The Newest Spring and Summer French Fashions for 1867. Publication du Moniteur de la Mode.
P. Digilol[?, in plate] Lith. Gillaumin & C.ie, 149, Quay Valmy, Paris.
London C.E. Weldon _ 22 Tavistock S.t _ Covent Garden _ W.C. A Paris, Chez AD. Gourband Editeur, Rue Richlieu, 92.
Lithograph with very fine hand colour. Sheet 615 x 900mm. Tears in edges taped, some foxing at edges.
A large plate illustrating 21 ladies' dresses for indoor and outdoor use. The 'Moniteur de la Mode' was a Parisian weekly fashion magazine founded in 1842. This larger plate seems to be a separate issue.
[Ref: 62663] £420.00
Cavalier qui pense a sa Maitresse.
avec Privilege.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 245 x 180mm. Three small worm holes within the platemark, severalmore in the margins..
Engraved by Gole.
[Ref: 2755] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Celari vult sua furta Venus. Tibull. 1 lib 2 eleg.
P.Schenk fec: et exc: Amstelod: C.P.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 245 x 180mm.
[Ref: 5421] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Abbé Ce jeune Abbé sans benefice Attande que quelque deuolu, Luy vienne rendre un bon office, En augmentant son revenu.
Chez H.Bonnart rue S. Jacques au Coq avec privil. [n.d. c.1680-1700].
Etching with engraving, 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼"), with , 17th century watermark and wide margins.
An abbot in clerical dress complete with muff. Published by Henri Bonnart II (1642-1711) and from an album of 215 prints depicting different French costumes of the period.
[Ref: 54863] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Courtezan & Frizeur.
Pubd. accordg to Act August 9th by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
A woman walks away from the man but looks round over her left shoulder. She wears a high conical cap trimmed with lace and ribbons, a hooded cloak over a voluminous skirt ornately embroidered at the hem. The man walks after her. His left hand holds a tasselled cane which rests on his shoulder; his right is thrust under his waistcoat. He is fashionably dressed with a laced hat, and his coat appears to have epaulettes. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.4' upper left and '5' upper right. BM Satires: 5023.
[Ref: 14250] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Deux Natures Excentriques. Uncommon Specimens!
Dessiné par Guebard. Bettannier Freres lith.
Paris_ Publié par F.Sinnett 1o Rotonde Passage Colbert. London_ Gambart & Co 25 Berners S.t Oxford S.t. [n.d. c.1860.]
Coloured tinted lithograph. Printed area 440 x 260mm. Some surface soiling.
Two cross-dressing women.
[Ref: 15035] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Portrait Gallery of British Costume. July 1870.
Et. David, dess. Paris. Imp. Lemercier & Cie. Paris.
Published with the "Tailor and Cutter" by John Williamson 93, Drury Lane London W.C.
Lithograph, sheet 285 x 195mm. 11¼ x 7¾".
Fashion illustrations from a trade newspaper using images of two leading personalities of the day to demonstrate a particular style. They are Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870, left), the greatest novelist of the age, and statesman and novelist Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804 - 1881). Supplement to a Victorian magazine.
[Ref: 22244] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Dressing Room a l'Anglaise.
Chas. Ansell del.t P.W. Tomkins sculpt. late Pupil of Bartolozzi.
Published April the 7th. 1789 by Ino. Matthews No.441. Strand.
Stipple with etching, rare, later issue, printed on Whatman paper watermark 1825, Plate 323 x 247mm.12¾ x 9¾".
Inside a room; a woman helping another dress in front of a dresser, who looks back at a third woman seated on a chair reading to a boy. See ref:18069 for companion "Dressing Room a la Francaise"
[Ref: 18068] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dressing Room a la Francaise.
Chas. Ansell del.t P.W. Tomkins sculp.t late Pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
Published April the 7th. 1789 by Ino. Matthews No.441. Strand.
Stipple with etching, rare, later issue, printed on Whatman paper watermark 1825. Plate 324 x 248mm. 12¾ x 9¾".
Inside a room; a noble couple sitting in chairs and looking back as a man who talks to them. The woman sitting with a large hat, changes her shoes in front of a dresser. See Ref:18068 for companion print "Dressing Room a l'Anglaise".
[Ref: 18069] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fashionable Amusements. A Sketch at the Sham Fight. Angelina: Can you see the Movement from there, Fred? Fred: Oh yes, I can see them very well, Dearest.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured lithograph, embellished with a block-printed crinoline skirt. Printed area 300 x 190mm.
A satire on light crinoline skirts.
[Ref: 198] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Favor'd Dove.
From the Original drawing by Soinard.
Engraved & Published Decr.1st.1827 by Benj.n Smith. 21, Judd Place, West New Road.
Stipple. Plate 215 x 255mm. 8½ x 10". Uncut sheet.
A young woman reclining on chaise lounge with a dove perched by her face, and looking at her. She holds a book in her right hand. Standing next to the chair is a device omitting incense.
[Ref: 17333] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Femme de Qualité estant á l'Eglise.
C. Danckerts exc. cum Priviligio.
Fine mezzotint. Plate: 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼"), with very large margins on 3 sides. Small margins.
A portrait of a well-dressed woman, holding a fan, dressed in a richly decorated dress with a long train.
[Ref: 46684] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
Au bord de la Riviere.
Dessiné et lith. par Gastel.
Fr. Wentzel, Raoul Roppert St. Imprimeur-Éditeur, 65 rue St Jacques - Paris. [n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 370 x 430mm, 14½ x 17¼". Some surface dirt.
A family fishing at the side of the river, the woman in inappropriate clothes.
[Ref: 16371] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Folie du Jour. Venus ou la pretendue Comète. No.1.
Deposé à la Bibliotheque nationale. à Paris chez Berthet, Graveur.
[n.d. c.1811.]
Coloured engraving. 197 x 249mm. 7¾ x 9¾". Two vertical folds. Some paper toning.
A comet flies through the sky as onlookers look up, a man holding a telescope. A Lord and Lady sit and stand facing away from the comet, the lady wears a comet-like headdress representing venus. This is the Great Comet of 1811, which was visible to the naked eye for some 260 days. In America this comet was blamed for a devastating eartquake, but the year 1811 turned out to be particularly fine for wine production, so merchants marketed 'comet wine' at high prices for many years afterwards.
[Ref: 16531] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Le Follet. 2343. Boulevart S.r Martin 69.
Imp. Leroy, r. de Marais, 66.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Steel engraving with hand colour. Sheet 280 x 200mm (11 x 7¾"). Slight toning in left edge.
A fashion plate, with four women is ball gowns gathered around a piano. 'Le Follet Courrier des Salons'' ran from 1829 until 1882.
[Ref: 62791] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
Femme de qualite en echarpe.
J. D. De St. Jean delin. 1683.
Avec Privilege du Roy. Se Vend A Paris, sur le quay Pelletier à la pome d'Or au troisième apartement.
Etching, 290 x 185mm. 11½ x 7¼".
A French woman in a shawl and headscarf. Published by Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (c.1655 - 1695), after his own design. From a series of prints of female fashions at the court of Louis XIV (1638 – 1715). BNF: FRBNF41095250.
[Ref: 13099] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
Femme de qualite en grisette.
I. D. De St. Iean delin. 1683.
Avec Privilege du Roy. Se Vend A Paris sur le quay Pelletier à la pomme d'Or au troisme. apartement.
Etching, 295 x 185mm. 11¼ x 7¼".
A French lady sits in an armchair. Published by Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (c.1655 - 1695), after his own design. From a series of prints of female fashions at the court of Louis XIV (1638 – 1715). BNF: FRBNF41095177.
[Ref: 13105] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Femme de Qualité en deshabillé.
J.D.D. St. Jean delin. 1690. Avec privilege du Roy. F. Gallant f.
Se Vend A Paris Sur le Quay Oelletier a la Pomme d'Or au premier apartment.
Very scarce etching with engraving. Printed area: 390 x 230mm (15¼ x 9"). Unexamined out of frame.
A woman stands before a dresser, looking into a large mirror, directly at the viewer; very sensual. After painter and printmaker Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (1654 - 1695), a pioneer designer of 'gravures de mode', prints mostly of fashion subjects, which he himself published.
[Ref: 39384] £420.00
Femme de Qualité en Deshabillé Sortant du Lit.
Peint par J.D. de St. Jean.
Avec privilege du Roy 1688.
Scarce etching with engraving. Sheet size: 370 x 395mm (14½ x 15½"). Unexamined out of frame. Trimmed inside plate. Central vertical crease where previously folded.
A woman stands before a grand fireplace, gesturing towards a young servant who approaches from the left, whilst a man curiously watches from behind a curtain to the right, very sensual. The fireplace is ornately decorated with putti and vases, with a painting above of three putti at a forge. After painter and printmaker Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (1654 - 1695), a pioneer designer of 'gravures de mode', prints mostly of fashion subjects, which he himself published.
[Ref: 39385] £420.00
Coiffures Francaise.
Borel inv.
[n.d., c.1790s.]
Hand coloured etching, 135 x 115mm. 5¼ x 4½".
A charming series of nine medallion vignettes of French female hairstyles and headdresses, presumably published for a series of fashion plates or a guide to fashionable appearance. By French painter and engraver Antoine Borel (1743 - 1810). Numbered upper and lower right.
[Ref: 11100] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Dame de la Cour en habit de Baal.
I.Gole fec. et Exc. cum privil. Amstelodami.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 245 x 180mm. Two small wormholes within platemark, slight damge to lower margin.
Full length portrait of a woman in an embroidered ball-gown, holding a mask.
[Ref: 2756] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Femme de Qualité.
dessiné par S.Jean. J.Gole fec. et Exc. cum privil. Amstelodami..
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 245 x 180mm. Small worm hole.
[Ref: 2758] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Femme de Qualité en des-habille sortant du lit.
D.St.I. d. I.Gole fec. et Exc. cum privil. Amstelodami..
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 245 x 180mm. Two small worm holes.
[Ref: 2759] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Homme de Qualité en habit de Teckali.
D.St.I. Inv. I.Gole fec. et Exc. cum privil. Amstel.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 245 x 180mm. Three small worm holes.
A well-dressed man taking a pinch of snuff.
[Ref: 2761] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
New Head Dresses for 1772. Designed by D. Ritchie Hair Dresser, for Wheble's Lady's Magazine.
J. Hall sculp.t
Published as the Act directs Sept.r 1st 1772.
Engraving, sheet 205 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Thread margins; creased; false margins added.
Unusual display of fashionable hairstyles, taken from the 'Lady's Magazine'.
[Ref: 37681] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
L'Hiver. [Winter.]
Se vend a Paris Chez A. Trouvain rüe St. Jacques au grand Monarque attenant les Mathurins avec privil du Roy. [Paris, n.d., c.1700.]
Hand coloured engraving heightened in white, 305 x 200mm, 12 x 8". Closed tear into border upper right. Slight stain on left centre.
A 'woman of quality' seated in an interior warming her hand at an open fire, a fan on her lap held in her right hand.
[Ref: 22446] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Impudence. Impudence. [&] Modesty. La Modestie.
[R. J. Lane(?)]
[London, J. Dickinson? n.d., c.1825.]
Pair of fine and rare lithographs on india paper, on album sheet, sheets c.180 x 140mm. 7 x 5½". Margins trimmed.
Two allegorical female figures: the woman of virtue, demurely dressed and head covered with a veil, is contrasted with a bold woman, dressed ostentatiously and posing coquettishly. By Richard James Lane (1800 - 1872).
[Ref: 21661] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
A Venetian Lady in the Sindall Dress. In the Collection of John Taylor Esqr.
Painted by Wm. Peters. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales. D'Oench: 78. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997; Lady Victoria Manners, 'Matthew William Peters, R.A.' p.65, ii/ii
[Ref: 4617] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Cremonese Lady. In the Collection of John Taylor Esqr.
Painted by Wm. Peters. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 1st, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8").
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales. D'Oench: 77. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997; Lady Victoria Manners, 'Matthew William Peters, R.A.' p.60, ii/ii
[Ref: 4610] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Madame de Ludre en Stenkerke et Falbala.
C. Danckerts exc. cum Priviligio.
Fine mezzotint. Plate: 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼"), with large margins on 3 sides. Small margins, repaired damage to right margin.
A portrait of a well-dressed lady, in a richly embroidered dress with a tall headress.
[Ref: 46681] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Madame la Marquise de Quelus.
C. Danckerts exc. cum Priviligio.
Fine mezzotint. Plate: 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼"), with very large margins on 3 sides. Small margins. Old repairs top centre.
A portrait of a well-dressed woman in a richly embroidered dress with a tall headress, holding a muff.
[Ref: 46682] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
London Fashions for the Winter of 1831.
Published and Sold by G. Walker, 20, Southampton Street, Holborn.
Very scarce hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 610 x 540mm (24 x 21¼"). Slight mount burn. Repaired vertical tear from top edge to centre.
A large fashion plate showing the various fashions in men's and boy's clothing at the end of 1831. The plate is divided into two halves, the bottom showing outer and domestic urban wear while the top shows formal wear and country sportswear. The functional sportswear devleoped in England for the country gentleman, as shown in the top right corner, used wool which could be easily tailored. This new form of tailcoat crossed the divide between urban and country fashion due to its functionality and style. It is at this stage that styles from London start to challenge Paris' leadership and Mayfair becomes the heart of men's fashion.
[Ref: 37822] £580.00
London Fashions for the Summer of 1833.
[by Charles Sibley?]
Published and Sold by G. Walker, 20, Southampton St. Bloomsbury Sq.re
Framed very scarce hand-coloured lithograph. Image size: 560 x 585mm (22 x 23"). Unexamined out of frame.
A large fashion plate showing the various fashions in men's and boy's clothing in the summer of 1833. The plate is divided into two halves, the bottom showing outer and domestic urban wear while the top shows formal wear and country sportswear. See: Ref 37822 & 55184
[Ref: 57418] £750.00
[Misericorde.]
T. Dankerts excudit. cum Privilegio.
Set of seven mezzotints. Each c.260 x 195mm. Plates III, IV & V trimmed into image on right; plate VII with stain on verso slightly showing through.
[Ref: 1505] £1,300.00
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Monsieur le Chevalier des T*** donnant ses ordres pour la promenade
Chez F. Guerard au bas de la rue S.t Jacques a linage N. Dame
[n.d. c. 1674]
Fine & rare engraving. 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5) large margins.
A knight giving orders to his attendant for his walk; the attendant carries a coat for him. Printed by Nicolas Bonnart (c. 1637 - 1718), the son of Henri Bonnart. He was largely active between 1664-70 and moved his printing business to St. Jacques Rue in 1674.
[Ref: 54684] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
New Shoes!
Lavinia Countess Spencer delt. Mno. Bovi sculpt. late Pupil to F. Bartolozzi R.A.
London Publish'd April 1. 1791, by Mno. Bovi, No.81, Great Titchfield Street.
Stipple printed in brown ink, 225 x 165mm. 9 x 6½".
A young girl excitedly lifting up the hem of her skirt to reveal new shoes; in aquatint border. After Lavinia, Countess Spencer (1762 - 1831), eldest daughter of 1st Earl of Lucan and wife of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer; amateur artist.
[Ref: 17771] £320.00
Savoir Vivre__Sans Six Sous. [&] Savoir Vivre___Sans Souci.
Pub.d as the Act directs 22.d Dec.r 1783 and Engrav'd by Geo. Townly Stubbs London.
Pair of stipples with etching, printed in brown, with large margins. Platemark: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½") each. Slight staining right of Sans Souci.
A pun in French: A woman standing with a bonnet and a striped skirt, looks at her purse as she holds it upside down (roughly, without sixpence); [&] A fashionably dressed young woman in half-profile to the left looks with a smile at a wine glass she is holding in her raised right hand. In the left hand she has a bottle of wine. (without a care). By George Townley Stubbs (1748 - 1815?), son of painter George Stubbs (1724 - 1806). CLB List G T Stubbs 26 & 27.
[Ref: 36548] £450.00
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Savoir Vivre__Sans Six Sous. [&] Savoir Vivre___Sans Souci.
Pub.d as the Act directs 22.d Dec.r 1783 and Engrav'd by Geo Townly Stubbs London.
Pair of stipples with etching, with very small margins; printed in brown. Plate 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Few repaired tears.
A pun in French: A woman standing with a bonnet and a striped skirt, looks at her purse as she holds it upside down (roughly, without sixpence); [&] a woman stands holding a small glass up in the air in one hand and, in the other, a jug (without a care). CLB List G T Stubbs 26 & 27.
[Ref: 30456] £320.00
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La Grotte. [&] La Montagne. [&] Le Lac. [&] [La Montagne.]
Peint par C.t Brochard. Gravé par P.Cottin.
Imprimé & Publié par Goupil & C.ie Editeurs le 1.er Abril 1869.
Set of four engravings with fine hand colour, 'La Montagne' a proof before title. Each c. 860 x 635mm (33¾ x 25").
A set of four oval scenes, with a pair of immaculately-dressed women in an Alpine setting.
[Ref: 51907] £1,250.00
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Ista decens facies longis vitiabitur annis. Ovid. 3 Trist.
P.Schenk fec: et exc. Amstelod. cum Privil.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 245 x 180mm.
[Ref: 5425] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Poole's, Select Pocket Remembrancer. 1834. Christina of Sweden resigns her Crown. Pa: 2. [&] Fete Champetre.
E. Burney Del. J. Romney Sculp.
London. Printed by Assignment of J. Poole, for Suttaby & Co. Stationers Court . P. Ayres, & Shepherd & Sutton. Noble Street. [n.d. c.1835.]
Engraving. Plate 131 x 159mm. 5¼ x 6¼". Uncut before binding.
Frontispiece and illustrations to Poole's "Select Pocket Remembrancer". Illustration of a countryside party, women and men of society elegantly dressed in the gardens of a country residence.
[Ref: 27868] £45.00
(£54.00 incl.VAT)
London Fashions for 1844, Published and Sold by G. Walker, 33 St James's Street.
Drawn by C. Sibley, 6 Russell Place, Fitzroy Sq.r.
A large coloured aquatint. Image size 600 x 690mm (23½ x 27¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Two scenes illustrating the fashions for men, women and children, numbered 32-47. The upper scene is probably in St James's Park, the lower scene in a drawing room, also illustratring a mantle clock and a harp.
[Ref: 55181] £750.00
London Fashions for the Winter of 1840, Published and Sold by G. Walker, 33 St James's Street.
C. Sibley excud.t.
A large coloured aquatint. Image size 580 x 660mm (22¾ x 26"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Two scenes illustrating the fashions for men, women and children, numbered 75-89. The upper scene is a drawing room, the lower scene is a park with an architectural feature.
[Ref: 55182] £750.00
London Fashions for the Summer of 1843, Published and Sold by G. Walker, 33 St James's Street.
Drawn & Etched by C. Sibley, 34 Percy St, Beford Square.
A large coloured aquatint. Image size 600 x 650mm (23½ x 25½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Two scenes illustrating the fashions for men, women and children, numbered 1-15. The upper scene is a salon, the lower scene a park.
[Ref: 55183] £750.00
National Liveries.
[by Charles Sibley?]
Published by G. Walker, Author of ''The Art of Cutting'', 20 Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square, London. (Entered at Stationer's Hall.) [n.d, c.1840.]
A large coloured aquatint. Image size 690 x 520mm (27 x 20½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Illustrations of 25 men in three rows, depicting their livery uniforms. See Ref: 57418 & 37822
[Ref: 55184] £750.00
A Sclavonian Lady.
Painted by Wm. Peter. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales. D'Oench: 75. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997; Lady Victoria Manners, 'Matthew William Peters, R.A.' p.65, ii/ii
[Ref: 4615] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Two oval stipples.]
Cha.s Ansell del.t P W Tomkins sculp.t late pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
[Published April the 7.th. 1789. by In.o. Matthews No. 441 Strand.]
Pair of hand coloured stipples and etching, rare, partly printed in colour. 272 x 215mm. 10¾ x 8½". Cut; 2nd image with damage to right-hand edge.
Inside a room, a noble couple sitting in chairs and looking back to a man who talks to them from behind, the woman with a hat changing her shoes in front of a dresser; [&] Inside a room, a woman helping another dress in front of a dresser, who looks back the third woman on the left sitting on a chair and reading to a boy. From an unidentified set, as established by the BM.
[Ref: 28178] £380.00
Dame de Qualite en habit d'Espagnolete.
ches Trouvain rue St. Jacques au grand Monarque avec privilege du Roy.
[n.d. c.1674]
Fine & rare engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾) with wide margins. Some marking in the margins.
A noble lady wearing a Spanish dress, in a richly decorated interior. Printed by Nicolas Bonnart (c. 1637 - 1718), the son of Henri Bonnart. He was largely active between 1664-70 and moved his printing business to St. Jacques Rue in 1674.
[Ref: 54681] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Homme de Qualite en habit de Bal a l'Espagnol
a Paris ches Trouvain.
[n.d. c. 1674]
Fine & rare engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾) with wide margins. Some toning in top and right margin.
A man in fancy Spanish dress, complete with ornate cape and feathered cap. Printed by Nicolas Bonnart (c. 1637 - 1718), the son of Henri Bonnart. He was largely active between 1664-70 and moved his printing business to St. Jacques Rue in 1674.
[Ref: 54682] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green, [/] She runs, but hopes she does not run unseen; [/] While a kind glance at her pursuer flies, [/] How much at variance are her feet and eyes.
Engrav'd by Geo. Townley Stubbs.
Pub.d. March 10, 1784 as the Act directs, London.
Stipple printed in brown ink with large margins. Platemark: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½").
A fashionably dressed young woman stands with her back to the viewer, turned facing the left. She wears a plumed hat and holds a fur muff. Below the image is a verse taken from 'The First Pastoral, or Damon', by Alexander Pope (1688-1744). By George Townley Stubbs (1748 - 1815?), son of painter George Stubbs (1724 - 1806). Lennox-Boyd: 28
[Ref: 36549] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)