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L'Air.
dessigne par Huret grave par Couvay.
de l'impression de Mariette Avec privilege [n.d., c. 1660].
Etching with engraving. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Small tear in bottom margin. Small margins.
A woman standing on a terrace, fanning herself. From a set of the Four Elements.
[Ref: 54649] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
dessigne par Huret grave par Couvay.
de l'impression de Mariette Avec privilege [n.d., c. 1660].
Etching with engraving. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Small tear in bottom margin. Small margins.
A woman standing on a terrace, fanning herself. From a set of the Four Elements.
[Ref: 54649] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Earth.
R, Gaywood fecit.
London, [n.d. after 1648].
Rare etching. 150 x 210mm (6 x 8¼"), with small margins. Creasing in the margins and across the image. Lower right corner is folded. Small tears in lower and right margins.
A scene of cherubs picking fruit from a tree for a boutniful cornucopia. A number of workers are harvesting their fields in the background. Part of 'The Foure Elements' series by van Avont (1600-1652), which was also engraved by Hollar, published 1647.
[Ref: 54115] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
R, Gaywood fecit.
London, [n.d. after 1648].
Rare etching. 150 x 210mm (6 x 8¼"), with small margins. Creasing in the margins and across the image. Lower right corner is folded. Small tears in lower and right margins.
A scene of cherubs picking fruit from a tree for a boutniful cornucopia. A number of workers are harvesting their fields in the background. Part of 'The Foure Elements' series by van Avont (1600-1652), which was also engraved by Hollar, published 1647.
[Ref: 54115] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Earth]](jpegs/47649.jpg)
[Earth]
[R. Pycle pinxit ... C. Sooner del]
[Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill, 1768]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters, rare. Collector's stamp of Christopher Lennox-Boyd verso. Sheet 345 x 270mm (13½ x 9½"). Small margins on 3 sides. Cut at bottom, repairs.
Young woman holding fruit.
Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47649] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[R. Pycle pinxit ... C. Sooner del]
[Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill, 1768]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters, rare. Collector's stamp of Christopher Lennox-Boyd verso. Sheet 345 x 270mm (13½ x 9½"). Small margins on 3 sides. Cut at bottom, repairs.
Young woman holding fruit.
Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47649] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![Air. [&] Earth. [&] Fire. [&] Water.](jpegs/21189.jpg)
Air. [&] Earth. [&] Fire. [&] Water. From the Original Drawing in the Possession of W. Palmer.
G.B. Cipriani Invent.t F. Bartolozzi Sculpi.t
Publish'd by W. Palmer No. 163 Strand Oct.r 1; 1784
Set of four stipple engravings, each 195 x 255mm (7¾ x 10") to platemark. Large margins.
The four elements.
De Vesme: 609-612, v/v.
[Ref: 21189] £1,850.00 view all images for this item
G.B. Cipriani Invent.t F. Bartolozzi Sculpi.t
Publish'd by W. Palmer No. 163 Strand Oct.r 1; 1784
Set of four stipple engravings, each 195 x 255mm (7¾ x 10") to platemark. Large margins.
The four elements.
De Vesme: 609-612, v/v.
[Ref: 21189] £1,850.00 view all images for this item
![[Four Elements.] Terra. [&] Aer. [&] Ingis. [&] Aqua.](jpegs/57495.jpg)
[Four Elements.] Terra. [&] Aer. [&] Ingis. [&] Aqua. 1 [-4]
Stef. de la Bella invent fecit.
ex. Cum Privil. Regis Christ.
Set of four etchinga. each 85 x 195mm (3¼ x 7¾"), large margins. Laid on album paper, one sheet.
The set of Four Elements: Earth & Air are landscapes; Fire and Water are seascapes, Fire with a ships on fire, Water with a storm. Etched by Stefano della Bella (1610-54), one of the greatest of Italian printmakers, whose diverse output, characterised by the compression of great precision and detail into small composions, has been the focus of a number of exhibitions and scholarly publications in recent years. It was also influential on later seventeenth century printmakers such as François Collignon and Israel Silvestre.
De Vesme 753-6., states ii of iii. From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57495] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)
Stef. de la Bella invent fecit.
ex. Cum Privil. Regis Christ.
Set of four etchinga. each 85 x 195mm (3¼ x 7¾"), large margins. Laid on album paper, one sheet.
The set of Four Elements: Earth & Air are landscapes; Fire and Water are seascapes, Fire with a ships on fire, Water with a storm. Etched by Stefano della Bella (1610-54), one of the greatest of Italian printmakers, whose diverse output, characterised by the compression of great precision and detail into small composions, has been the focus of a number of exhibitions and scholarly publications in recent years. It was also influential on later seventeenth century printmakers such as François Collignon and Israel Silvestre.
De Vesme 753-6., states ii of iii. From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57495] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Four Elements.]](jpegs/58932.jpg)
[The Four Elements.] M. 5. Le Feu. [&] M 6. L'Eau. [&] M 7. L'Air. [&] M 8. La Terre.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of four rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins.
Four rococo designs, each representing an element, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58932] £600.00 view all images for this item
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of four rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins.
Four rococo designs, each representing an element, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58932] £600.00 view all images for this item
Earth.
G.B. Cipriani inv [printmaker's name illegible].
Publié by Isidor Weiss [c.1790]
Stipple printed in red, platemark 180 x 230mm (7 x 9"); very large margins.
Continental copy, in reverse, of a stipple by Bartolozzi after Cipriani from a set of 'the Four Elements' (Earth, Fire, Water, Air).
For a set of the four elements by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, see. ref. 21189.
[Ref: 40367] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv [printmaker's name illegible].
Publié by Isidor Weiss [c.1790]
Stipple printed in red, platemark 180 x 230mm (7 x 9"); very large margins.
Continental copy, in reverse, of a stipple by Bartolozzi after Cipriani from a set of 'the Four Elements' (Earth, Fire, Water, Air).
For a set of the four elements by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, see. ref. 21189.
[Ref: 40367] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Fire. From the Original Drawing in the Possession of W. Palmer.
G.B. Cipriani Inveni.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculpi.t.
Publish'd by W. Palmer N.o 163 Strand Oct:r 1784.
Very fine stipple, printed in sepia. 185 x 225mm (7¼ x 8¾"), with large margins. A little spottting mostly in margins.
An allegorical figure of Fire as a woman in classical robe in a cloud, holding fire in her right hand and a salamander in her left. One of the two winged cherubs blows a wind.
De Vesme 611. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60295] £350.00
G.B. Cipriani Inveni.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculpi.t.
Publish'd by W. Palmer N.o 163 Strand Oct:r 1784.
Very fine stipple, printed in sepia. 185 x 225mm (7¼ x 8¾"), with large margins. A little spottting mostly in margins.
An allegorical figure of Fire as a woman in classical robe in a cloud, holding fire in her right hand and a salamander in her left. One of the two winged cherubs blows a wind.
De Vesme 611. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60295] £350.00
![L'Eau. [Water.]](jpegs/13929.jpg)
L'Eau. [Water.] Dans de certains momens, je suis fort deplaisante...[etc.]
Chez N. Bonnart, rue St. Iacques, a l'aigle, avec privil. [Paris, c.1690.]
Etching, 275 x 190mm. 10¾ x 7½". Corners chipped.
A lady beside an elaborate fountain. From a series of allegorical representations of the elements, published by Nicolas Bonnart I (c.1637 - 1718).
[Ref: 13929] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Chez N. Bonnart, rue St. Iacques, a l'aigle, avec privil. [Paris, c.1690.]
Etching, 275 x 190mm. 10¾ x 7½". Corners chipped.
A lady beside an elaborate fountain. From a series of allegorical representations of the elements, published by Nicolas Bonnart I (c.1637 - 1718).
[Ref: 13929] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![Water [ms]](jpegs/34856.jpg)
Water [ms]
[after Edward Francis Burney]
[Pub. May 1 1815 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts 101 Strand London]
Stipple printed in colours, sheet 145 x 250mm (5¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing text; foxed
Allegory with Mercury (holding staff) riding on the back of a fish, flanked by two cherubs. After Edward Francis Burney, from a series of the elements.
[Ref: 34856] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[after Edward Francis Burney]
[Pub. May 1 1815 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts 101 Strand London]
Stipple printed in colours, sheet 145 x 250mm (5¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing text; foxed
Allegory with Mercury (holding staff) riding on the back of a fish, flanked by two cherubs. After Edward Francis Burney, from a series of the elements.
[Ref: 34856] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Four Elements Fire.
P. van Avont inu. R. Gaywood fecit. R. Walton Excudit.
London, [n.d. after 1648].
Rare etching, 17th century watermark, 160 x 210mm (6¼ x 8¼"). Creasing in the corners and some small tears along the top edge. Repaired tear in the centre of the lower margin. Small margins.
A scene depicting three cherubs playing with a gunpowder cannon and a discarded suit of armour. After Petrus van Avont's series the Four Elements, in which the first was fire, which were also done by Hollar, published 1647.
[Ref: 54114] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
P. van Avont inu. R. Gaywood fecit. R. Walton Excudit.
London, [n.d. after 1648].
Rare etching, 17th century watermark, 160 x 210mm (6¼ x 8¼"). Creasing in the corners and some small tears along the top edge. Repaired tear in the centre of the lower margin. Small margins.
A scene depicting three cherubs playing with a gunpowder cannon and a discarded suit of armour. After Petrus van Avont's series the Four Elements, in which the first was fire, which were also done by Hollar, published 1647.
[Ref: 54114] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)