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[Seascape with a ship floundering on a rocky coastline]
[Seascape with a ship floundering on a rocky coastline] Tres Notus abreptas in saxa latentia torquet. Virgil
TBaston delin. J. Sartor sculp.
[Thomas Baston, n.d., c.1721.]
Scarce & rare etching with added artwork. Plate 195 x 300mm (7¾ x 11¾"), with margins. Slightly stained. Tears to edges.
From an 18th century Print Room or Screen, plate seventeen from a series 'Twenty-two prints of several of the capital ships of his Majesties Royal Navy with variety of other sea pieces'. Engraved by Johann Jakob Sartor after Thomas Baston, marine artist (1699-1730, fl.), who made a series of marine paintings for William III in 1699 and published the series of prints from which this plate comes from. The epigram from Virgil translates as 'The South wind whirled around three ships carrying them off onto hidden rocks
See 51231 for original without added artwork.
[Ref: 60051]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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_ proram
_ proram Obvertit vento et] flridens Aquilone procella Velum Adverta ferit fluctufq ad Sydera tollit. Virgil
T Baston F. J. Sartor S.
[Thomas Baston, n.d., c.1721.]
Scarce & rare etching with added artwork. Plate 195 x 300mm (7¾ x 11¾"), with margins. Stained. Tears to edges.
From an 18th century Print Room or Screen, plate from the series 'Twenty-two prints of several of the capital ships of his Majesties Royal Navy with variety of other sea pieces'. Engraved by Johann Jakob Sartor after Thomas Baston, marine artist (1699-1730, fl.), who made a series of marine paintings for William III in 1699 and published the series of prints from which this plate comes himself. The epigram from Virgil translates as 'He is turned by the wind, and, laughing in the north, the storm strikes the Velum Warninga with a wave and takes it away to the Siders.'
See also reference 60051.
[Ref: 60052]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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O God, be good to me: Thy sea is so wide, and my boat is so small.
O God, be good to me: Thy sea is so wide, and my boat is so small.
[illegible pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 185 x 255mm (7¼ x 10"). Repaired tear top right.
A skiff in heavy seas.
[Ref: 59812]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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View 1st. Of the Memorable Victory of the Nile, Gained in August 1798 over the French by the British Fleet in Aboukir Bay. [View 2d - 3d - 4th.]
View 1st. Of the Memorable Victory of the Nile, Gained in August 1798 over the French by the British Fleet in Aboukir Bay. [View 2d - 3d - 4th.]
Finished from a Drawing in the possession of His Majesty, by F.Chesham, the Aquatinta by W.Ellis. _ Painted by W.Anderson.
Published by Alex.r Riley, 82 Pall Mall London Dec.1.1800.
Rare set of four proof aquatints. Each. c. 350 x 450mm (13¾ x 17¾"). 2nd View slight loss in left border. Trimmed to borders.
Four views of the Battle of the Nile, each with a descriptive text and with each ship named.
[Ref: 56104]   £1,250.00   view all images for this item
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