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Click here to subscribeA group of five artworks, to include: William Russell Flint - limited edition print, numbered (249/850) and blindstamped below, frame dimensions: 77 x 92 cm; Marjorie Cunningham - 'Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland', pastel; 'Bluebell Wood' print After Margaret Macdonald Macintosh; 'Amaryllis' after John William Godward, colour print, 63 x 77 cm; a 19th century coloured mezzotint of a boy holding a bale of hay and sickle (5)
Richard Earlom after Claude Lorraine Plates 87 and 99 from Liber Veritatis etching with brown mezzotint 8¾ x 10¾in (22 x 27.5cm), frames 46 x 49.5cm 'From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire - published May 1st 1775 by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside' (Plate 87 - A Shepherd and Shepherdess tending Cattle, and Horsemen galloping over a distant bridge.) (Plate 99 - Apollo and the Cumaean Sybil. The latter sits on a fragment of building in the foreground of a beautiful landscape in which is perceived a distant view of the Sea.)
Murdered singer.- Dance-Holland (Sir Nathaniel), After. Miss Martha Ray, who was murdered April 7th, 1799, mezzotint portrait by Valentine Green, sheet 213 x 189mm., margins trimmed to platemark, very short neat split at head, some creasing to righthand upper corner, some spotting, lightly browned, Valentine Green, 25th May, 1779; and 3 others, Ray, v.s. (4) *** Martha Ray (1746-1779) was a singer, known for her affair with John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. She was murdered in Covent Garden by her jealous former lover James Hackman. He was hanged for the crime at Tyburn on 19th April, 1779.
Pichler (Johann Peter, 1765-1807) [The Turkish Tower at Eisgrub with the Four Pavilions], now part of The Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, mezzotint with engraving, printed in sepia on wove paper without watermark, platemark 490 x 685 mm (19 1/4 x 27 in), small margins, lower right corner with small loss, repaired tear in the upper centre, scattered spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1804]*** Austrian architect Joseph Hardtmuth (1758-1816) was commissioned by the House of Liechtenstein to oversee all architectural projects on the Liechtenstein estates. In the Lednice Castle garden Hadtmuth built a Moorish Revival style "minaret" observation tower, the subject of the present print, which was 62 metres in height, and commanded a view of the entire landscape. We can only trace one other example, held in the The Princely Collections of Liechtenstein, Vienna (see Inv. no. GR 2911).
ALBIN BRUNOVSKY (Slovakia / Slovakian 1935 - 1997) - Praise of Tangled Dreams VIII. | 1985 | technique: etching, drypoint and mezzotint on paper | 390 x 295 mm | signature: bottom right | note: Author's print | unframed | condition report*In case of missing photos, please feel free to contact us.
JIRI ANDERLE (Czech / Bohemian 1936) - Il Sorriso - The Smile (large sheet) | 1976-1978 | technique: colored drypoint with mezzotint on paper | 930 x 620 mm | signature: down the middle | framed under glass | Lot description | The work "Il Sorriso (The Smile)" by Jiri Anderle is a fascinating exploration of the repetition and transformation of the human expression, which is characteristic of his artistic style. Anderle masterfully combines the traditional drypoint technique with modern elements in this print, creating a work that feels both historical and contemporary. A series of repeating profiles of a female figure with a hint of a smile creates an impression of movement and change, which may refer to the concept of the passage of time and the volatility of human emotions. Intricately rendered details and subtle chiaroscuro work add depth and ambiguity to the work. "Il Sorriso" is not only a tribute to classical artistic traditions, but also Anderle's unique contribution to modern graphic art, which appeals to the viewer with its mysterious atmosphere and technical bravura. | condition report*In case of missing photos, please feel free to contact us.
ALBIN BRUNOVSKY (Slovakia / Slovakian 1935 - 1997) - Praise of tangled dreams V. | 1985 | technique: etching, drypoint and mezzotint on paper | 390 x 295 mm (board size) | signature: bottom right | note: Author's print | unframed | condition report*In case of missing photos, please feel free to contact us.
Otto von Kotzebue Entdeckungs-Reise in die Süd-See und in die Berings-Straße zur Erforschung einer nordöstlichen Durchfahrt. 3 in 1 Band. Weimar, Gebrüder Hoffmann 1821. Erste Ausgabe der bedeutenden Reiseschreibung, hier in der besseren Ausgabe mit den kolorierten Aquatinta-Tafeln; zusätzlich vollständiges Exemplar mit der Subskribentenliste und allen Vor- und Haupttitelblättern. Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846) gehörte zu den russischen Marineoffizieren zu Beginn des 19. Jhs., die sich um die Erforschung des Pazifikraums besonders verdient gemacht haben. - Tl. III enthält die Bemerkungen von A. von Chamisso, der als Naturforscher an dieser zweiten russischen Weltumsegelung teilnahm. 'The three volumes are rich in early original source material on Alaska. The third volume ist very important, as it has considerable scientific data, comparative vocabulary of the native languages and other pertinent, often unique information. The colored plates of butterflies were not included in the Russian or English translation' (Lada-M.). - Die schönen Tafeln hier bis auf eine (unkolor. Darstellung eines Affenschädels) sämtlich in Aquatinta, darunter die doppelblattgr. Darstellungen aus dem Leben der Eingeborenen und Landschaftsansichten, ferner Porträts von Eingeborenen sowie die 11 Tafeln mit Schmetterlingsdarstellungen. EINBAND: Interims-Pappband mit Rückenschild. 26 : 21,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 19 kolorierten Aquatinta-Tafeln (4 doppelblattgr.), 1 Kupfertafel und 6 Kupferkarten (5 gefaltet) sowie 2 Falttabellen. - KOLLATION: 3 Bll., XVIII S. (Subskribentenverz.), 2 Bll. (Inhaltsverz,), 168 S. (zzgl. 1 Bl. Zwischentitel); 176 S.; 240 S. - PROVENIENZ: Titel mit Blindprägestempel von Gerhard Stolle. - Seit 1990 in norddeutschem Privatbesitz. LITERATUR: Sabin 38284. - Howes K 258. - Borba de Moraes I, 428.l - Brasilien-Bibl. Bosch 329. - Lada-Mocarski 80. - Nissen, Zool. 2297. - Schmid, Chamisso S. 27. First edition of the eminent work on the second Russian circumnavigation of the world, which resulted amongst others in important discoveries in the North Pacific regions and Alaska. Complete copy with the subscriber list and all front and main title pages. Copy with all 19 mezzotint plates (4 doublepage) in contemporary coloring (incl. 11 plates with butterflies which were omitted from the Russian and English translation) plus 1 copper plate and 6 engr. maps (5 folding). 3 vols. in 1. Interim cardboard with label on spine. 26 : 21.5 cm. - Browned, slightly foxed (mostly in the margins). Book block (and spine) broken, binding slightly shaken. Uncut, wide-margined copy. Vollständige Beschreibung und Zustandsbericht https://www.ketterer-rarebooks.de/kunst/kd/details.php?detail=1&anummer=559&obnr=424000725 Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten. Complete description and condition report https://www.ketterer-rarebooks.com/details-e.php?detail=1&anummer=559&obnr=424000725 This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
JONES, John (engr.) after Henry Raeburn. The Right Hon. Robert Dundas of Arniston, Lord Advocate of Scotland &c., Edinburgh: A.Lawrie circa 1790 or later, mezzotint, f&g, 61cm x 37cm. ... together with LEWIS and Nichols after Philip Reinagle. Moor Shooting, hand coloured aquatint, (browning, spotting, tears), f&g, 33cm x 52cm. (2)
Martin (John) Paradise Lost: By John Milton, first edition, five parts only (of 12), Imperial Quarto issue containing the larger set of mezzotint plates, with only 10 of the 24 plates (2 to each part) as issued, platemarks each c. 355 x 255 mm (14 x 10 in), sheets c. 385 x 276 mm (15 1/4 x 10 7/8 in), tissue-guards, some damp-staining and spotting, surface dirt and browning, original roan-backed grey-blue wrappers, some general soiling and browning to covers, dampspines splitting, owner's ink inscriptions to inside front free endpapers of some, untrimmed and partially unopened, folio, Septimus Prowett, 1825-26; together with The Paradise Lost of Milton, with Illustrations by John Martin, 24 mezzotint plates, original morocco, gilt, 4to, Henry Washbourne, 1849 (6) *** Rare in the original parts. The engravings were greeted with outstanding critical acclaim, prompting the release of 4 further editions by the end of 1827. The critic for The Literary Gazette proclaimed: "we know no artist, whose genius so perfectly fitted him being the illustrator of the mighty Milton; and in what we have seen of his conceptions he has more than realised the highest of our hopes. There is a wildness, a grandeur, and a mystery about his designs which are indescribably fine:- the painter is also a poet." [The Literary Gazette, April 2nd 1825]. Provenance: Robert H. & Donna L. Jackson (book-label to inside of drop-back box). Literature: Campbell & Wees, 1992, nos. 26-49.
Milton (John).- Martin (John) and others. Composite album with illustrations to Milton's Poetical Works, manuscript title with engraved vignette pasted on, manuscript contents, 24 mezzotint proof plates for Milton's 'Paradise Lost', the Imperial quarto edition, 28 engravings after Richard Westall for 'Paradise Lost', 'Paradise Regain'd', 'Sampson Agonistes', 'Comus', and 'Poems', 3 portraits of Milton and a folding plate of Milton and his Two Daughters, by Smith after Romney, and one engraving after Turner by Goodall, 'The Expulsion from Paradise', the Miltons bound in on original sheets, the Martins each platemark approx. 270 x 190 mm (10 5/8 x 7 1/2 in), or the reverse, all sheets each approx. 360 x 265 mm (14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in), tissue guards, minor spotting and surface dirt, nineteenth century dark green morocco with elaborate floral border tooled in gilt, signed “J. Mackenzie Bookbinder to the King”, spine gilt in compartments, calf label, g.e., rather rubbed at joints and edges, bookplate of Peter Carthew to front pastedown, large 4to, [circa 1797-1835]
America.- Whitworth & Yates, publishers.- Trumbull (John, 1756-1843), After. Genl. Washington, mezzotint portrait, on laid paper, watermarked 'Hi...', platemark 150 x 113mm., sheet 265 x 203mm., couple of very small splits to lower margin, little marginal chipping, very lightly browned, Birmingham, Whitworth & Yates, 'pub. 15th July 1784'. *** A very good example of this rare provincially printed portrait of the first President of America.
Samuel Cousins, after Charles Robert Leslie, ‘Queen Victoria receiving the sacrament at her Coronation’,a mezzotint and mixed media engraving, in a decorative gilt frame with a painted coat of arms, 95 x 146cmCondition ReportWith water damage, frame with damage, overpainting and some further losses.
A collection of assorted 18th century and later engravings; Earlom after Pellegrini mezzotint, Vice Admiral Colpoys, visible 47 x 35cmCunego, engraving, Antonius Raphael Mengs, 29 x 21cmGunst after Van Dyck, engraving, Lucy Countess of Carlisle, 52 x 33cmFaber after Vandebank, mezzotint, Michael Rysbrack Sculptor, 35 x 25cmGunst after Van Dyck, engraving, Margaret Smith married to Sir Thomas Carye, 50 x 30cmCondi after Cosway, stipple engraving, Mrs Jackson, 29 x 19.5cmAfter Cosway, stipple engraving, His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, 24 x 14cmAnonymous engraving of a lady, 27 x 20cm Earlhom after Pelegrini, mezzotine, Vice Admiral Colpoys - cropped, creased, tears at the cornersCunego, engraving, Antonius Raphael Mengs - paper spotted and discolouredGunst after Van Dyck, engraving, Lucy Countess of Carlisle - tatty margins, some spottingFaber after Vandebank, mezzotint, Michael Rysbrack Sculptor - cropped, paper discolouredGunst after Van Dyck, engraving, Margaret Smith married to Sir Thomas Carye - paper discolouredCondi after Cosway, stipple engraving, Mrs Jackson - some paper discolourationAfter Cosway, stipple engraving, His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales - paper discolouredAnonymous engraving of a lady - some paper discolouration.All measurements given are for the visible sheet, frames fair but with some lossesPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A group of assorted 18th century engravings; Dodd after Hogarth, The Indian Emperor, 40 x 54cmRaphael Smith after John Crewe, mezzotint, sheet 56 x 41cmSmith after Kneller, Edward Southwell Esq., 35 x 25cmValck after Lely, Duchess of Mazarin, engraving, 34.5 x 25cmFaber after Dahl, The Honourable Sir Cloudesley Shovell Admiral of Great Britain, 39 x 29cm Dodd after Hogarth The Indian Emperor - short tears across the top, some foxingRaphael Smith after John Crew - paper discoloured, some foxingSmith after Kneller - Edward Southwell Esq. - fair conditionValck after Lely, Duchess of Mazarin, engraving - some discolouration but fairFaber after Dahl, The Honourable Sir Cloudesly Shovell - paper discoloured, otherwise fairPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Cantemir (Demetrius) The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire, 2 parts in 1 vol., first English edition, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, 22 engraved plates, one folding map, list of subscribers, occasional faint marginal dust-soiling, occasional marginal pencil note, ex-Leyton public libraries with label and ink-stamps as usual, one or two to plates (not affecting image), faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, later calf, rebacked, rubbed, cracked joints but holding firm, bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 190; Blackmer 281], folio, for James, John, and Paul Knapton, 1734. *** Atabey says of Cantemir, "His history was considered authoritative, and it was only superseded by von Hammer's monumental history of the Ottoman Empire."
CARICATURE -- ("PERUANISCHE RIESE, Der/Le GÉANT PÉRUVIEN"). (N.pl., n.d. (c. 1800)). Cold. engr. of the giant Basilio Huaylas at the age of 24. 226 x 180 mm. W. separate letterpress explan. in German & French. -- "JOINT STOCK STREET". (Lond.), Th. Tegg, 1812. Engr. by Rowlandson after Woodward, cold. by hand. 212 x 325 mm. (Upper right corner rep.). -- "L'ÉCHENILLEMENT et les Semailles". (1833). Plain lithogr. after J.J. Grandville. 473 x 360 mm. (W. 3 splits of which 2 running into image, blank right margin chipped in 2 places). -- "LA LIBERTÉ cherchée en vain/Die vergeblich gesuchte Freyheit". Augsb., (n.d.). Mezzotint in blue after J.J. Haid w. engr. caption in the plate. 324 x 202 mm. -- And 18 o. similar satirical prints, all 19th c. (22).
SLAVERY - ABOLITIONISM -- "SLAVE TRADE. Lo! the poor Captive with distraction wild. Views his dear Partner torn from his embrace! A diff'rent Captain buys his Wife and Child. What time can from his Soul such ills erase?" Lond., 1791. Cont. plain mezzotint by J.R. Smith after George Morland. 480 x 655 mm. (Completely remargined (upper new margin torn), captions partly touched up in black ink). NOTE: In 1788, the popular English artist George Morland (1763-1804) produced an oil painting which he originally titled "The Affectionate Slaves" or "Execrable Human Traffic". The scene of an African man torn from his family by European slavers was engraved by John Raphael Smith for this 1791 print. It provided an enduring visual image to help promote the abolitionist cause. - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.
A mixed lot of pictures and prints including James Gillray (British, 1756-1815) 18th century hand coloured etching, 'ENCHANTMENTS lately seen upon the Mountains of Wales', Joseph Appleyard (British, 1908-1960) gouache on board, hunting scene, Malcolm Jones 'Thornhill Parish Church, Winter', oil on board, gilt framed mirror, signed artist's proof print after Montague Dawson (British 1890-1973), 'Sails of Evening', two mezzotint prints, one after Thomas Gaugain (French, 1756-1812), the other by William J Allingham after Jean-Baptiste Pater, etc, etc. Condition- the James Gillray etching appears to be in good condition with no significant damage or marks.
A SELECTION OF PICTURES AND PRINTS, comprising two late 19th century unsigned Scottish landscapes 'On Loch Na Garr' and 'A Street by the shore, Dysart', approximate sizes 27cm x 37cm, a Chinese oil on canvas depicting the Great Wall of China, signed with Chinese character marks bottom left, a Norman Brand oil on board depicting a landscape of Lower Slaughter, a Tara S. Hansford watercolour on collaged paper depicting artichokes, a mixed media study of two fish signed and dated Fex? 2002, an unsigned silkscreen print of Jesus? and spears, a watercolour of Lichfield Cathedral by D. John Wood, a watercolour of a ruined church beside a river signed S. Swin and a mezzotint etching 'Greenwich Reach' by Annette Johnson
Hamilton (Edward) Recollections of Fly Fishing for Salmon, Trout and Grayling, with notes on their Haunts, Habits and History, presentation inscription signed 'with the author's kind regards', engraved mezzotint frontispiece by Francis Seymour Haden, lightly off-set, and several plain plates, occasional finger soiling, most plates with some faint marginal damp-staining, upper hinge cracked but firm, handsomely bound by Riviere & Son in dark brown morocco, with upper cover ornately gilt featuring a design evoking a riverside, including cast lines with flies, reeds, flowers and flowing water, lower cover, spine and dentelles with gilt ruling, minute amounts of rubbing to joints and extremities, t.e.g., later slipcase, 8vo, Sampson Low, et al., 1884.*** A sumptuously bound copy, with a presentation inscription from the author.
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