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African Hospitality.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
London: Pub.d. March 24, 1814, by S. Morgan N.º 32, Clipstone Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 480 x 655mm (18¾ x 25¾") very large margins. Tear entering inscription area bottom left taped; some creasing and surface soiling.
African natives rescue English passengers from a shipwreck, lighting bolts behind. A scene published as a contrasting pair to Morland's 'Slave Trade', which depicted the brutality of the slavers. When Morland's original painting of 'Slave Trade' was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1788 it was the first expression of abolitionist protest in the visual arts, a departure from Morland's usual English rural scenes. The publication of the two mezzotints based on the paintings was a departure for Smith: for the first time he embarked on a subscription scheme to pay for publication of prints. Fortunately for his business, which was suffering from the closure of the European market by the French Revolution, the prints were published during the peak of anti-slavery fervour was reaching its peak between 1788 and 1792 Frankau: 5, iii of iii; D'Oench, 314 and Chapter 5, 'The Slavery Prints'. Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 62700] £950.00
[Alchemist] Die Arsnen [?] Kunst. La Pharmacie.
Jacob Wangner Sculp. Inventé et peint par J. La Jouë.
[Augsburg c.1740.]
Scarce engraving. Sheet 285 x 355mm (11¼ x 14"). Trimmed within plate at bottom with loss of imprint.
The interior of an apothecary's workshop, with an oven, stills, books and animals hanging from the ceiling. This is a German edition of one of a series of allegorical prints of the arts and sciences after Jacques de Lajoue (1686 - 1761), a French decorative rococo painter, engraved by Charles Nicolas Cochin and published by the verve Chéreau in Paris during the 1730s.
[Ref: 63128] £680.00
A Representation of the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen and Common Council.
H. Gravelot inv. et Sculps.
Published according to Act of Parliament July 30 1750. Sold by W. H. Toms Engraver at the Golden Head over against Surgeons Hall near Ludgate-Hill. Price 6d.
Etching. 275 x 145mm (10¾ x 5¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper, large margins.
An interior view of the Lord Mayor, Court of Alderman and Common Council.
[Ref: 63130] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Boar Hunting. In his Majesty's Collection at the Royal Apartments Windsor Castle.
Snyders Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Gabriel Smith, Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 2.d 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Etching with engraving, printed in colours. 485 x 620mm (19 x 24½"), with large margins. Laid on board. Some foxing top of outside margin.
A dramatic image showing a pack of dogs bringing down a boar, after a painting by Frans Snyders (1579-1657) dated 1653. Bought by Charles II, it is now in the Public Dining Room, Hampton Court Palace. Gabriel Smith engraved the plate from a preparatory drawing by John Boydell's nephew, Josiah, three years before he became a partner in the family firm. See Royal Collection RCIN 405557.
[Ref: 62660] £360.00
[The Dancing Nymphs.]
P: V.p Werff pinx.t An.o 1717. Edv.s Fisher sculp.t Londini, 1776.
Publish'd Jan.y 13,,th 1777, & Sold by E,, Fisher, at the Golden Head, the South Side of Leicester Fields.
Fine mezzotint. 440 x 320mm (16½ x 12¼"), with large margins.
Two semi-naked nymphs dancing hand-in-hand, accompanied by a naked youth playing a flute. To the right is a herm. After a painting by Pieter van der Werff (1665-1722), now in Dulwich Picture Gallery. An example of the first state; for the second the publication line was erased, to be replaced by a separate inscription plate.
[Ref: 62705] £480.00
Absalom's Submission to his father King David, for Pardon of the Assassination of his Brother Amnon, in Revenge of his having forced his Sister Tamar. 11 Sam: CHap 14. Ver:33.
Ferd,,s Boll Pinxit. J.G. Haid fecit. J. Boydell excudit.
Publish'd by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London. Aug,,t 20. 1766.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"). Some spotting in small margins.
King David forgives his third son, Absalom, who has returned after three years in exile, for the murder of his eldest son. Absalom later revolts against David and is killed.
[Ref: 63121] £680.00
[Marriage of Louise Elisabeth of France with Philip infant of Spain] Coupe du Batiment de l'Hôtel de Ville Veu en Perspective sur sa Longueur ou sont Réprésentées les Décorations et Illuminations de la Cour et des Salles ou s'est Donné Le Bal la Nuit du XXX au XXXI Aoust MDCCXXIX. Cette Feste Donnée par La Ville de Paris a l'occasion du Mariage de Madame Louise Elzabeth de France, et de Dom Philippe Infant d'Espagne.
Inventé par Salley. dessiné et gravé par J F Blondel.
[Paris: P. G. Le Mercier, 1740.]
Etching, 18th century watermark, central crease as issued. 510 x 830mm (20 x 32¾"), with large margins.
A cross section of the Hôtel de Ville, showing the ball celebrating the 1739 marriage of Louise-Élisabeth, eldest daughter of Louis XV, and Philip, son of Philp V of Spain, who became Duke of Parma in 1748. Orchestra on the right. The last plate of thirteen of 'Description des Festes données par la Ville de Paris à l'occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France et de Dom Philippe, Infant'.
[Ref: 62653] £360.00
[Marriage of Louise Elisabeth of France with Philip infant of Spain] Veue Génerale des Décorations, illuminations et feux d'Artifice, de la feste Donnée par la Ville de Paris sur la Riviere de Seine en presence de leurs Majestés le Vingt Neuf Aoust Mil Cent Sept Cent Trente Neuf a l'occasion du Mariage de Madame Louise Elzabeth de France, et de Dom Philippe Infant d'Espagne.
Inventé par Salley. dessiné et gravé par J F Blondel.
[Paris: P. G. Le Mercier, 1740.]
Etching. 520 x 830mm (20½ x 32¾"), with large margins. Tear entering plate taped, two printer's creases entering image. Central crease as issued.
A large etching depicting the fireworks on the Seine in Paris celebrating the 1739 marriage of Louise-Élisabeth, eldest daughter of Louis XV, and Philip, son of Philp V of Spain, who became Duke of Parma in 1748. Plate IX of thirteen of 'Description des Festes données par la Ville de Paris à l'occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France et de Dom Philippe, Infant'.
[Ref: 62652] £490.00
[Marriage of Louise Elisabeth of France with Philip infant of Spain] Coupe du Batiment de l'Hôtel de Ville Veu en Perspective sur sa Largeur ou sont Réprésentées les Décorations et Illuminations de la Cour ou s'est Donné Le Bal la Nuit du XXX au XXXI Aoust MDCCXXIX. Cette Feste Donnée par La Ville de Paris a l'occasion du Mariage de Madame Louise Elzabeth de France, et de Dom Philippe Infant d'Espagne.
Inventé par Salley. dessiné et gravé par J F Blondel.
[Paris: P. G. Le Mercier, 1740.]
Etching, central crease as issued. 520 x 705mm (20½ x 27¾"), with large margins. Small tear in edge.
A cross section of the Hôtel de Ville, showing the ball celebrating the 1739 marriage of Louise-Élisabeth, eldest daughter of Louis XV, and Philip, son of Philp V of Spain, who became Duke of Parma in 1748. Plate XII of thirteen of 'Description des Festes données par la Ville de Paris à l'occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France et de Dom Philippe, Infant'.
[Ref: 62654] £360.00
Glaucus. Glaucus de Pescheur qu'il estoit devient Dieum Marin, pour avoir mangé d'une certaine Herbe, qui avoit redonné la vie a de petits Possons. Ovid. Metam. l. 13. Nonnus l. 35.
P. Breb fig [Pierre Brébiette]. C. Blomart sculp.
A Paris chez P. Mariette le files, rue S. Jacques aux colomnes d'Hercule [n.c., c.1660].
Etching. Sheet 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate, backed with paper.
Glaucus was a fisherman who was made immortal when he ate certain herbs. He is depicted with long hair and a fish's tail, holding the herbs.
[Ref: 62681] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[The Glorious Revolution] Vertrek van S.K.H. Na Engeland, den 11. Nov. 1688. Depart de S.A.R. Pour Angleterre, Le 11. No. 1688. Aenkomst van S.K.H.D.P. van Orangie in Engeland,m den 15. en 16. Nov. Nov. 1688. Arrivement de S.A.R. en Angleterre, le 15. et 16. No. 1688.
R. de Hooge f.
Edit. à J. Covens et C. Mortier [n.d., c.1728].
Etching. 450 x 550mm (16¾ x 21¾"). Laid on card.
Two scenes of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, titled vertically, divided by a medallion portrait of William of Orange and keys in Dutch and French. Above is William and Mary's departure with a large Dutch fleet; below is their arrival at Brixham. Dutch painter and etcher Romeyn de Hoohe (1645-1708) was employed by William III as a propagandist during the Glorious Revolution, producing elaborate scenes of William's triumphant arrival in England such as this, as well as satires attacking James II and Louis XIV. First published in 1688, this example comes from Isaac De Larrey's 'Geschiedenis van Engelandt, Schotlandt en Ierlandt'. Landwehr 14, state ii.
[Ref: 62651] £650.00
The Happy Father.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculps.
LondonL Published as the Act directs, 1 March 1785, by W. Byrne, N.º 79, Titchfield Street.
Stipple. 215 x 230mm (8½ x 9"), large margins left & right. Trimmed into plate at bottom, close to plate at top, some creasing.
Parents with four infant children.
[Ref: 63009] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Jeanne d'Arc, blessée à la gorge
Bosio peintre. Imp Lithogr: de G. Engelmann rue Cassette Nº 18 a Paris.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Lithograph. Sheet 330 x 385mm (13 x 15¼"). Some surface soiling.
A stylised scene of Joan of Arc leading the French army at the Siege of Orleans, wounded in the throat.
[Ref: 63135] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange] Tom Houlaghan's Guardian Sprite.
[Monogram of John Leech.]
[London: Douglas Jerrold, 1845.]
Etching with hand-colouring. Sheet 270 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Mounted in original album paper.
A old, blind Irishman sits under a tree, peacock feather in his hand, surrounded by green sprites with wings and antennae.A bizarre illustration which accompanied one of the 'Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange' in Vol II of 'The Illuminated Magazine'. The artist, prolific Victorian book-illustrator John Leech (1817-64)m is best-known for his work with Dickens. The full story is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 62676] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange] Geoffry the Diver.
J. Leech.
[London: Douglas Jerrold, 1845.]
Etching with hand-colouring. Sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Mounted in original album paper.
A naked man retrieves a brass cup from a castle submerged in a lake, narrowly avoiding a water monster. A bizarre illustration which accompanied one of the 'Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange' in Vol II of 'The Illuminated Magazine'. The artist, prolific Victorian book-illustrator John Leech (1817-64), is best-known for his work with Dickens. The full story is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 62675] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Lazarus of Bethany.] Pater, gratis ago tibi, quod me audieris. Ego vero sciebam me semper à te audiri; sed propter turbam circumstantem hoc dixi, ut credant me à te missum esse.
J.J. Haid et filius excud A.V. [Augsburg c.1760.]
Rare mezzotint. 395 x 305mm (15½ x 12"), large margins. Some creasing, tiny worm hole in image.
Jesus prays to God to raise Lazarus from the grave, ''so that they might believe that I was sent to you''. Two hands lift up from the tomb. To the right is a crowd of Jewish mourners, including a black woman.
[Ref: 63124] £360.00
[Mary Magdelene?]
[by Karl Friedrich Holzman after Johann Eleazar Zeissig (Schenau).]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching with tone plate. Sheet 105 x 75mm (4 x 3"). Trimmed into image, laid on 19th century mount.
A woman prostrates before a cross, book and skull. The attribution is written in pencil on reverse.
[Ref: 62918] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Nearing Home.]
HD. [Herbert Dicksee.]
[Bristol: Frost & Reed, 1901.]
Etching, proof on vellum, signed by the artist. 520 x 660mm (20½ x 26"), very large margins.
A shepherd and his dog, driving a flock of sheep along a country lane. Provenance: From the Descendants of Herbert Dicksee.
[Ref: 63078] £490.00
The Ceremony of Lord Nelson's Interment in St Pauls Cathedral, Jan.y 9.th 1806.
Drawn by W.m Orme from a sketch made on the spot by the Rev.d Holt Waring. J. Clark & J. Hamble sculp.t.
Published & Sold Feb.y 20.th 1806 by Edw.d Orme Bond Street, the corner of Brook Street, London.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 505 x 370mm (20 x 14½''), with large margins, watermarked "E & P 1801.
An interior view of St Paul's Cathedral showing the funeral of Lord Nelson in 1806. A plate from 'Orme's Graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson...' 1806. Abbey Life 327.
[Ref: 62671] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Sons of Business
Craig, Del.t. E. Smith sculp.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet 245 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate, corners snipped.
A book plate depicting Jesus watching over the 'Sons of Business' from a cloud. One son is an auctioneer selling art, the other a haberdasher.
[Ref: 63136] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Specimens of Painting from St. Stephen's Chapel.
Drawn & Engraven by J. T. Smith.
London. Published as the Act directs 1st January 1804, by John Thomas Smith No.36, Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint with gilt highlights. 240 x 285 (9½ x 11¾").
Section of wall painting showing the adoration of the shepherds, recorded before the enlargement of the House of Commons in 1800; illustration to the 'Antiquities of Westminster'.
[Ref: 63193] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Against the Wind and Open Sky.]
Herbert Dicksee [signed in pencil].
[Published at 8 Clare Street, Bristol, by Frost & Reed, Printsellers of Bristol, Clifton & London, June 1st 1900.]
Etching, proof before letters, printed on vellum. 300 x 565mm (11¾ x 22¼").
Three horses drag a plough, led by a small boy. Provenance: From the Descendants of Herbert Dicksee.
[Ref: 63081] £480.00
[The Wounded Soldier.]
Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature].
Published at 8, Clare Street, Bristol, by Frost & Reed Ltd, Print Sellers of Bristol and London, May 19th 1915 Copyright. Copyright 1915 by Frost & Reed Ltd (of Bristol, England,) in the United States vof America.
Fine & scarce etching, proof on vellum, signed by the artist in pencil. 500 x 615mm (19¾ 24¼"), very large margins. Mint.
A trained service dog finds a wounded soldier lying in a field. Provenance: From the Descendants of Herbert Dicksee.
[Ref: 63080] £850.00
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