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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Frontispiece from "Le Temple des Muses" - Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper.
Illustration from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain.
In good conditions, except for a usual yellowing of the margin, a light vertical fold on the right margin and a little rip along this fold on the lower right margin, some minor stains and two imperceptible holes on the higher margin.
This was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in English, and in 1742 in French by Zacharias Chatelain. The engravings had captions in four languages: French, English, German, and Dutch. The artists involved were Michel de Marolles, Bernard Picart,Jacques Favereau, Abraham van Diepenbeeck...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
La Messe (The Mass), after Caravaggio
Located in Middletown, NY
Chiaroscuro woodcut with underlying engraving on cream laid paper, printed from two blocks in brown and olive. 10 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches (260 x 321 mm) (plate), full margins with the text printing clearly below in black ink. In very good condition with scattered surface soiling and several minor flecks of light discoloration in the margins, especially in the area of the lower right corner, well outside of image area. Unobtrusive notations in pencil in the margin and on the verso. All condition issues are consistent with age. After a drawing of the same title by Polidoro da Caravaggio...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Woodcut
Letter P - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter P is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
La Tourtereller Blanche - Etching by Jacques Blanchon - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
La Tourtereller Blanche is an etching realized by Jacques Blanchon in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
The Artist's signature is engraved lower right.
...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Lady Stanhope, English mezzotint portrait print after Sir Joshua Reynolds, c1780
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Honourable Lady Stanhope'
Anne Hussey (Delaval), Lady Stanhope (died 1811) was the wife of Sir William Stanhope of Whig Park.
James Watson (c1739-...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Mezzotint, Engraving
View of Blois - Etching by G. Braun and F. Hogenberg -Late 16th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This view of Blois (ancient name: Bloys) is an original etching realized by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg as part of the famous "Civitates Orbis Terrarum".
The “Civitates Orbis T...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Baroque 17th century German fountain design engraving print by Boeckler
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
17th century German fountain design
Copper-line engraving, published in 1664 in Nuremberg. From 'Architectura Curiosa Nova' by George Andreas Beckley (...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Engraving
Letter of the Alphabet C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet C, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Good conditions with minor foxing.
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Cascale, Map from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" - by F. Hogenberg - 1575
Located in Roma, IT
Braun G., Hogenberg F., Cascale, from the collection Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Cologne, T. Graminaeus, 1572-1617.
Good conditions expect tue usual central fold.
The “Civitates Orbis...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Ancient Roman Painting - Etching by N. Orcity, N. Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman painting- Offering Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Nic Orcity an...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Winslow Homer Framed Original 19th Century Wood Engraving "On the Beach"
Located in Alamo, CA
This Winslow Homer wood engraving entitled "On the Beach at Long Branch, The Children's Hour", was published in Harper's Weekly in the August 15, 1874 ed...
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American Impressionist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
1.ere Vue d'un passage du Mont St Gothard, Switzerland, engraving, 1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1.ere Vue d'un passage du Mont St Gothard'
French copper-line engraving by Nee after Claude Louis Chatelet (1753-1794).
From 'The Scenery and Science of Switzerland illustrated', ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Spain and Portugal: A Hand-colored 17th/18th Century Map by Visscher
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century map of Spain and Portugal, with attractive original hand-coloring, entitled "Hispaniae et Portugalliae Regna per Nicolaum Visscher cum Privilegio Ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae" first published by Nicolaes Visscher II (1649-1702) in 1688, and later re-published from Visscher's original copper plate by Peter Schenk, Junior in Amsterdam in 1725. The cartouche in the right lower corner depicts a coat of arms representing one combined kingdom of Spain and Portugal before their break-up. Putti hold up the coat-of-arms of Phillip II on the right and a queen reaches for it on the left. There is a scale cartouche in the lower left corner surmounted by two putti and a wheel. This is an outstanding depiction of the Iberian peninsula, showing Spain and Portugal and Balearic Islands. The map includes portions of North Africa and the Strait of Gibralter.
This copperplate engraved map is presented in a cream-colored mat. It is printed on fine chain-linked, laid paper. The mat measures 26.5" high by 30" wide and the sheet measures 21.75" high by 26.375" wide. There is a central fold, as issued. The lower portion of the fold is reinforced on the verso. There is a small paper defect at the lower edge of the fold and another at the edge of the right corner, as well as a few small tears along the lower edge; none affecting the map and all covered by the mat. There are a few small faint spots in the upper margin and on the left. The map is otherwise in very good condition.
The Visscher family were one of the great art and cartographic printing families of the 17th century. Begun by Claes Jansz Visscher...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Bearded Man with Shadowed Face, Wearing a Scarf and a Plumed Hat, (3rd state)
Located in Chicago, IL
Bearded Man with Shadowed Face, Wearing a Scarf and a Plumed Hat, (3rd state), 1645-50
Etching on laid paper
152 x 184 mm.; 6 x 7 1/4 inches
References:
Bellini 45
Bartsch 52
Note...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Etching
Phinée - Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Phineus.
Beautiful plate with fresh impression and sharp details, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, pu...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
French Neoclassical design for a Pulpit, engraving after Delafosse
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. C1768.
Delafosse was a French decorative designer, engraver and architect. Apprenticed for a time to a sculptor, by 1767 he styled himself an 'architect and professor of design'. He published the first volume of his most important work, 'Nouvelle Iconologie Historique' in 1768, containing 110 plates of his designs for furniture, decorative arts and architectural...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Antique French Copper Engraving - Horse Stables
Located in Houston, TX
Crisp antique copper engraving of a unique floor plan of French horse stables from Recueil d'Architecture, 1780.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Ink, Paper
French Neoclassical Design for Candlesticks, engraving after Delafosse
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. C1768.
Delafosse was a French decorative designer, engraver and architect. Apprenticed for a time to a sculptor, by 1767 he styled himself an 'architect and professor of design'. He published the first volume of his most important work, 'Nouvelle Iconologie Historique' in 1768, containing 110 plates of his designs for furniture, decorative arts and architectural...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Royal Hospital att Greenwich to the River /// "Vitruvius Britannicus" Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Colen Campbell (Scottish, 1676-1729)
Title: "Royal Hospital att Greenwich to the River" (Vol. 1, Plates 86, 87)
Portfolio: Vitruvius Britannicus; or The British Architect, Co...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio, Etching
Johann Weinmann: c.18th Engravings of Fruit in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Johann Weinmann (1683-1741), a G...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
William Chambers Georgian Architecture - Chimney Pieces
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving by Pierre Foudrinier (1698-1758) after Sir William Chambers (1723-1796), 1794.
Sir William Chambers (1723-1796) was a renown 18th century British architect. He traveled to China, France and Italy before establishing an architectural practice in London. He became Architect of the King's Works and worked for Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales, making fanciful garden buildings...
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Victorian 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Thamas Kouli-Kan, Roy de Perse, 1742 (Nader Shah), portrait engraving, 1742
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French 18th century engraving, published in Paris, of the Emperor of Persia, Tahmasp Quli Khan (c.1688-1747), also known as Nader Shah.
150mm by 100mm (platemark)
170mm by 120mm (sh...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Letter N - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter N is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli of 18th century.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Er...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Chiesa di S. Marcello - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa di S. Marcello is a black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions and aged margins wi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Wild Fowl Shooting /// Osbaldiston The British Sportsman Hunting Engraving Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Augustus Osbaldiston (English, Active: Late 18th Century)
Title: "Wild Fowl Shooting" (Plate 2)
Portfolio: The British Sportsman, or, Nobleman, Gentleman, and Farmer'...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Farnese Hercules
By Jacob Bos
Located in Chicago, IL
448 x 315 mm.; 17 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches
Watermark:
Eagle, close to Briquet 207 (Rome 1573-76)
Notes:
Bos was born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch in southern Netherlands (in French, the city’s name is “Bois-le-Duc”), and was active in Rome for a number of years from circa 1549 onward. His works were influenced by Marcantonio Raimondi (near Bologna 1480 – died between 1527 and 1534: see our no. 11).
The inspiration for this magnificent and extremely rare engraving was the famous so-called Farnese Hercules...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Animal's Skeleton - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Animal's Skeleton is an etching realized by Pierre Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Ro...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Ancient Still Life - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Still Life from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana and Giuseppe Azzerboni in the 18th Century.
Signed on plate.
Go...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Grande Curia Palace - Original Etching by Pierre Mortier - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grande Curia Palace is an original hand-colored print realized by the Dutch artist Pierre Mortier in the second half of the XVII century.
Original etching on paper.
Signed on the p...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Old Tower as a Lighthouse
Located in Chicago, IL
a very fine impression
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
David Loggan, Prospectus Cantabrigiae Orientalis & Occidentalis
By David Loggan
Located in London, GB
David Loggan (1634-1692)
Prospectus Cantabrigiae Orientalis & Occidentalis
Engraving
32 x 46 cm
Loggan was born to English and Scottish parents, and was baptised in Danzig in 1634. ...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Theories of Planetary Orbits: A Framed 18th C. Celestial Map by Doppelmayr
Located in Alamo, CA
This 18th century hand-colored copperplate celestial map by Johann Doppelmayr entitled "Astronomia Comparativa in qua Planetarum Primaria Phaenomena" (Co...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Side Board, Hepplewhite English Georgian furniture design engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Side Board'
From George Hepplewhite's 'Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide', published by I. and J. Taylor in 1788. These engravings are the only evidence of Hepplewhite's style ...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Letter B - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter B is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Set of 6 French Louis XIV period chimney-piece design engravings by Jean Dolivar
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Luire de Cheminees a la Moderne nouvellement Invente et Grave par Jean Dolivar.'
Collection of 6 engravings with designs for chimney-pieces. Published in Paris, circa 1670.
210mm ...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching
Old Master Royal Stallion Engraving by Crispin de Passe
Located in New York, NY
Crispin van de Passe The Younger (c. 1594-1670)
Untitled (Royal Stallion), c. 1620-1660
Engraving
Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Framed: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 in.
Inscribed in plate: Le Bonit...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Old Towers of Rostov Kremlin, Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Located in Long Island City, NY
Anatole Krasnyansky, Ukrainian/American (1930 - ) - Old Towers of Kyiv, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 55/350, Image Size: 10.25 x 9.25 inches, Size: 1...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Edo Period Ukiyo-e Color Woodcut of Sanjusangendo at Fukagawa
Located in Soquel, CA
Edo period Utagawa Toyohara color woodcut print on paper of Sanjusangendo at Fukagawa
Wonderful Utagawa School woodcut print of Buddhist temple Sanjusangendo by great Japanese artis...
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Edo 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Ink
Jesus College, Cambridge engraving Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan
Located in London, GB
Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733), after David Loggan (1634 - 1692)
Jesus College, Cambridge
Engraving
12 x 16 cm
An eighteenth-century view of Jesus College, Cambridge, engraved by P...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Le Marchand de Mort aux Rats (B121), Heliogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Le Marchand de Mort aux Rats (B121), Year: 1878 (of original 1632), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 5.5 x 5 in. (13.97 ...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Convento di PP. Francescani del Terzo - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Convento di PP. Francescani del Terzo Ordine is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions.
...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Johannes Wesselius Portrait: An 18th Century Engraving/Etching by Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century engraved and etched portrait of Johannes Wesselius by Jacobus Houbraken after a painting by Jan Maurits Quinkhard. It depicts a half-height image of Wesselius...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching
Study of an architectural devotional with a Sacred Heart and three Putti
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on light cream laid paper, 8 x 5 1/2 inches (200 x 138 mm), 1/8-inch margins. Minor repairs, including expertly repaired lower right corner, and minor light in-painting at l...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Etching
Asclepiades, Ancient Greek, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Asclepiade' (Asclepiades)
Copper-line engraving by Silvestro Pomarede after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Letter P - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter P is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Cambridge University 18th century engraving by Jan Kip after Whitehand
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Jan Oytenbogaert
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled Jan Uytenbogaert" 1639 is an etching on paper After Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1606-1669, plate engraved By French renown engraver Charles Armand Durand, 1831-1905. Sign...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
18th-century celestial - Eridanus Orion Lepus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Eridanus Orion Lepus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas publish...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving
North & South America: A 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Jansson & Goos
Located in Alamo, CA
A 17th century hand-colored map of North & South America entitled "Americae Descriptio" by the cartographer Johannes Jansson, published in Jansson's Atlas Minor in Amsterdam in 1628....
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Capital letter M from the Antiquities of Herculaneum - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital letter for the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good condition, except for some st...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Letter S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter S is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
“Bank Notes”
Located in Southampton, NY
James Gillray (13 August 1756 – 1 June 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. Many of his works are held at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Description:
Pitt (left) as a bank-clerk, very thin and much caricatured, a pen thrust through his wig, stands behind an L-shaped counter offering a handful of bank-notes to John Bull. In his right hand is a scoop with which he sweeps up notes from the counter. John is a yokel no longer bewildered. He stands stolidly, holding out his left hand for the notes, his right hand in his coat pocket. Fox (right) wears a high cocked hat...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Archival Paper
French Neoclassical design for a Pulpit, engraving after Delafosse
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. C1768.
Delafosse was a French decorative designer, engraver and architect. Apprenticed for a time to a sculptor, by 1767 he styled himself an 'architect and professor of design'. He published the first volume of his most important work, 'Nouvelle Iconologie Historique' in 1768, containing 110 plates of his designs for furniture, decorative arts and architectural...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Map-Poli Arctici (Map of the Poles)-Etching by Johannes Janssonius-1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Poli Arctici is an ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
The Map is a Hand-colored etching, with coeval watercoloring.
Good conditions with slight foxing...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Profile from "Le Gout du Bonheur", Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Profile from "Le Gout du Bonheur". Year: 1964 (Printed 1970), Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Edition: 666, Image Size: 6.5 x 4.25 inches,...
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Cubist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Portrait of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: Rare Framed Mezzotint after Brompton
By Edward Fisher
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a large framed very rare hand-colored copperplate mezzotint engraved portrait of William Pitt, the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham by Edward Fisher, published in London in 1779 after a painting by Richard Brompton. Pitt is depicted attired in a flowing regal appearing cape, standing in an ornate room with his left hand outstretched over a serious of manuscripts and scrolls that are laying on a table or desk to his left. The table is covered by a beautiful oriental carpet. The manuscripts include the Magna Carta, a map of the colonies, including Long Island and Staten Island, and papers entitled "A Plan for the Reconciliation between Great Britain and the Colonies", "A Motion Made in 1775 for the Recall of Troops from Boston", "A Provisional Act for Settling the Troubles in America Offered to the House of Lords in 1775", and "It is doing Nothing to repeal a few Scraps of Paper or Pieces of Parchment called Acts of Parliament. But our Business is to repeal the Ill-Will and the Animosity unfortunately now subsisting between Great Britain and North America". This engraving is held by the British Museum and the British Royal Collection Trust.
This large framed mezzotint engraving is presented in a brown wood frame with gold-colored beaded inner and outer trim, and a cream-colored French mat. The frame measures 31.63" high by 26.63" wide by 0.75" deep. There are three short tears along the right edge and mild creasing in the left upper, left lower and right lower corners. It is otherwise in very good condition.
William Pitt (1708-1778) was a member of the British parliament from 1735 to 1761 and prime minister from 1766 to 1768. Pitt was an advocate for the American colonies leading up to the War of Independence. He called for an amiable relationship between Great Britain and the colonies and opposed the Stamp Act and military action in America. He advocated for a withdrawal of English troops from Boston in 1775 and the settling of troubles in America, as two of his manuscripts on the table outline. Pitt's colleague, Lord Shelburne (later the Marquess of Lansdowne) shared his sympathies and after Pitt's death, signed a peace treaty with the United States in 1782.
The American city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is named for William Pitt, the Elder. The name originated when the conflict between the British and French over territorial claims in the Northeast were settled in 1758. General John Forbes and his British army, supported by the American colonial troops, expelled the French from Fort Duquesne (which had been constructed by the French in 1754). Forbes re-named the site for William Pitt the Elder, who at the time was a British statesman. The earliest known reference to the new name, Pittsburgh, is in a letter sent from General John Forbes to Pitt, dated November 27, 1758. Pitt's son, William Pitt, the Younger, like his father, also served as British Prime Minister.
Edward Fisher (1730-1785) was born in Ireland in 1730. He was originally a hatter, but learned engraving in London. He became a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1766, and exhibited there fourteen times between 1761 and 1776. He engraved more than sixty portraits. In addition to this portrait of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, after Richard Brompton he engraved several portraits after Brompton, including George, Earl of Albemarle, as well as engraved portraits after paintings by Joshua Reynolds, including the Shakespearean actor David Garrick, Hugh, Earl of Northumberland, and Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland and Laurence Sterne, and Hope Nursing Love, as well as Robert Brown, after Mason Chamberlin, Colley Cibber, after Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Christian VII of Denmark, after Nathaniel Dance, Simon, Earl Harcourt, after Hunter, Roger Long, after Benjamin Wilson...
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