]
Etching, 210 x 265mm. 8¼ x 10½". Publication line erased.
Probably HMY Royal Charlotte, which carried Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from Cuxhaven, Kiel to marry George III. From a series of etchings of different types of ships.
NMM: PAD7708.
[Ref: 12161] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[London: R. Lambe, 1824.]
Etching, 210 x 265mm. 8¼ x 10½". Publication line erased.
Probably HMY Royal Charlotte, which carried Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from Cuxhaven, Kiel to marry George III. From a series of etchings of different types of ships.
NMM: PAD7708.
[Ref: 12161] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Genealogical Chart of the Sovereigns of England, with the contemporary Kings of Scotland and France. Drawn up by a Lady, for the Use of her Pupils.
London: Published by Davis and Porter, 104, Sloane Street [n.d., c.1835]. Wilsher & Pite, Printers, Manor Street, Chelsea.
Large broadside chart tracing the lineage of the English/British monarchy, from Saxon King Egbert (769 or 771 – 839) to William IV (1765 – 1837). Arranged in 12 columns of letterpress enclosed in decorative woodcut border; two column summary inset lower right. Sheet 565 x 445mm, 22¼ x 17½". Trace of centrefold. Extremities a little bumped, else very well preserved. Rolled.
An interesting piece of pre-Victorian educational ephemera.
[Ref: 26251] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
London: Published by Davis and Porter, 104, Sloane Street [n.d., c.1835]. Wilsher & Pite, Printers, Manor Street, Chelsea.
Large broadside chart tracing the lineage of the English/British monarchy, from Saxon King Egbert (769 or 771 – 839) to William IV (1765 – 1837). Arranged in 12 columns of letterpress enclosed in decorative woodcut border; two column summary inset lower right. Sheet 565 x 445mm, 22¼ x 17½". Trace of centrefold. Extremities a little bumped, else very well preserved. Rolled.
An interesting piece of pre-Victorian educational ephemera.
[Ref: 26251] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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M.rs Ann Roydhouse.
I.B. de Medina pinx. J. Smith fec:
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1690].
Fine mezzotint. 345 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"), large margins. Collector's blind stamp in image.
A three-quarter portrait, seated in an interior with embroidered curtain. When the oil was sold at Bonhams in Edinburgh in 2024, the sitter was described as ''the wife of John Roydhouse, a prosperous merchant based in St Martin in the Fields'', whom Medina most likely painted between 1686 and 1693, when he was based in London. However it more likely to be his daughter, born 1680, who married MP Sir Thomas Morgan (c. 1685-1716), 3rd Baronet, of Kinnersley Castle, in 1709.
CS 216, ii of ii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Charles Kemeys-Tynte (1778-1860), Lugt 2444.
[Ref: 68685] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
I.B. de Medina pinx. J. Smith fec:
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1690].
Fine mezzotint. 345 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"), large margins. Collector's blind stamp in image.
A three-quarter portrait, seated in an interior with embroidered curtain. When the oil was sold at Bonhams in Edinburgh in 2024, the sitter was described as ''the wife of John Roydhouse, a prosperous merchant based in St Martin in the Fields'', whom Medina most likely painted between 1686 and 1693, when he was based in London. However it more likely to be his daughter, born 1680, who married MP Sir Thomas Morgan (c. 1685-1716), 3rd Baronet, of Kinnersley Castle, in 1709.
CS 216, ii of ii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Charles Kemeys-Tynte (1778-1860), Lugt 2444.
[Ref: 68685] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
M.rs Ann Roydhouse.
I.B. de Medina pinx. J. Smith fec:
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1690].
Mezzotint. 345 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"), large margins. Old ink mss on bottom platemark.
A three-quarter portrait, seated in an interior with embroidered curtain. When the oil was sold at Bonhams in Edinburgh in 2024, the sitter was described as ''the wife of John Roydhouse, a prosperous merchant based in St Martin in the Fields'', whom Medina most likely painted between 1686 and 1693, when he was based in London. However it more likely to be his daughter, born 1680, who married MP Sir Thomas Morgan (c. 1685-1716), 3rd Baronet, of Kinnersley Castle, in 1709.
CS 216, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I.B. de Medina pinx. J. Smith fec:
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1690].
Mezzotint. 345 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"), large margins. Old ink mss on bottom platemark.
A three-quarter portrait, seated in an interior with embroidered curtain. When the oil was sold at Bonhams in Edinburgh in 2024, the sitter was described as ''the wife of John Roydhouse, a prosperous merchant based in St Martin in the Fields'', whom Medina most likely painted between 1686 and 1693, when he was based in London. However it more likely to be his daughter, born 1680, who married MP Sir Thomas Morgan (c. 1685-1716), 3rd Baronet, of Kinnersley Castle, in 1709.
CS 216, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rubbing Down After A Fox-Chase.]](jpegs/64819.jpg)
[Rubbing Down After A Fox-Chase.]
[Henry Carington Bowles]
[London: Carington Bowles?, c.1793.]
Fine coloured mezzotint. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed into image, losing title, small tear top right.
Three stablehands groom a horse after a ride, as the owner looks away indifferently. The artist's initials are on the water bucket.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64819] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Henry Carington Bowles]
[London: Carington Bowles?, c.1793.]
Fine coloured mezzotint. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed into image, losing title, small tear top right.
Three stablehands groom a horse after a ride, as the owner looks away indifferently. The artist's initials are on the water bucket.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64819] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Ruben's Wife and Child.
Printed for John Bowles, at No 13 Cornhil [n.d., c.1760].
Very fine and rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½") large margins. Mint.
A woman with a child, who reaches with both arms towards the viewer.
[Ref: 58617] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for John Bowles, at No 13 Cornhil [n.d., c.1760].
Very fine and rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½") large margins. Mint.
A woman with a child, who reaches with both arms towards the viewer.
[Ref: 58617] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[One of the sons of Peter Paul Rubens.]](jpegs/66888.jpg)
[One of the sons of Peter Paul Rubens.]
A. Blotelingh fecit et ex. [after Peter Paul Rubens]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Rare engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 270 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed.
A bust portrait of a young boy, wearing a black cap with feathers. The BM states it is after a drawing in their collection (1994,0514.40), once described as a portrait of William II of Orange by van Dyck, but now attributed to Rubens. Theories of the identity include Frans, Albert & Nikolaus Rubens, and Charles, Duke of Beaufort.
BM P,5.106.
[Ref: 66888] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A. Blotelingh fecit et ex. [after Peter Paul Rubens]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Rare engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 270 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed.
A bust portrait of a young boy, wearing a black cap with feathers. The BM states it is after a drawing in their collection (1994,0514.40), once described as a portrait of William II of Orange by van Dyck, but now attributed to Rubens. Theories of the identity include Frans, Albert & Nikolaus Rubens, and Charles, Duke of Beaufort.
BM P,5.106.
[Ref: 66888] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[One of the sons of Peter Paul Rubens.]](jpegs/66892.jpg)
[One of the sons of Peter Paul Rubens.]
A. Blotelingh f. et ex. [after Peter Paul Rubens]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Rare engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 270 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed.
A bust portrait of a young boy, wearing a black cap. Theories of the identity include Albert & Nikolaus Rubens, and Charles, Duke of Beaufort.
BM 1917,1208.481.
[Ref: 66892] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A. Blotelingh f. et ex. [after Peter Paul Rubens]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Rare engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 270 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed.
A bust portrait of a young boy, wearing a black cap. Theories of the identity include Albert & Nikolaus Rubens, and Charles, Duke of Beaufort.
BM 1917,1208.481.
[Ref: 66892] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Ruben's Three Children. Done from a Capital Picture, in the Possession of Monsieur I. Bertels at Antwerp.
P.P. Rubens pinxit. P.J. Tassaert Fecit.
Sold by P.J. Tassaert Painter to his Royal Highness Prince Charles of Lorrain at M.rs Tinges in great Poland Street Soho Price 10s. 6d.
Mezzotint. 505 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). Narrow margins, small tear in bottom margin.
Three small children playing with a dog.
CS3 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66526] £360.00
P.P. Rubens pinxit. P.J. Tassaert Fecit.
Sold by P.J. Tassaert Painter to his Royal Highness Prince Charles of Lorrain at M.rs Tinges in great Poland Street Soho Price 10s. 6d.
Mezzotint. 505 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). Narrow margins, small tear in bottom margin.
Three small children playing with a dog.
CS3 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66526] £360.00
Ruben's Three Children. Done from a Capital Picture, in the Possession of Monsieur I. Bertels at Antwerp.
P.P. Rubens pinxit. P.J. Tassaert Fecit.
Sold by P.J. Tassaert Painter to his Royal Highness Prince Charles of Lorrain at M.rs Tinges in great Poland Street Soho. Price 7s. 6d. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 505 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"), with large margins. Laid on card. Bit messy.
Three small children playing with a dog.
CS3 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67630] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
P.P. Rubens pinxit. P.J. Tassaert Fecit.
Sold by P.J. Tassaert Painter to his Royal Highness Prince Charles of Lorrain at M.rs Tinges in great Poland Street Soho. Price 7s. 6d. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 505 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"), with large margins. Laid on card. Bit messy.
Three small children playing with a dog.
CS3 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67630] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[Ruben's Three Children. Done from a Capital Picture, in the Possession of Monsieur I. Bertels at Antwerp.]
[P.P. Rubens pinxit. P.J. Tassaert Fecit.]
[Sold by P.J. Tassaert Painter to his Royal Highness Prince Charles of Lorrain at M.rs Tinges in great Poland Street Soho.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, printed in brown. Plate 505 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Loss in left edge. Thread margins.
Three small children playing with a dog.
CS3 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67632] £420.00
[P.P. Rubens pinxit. P.J. Tassaert Fecit.]
[Sold by P.J. Tassaert Painter to his Royal Highness Prince Charles of Lorrain at M.rs Tinges in great Poland Street Soho.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, printed in brown. Plate 505 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Loss in left edge. Thread margins.
Three small children playing with a dog.
CS3 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67632] £420.00
![[The Family of Rubens.]](jpegs/67633.jpg)
[The Family of Rubens.]
Rubens Pinxit. Tassaert fecit 1768.
J. Boydell excudit.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 430 x 505mm (17 x 19¾"), with large margins. Repaired tear centre top.
The family of the painter Peter Paul Rubens.
CS 2, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67633] £480.00
Rubens Pinxit. Tassaert fecit 1768.
J. Boydell excudit.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 430 x 505mm (17 x 19¾"), with large margins. Repaired tear centre top.
The family of the painter Peter Paul Rubens.
CS 2, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67633] £480.00
![[The Family of Rubens]](jpegs/43750.jpg)
[The Family of Rubens]
Rubens Pinxit. Tassaert fecit 1768.
J. Boydell excudit.
Mezzotint, fine impression, platemark 430 x 505mm (17 x 19¾"). Part of lower edge missing and filled in. False margins at top.
The family of the painter Peter Paul Rubens.
[Ref: 43750] £360.00
Rubens Pinxit. Tassaert fecit 1768.
J. Boydell excudit.
Mezzotint, fine impression, platemark 430 x 505mm (17 x 19¾"). Part of lower edge missing and filled in. False margins at top.
The family of the painter Peter Paul Rubens.
[Ref: 43750] £360.00
A Fryars Head. In the Gallery at Houghton
Rubens pinx.t. V. Green sculp
Pubd Oct. 1 1774 by John Boydell, Engraver, Cheapside
Mezzotint with large margins; platemark 155 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). Fine.
Head of a friar, after Rubens. The painting was part of the celebrated collection assembled at Houghton in Norfolk by Robert Walpole, the finest pictures of which were engraved in an ambitious project published by John Boydell. The collection was sold to Catherine the Great in the 1770s, and many of the pictures can be seen in the Hermitage in St Petersburg. In 2013 Rubens' 'friars head' was one of a number which temporarily returned to Houghton for the exhibition 'Houghton Revisited'.
Whitman 174 (only state)
[Ref: 36520] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Rubens pinx.t. V. Green sculp
Pubd Oct. 1 1774 by John Boydell, Engraver, Cheapside
Mezzotint with large margins; platemark 155 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). Fine.
Head of a friar, after Rubens. The painting was part of the celebrated collection assembled at Houghton in Norfolk by Robert Walpole, the finest pictures of which were engraved in an ambitious project published by John Boydell. The collection was sold to Catherine the Great in the 1770s, and many of the pictures can be seen in the Hermitage in St Petersburg. In 2013 Rubens' 'friars head' was one of a number which temporarily returned to Houghton for the exhibition 'Houghton Revisited'.
Whitman 174 (only state)
[Ref: 36520] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Fruit Garland.]](jpegs/38085.jpg)
[The Fruit Garland.] Der Fruchtenkranz. / La Guirlande de Fruits.
Gemalt von P.P. Rubens. Nach d. Originale auf Stein gez v. Ferd Piloty.
Verlag der K.B. priv. Kunstanstaldt v. Piloty & Loehle in Munchen. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Publishers blind stamp in centre of title area, 'Piloty & Loehle Munchen'. Printed area: 570 x 520mm (22¼ x 20½"). Spotting in very large margins.
Putti carrying an elaborate fruit garland, within a rocky landscape. After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). From the Munich Gallery collection.
[Ref: 38085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Gemalt von P.P. Rubens. Nach d. Originale auf Stein gez v. Ferd Piloty.
Verlag der K.B. priv. Kunstanstaldt v. Piloty & Loehle in Munchen. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Publishers blind stamp in centre of title area, 'Piloty & Loehle Munchen'. Printed area: 570 x 520mm (22¼ x 20½"). Spotting in very large margins.
Putti carrying an elaborate fruit garland, within a rocky landscape. After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). From the Munich Gallery collection.
[Ref: 38085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Three figures gathered around a fire.]](jpegs/36532.jpg)
[Three figures gathered around a fire.] Quadro di Pietro Paulo Rubens Alto Piedi 4. Onz. 1 Largo Piedi 3 Onz. 3
C. Hutin delin. C.F. Boece Sculps [c.1810]
Engraving, platemark 430 x 330mm (17 x 13"). Uncut sheet with very large margins. Fine.
Italian engraving of a scene attributed to Rubens of three figures in a cave gathered around a small fire.
[Ref: 36532] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
C. Hutin delin. C.F. Boece Sculps [c.1810]
Engraving, platemark 430 x 330mm (17 x 13"). Uncut sheet with very large margins. Fine.
Italian engraving of a scene attributed to Rubens of three figures in a cave gathered around a small fire.
[Ref: 36532] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sleeping Nymphs of Diana.]](jpegs/38053.jpg)
[Sleeping Nymphs of Diana.] Dianes Schlafende Nymphen von Waldgoettern Belauscht. Nymphes Dorma
Gemalt von P.P. Rubens u. Breughel. Nach d. Originale auf Stein gez v. Carl Straub.
Verlag der K.B. priv. Kunstanstaldt v. Piloty & Loehle in Munchen. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Printed area: 430 x 675mm (17 x 26½"), with wide margins, publishers blind stamp in centre of title area. Tear in lower edge of sheet.
A scene depicting Diana's Nymphs sleeping under a tree, being watched by two gremlins who are hiding to the left. The foreground is filled with dead game.
After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). From the Munich Gallery collection.
[Ref: 38053] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Gemalt von P.P. Rubens u. Breughel. Nach d. Originale auf Stein gez v. Carl Straub.
Verlag der K.B. priv. Kunstanstaldt v. Piloty & Loehle in Munchen. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Printed area: 430 x 675mm (17 x 26½"), with wide margins, publishers blind stamp in centre of title area. Tear in lower edge of sheet.
A scene depicting Diana's Nymphs sleeping under a tree, being watched by two gremlins who are hiding to the left. The foreground is filled with dead game.
After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). From the Munich Gallery collection.
[Ref: 38053] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Guard Dog.]](jpegs/38050.jpg)
[The Guard Dog.]
Gemalt v. Snyders u. Rubens. Nach d. Originale auf Stein gez v. J. Woelfjle.
Verlag der K.B. priv. Kunstanstaldt v. Piloty & Loehle in Munchen. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Publishers blind stamp in centre of title area, 'Piloty & Loehle Munchen'. Printed area: 570 x 520mm (22¼ x 20½"). Spotting in very large margins.
A large clothed table covered in dead game, poultry, fruit and vegetables, and a Lobster in the centre. A dog is sniffing a stag's head from below the table, with a cat to the left, and a servant picking up some grapes to the right. After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). The original painting is now held in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. From the Munich Gallery collection.
[Ref: 38050] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Gemalt v. Snyders u. Rubens. Nach d. Originale auf Stein gez v. J. Woelfjle.
Verlag der K.B. priv. Kunstanstaldt v. Piloty & Loehle in Munchen. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Publishers blind stamp in centre of title area, 'Piloty & Loehle Munchen'. Printed area: 570 x 520mm (22¼ x 20½"). Spotting in very large margins.
A large clothed table covered in dead game, poultry, fruit and vegetables, and a Lobster in the centre. A dog is sniffing a stag's head from below the table, with a cat to the left, and a servant picking up some grapes to the right. After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). The original painting is now held in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. From the Munich Gallery collection.
[Ref: 38050] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Arrest of Samson.]](jpegs/38052.jpg)
[The Arrest of Samson.] Die Gefangennehmung Simsons. / L'Arrestation de Samson.
Gemalt von P.P. Rubens. Nach d. Originale auf Stein gez v. F. Piloty.
Verlag der K.B. priv. Kunstanstaldt v. Piloty & Loehle in Munchen. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Publishers blind stamp in centre of title area, 'Piloty & Loehle Munchen'. Printed area: 420 x 515mm (16½ x 20¼"). Spotting in vry large margins.
Delilah reclining on a bed to the left, holding a pair of scissors, Samson being tied with ropes surrounded by soldiers in the centre. After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). From the Munich Gallery collection.
[Ref: 38052] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Gemalt von P.P. Rubens. Nach d. Originale auf Stein gez v. F. Piloty.
Verlag der K.B. priv. Kunstanstaldt v. Piloty & Loehle in Munchen. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Publishers blind stamp in centre of title area, 'Piloty & Loehle Munchen'. Printed area: 420 x 515mm (16½ x 20¼"). Spotting in vry large margins.
Delilah reclining on a bed to the left, holding a pair of scissors, Samson being tied with ropes surrounded by soldiers in the centre. After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). From the Munich Gallery collection.
[Ref: 38052] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![La Femme De Rubens. [The Wife of Rubens.]](jpegs/11914.jpg)
La Femme De Rubens. [The Wife of Rubens.] L'original se trouve dans la galerie Imp. Roy. a Vienne.
Peint P.P. Rubens; grave par J.M.
Se vend a Vienne chez Mr. F.X. Trockl, Md. d' Estampes, dans la Seizergasse vis a vis de la Chancellerie de Guerre. [n.d., c.1805.]
Stipple in brown ink, 325 x 230mm. 12¾ x 9".
Helene Fourment, second wife of the artist, in a fur coat, after Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). Published in Vienna. The 1638 oil is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. On Whatman paper watermarked 1801.
[Ref: 11914] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Peint P.P. Rubens; grave par J.M.
Se vend a Vienne chez Mr. F.X. Trockl, Md. d' Estampes, dans la Seizergasse vis a vis de la Chancellerie de Guerre. [n.d., c.1805.]
Stipple in brown ink, 325 x 230mm. 12¾ x 9".
Helene Fourment, second wife of the artist, in a fur coat, after Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). Published in Vienna. The 1638 oil is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. On Whatman paper watermarked 1801.
[Ref: 11914] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Albertus, Son of P. P. Rubens.
Rubels Pinx.t. Goubaud Del.t. G. Maile Sculp.t.
London. Published Feb.y 1.st, 1816, at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand.
A fine mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 445 x 330mm (17½ x 13").
A portrait of Peter Paul Rubens' son Albert (1614-57), as a young boy, from a series of portraits of the artist's family. The artist's eldest son, by Isabella Brant, he became a respected philologist and scholar of antiquity, and succeeded his father as secretary of the Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64875] £320.00
Rubels Pinx.t. Goubaud Del.t. G. Maile Sculp.t.
London. Published Feb.y 1.st, 1816, at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand.
A fine mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 445 x 330mm (17½ x 13").
A portrait of Peter Paul Rubens' son Albert (1614-57), as a young boy, from a series of portraits of the artist's family. The artist's eldest son, by Isabella Brant, he became a respected philologist and scholar of antiquity, and succeeded his father as secretary of the Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64875] £320.00
P,, P,, Rubens.
Rubels Pinx.t. Goubaud Del.t. G. Maile Sculp.t.
London. Published June 1, 1817, at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 445 x 330mm (17½ x 13"). Three large foxing spots.
A self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens aged 46, looking towards the viewer, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and cloak. From a series of portraits of the artist's family.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64874] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rubels Pinx.t. Goubaud Del.t. G. Maile Sculp.t.
London. Published June 1, 1817, at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 445 x 330mm (17½ x 13"). Three large foxing spots.
A self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens aged 46, looking towards the viewer, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and cloak. From a series of portraits of the artist's family.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64874] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Paulus Rubens
[S. Saverÿ Exc.]
[n.d. c.1670.]
Rare engraving, sheet 245 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate losing engraver's name, glued on album sheet at edges. Slightly damaged on image.
Bust portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), wearing wide-brimmed hat and cloak. After the self-portrait by Rubens in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, signed and dated 1623, which was painted for the future Charles I.
Schneevoogt 157.8. Hollstein 128.
[Ref: 59390] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[S. Saverÿ Exc.]
[n.d. c.1670.]
Rare engraving, sheet 245 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate losing engraver's name, glued on album sheet at edges. Slightly damaged on image.
Bust portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), wearing wide-brimmed hat and cloak. After the self-portrait by Rubens in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, signed and dated 1623, which was painted for the future Charles I.
Schneevoogt 157.8. Hollstein 128.
[Ref: 59390] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Paulus Rubens. 30
J. Meyssens exc. [Antwerp, n.d. c.1694].
Etching laid on 18th century sheet. 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4¾"). Some creasing and distortion across the sheet.
A portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) from the series 'Image de divers hommes' (1694).
[Ref: 56578] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J. Meyssens exc. [Antwerp, n.d. c.1694].
Etching laid on 18th century sheet. 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4¾"). Some creasing and distortion across the sheet.
A portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) from the series 'Image de divers hommes' (1694).
[Ref: 56578] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Excellentis: Dns: D: Petrus Paulus Rubenius...
W. Hollar fecit.
F. van den Wyngarde ex: [n.d., c.1650.]
Etching. Sheet 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed into image, nick in bottom edge.
A self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, aged 50; wearing wide-brimmed hat and slashed doublet; in an oval ornamental frame.
Pennington 1498, second state, with 'mus' of 'Excellentis:mus' removed.
[Ref: 66812] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
W. Hollar fecit.
F. van den Wyngarde ex: [n.d., c.1650.]
Etching. Sheet 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed into image, nick in bottom edge.
A self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, aged 50; wearing wide-brimmed hat and slashed doublet; in an oval ornamental frame.
Pennington 1498, second state, with 'mus' of 'Excellentis:mus' removed.
[Ref: 66812] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Rubens with his Wife and Child. From the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim.]
[S.r Peter Paul Rubens pinx.t. J.s M.cArdell fecit.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, UNRECORDED PLATE, proof before inscription. Sheet 510 x 355mm (20 x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Ink stamp of the Lennox-Boyd Collection on reverse.
An unrecorded plate of McArdell's mezzotint, a very close copy but with some noticeable differences: for example a greater number of bands around Hélène's cuff; Rubens' finger does not extend as out from the hedge; and the caryatid has a different expression. The British Museum has a published example (1902,1011.3379), described as the same as CS 159. A self-portrait of Rubens in an ornamental garden with his second wife Hélène Fourment and their unnamed young son, a parrot in the rosebush behind. The painting, formerly in the collection of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, is now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
See CS 159, i of ii. Goodwin: 121 Variant. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34993] £650.00
[S.r Peter Paul Rubens pinx.t. J.s M.cArdell fecit.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, UNRECORDED PLATE, proof before inscription. Sheet 510 x 355mm (20 x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Ink stamp of the Lennox-Boyd Collection on reverse.
An unrecorded plate of McArdell's mezzotint, a very close copy but with some noticeable differences: for example a greater number of bands around Hélène's cuff; Rubens' finger does not extend as out from the hedge; and the caryatid has a different expression. The British Museum has a published example (1902,1011.3379), described as the same as CS 159. A self-portrait of Rubens in an ornamental garden with his second wife Hélène Fourment and their unnamed young son, a parrot in the rosebush behind. The painting, formerly in the collection of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, is now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
See CS 159, i of ii. Goodwin: 121 Variant. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34993] £650.00
Rubens & His Wife. From an original Picture by Rubens & Snyder in the Possession of the Right Honourable The Earl of Aylesford. To Whom this Print is, with his Lordship's permission Inscribed by his much obliged & most respectful humble Servant, John Summerfield.
Painted by Rubens and Snyders. Drawn and Engraved by J. Summerfield, late Pupil to F. Bartolozzi R.A.
London, Published by J. Summerfield at No 9 Southampton Street, Strand, Feb.y 11th 1814.
Engraving. 570 x 530mm (22¼ x 20¾".) Large margins, watermarked 'H.S. & S'. Tear entering platemark, repairs in margins.
A portrait of the Flemish baroque painter Peter Paulus Rubens (1577 - 1640), with his first wife, Isabella Brant. Originally published 1801, the print is after a painting now in Kenwood House. Despite the attribution here it is not certain whether the figures were painted by Rubens or Cornelis de Vos, although it was Frans Snyders who painted the hind slung over Rubens' shoulder, the game birds in the basket on his arm and the fruit in the basket on Isabella's head.
BM: 1917,1208.619.
[Ref: 29075] £320.00
Painted by Rubens and Snyders. Drawn and Engraved by J. Summerfield, late Pupil to F. Bartolozzi R.A.
London, Published by J. Summerfield at No 9 Southampton Street, Strand, Feb.y 11th 1814.
Engraving. 570 x 530mm (22¼ x 20¾".) Large margins, watermarked 'H.S. & S'. Tear entering platemark, repairs in margins.
A portrait of the Flemish baroque painter Peter Paulus Rubens (1577 - 1640), with his first wife, Isabella Brant. Originally published 1801, the print is after a painting now in Kenwood House. Despite the attribution here it is not certain whether the figures were painted by Rubens or Cornelis de Vos, although it was Frans Snyders who painted the hind slung over Rubens' shoulder, the game birds in the basket on his arm and the fruit in the basket on Isabella's head.
BM: 1917,1208.619.
[Ref: 29075] £320.00
Pietro Paolo Rubens.
Gio. Dom. Campiglia del. G.M. Priesler sculp.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Engraving. 275 x 175mm (10¾ x 7"), with large margins.
A half-length self portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), hatless, wearing a voluminous dark velvet coat From a drawing by Domenico Campiglia after the self-portrait in the Uffizi, Florence, engraved for the 'Museum Florentinum'.
[Ref: 62191] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Gio. Dom. Campiglia del. G.M. Priesler sculp.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Engraving. 275 x 175mm (10¾ x 7"), with large margins.
A half-length self portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), hatless, wearing a voluminous dark velvet coat From a drawing by Domenico Campiglia after the self-portrait in the Uffizi, Florence, engraved for the 'Museum Florentinum'.
[Ref: 62191] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sr. Peter Paul Rubens Kt.]](jpegs/32797.jpg)
[Sr. Peter Paul Rubens Kt.]
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Good impression; trimmed on platemark; glued to album sheet.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State iii/v [inscription reworked]; W48; D195. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32797] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Good impression; trimmed on platemark; glued to album sheet.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State iii/v [inscription reworked]; W48; D195. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32797] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Recollections of Rubens.
By Jacob Burckhardt.
London: Phaidon Press Ltd. All Rights Reserved by Phaidon Press Ltd. 1 Cromwell Place, London, S.W.7. MCML [1950.] Made in Great Britain and Printed at the Curwen Press.
8vo (190 x 121mm. 7½ x 4¾".), with marble board covers and calf spine with title in gilt.
An illustrated first edition. Jacob Burckhardt's penetrating essay conveys a vision of the background against which Ruben's works were produced, and gives revealing explanations of the paintings and their style, and a highly interesting sketch of the painter's life as well. Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was a Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that highlighted the late 16th and early 17th centuries. As a diplomat he was knighted by both Philip IV, King of Spain, and Charles I, King of England.
[Ref: 22176] £20.00
By Jacob Burckhardt.
London: Phaidon Press Ltd. All Rights Reserved by Phaidon Press Ltd. 1 Cromwell Place, London, S.W.7. MCML [1950.] Made in Great Britain and Printed at the Curwen Press.
8vo (190 x 121mm. 7½ x 4¾".), with marble board covers and calf spine with title in gilt.
An illustrated first edition. Jacob Burckhardt's penetrating essay conveys a vision of the background against which Ruben's works were produced, and gives revealing explanations of the paintings and their style, and a highly interesting sketch of the painter's life as well. Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was a Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that highlighted the late 16th and early 17th centuries. As a diplomat he was knighted by both Philip IV, King of Spain, and Charles I, King of England.
[Ref: 22176] £20.00
![[Sr. Peter Paul Rubens Kt.]](jpegs/32795.jpg)
[Sr. Peter Paul Rubens Kt.]
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Good impression; trimmed on platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State ii/v [cloak reworked and inscription faded]; W48; D195. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32795] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Good impression; trimmed on platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State ii/v [cloak reworked and inscription faded]; W48; D195. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32795] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Sr. Peter Paul Rubens Kt.
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Good impression; thread margins; printed on fine cream tissue (slightly wrinkled) laid on backing sheet and false margins added.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State iv/v ; W48; D195.
[Ref: 32799] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Good impression; thread margins; printed on fine cream tissue (slightly wrinkled) laid on backing sheet and false margins added.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State iv/v ; W48; D195.
[Ref: 32799] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Sr. Peter Paul Rubens Kt.
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Large margins; foxing around margins.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Posthumous impression with number '48' added in top left by Worlidge's widow to correspond with number in her 1767 catalogue of his prints.
State v/v ; W48; D195.
[Ref: 32801] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Large margins; foxing around margins.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Posthumous impression with number '48' added in top left by Worlidge's widow to correspond with number in her 1767 catalogue of his prints.
State v/v ; W48; D195.
[Ref: 32801] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sr. Peter Paul Rubens Kt.]](jpegs/32796.jpg)
[Sr. Peter Paul Rubens Kt.]
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Good impression; trimmed on platemark; paper discolouration and staining.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State iii/v [inscription reworked]; W48; D195.
[Ref: 32796] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Good impression; trimmed on platemark; paper discolouration and staining.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State iii/v [inscription reworked]; W48; D195.
[Ref: 32796] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Sr. Peter Paul Rubens Kt.
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Thread margins; printed on fine tissue laid on backing sheet; glue stains and slightly foxed at corners; Worlidge inscription weak.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State iv/v ; W48; D195.
[Ref: 32800] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Thread margins; printed on fine tissue laid on backing sheet; glue stains and slightly foxed at corners; Worlidge inscription weak.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State iv/v ; W48; D195.
[Ref: 32800] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sr. Peter Paul Rubens Kt.]
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"). Trimmed inside platemark; good impression; glue stains; discolouration and slight staining.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Early impression.
State i/ ; W48; D195.
[Ref: 32793] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"). Trimmed inside platemark; good impression; glue stains; discolouration and slight staining.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Early impression.
State i/ ; W48; D195.
[Ref: 32793] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Peterus Paulus Rubens & c.
P. Pelham fec: et Excud: 1724.
Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1735]..
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Thread margins.
A half-length self-portrait of Flemish baroque painter Petrus Paulus Rubens (1577-1640). The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, becoming America's first mezzotinter. In 1748 he married John Singleton Copley's mother.
CS 33, only state but suggesting an earlier state without the address of John Bowles, see our item 61642.
[Ref: 64857] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
P. Pelham fec: et Excud: 1724.
Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1735]..
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Thread margins.
A half-length self-portrait of Flemish baroque painter Petrus Paulus Rubens (1577-1640). The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, becoming America's first mezzotinter. In 1748 he married John Singleton Copley's mother.
CS 33, only state but suggesting an earlier state without the address of John Bowles, see our item 61642.
[Ref: 64857] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sr. Peter Paul Rubens Kt.
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Good impression; thread margins; on white laid paper.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State iv/v ; W48; D195; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32798] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1757 [after Rubens]
Etching, sheet 140 x 95mm (5¼ x 4"). Good impression; thread margins; on white laid paper.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) the Flemish Baroque painter, diplomat and proponent of the extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour and sensuality. Etched by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt' who reproduced prints by earlier artists, particularly Rembrandt. Lifetime impression.
State iv/v ; W48; D195; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32798] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Peterus Paulus Rubens & c.
P. Pelham fec: et Excud: 1724.
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Thread margins, mounted in album paper at edges. Repairs left centre border.
A half-length self-portrait of Flemish baroque painter Petrus Paulus Rubens (1577-1640).
CS 33, apparently predating the listed first state, which has the address of John Bowles.
[Ref: 61642] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
P. Pelham fec: et Excud: 1724.
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Thread margins, mounted in album paper at edges. Repairs left centre border.
A half-length self-portrait of Flemish baroque painter Petrus Paulus Rubens (1577-1640).
CS 33, apparently predating the listed first state, which has the address of John Bowles.
[Ref: 61642] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Gio: B: Rubini. Arturo "_e son beato, [/] Mè celeste il giubilar!" [/] I Puritani Atto.1.Sc.5.
A.E. Chalon R.A. R.J. Lane A.R.A.
London, Published Jan.y 1.st 1836, by J.Mitchell, 33, Old Bond Street._á Paris chez Rittner & Goupil Boulevard Montmatre. Printed by Graf & Soret.
Coloured lithograph. Framed, sight size 380 x 265mm (15 x 10½"). Paper watermarked 'J Whatman'
Full length portrait of Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794-1854), a dramatic tenor, depicted in the role of Arturo from Vincenzo Bellini, a role he occupied when the opera first premiered on 24th January 1835. Rubini was one of four international singers who, along with Guilia Grisi, Antonio Tamburini and Luigi Lablache, was known as one of the "Puritani Quartet". The group acquired the name on account of the large quantity of performances the group performed together which included a private performance for Crown Princess Victoria on her 15th birthday. From Alfred Edward Chalon's "Recollections of Italian Opera 1835".
Harvard Vol III, P. 449-7.
[Ref: 68232] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A.E. Chalon R.A. R.J. Lane A.R.A.
London, Published Jan.y 1.st 1836, by J.Mitchell, 33, Old Bond Street._á Paris chez Rittner & Goupil Boulevard Montmatre. Printed by Graf & Soret.
Coloured lithograph. Framed, sight size 380 x 265mm (15 x 10½"). Paper watermarked 'J Whatman'
Full length portrait of Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794-1854), a dramatic tenor, depicted in the role of Arturo from Vincenzo Bellini, a role he occupied when the opera first premiered on 24th January 1835. Rubini was one of four international singers who, along with Guilia Grisi, Antonio Tamburini and Luigi Lablache, was known as one of the "Puritani Quartet". The group acquired the name on account of the large quantity of performances the group performed together which included a private performance for Crown Princess Victoria on her 15th birthday. From Alfred Edward Chalon's "Recollections of Italian Opera 1835".
Harvard Vol III, P. 449-7.
[Ref: 68232] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)