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[Brazil] Suite du Panorama de la Baie de Rio de Janeiro. 3.e Partie. PL: 54.
J.B Debret del.t. Lith de Thierry frères.
[n.d. c.1835.]
Very rare hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet 320 x 510mm (12½ x 20"), large margins.
Four sketches on one sheet: a view of the bay of Rio de Janeiro from the hills; a granite outcrop with a signal base at the summit; and a tree with carvings made by Emperor Pedro. From the 'Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil, ou Séjour d'un artiste français au Brésil' (1834-39) by J.B. Debret.
[Ref: 60392] £320.00
Isla de Cuba. Morro y Entrada del Puerto de Santiago de Cuba.
F.co Mialhe Lithografo. Litog.a de Marquier Habana.
[Cuba, n.d., c.1855.]
Lithograph with blue green tint stone. Sheet 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed close to title and printed border, repaired tears, creases.
A view of Santiago de Cuba, from 'Album Pintoresco de la Isla de Cuba', by Pierre Toussaint Frederic Mialhe (1810-81), known in Cuba as 'Frederico Mialhe'.
[Ref: 60533] £260.00
Horatio Gates Esq.r Major General of the American Forces.
London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 2nd Jan.y 1778, by John Morris.
Extremely finely coloured mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of American General Horatio Gates (1728-1806) in uniform. Under Gates' left hand is a copy of the 'Articles of Convention between Gen.l Gates & Gen.l Burgoyne'.
[Ref: 60431] £2,600.00
[Portraits of five Inca rulers.] Manco-Capac, 1st First Emperor of Peru. Sinchi-Roca, II. Emp. Lloque-Yupanqui, III. Emp. Mayta-Capac, IV. Emp. Capac-Yupanqui, V. Emp.
[London: Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.]
Engraving. Sheet 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed close to image, losing text at top.
Five roundel portraits of Inca rulers from the possibly mythical Manco Capac (''the royal founder'') in the 13th century, founder of Cusco. with the next four generations, ending with Mayta Capac (ruled c.1290 - c.1320).
[Ref: 60150] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Blanchisseuse Des Indes Occidentales. The West India Washer-Woman. This Plate is dedicated to Sir John Frederick Bar.t by his most obliged and devoted Servant A. Brunias.
A. Brunias pinx, L. Ruotte direxit.
[n.d. c.1770]
Coloured stipple, sheet 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate and publication line.
A scene showing three women doing laundry in a river, one figure has a baby strapped to her back. After Agostino Brunias (c.1730-96), an Italian artist, who travelled to the West Indies and travelled with Sir William Young, the 1st Governor of Dominica. While in the West Indies he was hired to paint various inhabitants, when he returned to England he oversaw the engraving of prints of his 'West Indian Scenes'.
[Ref: 60690] £450.00
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