Grosvenor Prints

Alexander and Philip His Physician. From the Original Picture Painted by Mr Benjamin West; In the Collection of G.Stibbert Esq.r.
B.West pinxit. Val: Green fecit.
Published Jan.y 1st 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Scarce mezzotint, 440 x 525mm (17¼ x 20¾"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Nicks and repaired tears on large margins.
Medical interest. Alexander the Great in his tent, nursing his head.
Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd Whitman: 171
[Ref: 60336] £490.00

Aminto releasing Sylvia. Vide Tasso's Aminto, Act III, Scene 1.
C. R. Ryley pinxit W. Skelton sculpsit.
London Publish'd as the Act directs, March 24.th 1788, by W. Skelton, Engraver, No. 23, Hay Market.
Etching with engraving. 340 x 415mm (13½ x 16¼"), very large margins. A little spotting, mainly in margins.
Aminta unties the nymph Silvia from a tree. The satyr who had attempted to rape her flees in the background. A scene from 'Aminta', the 1573 play by Torquato Tasso's (1544-95).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60344] £320.00

Aminta.
P. Bettelini inv. et sculp.t.
London, publish'd 8 8bre 1788 by Molteno Colnaghi & Co 132 Pall Mall. A Paris chez Tessari Zanna et Cie Quais des Augustins no.42
Stipple, printed in colours. 330 x 250mm (130 x 9¾"). Small margins.
Silvia embraces Aminta on a rocky outcrop, watched by Cupid. A scene from 'Aminta', the 1573 play by Torquato Tasso's (1544-95). Despite being a pastoral set in the time of Alexander the Great, Aminta is in contemporary dress.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60313] £360.00

Andromache Weeping Over the Ashes of Hector.
Painted by Angelica Kauffman. Engraved by W. Dickinson.
London, Publish'd May 20th 1785, by W. Dickinson, Engraver & Printseller, No 158 New Bond Street.
Stipple. 430 x 325mm (17 x 12¾"), with large margins Mint.
Andromache mourns her husband Hector, killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60309] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)

[The Annunciation.]
Warner [Joseph Werner] delin. Lens fe:
E. Cooper ex [n.d., c.1690.]
Scarce Mezzotint. 130 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Thread margins.
The archangel Gabriel informs Mary that she would bear Jesus through a virgin birth. A dove representing the Holy Spirit is bathed in light.
See 1870,0514.2755 for a matching scene of the Holy Family in the stable.
[Ref: 60135] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Anthony and Cleopatra] The Death of Mark Anthony. La Mort de Marc Antoine.
Angelica Kauffman pinxit. J.M. Delattre sculpsit.
Published according to Act, Feb.y 23rd, 1785, by Ann Bryer, No. 5, Poland Street, Soho.
Stipple, printed in brown. 385 x 330mm (15¼ x 13"), with large margins. Mint.
The death of Marcus Antonius according to Shakespeare: having stabbed himself he finds that Cleopatra is still alive, dying in her arms.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60310] £350.00 (£420.00 incl.VAT)

Ariadne.
W. Hamitton pinx.
London, Published March 25, 1814, by J. Dunford. G.t Newport Str.t.
Coloures stipple, plate 350 x 275mm (13¾ x 11). Trimmed to plate on right, small margins on other three sides.
Ariadne having just been abandoned by Theseus at Naxos leans on rocks and watches his ship leave in turbulent waters. She looks a lot less distraught than she does in other depictions.
[Ref: 60327] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Bacchus's Delight.
Drawn by the Rt Hon.ble Lady D. Beauclerk. Engraved by M. Bovi late Pupil to F. Bartolozzi.
London, Published Oct.r 1st 1808, by Mess.ns Colnaghi & C.o 23 Cockspur Street.
Scarce stipple printed in colour, sheet 345 x 440mm (13¾ x 17½"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at sides. False margins added left and right. Some slight staining in title area.
A very decorative image showing Bacchus and revellers harvest and eat grapes.
[Ref: 60329] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Banditti Gambling. From an Original Picture, in the Possession of Josh. Fortnom Esq.r.
Jn,o Mortimer pinx.t. Jn,o Hall sculp.t.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, May 1.st 1780 J. Hall Berwick Street Soho, and J. Boydell, Cheapside.
Etching with engraving. 385 x 300mm (15¼ x 11¾"), with large margins. Ink fingerprints within plate but not in image.
Three banditti playing dice on a rock.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60343] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Bias of Priene.] Bias weinet, indem er jemanden zum Tode verurtheilet. Bias, capitis aliquem damnans, lacrymatur. vid. Srobaeus sermone 44. Praenobilissimo Dicasterio Civitatis primariae Gedanensis.
A Stech. inv. 1685. D.D.G. humillimus Servus Matth. Deisch fec. Ged. 1769.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 250 x 420mm (9¾ x 16½"), large margins. Stain top right.
Bias weeps while condemning someone to death. Bias of Priene (6th century BC) was one of the Seven Sages of Greece, renouned for his probity. An illustration of a tapestry after Andrzej Stech (1635-97) that once belonged to the bench of judges in the Artus Court in Gdansk, Poland. The story comes from 'Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers' by Diogenes Laërtius (3rd century AD).
[Ref: 60188] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Canterbury Tales] Departure of the Canterbury Pilgrimes. Prologue, Canterbury Tale Chaucer.
Drawn by Mortimer. Engraved by J Hogg.
London Publish'd Feb.y 12.th 1787 by J. R. Smith No. 31 King Street Covent Garden.
Etching with engraving. 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"), with large margins. Single spot in unprinted area of plate.
The pilgrims and their horses gather in a square outside the Tabard Inn, Southwark. One of nine plates after John Hamilton Mortimer, probably prepared for an edition of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' that was abandoned before publication.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60342] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Canterbury Tales] Griselda. There, lowly seated on the dewey ground, she feeds her little charge that bleats around.
Angelica Kauffman del.t. Fran. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
London Publish'd March 35, 1784 by Sus,a Vivares, No 13 Great Newport Street.
Fine stipple with etching, printed in colours. 385 x 290mm (15¼ x 11½"). Thread margins, repair to bottom left corner of plate.
Griselda sitting in a landscape with sheep, holding a spindle under her left arm and a shuttle in her right hand. From Chaucer's 'Clerk of Oxford's Tale'.
De Vesme 1369. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60306] £480.00

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[Confession.]
F. Place fec: [after Marcellus Laroon?].
P. Tespest ex: [n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins. Stain in bottom right corner.
A young woman wearing a lace-trimmed veil kneels as she confesses to a bearded monk who sits with his hands tucked into his sleeves. On the wall behind is a picture of the Crucifixion.
[Ref: 60184] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Remissio Peccatorum.
Egbertus van Heemskirk p. J. Smith fe:
P Tempest ex: [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), very large margins. Worming in bottom left corner of margin. Creasing.
'The remission of sins.' A friar hears the confession of a chained prisoner. Engraved c.1685, the paper of this example suggests a later printing.
BM 1874,0808.1282, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 60179] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Edwin & Emma]
J. [Flaxman] Delin. Rob.t Marcuard. scul.t.
Publishd as the Act Directs Feby ye 10 1780 by Geo Durand No 8 Catherine Street Strand.
Scratched letter stipple proof printed in sanguine. Plate 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8), with large margins.
A cottage interior in which Edwin dressed as a monk reaches to embrace Emma disguised as a youth, who sits in front of a fire and turns back towards him, gestures with surprise, while a cat plays with a ball by their feet; the moon visible above the half-door behind to right.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997. BM 1868,0808.2947
[Ref: 60285] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Cupid and Ganymede. From Prior. From the Original Picture, in the Possession of Geo.e Bowles Esq.r.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Tho.s Burke fecit.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1784, by Tho.s Burke, Kemp's Row, Chelsea.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"), with large margins.
Cupid kneels, covering his face in his hands, compaining to his mother Venus that Ganymede has cheated him out of his arrows with false dice. Ganymede, holding the arrows, protests his innocence.
Alexander 170. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60304] £450.00

The Triumph of David over Goliah. And When the Philistines saw their Champion was dead, they fled and the children of Israel pursued them to the gate of Ekron. 1 Sam. 17 Chap.
London, Published 11 July 1795 by Haines & Son, 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Some worming in the sky on right, nicks in small margins. Staining in title.
David stands above the body of Goliath, holding up his severed head. Behind the cavalry of the Children of Israel chase after the Philistine cavalry.
[Ref: 60172] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Diana The bright Diana and her Nymph were found, / Laid Side by side, & both a sleeping sound [...]
A. Watteau pinx. T. Ryley fecit.
Printed for John Bowles ~ at the Black Horse in Cornhill London [c.1750]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Some staining top right and short tear in margin.
Diana and a nymph sleep, with a satyr looming over them. A mezzotint in reverse of an etching published in Jean de Jullienne's posthumous edition of prints after Watteau's drawings.
[Ref: 60187] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Disarming Cupid.
Zucchi del.t. J.Baldrey sculp.t.
London Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1788 by J.Baldrey No.15 Carlisle Street Soho.
Stipple, finely printed in colours. 250 x 230mm (9¾ x 9"), with large margins. Mint.
Four nymphs surround Cupid on a terrace, stealing his bow. An oil by Antonio Zucchi in similar composition, 'Nymphs garlanding Cupid', is in Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire (NT 960273)
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60300] £360.00

A Silly Family Dispute [&] The Dispute as Sillily Made Up.
Design'd by Edw.d Penny R.A.
London, Pub.d Oct.r 1796, by G.T. Stubbs, at the Turf Gallery, Conduit Street, & No.97 High Street, Mary-le-bone.
Pair of stipples, printed in colour. 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7"), with large margins. Repaired tear in inscription of The Dispute as Sillily Made Up.
In the first image a young couple fight over a meal. In the second they make up; the wife patting the husband on the cheek as a servant carries off the coffee tray.
GT Stubbs CLB 85 & 86. See reference 27310 for just 'The Dispute as Sillily Made Up.'
[Ref: 60322] £320.00 view all images for this item

Euphrosine. Come thou Goddess fair & free [...]
G. Amiconi Pinxit. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
London Publish'd Sep.t 1 1784 by Ja.s Birchall N473 Strand.
Fine stipple with etching, printed in colours. 350 x 265mm (13¾ x 10½"), with large margins. Mint.
Euphrosine, goddess of good cheer, joy and mirth, one of the Three Charities, dances naked at a bacchanalia, with a tamborine. A man and a sleeping baby lie on the ground. Behind is a statue of Pan.
De Vesme 411. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60307] £650.00

The Fisherman.
Pillement inv.t et delin. P.C. Canot sculp.t.
Published according to Act of Parliament Sep.r 30, 1757. London, Sold at the Golden Head, Little Chapple Street, Soho.
Etching. 205 x 295mm (8 x 11¾"), with very large margins.
Men fishing with nets on a shoreline, with the setting sun.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60319] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

1.ere Vüe des Environs de Flessingue.
J. Pillement inv.t. et del. P. Canot sculpt.
a Paris chés Basan graveur.
Etching. 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"), large margins. A few spots.
A coastal scene with men pushing barrels away from a sailboat, across a a footbridge from a rocky outcrop. One from a set of 4.
Gordon Smith: 74/5. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60320] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[Hannibal] Vision misteriosa di Annibale, avanti il suo famoso passagio sull Apli. per scenndere nell'Italia. Rollin 1st. Rom. T.V.
Pinelli inve inc. in Roma 1818.
Etching. 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17"). Tear in top margin.
In Hannibal's vision he sees a giant serpent as a winged Mercury leading him to Italy. Mercury tells Hannibal that in the same way the serpent lays waste to mountians, Hannibal will lay waste to Italy. Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835) is best known for his images of contemporary Romans, many of which were incorporated into Luigi Rossini's Views of Rome. He has taken inspiration from 'Storia Antica E Romana Di Carlo Rollin'.
[Ref: 60241] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

How Sweet's the Love that meets Return, When in Soft flames souls equal burn.
G. Morland Pinx.t. T. Gaugain sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Dec.r 1785, by T. Gaugain, No. 4, Little Compton Street, S.t Ann's.
Fine stipple. 330 x 290mm (13 x 11½"), with very large margins.
A pair of lovers lie in each other's arms under a tree at the side of wood. This print was also issued with the alternative title 'Jenny & Roger' (BM 1860,0728.132), with otherwise identical inscriptions.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60312] £480.00

Infantile Sorrow.
G. Roth pinx.t. E. Scott sculp.t.
Publish'd Nov.r 15 1786, by W. Lewis, No 15 Great Newport Street.
Stipple, printed in brown. 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"), with large margins.
A small girl girl leans on a library table on which is a dead bird.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60299] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

Jannot veut cajoler sa Margot.
J. Gole exe: cum Privil: ordin: Hollandiae &. [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint, Collectors Mark verso bottom left. 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), with large margins.
The French title translates as 'Jannot wants to cuddle his Margot.' A man holds up an item from a pile and points at a smiling young woman who grabs his wrist in an attempt to stop him.
[Ref: 60165] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Jehoshaphat apponts judges] Einletzung der Richter. 2 Chron. 19. V.5.6.7. Praenobilissimo Dicasterio Civitatis primariae Gedanensis.
A Stech. inv. 1685. D.D.G. humillimus Servus Matth. Deisch fec. Ged. 1769.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 250 x 420mm (9¾ x 16½"), with large margins. A few spots and slight creases.
Jehoshaphat, the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah, appointing judges to implement law in his kingdom, as told in 2 Chronicles, Chapter 19, verses 5-7. An illustration of a tapestry after Andrzej Stech (1635-97) that once belonged to the bench of judges in the Artus Court in Gdansk, Poland.
[Ref: 60189] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Judith with the Head of Holophernes.] ALT: 36. LAT, 30. unc.
Venetiano Pinxit. v. Prenner inci.
[n.c., c.1730.]
Very fine mezzotint. Sheet 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted in album paper.
A candlelit scene of Judith with the head of the Assyrian general Holophernes, her servant holding open a sack. From a painting by Carlo Saraceni (1579-1620), painted c.1610, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Gemäldegalerie, 41). Engraved by Anton Joseph von Prenner (1683-1761) for 'Theatrum artis pictoriae', an ambitious plan to publish 30 volumes of prints representing the entire Imperial art collection in Stallburg, Vienna. Only four were published, each containing 40 plates.
[Ref: 60161] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida.
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1784 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane.
Very fine stipple and etching, printed in sepia. 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with large margins. Mint.
Jupiter seated on a cloud, embracing his wife Juno, watched by two putti and an eagle.
De Vesme 429, state iv of iv. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60293] £350.00

[King Lear] Cordelia. You never erring Gods / Fight on his side, and thunder on his Foes [...] Vide Shakespeares KIng Lear.
Angelica Kauffman pinxi.t. Fran. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
London Pub. Sep.r 7, 1784 by Ja.s Birchall N473 Strand & G. Durand N.o 8 Catherine Street.
Fine stipple with etching, printed in colours. 395 x 320mm (15½ x 12½"), with large margins
Cordelia kneels in a landscape, arms outstretched to beseech the heavens. From Shakespeare's 'King lear'.
De Vesme 1859. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60308] £450.00

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Love.
Wheatly delin. Picot ex.
London, Publush'd Feb.y 20. 1788, by W.M. Picot, N.o 6 Greek Street Soho.
Hand-coloured stipple with etching, 260 x 310mm (10¼ x 12¼") with large margins. Creased, small holes on margins.
A young couple in rustic dress are discovered in a barn by an old woman, who stands in the open doorway, brandishing a broom.
Webster E49.
[Ref: 60341] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Maternal Care. Children like the tender Osier take the Bow, / And as they first are fashion'd always grow.
C. Monnet del.t. Menager sculp.t. V.M. Picot excud.t.
London, Pub.d Dec.r 12, 1777 by V.M. Picot, N.o 471 Strand.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 380 x 290mm (15 x 11½"), with large margins. Mint.
An oval scene of a woman and her three children, attended by two servants. The verse is by poet, John Dryden (1631-1700).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60302] £320.00

Nymphs after Bathing.
G.B Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
London Pub.d as the Act directs Jan.y 15.th 1783 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane. A Paris chez L. Torre Porte St Antoine A.P.D.R.
Fine stipple printed in sanguine, plate 260 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins. Some very light foxing. Mint.
In a landscape, two beautiful nymphs arrange their hair after bathing in a stream.
De Vesme 467. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60288] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Penelope awaken'd by Euryclea, with the News of Ulysses' return, and the Death of the Suitors.
Angelica Kauffman Pinx.t. W.W. Ryland & Michel sculpserunt
Publish'd May 12 1785 by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London
Fine stipple with etching, printed in reddish-brown. 305 x 395mm (12 x 15½"), with very large margins. Crease.
A scene from near the end of Homer's 'Odyssey', as the hero returns to Ithaca to reclaim his throne.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60311] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[A boy seated in a studio.]
W. Vaillant fecit et excudit.
[Engraved c.1670 but printed c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), on wove paper. Thread margins.
A boy seated reading in a studio, with a drawing book and a statue of a cherub.
[Ref: 60183] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Damon & Phoebe. Young Damon stepped forward: he sung is her praise...
D. Harding delin.t. Delatree sculp.t.
London Pub.d August 24, 1783 by T. Macklin No 39 Fleet Street.
Stipple, printed in reddish-brown. 385 x 335mm (15¼ x 13¼"), with large margins. Mint.
The shepherdess Phoebe places a garland on Damon's head. He holds a recorder. An illustration to 'The Seasons', a series of four poems written by the Scottish author James Thomson (1700-48).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60303] £320.00

S. Sebastianus Martyr. Virtus futile nomenm Ni decus adfuerit patiendo.
Pet: Schenck fec. cum Privil. Amstelod.
[n.d., c.1700.][Bit later]
Mezzotint. 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), with large margins. Bit grey.
Two women attend the body of Saint Sebastian, one removing an arrow from his thigh. A suit of armour lies on the ground.
[Ref: 60166] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Pastoral scene with man playing a shawm.]
[after Dirk Stoop.]
J. Smith ex [n.d., c.1700].
Mezzotint. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"). Thread margins.
A man sits under a tree, playing a shawm. Two women, one bare-breasted, holding a shepherd's crook, stand above him. A reversed copy of Stoop's design for a fan.
BM 1838,0420.74, state ii of ii, with 'J. Smith ex' rather than 'exc'.
[Ref: 60145] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Susanna]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint with etching. 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Small margins. Notch in bottom margin.
A naked woman (probably Susanna) bathes in a fountain in a classical garden with a statue of a king (possibly David) playing a harp.
[Ref: 60178] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Venus. Engraved from the Original Picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds [...] Peintre de sa Majesté Britannique.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Joseph Collyer sculp.t.
London: Published 9 Oct.r 1786, by W. Dickinson, New Bond Street, W. Darling, Newport Street, J.Cary Strand, & J. Collyer No. 7 White Lion Row Islington. "Price 7s.6d."
Stipple with etching, 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), very large margins. Mint.
Venus reclines naked beneath a canopy, looking at Cupid who peers through the bushes at the right.
Hamilton: pg.159, II. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60315] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)

Venus Instructing Cupid and Psyche.
London: Pub.d Jan.y 1. 1814 by Jn.o Burgis, 32, Southampton Street, Strand.
Fine stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Plate 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Narrow margins.
A vignette scene of Venus with Cupid (with bird's wings) and Psyche (with butterfly wings). Two doves coo bottom right. The printed colour is particularly fine.
[Ref: 60207] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Venus.
Elias Martin pinx.t J. Fried.k Martin Aculp.t
Publish'd as the Act directs 1778. N.o 8 Leicester Street Leicester Square.
Very fine stipple printed in colours, Collector's mark verso; plate 180 x 215mm (7 x 8½"), with large margins. Mint.
Very decorative image showing Venus seated in her chariot on clouds, surrounded by cupids and with two doves at her feet. By Elias Martin, A.R.A. Swedish, born Stockholm in 1739, died Stockholm 1818. He came to London in 1768, becoming a Royal Academy student the next year and was elected A.R.A in 1770.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60282] £680.00

Venus Presenting the Cestus to Juno.
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1784 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane.
Very fine stipple and etching, printed in sepia. 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with large margins. A little spottting mostly in margins.
Venus places a belt around Juno. Cupid flying in the air behind Venus, holding two arrows and a torch; on the right, a dove and two cupids in a cart, one holding a floral garland; on the left, a peacock..
De Vesme 496. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60294] £350.00

Venus Crown'd by Cupid.
Angelica Kauffman del.t. Rob.t Marcaurd sculp.t.
London Published Jan.y 1.st 1784 by Geo. Durand No. 3 Catherine Street Strand, & John Harris Sweeting's Alley Cornhill.
Fine stipple, printed in reddish-brown. 270 x 285mm (10½ x 11¼"). Thread margins.
Cupid crowns a reclining Venus with a wreath. A pair with 'Cupid and Psyche'.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60305] £450.00

The Roman Vestal's Trial of Chastity.
[W.M. Craig del.][R. Cooper sculp.]
[Published & Sold Nov.r 1. 1807, by Edw.d Orme, 59. Bond Street, London.]
Rare stipple with etching, sheet 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"). Trimmed within plate losing artist, engraver and publisher's names.
A Vestal priestess, Tuccia, standing in front of a shrine, holds out in front of her a pan full of water, which leaks through the bottom. Two women watch from the shrine. The Vestal Virgin Tuccia was accused of having breached her vow of chastity, but she proved her innocence by carrying water in a sieve. This apparent miracle saved her life.
[Ref: 60339] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Visitation.] When Elizabeth Heard the Salutation of Mary, the Babe leaped in her Womb; S.t Like Chap. 1.st v.41.
I. Andrews Pinx. I. Iohnson fecit.
London Printed for R. Wilkinson No. 58 Cornhill [n.d., c.1800].
Mezzotint, plate 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), on wove paper. Small margins.
The Virgin Mary visits Elizabeth, who is pregnant with John the Baptist. They are attended by St Joachim and St Joseph. Although this is a reissue of a plate from c.1750, the BM has not beeen able to trace the original publisher.
BM: 2010,7081.649.
[Ref: 60142] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Washerwomen. De la collection de C. Leviez.
Pillement inv.t et delin. P.C. Canot sculp.t.
Published according to Act of Parliament Sep.r 30, 1757. London, Sold at the Golden Head, Little Chapple Street, Soho.
Etching. 200 x 295mm (8 x 11¾"), very large margins.
Women standing in a wooden platform above a bay.
Gordon Smith: 47. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60321] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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