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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Chess Match, at Parsloe's Feb.y 23.d 1794, in presence of the Turkish Ambassador.
Cook sculp.
Published april 1.st 1794. by J. Wheble, Warwick Swuare London.
Etching with engraving. 110 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"), with 4pp. letterpress stapled on. Trimmed close to plate at bottom.
A depiction of a chess match between François-André Danican Philidor (1726-95) and German diplomat Hans Moritz von Brühl (1736-1809) in 1783, in which Philador played blindfolded. The letterpress, from the Sporting Magazine for March 1794, describes the print but not the event, as well as a part description of another event at which Philador played three blindfolded matches. Parsloe's was a chess club in St James's Street. Depictions of an 18th century Chess match are very scarce.
[Ref: 61771] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Cook sculp.
Published april 1.st 1794. by J. Wheble, Warwick Swuare London.
Etching with engraving. 110 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"), with 4pp. letterpress stapled on. Trimmed close to plate at bottom.
A depiction of a chess match between François-André Danican Philidor (1726-95) and German diplomat Hans Moritz von Brühl (1736-1809) in 1783, in which Philador played blindfolded. The letterpress, from the Sporting Magazine for March 1794, describes the print but not the event, as well as a part description of another event at which Philador played three blindfolded matches. Parsloe's was a chess club in St James's Street. Depictions of an 18th century Chess match are very scarce.
[Ref: 61771] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Dogs dancing. La danse des chiens.
C. Vernet inv. & del. Levachez fils sculp.
Se vend à Paris, Rue St. Lazare, Chaussée d'Antin, No. 88 [n.d., c.1800].
Fine & rare coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 435 x 635mm (17 x 25"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, paper toned.
A Parisian street scene with a street entertainer with performing dogs and monkeys dressed in clothes, after Carle Vernet (1758-1836). A second man plays a flute and drum as a third, holding a huge tamborine, passes his hat around a large crowd.
[Ref: 61825] £790.00
C. Vernet inv. & del. Levachez fils sculp.
Se vend à Paris, Rue St. Lazare, Chaussée d'Antin, No. 88 [n.d., c.1800].
Fine & rare coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 435 x 635mm (17 x 25"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, paper toned.
A Parisian street scene with a street entertainer with performing dogs and monkeys dressed in clothes, after Carle Vernet (1758-1836). A second man plays a flute and drum as a third, holding a huge tamborine, passes his hat around a large crowd.
[Ref: 61825] £790.00