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![[Adam & Eve.]](jpegs/65561.jpg)
[Adam & Eve.]
A. Bloemaert in. J. Saenredam Sculp.
Isack Houwens excudit [n.d., c.1650].
Etching. 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Thread margins.
Adam and eve at work, having been expelled from the Garden of Eden. Adam digs with a spade, Eve spins and Cain and Abel tend a vegetable patch. Behind is a farmstead with other figures. First published c.1604, this example has Houwens' name added.
See BM 1856,0815.55 for the first issue.
[Ref: 65561] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. Bloemaert in. J. Saenredam Sculp.
Isack Houwens excudit [n.d., c.1650].
Etching. 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Thread margins.
Adam and eve at work, having been expelled from the Garden of Eden. Adam digs with a spade, Eve spins and Cain and Abel tend a vegetable patch. Behind is a farmstead with other figures. First published c.1604, this example has Houwens' name added.
See BM 1856,0815.55 for the first issue.
[Ref: 65561] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Bachus. [Bacchus.]
Van Dyk pinx. B.Lens fe. I.Beckett.
[n.d, c.1680.] Printed & Sold by John King at the Globe in the Poultrey London.
Scarce mezzotint. 315 x 225mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed close to plate. Stain in upper right corner.
The infant Bacchus rides on the back of a leopard which is led by a naked amoretto, another supports Bacchus and a third stands at the back drinking from a jug. Bacchus is the Roman God of agruculture, wine and festivity.
State ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65536] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Van Dyk pinx. B.Lens fe. I.Beckett.
[n.d, c.1680.] Printed & Sold by John King at the Globe in the Poultrey London.
Scarce mezzotint. 315 x 225mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed close to plate. Stain in upper right corner.
The infant Bacchus rides on the back of a leopard which is led by a naked amoretto, another supports Bacchus and a third stands at the back drinking from a jug. Bacchus is the Roman God of agruculture, wine and festivity.
State ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65536] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cupid & Pshiche. [Cupid & Pysche.]
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett after Alessandro Turchi, called Veronses.] J.Smith ex. Alex Veronese pinxit.
[n.d, c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 330 x 255mm (13 x 10"). Some creasing.
Cupid lies on a bed, his eyes shut. Behind him is the figure of Psyche, in her right hand she carries a lamp and he left hand is outstretched to the right.
ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wessely 343 ii of iii.
[Ref: 65534] £320.00
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett after Alessandro Turchi, called Veronses.] J.Smith ex. Alex Veronese pinxit.
[n.d, c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 330 x 255mm (13 x 10"). Some creasing.
Cupid lies on a bed, his eyes shut. Behind him is the figure of Psyche, in her right hand she carries a lamp and he left hand is outstretched to the right.
ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wessely 343 ii of iii.
[Ref: 65534] £320.00
Cupid and Psyches.
An: van Dyke Eques pinx. B Lens fe.
[E Cooper ex:] [n.d, c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 330 x 250mm (13 x 10") on 17th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate. Creases. Abrasion in Cupid's leg. Staining.
Psyche lays naked and asleep on the ground with a small open box in her hand. Cupid runs towards her with a bow in his right hand and his left arm outstretched.
State iii of iv with Cooper's excudit imperfectly erased. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65535] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
An: van Dyke Eques pinx. B Lens fe.
[E Cooper ex:] [n.d, c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 330 x 250mm (13 x 10") on 17th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate. Creases. Abrasion in Cupid's leg. Staining.
Psyche lays naked and asleep on the ground with a small open box in her hand. Cupid runs towards her with a bow in his right hand and his left arm outstretched.
State iii of iv with Cooper's excudit imperfectly erased. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65535] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Cupid and Psicah.
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett after Paolo Caliar, called Veronese.]
[n.d, c.1680.] Sold by J.Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street.
Mezzotint. 330 x 250mm (13 x 10"), large margins.
Pysche sits in the centre, her eyes closed, behind her is the figure of Cupid, who looks down upon her.
ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65537] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett after Paolo Caliar, called Veronese.]
[n.d, c.1680.] Sold by J.Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street.
Mezzotint. 330 x 250mm (13 x 10"), large margins.
Pysche sits in the centre, her eyes closed, behind her is the figure of Cupid, who looks down upon her.
ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65537] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Gunpowder Plot]. Eigentliche Abbildung wie ettlich englische Edelleut einen Raht schließen den König sampt dem gantzen Parlament mit Pulfer zuvertilgen.](jpegs/65363.jpg)
[The Gunpowder Plot]. Eigentliche Abbildung wie ettlich englische Edelleut einen Raht schließen den König sampt dem gantzen Parlament mit Pulfer zuvertilgen.
[Cologne: Abraham Hogenberg, n.d., c.1606.]
A rare engraved broadsheet. Sheet 265 x 315mm (10½ x 12½"). Thread margins, laid on album paper and card at sides.
An account of the Gunpowder Plot, with portraits of eight of the plotters, including the leader Robert Catesby and the more famous Guy (Guido) Fawkes, and depictions of their executions. From Abraham Hogenberg's 'Geschichtsblätter', a series of prints of important events.
BM: 1848,0911.451. From the collection of Peter Jackson.
[Ref: 65363] £520.00
[Cologne: Abraham Hogenberg, n.d., c.1606.]
A rare engraved broadsheet. Sheet 265 x 315mm (10½ x 12½"). Thread margins, laid on album paper and card at sides.
An account of the Gunpowder Plot, with portraits of eight of the plotters, including the leader Robert Catesby and the more famous Guy (Guido) Fawkes, and depictions of their executions. From Abraham Hogenberg's 'Geschichtsblätter', a series of prints of important events.
BM: 1848,0911.451. From the collection of Peter Jackson.
[Ref: 65363] £520.00
The Judgement of Paris.
P Lely Eques delin: B.Lens fecit.
E. Cooper excudit Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1700]
Very rare mezzotint, 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Small margins. Two printers' creases top left.
The shepherd Paris sits on the left beneath a tree, holding a staff and offering an apple to Venus, who stands in front of him with her infant son Cupid by her side. Behind her, Mars, clad in armor, looks over his shoulder at her rival Juno, who sits disgruntled in a chariot on the right, a peacock grazing nearby. In the left foreground, the third contender for the prize of beauty, Athena, is seated. Mercury stands behind Paris, gazing back over his shoulder while pointing at Venus, and two nymphs stand arm-in-arm behind him. From the upper right, four putti descend with garlands.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65527] £380.00
P Lely Eques delin: B.Lens fecit.
E. Cooper excudit Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1700]
Very rare mezzotint, 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Small margins. Two printers' creases top left.
The shepherd Paris sits on the left beneath a tree, holding a staff and offering an apple to Venus, who stands in front of him with her infant son Cupid by her side. Behind her, Mars, clad in armor, looks over his shoulder at her rival Juno, who sits disgruntled in a chariot on the right, a peacock grazing nearby. In the left foreground, the third contender for the prize of beauty, Athena, is seated. Mercury stands behind Paris, gazing back over his shoulder while pointing at Venus, and two nymphs stand arm-in-arm behind him. From the upper right, four putti descend with garlands.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65527] £380.00
Tarquin & Lucretia.
W De Rÿck pinx. J. Smith fec et ex.
[n.d., c.1688.]
Very fine and scarce mezzotint. 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Small margins.
The Rape of Lucretia, with Tarquin kneeling above a naked Lucretia, knife in hand. According to Roman tradition the Rape of Lucretia precipitated a rebellion that overthrew the Roman monarchy and led to the transition of Roman government from a kingdom to a republic.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65528] £360.00
W De Rÿck pinx. J. Smith fec et ex.
[n.d., c.1688.]
Very fine and scarce mezzotint. 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Small margins.
The Rape of Lucretia, with Tarquin kneeling above a naked Lucretia, knife in hand. According to Roman tradition the Rape of Lucretia precipitated a rebellion that overthrew the Roman monarchy and led to the transition of Roman government from a kingdom to a republic.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65528] £360.00
![[Dionysus and Semele.]](jpegs/65307.jpg)
[Dionysus and Semele.]
B: Lens F.
[n.d., c.1700.] Sold by W.Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge.
Rare mezzotint. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"), large margins. Crease across upper image and small tear in upper margins into plate.
Semele sitting under a tree on the right, holding a bunch of grapes and looking at a satyr which leans over the tree trunk, smiling at the infant Bacchus who stands by his mother's knee.
[Ref: 65307] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
B: Lens F.
[n.d., c.1700.] Sold by W.Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge.
Rare mezzotint. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"), large margins. Crease across upper image and small tear in upper margins into plate.
Semele sitting under a tree on the right, holding a bunch of grapes and looking at a satyr which leans over the tree trunk, smiling at the infant Bacchus who stands by his mother's knee.
[Ref: 65307] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Aeneas meets Andromache.]](jpegs/65521.jpg)
[Aeneas meets Andromache.] Vivo equidem, vitamque extrema per omnia duco/Ne dubita; nam vera vides/Heu quis te cafus [...]
F.Cleyn inv. W.Hollar fecit.
[n.d., c.1650.] Hono Do: Dominae Elizabethœ Hutton de Hutton Panell Co Ebor: Tabula merito votiura.
Engraving. Sheet 305 x 195mm (12 x 7¾"). Stain upper left of image. Very small hole in lower centre repaired with acid free tape. Some creasing.
A scene depicting Andromache accompanied by a lady, addressing Aeneas. Four figures stand in shadows of trees on the left, the central one covered with floral wreaths, and soldiers led by Helenus approaching down a slope from a castle in background. Illustration to John Ogilby's 'The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro.'
Pennington 306 iv of v. Collector's Mark verso.
[Ref: 65521] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
F.Cleyn inv. W.Hollar fecit.
[n.d., c.1650.] Hono Do: Dominae Elizabethœ Hutton de Hutton Panell Co Ebor: Tabula merito votiura.
Engraving. Sheet 305 x 195mm (12 x 7¾"). Stain upper left of image. Very small hole in lower centre repaired with acid free tape. Some creasing.
A scene depicting Andromache accompanied by a lady, addressing Aeneas. Four figures stand in shadows of trees on the left, the central one covered with floral wreaths, and soldiers led by Helenus approaching down a slope from a castle in background. Illustration to John Ogilby's 'The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro.'
Pennington 306 iv of v. Collector's Mark verso.
[Ref: 65521] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Aeneas meets Andromache.]](jpegs/65522.jpg)
[Aeneas meets Andromache.] Vivo equidem, vitamque extrema per omnia duco/Ne dubita; nam vera vides/Heu quis te cafus [...]
F.Cleyn inv. W.Hollar fecit.
[n.d., c.1650.] To The Honble Dr. Jon. Montague Master of Trinity College in Cambridge.
Engraving. 300 x 195mm (11¾ x 7¾"), large margins.
A scene depicting Andromache accompanied by a lady, addressing Aeneas. Four figures stand in shadows of trees on the left, the central one covered with floral wreaths, and soldiers led by Helenus approaching down a slope from a castle in background. Illustration to John Ogilby's 'The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro.'
Pennington 306 v of v.
[Ref: 65522] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
F.Cleyn inv. W.Hollar fecit.
[n.d., c.1650.] To The Honble Dr. Jon. Montague Master of Trinity College in Cambridge.
Engraving. 300 x 195mm (11¾ x 7¾"), large margins.
A scene depicting Andromache accompanied by a lady, addressing Aeneas. Four figures stand in shadows of trees on the left, the central one covered with floral wreaths, and soldiers led by Helenus approaching down a slope from a castle in background. Illustration to John Ogilby's 'The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro.'
Pennington 306 v of v.
[Ref: 65522] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![No more Fair Nymph [...]](jpegs/65533.jpg)
No more Fair Nymph [...] Thy own bright Beauties boast, Which now another Eye has all engrost, While Thou dos't in the Stream thy self survey, The Theivish Peerer steals thy self away; Who tho he cannot value what he sees, Enjoys what Kings would beg upon their Knees.
Henricus Prosperus Lankrinck Pinxit. [Alexander Browne.]
[n.d., c.1680.] Sold by J.Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed close to plate. Faint creases on right bottom. Taped into mount at top.
A woman, nude apart from a sheet, bathing by a pool in a wooded area. Above and behind her is a male figure in a tree holding a large sheet, and in the background to the left a clothed male peers through the trees.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wessely 390
[Ref: 65533] £350.00
Henricus Prosperus Lankrinck Pinxit. [Alexander Browne.]
[n.d., c.1680.] Sold by J.Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed close to plate. Faint creases on right bottom. Taped into mount at top.
A woman, nude apart from a sheet, bathing by a pool in a wooded area. Above and behind her is a male figure in a tree holding a large sheet, and in the background to the left a clothed male peers through the trees.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wessely 390
[Ref: 65533] £350.00
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![[The beheading of the Duke of Monmouth.]](jpegs/65274.jpg)
[The beheading of the Duke of Monmouth.] Den Hartog van Montmouts binnen Londen met de by l opentlyk onthalst den 25. July 1685./Le Due de Mommouth est decapite a Londres en public le 25 Julliet 1685.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"). Trimmed close to image. Crease in upper left corner.
Scene depicting the Duke of Monmouth's public beheading on the 25th July 1685. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (1649 - 1685) was an English nobleman and military officer. He led the unsuccessful Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, an attempt to depose his uncle King James II and VII. The rebellion failed, and Monmouth was beheaded for treason on 15 July 1685.
[Ref: 65274] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"). Trimmed close to image. Crease in upper left corner.
Scene depicting the Duke of Monmouth's public beheading on the 25th July 1685. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (1649 - 1685) was an English nobleman and military officer. He led the unsuccessful Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, an attempt to depose his uncle King James II and VII. The rebellion failed, and Monmouth was beheaded for treason on 15 July 1685.
[Ref: 65274] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Young Woman before a Mirror.]](jpegs/65335.jpg)
[Young Woman before a Mirror.]
G. Schalcken Pinx. N. Verkolje Fecit.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"), on wove paper.
A young woman sits at her toilet table by candle-light, trying on an earring in front of mirror held by elderly servant, as a young man holds a feather over her head
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65335] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G. Schalcken Pinx. N. Verkolje Fecit.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"), on wove paper.
A young woman sits at her toilet table by candle-light, trying on an earring in front of mirror held by elderly servant, as a young man holds a feather over her head
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65335] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Premier Tableau. L'Ambarquement des Grecs après la prise de Troye. Hist. de l'Acad. des Bell. Lettr. t. XXVII, p.34.
Dessiné et fravé par le Lorrain.
[n.d., 1757.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 245 x 390mm (9¾ x 15¼"). Original binding folds.
A view of the Greeks sacking Troy, slighting the walls, and carrying away captives. A 19-point key highlights the important features of the scene.
[Ref: 65565] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné et fravé par le Lorrain.
[n.d., 1757.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 245 x 390mm (9¾ x 15¼"). Original binding folds.
A view of the Greeks sacking Troy, slighting the walls, and carrying away captives. A 19-point key highlights the important features of the scene.
[Ref: 65565] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[William III.]](jpegs/65526.jpg)
[William III.] Reception de sa Majeste au Pont Du Westendel.
[Etched by Romeyn de Hooghe.]
[Published in 1691 by Arnold Leers.]
Fine etching. 435 x 325mm (17 x 12¾"). A fold down the centre of image as normal. Some very small damage to edges.
A scene depicting William III arriving in the Hague at the Westeinde. The royal carriage welcomed by officials as a procession approaches the bridge over the frozen canal. From a series of fifteen book-illustrations to Bidloo's "Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III in Holland" first published in The Hague by Arnold Leers in 1691.
[Ref: 65526] £320.00
[Etched by Romeyn de Hooghe.]
[Published in 1691 by Arnold Leers.]
Fine etching. 435 x 325mm (17 x 12¾"). A fold down the centre of image as normal. Some very small damage to edges.
A scene depicting William III arriving in the Hague at the Westeinde. The royal carriage welcomed by officials as a procession approaches the bridge over the frozen canal. From a series of fifteen book-illustrations to Bidloo's "Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III in Holland" first published in The Hague by Arnold Leers in 1691.
[Ref: 65526] £320.00