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![[Venus.]](jpegs/65309.jpg)
[Venus.] Iam Cytherea Choros ducit Venus, imminente Luna: Junctaeque Nymphis Gratiae decentes, Alterno Terram quatiunt Pede. Hor.
N.Blackey inven.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"), with large margins.
A mythological scene depicting Venus leading her chorus line, a low moon above them.
[Ref: 65309] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
N.Blackey inven.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"), with large margins.
A mythological scene depicting Venus leading her chorus line, a low moon above them.
[Ref: 65309] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Venus sur les ondea.
[after Bernard Picart.]
Chez les freres de Poilly rue s.t Jacques à la belle Image [n.d., c.1720].
Engraving. 105 x 125mm (4 x 5"). Narrow margins.
A design for a snuff box, depicting the birth of Venus.
[Ref: 66184] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[after Bernard Picart.]
Chez les freres de Poilly rue s.t Jacques à la belle Image [n.d., c.1720].
Engraving. 105 x 125mm (4 x 5"). Narrow margins.
A design for a snuff box, depicting the birth of Venus.
[Ref: 66184] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Set of three prints in various states.] Venus shewing Aeneas the Road to Carthage.](jpegs/36444.jpg)
[Set of three prints in various states.] Venus shewing Aeneas the Road to Carthage. From the original Picture in the Collection of Lord Boringdon.
A. Kauffman R.A. pin.t. T. Ryder Sculp.t.
Publish'd July 1.st 1791, by B. B. Evans, Poultry London.
Set of three stipple engravings. Platemark: 390 x 290mm (15¼ x 11¼") each. Two proof impressions are trimmed close to platemarks; Impression printed in brown ink has light spotting, impression printed in black has a few light surface marks with the top left corner missing. Lettered impression has full margins. Foxing.
A set of three prints in various states; two proof before letter impressions, one of which is printed in brown ink. Lettered impression with full titles and publication line. A scene depicting Venus, disguised as a Carthaginian huntress, standing in the centre with a bow on her back, showing two soldiers at left (Aeneas and Achatës) in the direction of a fortress in the city of Carthage, to the right. In the middle ground is da river with swans and a woodland to the left. Published as a pair to item ref: 36450, by Benjamin Beale Evans, 1791. After Angelica Kauffman, RA (1741 - 1807), a Swiss-born Austrian Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome.
States; IV, V and VI.
[Ref: 36444] £590.00 view all images for this item
A. Kauffman R.A. pin.t. T. Ryder Sculp.t.
Publish'd July 1.st 1791, by B. B. Evans, Poultry London.
Set of three stipple engravings. Platemark: 390 x 290mm (15¼ x 11¼") each. Two proof impressions are trimmed close to platemarks; Impression printed in brown ink has light spotting, impression printed in black has a few light surface marks with the top left corner missing. Lettered impression has full margins. Foxing.
A set of three prints in various states; two proof before letter impressions, one of which is printed in brown ink. Lettered impression with full titles and publication line. A scene depicting Venus, disguised as a Carthaginian huntress, standing in the centre with a bow on her back, showing two soldiers at left (Aeneas and Achatës) in the direction of a fortress in the city of Carthage, to the right. In the middle ground is da river with swans and a woodland to the left. Published as a pair to item ref: 36450, by Benjamin Beale Evans, 1791. After Angelica Kauffman, RA (1741 - 1807), a Swiss-born Austrian Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome.
States; IV, V and VI.
[Ref: 36444] £590.00 view all images for this item
![[Head of a young woman]](jpegs/44065.jpg)
[Head of a young woman]
J.B.M. Pierre del Lucien sculp
A Paris chés J. Fr. Chereau rue St Jacques [c.1770]
Crayon-manner printed in red, platemark 480 x 370mm (19 x 14½"). Crease upper right. Slight foxing, small margins.
Crayon-manner print after a study by Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (1713-89), French painter who replaced Boucher as painter to the king and also enjoyed the patronage of the king's mistress Madame de Pompadour. While Pierre's drawing no longer survives, it is believed to have been a study for the head of Venus in his painting 'The Judgement of Paris', painted for Frederick the Great (c.1759) and now in the Royal Palace, Potsdam.
[Ref: 44065] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.B.M. Pierre del Lucien sculp
A Paris chés J. Fr. Chereau rue St Jacques [c.1770]
Crayon-manner printed in red, platemark 480 x 370mm (19 x 14½"). Crease upper right. Slight foxing, small margins.
Crayon-manner print after a study by Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (1713-89), French painter who replaced Boucher as painter to the king and also enjoyed the patronage of the king's mistress Madame de Pompadour. While Pierre's drawing no longer survives, it is believed to have been a study for the head of Venus in his painting 'The Judgement of Paris', painted for Frederick the Great (c.1759) and now in the Royal Palace, Potsdam.
[Ref: 44065] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Birth of Venus. From the celebrated Picture by the late James Barry Esq. R.A.
Painted by James Barry. R.A. Engraved by Benjamin Smith.
Published Feby. 1827. (for the Proprietor) by B.Smith, 21, Judd Place, West, New Road.
Stipple engraving. 264 x 203mm. 10" 3/8 x 8", large margins.
A romantic image showing a mythological scene portraying the birth of Venus, the goddess holds her long hair aloft. Beside her are a pair of doves and Cupid.
[Ref: 40109] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by James Barry. R.A. Engraved by Benjamin Smith.
Published Feby. 1827. (for the Proprietor) by B.Smith, 21, Judd Place, West, New Road.
Stipple engraving. 264 x 203mm. 10" 3/8 x 8", large margins.
A romantic image showing a mythological scene portraying the birth of Venus, the goddess holds her long hair aloft. Beside her are a pair of doves and Cupid.
[Ref: 40109] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Bower of Venus. Hither the laughing loves resort / Hence wing their mystic darts.
R. Westall Esq RA Pinx.t. G. Kellaway Sculp.
London. Published Sept 1 1825 by W.J.White, Brownlow Street, Holborn. Déposé à la Direction. à Paris chez Giraldon, Bovinet & C.ie, Rue Pavée St André.
Fine colour-printed stipple. 180 x 185mm (7 x 7¼"), very large margins. Two repaired tears in top, one just entering image, laid on paper, wear to inscriptions. Repaired tear centre top.
A naked Venus reclining on a bed in a bower in a wood with three putti, one drawing a bow.
[Ref: 44149] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
R. Westall Esq RA Pinx.t. G. Kellaway Sculp.
London. Published Sept 1 1825 by W.J.White, Brownlow Street, Holborn. Déposé à la Direction. à Paris chez Giraldon, Bovinet & C.ie, Rue Pavée St André.
Fine colour-printed stipple. 180 x 185mm (7 x 7¼"), very large margins. Two repaired tears in top, one just entering image, laid on paper, wear to inscriptions. Repaired tear centre top.
A naked Venus reclining on a bed in a bower in a wood with three putti, one drawing a bow.
[Ref: 44149] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Venus d'Arles. Antique.
[Engraved by B. Audran?]
[n.d., c.1719.]
Stipple & etching with small margins. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾").
A statue of Venus, apple in one hand, mirror in the other. Discovered in several pieces at the Roman theatre at Arles in 1651, the statue given to Louis XIV for Versailles in 1681, seized in the Revolution and housed in the Louvre since its inception.
[Ref: 34607] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by B. Audran?]
[n.d., c.1719.]
Stipple & etching with small margins. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾").
A statue of Venus, apple in one hand, mirror in the other. Discovered in several pieces at the Roman theatre at Arles in 1651, the statue given to Louis XIV for Versailles in 1681, seized in the Revolution and housed in the Louvre since its inception.
[Ref: 34607] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Venus. From a Painting of Titian in the Medici collection at Florence.
R. Strange Florentiæ delin.t. A.o 1761 Atque A.o 1768. Ære incidit Londini.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
A fine engraving. 400 x 490mm (15¾ x 19¼") very large margins. Foxing in margins.
Venus reclining on a bed, a puppy near her feet. Behind two women take clothes from a chest. It was painted by Titian (c.1489-1576) for Duke of Urbino Guidobaldo II Della Rovere in 1538, a present for the Duke's young wife, and is now in the Uffizi Gallery Museum, Florence. It was sketched by Robert Strange in Florence in 1761, engraved by him in London 1768 and published in a collected edition of his engravings.
[Ref: 46540] £480.00
R. Strange Florentiæ delin.t. A.o 1761 Atque A.o 1768. Ære incidit Londini.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
A fine engraving. 400 x 490mm (15¾ x 19¼") very large margins. Foxing in margins.
Venus reclining on a bed, a puppy near her feet. Behind two women take clothes from a chest. It was painted by Titian (c.1489-1576) for Duke of Urbino Guidobaldo II Della Rovere in 1538, a present for the Duke's young wife, and is now in the Uffizi Gallery Museum, Florence. It was sketched by Robert Strange in Florence in 1761, engraved by him in London 1768 and published in a collected edition of his engravings.
[Ref: 46540] £480.00
Venus.
Elias Martin pinx.t J. Fried.k Martin Aculp.t
Publish'd as the Act directs 1778. N.o 8 Leicester Street Leicester Square.
Very fine stipple printed in colours, Collector's mark verso; plate 180 x 215mm (7 x 8½"), with large margins. Mint.
Very decorative image showing Venus seated in her chariot on clouds, surrounded by cupids and with two doves at her feet. By Elias Martin, A.R.A. Swedish, born Stockholm in 1739, died Stockholm 1818. He came to London in 1768, becoming a Royal Academy student the next year and was elected A.R.A in 1770.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60282] £680.00
Elias Martin pinx.t J. Fried.k Martin Aculp.t
Publish'd as the Act directs 1778. N.o 8 Leicester Street Leicester Square.
Very fine stipple printed in colours, Collector's mark verso; plate 180 x 215mm (7 x 8½"), with large margins. Mint.
Very decorative image showing Venus seated in her chariot on clouds, surrounded by cupids and with two doves at her feet. By Elias Martin, A.R.A. Swedish, born Stockholm in 1739, died Stockholm 1818. He came to London in 1768, becoming a Royal Academy student the next year and was elected A.R.A in 1770.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60282] £680.00
Venus. Engraved from the Original Picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds [...] Peintre de sa Majesté Britannique.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Joseph Collyer sculp.t.
London: Published 9 Oct.r 1786, by W. Dickinson, New Bond Street, W. Darling, Newport Street, J.Cary Strand, & J. Collyer No. 7 White Lion Row Islington. "Price 7s.6d."
Stipple with etching, 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), very large margins. Mint.
Venus reclines naked beneath a canopy, looking at Cupid who peers through the bushes at the right.
Hamilton: pg.159, II. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60315] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Joseph Collyer sculp.t.
London: Published 9 Oct.r 1786, by W. Dickinson, New Bond Street, W. Darling, Newport Street, J.Cary Strand, & J. Collyer No. 7 White Lion Row Islington. "Price 7s.6d."
Stipple with etching, 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), very large margins. Mint.
Venus reclines naked beneath a canopy, looking at Cupid who peers through the bushes at the right.
Hamilton: pg.159, II. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60315] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)
Venere Vincitrice. All' Illustre, Mylord Cawdor, che ad esempio della presenta Statua incoraggi l'Autore alla Scultura di una Ninfa giacente in diversa attidudine. - Antonio Canova.
Ant. Canova inv. e scolpi in marme. Luigi Durantini dis. Ang. Bertini incise. Statua di grandezza naturale nel Palazzo Borghese in Roma.
Rome, [n.d. c. 1815]
Engraving and etching. 390 x 540mm (15½ x 21¼"), with large margins. Mint.
A sculpture of Pauline Bonaparte, portrayed as Venus, reclining in a triclinium, seen from the back. Pauline Bonaparte (1780-1825) was the second sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. After her first marriage ended with the death of her husband, she married Camillo Borghese. Anotnio Canova's sculpture was commissioned by Camillo in 1805 for his wife, who was originally to be portrayed as the chaste goddess Diana. Aware of her promiscuous reputation, but also tastefully drawing on the mythic ancestry of the Borghese family, Pauline had the subject changed to 'Venus'. The original sculpture is in the Galleria Borghese, Italy. See also Ref 55027.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 55012] £360.00
Ant. Canova inv. e scolpi in marme. Luigi Durantini dis. Ang. Bertini incise. Statua di grandezza naturale nel Palazzo Borghese in Roma.
Rome, [n.d. c. 1815]
Engraving and etching. 390 x 540mm (15½ x 21¼"), with large margins. Mint.
A sculpture of Pauline Bonaparte, portrayed as Venus, reclining in a triclinium, seen from the back. Pauline Bonaparte (1780-1825) was the second sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. After her first marriage ended with the death of her husband, she married Camillo Borghese. Anotnio Canova's sculpture was commissioned by Camillo in 1805 for his wife, who was originally to be portrayed as the chaste goddess Diana. Aware of her promiscuous reputation, but also tastefully drawing on the mythic ancestry of the Borghese family, Pauline had the subject changed to 'Venus'. The original sculpture is in the Galleria Borghese, Italy. See also Ref 55027.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 55012] £360.00
![[Venus with a lute player and Cupid.]](jpegs/57392.jpg)
[Venus with a lute player and Cupid.]
Pichler.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 600 x 845mm (23½ x 33¼"). Some foxing.
A very large and impressive scene of Venus lying naked, holding a flute being crowned with a garland by Cupid, with a man playing the lute, reading from music. Titian painted several versions of this scene. Provenance: [Venus] Cabinet Brentano - Birkenstock/ Johann Melchior von Birckenstock (1738-1809) [L. 345] [Venus] Fritz Reiss [L. 2178] [Venus] Probably his sale, Christie's, London, 18th and 19th December, 1923 Humphrey Minto Wilson (fl. 1938-1951) Thence by descent to the present owner.
[Ref: 57392] £2,000.00
Pichler.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 600 x 845mm (23½ x 33¼"). Some foxing.
A very large and impressive scene of Venus lying naked, holding a flute being crowned with a garland by Cupid, with a man playing the lute, reading from music. Titian painted several versions of this scene. Provenance: [Venus] Cabinet Brentano - Birkenstock/ Johann Melchior von Birckenstock (1738-1809) [L. 345] [Venus] Fritz Reiss [L. 2178] [Venus] Probably his sale, Christie's, London, 18th and 19th December, 1923 Humphrey Minto Wilson (fl. 1938-1951) Thence by descent to the present owner.
[Ref: 57392] £2,000.00
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Venus & Adonis.
R.Cosway pinx.t. F.Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Published June 1 1791 by I. Read, Coventry Court, Coventry Street.
Stipple. Sheet 250 x 190mm. Trimmed into plate.
Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication.
[Ref: 7611] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
R.Cosway pinx.t. F.Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Published June 1 1791 by I. Read, Coventry Court, Coventry Street.
Stipple. Sheet 250 x 190mm. Trimmed into plate.
Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication.
[Ref: 7611] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Venus and Cupid.]](jpegs/45346.jpg)
[Venus and Cupid.]
[after Titian.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple engraving, proof before title? 370 x 440mm (14½ x 17¼").
Venus lying naked on a couch with Cupid to left, under drapery. In this version an Italianate rustic view fills the background.
[Ref: 45346] £360.00
[after Titian.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple engraving, proof before title? 370 x 440mm (14½ x 17¼").
Venus lying naked on a couch with Cupid to left, under drapery. In this version an Italianate rustic view fills the background.
[Ref: 45346] £360.00
Who this can view yet feell no kindling fire / Need keep no Lent to mortifie desire.
Lucas Jordanus Neopolitanus pinx: J. Smith fec: & exc.
[London: John Smith, c.1692.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 205 x 285mm (8 x 11¼"), large margins.
A very decorative image showing a naked Venus reclining on a bed, embracing an infant Cupid, watched by a horned satyr and a woman. The original painting is at Chatsworth.
BM: 1876,1111.14, state iii of iv (the first two unlettered proofs).
[Ref: 65603] £390.00
Lucas Jordanus Neopolitanus pinx: J. Smith fec: & exc.
[London: John Smith, c.1692.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 205 x 285mm (8 x 11¼"), large margins.
A very decorative image showing a naked Venus reclining on a bed, embracing an infant Cupid, watched by a horned satyr and a woman. The original painting is at Chatsworth.
BM: 1876,1111.14, state iii of iv (the first two unlettered proofs).
[Ref: 65603] £390.00
Venus se plaint à Jupiter de la Tempête que Junon a excitée contre Enée. Virg. Eneide L.1.v.233. Agathe du Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. H. Simon Thomassin sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 204 x 190mm. 8 x 7½".
Venus complains to Jupiter of the storm that Juno created against Aeneas, signs of the Zodiac in circle. Plate 15 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25068] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. H. Simon Thomassin sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 204 x 190mm. 8 x 7½".
Venus complains to Jupiter of the storm that Juno created against Aeneas, signs of the Zodiac in circle. Plate 15 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25068] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Venus and Mars, with a sleeping cupid]](jpegs/14418.jpg)
[Venus and Mars, with a sleeping cupid]
[n.d. c.1770] [Houghton Gallery Published Boydell ?]
A very fine mezzotint. Scarce proof. Plate 222 x 288mm. 8¾ x 11¼".
[Ref: 14418] £360.00
[n.d. c.1770] [Houghton Gallery Published Boydell ?]
A very fine mezzotint. Scarce proof. Plate 222 x 288mm. 8¾ x 11¼".
[Ref: 14418] £360.00
![[Venus and Adonis.]](jpegs/20447.jpg)
[Venus and Adonis.]
Cosway inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Publih as the Act directs by J. Walker no.13 Parliamt Street Aug.st 21 1778.
Stipple with etching. Plate 254 x 191mm. 10 x 7½". Good margins.
Venus and Adonis seated under trees, embracing; next to her right foot, two doves, one drinking from a stream.
De Vesme: 492; v/ix. See Ref: 7611 for later letter state.
[Ref: 20447] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Cosway inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Publih as the Act directs by J. Walker no.13 Parliamt Street Aug.st 21 1778.
Stipple with etching. Plate 254 x 191mm. 10 x 7½". Good margins.
Venus and Adonis seated under trees, embracing; next to her right foot, two doves, one drinking from a stream.
De Vesme: 492; v/ix. See Ref: 7611 for later letter state.
[Ref: 20447] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Venus Relating to Adonis, the Story of he Hippomenes and Atalanta. Engraved from the Original Picture; Painted by Mr. Benjn. West. Size of the picture 5F, 4I by 7F, 2I in Length. Vol. II. No.51.
Benjn. West pinxit. R. Earlom delint. John Boydell excudit 1769. John Hall Sculpsit.
Published according to Act of Parliam.t Septr. 1.st 1769. by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Very fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 431 x 532mm (17 x 21").
Venus and Adonis, the goddess reclining on the ground with her head resting on his breast, relating the story of Hippomenes and Atalanta; the hunter's lion sits on the ground at left, cupids play with two doves behind to right.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38180] £520.00
Benjn. West pinxit. R. Earlom delint. John Boydell excudit 1769. John Hall Sculpsit.
Published according to Act of Parliam.t Septr. 1.st 1769. by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Very fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 431 x 532mm (17 x 21").
Venus and Adonis, the goddess reclining on the ground with her head resting on his breast, relating the story of Hippomenes and Atalanta; the hunter's lion sits on the ground at left, cupids play with two doves behind to right.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38180] £520.00
Venus and Adonis. From the Original Picture by Nicholas Poussin, in the Collection of M.r. Reynolds. Size of the Picture, 2. F. 5 ½ by 3. F. 3 in Length.
Nic: Poussin pinxit. R. Earlom fecit.
John Boydell excud.t. 1766.
Mezzotint with engraving. Plate: 500 x 420mm, (19¾ x 16½"). Very large margins. Some foxing in margins.
A fine image Venus and Adonis lie sleeping in an embrace while cherubs play with bows and arrows and catch a hare. Based on Ovid's story in Metamorphoses, Book 10 which tells of how Venus took the young Adonis as her lover and tries to persuade him not to hunt fearing for his safety, Adonis however, ignores her warning and is killed by a boar. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38265] £350.00
Nic: Poussin pinxit. R. Earlom fecit.
John Boydell excud.t. 1766.
Mezzotint with engraving. Plate: 500 x 420mm, (19¾ x 16½"). Very large margins. Some foxing in margins.
A fine image Venus and Adonis lie sleeping in an embrace while cherubs play with bows and arrows and catch a hare. Based on Ovid's story in Metamorphoses, Book 10 which tells of how Venus took the young Adonis as her lover and tries to persuade him not to hunt fearing for his safety, Adonis however, ignores her warning and is killed by a boar. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38265] £350.00
Venus Presenting Armour to Aeneas.
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c,1770].
Rare mezzotint. Platemark: 345 x 250mm. (13½ x 9¾"). Some light stains and marks in large margins. Small stain in left middle of the print.
Venus appearing in a chariot drawn by cupids among clouds, addressing Aeneas who stands in a forest, pointing to left at a suit of armour piled against a tree. They are both watched by a river God reclining at the edge of the scene on the right. After Italian baroque artist Pietro Testa.
[Ref: 29119] £320.00
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c,1770].
Rare mezzotint. Platemark: 345 x 250mm. (13½ x 9¾"). Some light stains and marks in large margins. Small stain in left middle of the print.
Venus appearing in a chariot drawn by cupids among clouds, addressing Aeneas who stands in a forest, pointing to left at a suit of armour piled against a tree. They are both watched by a river God reclining at the edge of the scene on the right. After Italian baroque artist Pietro Testa.
[Ref: 29119] £320.00
Venus and cupid.
Wells del. et sculp.t.
Published by W.m Wells, 20 July 1779 No. 132 Fleet Street
Rare stipple printed in sepia, platemark 100 x 85mm (4 x 3¼"), with very large margins.
[Ref: 45152] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Wells del. et sculp.t.
Published by W.m Wells, 20 July 1779 No. 132 Fleet Street
Rare stipple printed in sepia, platemark 100 x 85mm (4 x 3¼"), with very large margins.
[Ref: 45152] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C'East a Vous a quy jen Veux.
Diacre a paris 1717 Avec privilege du Roy Rue des Boucheris Faubourg S.t Germain.
Engraving. 95 x 110mm (3¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed into plate.
A portrait of Venus and Cupid, who holds up a tiny dart.
[Ref: 66187] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Diacre a paris 1717 Avec privilege du Roy Rue des Boucheris Faubourg S.t Germain.
Engraving. 95 x 110mm (3¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed into plate.
A portrait of Venus and Cupid, who holds up a tiny dart.
[Ref: 66187] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
L'Amour Veut Menchesner.
Diacre a paris 1717 Avec privilege du Roy Rue des Boucheris Faubourg S.t Germain.
Engraving. 95 x 110mm (3¾ x 4¼"). Mounted on album paper at corners.
A portrait of Venus and Cupid with garlands of flowers.
[Ref: 66188] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Diacre a paris 1717 Avec privilege du Roy Rue des Boucheris Faubourg S.t Germain.
Engraving. 95 x 110mm (3¾ x 4¼"). Mounted on album paper at corners.
A portrait of Venus and Cupid with garlands of flowers.
[Ref: 66188] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Venus and Cupid.]](jpegs/53326.jpg)
[Venus and Cupid.]
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi after Guercino.]
[London: John Boydell, 1780.]
Crayon-manner stipple, printed in brown, 18th century watermark. 185 x 255mm (7¼ x 10"), with large margins.
A half-length composition, with Venus holding one arrow and Cupid's quiver while he reaches to draw another arrow from it. Engraved from a red chalk in the Royal Collection, which was probably an early sketch for the painting in Apsley House, home of the Duke of Wellington.
De Vesme 2196.
[Ref: 53326] £320.00
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi after Guercino.]
[London: John Boydell, 1780.]
Crayon-manner stipple, printed in brown, 18th century watermark. 185 x 255mm (7¼ x 10"), with large margins.
A half-length composition, with Venus holding one arrow and Cupid's quiver while he reaches to draw another arrow from it. Engraved from a red chalk in the Royal Collection, which was probably an early sketch for the painting in Apsley House, home of the Duke of Wellington.
De Vesme 2196.
[Ref: 53326] £320.00
![[Venus and Cupids.]](jpegs/58584.jpg)
[Venus and Cupids.]
[after Richard Westall R.A.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Steel engraving, proof before letters, printed on chine collé. 190 x 245mm (7½ x 9½"), with large margins.
Venus, half-naked, reclining in a bower with two cherubs, one of whom draws a bow. A copy of a stipple engraved by Robert Mitchell Meadows (BM 1934,0113.5).
[Ref: 58584] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[after Richard Westall R.A.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Steel engraving, proof before letters, printed on chine collé. 190 x 245mm (7½ x 9½"), with large margins.
Venus, half-naked, reclining in a bower with two cherubs, one of whom draws a bow. A copy of a stipple engraved by Robert Mitchell Meadows (BM 1934,0113.5).
[Ref: 58584] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Venus and Her Doves.
Painted by R. Westall. Engraved by E. Scriven, Historical Engraver to H.R.H. the Princess of Wales.
Published January 2.d 1804 by Clay & Scriven, No. 18 Ludgate Hill London.
Coloured aquatint, printed in colours. 420 x 490mm (16½ x 19¼").
A very decorative image. Venus reclining in a bower, with doves at her feet. Cupid flying towards her, firing an arrow behind him.
[Ref: 66136] £390.00
Painted by R. Westall. Engraved by E. Scriven, Historical Engraver to H.R.H. the Princess of Wales.
Published January 2.d 1804 by Clay & Scriven, No. 18 Ludgate Hill London.
Coloured aquatint, printed in colours. 420 x 490mm (16½ x 19¼").
A very decorative image. Venus reclining in a bower, with doves at her feet. Cupid flying towards her, firing an arrow behind him.
[Ref: 66136] £390.00
Venus Presenting the Cestus to Juno.
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1784 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane.
Very fine stipple and etching, printed in sepia. 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with large margins. A little spottting mostly in margins.
Venus places a belt around Juno. Cupid flying in the air behind Venus, holding two arrows and a torch; on the right, a dove and two cupids in a cart, one holding a floral garland; on the left, a peacock..
De Vesme 496. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60294] £350.00
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1784 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane.
Very fine stipple and etching, printed in sepia. 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with large margins. A little spottting mostly in margins.
Venus places a belt around Juno. Cupid flying in the air behind Venus, holding two arrows and a torch; on the right, a dove and two cupids in a cart, one holding a floral garland; on the left, a peacock..
De Vesme 496. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60294] £350.00
![Venus. [&] Léda.](jpegs/20405.jpg)
Venus. [&] Léda.
R. Cosway R.A. delin.t J. Condé sculp.t [&] J Condé del.t et sculp.t
Publish'd Aug.t 1st. 1792 by I. Condé & Colnaghi & Co. Pall Mall.
A pair of stipples in brown ink. Plate 266 x 216mm. 10½ x 8½". Faint creases top left and faint staining bottom right (both)
Venus nude in the water, kicking her leg in the air as she embraces two swans at either side of her. [&] Leda kneeling in rushes beside water with her arms over the backs of two swans at either side of her.
Daniell: 190 [Leda].
[Ref: 20405] £720.00 view all images for this item
R. Cosway R.A. delin.t J. Condé sculp.t [&] J Condé del.t et sculp.t
Publish'd Aug.t 1st. 1792 by I. Condé & Colnaghi & Co. Pall Mall.
A pair of stipples in brown ink. Plate 266 x 216mm. 10½ x 8½". Faint creases top left and faint staining bottom right (both)
Venus nude in the water, kicking her leg in the air as she embraces two swans at either side of her. [&] Leda kneeling in rushes beside water with her arms over the backs of two swans at either side of her.
Daniell: 190 [Leda].
[Ref: 20405] £720.00 view all images for this item
The Power of Beauty. From the Original Picture of the same Size, Painted by Filippo Lauri, In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Montagu; To whom this plate is most Humbly Dedicated by his Grace's most Obliged and most Obedient Humble servant John Boydell. No. 42.
Filippo Lauri Pinx.t. R. Earlom delin.t. Will.m Walker Sculpsit.
Published by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London, Nov.r 24th. 1767.
Fine engraving. 410 x 510mm (16 x 20"), with large margins.
Venus reclining under a tree pointing at a satyr who kneels, gazing infatuated at her, as Cupid binds its hands behind it. A flying putto pulls on the satyr's beard, grasping an arrow, ready to strike. After Filippo Lauri (1623 - 1694). From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 53471] £390.00
Filippo Lauri Pinx.t. R. Earlom delin.t. Will.m Walker Sculpsit.
Published by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London, Nov.r 24th. 1767.
Fine engraving. 410 x 510mm (16 x 20"), with large margins.
Venus reclining under a tree pointing at a satyr who kneels, gazing infatuated at her, as Cupid binds its hands behind it. A flying putto pulls on the satyr's beard, grasping an arrow, ready to strike. After Filippo Lauri (1623 - 1694). From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 53471] £390.00
Venus applying to Jupiter for the destruction of Telemachus. While Mentor guards the youth from Beauty's snares, [/] Th'affronted Goddess for revenges prepares. [/] When Venus pleased, ev'n Jove can ill refuse, [/] And yields reluctant to Minerva's views.
[Published by John Hinton 1779.]
Engraving. Sheet: 120 x 205mm (4¾ x 8"). Trimmed in lower edge. Some damage to upper margin.
Frontispiece to 'The Universal Magazine of of Knowledge and Pleasure...' Vol LXIV January 1779. Illustrating a excerpt from the Odyssey in which Venus, angered at Telemachus' search for his father Odysseus asks Jupiter for permission to kill him. Venus surrounded by putti stands before Jupiter, who is sat upon a throne of clouds, while other gods look on.
[Ref: 36037] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Published by John Hinton 1779.]
Engraving. Sheet: 120 x 205mm (4¾ x 8"). Trimmed in lower edge. Some damage to upper margin.
Frontispiece to 'The Universal Magazine of of Knowledge and Pleasure...' Vol LXIV January 1779. Illustrating a excerpt from the Odyssey in which Venus, angered at Telemachus' search for his father Odysseus asks Jupiter for permission to kill him. Venus surrounded by putti stands before Jupiter, who is sat upon a throne of clouds, while other gods look on.
[Ref: 36037] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Venus Endormie. Gravé d'apres un Tableau Original de Francois Le Moine.
F. Le Moine pinx.t. F. Aliamet sculp.t.
Se vend à Londres chez T. Major dans St Martin's Lane. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1761.
Engraving. 380 x 430mm (15 x 17"), large margins. Repaired tear in margin, some creasing and spotting.
A naked Venus, asleep with her back to the viewer. The English publisher, Thomas Major (1720-99), worked in Paris between 1745 and 1749 and made contacts in the Paris print trade that allowed him to acquire French plates like this.
[Ref: 50090] £380.00
F. Le Moine pinx.t. F. Aliamet sculp.t.
Se vend à Londres chez T. Major dans St Martin's Lane. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1761.
Engraving. 380 x 430mm (15 x 17"), large margins. Repaired tear in margin, some creasing and spotting.
A naked Venus, asleep with her back to the viewer. The English publisher, Thomas Major (1720-99), worked in Paris between 1745 and 1749 and made contacts in the Paris print trade that allowed him to acquire French plates like this.
[Ref: 50090] £380.00
Venus blinding Cupid. From a Painting of Titian in the Borghese Palace at Rome.
R. Strange Romæ delin.t. A.o 1761, atque A.o 1769. Ære incidit Londini.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 400 x 490mm (15¾ x 19¼") large margins. Foxing in margins.
Venus tying a blindfold over Cupid's eyes, as two nymphs bring Cupid's bow and arrows, watched by Cupid's gloating sibling. The painting was sketched by Robert Strange in Florence in 1761, engraved by him in London in 1769 and published in a collected edition of his engravings.
[Ref: 46543] £360.00
R. Strange Romæ delin.t. A.o 1761, atque A.o 1769. Ære incidit Londini.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 400 x 490mm (15¾ x 19¼") large margins. Foxing in margins.
Venus tying a blindfold over Cupid's eyes, as two nymphs bring Cupid's bow and arrows, watched by Cupid's gloating sibling. The painting was sketched by Robert Strange in Florence in 1761, engraved by him in London in 1769 and published in a collected edition of his engravings.
[Ref: 46543] £360.00
Venus Chiding Cupid.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt. F. Bartolozzi fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by A. Poggi, No.7. St. George's Row, Oxford Turnpike, Janry. 1st. 1784.
Stipple printed in brown ink, sheet 360 x 275mm. 14¼ x 10¾". Trimmed to plate; extremities slightly tatty.
Venus reclining on a cloud holding up an arrow in her right hand; Cupid stands holding an inscribed scroll wiping away a tear from his cheek with the back of his left hand. A grinning putto lies behind Venus holding another arrow upwards provocatively.
De Vesme: 494, IV of V. Hamilton p.159.
[Ref: 21195] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt. F. Bartolozzi fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by A. Poggi, No.7. St. George's Row, Oxford Turnpike, Janry. 1st. 1784.
Stipple printed in brown ink, sheet 360 x 275mm. 14¼ x 10¾". Trimmed to plate; extremities slightly tatty.
Venus reclining on a cloud holding up an arrow in her right hand; Cupid stands holding an inscribed scroll wiping away a tear from his cheek with the back of his left hand. A grinning putto lies behind Venus holding another arrow upwards provocatively.
De Vesme: 494, IV of V. Hamilton p.159.
[Ref: 21195] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Venus Crown'd by Cupid.
Angelica Kauffman del.t. Rob.t Marcaurd sculp.t.
London Published Jan.y 1.st 1784 by Geo. Durand No. 3 Catherine Street Strand, & John Harris Sweeting's Alley Cornhill.
Fine stipple, printed in reddish-brown. 270 x 285mm (10½ x 11¼"). Thread margins.
Cupid crowns a reclining Venus with a wreath. A pair with 'Cupid and Psyche'.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60305] £450.00
Angelica Kauffman del.t. Rob.t Marcaurd sculp.t.
London Published Jan.y 1.st 1784 by Geo. Durand No. 3 Catherine Street Strand, & John Harris Sweeting's Alley Cornhill.
Fine stipple, printed in reddish-brown. 270 x 285mm (10½ x 11¼"). Thread margins.
Cupid crowns a reclining Venus with a wreath. A pair with 'Cupid and Psyche'.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60305] £450.00
Venus Instructing Cupid. Melt to Love the yielding Fair / Teach her not to give dispair. / Anacron.
Design'd by Kirk. Engraved by A. O[***}
London, Published March 10. 1801, by A.C. de Poggi, No 91, New Bond Street.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed losing parts of inscriptions, including engraver's name.
A circular stipple.
[Ref: 54210] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Design'd by Kirk. Engraved by A. O[***}
London, Published March 10. 1801, by A.C. de Poggi, No 91, New Bond Street.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed losing parts of inscriptions, including engraver's name.
A circular stipple.
[Ref: 54210] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Venus Instructing Cupid and Psyche.
Engrav'd by PWTomkins Engr to Her Majesty.
London: Published Oct.r 26. 1799, by P. Sintzenich, No.5, Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital.
Stipple. Plate 260 x 305mm. 10¼ x 12". Slight creasing. Large margins.
Venus sat on a stool with two winged cherubims, Cupid and Psyche. Under the stool lie her bow and arrows; to the far right are two doves in love.
[Ref: 23200] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd by PWTomkins Engr to Her Majesty.
London: Published Oct.r 26. 1799, by P. Sintzenich, No.5, Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital.
Stipple. Plate 260 x 305mm. 10¼ x 12". Slight creasing. Large margins.
Venus sat on a stool with two winged cherubims, Cupid and Psyche. Under the stool lie her bow and arrows; to the far right are two doves in love.
[Ref: 23200] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Venus of Toterdown-hill.
Harding Pinxt. Ogborne Sculpt.
London Pub.d January 2d 1783 by Thos. Macklin No 39 Fleet Street.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 240 x 180mm. Paper lightly toned.
The 'n' of 'Venus' is reversed.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997.
[Ref: 2990] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Harding Pinxt. Ogborne Sculpt.
London Pub.d January 2d 1783 by Thos. Macklin No 39 Fleet Street.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 240 x 180mm. Paper lightly toned.
The 'n' of 'Venus' is reversed.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997.
[Ref: 2990] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Venus Presenting the Cestus to Juno.]](jpegs/20431.jpg)
[Venus Presenting the Cestus to Juno.]
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1784 by A. Torres No.44 Market Lane.
A rare stipple and etching, very decorative. Plate 203 x 229mm. 8 x 9". Cut to plate along left-hand edge, margins on 3 sides.
Venus and Juno, half-naked; Cupid flying in the air behind Venus, holding two arrows and a torch; on the right, a dove and two cupids in a cart, one holding a floral garland; on the left, a peacock.
De Vesme: 496; iii/iv.
[Ref: 20431] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1784 by A. Torres No.44 Market Lane.
A rare stipple and etching, very decorative. Plate 203 x 229mm. 8 x 9". Cut to plate along left-hand edge, margins on 3 sides.
Venus and Juno, half-naked; Cupid flying in the air behind Venus, holding two arrows and a torch; on the right, a dove and two cupids in a cart, one holding a floral garland; on the left, a peacock.
De Vesme: 496; iii/iv.
[Ref: 20431] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Venus Sleeping. In the Cabinet at Houghton. The same size as the pciture.
Annibal Carraci Pinxit. F. Bartolozzi sculpsit. John Boydell excudit 1785.
Publish'd Sept.r 1.st 1785. by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Stipple, printed in brown. 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on card.
A rare stipple, with Venus lying naked on a drapery, arm over her head. Plate 65 from 'The Houghton Gallery', one of the many paintings from the collection that were sold to Catherine the Great and are now in the Hermitage.
[Ref: 45254] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Annibal Carraci Pinxit. F. Bartolozzi sculpsit. John Boydell excudit 1785.
Publish'd Sept.r 1.st 1785. by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Stipple, printed in brown. 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on card.
A rare stipple, with Venus lying naked on a drapery, arm over her head. Plate 65 from 'The Houghton Gallery', one of the many paintings from the collection that were sold to Catherine the Great and are now in the Hermitage.
[Ref: 45254] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Venus, Cupid, and Satyr. Who this can view yet feel no kindling fire; [...]
[after Luca Giordano]
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 Fleet Street [n.d., c.1780.]
Rare mezzotint. 255 x 355m (10 x 14"), very large margins. Slight central crease.
Venus, reclining on a couch, embraces the infant Cupid, with a maid to left and a satyr leaning in over the pillows to right. An engraved version of this painting, by (1634-1705), appeared in John Boydell's 'The Most Capital Paintings in England'.
[Ref: 56392] £360.00
[after Luca Giordano]
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 Fleet Street [n.d., c.1780.]
Rare mezzotint. 255 x 355m (10 x 14"), very large margins. Slight central crease.
Venus, reclining on a couch, embraces the infant Cupid, with a maid to left and a satyr leaning in over the pillows to right. An engraved version of this painting, by (1634-1705), appeared in John Boydell's 'The Most Capital Paintings in England'.
[Ref: 56392] £360.00
Venus, Cupid and Satyr. From the Original Picture painted by Luca Giordano, In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire; To whom this plate is Dedicated, by his Grace's most Obliged, and most Obedient servant John Boydell.
Luca Giordano Pinx.t. R. Earlom delin.t. J. Boydell excudit 1767. F. Bartolozzi Sculpsit.
Published Nov.r 24th. 1767. by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 405 x 510mm (16 x 20"), with very large margins
Venus, reclining on a couch, embraces the infant Cupid, with a maid to left and a satyr leaning in over the pillows to right. Elaborate crest featuring stags and putti below image. Numbered 'No.43.' lower left, with dimensions of the original painting, by Luca Giordano (1634 - 1705). From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38309] £390.00
Luca Giordano Pinx.t. R. Earlom delin.t. J. Boydell excudit 1767. F. Bartolozzi Sculpsit.
Published Nov.r 24th. 1767. by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 405 x 510mm (16 x 20"), with very large margins
Venus, reclining on a couch, embraces the infant Cupid, with a maid to left and a satyr leaning in over the pillows to right. Elaborate crest featuring stags and putti below image. Numbered 'No.43.' lower left, with dimensions of the original painting, by Luca Giordano (1634 - 1705). From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38309] £390.00
[Venus, Cupid and Satyr. From the Original Picture painted by Luca Giordano, In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire; To whom this plate is Dedicated, by his Grace's most Obliged, and most Obedient servant John Boydell.]
Luca Giordano Pinxit. R. Earlom delin.t. J. Boydell excudit 1767. F. Bartolozzi Sculpsit.
Engraving, scratched letter proof before title. Sheet 405 x 510mm (16 x 20"). Trimmed to plate, some surface wear in inscription area.
Venus, reclining on a couch, embraces the infant Cupid, with a maid to left and a satyr leaning in over the pillows to right. An elaborate crest under the image features stags and putti. Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi from a preparatory drawing by Richard Earlom of a painting by Luca Giordano (1634 - 1705), and published as part of the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a publisher of fine engravings.
[Ref: 51826] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Luca Giordano Pinxit. R. Earlom delin.t. J. Boydell excudit 1767. F. Bartolozzi Sculpsit.
Engraving, scratched letter proof before title. Sheet 405 x 510mm (16 x 20"). Trimmed to plate, some surface wear in inscription area.
Venus, reclining on a couch, embraces the infant Cupid, with a maid to left and a satyr leaning in over the pillows to right. An elaborate crest under the image features stags and putti. Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi from a preparatory drawing by Richard Earlom of a painting by Luca Giordano (1634 - 1705), and published as part of the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a publisher of fine engravings.
[Ref: 51826] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Vera Cruiz.
W.S. Andrews, del. T.G.Dutton, lith.
Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen. [London, c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph, sheet 270 x 370mm. 10½ x 14½".
Ships entering the harbour of Veracruz, a major port city on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. From 'Andrews's Illustrations of the West Indies'.
[Ref: 17737] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
W.S. Andrews, del. T.G.Dutton, lith.
Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen. [London, c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph, sheet 270 x 370mm. 10½ x 14½".
Ships entering the harbour of Veracruz, a major port city on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. From 'Andrews's Illustrations of the West Indies'.
[Ref: 17737] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
South Side of Veracruz, from the Castle of San Juan de Ulua.
Drawn on the Spot by W. Bullock Junr. 1823. I. Clark sc.
Published by I. [John] Murray, London, 1825.
Aquatint and etching, folding plate to William Bullock's 'Six Months’ Residence and Travels in Mexico'. Sheet 160 x 215mm. 6¼ x 8½".
A prospect of Veracruz, a major port city on the Gulf of Mexico; sailing boats in foreground. William Bullock (c.1773 - 1849), traveller, naturalist, and antiquarian, established the London Museum, also known as the Egyptian Hall or Museum, or Bullock's Museum, at 22 Piccadilly in 1812. His book is an interesting account of a journey in Mexico, illustrated with topographical views and images of indigenous Mexicans. Upon his return to England from an 1822 trip to the country, he advertised an exhibition on Mexico at the Museum. The exhibition catalogue was titled 'Catalogue of the Exhibition, called Modern Mexico; containing a panoramic view of the city, with specimens of the natural history of New Spain ... Now open for public inspection at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.'
Abbey Travel: 666, 2. See British Library 1050.k.16. For the book see ref: 13338.
[Ref: 26722] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on the Spot by W. Bullock Junr. 1823. I. Clark sc.
Published by I. [John] Murray, London, 1825.
Aquatint and etching, folding plate to William Bullock's 'Six Months’ Residence and Travels in Mexico'. Sheet 160 x 215mm. 6¼ x 8½".
A prospect of Veracruz, a major port city on the Gulf of Mexico; sailing boats in foreground. William Bullock (c.1773 - 1849), traveller, naturalist, and antiquarian, established the London Museum, also known as the Egyptian Hall or Museum, or Bullock's Museum, at 22 Piccadilly in 1812. His book is an interesting account of a journey in Mexico, illustrated with topographical views and images of indigenous Mexicans. Upon his return to England from an 1822 trip to the country, he advertised an exhibition on Mexico at the Museum. The exhibition catalogue was titled 'Catalogue of the Exhibition, called Modern Mexico; containing a panoramic view of the city, with specimens of the natural history of New Spain ... Now open for public inspection at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.'
Abbey Travel: 666, 2. See British Library 1050.k.16. For the book see ref: 13338.
[Ref: 26722] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Giuseppe Verdi.
[Ferdinand Mulnier.] Maclure, Macdonald & Co. Engravers, Glasgow.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Photogravure. Platemark: 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼").
A portrait of Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813 - 1901). Verdi is considered, with Richard Wagner, the leading opera composer of the 19th century.Verdi dominated the Italian opera scene after the eras of Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini. After an image by French photographer Ferdinand Mulnier (1817-91). Maclure, Macdonald & Co. were, in Victorian times, 'Ornamental Printers to the Queen'. They invented a power-driven lithographic printing press in 1853.
[Ref: 37002] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Ferdinand Mulnier.] Maclure, Macdonald & Co. Engravers, Glasgow.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Photogravure. Platemark: 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼").
A portrait of Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813 - 1901). Verdi is considered, with Richard Wagner, the leading opera composer of the 19th century.Verdi dominated the Italian opera scene after the eras of Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini. After an image by French photographer Ferdinand Mulnier (1817-91). Maclure, Macdonald & Co. were, in Victorian times, 'Ornamental Printers to the Queen'. They invented a power-driven lithographic printing press in 1853.
[Ref: 37002] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Verdi.
[par C. Deblois]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Slight offsetting.
Portrait of Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813 - 1901), Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron, Antonio Barezzi.
[Ref: 63249] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[par C. Deblois]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Slight offsetting.
Portrait of Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813 - 1901), Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron, Antonio Barezzi.
[Ref: 63249] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Verdi.
Camille Gilbert del. Abel Lauret sculp.
L'Art. Imp. A. Salmon. [n.d., c.1860.]
Engraving. Plate: 315 x 250mm (12¼ x 9¾"), with very large margins.
A bust-length portrait of Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) set within an oval, framed with a decorative border listing his most famous operas.
[Ref: 46703] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Camille Gilbert del. Abel Lauret sculp.
L'Art. Imp. A. Salmon. [n.d., c.1860.]
Engraving. Plate: 315 x 250mm (12¼ x 9¾"), with very large margins.
A bust-length portrait of Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) set within an oval, framed with a decorative border listing his most famous operas.
[Ref: 46703] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Sr Francis Veer Colonel et Gouverneur Oostende.
[The Hague: Aert Meuris, n.d., 1621.]
Etching with engraving. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"). Tipped onto album paper on right margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Elizabethan Sir Francis Vere (c.1560-1609), fighting in the Netherlands during both the Anglo-Spanish War This print, celebrating his successful defence of Ostend in 1601, comes from Phillipe Fleming's 'Oostende Vermaerde, gheweldighe, lanckduyrighe, ende Bloedighe Belegheringhe...'
[Ref: 65797] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[The Hague: Aert Meuris, n.d., 1621.]
Etching with engraving. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"). Tipped onto album paper on right margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Elizabethan Sir Francis Vere (c.1560-1609), fighting in the Netherlands during both the Anglo-Spanish War This print, celebrating his successful defence of Ostend in 1601, comes from Phillipe Fleming's 'Oostende Vermaerde, gheweldighe, lanckduyrighe, ende Bloedighe Belegheringhe...'
[Ref: 65797] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Memorial tomb of Sir Francis Vere in Westminster Abbey]](jpegs/37630.jpg)
[Memorial tomb of Sir Francis Vere in Westminster Abbey] Francisco Vero, Equiti Attrato, Galfredi F Ioannis Comitis Oxoniae Nepoti, Brieliae et Portsmuthae Praefecto [...]
R. Gaywood fecit Loni 1657
Etching, sheet 235 x 300mm (9¼ x 11¾"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to album sheet at corners; 18th century print of Edward I's tomb verso. Rare.
The tomb of Sir Francis Vere (1560-1609) in the chapel of St John the Evangelist in Westminster Abbey, where his brother Horace is also buried. An army officer and diplomat, Vere is shown in civilian dress lying under a slab on which his suit of armour is laid out. The monument has been attributed to the sculptor Maximilian Colt. The Latin inscription below is probably the same as that on the tomb. Francis was one of the greatest soldiers serving under Elizabeth I and distinguished himself at the Battle of Nieuwpoort (1600) and during the defence of Ostend against the Spanish. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Dent of London. His reputation was also enhanced by his 'Commentaries', the memoirs of his campaigns which were published posthumously.
[Ref: 37630] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
R. Gaywood fecit Loni 1657
Etching, sheet 235 x 300mm (9¼ x 11¾"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to album sheet at corners; 18th century print of Edward I's tomb verso. Rare.
The tomb of Sir Francis Vere (1560-1609) in the chapel of St John the Evangelist in Westminster Abbey, where his brother Horace is also buried. An army officer and diplomat, Vere is shown in civilian dress lying under a slab on which his suit of armour is laid out. The monument has been attributed to the sculptor Maximilian Colt. The Latin inscription below is probably the same as that on the tomb. Francis was one of the greatest soldiers serving under Elizabeth I and distinguished himself at the Battle of Nieuwpoort (1600) and during the defence of Ostend against the Spanish. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Dent of London. His reputation was also enhanced by his 'Commentaries', the memoirs of his campaigns which were published posthumously.
[Ref: 37630] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)