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[Frontispiece to Rhodope]
A. Kauffman del. Delatre sculp.
Published as the Act directs, 1 May 1780 by E.M. Diemar, Strand London.
Rare etching and engraving sheet 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½"), with large margins. 'Rhodopé' written in old ink under publication line. Bit dusty.
Jupiter in the form of an eagle perches on his throne which is draped in cloth or perhaps his discarded clothes. Behind this a naked nymph dances among the clouds. In the background stands a pyramid. In the foreground a wreath frames the lower portion of the image. The print appears in 'The History and Amours of Rhodope', written and published by Diemar.
[Ref: 63993] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Musical Shepherdess. From the Original Picture, In the Collection of Welbore Ellis Agar Esq.r.
Claude le Lorraine Pinxit. Wilson Lowrie Sculpsit.
Published August 24.th 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 495 x 610mm (19½ x 24"), laid paper watermarked 'J Whatman 179-'. Narrow margins, repairs to edges.
A large image showing a woman playing a pipe while tending her sheep by a river with an Italianate town and bridge behind.
[Ref: 64066] £460.00
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