A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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The Dutch Cook Maid.
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter title. 320 x 225mm (12½ x 8¾"). Crease top right, slightly messy title area.
A woman in a plain white bonnet, broad collar and apron of 17th century style, sitting outside by the corner of a building, looking distractedly to left, holding an apple and a knife, other fruit in her lap and a bowl of peaches on the table to left. After Dutch painter Gabriel Metsu (1629-67).
Not in CS. Goodwin 187. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state of i of ii .
[Ref: 65863] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter title. 320 x 225mm (12½ x 8¾"). Crease top right, slightly messy title area.
A woman in a plain white bonnet, broad collar and apron of 17th century style, sitting outside by the corner of a building, looking distractedly to left, holding an apple and a knife, other fruit in her lap and a bowl of peaches on the table to left. After Dutch painter Gabriel Metsu (1629-67).
Not in CS. Goodwin 187. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state of i of ii .
[Ref: 65863] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
La graine de niais; ou la sorciere en plein air L'as de coeur [m'annonce] que vous êtes enciente.
Lith. de G. Engelmann.
[chez Martinet rue de Coq.] [n.d., c.1820.]
Rare original coloured lithograph. Sheet 245 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line, stains & creasing.
A fortune teller says to an obviously pregnant woman, "The ace of hearts tells me that you are pregnant." A sign next to her reads, 'Par Permission, Madame Mathurin va tirer en ville les Cartes pour Six Sous elle fait Son petit jeu, et pour vignt Sous le grand.' A man sitting next to it on a chair holds his head with his hand in despair. Two other onlookers watch on.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65574] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. de G. Engelmann.
[chez Martinet rue de Coq.] [n.d., c.1820.]
Rare original coloured lithograph. Sheet 245 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line, stains & creasing.
A fortune teller says to an obviously pregnant woman, "The ace of hearts tells me that you are pregnant." A sign next to her reads, 'Par Permission, Madame Mathurin va tirer en ville les Cartes pour Six Sous elle fait Son petit jeu, et pour vignt Sous le grand.' A man sitting next to it on a chair holds his head with his hand in despair. Two other onlookers watch on.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65574] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Young Ballad Singers]](jpegs/66021.jpg)
[The Young Ballad Singers]
Painted by J. Rising. Engraved by J. Jones Engraver Extraordinary to His R.H. the Prince of Wales & Principal Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York.
[London Publish'd as the Act directs June [*]179[*] by J. Jones No 75 Great Portland Street.]
Very fine mezzotint printed in colour, sheet 495x 380mm (19½ x 15"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line. Laid on archival paper.
Two children selling ballads on a street corner, singing the same ballads that they are offering for sale. First state published by Jones, before title added. It was later republished by Robert Cribb. Rare & very decorative print after John Rising (1753-1817), portrait and subject painter and also an accomplished restorer and skilled copyist.
L.2178.
[Ref: 66021] £790.00
Painted by J. Rising. Engraved by J. Jones Engraver Extraordinary to His R.H. the Prince of Wales & Principal Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York.
[London Publish'd as the Act directs June [*]179[*] by J. Jones No 75 Great Portland Street.]
Very fine mezzotint printed in colour, sheet 495x 380mm (19½ x 15"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line. Laid on archival paper.
Two children selling ballads on a street corner, singing the same ballads that they are offering for sale. First state published by Jones, before title added. It was later republished by Robert Cribb. Rare & very decorative print after John Rising (1753-1817), portrait and subject painter and also an accomplished restorer and skilled copyist.
L.2178.
[Ref: 66021] £790.00