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Alexander the Great.
J. Chapman sculp.
London Published as the Act directs Sep.r 29.th 1804 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple. Plate 178 x 113mm. 7 x 4½". Water stain to lower edge of margin, large margins.
Alexander the Great (356-323BC). Head and shoulders to right, head in profile, wearing armour, a fur-trimmed cloak and a plumed helmet decorated with a dragon. One of a number of stipple heads of Kings and Queens of similar format printed on quarto sheets, by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, 1795-1810. They probably appeared as illustrations to the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings. Compiled ... by John Wilkes' (24 volumes, published 1810-1829, primarily by J. Wilkes, some volumes by G Jones).
[Ref: 23278] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chapman sculp.
London Published as the Act directs Sep.r 29.th 1804 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple. Plate 178 x 113mm. 7 x 4½". Water stain to lower edge of margin, large margins.
Alexander the Great (356-323BC). Head and shoulders to right, head in profile, wearing armour, a fur-trimmed cloak and a plumed helmet decorated with a dragon. One of a number of stipple heads of Kings and Queens of similar format printed on quarto sheets, by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, 1795-1810. They probably appeared as illustrations to the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings. Compiled ... by John Wilkes' (24 volumes, published 1810-1829, primarily by J. Wilkes, some volumes by G Jones).
[Ref: 23278] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![Archimede de Syracuse Mathematicien né 550 ans avant Jesus-Christ [in pen]: ‘208.](jpegs/15763.jpg)
Archimede de Syracuse Mathematicien né 550 ans avant Jesus-Christ [in pen]: ‘208. Ce Sçavant Encien; Dont tu vois la Peinture. Etudia si bien la nature. Qu’il En Penetra ses Resorts Et la Rendit docile, aux plus foible Efforts. [in pen]: mort dan 546 de la foundation de Vonce et 208 ans av.j.ch.
à Paris chés Daumont rue St. Martin. [n.d. c.1750.]
Copper engraving. Watermarked. Plate 152 x 107mm. 6 x 4¼". Large margins.
Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BC - 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor and astronomer. He is best known for laying the foundations of hydrostatics, statics and an explanation for the principle of the lever.
W: 96.
[Ref: 15763] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
à Paris chés Daumont rue St. Martin. [n.d. c.1750.]
Copper engraving. Watermarked. Plate 152 x 107mm. 6 x 4¼". Large margins.
Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BC - 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor and astronomer. He is best known for laying the foundations of hydrostatics, statics and an explanation for the principle of the lever.
W: 96.
[Ref: 15763] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Archimedes Philosophe.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Copper engraving. Sheet 400 x 267mm. 15¾ x 10½".
Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor and astronomer. He is seen as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Through his studies he laid the foundations of hydrostatices, statics and an explanation of the principle of the lever.
W: 96.
[Ref: 15644] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1780.]
Copper engraving. Sheet 400 x 267mm. 15¾ x 10½".
Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor and astronomer. He is seen as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Through his studies he laid the foundations of hydrostatices, statics and an explanation of the principle of the lever.
W: 96.
[Ref: 15644] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Aristides the Just.
S. Shelly pinx.t T. Rider sculp.
London, Publish'd by C. Taylor, No.10 Holborn, Sep.r 1.1826.
Stipple. Plate 177 x 140mm. 7 x 5½".
Aristides (530BC-468BC) was an Athenian statesman, nicknamed "the Just". He was a general and founder of the Delian League, which developed the Athenian Empire. He was so respected throughout Greece for his fairness that Athens assumed the leadership of the alliance against the Persian invaders.
[Ref: 22606] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
S. Shelly pinx.t T. Rider sculp.
London, Publish'd by C. Taylor, No.10 Holborn, Sep.r 1.1826.
Stipple. Plate 177 x 140mm. 7 x 5½".
Aristides (530BC-468BC) was an Athenian statesman, nicknamed "the Just". He was a general and founder of the Delian League, which developed the Athenian Empire. He was so respected throughout Greece for his fairness that Athens assumed the leadership of the alliance against the Persian invaders.
[Ref: 22606] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Artemise aprez avoir épuisé la Nature et lassé les Arts, pour eterniser son deuil et la memoire de mausolea, aval eses cendres et luy fait un second Monument de son corps. Strabo lib. 14.
Vignon inuent.
Mariette excud. cum priuil. Regis. [n.d. c.1647.]
Etching and engraving, plate 340 x 220mm (13½ x 9¾"). Some nicks and tears on left margin slightly going into plate.
Full-length portrait of Artemisia, wearing mourning clothes and drinking Mausolus’ ashes from a cup. The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus she built for her late brother and husband is visible in the background. The illustration was included in ‘La Gallerie des femmes fortes’ by Le Moyne.
Meyer: 340. Blum: 1500. Duplessis: 1494. Lothe: 1444.
[Ref: 58973] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Vignon inuent.
Mariette excud. cum priuil. Regis. [n.d. c.1647.]
Etching and engraving, plate 340 x 220mm (13½ x 9¾"). Some nicks and tears on left margin slightly going into plate.
Full-length portrait of Artemisia, wearing mourning clothes and drinking Mausolus’ ashes from a cup. The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus she built for her late brother and husband is visible in the background. The illustration was included in ‘La Gallerie des femmes fortes’ by Le Moyne.
Meyer: 340. Blum: 1500. Duplessis: 1494. Lothe: 1444.
[Ref: 58973] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Augustus.] Augusto. Divi. F. Cos. XI. Tr. Pot. II. Imp. VIII.](jpegs/49701.jpg)
[Augustus.] Augusto. Divi. F. Cos. XI. Tr. Pot. II. Imp. VIII.
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet, stained.
A portrait of Augustus (Octavian) from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49701] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet, stained.
A portrait of Augustus (Octavian) from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49701] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Bacchant.
F: Bartolozzi Inv.t et Sculp.t.
Mango Exc.t. Pub.d Nov.r 23 1778 as the Act Directs by the Proprieter N.o Bentinck Street near Berwick Street, Soho.
Stipple printed in sanguine, plate 245 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"), with large margins. Very slight paper toning.
A bare breasted priestess of the God of Wine, Bacchus, lifts a bowl as if to drink.
De Vesme 368 II of III. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60283] £350.00
F: Bartolozzi Inv.t et Sculp.t.
Mango Exc.t. Pub.d Nov.r 23 1778 as the Act Directs by the Proprieter N.o Bentinck Street near Berwick Street, Soho.
Stipple printed in sanguine, plate 245 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"), with large margins. Very slight paper toning.
A bare breasted priestess of the God of Wine, Bacchus, lifts a bowl as if to drink.
De Vesme 368 II of III. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60283] £350.00
![[Bacchus.]](jpegs/60155.jpg)
[Bacchus.] ALT, 20. LAT, 18. unc:
Van Dalen Pinx. v. Prenner inc.
[n.c., c.1730.]
Very fine mezzotint. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted in album paper, slight creasing.
A head and shoulders portrait of Bacchus wearing a wreath of vine leaves, holding a drinking glass. From a painting by Jan van Dalen (fl. 1632-70), painted 1648, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Accession Number GG_1687). Engraved by Anton Joseph von Prenner (1683-1761) for 'Theatrum artis pictoriae', an ambitious plan to publish 30 volumes of prints representing the entire Imperial art collection in Stallburg, Vienna. Only four were published, each containing 40 plates.
[Ref: 60155] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Van Dalen Pinx. v. Prenner inc.
[n.c., c.1730.]
Very fine mezzotint. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted in album paper, slight creasing.
A head and shoulders portrait of Bacchus wearing a wreath of vine leaves, holding a drinking glass. From a painting by Jan van Dalen (fl. 1632-70), painted 1648, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Accession Number GG_1687). Engraved by Anton Joseph von Prenner (1683-1761) for 'Theatrum artis pictoriae', an ambitious plan to publish 30 volumes of prints representing the entire Imperial art collection in Stallburg, Vienna. Only four were published, each containing 40 plates.
[Ref: 60155] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Cui mens divinior. S.G.
dessiné par Denon. gravé par I. Mitan.
[n.d. c.1835.]
Aquatint. 155 x 110mm, 6¼ x 4¼".
A portrait of one of the Roman emperors, possibly Augustus.
[Ref: 17458] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
dessiné par Denon. gravé par I. Mitan.
[n.d. c.1835.]
Aquatint. 155 x 110mm, 6¼ x 4¼".
A portrait of one of the Roman emperors, possibly Augustus.
[Ref: 17458] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Julius Cæsar.
Titian del.t.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm, 7 x 5¾". Watermarked 1824.
An oval portrait of Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC). His success as a general was responsible for the recreation of the Roman Republic as an Empire. The 'Encyclopedia Londonensis' was published from 1796 to 1829, compiled by John Wilkes, edited by John Jones.
[Ref: 18546] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Titian del.t.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm, 7 x 5¾". Watermarked 1824.
An oval portrait of Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC). His success as a general was responsible for the recreation of the Roman Republic as an Empire. The 'Encyclopedia Londonensis' was published from 1796 to 1829, compiled by John Wilkes, edited by John Jones.
[Ref: 18546] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Set of 10 Caesars.]](jpegs/39298.jpg)
[Set of 10 Caesars.] 2. Augustus. 3. Tiberius. 4.Caligula. 5. Claudius. 6. Nero. 7. Galba. 8. Otho. 10. Vespasianus. 11. Titus. 12. Domitianus.
[After Jan van der Straet.]
[n.d. c.1700.]
Set of 10 of 12 fine engravings (lacking plates 1 & 9). Platemark: 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾") each, large margins.
A set of 10 of 12 plates from 'Imperatorum XII' (The Twelve Emperors), depicting statues of Roman Emperors on horseback, with each pedestal decorated with illustrative scenes. Examples include; Tiberius, in full armour, wearing a laurel wreath and holding a spear; Caligula, in full armour, wearing the winged hat of Mercury, holding the thunderbolts of Zeus and the trident of Poseidon; Nero, in full armour, facing to the right and holding a lyre, with thepedestal decorated with a scene of his suicide; Titus, in full armour, and in the background to the right, Mount Vesuvius erupts, with troops assembling outside the gates of a city to the left. After Jan van der Straet (1523 - 1605).
[Ref: 39298] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
[After Jan van der Straet.]
[n.d. c.1700.]
Set of 10 of 12 fine engravings (lacking plates 1 & 9). Platemark: 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾") each, large margins.
A set of 10 of 12 plates from 'Imperatorum XII' (The Twelve Emperors), depicting statues of Roman Emperors on horseback, with each pedestal decorated with illustrative scenes. Examples include; Tiberius, in full armour, wearing a laurel wreath and holding a spear; Caligula, in full armour, wearing the winged hat of Mercury, holding the thunderbolts of Zeus and the trident of Poseidon; Nero, in full armour, facing to the right and holding a lyre, with thepedestal decorated with a scene of his suicide; Titus, in full armour, and in the background to the right, Mount Vesuvius erupts, with troops assembling outside the gates of a city to the left. After Jan van der Straet (1523 - 1605).
[Ref: 39298] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
Caligula Cæsar.
Titian del.t. J.Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm, 7 x 5¾". Watermarked 1824.
Oval portrait of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (AD 12-41), after Titian. Nephew and adopted grandson of emperor Tiberius, he was nicknamed Caligula (Little Boots) by his father Germanicus's troops. Apparently his reign started well but when he became authoritarian and cruel he was assassinated. The 'Encyclopedia Londonensis' was published from 1796 to 1829, compiled by John Wilkes, edited by John Jones.
[Ref: 18549] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Titian del.t. J.Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm, 7 x 5¾". Watermarked 1824.
Oval portrait of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (AD 12-41), after Titian. Nephew and adopted grandson of emperor Tiberius, he was nicknamed Caligula (Little Boots) by his father Germanicus's troops. Apparently his reign started well but when he became authoritarian and cruel he was assassinated. The 'Encyclopedia Londonensis' was published from 1796 to 1829, compiled by John Wilkes, edited by John Jones.
[Ref: 18549] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Caligula. IV. Je ne prise rien tant que l'impudence.
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8".
Caligula, the fourth Roman emperor, by François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19844] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8".
Caligula, the fourth Roman emperor, by François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19844] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
De Mamore Pomfret, apud Oxons.
Drawn & Engrav'd by J.K. Sherwin Engraver to His Majesty & His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
[London: Richard Bentley, 1866.]
Engraving with large margins, very fine. 317 x 203mm (12½ x 8").
A statue of Cicero (106BC-43BC), the Roman orator who was made consul in 63 BC. Standing here holding a scroll in his left hand at waist level and another object is his right. Published in John Timbs's "Club Life of London; with anecdotes of the clubs, coffee houses, and taverns of the metropolis, during thr 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries". One of the ancient Greek and Roman statues from the collection of the Countess of Pomfret in 1755. The statues formerly belonged to the Earl of Arundel before later being passed to the University of Oxford.
[Ref: 26958] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engrav'd by J.K. Sherwin Engraver to His Majesty & His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
[London: Richard Bentley, 1866.]
Engraving with large margins, very fine. 317 x 203mm (12½ x 8").
A statue of Cicero (106BC-43BC), the Roman orator who was made consul in 63 BC. Standing here holding a scroll in his left hand at waist level and another object is his right. Published in John Timbs's "Club Life of London; with anecdotes of the clubs, coffee houses, and taverns of the metropolis, during thr 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries". One of the ancient Greek and Roman statues from the collection of the Countess of Pomfret in 1755. The statues formerly belonged to the Earl of Arundel before later being passed to the University of Oxford.
[Ref: 26958] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Cicero.
A. Liernur, del. J. Wysman, sculp. G. Forsfell, Perfec.t
Proefdruk. [n.d. c.1835.]
Stipple, rare. Plate 242 x 197mm. 9½ x 7¾". Foxing and crease in lower margin.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106BC - 43BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero was Julius Caesar's political rival, and although he had no direct part in his death, his work and ideas influenced the senate into disposing of Caesar.
[Ref: 21120] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A. Liernur, del. J. Wysman, sculp. G. Forsfell, Perfec.t
Proefdruk. [n.d. c.1835.]
Stipple, rare. Plate 242 x 197mm. 9½ x 7¾". Foxing and crease in lower margin.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106BC - 43BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero was Julius Caesar's political rival, and although he had no direct part in his death, his work and ideas influenced the senate into disposing of Caesar.
[Ref: 21120] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Claudius Cæsar.
Titian del.t. J.Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm, 7 x 5¾".
Oval portrait of Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus (10BC-AD41), after Titian. Became emperor as by the virtue of being the last male member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty left alive after the purges of Tiberius and Caligula, having been regarded as no threat because of physical infirmities. He added Britain to the empire. The 'Encyclopedia Londonensis' was published from 1796 to 1829, compiled by John Wilkes, edited by John Jones.
[Ref: 18550] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Titian del.t. J.Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm, 7 x 5¾".
Oval portrait of Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus (10BC-AD41), after Titian. Became emperor as by the virtue of being the last male member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty left alive after the purges of Tiberius and Caligula, having been regarded as no threat because of physical infirmities. He added Britain to the empire. The 'Encyclopedia Londonensis' was published from 1796 to 1829, compiled by John Wilkes, edited by John Jones.
[Ref: 18550] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Claude. V. La Vraye Noblesse vient de Vertu, et n'y en a point d'autre.
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8".
Claudius, the fifth Roman emperor, by François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19845] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8".
Claudius, the fifth Roman emperor, by François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19845] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Imperatoris Cladvdii Apotheosis Sive Consecratio. Clavdivs post mortem, Veterum superstitione, inter Diuos relatus, radiata...
[Pietro Santi Bartoli]
[Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi]
Some creasing. Small margins.
From the series Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum (The Wonders of Ancient Rome). A frieze representing the apotheosis of Emperor Claudius, bust portrait of the Emperor placed above an eagle standing above Jove's globe and thunderbold and a pile of trophies and armour; after an antique relief in the collection of the King of Spain.
[Ref: 54903] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Pietro Santi Bartoli]
[Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi]
Some creasing. Small margins.
From the series Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum (The Wonders of Ancient Rome). A frieze representing the apotheosis of Emperor Claudius, bust portrait of the Emperor placed above an eagle standing above Jove's globe and thunderbold and a pile of trophies and armour; after an antique relief in the collection of the King of Spain.
[Ref: 54903] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Claudius I.] Ti. Claudius. Caesar. Aug. P. M. Tr. P. Imp.](jpegs/49699.jpg)
[Claudius I.] Ti. Claudius. Caesar. Aug. P. M. Tr. P. Imp. Claudius irrisae privato in tempore vitae...
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet, stained.
A portrait of Claudius I from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49699] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet, stained.
A portrait of Claudius I from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49699] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Head of Cleopatra.]](jpegs/32913.jpg)
[Head of Cleopatra.]
[by Thomas Worlidge]
[1750]
Etching, platemark 65 x 50mm (2½ x 2"). Good impression; large margins.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Early impression before Worlidge added his name. In her catalogue of prints after Worlidge's death, his widow Mary listed this print as 'head of Cleopatra'.
State i/iii; W108; D58.
[Ref: 32913] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[by Thomas Worlidge]
[1750]
Etching, platemark 65 x 50mm (2½ x 2"). Good impression; large margins.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Early impression before Worlidge added his name. In her catalogue of prints after Worlidge's death, his widow Mary listed this print as 'head of Cleopatra'.
State i/iii; W108; D58.
[Ref: 32913] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Head of Cleopatra.]](jpegs/32914.jpg)
[Head of Cleopatra.]
Thos. Worlidge 1750.
Etching, platemark 65 x 50mm (2½ x 2"). Good impression; margins.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '108' added upper left to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced (in which she listed this print as 'head of Cleopatra').
State ii/iii; W108; D58.
[Ref: 32914] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Thos. Worlidge 1750.
Etching, platemark 65 x 50mm (2½ x 2"). Good impression; margins.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '108' added upper left to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced (in which she listed this print as 'head of Cleopatra').
State ii/iii; W108; D58.
[Ref: 32914] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Head of Cleopatra.]](jpegs/32915.jpg)
[Head of Cleopatra.]
Thos. Worlidge 1750.
Etching, platemark 65 x 50mm (2½ x 2"). Good impression; very large margins, uncut.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '108' added upper left to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced (in which she listed this print as 'head of Cleopatra').
State iii/iii; W108; D58.
[Ref: 32915] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Thos. Worlidge 1750.
Etching, platemark 65 x 50mm (2½ x 2"). Good impression; very large margins, uncut.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '108' added upper left to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced (in which she listed this print as 'head of Cleopatra').
State iii/iii; W108; D58.
[Ref: 32915] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Portrait de Clèopatre derniere Reine d'Egypte tiré d'un Medaillon antique.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. Urs. et J. de la Croix sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1736.]
Engraving, fine image with large margins. Plate 190 x 132mm. 7½ x 5¼".
Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 BC- 30 BC) was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Plate 40 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25082] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. Urs. et J. de la Croix sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1736.]
Engraving, fine image with large margins. Plate 190 x 132mm. 7½ x 5¼".
Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 BC- 30 BC) was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Plate 40 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25082] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Cleopatra.
Drawn by V.D. Riviere. Engraved by W. Woodley.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple, printed in colours. 320 x 365mm (12½ x 14½"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A portrait of Cleopatra holding a cup and a pearl earring, after Daniel Valentine Riviere (1780-1854).
Rare: not in BM; Woodley is not listed in Alexander's Dictionary.
[Ref: 62357] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by V.D. Riviere. Engraved by W. Woodley.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple, printed in colours. 320 x 365mm (12½ x 14½"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A portrait of Cleopatra holding a cup and a pearl earring, after Daniel Valentine Riviere (1780-1854).
Rare: not in BM; Woodley is not listed in Alexander's Dictionary.
[Ref: 62357] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cleopatra, Queen Of Egypt.
J. Chapman sculpt.
London Published as the Act directs Jan.y 21. 1804 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple with etching printed in colour, 165 x 115mm. 6½ x 4½". Creasing to right margin.
The infamous Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 BC – 30 BC), Hellenistic ruler of Egypt. She was the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. With vignette scene below portrait indicating her alliances with prominent Roman leaders.
[Ref: 10614] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chapman sculpt.
London Published as the Act directs Jan.y 21. 1804 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple with etching printed in colour, 165 x 115mm. 6½ x 4½". Creasing to right margin.
The infamous Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 BC – 30 BC), Hellenistic ruler of Egypt. She was the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. With vignette scene below portrait indicating her alliances with prominent Roman leaders.
[Ref: 10614] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Domitian. XII. Que les princes sont miserables, pour les dangers qui les regardent.
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8".
Domitian, the twelfth Roman emperor, by François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19852] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8".
Domitian, the twelfth Roman emperor, by François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19852] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Domitian Caesar.
Titian del.t J. Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. Plate 178 x 127mm. 7 x 5".
Domitian Caesar (51-96) was Roman Emperor from 51 to 96 and was the third and last emperor of the Flavian Dynasty.
[Ref: 21610] £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 127mm. 7 x 5".
Domitian Caesar (51-96) was Roman Emperor from 51 to 96 and was the third and last emperor of the Flavian Dynasty.
[Ref: 21610] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Galba.] Ser. Galba. Imp. Caesar. Aug. Tr. P.](jpegs/49697.jpg)
[Galba.] Ser. Galba. Imp. Caesar. Aug. Tr. P. Spem frustrae senex privatus sceptra mereri...
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Loss bottom right.
A portrait of Galba from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49697] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Loss bottom right.
A portrait of Galba from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49697] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Galba Caesar.
Titian del.t J. Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. Plate 177 x 127mm. 7 x 5".
Galba (3BC - 69AD) was Roman Emperor for seven months from 68 to 69. He was the first emperoro of the Year of the Four Emperors, and the seventh of the Caesars.
[Ref: 21607] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Titian del.t J. Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. Plate 177 x 127mm. 7 x 5".
Galba (3BC - 69AD) was Roman Emperor for seven months from 68 to 69. He was the first emperoro of the Year of the Four Emperors, and the seventh of the Caesars.
[Ref: 21607] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Galba. VII. Il faut choisir les soldats et non pas les achepter.
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8".
Galba, the seventh Roman emperor and the first from outside Julius Cæsar's extended family. By François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19847] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8".
Galba, the seventh Roman emperor and the first from outside Julius Cæsar's extended family. By François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19847] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Hannibal the Carthaginian General.
J. Chapman sculp.
London Published as the Act directs Mar. 1. 1800 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple with etching printed in colour, 160 x 115mm. 6¼ x 4½". Soiled.
Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca, (248 – 183 or 182 BC) was a Carthaginian military commander and tactician who is popularly credited as one of the most talented commanders in history.
[Ref: 12448] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chapman sculp.
London Published as the Act directs Mar. 1. 1800 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple with etching printed in colour, 160 x 115mm. 6¼ x 4½". Soiled.
Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca, (248 – 183 or 182 BC) was a Carthaginian military commander and tactician who is popularly credited as one of the most talented commanders in history.
[Ref: 12448] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Hannibal. Facsimile of an engraving perform'd by Her R. H. the late Princess Charlotte of Wales
Charlotte fec. 1814
London Publi.ed Nov.r 20.th 1817.
Etching, scarce, platemark 195 x 130mm (7½ x 5").
Facsimile of a portrait of the Carthaginian military commander Hannibal by Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817), published only two weeks after her death.
[Ref: 23168] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Charlotte fec. 1814
London Publi.ed Nov.r 20.th 1817.
Etching, scarce, platemark 195 x 130mm (7½ x 5").
Facsimile of a portrait of the Carthaginian military commander Hannibal by Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817), published only two weeks after her death.
[Ref: 23168] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Hebe.
Drawn by Huet Villiers, Miniature Painter to their Royal Highnesses the Duke & Duchess of York. Engraved by H. Cardon, Street Noel Square.
London Published April 1st 1817 by Walk, 37 Oxford Street.
Colour-printed stipple. Plate: 540 x 380mm (21¼ x 15''). Trimmed to plate on lower edge. Cracked along plate on left & right bottom.
A portrait of Hebe the Greek goddess of Youth.
[Ref: 48097] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Huet Villiers, Miniature Painter to their Royal Highnesses the Duke & Duchess of York. Engraved by H. Cardon, Street Noel Square.
London Published April 1st 1817 by Walk, 37 Oxford Street.
Colour-printed stipple. Plate: 540 x 380mm (21¼ x 15''). Trimmed to plate on lower edge. Cracked along plate on left & right bottom.
A portrait of Hebe the Greek goddess of Youth.
[Ref: 48097] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Julius Caesar.] Divos. Iulius. Caesar. Dictator Perpetuus.](jpegs/49695.jpg)
[Julius Caesar.] Divos. Iulius. Caesar. Dictator Perpetuus. Imperius binis suerat solenne quod olim..
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Julius Caesar from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49695] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Julius Caesar from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49695] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Six mezzotint portraits after Gérard de Lairesse.]](jpegs/60186.jpg)
[Six mezzotint portraits after Gérard de Lairesse.] [Two Roman soldiers] [&] [baby's head] [two Roman soldiers] [&] Pietas. [&] [child with bird and dog] [&] [crying girl.]
[Two Roman plates] AB f; [Pietas] G. lairesse pinxit. A Blooteling f et ex; [child] Lairesse in. A. Blooteling ex; [crying girl] G. Lairesse Pinx. A. Blooteling F. et Ex.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Six scarce mezzotints on one sheet, 18th century watermark. Largest 125 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Old ink mss. in margin.
A collection of plates after Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711) by Abrham Blooteling (1640-1690), a Dutch mezzotinter who came to London in the 1670s, helping to introduced the technique to England.
BM 1902,1011.254; 1929,1112.2.99; 1902,1011.255; 1929,1112.2.101; 1929,1112.2.102; & 2010,7081.143.
[Ref: 60186] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[Two Roman plates] AB f; [Pietas] G. lairesse pinxit. A Blooteling f et ex; [child] Lairesse in. A. Blooteling ex; [crying girl] G. Lairesse Pinx. A. Blooteling F. et Ex.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Six scarce mezzotints on one sheet, 18th century watermark. Largest 125 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Old ink mss. in margin.
A collection of plates after Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711) by Abrham Blooteling (1640-1690), a Dutch mezzotinter who came to London in the 1670s, helping to introduced the technique to England.
BM 1902,1011.254; 1929,1112.2.99; 1902,1011.255; 1929,1112.2.101; 1929,1112.2.102; & 2010,7081.143.
[Ref: 60186] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Nero Claudius Cæsar.
Titian del.t. J.Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm, 7 x 5¾".
Oval portrait of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (37-68), after Titian. Step-son then adopted son of Claudius, portrayed by sources as a tyrant who 'fiddled while Rome burned'. However these sources are dubious, perhaps written to curry favour with those seeking to justify their hand in his assassination. The 'Encyclopedia Londonensis' was published from 1796 to 1829, compiled by John Wilkes, edited by John Jones.
[Ref: 18551] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Titian del.t. J.Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm, 7 x 5¾".
Oval portrait of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (37-68), after Titian. Step-son then adopted son of Claudius, portrayed by sources as a tyrant who 'fiddled while Rome burned'. However these sources are dubious, perhaps written to curry favour with those seeking to justify their hand in his assassination. The 'Encyclopedia Londonensis' was published from 1796 to 1829, compiled by John Wilkes, edited by John Jones.
[Ref: 18551] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nero.] Nero Claudius. Caesar. Aug. Ger. P. M. Tr. P. Imp. P. P.](jpegs/49696.jpg)
[Nero.] Nero Claudius. Caesar. Aug. Ger. P. M. Tr. P. Imp. P. P. Aeneadum generis qui sextus et ultimus heros...
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Slight staining bottom left.
A portrait of Nero from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49696] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Slight staining bottom left.
A portrait of Nero from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49696] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nerva.] Ti Caesar Div. Aus. F. Aug. Imp. VII. Pontif. Max.](jpegs/49693.jpg)
[Nerva.] Ti Caesar Div. Aus. F. Aug. Imp. VII. Pontif. Max. Praenomen Tiberi nactus Nero, prima iuuentae...
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Nerva from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49693] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Nerva from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49693] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Omphale Queen of Lydia.
John Boydell exc.t 1782. Publish'd Oct.r 25th by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Thread margins, some staining & creasing.
Oval portrait of Omphale, queen of Lydia, best known as the mistress of the hero Heracles during a year of required servitude. She is depicted holding his olive-wood club and wearing the head of the Nemean lion as a headress.
[Ref: 58070] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Boydell exc.t 1782. Publish'd Oct.r 25th by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Thread margins, some staining & creasing.
Oval portrait of Omphale, queen of Lydia, best known as the mistress of the hero Heracles during a year of required servitude. She is depicted holding his olive-wood club and wearing the head of the Nemean lion as a headress.
[Ref: 58070] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Otho.] Imp. Otho. Caesar. Aug. Tr. P.](jpegs/49694.jpg)
[Otho.] Imp. Otho. Caesar. Aug. Tr. P. Aemula polluto gesturus sceptra Neroni...
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Otho from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49694] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Otho from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49694] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Otho Caesar.
Titian del.t J. Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. Plate 190 x 127mm. 7½ x 5".
Otho Caesar (32-69) was Roman Emperor for three months from 15 January to 16 April 69. He was the second emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors, and the eighth Caesar.
[Ref: 21609] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Titian del.t J. Pass sc.
Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1826.
Colour printed stipple with engraving. Plate 190 x 127mm. 7½ x 5".
Otho Caesar (32-69) was Roman Emperor for three months from 15 January to 16 April 69. He was the second emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors, and the eighth Caesar.
[Ref: 21609] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Otho. VIII. Il vaut mieux qu'un meure pour plusieurs, que plusieurs pour un.
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8".
Otho, the eighth Roman emperor, by François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19848] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum privegio Regis Christianiss.
Copper engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8".
Otho, the eighth Roman emperor, by François Langlois (1589-1647), called Ciartres.
[Ref: 19848] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Paris and Oenone. When Paris lives not to Oenone true / Back Xanthius' streams shall to their fountains flow. Ovid Epift V.
Angellica Kauffman pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi sculpsit. J. Walker excudit.
Publish'd May 31st. 1781 by I.Walker Carver and gilder. No. 148 strand, near Somerset House.
Stipple, 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"), with large margins. 536733
Paris and Oenone as a young happy couple, back when Paris was a shepherd before he abandons Oenone for Helen of Troy. Paris takes Oenone's arm and carves into the tree a promise to be faithful.
[Ref: 53673] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Angellica Kauffman pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi sculpsit. J. Walker excudit.
Publish'd May 31st. 1781 by I.Walker Carver and gilder. No. 148 strand, near Somerset House.
Stipple, 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"), with large margins. 536733
Paris and Oenone as a young happy couple, back when Paris was a shepherd before he abandons Oenone for Helen of Troy. Paris takes Oenone's arm and carves into the tree a promise to be faithful.
[Ref: 53673] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Phalaris Das Kunst Stuck welches / hier Perillus hat erdacht [...]
J.E. Nilson inv et del. B.S. Setletsky sc. [lower centre of image]
Joh. George Hertel, excud. A.V. 1
Etching with very large margins, sheet 340 x 210mm (13¼ x 8¼").
Phalaris of Acragas (now Agrigento, Sicily). Phalaris was a tyrant renowned for his cruelty. Here he watches a small animal being devoured, while in the background is the infamous brazen bull. This was a bronze bull, hollow, and with a door in one side, used to execute criminals by roasting them to death. Here the sculptor Perillos, who made the device, is put into the device to test it (he was withdrawn before dying, and thrown from the top of a hill instead). Phalaris, however, later met his end inside the brazen bull after he was overthrown by Telemachus. With rococo border and verses in German and Latin below. From a set of decorative prints etched from designs by Johann Esaias Nilson (1721-88), 'the German Watteau'. Nilson was part of a family of artists and established himself as the leading Augsburg artist of his day, whose influence extended across publishing, art academies, a role as court painter, and the decorative arts (especially ceramics).
[Ref: 33174] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J.E. Nilson inv et del. B.S. Setletsky sc. [lower centre of image]
Joh. George Hertel, excud. A.V. 1
Etching with very large margins, sheet 340 x 210mm (13¼ x 8¼").
Phalaris of Acragas (now Agrigento, Sicily). Phalaris was a tyrant renowned for his cruelty. Here he watches a small animal being devoured, while in the background is the infamous brazen bull. This was a bronze bull, hollow, and with a door in one side, used to execute criminals by roasting them to death. Here the sculptor Perillos, who made the device, is put into the device to test it (he was withdrawn before dying, and thrown from the top of a hill instead). Phalaris, however, later met his end inside the brazen bull after he was overthrown by Telemachus. With rococo border and verses in German and Latin below. From a set of decorative prints etched from designs by Johann Esaias Nilson (1721-88), 'the German Watteau'. Nilson was part of a family of artists and established himself as the leading Augsburg artist of his day, whose influence extended across publishing, art academies, a role as court painter, and the decorative arts (especially ceramics).
[Ref: 33174] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Caesarion] Portrait du Jeune Ptolomée dernier Roy d'Egypte tiré d'un Médaillon Antique d'Argent.](jpegs/25070.jpg)
[Caesarion] Portrait du Jeune Ptolomée dernier Roy d'Egypte tiré d'un Médaillon Antique d'Argent.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. J. de la Croix sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.170.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 184 x 127mm. 7¼ x 5".
Plotemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar (47 BC-30 BC), better known as Caesarion, was the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt who reigned jointly with his mother Cleopatra VII of Egypt. He was killed on the orders of Octavian, who would later become the Roman Emperor Augustus.
[Ref: 25070] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. J. de la Croix sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.170.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 184 x 127mm. 7¼ x 5".
Plotemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar (47 BC-30 BC), better known as Caesarion, was the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt who reigned jointly with his mother Cleopatra VII of Egypt. He was killed on the orders of Octavian, who would later become the Roman Emperor Augustus.
[Ref: 25070] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Effigies Romanorum Imperatorum Ex Antiqus Numismatibus…
Petro Aquila Parormitano delineante.
Romæ Anno Sal. MDCLXXXI [1681, but c.1715] Cura, et sumptibus Io. Iacobi de Rubeis prope Templum S.Mariæ de Pace. Cum Privilegio Sum Pont.
10 engraved sheets (of 14), each c. 580 x 400mm. A few repairs.
114 [of 162] portraits of both classical Roman emperors and Holy Roman Emperors taken from coins, plus three blanks for future emperors and an allegorical scene. The last emperor shown is Charles VI of Austria, emperor from 1711 to 1740.
[Ref: 1676] £1,200.00
Petro Aquila Parormitano delineante.
Romæ Anno Sal. MDCLXXXI [1681, but c.1715] Cura, et sumptibus Io. Iacobi de Rubeis prope Templum S.Mariæ de Pace. Cum Privilegio Sum Pont.
10 engraved sheets (of 14), each c. 580 x 400mm. A few repairs.
114 [of 162] portraits of both classical Roman emperors and Holy Roman Emperors taken from coins, plus three blanks for future emperors and an allegorical scene. The last emperor shown is Charles VI of Austria, emperor from 1711 to 1740.
[Ref: 1676] £1,200.00
![[Rocius]](jpegs/32863.jpg)
[Rocius]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1753.
Etching, sheet 200 x 150mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Very large margins; uncut, good impression.
Male bust by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. In Mary Worlidge's posthumous sale of Worlidge's prints (from which time this impression dates) this plate was listed as 'Rocius' (possibly a mispelling of 'Roscius', the ancient Roman actor often referenced in Georgian Britain).
State iii/iii; W57; D198.
[Ref: 32863] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1753.
Etching, sheet 200 x 150mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Very large margins; uncut, good impression.
Male bust by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. In Mary Worlidge's posthumous sale of Worlidge's prints (from which time this impression dates) this plate was listed as 'Rocius' (possibly a mispelling of 'Roscius', the ancient Roman actor often referenced in Georgian Britain).
State iii/iii; W57; D198.
[Ref: 32863] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Semiramis.
C. Monnet, del.t. Picot, Excud.t.
London. Pub.d Oct.r 10. 1777, by V.M. Picot. N.o 471, Strand.
Fine stipple in sanguine, plate 250 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Small margins.
A representation of the semi-legendary Semiramis; head and shoulders portrait looking down wearing a headress.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60275] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
C. Monnet, del.t. Picot, Excud.t.
London. Pub.d Oct.r 10. 1777, by V.M. Picot. N.o 471, Strand.
Fine stipple in sanguine, plate 250 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Small margins.
A representation of the semi-legendary Semiramis; head and shoulders portrait looking down wearing a headress.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60275] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The death of Seneca.]](jpegs/52266.jpg)
[The death of Seneca.]
Corn. Galle Sculp [after Rubens].
[Antwerp, c.1615.]
Engraving. 340 x 200mm (13¼ x 8") very large margins. Laid on card.
The philospher Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC-AD 65), having been ordered to kill himself by Nero, stands in a bath to open veins to bleed to death. An illustration from Justus Lipsius' 'L. Annaei Senecae philosophi opera quae exstant omnia', a detail from Ruben's painting in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
[Ref: 52266] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Corn. Galle Sculp [after Rubens].
[Antwerp, c.1615.]
Engraving. 340 x 200mm (13¼ x 8") very large margins. Laid on card.
The philospher Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC-AD 65), having been ordered to kill himself by Nero, stands in a bath to open veins to bleed to death. An illustration from Justus Lipsius' 'L. Annaei Senecae philosophi opera quae exstant omnia', a detail from Ruben's painting in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
[Ref: 52266] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cornelius Silvus.]](jpegs/32921.jpg)
[Cornelius Silvus.]
T Worlidge /Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 120 x 105mm (4½ x 4"). Good impression; trimmed inside platemark; slight staining; 'H Grotius' in pencil lower left.
Innovative portrait by Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), with the sitter extending his left arm and casting shadow outside of the oval border. 'The English Rembrandt', Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '122' added lower right to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced (in which she listed this print as 'Cornelius Silvus').
State i/ii; W122; D1.
[Ref: 32921] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
T Worlidge /Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 120 x 105mm (4½ x 4"). Good impression; trimmed inside platemark; slight staining; 'H Grotius' in pencil lower left.
Innovative portrait by Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), with the sitter extending his left arm and casting shadow outside of the oval border. 'The English Rembrandt', Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '122' added lower right to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced (in which she listed this print as 'Cornelius Silvus').
State i/ii; W122; D1.
[Ref: 32921] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)