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[Britannia receiving homage from allegorical figures of the Four Continents.]
[Britannia receiving homage from allegorical figures of the Four Continents.]
C. Mosley scu[lp.]
[n.d., c.1751-74]
Engraving. Sheet 350 x 225mm (13¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate with slight loss of engraved text. Repaired tear in left margin.
The frontispiece to Malachi Postlethwayt's 'The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce', used in four editions, 1751, 1755, 1766 & 1774.
[Ref: 60532]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Britannia Mourning for Amelia.
Britannia Mourning for Amelia.
London Publish'd Jan.y 1, 1811, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Rare stipple, sheet 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"). Trimmed to plate, some spots.
Britannia kneeling at small funerary monument over a portrait of Princess Amelia (1783-1810), the youngest of George III and Queen Charlotte's fifteen children who died of tuberculosis at a young age.
O'Donoghue 10.
[Ref: 60417]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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England.
England.
R. Corbould del. J. Chapman sc.
[London, Published as the Act directs, Dec.r 1 1810.]
Stipple. Sheet 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed into plate, losing publication line.
Britannia stands with a shield, spear and plumed helmet, holding a palm, looking to the left at children representing the four continents. Further left is a sea-shore with a ship and fortress flying the French flag behind. A lion is at her feet to the right, growling at three figures with staffs and a blazing torch.
[Ref: 60408]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Europe.
Europe.
London. Pub.d by C.T. Stampa & C.o, 25 Kirby Str.t, Hatton Garden, Dec.r. 1. 1804. [But later]
Coloured mezzotint, watermark 1824, 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"), with large margins. Small nicks in margins.
An allegorical figure of Europe shown full-length standing slightly to the left. Her right hand holds a pair of compasses as she plots on a globe. She is surrounded by objects; to her left a cornacopia, book, scroll, map of Europe. Right; a pallete, sheet music, a caduceus rod and books. In the background a man ploughs a field.
[Ref: 60702]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Painting
Painting
Printed for Carington Bowles, in St. Pauls Church Yard, London.
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed into image, notch in bottom edge.
Elegently-dressed people relax in a pleasure garden with classical ruins and statues. One woman sits at an easel painting the portrait of another. One plate of seven depicting the 'Seven Liberal Arts'.
[Ref: 60416]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Poetry.
Poetry.
Printed for Carington Bowles, in St. Pauls Church Yard, London.
Etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed into image.
Elegently-dressed people relax in a pleasure garden with classical ruins and a monument to William Shakespeare. One man is writing in a notebook. One plate of seven depicting the 'Seven Liberal Arts'.
[Ref: 60415]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Luna.
Luna. Tu Dea tu Praesens nostro Succurre labori Astrorum decus et nemorum Latonia custos. Aeneid lib. 9/
Raphael Urbinos pinxit. Carlo Lasinio inc.
Apud Nicolatum [n.d., c.1780].
Engraving. 335 x 510mm (13¼ x 20"). Several repaired tears. Damaged.
Luna in a chariot pulled by four horses. From 'I Sette Pianeti dipinti da Raffaele d'Urbino nella Sala Borgia del Vaticano', after designs by Raphael in the Sala dei Pontefici.
[Ref: 60385]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Keep Within Compass And You Shall be Sure, To Avoid Many Troubles Which Others Endure.
Keep Within Compass And You Shall be Sure, To Avoid Many Troubles Which Others Endure. By honest and industrious means, You'll live a life of ease, Then Let th[e] Compass be your guide, And go ehere e'er you please.
[After Robert Dighton] Printed & Sold by Carington Bowles, N.o 69 S.t Paul's Church Yard, London.
Published as the Act directs, 9 Nov. 1786.
Scarce engraving with hand colour. Framed. Image 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), frame 400 x 340mm (15¾ x 13½"). Unexamined out of frame. Some abrasions, damage and losses.
Representation of a virtuous man and standing underneath the arc of an extended pair of compasses with 'Fear God' on the cross bar, with signs of wealth at his feet. The Compass, along with the Square, is one of the great symbols of freemasonary, a pair of compasses featuring on the shield of The Worshipful Company of Masons. Being architect's tools, they symbolize God as the architect of the universe, among other things. This print is often paired with one of a woman; there were many versions of these prints produced in the late 18th century, as true English 'popular' prints they obviously served many families as an aid to the moral education of the young.
See: Ref 60540 for larger version of woman.
[Ref: 60539]   £320.00  
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Sol.
Sol. Interea magnum Sol circumvolvitur annon Terrarumque suis flammis opera omnia lustrat. Aeneid lib. 4.
Raphael Urbinos pinxit. Carlo Lasinio inc.
Si vendono da Nicola d'Antoni in Via del Corso No.35. [n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 335 x 510mm (13¼ x 20"). Repairs top margin, publication line weak, creases lower title.
Helios (or Apollo) in a chariot drawn by four horses. From 'I Sette Pianeti dipinti da Raffaele d'Urbino nella Sala Borgia del Vaticano', after designs by Raphael in the Sala dei Pontefici.
[Ref: 60383]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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I Sette Pianeli dispinti da Raffaele d'Urbino nella Sala Borgia del Vaticano.
I Sette Pianeli dispinti da Raffaele d'Urbino nella Sala Borgia del Vaticano.
Carlo Lasinio inc.
Si vendono da Nicola d'Antoni in Via del Corso No.35. [n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 340 x 500mm (13½ x 19¾"). Repaired tears. Damaged.
Two female allegorical figures, one with globe and a pair of compasses, the other with a magnetic compass, pay homage to a portrait of Gallileo, held up by cherubs. The title sheet from a series of allegorical plates of the planets, after Raphael's murals in the Vatican.
[Ref: 60384]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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