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Marietta Alboni, Contralto.
Marietta Alboni, Contralto.
[n.d. c.1855.]
Lithograph on album page. 342 x 260mm. 13½ x 10½". Foxed, some spotting.
Marietta Alboni (1823-1894) was a renowned Italian contralto opera singer. Together with the charismatic Maria Malibran, she was considered the greatest deeper-voiced female singer of the nineteenth century. Rossini was taken by her abilities that he taught her the contralto roles in his operas. Her debut at the Teatro alla Scala took place in 1842 as Neocle in the Italian version of 'Le Siege de Corinthe', which was followed by roles in operas by Marliani, Donizetti, Salvi and Pacini. Whilst in London, 1848, Meyerbeer transposed the role of the page Urbain in 'Les Huguenots', from soprano to contralto and composed a new aria for her.
[Ref: 23669]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Le Brindisi Valse Brillante pour Le Piano.
Le Brindisi Valse Brillante pour Le Piano. Dédiée a M.elle Alboni par Fréd. Burgmüller.
[Mayence anvers et Bruxelles, Chez les fils de B. Schott; c.1850.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 260 x 197mm. 10¼ x 7¾". Some spotting.
Marietta Alboni raising a glass in a toast. Marietta Alboni (1823-1894) was a renowned Italian contralto opera singer. Together with the charismatic Maria Malibran, she was considered the greatest deeper-voiced female singer of the nineteenth century. Rossini was taken by her abilities that he taught her the contralto roles in his operas. Her debut at the Teatro alla Scala took place in 1842 as Neocle in the Italian version of 'Le Siege de Corinthe', which was followed by roles in operas by Marliani, Donizetti, Salvi and Pacini. Whilst in London, 1848, Meyerbeer transposed the role of the page Urbain in 'Les Huguenots', from soprano to contralto and composed a new aria for her.
See Harvard: 20.
[Ref: 23673]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Marietta Albony [facsimile signature].
Marietta Albony [facsimile signature].
Auguste Hüssener sc.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Engraving and stipple on album page. 279 x 214mm. 11 x 8½". Some spotting, time stained.
Marietta Alboni (1823-1894) was a renowned Italian contralto opera singer. Together with the charismatic Maria Malibran, she was considered the greatest deeper-voiced female singer of the nineteenth century. Rossini was taken by her abilities that he taught her the contralto roles in his operas. Her debut at the Teatro alla Scala took place in 1842 as Neocle in the Italian version of 'Le Siege de Corinthe', which was followed by roles in operas by Marliani, Donizetti, Salvi and Pacini. Whilst in London, 1848, Meyerbeer transposed the role of the page Urbain in 'Les Huguenots', from soprano to contralto and composed a new aria for her.
Harvard: 4.
[Ref: 23672]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Madame Caradori Allan.
Madame Caradori Allan.
Published by Mr. Ainsworth, 27, Old Bond St. London. June, 1828. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Lithograph. 215 x 127mm. 8½ x 5".
Madame Maria Caterina Rosalbina Caradori-Allan (1800-1865) was a distinguished Italian soprano gracing the American stages. Plate to Eber's Seven Years of the Kings Theatre.
Harvard: 204-2.
[Ref: 15077]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Signor G. Ambrogetti.
Signor G. Ambrogetti.
A. Wivell del. C. Picart sculp.
[London, Published May 1, 1824, by Geo. Lawford, Saville Place, Burlington Gardens.]
Stipple. 202 x 153mm. 8 x 6". Trimmed. Repairs to the top corners.
Giuseppe Ambrogetti (b.1780) was a famous Italian baritone, particularly famous for his role in Da Ponte's Don Giovanni in London, in 1817.
V&A: S.3589-2009. ATN: 00476.
[Ref: 17427]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Miss Harper [in pencil]
Miss Harper [in pencil]
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet along left edge.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 36671]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Miss Harper
Miss Harper
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint, with very large margins; platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression; glued to backing sheet along left edge at corners; uncut.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection, and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36669]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Madame Banti.
Madame Banti.
Painted by J.Hopkins. Engraved by J.Singleton.
Published Feb.y. 15th, 1797, by J.Hopkins, No.27 King Street, Holborn, near Bloomsbury Square.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Cut to plate.
Portrait of Brigida Giorgi Banti (1759-1806) best known by her husband's surname and her stage-name, as Brigida Banti, was an Italian soprano.
[Ref: 64249]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Angiola Bianchi.
Angiola Bianchi.
Painted by I. Naish. Engraved by G.S. Facius.
Published by the Proprietor. [n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. Sheet: 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾''). Trimmed.
A portrait of Italian singer Angiola Bianchi.
[Ref: 49954]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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M.rs Billington as S.t Cecilia.
M.rs Billington as S.t Cecilia. Proof.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Proof mezzotint. 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"), with large margins.
Full length portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1765-1818), a British opera singer. On seeing the painting Hayden is reported to have stated, 'You have made her listening to the angels; you should have made the angels listening to her.' She was caricatured by James Gillray after the 3rd Duke of Portland paid her to sing for him at his estate at Bulstode. From "Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds', a four-volume set (later nine) with over 350 small mezzotints.
See Whitman Appendix; state ii of iv.
[Ref: 59580]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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M.rs. Billington in the character of S.t. Cecilia, Engraved by M.r. Cardon from the original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
M.rs. Billington in the character of S.t. Cecilia, Engraved by M.r. Cardon from the original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Published by John Bull, Southampton Street, Strand, May 1.st. 1812.
Stipple. Sheet: 135 x 210mm (5¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Half portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1765-1818), a British opera singer. After a painting by Johsua Reynolds on which Hayden is reported to have stated, 'You have made her listening to the angels; you should have made the angels listening to her.'
[Ref: 35524]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Blume als Don Juan, in der Oper gleiches Namens.
Blume als Don Juan, in der Oper gleiches Namens.
Gez. von J. Scheppe. Lith. Inst. v. L Sachse & C.ie.
Verlag v. Gbr. Gropius v. Diorama. [n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 245 x 200mm, 9¾ x 8", with publisher's blind stamp.
Heinrich Blume (1788-1856), in Mozart's Don Giovanni.
[Ref: 26436]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Marietta Brambilla [facsimile signature.]
Marietta Brambilla [facsimile signature.]
Gedr. bei Joh. Hofelich. Kriehuber 839.
Eigenthum und Verlag von Pietro Mechetti qm. Carlo. Kais König Hof-Kunst-und Musikalienhandlung. [n.d. c.1839.]
Lithograph. Purple-rim border, on album page. Facsimile autograph. 394 x 280mm. 15½ x 11".
Marietta Brambilla (1807-1875) was an Italian alto. She was part of the famous family of singers, well known for the many interpretations of the works of Rossini. She was the first perfomer of Maffio Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia and Pierotto in Linda in Chamounix, both by Donizetti. She performed many times at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.
Harvard: 2.
[Ref: 23661]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Mad.lle Brambilla.
Mad.lle Brambilla.
Published by Mr. Ainsworth, 27, Old Bond St. London. June, 1828. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Lithograph. 215 x 127mm. 8½ x 5".
Madamoiselle Brambill (fl.1840), vocalist. Plate to Eber's Seven Years of the Kings Theatre.
Harvard: 152-3
[Ref: 15080]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Minna Brandes Sängerin auf dem Theater in Hamburg..
Minna Brandes Sängerin auf dem Theater in Hamburg..
Schade gemalt von Sintzenich gestochen.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Rare stipple. 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to plate along upper and lower edges.
Charlotte Wilhelmina Franziska Brandes (1765-1788) was a German singer, pianist, actress and composer. Born in Berlin, she studied music in Weimar and piano and voice in Dresden. She had an amazing three octave range as a singer and performed successfully in courts and opera. In 1782 she moved to Hamburg and was designated as a singer in the Hamburg Theatre.
[Ref: 20944]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Signora Giustiniani.
Signora Giustiniani. (Nata Camporese.)
F.W. Wilkin pinxt. M. Gauci sculpt.
Published as the Act directs by Mr. F.W. Wilkin 106 New Bond Street, London.__April 1826.
Lithograph on india laid paper, india 320 x 255mm. 12½ x 10". A fine, and rare untrimmed impression.
Violante Camporese (1785 - 1839), soprano singer and actress. After Francis William Wilkin (c.1792 - 1842) by 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.
Harvard: pg.202, 3.
[Ref: 16647]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Madame Camporese.
Madame Camporese.
Published by Mr. Ainsworth, 27, Old Bond St. London. June, 1828. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Lithograph. 215 x 127mm. 8½ x 5".
Violante Camporese (1785 - 1839), soprano singer and actress renowned for charging extremely high fees in comparison to he contemporaries. Plate to Eber's Seven Years of the Kings Theatre.
Harvard: 202-2.
[Ref: 15079]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. Capoul et Melle. Ritter dans Paul et Virginie
Mr. Capoul et Melle. Ritter dans Paul et Virginie Theatre National Lyrique.
Imp. Becquet à Paris, pv.
Paris, Ancne. Mon. Martinet, r. de Rivoli, 172. [n.d. c.1860.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 340 x 220mm. 13¼ x 8¾". Sheet trimmed unevenly on left.
Victor Capoul and Melle Ritter in opera Paul et Virginie by Victor Masse, Numbered '3' below image; for a series of theatrical portraits ('Galerie dramatique'?).
Not in Harvard. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18535]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Madame Caradori, as Zora in Pacini's opera. La Schiava in Bagdad.
Madame Caradori, as Zora in Pacini's opera. La Schiava in Bagdad.
Drawn on Stone by R.J. Lane from a Sketch by J. Hayter.
Published by S. Robinson Chapter House Court St. Pauls. Printed by Engelmann G.C.& Co. [n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph. 202 x 127mm. 8 x 5".
Caterina Rosalbina Maria de Munck [Maria Caradori-Allan] 1800-1865. A distinguished Italian soprano. Her chief attributes seem to have been clearness, beauty, polish, invention, and taste. She sang with sweetness, delicacy, and variety, and was one of the best singers in the 1840s.
[Ref: 12941]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Madame Caradon Allan.
Madame Caradon Allan.
Published by M.r Ainsworth, 27, Old Bond St., London, June, 1828. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 225 x 140mm (9 x 5½''). Foxing.
A portrait of the French operatic soprano Maria Caradori Allan (1800-1865). She was half Russian.
[Ref: 49071]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Joannes Carestini.
Joannes Carestini.
George Knapton Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit 1735
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square
Rare & fine mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Slight printer's crease mainly in inscription area, crease top left corner.
Half-lengh portrait in oval of Giovanni Carestini (c.1704-c.1760), the leading castrato in Handel's company in 1734. Described by music historian Charles Burney as 'a powerful and clear soprano', Handel's 'Alcina' and 'Ariodante' were written to take full advantage of Carestini's talents, giving the castrato arias in Italian in otherwise English performances. The painting by artist and connoisseur George Knapton (1698-1778) is only known through this engraving.
CS 55.
[Ref: 61537]   £450.00  
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Signora Casentini in the Character of la Bella Pescatrice favorite Opera, performed [in] the Kings Theatre, Pantheon.
Signora Casentini in the Character of la Bella Pescatrice favorite Opera, performed [in] the Kings Theatre, Pantheon.
P. Violet Pinxit 1792. F. Bartolozzi sculps.
[n.d., c.1792.]
Stipple, rare. Sheet: 155 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed.
A portrait of singer Anna Casentini in Guglielmi's opera La Bella Pescatrice.
De Vesme 1050.
[Ref: 47265]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Madame Castellan.
Madame Castellan.
E Ratti del. Auguste Hussener sc.
Verlag v. Baumgärtner's BCCHH Leipzig.
Etching and stipple with gold-leaf border, on album page. 292 x 222mm. 11½ x 8¾".
Jeanne Anais Castellan (1819-c.1858) was a French soprano. She studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Giulio Bordogni, Adolphe Nourrit and Laure Cinti-Damoreau. She began her stage career in Italy, appearing at Varese in 1837, and later at Turin, Bergamo, Rome, Milan and Florence, where in 1840 she married the singer Enrico Giampetro. She made her London debut at a Philharmonic concert in 1844, and appeared and her first London role was Lucia, a year later. She chose the same role for her debuts at the Theatre-Italien, Paris (1847), and Covent Garden (1848). At the Paris Opera in 1849 she sang Berthe in the premiere of Giacomo Meyerbeer's 'Le Prophete', and the following year she was particularly successful at Covent Garden in 'Mose' and 'Nabucco'.
Harvard: 1.
[Ref: 23668]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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M.me A Castellan.
M.me A Castellan.
St. Petersbourg chez M. Bernard. Moscow chez P. Lehnhold. [n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph on album page. 347 x 267mm. 13¾ x 10½". Foxed.
Jeanne Anais Castellan (1819-c.1858) was a French soprano. She studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Giulio Bordogni, Adolphe Nourrit and Laure Cinti-Damoreau. She began her stage career in Italy, appearing at Varese in 1837, and later at Turin, Bergamo, Rome, Milan and Florence, where in 1840 she married the singer Enrico Giampetro. She made her London debut at a Philharmonic concert in 1844, and appeared in her first London role of Lucia, a year later. She chose the same role for her debuts at the Theatre-Italien, Paris (1847), and Covent Garden (1848). At the Paris Opera in 1849 she sang Berthe in the premiere of Giacomo Meyerbeer's 'Le Prophete', and the following year she was particularly successful at Covent Garden in 'Mose' and 'Nabucco'.
[Ref: 23667]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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M.me A. Castellan-Giampietro.
M.me A. Castellan-Giampietro.
E. frohbergerfff. 1845.
Lithograph on album page. 470 x 318mm. 18½ x 12½". Foxed.
Anaide Castellan-Giampietro (1821-1868), a Parisian singer, a student of Bordogni and Nourrit before having major success in Paris, London and throughout Italy. After her marriage to tenor Enrico Giampietro in 1840, they travelled to Mexico where they lived and performed for several years before a triumphant return to Europe in 1844. In London that year, she won an Imperial invitation to St. Petersburg after the visiting Emperor Nicholas I heard her sing.
[Ref: 23687]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Madame Catalani in Semiramide.
Madame Catalani in Semiramide. her first Appearance in England, Dec.r 13th, 1806.
Drawn Etch,d & Pub,d by Dighton, 21 New Bond Street, Dec.r 1806.
Fine coloured etching. 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8"), paper watermarked ''E & P 1805''. Small margins.
A full-length portrait of Angelica Catalani (1780-1849), as Semiramide the Assyrian, in the opera by Gioachino Rossini. a soprano with a range of nearly three octaves.
[Ref: 62799]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Angelica Catalani.]
[Angelica Catalani.]
[S. De Wilde. Engraved by T. Cheesman.]
[British, c.1800.]
Stipple on india paper, proof before all letters. 195 x 120mm, 7¾ x 4¾". A fine impression, with full margins, uncut.
Oval bust portrait of Angelica Catalani (c.1780 - 1849), Italian dramatic soprano. Her hair is dressed up with curls around her forehead, tied with ribbon and rose, and she wears an empire-line gown and a shawl. After Samuel De Wilde (1751 - 1832).
Harvard: p.217, 10.
[Ref: 19549]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Angelica Catalani.
Angelica Catalani.
Painted by I. Naish. Engraved by G.S. Facius.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple. Sheet size: 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed inside platemark. Glued to backing sheet.
A portrait of Angelica Catalani (1782 - 1849) in Egyptian costume. Half-length in oval, three-quarters to right but looking to front, wearing headdress, drop earrings and a dress with decorative bands at the neck, including a 6 leaf clover on her breasts. Catalini was an Italian opera singer, a soprano of nearly three octaves in range. Its unsurpassed power and flexibility made her one of the greatest bravura singers of all times. She also worked as a singing teacher. Her pupils included Laure Cinti-Damoreau and Fanny Corri-Paltoni.
[Ref: 34359]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Drawn from Life. Angelica Catalani.
Drawn from Life. Angelica Catalani.
W. Derby pinx.t. Thomson sculp.
Published in th European Magazine, with a Memoir, June 1, 1822.
Stipple with very large margins. Fine. On india. Plate: 125 x 215mm (5 x 8½"). Some slight foxing.
Half portrait of the Italian opera singer Angelica Catalani (1780-1849), whose powerful voice had a range of three octaves.
[Ref: 35526]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[Anne Catley] A Priestess of Bacchus.
[Anne Catley] A Priestess of Bacchus.
Painted by J. Downman. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Publ. 2d. July 1779, by W. Humphrey, London.
Very rare & scarce mezzotint, proof with stippled title and scratched inscriptions. 530 x 385mm (21 x 15¼"). Restored.
Ann Catley (1745-89), singer and famous courtesan, smiling knowingly over a goblet.
CS 37, this proof state not listed. Frankau 67 i of ii; O' Dench: 137.
[Ref: 56673]   £450.00  
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Chapelle role de Venture  dans Jean Jacques Rousseau dans son Hermitage.
Chapelle role de Venture dans Jean Jacques Rousseau dans son Hermitage. Quand on sait chanter et boire...[etc.]
A Paris, chez Martinet, Libraire rue du Coq No.13 et 15. [n.d., c.1815.]
Hand coloured etching, 200 x 115mm. 8 x 4½". Slight foxing in margins.
A French actor, Chapelle, singing a drinking song from comic opera ' Jean Jacques Rousseau dans son Hermitage'. From a series of theatrical portraits 'Theatre du Vaudeville' published in Paris by Aaron Martinet (1762 - 1841).
[Ref: 15544]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Gioacchino Conti Gizziello.
Gioacchino Conti Gizziello.
Ch. Lucy Pinxit. Alex. VanHaeken Fe. 1736.
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Gioacchino Conti (1714-61), Italian soprano castrato opera singer, nicknamed Gizziello in honour of his teacher, Domenico Gizzi. This portrait was published when he was in London (1736-7), while he was engaged by George Frideric Handel.
CS 5, only state. See reference 61535 for one with margins.
[Ref: 61684]   £450.00  
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[Mrs. Crouch.]
[Mrs. Crouch.]
[G: Romney pinxit. F. Bartolozzi R:A: sculpt.]
[n.d. c.1788.]
Very rare stipple, proof before all letters. Plate 318 x 255mm (12½ x 10"). With the collector's mark of A. Anderson Weston.
Portrait of the singer and actress Anna Maria Crouch; three-quarter length portrait, seated under a cliff, lower body facing three-quarter to right, upper body turned and looking three-quarter to left, right hand on chest, book in left hand, necklace with a miniature portrait attached hung from neck; yacht on sea in distance to extreme right. Anna Maria Crouch (1763-1805), the singer and stage actress in the London theatres; she was, briefly, a mistress of George, Prince of Wales. Alexander Anderdon Weston (d. 1901) inherited a fine collection of English portraits after Reynolds and other artists, formed by his uncle James Hughes Anderdon.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 21 (a). De Vesme: 1063. Lugt 65.
[Ref: 29121]   £250.00   (£300.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sofia Cruvelli.]
[Sofia Cruvelli.]
E. Desmaisons - lith.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 166 x 108mm. 6½ x 4¼". Foxed.
Her right hand raised to her chin and supported at the elbow by her left hand. Sophie Crüwell, Viscountess Vigier, stage name Sophie Cruvelli (1826-1907) was a German opera singer. She was a dramatic soprano who had a brief but successful public career in London and Paris. She was known as a tragedienne and both Verdi and Meyerbeer created operatic roles with the intention that she should first perform them.
[Ref: 23676]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Sofia Cruvelli.
Sofia Cruvelli.
Auguste Hüssuner sc.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf floral border, on album page. 286 x 222mm. 11¼ x 8¾". Time stained, some scuffing.
Sophie Crüwell, Viscountess Vigier, stage name Sophie Cruvelli (1826-1907) was a German opera singer. She was a dramatic soprano who had a brief but successful public career in London and Paris. She was known as a tragedienne and both Verdi and Meyerbeer created operatic roles with the intention that she should first perform them.
[Ref: 23674]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Sigr: Giuseppe De Begnis
Sigr: Giuseppe De Begnis of the Italian Opera London.
Engrav'd by C. Knight 1822 from a Miniature Painted by Titus G. Perlotti.
[British, c.1822.]
Scarce stipple, sheet 260 x 200mm. 10¼ x 8". Sheet trimmed.
Portrait of Giuseppe De Begnis (1793 - 1849), bass opera singer. In 1816 he married the noted prima-donna and famous beauty, Signorina Giuseppina Ronzi. They sang throughout Italy with great success, and in 1819 made their first appearance at the Italian opera in Paris, remaining three seasons. In 1821 they came to London, Begnis debuting there as Don Geronio opposite his wife's Fiorilla in Rossini's 'Il Turco in Italia' at the King's Theatre on May 19, 1821. They continued to appear in opera together until their separation in 1825. Begnis remained at the King's Theatre until 1827, but also served as an opera manager in Bath (1823-24) and later in Dublin (1834-37) before settling in New York.
[Ref: 19542]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Sig.r de Begnis.
Sig.r de Begnis.
[n.d. C.1825.]
Lithograph. 216 x 127mm (8½ x 5"). Trimmed.
Giuseppe De Begnis (1793-1849), the Italian bass opera singer. In 1816 he married the noted prima-donna and famous beauty, Signorina Giuseppina Ronzi. They sang throughout Italy with great success. In 1819 they appeared in Paris and then in London in 1821 at the King's Theatre. They continued to appear in opera together until their separation in 1825. Begnis then remained at the King's Theatre until 1827, but also served as an opera manager in Bath (1823-24) and later in Dublin (1834-37) before settling in New York.
[Ref: 34569]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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[Teresa De Giuli Borsi.]
[Teresa De Giuli Borsi.]
Ve. Hess [?]
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 299 x 235mm. 11¾ x 9¼". Foxed.
Seated on a chair with her arms folded in her lap, wearing a wedding ring; she was married to Carlo Antonio Borsi. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23679]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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M.me de Giuli Borsi.
M.me de Giuli Borsi.
V. Hess.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 268 x 202mm. 10½ x 8". Some foxing and staining, crease on right & top left.
Seated on a chair wearing arm-length gloves; she wears a bracelet and a cord around her neck that falls into her lap. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23680]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Teresa De Giuli Borsi.
Teresa De Giuli Borsi. Cantante di Camera di S.M.il Re di Sardegna e di S.A.J. e Re il Granduca di Toscana.
H=Mibenten. [?]
[n.d. c.1855.]
Lithograph on india, rare, gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 343 x 254mm. 13½ x 10". Foxed.
Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23678]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Derivis.
Derivis. Acade Roy de Musique. Role d'Appins, dans Virginie.
Passaert del. Paul L. Sc.
A Paris chez Paul Legrand, Rue des Macons Sorbone No.16. [n.d., c.1820].
Stipple with large margins. Publisher's stamp in bottom right corner. Foundation Custodia ref: L.4291. Platemark: 200 x 155mm. (8 x 6"). Two pin holes to the top and bottom of printed area.
A portrait of Nicolas-Prosper Dérivis (1808 - 1880), a French operatic bass. He possessed a rich deep voice that had a great carrying power, and while he could easily assail heavy dramatic roles, he was also capable of executing difficult coloratura passages and performing more lyrical parts. Along with Nicolas Levasseur, he was one of the greatest French basses of his generation.
[Ref: 31677]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Alessandrina Duprez.
Alessandrina Duprez. [All'udire l'eccelso tuo canto, Tutti provan si dolce un incanto, Al veder la tua gioia il tuo viso, Come fosser rapiti in Eliso.]
Raf. Fidanza f.
[E.I. D.D.D. Roma Lit. Rosi. Carnevale 1834.]
Lithograph on album page. 210 x 140mm. 8¼ x 5½". Cut.
Alessandrina Duprez (179?-185?); little is known of this singer however publications show her as an active soloist at Il Teatro La Pergola in Florence, during the 1830s.
In the Archivi di Teatro Napoli.
[Ref: 23685]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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L. Fornasari.  [Facsimile signature below.]
L. Fornasari. [Facsimile signature below.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph, sheet 425 x 290mm. 16¾ x 11½". Some foxing. Sheet trimmed.
Luciano Fornasari, bass singer whose American debut was in 1832 at the Richmond Hill Theatre, New York City.
Harvard Theatre Collection: pg.54, 1.
[Ref: 9928]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Le Monde Musical.
Le Monde Musical. Frezzolini.
Lith Bertauts, R.Cadet, 11, Paris. Ch. Vogt. 1855.
Publication de la Maison-Brandus.
Lithograph with gold-leaf border, rare, on album page. 336 x 260mm. 13¼ x 10¼". Foxing.
Standing and resting on the back of a chair to the right; her right elbow and left hand on the back rest. Erminia Frezzolini (1818-1884) was an Italian operatic soprano. Along with Henrietta Sontag, she was one of the leading operatic sopranos of her generation. She excelled in the coloratura soprano repertoire, drawing particular acclaim in the bel canto operas of Donizetti and Bellini. She was married to tenor Antonio Poggi from 1841-1846. She made her debut in the title role of Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence in 1837. She quickly debuted in all the major opera houses in Italy in 1839 she made her debuts at La Scala, in Pisa, Reggio Emilia and Perugia. Throughout her life she also made appearances in St Petersburg, London, Madrid, Vienna, Paris, and throughout North America. She finally retired in 1874.
In the BNF. Harvard: 6.
[Ref: 23682]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The Celebrated Minstrel Family, Mr. Frost, his Son, and Three Daughters.
The Celebrated Minstrel Family, Mr. Frost, his Son, and Three Daughters.
Madeley, lith. 3, Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d. c.1840.]
A very scarce lithograph. 215 x 286mm. 8½ x 11¼". Large margins, extremities bit tatty.
A man sitting at a harpsichord, his children behind him preparing to sing. Advertised as 'The Minstral Family', the Frosts toured England in 1835-9, giving concerts of sacred and more poplar music, including Handel and Mozart.
[Ref: 22966]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Gabriella di Vergy.
Gabriella di Vergy. Ballo Gabriella di Vergy. Cost. Francesi No.5.
Milano presso l'incisore Stucchi. [n.d. c.1830.]
Coloured aquatint. Plate 236 x 171mm (9¼ x 6¾").
Costume for Gabriella di Vergy, an opera seria in two acts by Donizetti, written in 1826 and revised in 1838. After Donizetti's death, his Gabriella di Vergy finally received its first performance on 29 November 1869 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples with the title of Gabriella.
[Ref: 52452]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Mrs. Dorus-Gras.
Mrs. Dorus-Gras. Galerie de la Presse, de la littérature & des Beaux-Arts.
Ch. Fogt. Imp d'Aubert & Co.
Chez Aubert gal Véro-Dodat. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8¼").
Julie Dorus-Gras (1805 - 1896) was a Belgian operatic soprano. To begin her career she made a concert tour which took her to Brussels. Her concert was so successful, that Count de Liederkerke offered her a contract to sing operatic roles. Dorus acquired the name Gras on 19th April 1833, when she married one of the leading violinists in the orchestra of the Paris Opera. From a series of portraits published in 1838-43 by Aubert & co.
[Ref: 36997]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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M.elle. Falcon.
M.elle. Falcon. Galerie de la Presse, de la littérature & des Beaux-Arts.
Imp d'Aubert & Co.
Chez Aubert gal Véro-Dodat. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8¼").
Cornélie Falcon (1814 - 1897) was a French soprano who sang at the Opéra in Paris. Her greatest success was creating the role of Valentine in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots. She and the tenor Adolphe Nourrit are credited with being primarily responsible for raising artistic standards at the Opéra, and the roles in which she excelled came to be known as 'falcon soprano' parts. From a series of portraits published in 1838-43 by Aubert & co.
[Ref: 37000]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Rubini.
Rubini. Galerie de la Presse, de la littérature & des Beaux-Arts.
Imp d'Aubert & Co.
Chez Aubert gal Véro-Dodat. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8¼").
Giovanni Battista Rubini (179 - 1854) was an Italian tenor, remembered as an extraordinary bel canto singer, one of the most famous in Europe in the 1820s to 1840s. From a series of portraits published in 1838-43 by Aubert & co.
[Ref: 36996]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Tamburini.
Tamburini. Galerie de la Presse, de la littérature & des Beaux-Arts.
Imp d'Aubert & Co.
Chez Aubert gal Véro-Dodat. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8¼").
Antonio Tamburini (1800 - 1876) was an Italian operatic baritone. Tamburini is famous for his association with the operas of Bellini such as 'I Puritani', and was one of the so called 'Puritani Quartet' of leading international singers, along with Grisi, Rubini [ref: 36996] and the bass Luigi Lablache [ref: 36998]. From a series of portraits published in 1838-43 by Aubert & co.
[Ref: 36999]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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