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Bay of Amalfi. _ From the Convent.
from a sketch by C.W. Tho.s Picken, lith.
[London, n.d., c. 1845.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 270 x 320mm (10½ x 12½"), very large margins. Some spotting.
A view of the city of Atrani, squeezed into a small gap in the sea cliffs. Plate 3 of an unidentified publication, probably of a voyage through the Mediterrean
[Ref: 60905] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Atrani. _ Coast of Amalfi.
from a sketch by C.W. Tho.s Picken, lith.
[London, n.d., c. 1845.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 270 x 320mm (10½ x 12½"), very large margins. Some spotting.
A view of the city of Atrani, squeezed into a small gap in the sea cliffs. Plate 5 of an unidentified publication, probably of a voyage through the Mediterrean.
[Ref: 60904] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fredericus III. rex Borussiae. Dans les cocurs de tous les morels. Ses vertus, ses exploits graveront son image, Bellone en pare ses Autela, Minerve en orn ouvrage.
G.F Schmidt, Sculpsit Parisus.
A Lausanne et Geneve, chez Marc-Michel Bousquet et Comp.e 1743.
Rare engraving. Sheet 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Half-length portrait of King Frederick I of Prussia (1657-1713) as Frederick III Elector of Brandenburg, in an oval frame, dressed in armour; coat of arms and four lines of text in French on a palette below. Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712-1775) was an engraver that trained in Paris 1736-46, when closely connected with Wille. Returned to Berlin as principal engraver to King of Prussia. Between 1757-62 present in St Petersburg, to engrave portrait of Empress Catherine and to set up an engraving school. Marc Michel Bousquet (1696-1762) was a Swiss printmaker and publisher working in Geneva 1728-1734 and Lausanne 1736-1758.
[Ref: 60987] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Frederic II Roi de Prusse.
Peint et grave par Daniel Chodowieki.
Je vend chez Himbourg Libraire a Berlin. [n.d. c.1777]
Etching and stipple, sheet 265 x 325mm (10½ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate. Slight foxing.
Frederick II (1712-86) inspecting his troops; the personal guards in formation at left; the king on horseback in profile to left at centre; Crown Prince Frederick William (1744-97)and General Ziethen (1699-1786) with various other commanders on horseback at right.
[Ref: 61009] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Fridericvs. D.G. Marchio. Brandenbvrgicbs. Dvx Borvssiae et Silesiae; Bvrggr. Norimb Pater Patriae. Pivs. Felix. Avgvstvs.
G. Eichler Universit Calcographus. ad. Hirdeone Erlangenj. vivum del. et fc. Enlangoe.
[n.d. c.1744]
Very rare framed mezzotint on silk. Silk 455 x 355mm (18 x 14"). Frame 530 x 430mm (20¾ x 17"). Slightly warped but very good condition considering it is on silk! Unexamined outside of frame. Any silk engravings of this period in very good condition are extremely scarce.
Three quarter portrait of Frederick (Friedrich) Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1711 -1763), wearing armour, cloak, sash and holding a baton. He was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and eldest son of Georg Frederick Karl, nominal Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach (1688-1735), by his wife Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685-1761). His name has been added to the official name of the University of Erlangen, which he founded in 1743: the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) (English: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg). Gottfried Eichler the Younger (1715-1770) was an engraver active in Augsburg and son of German painter and draughtsman Gottfried the Elder (1677-1759).
[Ref: 61010] £1,500.00
Vue de Mayn Flus pres Francfort.
G. Schneider Pinx. J. Rucker Sculp.
à Strasbourg et Kriegshaber pres d'Auxburg che Fietta et Companie Marchand d'Estampes [n.d., c.1785].
Etching, 18th century watermark. 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"). Trimmed to plate on left, some staining. Small margins.
A view of the Main river near Frankfurt, with sheep and cattle being watered. According to the BM, Domenico Fietta was a print pedlar who set himself up as a dealer at Dorf Kriegshaber, just outside the gates of Augsburg, having been refused citizenship. He was allowed to operate within the city fromC 1788.
[Ref: 60917] £85.00
(£102.00 incl.VAT)
Abito dei Contadini di Monte Pulciano. 16.
Ant. Bicci dis. Gius. Canacci inc.
In Firenze presso Giuseppe Bardi Con Real Privilegio [n.d., c.1796].
Aquatint with stipple and etching. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), with large margins, Uncut.
Two women and a boy in the dress of Montepulciano in southern Tuscany. From 'I Contadini della Toscana'.
[Ref: 60935] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Val-de-Grâce] Veüe en perspective de l'Eglise Cour Grisle et des aisles avec les accompagnemens du Monastère de l'Abbaye Royalle du Val de Grace bastie par Reyne Anne d'Austriche.
Daniel Marot fecit.
[Paris: Jean Mariette, 1727.]
Engraving. 280 x 395mm (11 x 15½"), with large margins. Creasing.
A view of the Church of the Val-de-Grâce in the fifth arrondissement of Paris. It was originally designed to be part of a royal abbey founded by Anne of Austria to celebrate the birth of her son, Louis XIV in 1638. It was engraved by Daniel Marot (1661-1752) for 'L'Architecture françoise'.
[Ref: 60931] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
Vue de Couvent de St Martin près Palerme.
[Dessiné par Mr le C.te de Forbin. Gravé par Thales Fielding. Imprimé par Sauniée.]
[Paris: Imprimerie de P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on buff chine collé. 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17") very large margins.
A view of the convent of St Martin by Louis, Comte de Forbin for Achille Étienne Gigault de la Salle's 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile, 1822-6. Forbin (1779-1841), a painter and antiquarian, succeded Vivant-Denon (head of Bonaparte's 'Savants') as curator of the Musée du Louvre after the restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy. Abbey Travel 262 (source of the attributions).
[Ref: 60926] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Interieure de la Chapelle Royale de Versailles.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 220 x 205mm (8¾ x 8") very large margins. Crease left hand corner.
The interior of the chapel of the Palace of Versailles.
[Ref: 60918] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
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