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Alphen near Leyden. From a Drawing of Van Goien, in the Collect.n of the Earl of Bute,
WBaillie f.
Soft ground etching. Sheet 260 x 325mm (10¼ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate, some soiling.
A view of Alphen aan den Rijn from the river, after Jan van Goyen (1596-1656). Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques. Baillie also acted as the Earl of Bute's art agent. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68465] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Athens] View of the Temple of Jupiter Olympia.
Lith by C. de Brochtorff. Malta 1837 from a Sketch by D. White R.N.
Rare & scarce lithograph. Sheet 210 x 265mm (8¼ x 10¾"). Creasing.
A view of the ruins of a temple, with the Parthenon behind. By German-Danish artist Charles Frederick de Brocktorff (c. 1775/1785 - 1850).
[Ref: 67857] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
From a Drawing of Molyn, in the Collection of the Earl of Bute.
WBaillie sculp.t.
Publish'd Feb.y 2.d 1773.
Soft ground etching with mezzotint tone, 18th century watermark. Sheet 220 x 325mm (8¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate, creasing.
A rustic scene with wagons, after Pieter de Molijn (1595-1661), Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques. Baillie also acted as the Earl of Bute's art agent. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68466] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Cathedral Church of Antwerp.
[by Wenceslaus Hollar.]
[London, c.1717.]
Etching. Sheet 465 x 330mm (18¼ x 13"). Trimmed to image, losing Hollar's signature, laid on old paper. Damaged. Staining on right.
Originally etched by Hollar in 1649 and published in Antwerp, when the unrest of the English Civil War caused him to stay in the city, this print had a Latin title under the view. Pennington states that this fifth state was first published by Henry Overton c.1717. Pennington 824.
[Ref: 68305] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
His most Serene Highness Charles Hereditary Prince of Brunswick & Lunenburg. Done from the Original in the Possession of Gen,,l Conway
J.G. Ziesenis pinx.t Hanover. J. Mc.Ardell fecit.
Publish'd by J.M.cArdell according to Act of Parliament Jan.y 20.th 1764, and Sold at the Corner of Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. 515 x 360mm (20¼ x 14¼"). Thread margins with nicks in edges, mounted on album paper.
Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneberg (1735-1806), nephew of Friedrich II of Prussia. In 1764 he married Augusta, daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and in 1780 succeeded his father as Duke of Brunswick. His 'Brunswick manifesto' threatening France and ordering the restoring of monarchy (25 July 1792), led to the fall of the Tuileries and the imprisonment of the royal family. Later that year Charles led the Austro-Prussian army against the French revolutionaries but lost at Valmy. He died in battle at Auerstedt in 1806. Engraved after the portrait by Johann Georg Ziesenis (1716-1776), Danish painter who became court artist to George II in Hannover in 1760. CS 32, ii of ii. Goodwin 111, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68373] £420.00
[Netherlands] Cor.s De Witt. Saevo Furor Ore Trucidat. Natus Ano. 1623. Mortuus Ano. 1672.
W. Baillie Sc. June 17.th 1774.
Mezzotint, 225 x 180mm (9 x 7"), with very large margins
Portrait of Cornelis de Witt, bust in an oval frame directed to left, looking towards the viewer, with shoulder-length curling hair, moustache and a stiff, embroidered collar, swathed in a dark cloak. Cornelis de Witt (1623-1672) was a prominent Dutch politician during the Stadtholderless Period of 1650-1672. He represented the States General in the field and in 1667 he accompanied the fleet that attacked the English naval base at Chatham. In the summer of 1672 he came under suspicion of conspiring against Prince William III, but despite the lack of evidence and the absence of a confession under torture, he was condemned to exile for life. On the day of his release from prison, an angry mob dragged him outside, with his brother, and killed them. Captain William Baillie (1723-1810) was a well-known amateur engraver and etcher from Ireland. He fought at the Battle of Culloden and served in various campaigns on the continent. retiring early to hold an appointment of Commissioner of Stamps. He executed over one hundred plates, 113 of which are contained in Boydell's collective edition of 1792; the most admired are those made from Rembrandt's etchings. Nearly all of Baillie's prints were collected, mostly in the collection of the Earl of Bute, and issued by Boydell in 1792 and re-issued in 1803. CS: 2 I of II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68407] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Cor.s De Witt. Saevo Furor Ore Trucidat. Natus Ano. 1623. Mortuus Ano. 1672.
W. Baillie Sc. June 17.th 1774 [after Caspar Netscher].
Mezzotint, 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"), with large margins.
A fine, dark impression of this oval portrait of Cornelis de Witt (1623-72), with shoulder-length curling hair, moustache and a stiff, embroidered collar, swathed in a dark cloak. A prominent Dutch politician during the Stadtholderless Period of 1650-1672, he represented the States General in the field and in 1667 accompanied the fleet that attacked the English naval base at Chatham. In the summer of 1672 he came under suspicion of conspiring against Prince William III; despite the lack of evidence and the absence of a confession under torture, he was condemned to exile for life. On the day of his release from prison, an angry mob dragged him outside to be killed with his brother. Captain William Baillie (1723-1810) was a well-known amateur engraver and etcher from Ireland. He fought at the Battle of Culloden and served in various campaigns on the continent. retiring early to hold an appointment of Commissioner of Stamps. Over 200 of Baillie's prints were republished by Boydell in a collected edition of 1792, re-issued in 1803. CS: 2, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See also [Ref: 24561].
[Ref: 68471] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Louis Jules Barbon Mazarini Mancini. Duc de Nivernois, Donjiois, Pair de France, [...]
A. Ramsay pinx.t. J. M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1764.]
Mezzotint, 225 x 330mm (9 x 13"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Bottom corners torn and repaired. Small margins.
A half-length portrait of Louis Jules Barbon Mazarini Mancini (1716-1798), 4th Duke of Nevers, who served as French Ambassador in Rome, Berlin and London where he negotiated the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years's War. He stayed in France after the Revolution which led to the loss of his money and his imprisonment. CS 140 i of ii; Goodwin 108 ii of iii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Mrs. E.M. Hamilton.
[Ref: 68355] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Maximilian Emperor of Germany &c. &c.] [Drest For A Tournament. He was Installed Knight of the Garter in the Reign of Henry The Seventh, Obit 1519.]
[Engraved by Charles Turner from an extreme rare print by Hans Burgkmair the Elder.]
[London:Pubd. 1814, by S.Woodburn, 112, St. Martin's Lane.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with very large margins. Light vertical creasing. Bit messy.
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459 - 1519), on horseback, in full armour. From a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816. Whitman: 474 II of III. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 68169] for proof etching before mezzotinting & [Ref: 68486] for lettered state.
[Ref: 68487] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Maximilian Emperor of Germany &c. &c. Drest For A Tournament. He was Installed Knight of the Garter in the Reign of Henry The Seventh, Obit 1519.
Engraved by Charles Turner from an extreme rare print by Hans Burgkmair the Elder.
London:Pubd. 1814, by S.Woodburn, 112, St. Martin's Lane.
Mezzotint, 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with very large margins. Light foxing, mostly localised to margins.
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459 - 1519), on horseback, in full armour. From a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816. Whitman: 474 II of III. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 68169] for proof etching before mezzotinting & [Ref: 68487] for mezzotint proof before letters.
[Ref: 68486] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Vue du Mont Blanc et la vallée de Chamouny.
Zurich chez R. Dikenman, peinter, Neustadt Nº 148 [n.d., c.1820].
Aquatint. 175 x 245mm (7 x 9¾"), very large margins.
A view of a hamlet with Mont Blanc towering behind.
[Ref: 67929] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
M.e Guido Patin doctor medicus parisiensis medicus et professor Regius.
Ant. Masson ad vivum ping. et scul. 1670 [but later].
Engraving. Sheet 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on card.
A head and shoulders portrait of Guido (or Guy) Patin (1601-72), a French medical doctor and man of letters. Wellcome: 2248-5
[Ref: 67854] £320.00
The Sepulchre of Cecilia Metella Crasi; upon the Appian Way, Two Miles from Rome. The Walls are 25 Feet thick, Sounding a Trumpet within it the Echo returns it 8 times.
Buisiri del: T. Smith pin: F. Vivares sc.
Publish'd 25 July 1746.
Fine engraving with etching. 550 x 400mm (21¾ x 15¾"), with large margins. Tears in the margins. Slight staining.
A view of the mausoleum of Cecilia Metella daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, whose father served under Julius Ceasar, built in the 1st Century BC and located on one of the southern roads into Rome. The scene shows the ruins of the rotunda and walls, several figures examine the fragments of ancient architecture which line the route.
[Ref: 68304] £330.00
Veduta della Basilica di S.Paolo fuor delle Mura, eretta da Costantino Magno.
Piranesi F.
[Paris, c.1800.]
Etching. 410 x 625mm (16 x 24½"), with very large margins. Laid on backing sheet.
The façade of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, founded by Constantine I over the burial place of St. Paul. The building was destroyed by fire in 1823 (an event documented by Luigi Rossini in four views of the aftermath), and a replica rebuilt. Hind: 6, state iv of vi, first Paris edition.
[Ref: 68382] £360.00
View of the Road by Saorgio to the Passage of the Col de Tende.
Drawn by Mary Countess Harcourt, Engraved by J. Hibbert, jun. Bath.
Aquatint, printed in sepia. 365 x 475mm (14½ x 18¾"). Trimmed close to plate mark top and bottom. Small loss entering platemark in top left corner.
View of a town on cliffs, seen from below, a winding road and river at left in the foreground. 1809-33. Department of Alpes-Maritimes region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, while Col de Tende is a high mountain pass in the Alps, on the border of France and Italy. Mary, Countess Harcourt (1749 - 1833) Wife of William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, and amateur painter.
[Ref: 68307] £420.00
View of the Road by Saorgio to the Passage of the Col de Tende.
Drawn by Mary Countess Harcourt, Engraved by J. Hibbert, jun. Bath.
Fine & rare aquatint, printed in sepia. 365 x 480mm (14 x 19"), with very large margins. Laid on board. Edges of board chipped, print not affected.
View of a town on cliffs, seen from below, a winding road and river at left in the foreground. 1809-33. Department of Alpes-Maritimes region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, while Col de Tende is a high mountain pass in the Alps, on the border of France and Italy. Mary, Countess Harcourt (1749 - 1833) Wife of William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, and amateur painter.
[Ref: 68308] £380.00
William Prince of Orange Father of King William the Third. From a Painting by Terburg in the Collection of Sir Joshua Van Neck Bar.t.
Engrav'd by Capt.n Baillie.
Publish'd Sep.r 20, 1771 [but John Boydell, c.1800].
Etching with drypoint. 280 x 250mm (11 x 9¾"), on wove paper, large margins. Paper toned and foxing.
Etching after the Dutch Golden Age painter, Gerard ter Borch (1617–81), it was painted around 1672 when the Prince visited Deventer, Netherlands. The portrait shows the Prince as a young man, depicted in riding gear and was engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques. A collection of Baillie's prints was issued by Boydell in 1792 and 1803; this example has a gilt fore-edge, indictating it had been bound. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68469] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
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