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[Boy blowing charcoal]
[Boy blowing charcoal] Done from the Original Painting at Althrop, in the Collection of John Spencer Esq.r To Whom this Plate is humbly Dedicated, by His Obliged & most humb,,ble Serv,,t. John Faber.
God,,y Schalcken Pinx,,t, W,,m Shipley Delin.t. J. Faber fect 1751.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9").
Thread margins. Attached to backing sheet on left. Cockling and staining where glued.
A chiaroscuro of a boy bit by the charcoal he is blowing on, a candle in his other hand. Godfried Schalcken's original oil remained at Althorp until 1988, when it was purchased by the National Galleries of Scotland (NG 2495), now titled 'A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand to Light a Candle'.
CS, mentioned on p.460. Ex: collections of Oettingen-Wallerstein & Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67246]   £360.00  
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[The First Interview of Telemachus with Calypso.]
[The First Interview of Telemachus with Calypso.]
Printed by B. West 1772. Etch'd by W. Woollett, 1783.
Etching & engraving, unfinished working proof with scratched letters. Sheet 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Trimmed within plate, some surface wear. Ink mss in inscription area.
A scene on a shoreline, with Calypso and her nymphs (some dancing) greet Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, and his tutor Mentor, who have left a floundering ship. This is an impression of a plate left unfinished by Woollett at his death in 1785. An ink inscription also credits John Elmes (1762-1808), Woollett's apprentice. Alexander (Dictionary of British & Irish Engravers) writes that the plate was finally completed forty years later, by Middiman and J.H. Robinson.
BM S,1.13, for same state. Fagan: XCII probably 1st state of vi.
[Ref: 67115]   £380.00  
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[Fisherman by the shore]
[Fisherman by the shore]
Wheatly. 1786. [Etched by Thomas Rowlandson.]
Etching with stipple. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins left & right. Trimmed to plate at bottom, small tear in right margin.
A man sitting with one elbow on a fishing basket, smoking, two women standing above him. A fishing boat is beached to the right. After a drawing by Francis Wheatley, from Rowlandson's scarce 'Imitations of Modern Drawings', etched 1784-88, after various artists.
Grego p.151.
[Ref: 67130]   £490.00  
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Venus crownd by Cupid. [&] Cupid and Psyche.
Venus crownd by Cupid. [&] Cupid and Psyche.
Angelica Kauffmann pinx. P. de Colle scul. ap. N. Vavalli Venezia.
Milano presso P. e. G. Vallardi C.S. Margherita N. 1101.
Pair of etchings. 250 x 245mm (9¾ x 9½"). Stains in margins.
A pair of oval scenes: in the first Cupid crowns Venus with a wreath; in the second Psyche covers the sleeping Cupid with a blanket.
[Ref: 67058]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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[The Jeweller] The Morning Rose, What Shall Poor Harpax Do!
[The Jeweller] The Morning Rose, What Shall Poor Harpax Do! / He Came, he lov'd, enjoy'd the Nymph 'tis true, / All that he wish'd, he had,, but thinks at last, Tis mighty hard to pay for Pleasures past...
P. Mercier pinx. J. Faber fecit 1744.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Mar: 25, 1744.
Mezzotint, fine impression, 18th century watermark. 275 x 325mm (10¾ x 12¾") very large margins. Crease in inscription area, wear in margins with tears taped, paper toned.
A young woman encourages her older admirer to pay for a pair of earrings held by a jeweller. He reluctantly reaches into his money-bag. Behind is a maid carrying a coffee pot and cups on a tray.
CS 411c. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67241]   £360.00  
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[Marie de' Medici] Comme le Lord Maior Acompaignede des Collegues Vient Salver La Reyne luy Faire ses Presens,
[Marie de' Medici] Comme le Lord Maior Acompaignede des Collegues Vient Salver La Reyne luy Faire ses Presens,
[London, George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1639.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 275 x 190mm (111 x 7½"). Laid on album paper.
The Lord Major of London and his collegures are presented to Marie de' Medici (the mother-in-law of Charles I). Having failed to keep political control after her regency for her son Louis XIII ended, Marie fled France. In 1638 she landed at Harwich proceeded to London, where she was given St James's Palace as a residence. She stayed for three years before being driven out by a hostile population. From Jean Puget de la Serre's 'Histoire de l'entrée de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Brétaigne'. Some plates have been attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar.
[Ref: 67195]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Marie de' Medici] Comme le Lord Maior Acompaignede des Collegues Vient Salver La Reyne luy Faire ses Presens,
[Marie de' Medici] Comme le Lord Maior Acompaignede des Collegues Vient Salver La Reyne luy Faire ses Presens,
[London, George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1639.]
Engraving. Sheet 270 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
The Lord Major of London and his colleagues are presented to Marie de' Medici (the mother-in-law of Charles I). Having failed to keep political control after her regency for her son Louis XIII ended, Marie fled France. In 1638 she landed at Harwich proceeded to London, where she was given St James's Palace as a residence. She stayed for three years before being driven out by a hostile population. From Jean Puget de la Serre's 'Histoire de l'entrée de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Brétaigne'. Some plates have been attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar.
[Ref: 67194]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Marie de' Medici at St James's Palace] Comme la Reyne DAngleter Acompaignee se ses Enfans se jette aux Pieds de la Reyne sa Mere A Son Arrivee dans le Paylays de S. James.
[Marie de' Medici at St James's Palace] Comme la Reyne DAngleter Acompaignee se ses Enfans se jette aux Pieds de la Reyne sa Mere A Son Arrivee dans le Paylays de S. James.
[London, George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1639.]
Engraving. 275 x 195mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Laid on album paper. Time stained.
Queen Henrietta Maria and her children kneel at the feet of her mother Marie de' Medici (the mother-in-law of Charles I). Having failed to keep political control after her regency for her son Louis XIII ended, Marie fled France. In 1638 she landed at Harwich proceeded to London, where she was given St James's Palace as a residence. She stayed for three years before being driven out by a hostile population. From Jean Puget de la Serre's 'Histoire de l'entrée de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Brétaigne'. Some plates have been attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar.
[Ref: 67193]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Marie de' Medici at Gidea Hall] La Sortie de la Reyne Acompaigne du Roy de la Grande Bretaigne son Beau fils du Chateau de Gidde Hall.
[Marie de' Medici at Gidea Hall] La Sortie de la Reyne Acompaigne du Roy de la Grande Bretaigne son Beau fils du Chateau de Gidde Hall. P. II. p.24.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving, 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). On paper with partial 17th century watermark.
Carriages gather outside Gidea Hall in Havering, during the visit of Marie de' Medici, mother of Queen Henrietta Maria and so the mother-in-law of Charles I. Having failed to keep political control after her regency for her son Louis XIII ended, Marie fled France. In 1638 she landed at Harwich and stayed at Gidea Hall on the way to London, where she was given St James's Palace as a residence. She stayed for three years before being driven out by a hostile population. A slightly smaller copy of the plate published in Jean Puget de la Serre's 'Histoire de l'entrée de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Brétaigne', 1639.
[Ref: 67192]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Marie de' Medici at Gidea Hall] La Sortie de la Reyne Acompaigne du Roy de la Grande Bretaigne son Beau fils du Chateau de Gidde Hall.
[Marie de' Medici at Gidea Hall] La Sortie de la Reyne Acompaigne du Roy de la Grande Bretaigne son Beau fils du Chateau de Gidde Hall.
[London, George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1639.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Carriages gather outside Gidea Hall in Havering, during the visit of Marie de' Medici, mother of Queen Henrietta Maria and so the mother-in-law of Charles I. Having failed to keep political control after her regency for her son Louis XIII ended, Marie fled France. In 1638 she landed at Harwich and stayed at Gidea Hall on the way to London, where she was given St James's Palace as a residence. She stayed for three years before being driven out by a hostile population. From Jean Puget de la Serre's 'Histoire de l'entrée de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Brétaigne'. Some plates have been attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar.
[Ref: 67191]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Marie de' Medici] Comme Messieurs du Conseil Prive Viennent Salver La Reyne dans sa Chambre.
[Marie de' Medici] Comme Messieurs du Conseil Prive Viennent Salver La Reyne dans sa Chambre.
[London, George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1639.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 275 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½"). Laid on album paper.
The Privy Council pays hommage to Marie de' Medici (the mother-in-law of Charles I), in St James's Palace. Having failed to keep political control after her regency for her son Louis XIII ended, Marie fled France. In 1638 she landed at Harwich proceeded to London, where she was given St James's Palace as a residence. She stayed for three years before being driven out by a hostile population. From Jean Puget de la Serre's 'Histoire de l'entrée de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Brétaigne'. Some plates have been attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar.
[Ref: 67196]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Marie de' Medici] Comme Messieurs du Conseil Prive Viennent Salver La Reyne dans sa Chambre.
[Marie de' Medici] Comme Messieurs du Conseil Prive Viennent Salver La Reyne dans sa Chambre.
[London, George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1639.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
The Privy Council pays hommage to Marie de' Medici (the mother-in-law of Charles I), in St James's Palace. Having failed to keep political control after her regency for her son Louis XIII ended, Marie fled France. In 1638 she landed at Harwich proceeded to London, where she was given St James's Palace as a residence. She stayed for three years before being driven out by a hostile population. From Jean Puget de la Serre's 'Histoire de l'entrée de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Brétaigne'. Some plates have been attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar.
[Ref: 67197]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Marie de' Medici] L'Entree de La Reyne dans La Ville de Colchester.
[Marie de' Medici] L'Entree de La Reyne dans La Ville de Colchester.
[London, George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1639.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted in album paper at edges.
Marie de' Medici (the mother-in-law of Charles I) arrives at Colchester on her way from Harwich to London. Having failed to keep political control after her regency for her son Louis XIII ended, Marie fled France. In 1638 she landed at Harwich proceeded to London, where she was given St James's Palace as a residence. She stayed for three years before being driven out by a hostile population. From Jean Puget de la Serre's 'Histoire de l'entrée de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Brétaigne'. Some plates have been attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar.
[Ref: 67198]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Marie de' Medici] Le Cercle des Leurs Magestes dans la Chambre de Presence a S. James.
[Marie de' Medici] Le Cercle des Leurs Magestes dans la Chambre de Presence a S. James.
[London, George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1639.] [But later]
Engraving. 275 x 195mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Mounted on album paper on left
A scene of Charles I, Henrietta Maria and Marie de' Medici in the audience chamber of St James's Palace. Having failed to keep political control after her regency for her son Louis XIII ended, Marie fled France. In 1638 she landed at Harwich proceeded to London, where she was given St James's Palace as a residence. She stayed for three years before being driven out by a hostile population. From Jean Puget de la Serre's 'Histoire de l'entrée de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Brétaigne'. Some plates have been attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar.
[Ref: 67199]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Moses in the Bulrushes.
Moses in the Bulrushes. In the Gallery of Houghton.
Le Sueur Pinxit. Richard Rad Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1779. Published May 1.st 1779 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple and engraving. 405 x 280mm (16 x 11"), very large margins. Slight creasing in centre.
Pharoah's daughter finds Moses in a basket, caught in the bulrushes.
[Ref: 66878]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Finding of Moses.]
[The Finding of Moses.]
A.Vandyke pinx. J.McArdell fect.
1760.
Fine mezzotint proof before letters. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins.
The finding of Moses. The baby draped in fabric and surrounded by ducks, reaches up to two women who peak through the bushes having found him.
Goodwin 207 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67106]   £490.00  
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[The Tribute Money.]
[The Tribute Money.]
Rembrandt Pinx.t. Js.McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.] From the Original in the Collection of John Blackwood Esq.r.
Mezzotint. 500 x 405mm (19¾ x 16"), large margins
A scene depicting Christ standing to left in outer courts of the Temple amongst priests and scribes, indicating coin held by a chief priest in front of Him.
Goodwin 215 IV of IV. Charington 118. Ex Oettinger-Wallenstein collection Sotheby's
[Ref: 67103]   £320.00  
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[The Tribute Money.]
[The Tribute Money.]
Rembrandt Pinx.t. Js.McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.] From the Original in the Collection of John Blackwood Esq.r.
Fine mezzotint. 500 x 405mm (19¾ x 16"). Small margins
A scene depicting Christ standing to left in outer courts of the Temple amongst priests and scribes, indicating coin held by a chief priest in front of Him.
Goodwin 215 Charington 118. Ex Oettinger-Wallenstein collection Sotheby's
[Ref: 67102]   £420.00  
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The Robin.
The Robin. Engraved by G.H. Phillips from a painting by W.F. Witherington in the possession of Walter Mudge Esq.r.
Printed by Chatfield, Coleman & Co.
London, Published by Messrs. Hurst, Robinson, & Co. 6 Pall Mall. 1826.
Fine mezzotint. 425 x 315mm (16¾ x 12½"). Publisher's blindstamp on bottom platemark, large margins top & bottom. Trimmed into plate at sides.
A man and two children watch a robin.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67160]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Roderick the Last of the Goths.
Roderick the Last of the Goths.
Alfred Woolnoth Del. T. Woolnoth Sculp.
Published Feb.y 1833 by Ackermann & C.º Strand.
Scarce mezzotint on steel. 290 x 235mm (11½ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
A scene from Robert Southey's epic poem, 'Roderick the Last of the Goths'. Having lived as a hermit in penitance for raping Florinda, Roderick, king of the Visigoths, returns to lead the armies of Spain against the Moors, here unseating and killing a Moorish leader.
[Ref: 67166]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Salome with the head of John the Baptist.] And his Head was brought in a Charger and given to ye Damsel & She brought it to her Mother.
[Salome with the head of John the Baptist.] And his Head was brought in a Charger and given to ye Damsel & She brought it to her Mother. Matt.w Chap XIV. Ver. XI. Done from the Painting in his Maj.ties Royal Pallace at Kensington and Dedicated to Henry Lowman Esq.r Housekeeper of the said Pallace by his Oblidged Serv.t John Faber.
Carlo Dulci pinx Aº 1664. J. Faber Fecit 1728.
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") Trimmed to plate, slight loss in top corners.
Salome, dressed in fine Stuart-era clothes, stands holding a platter with the haloed head of John the Baptist. The original painting, by Florentine painter Carlo Dolci (1616-86) still hangs in the King's Drawing Room, Kensington Palace.
CS p.460, mentioned. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67367]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Destruction of Sennacherib. Byron.
Destruction of Sennacherib. Byron.
Painted and engraved by Welby Sherman.
Published by T.Larkin 27 Chapel St Pentonville.
A very rare mezzotint, with hand colour. Sheet 145 x 225mm (5¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, slight surface soiling.
A scene from Lord Byron's 'The Destruction of Sennacherib', showing the Assyrian besiegers struck down under the walls of Jerusalem.
BM 1982,0619.3, ''the only known impression''.
[Ref: 67060]   £390.00  
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[The Death of Pierre Terrail, Chevalier de Bayard.]
[The Death of Pierre Terrail, Chevalier de Bayard.] Bayard.
B.West Pinx. P.Bernard sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving, very fine impression. Sheet 575 x 425mm (22½ x 16¾"). Trimmed.
A scene depicting the death of Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (c.1476 - 1524), French knight and military leader at the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, generally known as the Chevalier de Bayard.
[Ref: 67486]   £420.00  
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Tobias and the Angel.
Tobias and the Angel.
[James McArdell after Rembrandt.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint proof. 490 x 350mm (19¼ x 13¾"), with large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into lower plate. Few tears in margins
Tobias sitting on riverbank with his dog beside him, the angel kneeling over him; both he and his dog gazing in terror at grotesque fish emerging from the Tigris at right; shepherds and figures crossing bridge in landscape beyond.
Goodwin 214 i of ii. Whitman: 214 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67101]   £360.00  
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The Valentine.
The Valentine.
London, J. & F. Harwood, 26, Fenchurch Str.
Rare mezzotint on steel. 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"), large margins
A young woman outside a cottage holds a valentine.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67123]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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The Roman Vestals Punishment.
The Roman Vestals Punishment.
W.M. Craig del. R. Cooper sculp.
Published & Sold Nov.r 1. 1807, by Edw.d Orme, 59. Bond Street, London.
Stipple with etching. Sheet 340 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A Vestal priestess being left imprisoned in a cavem with an urn and oil lamp. A man's legs can be seen climbing a ladder behind. A pair to 'The Roman Vestal's Trial of Chastity', ref 60339.
[Ref: 67112]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Witch of Endor.]
[The Witch of Endor.]
[Painted by B. West, Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by William Sharp.]
[London Publish'd by J. & J Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside; & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall.] [n.d., c.1790]
Engraving and etching, unfinished proof before letters. Sheet 470 x 620mm (18½ x 24½"). Trimmed within plate.
The Witch of Endor summons the ghost of the prophet Samuel as Saul protrates himself on the floor.
[Ref: 67116]   £390.00  
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