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[Abraham stopped from sacrificing Isaac.]
Bickham Jn.r fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Etching. Sheet 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate.
An untitled plate of the angel of the Lord interrupting the sacrifice.
[Ref: 65257] £45.00
(£54.00 incl.VAT)
The Bruising Match by Hemskerck. Le Combat a Coup de Pogno par Hemskerck.
Printed for John Bowles at ye Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1750].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate
Two men brawl in a yard, probably outside a Dutch inn, with another man holding back onlookers. Signs of erasure in the inscription area suggest an earlier, unknown state. The BM & Lennox-Boyd suggest the engraver was Isaac Becket. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64831] £450.00
Creusa appearing to Aeneas.
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
London Publysh'd Jan.y, 7, 1803, by H. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Scarce mezzotint, 550 x 430mm (22 x 17"), with large margins. Creasing and surface dirt. Tears in margins repaired with acid free tape.
Aeneas, clad in armor, gazes upwards to the right as he steps forward, arms outstretched in an attempt to embrace Creusa. She hovers in mid-air, her body bare, a veil swirling around her as she looks down at him from the right. In the distance, the flames of Troy rage. A crudely reworked version published by Hannah Macklin. Whitman 226. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65221] £320.00
Creusa appearing to Aeneas.
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
[London Publysh'd Jan.y, 7, 1803, by H. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.]
Scarce mezzotint, card 635 x 520mm (25 x 20½"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line and laid on card.
Aeneas, clad in armor, gazes upwards to the right as he steps forward, arms outstretched in an attempt to embrace Creusa. She hovers in mid-air, her body bare, a veil swirling around her as she looks down at him from the right. In the distance, the flames of Troy rage. A crudely reworked version published by Hannah Macklin. Whitman 226. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65223] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cupid. "As bards have seen him in thier dreams. Down the blue Ganges laughing glide. Upon a rosy lotus wreath. Catching fresh lustre from the tide. That with his image shon beneath." Vide Lalla Rookh (The Light of the Harem.)
Painted by H.W. Pickersgill Esq.r R.A. Engraved by W. Say. Eng.r to H.R.H the Duke of Gloucester.
London Published Feb.ry 1.st 1827, by the Engraver 9 Mortimer Street.
Mezzotint on india, 260 x 225mm (10¼ x 8¾"), with large margins.
A young Cupid sits amidst lilies in a pond, aiming his arrow forward. In the background, waterfalls cascade and trees frame the scene. The design is enclosed within a circular border. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65164] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Good Man at the Hour of Death. Let me die the death of the Righteous and let my last end be like his. Numb. Ch. XXIII. ver. 10.
[after Francis Hayman.]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, N.º 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1730]
Mezzotint with superb hand colour, watermark 1811. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Tear entering plate on right and others in margin taped.
The 'Good Man' lies in bed surrounded by books. He is approached by Old Father Time, who holds out an hourglass that has nearly finished its cycle. After a lost painting entitled 'The Death of a Christian', made in the mid-1740s for Jonathan Tyers (1702-67, proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens), at Denbies, near Dorking, Surrey. In contrast to the frivolity of Vauxhall, the Gothic garden at Denbies was named 'The Valley of the Shadow of Death'.
[Ref: 65254] £590.00
[The Dunciad] Here strip my Children! here at one leap in / Here prove who best can dash thro' thick & Thin. / Dunciad Book III.
[engraved by Charles Grignon after Francis Hayman.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with etching. Sheet 125 x 75mm (5 x 3"). Trimmed.
Men prepare to swim in a canal. The frontispiece to Volume III of Alexander Pope's 'The Dunciad'.
[Ref: 65149] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
[A man with two young boys.]
Bickham Jn.r fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Etching. Sheet 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate.
An untitled plate.
[Ref: 65258] £45.00
(£54.00 incl.VAT)
The Encampment of King Henry VIII at Marquison, July MDXLIV. Engraved from a Coeval Painting, at Cowdray in Sussex, the Seat of Lord Viscount Montague.
Drawn from the Original, by S.H. Grimm. Engraved by James Basire, 1788.
Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariorum Londini. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 23rd April, 1788.
Engraving. 565 x 460mm (22¼" x 18"). Repaired tears mainly left. Small margins.
From a series prints engraved from paintings at Cowdray.
[Ref: 65319] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Market Girl.
H. Bunbury Esqr. Delint. Engraved by G. Shepheard.
London, Publish'd June 1st, 1791, by W: Dickinson No:24 Old Bond Street.
Stipple with etching, in brown ink, sheet 440 x 325mm (17½ x 12¾"). Trimmed inside plate on right.
A girl kneeling before a fence with a dog beside her, her hand on a basket containing a goose. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
[Ref: 65182] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Phaëthon.
G.Stubbs Pinx.t. B. Green [fecit].
[Sold by Ryland and Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill [n.d., c.1766].
Mezzotint. 435 x 550mm (17 x 21¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line and some text, damage to text, repaired tear.
Phaethon, son of Helios, drives the chariot of of the sun, drawn by four horses. Lightning crosses the sky behind. The first version of this picture to be engraved by Green Lennox-Boyd: 3, ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64881] £420.00
Phaeton. From an Original Picture of M.r Stubbs.
GSP. BG f. G.Stubbs Pinx.t. B. Green delin & fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 14 Novem.r 1776.
Mezzotint. 445 x 560mm (17½ x 22"). Repaired tears, two worn holes. creasing, narrow margins. Damaged.
Phaethon, son of Helios, drives the chariot of of the sun, drawn by four horses. Lightning crosses the sky behind. The second version of this picture to be engraved by Green Lennox-Boyd: 8, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64872] £420.00
Valentine's Day.
Painted by George Morland. Engraved by J. Dean.
Published Nov.r 15.th 1787 by J. Dean Bentick Street Soho.
Rare mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"). Repaired tears, crack in top platemark, creases.
A scene outside a cottage, with an old woman leaning out over the door, advising a young woman who sits in front, holding a ribbon and gesturing towards a young man, who turns to walk away, looking back over his shoulder, his cane under his arm. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64870] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Valentine's Day.
Painted by George Morland. Engraved by J. Dean.
Published Nov.r 15.th 1787 by J. Dean Bentick Street Soho.
Rare mezzotint. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼").
A scene outside a cottage, with an old woman leaning out over the door, advising a young woman who sits in front, holding a ribbon and gesturing towards a young man, who turns to walk away, looking back over his shoulder, his cane under his arm. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's 1997.
[Ref: 64871] £380.00
[Venus.] Iam Cytherea Choros ducit Venus, imminente Luna: Junctaeque Nymphis Gratiae decentes, Alterno Terram quatiunt Pede. Hor.
N.Blackey inven.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"), with large margins.
A mythological scene depicting Venus leading her chorus line, a low moon above them.
[Ref: 65309] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Idyllic scene] From a Picture by Watteau in the possession of M.r Canton.
J. Pye Sculp.
Published Jan: 1.st 1774 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 190mm (6¾ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate on three sides.
A group of young people gather around a statue in an Italianate parkland, one playing a guitar.
[Ref: 65314] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
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