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Vue De St. Thomas prise de l'Entrée de la Rade.
Peint par Brard. Grave par Hegy.
a Paris, chez l'Editeur, Quai des Augustins, No. 25 [n.d. c.1820].
Etching with coloured aquatint. Image 290 x 420mm (11½ x 16½"). Faint staining to paper, largely outside image. 2 small pieces missing from right edge of paper.
A fine copy of this rare aquatint of one of the former Danish Virgin Islands, with good hand colour. The islands were purchased by the United States in 1917.
[Ref: 906] £2,200.00
Peint par Brard. Grave par Hegy.
a Paris, chez l'Editeur, Quai des Augustins, No. 25 [n.d. c.1820].
Etching with coloured aquatint. Image 290 x 420mm (11½ x 16½"). Faint staining to paper, largely outside image. 2 small pieces missing from right edge of paper.
A fine copy of this rare aquatint of one of the former Danish Virgin Islands, with good hand colour. The islands were purchased by the United States in 1917.
[Ref: 906] £2,200.00
Branches de porcelaines. Coliers de porcelaines. Cage por Huscanawer les Novices. Tomahawk. Casse tête. Calumet de pax. Autre, ou pipe de paix des Virginiens.
Tom VII No.1.
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate: 341 x 220mm. Sheet: 390 x 244mm.
A collection of instruments and tools. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12490] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Tom VII No.1.
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate: 341 x 220mm. Sheet: 390 x 244mm.
A collection of instruments and tools. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12490] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Kiwasa Idole des Virginiens. Le Dieu des Vents, autre Idole des Virginiens.
B. Picart, del. Tom VII No.7.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 345 x 222mm. Sheet 390 x 247mm.
Kiwasa: This Idol is placed in the temple of the town of Secotam, as the keeper of the king’s dead corpses. The God of Wind. Both idols are key to Virginian culture. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12492] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
B. Picart, del. Tom VII No.7.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 345 x 222mm. Sheet 390 x 247mm.
Kiwasa: This Idol is placed in the temple of the town of Secotam, as the keeper of the king’s dead corpses. The God of Wind. Both idols are key to Virginian culture. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12492] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Prêtre de la Virginie vû de la côté droit. Prêtre de la Virginie vû de la côté gauche. Magicien de la Virginie.
B. Picart, del. Tom VII No. 8
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Egraving. 342 x 220mm. A small stain in the margin area at the bottom right-hand corner.
Two perspective views of a Virginian Priest, and a Virginian Magician. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12493] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
B. Picart, del. Tom VII No. 8
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Egraving. 342 x 220mm. A small stain in the margin area at the bottom right-hand corner.
Two perspective views of a Virginian Priest, and a Virginian Magician. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12493] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Les Virginiens, adorent le Feu, et se rejouisent, apres avoir été delivrez de quelque danger considerable.
B. Picart, del. Tom VII No. 9.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 390 x 217mm. Sheet 391 x 247mm.
The Virginians are happily sitting around a fire rejoicing having undergone a dangerous ordeal. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12494] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
B. Picart, del. Tom VII No. 9.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 390 x 217mm. Sheet 391 x 247mm.
The Virginians are happily sitting around a fire rejoicing having undergone a dangerous ordeal. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12494] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Tombeaux des Rois de la Virginie.
B. Picart, del. Tom. VII No. 10.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 344 x 218mm. Sheet 390 x 250mm.
The cremation of the Kings of Virginia. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12495] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
B. Picart, del. Tom. VII No. 10.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 344 x 218mm. Sheet 390 x 250mm.
The cremation of the Kings of Virginia. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12495] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Carte de la Baye de Chesapeack et Pays Voisins. Pour servir à l'Histoire Generale des Voyages. Tirée des meilleures Cartes Angloises.
[Nicolas Bellin.]
[Paris: Didot Libraire, c.1757.]
Engraved map. 210 x 305mm (8¼ x 12"). Trimmed to plate lower right by binder, folds, two worm holes in image.
A map of the environs of Chesapeake Bay, with Virginia, Maryland and part of New Jersey. Published in Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.
[Ref: 59457] £260.00
[Nicolas Bellin.]
[Paris: Didot Libraire, c.1757.]
Engraved map. 210 x 305mm (8¼ x 12"). Trimmed to plate lower right by binder, folds, two worm holes in image.
A map of the environs of Chesapeake Bay, with Virginia, Maryland and part of New Jersey. Published in Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.
[Ref: 59457] £260.00
Habit of a Lady of Virginia. Dame de Virginie. 206.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet 345 x 235mm (13½ x 9½"). Large margins. Small stain in margin on right. Small tear on left margin.
A full-length portrait of a woman, whole-length standing to front, looking to the right. Her left arm using her multiple necklaces as an arm sling, she holds a large pot behind her. Plate 206 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 62829] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet 345 x 235mm (13½ x 9½"). Large margins. Small stain in margin on right. Small tear on left margin.
A full-length portrait of a woman, whole-length standing to front, looking to the right. Her left arm using her multiple necklaces as an arm sling, she holds a large pot behind her. Plate 206 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 62829] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Map of Virginia and Maryland. A View of the Centurion, taking the Acapulco Ship, off Cape Espiritu Santo, on Samal one of the Philipine Islands. A Plan of the Harbour of Acapulco on the Coast of Mexico.
[London: William Strahan et al, c.1766.]
Engraving. UNCUT SHEET, 340 x 220mm (13½ x 8¾"). Mounted on album paper.
A probably unique sheet, engraved by Thomas Jefferys for Smollett's 'Compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages', but uncut and therefore unissued. It contains two maps, Virginia & Maryland and Acapulco, and a view of Geoge Anson's ship attacking the Spanish treasure ship in 1743.
[Ref: 52513] £480.00
[London: William Strahan et al, c.1766.]
Engraving. UNCUT SHEET, 340 x 220mm (13½ x 8¾"). Mounted on album paper.
A probably unique sheet, engraved by Thomas Jefferys for Smollett's 'Compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages', but uncut and therefore unissued. It contains two maps, Virginia & Maryland and Acapulco, and a view of Geoge Anson's ship attacking the Spanish treasure ship in 1743.
[Ref: 52513] £480.00
![H94 Washington's House at Mount Vernon. [ms]](jpegs/43677.jpg)
H94 Washington's House at Mount Vernon. [ms]
E Morin Del H Linton [c.1850]
Wood engraving, printed area 120 x 160mm (4¾ x 6¼"), with large margins. Left corner creased. Nicks to edges.
Mount Vernon, near Alexandria, Virginia, the plantation house of George Washington (1732-99), first President of the United States. After Washington's death, the mansion and its grounds passed through Washington's descendants, falling into disrepair due to the dwindling funds of the family. After the federal government declined to purchase it, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association purchased the mansion and a portion of its land in 1858-9. It is now open to the public as a museum. wood engraving after Edmond Morin (1824-82), French artist. The print was made by Henry Duff Linton, with whom Morin established a journal, 'Pen and Pencil', in London.
[Ref: 43677] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
E Morin Del H Linton [c.1850]
Wood engraving, printed area 120 x 160mm (4¾ x 6¼"), with large margins. Left corner creased. Nicks to edges.
Mount Vernon, near Alexandria, Virginia, the plantation house of George Washington (1732-99), first President of the United States. After Washington's death, the mansion and its grounds passed through Washington's descendants, falling into disrepair due to the dwindling funds of the family. After the federal government declined to purchase it, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association purchased the mansion and a portion of its land in 1858-9. It is now open to the public as a museum. wood engraving after Edmond Morin (1824-82), French artist. The print was made by Henry Duff Linton, with whom Morin established a journal, 'Pen and Pencil', in London.
[Ref: 43677] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Virginia Pilot Boat Getting Underway. No.13.
Drawn on stone by J. Rogers.
Printed by Rowney & Forster. Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket [n.d., c.1824].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 305 x 435mm (12 x 17") large margins.
A two-masted schooner, 'Anne of Norfolk' on its foresail, compling with a Virginia law of 1791 which required boats to have their names and home port painted on the foresail in letters at least nine inches high.
[Ref: 55043] £450.00 (£540.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on stone by J. Rogers.
Printed by Rowney & Forster. Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket [n.d., c.1824].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 305 x 435mm (12 x 17") large margins.
A two-masted schooner, 'Anne of Norfolk' on its foresail, compling with a Virginia law of 1791 which required boats to have their names and home port painted on the foresail in letters at least nine inches high.
[Ref: 55043] £450.00 (£540.00 incl.VAT)
White Sulphur Springs. Album of Virginia.
Taken from Nature by Ed. Beyer. Rau & Son, Lith. Dresden.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1857 by Ed. Beyer in the Clerks Office of the District of Virginia.
Tinted lithograph, rare. 355 x 510mm (14 x 20"). Small tear in right edge, small stain in sky.
White Sulphur Springs, a city in Greenbrier County, now West Virginia, which became popular as a summer retreat because of its elevation of 1,800 feet. As early as 1778 people came to 'take the waters' of the sulphur spring and the resort of 'Greenbriar' evolved from the 1850s. The oldest organized golf club in the country is the nearby Oakhurst Links, founded in 1884. The German artist Edward Beyer traveled through the US between l848 and l857. His 'Album of Virginia' recorded Virginia's landscape, especially spa towns, in the decade before the Civil War.
[Ref: 35462] £650.00
Taken from Nature by Ed. Beyer. Rau & Son, Lith. Dresden.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1857 by Ed. Beyer in the Clerks Office of the District of Virginia.
Tinted lithograph, rare. 355 x 510mm (14 x 20"). Small tear in right edge, small stain in sky.
White Sulphur Springs, a city in Greenbrier County, now West Virginia, which became popular as a summer retreat because of its elevation of 1,800 feet. As early as 1778 people came to 'take the waters' of the sulphur spring and the resort of 'Greenbriar' evolved from the 1850s. The oldest organized golf club in the country is the nearby Oakhurst Links, founded in 1884. The German artist Edward Beyer traveled through the US between l848 and l857. His 'Album of Virginia' recorded Virginia's landscape, especially spa towns, in the decade before the Civil War.
[Ref: 35462] £650.00
The Virginians rejoicing round a Fire.
to face Page 122. of the Universe display'd. [After Bernard Picart?]
[Printed by R. Goadby. 1777.]
Engraving. 152 x 96mm. 6 x 3¾".
The Virginians are happily sitting around a fire rejoicing having undergone a dangerous ordeal.
[Ref: 24231] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
to face Page 122. of the Universe display'd. [After Bernard Picart?]
[Printed by R. Goadby. 1777.]
Engraving. 152 x 96mm. 6 x 3¾".
The Virginians are happily sitting around a fire rejoicing having undergone a dangerous ordeal.
[Ref: 24231] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![August [ms]](jpegs/34854.jpg)
August [ms]
[Burney delt. J. Agar sculpt.]
[Pub. Novr 20th 1807 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts 101 Strand London]
Stipple printed in brown, sheet 145 x 250mm (5¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing text.
Augustus in carriage pulled by Virgo, represented by winged nymph and a cherub holding sickle and grain. After Edward Francis Burney, from a series of months of the year.
[Ref: 34854] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Burney delt. J. Agar sculpt.]
[Pub. Novr 20th 1807 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts 101 Strand London]
Stipple printed in brown, sheet 145 x 250mm (5¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing text.
Augustus in carriage pulled by Virgo, represented by winged nymph and a cherub holding sickle and grain. After Edward Francis Burney, from a series of months of the year.
[Ref: 34854] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Premio della virtu.
G. Zocchi inv. F. Bartollozi Scul.
Wagner Ven.a C.P.E.S. [n.d., c.1761.]
Very fine engraving, 18th century watermark. 515 x 335mm (20¼ x 13¼"), with large margins.
'The First of Virtue'. A female angel kneels on a monument, blowing a trumpet as three figures festoon the monument with garlands. A half-naked woman with sagging breasts (a Sin?) covers her ears.
De Vesme 740.
[Ref: 55692] £320.00
G. Zocchi inv. F. Bartollozi Scul.
Wagner Ven.a C.P.E.S. [n.d., c.1761.]
Very fine engraving, 18th century watermark. 515 x 335mm (20¼ x 13¼"), with large margins.
'The First of Virtue'. A female angel kneels on a monument, blowing a trumpet as three figures festoon the monument with garlands. A half-naked woman with sagging breasts (a Sin?) covers her ears.
De Vesme 740.
[Ref: 55692] £320.00
Virtue directed by Prudence to Honor.
I.B. Cipriani Delt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Re-Published, Jany. 1st 1820, by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place, London.
Stipple printed in colours, oval, 160 x 180mm. 6¼ x 7".
Prudence, helmeted and holding a mirror, introduces Virtue, a winged child with a staff, to Honour, who sits, crowned with laurel and holding a cornucopia. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
See BM: 1856,0712.361 for the drawing.
[Ref: 13630] £320.00
I.B. Cipriani Delt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Re-Published, Jany. 1st 1820, by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place, London.
Stipple printed in colours, oval, 160 x 180mm. 6¼ x 7".
Prudence, helmeted and holding a mirror, introduces Virtue, a winged child with a staff, to Honour, who sits, crowned with laurel and holding a cornucopia. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
See BM: 1856,0712.361 for the drawing.
[Ref: 13630] £320.00
Virtue directed by Prudence to Honour. To Lady Gideon. This Print from ye Original Drawing by C.B. Cipriani is with ye greatest respect Dedicated by her Ladyships most humble Serv.t W. Palmer.
I.B.Cipriani Del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Re-Published Jan.y 1st. 1820 by S.&J. Fuller, 34. Rathbone Place. London.
Stipple printed in colour, framed. Plate 160 x 179mm. 6¼ x 7". Very fine.
Virtue directed by Prudence to Honour. Prudence, wearing a helmet and holding a mirror, introduces Virtue, a winged child holding a staff, to Honour, who sits, crowned with a laurel and holding a cornucopia.
See Binyon: 14(a).
[Ref: 17752] £450.00
I.B.Cipriani Del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Re-Published Jan.y 1st. 1820 by S.&J. Fuller, 34. Rathbone Place. London.
Stipple printed in colour, framed. Plate 160 x 179mm. 6¼ x 7". Very fine.
Virtue directed by Prudence to Honour. Prudence, wearing a helmet and holding a mirror, introduces Virtue, a winged child holding a staff, to Honour, who sits, crowned with a laurel and holding a cornucopia.
See Binyon: 14(a).
[Ref: 17752] £450.00
Virtue directed by Prudence to Honor.
I.B. Cipritani Del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Pub.d Jan.y 1.st 1784 by W. Palmer No.159 Strand.
Stipple and etching. Plate 164 x 183mm. 6½ x 7¼". Large margins.
A young boy, Honour, seated on a throne holding a cornucopia; two girls to the right: Prudence, with a feathered helmet and holding a mirror introducing Virtue, who has wings and holding a lance.
De Vesme: 741; iii/iv. See 13630.
[Ref: 20576] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I.B. Cipritani Del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Pub.d Jan.y 1.st 1784 by W. Palmer No.159 Strand.
Stipple and etching. Plate 164 x 183mm. 6½ x 7¼". Large margins.
A young boy, Honour, seated on a throne holding a cornucopia; two girls to the right: Prudence, with a feathered helmet and holding a mirror introducing Virtue, who has wings and holding a lance.
De Vesme: 741; iii/iv. See 13630.
[Ref: 20576] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Three plates representing the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity]](jpegs/39686.jpg)
[Three plates representing the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity] Dessiné par Aug.te Boucher Desnoyers d'après le Tableau de Raphael Peint en Grisaille, qui est exposé dans la Galerie du Musée Napoleon.
Se trouve à Paris chez l'Auteur, rue de Touraine No 9, près l'Odéon [1815]
Three engravings, each platemark 310 x 465mm (12¼ x 18¼"), very large margins. Rare as a set.
Set of three engravings from small grisaille paintings by Raphael. These paintings were made in 1507 and formed the predella (lower section) of an altarpiece by Raphael for the Baglione family in Perugia, the central panel of which showed the Deposition of Christ (Rome, Galleria Borghese). The three predella sections are now in the Vatican Gallery.
Provenance: Torridon Lovelace/King Family.
[Ref: 39686] £580.00 view all images for this item
Se trouve à Paris chez l'Auteur, rue de Touraine No 9, près l'Odéon [1815]
Three engravings, each platemark 310 x 465mm (12¼ x 18¼"), very large margins. Rare as a set.
Set of three engravings from small grisaille paintings by Raphael. These paintings were made in 1507 and formed the predella (lower section) of an altarpiece by Raphael for the Baglione family in Perugia, the central panel of which showed the Deposition of Christ (Rome, Galleria Borghese). The three predella sections are now in the Vatican Gallery.
Provenance: Torridon Lovelace/King Family.
[Ref: 39686] £580.00 view all images for this item
![[Matsya, the fish avatar of the god Vishnu] The Idol of Vistnum.](jpegs/58626.jpg)
[Matsya, the fish avatar of the god Vishnu] The Idol of Vistnum.
[London: Awnsham & John Churchill, 1732.]
Engraving. 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"), set in text, very large margins.
An illustration of the upper body of Vishnu protruding from a fish's mouth., with a letterpress description. An illustration from the account of Philips Baelde (or Father Philippus Baldaeus) of India and Sri Lanka, as published in 'Churchill's Collection of Voyages'.
[Ref: 58626] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Awnsham & John Churchill, 1732.]
Engraving. 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"), set in text, very large margins.
An illustration of the upper body of Vishnu protruding from a fish's mouth., with a letterpress description. An illustration from the account of Philips Baelde (or Father Philippus Baldaeus) of India and Sri Lanka, as published in 'Churchill's Collection of Voyages'.
[Ref: 58626] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vishnu] The Idol Bodhe. [&] The Idol of the Winged Horse.](jpegs/59920.jpg)
[Vishnu] The Idol Bodhe. [&] The Idol of the Winged Horse.
[London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704.]
Two engravings. Each 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"), set in letterpress, printed back to back. Printer's crease.
Two plates from 'The Idolatry of the East-India Pagans', a chapter of 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels'. The first shows Vishnu incarnated as the Gautama Buddha; the second shows Vishnu as Kalki, leading a winged horse.
[Ref: 59920] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704.]
Two engravings. Each 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"), set in letterpress, printed back to back. Printer's crease.
Two plates from 'The Idolatry of the East-India Pagans', a chapter of 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels'. The first shows Vishnu incarnated as the Gautama Buddha; the second shows Vishnu as Kalki, leading a winged horse.
[Ref: 59920] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
The Vision of the White Horse. Specimens of Art, Plate 1.
P.J. de Loutherbourg, Esq. R.A. Pinx.t R. Page Sc.
[London: J. McCormick, 1834.]
Mezzotint with etching, sheet 185 x 145mm. 7¼ x 5¾". Trimmed within plate.
Illustration of the Book of Revelations (19:11-12): a king riding a white horse through the sky, firing an arrow, followed by another man on horseback who wields a sword. Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812).
[Ref: 27543] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
P.J. de Loutherbourg, Esq. R.A. Pinx.t R. Page Sc.
[London: J. McCormick, 1834.]
Mezzotint with etching, sheet 185 x 145mm. 7¼ x 5¾". Trimmed within plate.
Illustration of the Book of Revelations (19:11-12): a king riding a white horse through the sky, firing an arrow, followed by another man on horseback who wields a sword. Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812).
[Ref: 27543] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Visionist. She has been dreaming!-and her thoughts are still, On their far journey, in the land of dreams! The forms we call-but may not chase at will, And soft, low voices,-sweet as distant streams, Heard in the night-hush,-linger round her heart! T.K. Hervey.
M. Gauci lithog.
London: Printed & Published for the Proprietor by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. 92, Dean St. Soho 1828.
Lithograph. India 267 x 204mm. 10½ x 8". Some scuffing.
Thomas Kibble Hervey was a British poet and critic, this being an illustration to one of his verses. Maxim Gauci a Lithographer born in Malta, father of Paul Gauci and William Gauci who settled in London in 1809 building up a very fine business and reputation which the sons then continued.
[Ref: 17103] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
M. Gauci lithog.
London: Printed & Published for the Proprietor by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. 92, Dean St. Soho 1828.
Lithograph. India 267 x 204mm. 10½ x 8". Some scuffing.
Thomas Kibble Hervey was a British poet and critic, this being an illustration to one of his verses. Maxim Gauci a Lithographer born in Malta, father of Paul Gauci and William Gauci who settled in London in 1809 building up a very fine business and reputation which the sons then continued.
[Ref: 17103] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Visit to a Sister. 249.
Published 1st. June, 1789, by R. Sayer, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Rare mezzotint with original hand colour. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, margins rebuilt.
An interior scene with two sisters sitting close together on a sofa, one wearing a hat with 'King' inscribed on the hat-band. The other holds a tea cup and points at a letter.
[Ref: 55307] £420.00
Published 1st. June, 1789, by R. Sayer, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Rare mezzotint with original hand colour. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, margins rebuilt.
An interior scene with two sisters sitting close together on a sofa, one wearing a hat with 'King' inscribed on the hat-band. The other holds a tea cup and points at a letter.
[Ref: 55307] £420.00
A Visit to the Fives Court. Engraved for the Annals of Sporting & Fancy Gazette
Designed & Etched by J. R. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood. Neely & Jones Aug.t 1.st 1822.
Coloured etching. 205 x 255mm (8 x 10"). Two vertical creases as normal, time staining and some foxing in the top margin.
Two professional boxers fight in a ring for a large crowd.
[Ref: 56587] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Etched by J. R. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood. Neely & Jones Aug.t 1.st 1822.
Coloured etching. 205 x 255mm (8 x 10"). Two vertical creases as normal, time staining and some foxing in the top margin.
Two professional boxers fight in a ring for a large crowd.
[Ref: 56587] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Visit to the Camp.
W. H. Bunbury delin. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No 53 Fleet Street, London.
Stipple. Sheet 295 x 355mm (11½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate, losing most of publication line, slight surface scuff in sky.
Two soldiers showing a party of civilians around their encampment.
BM Satires 4765.
[Ref: 36055] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W. H. Bunbury delin. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No 53 Fleet Street, London.
Stipple. Sheet 295 x 355mm (11½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate, losing most of publication line, slight surface scuff in sky.
Two soldiers showing a party of civilians around their encampment.
BM Satires 4765.
[Ref: 36055] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Visit to the Grandfather.
Painted by J.R. Smith. Engraved by W: Ward.
London publish'd January, 12th 1788 = by J.R. Smith, No. 31- King Stt. Covent Garden.
Mezzotint printed in colours. 704 x 500mm. 27¾ x 19½". Some creasing.
A family scene of mother and children visiting grandfather.
CS: 101. W: 310 III of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14756] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J.R. Smith. Engraved by W: Ward.
London publish'd January, 12th 1788 = by J.R. Smith, No. 31- King Stt. Covent Garden.
Mezzotint printed in colours. 704 x 500mm. 27¾ x 19½". Some creasing.
A family scene of mother and children visiting grandfather.
CS: 101. W: 310 III of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14756] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Visitation.] When Elizabeth Heard the Salutation of Mary, the Babe leaped in her Womb; S.t Like Chap. 1.st v.41.](jpegs/60142.jpg)
[The Visitation.] When Elizabeth Heard the Salutation of Mary, the Babe leaped in her Womb; S.t Like Chap. 1.st v.41.
I. Andrews Pinx. I. Iohnson fecit.
London Printed for R. Wilkinson No. 58 Cornhill [n.d., c.1800].
Mezzotint, plate 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), on wove paper. Small margins.
The Virgin Mary visits Elizabeth, who is pregnant with John the Baptist. They are attended by St Joachim and St Joseph. Although this is a reissue of a plate from c.1750, the BM has not beeen able to trace the original publisher.
BM: 2010,7081.649.
[Ref: 60142] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
I. Andrews Pinx. I. Iohnson fecit.
London Printed for R. Wilkinson No. 58 Cornhill [n.d., c.1800].
Mezzotint, plate 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), on wove paper. Small margins.
The Virgin Mary visits Elizabeth, who is pregnant with John the Baptist. They are attended by St Joachim and St Joseph. Although this is a reissue of a plate from c.1750, the BM has not beeen able to trace the original publisher.
BM: 2010,7081.649.
[Ref: 60142] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Visitation. From the Altar Piece in the Cathedral Church at Antwerp
Painted by P.P. Rubens. Engraved by Jon. Young Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Pub. Jan. 1 1800 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
Mezzotint, platemark 920 x 305mm (36¼ x 12"). Damage to margins but platemark visible throughout; tear upper right; central fold as issued.
Extraordinary large mezzotint, in a highly unusual format, of the left panel of Rubens' Antwerp altarpiece (of which the central panel is the famous 'Descent from the Cross'). The pregnant Mary is in the centre, greeted by St Elizabeth. Joseph and St Zachariah are behind, with a servant-girl on the left. The British Museum have a mezzotint of the same size published by Boydell in 1799, but with Valentine Green named as engraver.
[Ref: 31873] £320.00 view all images for this item
Painted by P.P. Rubens. Engraved by Jon. Young Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Pub. Jan. 1 1800 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
Mezzotint, platemark 920 x 305mm (36¼ x 12"). Damage to margins but platemark visible throughout; tear upper right; central fold as issued.
Extraordinary large mezzotint, in a highly unusual format, of the left panel of Rubens' Antwerp altarpiece (of which the central panel is the famous 'Descent from the Cross'). The pregnant Mary is in the centre, greeted by St Elizabeth. Joseph and St Zachariah are behind, with a servant-girl on the left. The British Museum have a mezzotint of the same size published by Boydell in 1799, but with Valentine Green named as engraver.
[Ref: 31873] £320.00 view all images for this item
![[The Visitation.]](jpegs/49648.jpg)
[The Visitation.]
B.T.A.
[n.d., c.1630.]
Woodcut. Sheet: 180 x 120mm (7¼ x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A biblical scene showing the Visitation when Mary travelled to visit her cousin Elizabeth to inform her of her pregnancy, on arriving she discovers her cousin is miraculously pregnant also. A woodcut cut by the monogrammist BTA, probably cut for a Carmelite order in Venice in the first half of the 16th century.
[Ref: 49648] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
B.T.A.
[n.d., c.1630.]
Woodcut. Sheet: 180 x 120mm (7¼ x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A biblical scene showing the Visitation when Mary travelled to visit her cousin Elizabeth to inform her of her pregnancy, on arriving she discovers her cousin is miraculously pregnant also. A woodcut cut by the monogrammist BTA, probably cut for a Carmelite order in Venice in the first half of the 16th century.
[Ref: 49648] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Visite au Physicien.
Madou del. lith de Ch: Motte [artist's blindstamp: C. Motte. Lithographie a Paris.]
Mr le Conseiller presente sa jeune epouse pour qu'on la soumette aux commotions electriques, &ca: &ca [n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph. 235 x 310mm. 9¼ x 12¼". Repairs and crease to top right.
A gentleman escorting a young lady, probably his daughter, to the physician, where a further gentleman approaches them holding a stethoscope. The room is full of medical materials and paraphernalia.
[Ref: 14965] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Madou del. lith de Ch: Motte [artist's blindstamp: C. Motte. Lithographie a Paris.]
Mr le Conseiller presente sa jeune epouse pour qu'on la soumette aux commotions electriques, &ca: &ca [n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph. 235 x 310mm. 9¼ x 12¼". Repairs and crease to top right.
A gentleman escorting a young lady, probably his daughter, to the physician, where a further gentleman approaches them holding a stethoscope. The room is full of medical materials and paraphernalia.
[Ref: 14965] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Daniel.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving, trimmed to oval. 45 x 60mm (1½ x 2¼"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A visiting card with the name within a swag of flowers and cloth.
[Ref: 63520] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving, trimmed to oval. 45 x 60mm (1½ x 2¼"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A visiting card with the name within a swag of flowers and cloth.
[Ref: 63520] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Visiting-Card.]](jpegs/20465.jpg)
[Visiting-Card.]
F. Vieira Portoensis invt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to his Majesty Etatis 71 an 1798.
Engraving and etching. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Margins.
A visiting-card of Isabelle Menezes, wife of Portuguese ambassador to London; smoke coming from a plate on a monument, a winged figure kneeling on the ground with a putto standing to the side.
De Vesme: 1898; i/ii.
[Ref: 20465] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
F. Vieira Portoensis invt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to his Majesty Etatis 71 an 1798.
Engraving and etching. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Margins.
A visiting-card of Isabelle Menezes, wife of Portuguese ambassador to London; smoke coming from a plate on a monument, a winged figure kneeling on the ground with a putto standing to the side.
De Vesme: 1898; i/ii.
[Ref: 20465] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs. Parker Sackville Street.
G.B. Cipriani invent. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Etching and engraving, fine and rare. Collector's stamp on verso. Plate 70 x 95mm. 2¾ x 3¾".
Visiting-card of Mrs Parker. A woman seated on clouds holding a festoon of leaves in her right hand and a medallion in her left. Two putti to the right holding torches.
De Vesme: 1899.
[Ref: 20526] £320.00
G.B. Cipriani invent. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Etching and engraving, fine and rare. Collector's stamp on verso. Plate 70 x 95mm. 2¾ x 3¾".
Visiting-card of Mrs Parker. A woman seated on clouds holding a festoon of leaves in her right hand and a medallion in her left. Two putti to the right holding torches.
De Vesme: 1899.
[Ref: 20526] £320.00
![[Unused visiting card of putti.]](jpegs/35853.jpg)
[Unused visiting card of putti.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Stipple, rare. 85 x 130mm (3½ x 5¼").
A visiting card with blank central areas for the inscription, featuring a pair of putti, one wearing a winged helmet and tying a bale, the other writing in a notebook.
[Ref: 35853] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Stipple, rare. 85 x 130mm (3½ x 5¼").
A visiting card with blank central areas for the inscription, featuring a pair of putti, one wearing a winged helmet and tying a bale, the other writing in a notebook.
[Ref: 35853] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Visiting Card of General Bartholomeu Costa.]](jpegs/20548.jpg)
[Visiting Card of General Bartholomeu Costa.]
[F. Bartolozzi R.A. Fecit. 1797.]
Etching and engraving, working proof, very scarce. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Trimmed close to the plate.
A carte-de-visite of Bartolomeu da Costa (1731 - 1801), general in the Portuguese army. A putto with butterfly wings carving inscriptions on a stone with another putto standing, wearing a helmet and holding a shield and a laurel crown.
De Vesme: 1897; i/iv. See 20589.
[Ref: 20548] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[F. Bartolozzi R.A. Fecit. 1797.]
Etching and engraving, working proof, very scarce. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Trimmed close to the plate.
A carte-de-visite of Bartolomeu da Costa (1731 - 1801), general in the Portuguese army. A putto with butterfly wings carving inscriptions on a stone with another putto standing, wearing a helmet and holding a shield and a laurel crown.
De Vesme: 1897; i/iv. See 20589.
[Ref: 20548] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Visiting Card of General Bartholomeu Costa.]](jpegs/20589.jpg)
[Visiting Card of General Bartholomeu Costa.]
[F. Bartolozzi R.A. Fecit. 1797.]
Etching and engraving, finished proof. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Trimmed close to the plate.
A carte-de-visite of Bartolomeu da Costa (1731 - 1801), general in the Portuguese army. A putto with butterfly wings carving inscriptions on a stone with another putto standing, wearing a helmet and holding a shield and a laurel crown.
De Vesme: 1897; ii/iv. See 20548.
[Ref: 20589] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[F. Bartolozzi R.A. Fecit. 1797.]
Etching and engraving, finished proof. Plate 70 x 102mm. 2¾ x 4". Trimmed close to the plate.
A carte-de-visite of Bartolomeu da Costa (1731 - 1801), general in the Portuguese army. A putto with butterfly wings carving inscriptions on a stone with another putto standing, wearing a helmet and holding a shield and a laurel crown.
De Vesme: 1897; ii/iv. See 20548.
[Ref: 20589] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Visiting card, annotated proof.]](jpegs/51297.jpg)
[Visiting card, annotated proof.] ''Mr Brook please to observe the Hair & make the Expression of the Features more expressive...''
[Engraved by James Brooke?]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving with pencil amendments. 65 x 95mm (2½ x 3¾"), with wide margins with extensive instructions in ink. Some creasing. Touched.
A visiting card with a design of a young woman and a floral border around a blank area for the name. James Brooke (fl. 1748-68) of Fleet Street engraved a number of trade cards.
[Ref: 51297] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by James Brooke?]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving with pencil amendments. 65 x 95mm (2½ x 3¾"), with wide margins with extensive instructions in ink. Some creasing. Touched.
A visiting card with a design of a young woman and a floral border around a blank area for the name. James Brooke (fl. 1748-68) of Fleet Street engraved a number of trade cards.
[Ref: 51297] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mrs Vispré?]](jpegs/9200.jpg)
[Mrs Vispré?]
Vispré Pinxit et Fecit.
[Published in London, 1760-1765.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 222mm (13" x 8¾").
A woman, said to be the wife of the artist, François Xavier Vispré, three-quarter length seen in profile seated in a chair with folded arms reading a book.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Chaloner Smith 3. BM: 1902,1011.6082.
[Ref: 9200] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Vispré Pinxit et Fecit.
[Published in London, 1760-1765.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 222mm (13" x 8¾").
A woman, said to be the wife of the artist, François Xavier Vispré, three-quarter length seen in profile seated in a chair with folded arms reading a book.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Chaloner Smith 3. BM: 1902,1011.6082.
[Ref: 9200] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Six Visual Arts]](jpegs/59313.jpg)
[Six Visual Arts] F.1. L'Art [&] F.2. Le Dessein [&] F.3. La Peinture [&] F.4. La Sculpture [&] F.5. L'Architecture [&] F.6. La Gravure.
Huquier ex.
A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760].
Set of six fine and rare etchings, all with pt 18th century watermark. 190 x 135mm (7½ x 5¼"), with large margins. Slightly foxed.
Six rococo designs, each representing a visual art, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 59313] £800.00 view all images for this item
Huquier ex.
A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760].
Set of six fine and rare etchings, all with pt 18th century watermark. 190 x 135mm (7½ x 5¼"), with large margins. Slightly foxed.
Six rococo designs, each representing a visual art, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 59313] £800.00 view all images for this item
![[Italianate landscape.]](jpegs/55601.jpg)
[Italianate landscape.]
G. Vitalba inv. et incis.
Publish'd as the Act directs, March 17, 1792, by the Author, Mo 19 Weymouth Street.
Etching, printed in brown and hand finished with original coloured borders; Sheet 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on 18th century album paper in borders.
A landscape with a lake, with a man angling. Giovanni Vitalba (1738-c.1816, a pupil of Bartolozzi, is best known for his plate of Kenwood House in Robert and James Adam's 'The Works in Architecture', 1774.
[Ref: 55601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G. Vitalba inv. et incis.
Publish'd as the Act directs, March 17, 1792, by the Author, Mo 19 Weymouth Street.
Etching, printed in brown and hand finished with original coloured borders; Sheet 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on 18th century album paper in borders.
A landscape with a lake, with a man angling. Giovanni Vitalba (1738-c.1816, a pupil of Bartolozzi, is best known for his plate of Kenwood House in Robert and James Adam's 'The Works in Architecture', 1774.
[Ref: 55601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Vitellius Caesar.
Titian del.t J. Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. Plate 178 x 132mm.. 7 x 5¼".
Vitellius Caesar (15-69) was Roman Emperor for eight months from 16 April to 22 December 69. Upon his accession, he was the first to add the honorific cognomen 'Germanicus' to his name instead of Caesar. He was the seventh of the great Caesar's.
[Ref: 21611] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Titian del.t J. Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. Plate 178 x 132mm.. 7 x 5¼".
Vitellius Caesar (15-69) was Roman Emperor for eight months from 16 April to 22 December 69. Upon his accession, he was the first to add the honorific cognomen 'Germanicus' to his name instead of Caesar. He was the seventh of the great Caesar's.
[Ref: 21611] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Vitellius. IX. L'ennemy tué sent bon, mais le citoyen encour mieux.
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8". Torn.
Vitellius, the ninth Roman emperor, by François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19849] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8". Torn.
Vitellius, the ninth Roman emperor, by François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19849] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Glorious Victory of Vittoria in Spain. This Glorious Battle was fought June 21 1813 near Vittoria in Spain when that Noble Veteran the Marquis Wellington and the Brave Army under his command who drove the French and gained a complete Victory...
Published July 16, 1813 by G. Thompson No.43 Long Lane.
Rare woodcut. Sheet: 370 x 470mm (14½ x 18½''). Damaged.
A scene showing the Battle of Vittoria which took place on June 1813 between the British Army under Wellington and the French commanded by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan. The British were victorious and this victory ultimately led to victory in the Peninsular War. A key below the image identifies various figures shown in the scene as well as major events.
[Ref: 51030] £380.00
Published July 16, 1813 by G. Thompson No.43 Long Lane.
Rare woodcut. Sheet: 370 x 470mm (14½ x 18½''). Damaged.
A scene showing the Battle of Vittoria which took place on June 1813 between the British Army under Wellington and the French commanded by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan. The British were victorious and this victory ultimately led to victory in the Peninsular War. A key below the image identifies various figures shown in the scene as well as major events.
[Ref: 51030] £380.00
Battle of Vittoria.
G. Cruikshank fc.t.
Pu.d July 7th 1813 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1822]. Trimmed into plate on three sides.
Wellington sits on his horse watching as his army charges the French, driving them off with bayonets. On the night Joseph Bonaparte flees on a galloping ass, his crown falling from his head. Satire on the allied victory at the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) in which 151 cannon were captured, but many soldiers broke rank to loot the abandoned French wagons.
BM: 12068.
[Ref: 61869] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cruikshank fc.t.
Pu.d July 7th 1813 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1822]. Trimmed into plate on three sides.
Wellington sits on his horse watching as his army charges the French, driving them off with bayonets. On the night Joseph Bonaparte flees on a galloping ass, his crown falling from his head. Satire on the allied victory at the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) in which 151 cannon were captured, but many soldiers broke rank to loot the abandoned French wagons.
BM: 12068.
[Ref: 61869] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
A Scene after the Battle of Vittoria or,- More trophies for White-Hall.
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d July 10.th 1813 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand coloured etching 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") Time stained. Tear in bottom that goes into the plate mark. Laid on card.
Satire on the allied victory at the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) in which 151 cannon were captured. Wellington is pictured sitting on his white horse, looks down at three officers who heap the spoils of war at his feet. A soldier is drags a cannon downhill by a rope. Two asses are harnessed tandem to the gun-carriage with two Frenchmen astride them.
BM: 12071
[Ref: 55837] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d July 10.th 1813 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand coloured etching 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") Time stained. Tear in bottom that goes into the plate mark. Laid on card.
Satire on the allied victory at the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) in which 151 cannon were captured. Wellington is pictured sitting on his white horse, looks down at three officers who heap the spoils of war at his feet. A soldier is drags a cannon downhill by a rope. Two asses are harnessed tandem to the gun-carriage with two Frenchmen astride them.
BM: 12071
[Ref: 55837] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Scene, after the Battle of Vittoria or,- More Trophies for White-Hall!!!
G. Cruikshank px.t.
Pub.d. July 10.th. 1819 by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Paper watermarked '1819'; Plate: 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Staining.
Satire commenting on the Duke of Wellington's defeat of the French under Marshal Baptiste Jourdan at the Battle of Vittoria in 1813. This victory eventually led to victory in the Peninsular War. A Portugese officer hands Jorden's 'rollingpin' (Marshal's Baton) to a mounted Wellington.
BM Satire: 12071.
[Ref: 37454] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cruikshank px.t.
Pub.d. July 10.th. 1819 by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Paper watermarked '1819'; Plate: 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Staining.
Satire commenting on the Duke of Wellington's defeat of the French under Marshal Baptiste Jourdan at the Battle of Vittoria in 1813. This victory eventually led to victory in the Peninsular War. A Portugese officer hands Jorden's 'rollingpin' (Marshal's Baton) to a mounted Wellington.
BM Satire: 12071.
[Ref: 37454] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vittorio Amadeo Maria III of Sardinia]](jpegs/41066.jpg)
[Vittorio Amadeo Maria III of Sardinia] Victorius Amedeus III. Caroli Emanuelis I ex Polixena filius, Sardiniae, Cypri, et Hierusalem Rex III.
Visca delineavit Dom Cagnoni sculp [1780] Bit later.
Engraving, 18th century watermark; platemark 310 x 250mm (12¼ x 9¾").
Vittorio Amadeo III (1726-96), King of Sardinia from 1773 until his death. In 1750 Vittorio Amadeo married the Infanta Maria Antonietta of Spain, strengthening ties between Madrid and Turin. He declared war on Revolutionary France in 1792 but after four years of fighting was forced to cede the Treaty of Paris surrendering various possessions to the French.
[Ref: 41066] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Visca delineavit Dom Cagnoni sculp [1780] Bit later.
Engraving, 18th century watermark; platemark 310 x 250mm (12¼ x 9¾").
Vittorio Amadeo III (1726-96), King of Sardinia from 1773 until his death. In 1750 Vittorio Amadeo married the Infanta Maria Antonietta of Spain, strengthening ties between Madrid and Turin. He declared war on Revolutionary France in 1792 but after four years of fighting was forced to cede the Treaty of Paris surrendering various possessions to the French.
[Ref: 41066] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Les Vivandiers Pair.]
Ch. Eisen inv. et del. / P.F. Tardieu Sculp
A Paris chés Tardieu Graveur du Roy, rue du Platre, la deuxieme porte cochere, a gauche entrant par la rue St. Jacques Avec Privilege du Roy [c.1770]
A pair of fine engravings, each sheet 210 x 235mm (8¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
A pair of engravings the first showing a group of vivandiers, merchants who accompany the army to sell provisions to the soldiers. Engraving after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45102] £480.00 view all images for this item
Ch. Eisen inv. et del. / P.F. Tardieu Sculp
A Paris chés Tardieu Graveur du Roy, rue du Platre, la deuxieme porte cochere, a gauche entrant par la rue St. Jacques Avec Privilege du Roy [c.1770]
A pair of fine engravings, each sheet 210 x 235mm (8¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
A pair of engravings the first showing a group of vivandiers, merchants who accompany the army to sell provisions to the soldiers. Engraving after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45102] £480.00 view all images for this item
Vivant Denon.
[n.d. c.1825.]
Stipple. Plate 133 x 83mm. 5¼ x 3¼". Foxing.
Dominique Vivant, Baron de Denon (1747-1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author and archaeologist. He was appointed the first director of the Louvre Museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798-1801. He became a favourite of Louis XV, who entrusted him with the collection and arrangement of a cabinet of medals and antique gems for Madame de Pompadour, and subsequently appointed him attache to the French embassy at St Petersburg. He was then transferred to Sweden, Switzerland and later Naples where he met Sir William and Lady Hamilton. In 1787 he was recalled to Paris and was admitted a member of the Academie de Peinture et de Sculpture.
[Ref: 26005] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1825.]
Stipple. Plate 133 x 83mm. 5¼ x 3¼". Foxing.
Dominique Vivant, Baron de Denon (1747-1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author and archaeologist. He was appointed the first director of the Louvre Museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798-1801. He became a favourite of Louis XV, who entrusted him with the collection and arrangement of a cabinet of medals and antique gems for Madame de Pompadour, and subsequently appointed him attache to the French embassy at St Petersburg. He was then transferred to Sweden, Switzerland and later Naples where he met Sir William and Lady Hamilton. In 1787 he was recalled to Paris and was admitted a member of the Academie de Peinture et de Sculpture.
[Ref: 26005] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)