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[Circe and the Companions of Ulysses.]
[Briton Riviere.] F. Stacpoole ARA [signed in pencil]
In progress for the Proprietor F Stacpoole 14 Vale Place Hammersmith. [n.d. c.1885]
Mixed method engraving pre publication touched proof on india. Plate 525 x 850mm (20½ x 33½"), with large margins. Tears to large margins. Foxing.
A portrayal of the Homer's Odyssey where the witch Circe turns Odysseus'/Ulysses' crew into pigs. A young woman, her hair tied back, sits with her knees clasped, smiling down at a group of swine crowding around her. Her staff rests on the ground beside her. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69649] £480.00
Roman Tessellated Floor discovered in 1793 at the Lea near Shrewsbury.
Publish'd as the Act directs Marth 30th 1794 by J. Haynes, Castle Street Shrewsbury.
Scarce coloured etching. Sheet 425 x 350mm (16¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on card.
A floor with a square geometric pattern at the 3rd century Lea Cross Roman villa, first discovered in 1793, rediscovered in 1956 and partially excavated in 1969.
[Ref: 69521] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Ulysses and Argus.]
Briton Riviere 1873. F. Stacpoole ARA [signed in pencil]
In progress for the Proprietors Tho.s Agnew & Sons, London, Liverpool &, Manchester. [n.d. c.1885]
Mixed method engraving pre publication proof on india. Plate 665 x 730mm (26¼ x 29"), with large margins.
A portrayal of the myth of Odysseus/Ulysses returning home to Ithaca, after twenty years at war and wandering, in disguise as poor beggar, his faithful companion being the only one to recognise him. A short-bearded man in a tattered tunic, with a ragged bag slung over his shoulder, stands on an overgrown parapet overlooking the sea. He gazes thoughtfully down at an old, thin dog stretched out in the sun, which lifts its head slightly in quiet recognition. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69648] £420.00
[Narcissus] Engraved by W.m Wilson from an Original Picture of Claud Lorrain painted in 1644, in the Collection of Peter Delme Esq.r in which is introduced the Story of Narcissus.
[n.d., c.1780]
Engraving. 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 15¾"). Narrow margins. 3 very small wormholes in title.
An Italianate landscape with a ruined castle, with Narcissus admiring his own reflection in a pool. After Claude Lorrain (1604/5-82).
[Ref: 69772] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by W.m Wilson after that admired Picture of Claud Lorrain, painted in 1669, in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Kingston.
[n.d., c.1780]
Engraving. 310 x 395mm (12¼ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate at sides. Few small wormholes in title.
A landscape with a ruined castle and bridge, with cowherds dancing. After Claude Lorrain (1604/5-82).
[Ref: 69773] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by W.m Wilson after that Celebrated Picture of Claud Lorrain, painted in 1645, in the Collection of Tho.s Walker Esq.r.
[n.d., c.1780]
Engraving. 310 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"). Narrow margins.
A landscape with a ruined castle and bridge, with herders with cows and goats, a woman playing a pipe. After Claude Lorrain (1604/5-82).
[Ref: 69774] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Morning, from a Capital Picture of Claud Lorraine, in which he introduces himself as Drawing this View of an Antique Temple, on the Banks of the Tiber.
Engraved by W.m Wilson.
[n.d., c.1780]
Engraving. 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16"), large margins.
A landscape by Claude Lorrain in which he has included a self-portrait, sketching a ruined temple, with a boy using a parasol to keep the sun off the artist.
[Ref: 69775] £450.00
Engraved by Will.m Wilson from a high finished Drawing of Mons.r Pillement.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16"). Small margins.
A landscape by Jean Pillement with a wooden bridge, cows, goats and laden donkeys.
[Ref: 69776] £320.00
Engraved by Will.m Wilson from an Original Picture of Zuccarelli, in the Collection of W.m Herring Esq.r.
Engraving, 18th century watermark; 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16"). Narrow margins.
A landscape by Francesco Zuccarelli, with a woman asleep at a riverside by a bridge with two children about to tickle her face.
[Ref: 69777] £320.00
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