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![[Louise Chevalier] M.dme Chevalier in the Character of Virginia giving water to the Negro.](jpegs/65710.jpg)
[Louise Chevalier] M.dme Chevalier in the Character of Virginia giving water to the Negro. Opera of Paul & Virginia.
Charles Henard delineavit. James Ward Sculpsit.
London, Published Aug.t 1799, & Sold by the Author, N.º 14 Hanover Street, Hanover Square.
Mezzotint. Sheet 495 x 365mm (19½ x 14½"). Trimmed within plate, creasing. Repairs.
A scene from the opera 'Paul et Virginie', probably the one by composed by Jean-François Le Sueur, and first performed 1794. Here Virginie, played by French actress and singer Louise Chevalier (c.1770-after 1801), brings water to a native in her cupped hands. Chevalier travelled to Russia to perform in 1797, when she became a mistress of Tsar Paul I. After his assassination she was asked to leave Russia by Alexander I, after which there were rumours of her being a courtesan and spy in Paris, Germany and Poland. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's 1788 novel, set on Mauritius, is a parable of the social divisions in French society on the eve of the Revolution.
Frankau 14, state ii of ii; CS 9, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 65710] £490.00
Charles Henard delineavit. James Ward Sculpsit.
London, Published Aug.t 1799, & Sold by the Author, N.º 14 Hanover Street, Hanover Square.
Mezzotint. Sheet 495 x 365mm (19½ x 14½"). Trimmed within plate, creasing. Repairs.
A scene from the opera 'Paul et Virginie', probably the one by composed by Jean-François Le Sueur, and first performed 1794. Here Virginie, played by French actress and singer Louise Chevalier (c.1770-after 1801), brings water to a native in her cupped hands. Chevalier travelled to Russia to perform in 1797, when she became a mistress of Tsar Paul I. After his assassination she was asked to leave Russia by Alexander I, after which there were rumours of her being a courtesan and spy in Paris, Germany and Poland. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's 1788 novel, set on Mauritius, is a parable of the social divisions in French society on the eve of the Revolution.
Frankau 14, state ii of ii; CS 9, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 65710] £490.00
Johannes Gay. Life is a jest, and all things shew it; I thought so once, but now I know it.
Zinck pinx. W.m Smith del. et sculp.
Published as the Act directs, Dec.r 1.st 1775 by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho, London.
Scarce mezzotint, 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Creasing.
A half-length portrait in oval of John Gay (1685-1732), poet and playwright. A member of the Scriblerus Club in London along with Pope, Swift, and other writers, Gay is best-known for 'The Beggar's Opera', which was produced almost every year until the 1880s, and in the twentieth century supplied the plot for Brecht and Weils 'Die Dreigroschenoper' ('The Threepenny Opera'). Engraved from a portrait by Dresden-born miniaturist C.F. Zincke (1684?-1767), a favourite of George II
CS 1., state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See also Ref: 62703.
[Ref: 65801] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Zinck pinx. W.m Smith del. et sculp.
Published as the Act directs, Dec.r 1.st 1775 by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho, London.
Scarce mezzotint, 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Creasing.
A half-length portrait in oval of John Gay (1685-1732), poet and playwright. A member of the Scriblerus Club in London along with Pope, Swift, and other writers, Gay is best-known for 'The Beggar's Opera', which was produced almost every year until the 1880s, and in the twentieth century supplied the plot for Brecht and Weils 'Die Dreigroschenoper' ('The Threepenny Opera'). Engraved from a portrait by Dresden-born miniaturist C.F. Zincke (1684?-1767), a favourite of George II
CS 1., state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See also Ref: 62703.
[Ref: 65801] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[William O'Brien.] M.r O'Brien.](jpegs/65847.jpg)
[William O'Brien.] M.r O'Brien.
F. Cotes pinx.t. James Watson Fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Sayer, Printseller, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1775].
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). Some creasing. Small margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of Irish actor and playwright William O'Brien (c.1740-1815), described by diarist James Boswell as ''a lively little fellow, but priggish" and ''quite the fine man about town''. He eloped with and married Susan Fox-Strangways (1742-1827), cousin of Charles James Fox, and had to decamp to New York for six years.
Goodwin: 159, state ii of iv; CS: 108, ii of iii
[Ref: 65847] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
F. Cotes pinx.t. James Watson Fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Sayer, Printseller, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1775].
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). Some creasing. Small margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of Irish actor and playwright William O'Brien (c.1740-1815), described by diarist James Boswell as ''a lively little fellow, but priggish" and ''quite the fine man about town''. He eloped with and married Susan Fox-Strangways (1742-1827), cousin of Charles James Fox, and had to decamp to New York for six years.
Goodwin: 159, state ii of iv; CS: 108, ii of iii
[Ref: 65847] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs Woffington.
A. Pond pinx.t. Ja.s McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c. 1745.]
Mezzotint. 315 x 225mm (12½ x 9"). F Trimmed into image on right, to plate elsewhere, slight loss of print in top edge, crease in title area, laid on album paper.
Margaret Woffington (c. 1720-60), an Irish actress known as Peg. She danced and acted at various Dublin theatres until 1740, when her success as Sir Harry Wildair in 'The Constant Couple' led to her being given her London debut at Covent Garden. She lived openly with David Garrick, the foremost actor of the day, and her other love affairs were notorious.
CS: 188.
[Ref: 65768] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A. Pond pinx.t. Ja.s McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c. 1745.]
Mezzotint. 315 x 225mm (12½ x 9"). F Trimmed into image on right, to plate elsewhere, slight loss of print in top edge, crease in title area, laid on album paper.
Margaret Woffington (c. 1720-60), an Irish actress known as Peg. She danced and acted at various Dublin theatres until 1740, when her success as Sir Harry Wildair in 'The Constant Couple' led to her being given her London debut at Covent Garden. She lived openly with David Garrick, the foremost actor of the day, and her other love affairs were notorious.
CS: 188.
[Ref: 65768] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Richard Wroghton] Mr. Wroughton.](jpegs/65761.jpg)
[Richard Wroghton] Mr. Wroughton.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins. Foxing.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Richard Wroughton (real name Richard Rotten) (1748-1822), actor and theatre manager. Engraved after Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), as part of a series of small portraits of actors published by Richardson in 1779.
CS 1 iii/iii; O'D 3.
[Ref: 65761] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins. Foxing.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Richard Wroughton (real name Richard Rotten) (1748-1822), actor and theatre manager. Engraved after Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), as part of a series of small portraits of actors published by Richardson in 1779.
CS 1 iii/iii; O'D 3.
[Ref: 65761] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)