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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Long-billed Curlew Bird: Original 1st Edition Audubon Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first edition John James Audubon hand colored lithograph entitled "Long-billed Curlew", No. 71, Plate 355, from Audubon's "Birds of America. It was lithographed, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1840-1844. It depicts a male and a female Long-billed Curlew standing on a grassy mound with water and the city of Charleston...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Deer Horns - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Deer horns is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on cardboard. ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
18th C. Piranesi Fireplace Designs based on Ancient Architectural Styles
Located in Alamo, CA
These two Giovanni Battista Piranesi 18th century etchings of fireplace designs on one sheet is plate 6 from his publication 'Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e Greca con un Ragionamento Apologetico in defesa dell'Architettura Egizia, e Toscana, opera del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Flowering Narcissus Lily: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of a flowering Red Narcissus Lily plant, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Narcissus In...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
John Speede, Map of the County of Surrey, described and divided into hundreds
By John Speed
Located in London, GB
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John Speed/Speede (1551/2-1629)
The County of Surrey Described and Divided into Hundreds
Engraving with later hand colouring and text to the reverse.
Dated to c.1650
36 x 49 cm
Probably the most famous early English mapmaker, John Speed's early life is somewhat of an enigma. He is believed to have trained as a rolling-press printer, but he was at heart an historian granted a sinecure in the Customs House by Queen Elizabeth to indulge his passion, later becoming a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. His first maps were historical, of the Holy Land 'Canaan as it was Possessed both in Abraham and Israels Dayes' and of England and Ireland recording 'all their Civill Warres since the Conquest'.
In 1611 he published his 'Hostory of Great Britaine' which he regarded as his magnum opus, but it was the companion atlas 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' that - as the first printed atlas of Great Britain - sealed his reputation. William Rogers engraved the first map, 'the County Palatine of Chester' in about 1600, but following his untimely death the task of engraving was passed to Jodocus Hondius of Amsterdam.
By 1612 the atlas was complete, the maps famed for their decorative elements. Many have town plans - Britain's first series of such plans - and descriptive text was printed to the reverse until the 1676 edition. Later printings (up until 1770) were issued without this text. By 1627 it has become a part of a world atlas 'Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World'. During the 17th century the plates passed through the hands of a series of publishers, the 1676 edition of Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell being regarded as its high point with the inclusion for the first time of a series of important maps. For the first half of the eighteenth century they were firmly established in the hands of the Overton family.
This particular edition originally featured in The Theatre Of The Empire Of Great Britaine. It features attractive inset views of the long-since destroyed Richmond...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
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
Materials
Mezzotint, Watercolor
Dog - Etching by Antonio Tempesta - 1610s
Located in Roma, IT
Dog is a wonderful black and white etching on thick laid paper, realized by the Italian master Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630).
Not signed.
In excellent conditions.
Including a crea...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Map of the Russian Empire: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by E. Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Accurate Map of The Whole Russian Empire, As Contain'd Both In Europe and Asia, Drawn from Authentic Journals, Sur...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
'The Death of Hercules' from 'The Temple of the Muses' — 18th Century Engraving
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Picart, 'The Death of Hercules' from 'The Temple of the Muses', engraving, 1730. Signed in the plate, lower left. Titled in French, English, German, and Dutch. A superb, rich...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute.
Henry Redoute was the brother of the great botanical artist Pierre Joseph Redout...
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Victorian 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
View of the village and Lake Brientz by Johann Ludwig Aberli - Engraving 30x42
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Flowering Jasmine and Laurel Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "Gelsiminum Catalonicum, Mairana Latifollia, Euphasiaramosa Pratensis Flore Albo, Euphasia Minus Ramosa Flore Excereruleo Purpurascente", depicting flowering Jasmine, Mountain Laurel...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Piranesi, Hand Coloured Period Engraving, Vue d'un Superb Palais de Rome
Located in Cotignac, FR
A fine hand coloured 18th Century engraving after the original by Piranesi (Rome 1743), published by Danisy, Paris. Presented in period gold leaf frame, under glass.
Piranesi was born in Venice, in the parish of S. Moisè where he was baptised. His father was a stonemason. His brother Andrea introduced him to Latin literature and ancient Greco-Roman civilization, and later he was apprenticed under his uncle, Matteo Lucchesi, who was a leading architect in Magistrato delle Acque, the state organization responsible for engineering and restoring historical buildings.
From 1740, he had an opportunity to work in Rome as a draughtsman for Marco Foscarini, the Venetian ambassador of the new Pope Benedict XIV. He resided in the Palazzo Venezia and studied under Giuseppe Vasi, who introduced him to the art of etching and engraving of the city and its monuments. Giuseppe Vasi found Piranesi's talent was much greater than that of a mere engraver. According to Legrand, Vasi told Piranesi that "you are too much of a painter, my friend, to be an engraver."
After his studies with Vasi, he collaborated with pupils of the French Academy in Rome to produce a series of vedute (views) of the city; his first work was Prima parte di Architettura e Prospettive (1743), followed in 1745 by Varie Vedute di Roma Antica e Moderna.
From 1743 to 1747, he was mainly in Venice where, according to some sources, he often visited Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, a leading artist in Venice. It was Tiepolo who expanded the restrictive conventions of reproductive, topographical and antiquarian engravings. He then returned to Rome, where he opened a workshop in Via del Corso. In 1748–1774, he created an important series of vedute of the city which established his fame. In the meantime Piranesi devoted himself to the measurement of many of the ancient buildings: this led to the publication of Le Antichità Romane de' tempo della prima Repubblica e dei primi imperatori ("Roman Antiquities of the Time of the First Republic...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Chateau Valeri, French chateau, garden estate plan, mid 17th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Chateau Valeri'
Copper-line engraving by Matthaeus Merian.
From 'Topographia Galliae', a fine series of engravings of 17th-century French landscapes, gardens, buildings and citie...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Letter A - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter A 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
Materials
Etching
Northern Scotland: 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed hand-colored 17th century map of Northern Scotland by Gerard Mercator entitled "Scotiae pars Septentrionalis", published in Amsterdam in 1636. It is a highly detailed map of the northern part of Scotland, with the northwest Highlands and the cities Inverness and Aberdeen, as well as the Orkney Islands and the Hebrides. There is a decorative title cartouche in the upper left corner.
The map is presented in an antiqued brown wood...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Hand Colored 18th Century Homann Map of Austria Including Vienna & the Danube
Located in Alamo, CA
"Archiducatus Austriae inferioris" is a hand colored map of Austria created by Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) and published in Nuremberg, Germany in 1728 shortly after his death. ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Engraved 18th century view of Cambridge
Located in London, GB
18th Century View of Cambridge
Engraving
15 x 20 cm
This detailed engraving captures an 18th century view of Cambridge from the West. Green expanses dominate the piece, featuring s...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Cactus & Rose of Jericho Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting flowering "Melocactos" (Turk's Cap Cactus or Mother-in-law's Cushion), "Rosa Hiericontea aperta" (Rose of Jericho Unfolded), "Rosa Hie...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Piazza Colona
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Piazza Colona
Etching, 1752
From: Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna ( The Magnificense of Ancient and Modern Rome) , (1747-1761)
Volume II, The Main Squares and Obelisks, ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Letter Q - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter Q 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
Materials
Etching
Ni asi la Distingue - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1799
Located in Roma, IT
"Ni asi la Distingue" is an original aquatint realized by Francisco Goya in 1799, from Los Caprichos series, Plate 7, first edition.
Rare and in ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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
Materials
Etching
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
Materials
Etching
Durham. Paul Sandby C18th English landscape engraving
By Paul Sandby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Durham'
Engraving by F Chesham after Paul Sandby (1731-1809).
From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select Views in England, Scotland, and Ireland', published by G...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
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
Materials
Etching
Italianate Landscape, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Claude le Lorrain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Sepia mezzotint by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) After Claude Gellee ('Claude Lorrain') (1600-82).
From 'Liber Veritatis; or A Collection of Prints after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching, Engraving
Spiaggia detta La Regola - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 1747
Located in Roma, IT
Spiaggia detta La Regola is original black and white etching realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Beautiful etching representing a glimpse of Rome.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter B - Etching by G. Mignani - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter of the Alphabet B, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Mignani in the 18th centur...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Jupiter sends Iris to Hector. 18th century Classical Greek myth engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
"The two Armies being engaged by break of day, Jupiter sends Iris to bid Hector retire from the Fight, and not return till Agamemnon's wounds had obliged him, to withdraw from the Fi...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
A Cart Race
Located in Fairlawn, OH
A Cart Race
Hand colored etching & aquatint, 1788
Signed in the plate (see photo)
Published by William Hollande, London
Inscribed in the plate with title, artist's name and publication line 'Rowlandson. 1788./ London. Pubd 1789 by Wm Holland No 50. Oxford Street.'
Reference: M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)
British Museum Satires 7607
Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 260, Grego II.392
Provenance: Chris Beetles Ltd., London (label), 2003
Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Washington, D.C.
(label)
Fursten zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, Lugt 2715a,
verso (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Printed on 18th century laid paper
Archival framing by Chris Beetles Ltd., London
Note: The British Museum has two impressions, one trimmed the other full sheet as this example. Accession Number: 1868,0711.35
The Metropolitan Museum has an impression: Accession number 59.533.314
Fitzwilliam Museum: Accession number: 34.14-286
Cleveland Museum of Art accession number: 1958.10
Image description per BM: Three ramshackle two-wheeled carts drawn by wretched horses race (right to left) against a background formed by the church...
Note: The British Museum has two impressions, one trimmed the other full sheet as this example. Accession Number: 1868,0711.35
The Metropolitan Museum has an impression: Accession number 59.533.314
Fitzwilliam Museum: Accession number: 34.14-286
Cleveland Museum of Art accession number: 1958.10
Image description per BM: Three ramshackle two-wheeled carts drawn by wretched horses race (right to left) against a background formed by the clouds of dust which they have raised, with a row of gabled houses (right) inscribed 'St Giles', terminating in a church spire (left), and probably representing Broad St. Giles. The occupants of the carts are Irish costermongers typical of St. Giles. The foremost horse gallops, urged on by the shouts of a standing man brandishing a club. The other occupants, two women and a man, cheer derisively the next cart, whose horse has fallen, one woman falling from it head-first, another lies on the ground. The driver lashes the horse furiously. The third cart, of heavier construction, is starting. The horses are partly obscured by the clouds of dust, but denizens watch from casement windows and a door. Two ragged urchins (right) cheer the race; a dog barks.
"It was said that the amount of copper Thomas Rowlandson etched would sheathe the British Navy. An inveterate gambler, for much of his life Rowlandson had to produce a flood of his comic prints to stay ahead of financial losses.A wealthy uncle and aunt raised Rowlandson after his textile-merchant father went bankrupt. His career developed quickly. He entered London's Royal Academy Schools in 1772, visited Paris in 1774, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1775, and won a silver medal in 1777. He left school in 1778 to set up in business. Rowlandson's depictions of life in Georgian England exposed human foibles and vanity with sympathy and rollicking humor. During the 1780s he consolidated the delicate style he used for his coarse subjects. He worked mainly in ink and watercolor, his rhythmic compositions, flowing line, and relaxed elegance inspired by French Rococo art...
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Romantic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Banana Plants: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a striking original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line double page engraving of banana plants, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Banana 1. Musa,...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
A Hand Colored 17th Century Janssonius Map of Prussia: Poland, N. Germany, etc.
Located in Alamo, CA
An attractive hand-colored copperplate engraved 17th century map of Prussia entitled "Prussia Accurate Descripta a Gasparo Henneberg Erlichensi", published in Amsterdam by Joannes Janssonius in 1664. This very detailed map from the golden age of Dutch cartography includes present-day Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and portions of Germany. This highly detailed map is embellished by three ornate pink, red, mint green and gold...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Flowering Cotton Plant: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This striking hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving is entitled "Gnaphalium, Gossypium (Cotton Plant)". It is plate 551 in Johann Weinmann's monumental publication "Phy...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
The Jewish Bride, Fig B 341, Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - The Jewish Bride, Fig B 341, Year: of Original: 1635, Medium: Etching, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), P...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Set of Three Engravings from "The British Sportsman" /// Osbaldiston Animal Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Augustus Osbaldiston (English, Active: Late 18th Century)
Titles: "Coursing" (Plate 3), "Hawking" (Plate 7), and "Hare Hunting" (Plate 8)
Portfolio: The British Sport...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Vaso antico di marmo, che si conosceva nella Galleria del Palazzo
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's proof, printed on antique laid paper, large margins, representing an “antique marble vase in the gallery of the palazzo Barberini” as he r...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Allà Và Eso from Los Caprichos - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1799
Located in Roma, IT
Allà Và Eso from Los Caprichos is an original artwork realized by the artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799.
Etching and aquat...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome Italy. Jacobs Lauro 17th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Lauro produced a series of engravings of the ancient monuments of Classical Rome with detailed descriptions in Latin below.
180mm by 240mm (plate mark)...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Engraving
Sir Francis Drake: 18th C. Portrait of 16th C. Navigator, Privateer, Politician
Located in Alamo, CA
This an 18th century copper plate engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake by Jacobus Houbraken, after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, from "The Hea...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Landscape with Marching Soldiers
Located in Chicago, IL
Etching from the Six Landscapes
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Casino della Villa Patrizi Fuori - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Casino della Villa Patrizi Fuori di Via Pia is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Goo...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Letter A - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter A 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
Materials
Etching
Benjamin West, history painter, portrait, soft ground etching, 1809
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Benj. West RA'
Soft ground etching by William Daniell RA (1769-1837) after George Dance the Younger (1741-1825), 1809.
Benjamin West PRA (1738 – 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Engraving
"Mordon Colledge (the original spelling) Black Heath" from Universal Magazine
Located in Alamo, CA
This beautiful hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "The West Prospect of Mordon Colledge (Old English Spelling) Black Heath" was published in the 'The Universal Magazine...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Marquis de Marigny: An 18th C. Wille Engraved Portrait after a Tocque Painting
By Louis Tocqué
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a mid 18th century engraved portrait of Abel François Poisson de Vandières, Marquis de Marigny by Jean Georges Wille after a painting by Louis Tocque...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Hermes in Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Hermes in Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on th...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
S. Paolo Fuori Le Mura (Vedute della Basilica di S. Paolo fuor della mura)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
S. Paolo Fuori Le Mura (Vedute della Basilica di S. Paolo fuor della mura)
Etching, 1748
From: Vedute di Roma, Plate 8
An early Roman printing, published by Bouchard e Gravier
Watermark: Fleur de Lys in a double circle
Signed in the plate
Condition: Small margins as are common with Bouchard published impressions.
Centerfold (as usual)
Rich impression with good contrasts
Plate/Image size: 15 7/8 x 24 1/8 inches
Sheet size: 17 3/8 x 24 3/4 inches
Reference: Focillon 723
Wilton-Ely 138
Hind 6 ii/VI, Bouchard e Gravier printing, before the price and numbers in later states
This image is Piranesi’s second interior scene from the Vedute di Roma. The first interior is a less complex composition of the Interior of St. Peters which lacks the challenging perspective that the artist masters in this image.
The Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Parmigiani Amica: An 18th Century Engraving and Etching by Strange After Mazzola
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century engraving and etching entitled "Parmigiani Amica" by Robert Strange after a painting by Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino, who lived during the Renaissance period. It was published in London in 1774. As the inscription states, the painting was in the collection of the King of Naples at the time the engraving was made. The engraving depicts a half-length portrait of a young woman, known as Parmigiani's Amica (meaning "female friend" in Italian). She is depicted wearing a simple but elegant dress with a low-cut neckline, which reveals her delicate features and graceful neck. Her hair is arranged in a simple yet stylish manner. She is turning to the right to look lovingly at her infant, which she is holding with her right arm. She is touching the baby's mouth with her left hand. The background of the engraving is plain and unadorned, allowing the viewer to focus entirely on the subject of the portrait. The result is a beautiful and timeless image that captures the essence of Renaissance portraiture.
The engraving is printed on watermarked paper. The sheet measures 16.25" high and 12' wide. The sheet is adhered to paper in its upper corners and it has been removed from the paper in its lower corners. There is some mild discoloration and some wrinkling in the margins, including the lower inscription area, and a small dark spot in the upper margin, which may represent a drop of ink occuring at the time of printing. These issues do not involve the image, which is in very good condition. The print is held by several museums and institutions, including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The British Museum in London, The Royal Museums of the UK, The British National Trust...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Viliers Costret, French chateau, architectural plan, mid 17th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Viliers Costret'
Copper-line engraving by Matthaeus Merian.
From 'Topographia Galliae', a fine series of engravings of 17th-century French landscapes, gardens, buildings and citi...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
His & Hers Prints, Pair of 18th Century Engravings of Male and Female Tapirs
By Jacques Eustache de Seve
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive pair of engravings of Male and Female Tapirs.
Etching / engraving on hand laid paper.
Sheet size:(7,9 x 10,2 inch).
Image size: (6,3 x 7,9 inch).
Framed size: 15...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Euphorbia (Spurge) /// Antique Botanical Botany Plants Engraving Buffon Science
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788)
Title: "Euphorbia (Spurge)" (Dodecandrie, Trigynie, Plate 411)
Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle
Year: 1749-1789
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Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
Daniel Marot's The Siege of the Dutch Fortified City of Ypres by Louis XIV
By Daniel Marot
Located in Alamo, CA
"Ypres, Grand Ville Riche & Marchande" is an engraving and etching by Daniel Marot (le Vieux) (1661–1752). It depicts a view of the siege of the city of Ypres and its citadel on the left in the Spanish Netherlands by Louis XIV's troops. This battle took place between March 18 and March 25, 1678, as part of the Franco-Dutch War. Marot illustrated in great detail (best appreciated with magnification) the French attack on the strong pentagonal citadel on the extreme left, which had been built recently in anticipation of a French attack. The trenches built by the French approaching the town are seen on the right. King Louis XIV can be seen in the foreground surveying the battle mounted on his white horse, surrounded by his officers and troops.
The print is presented in an attractive ornate black wood frame with a cream-colored double mat with a black inner trim. It is glazed with plexiglas. The frame measures 25.38" x 22.63" x .88". The engraving, frame, mat and glazing are in excellent condition.
Artist: Daniel Marot (1661–1752) was also called "Le Vieux". He was the son of the famous architect, Jean Marot. Marot had diverse interests and talents. In addition to his art, he designed garden projects, architectural ornaments, furniture, and even upholstery. Marot as a Huguenot protestant was forced to leave France in 1685 following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He emigrated to Holland, where he worked for William of Orange (an arch enemy of his former employer Louis XIV). Marot was largely responsible for the interiors of Williams palace at the Loo. In 1694 he went Britain as William had married Queen Mary and he had become King William III of England. He later returned to Holland in about 1698 and died in the Hague in 1752. He left a lasting legacy on the decorative arts in the Netherlands, where his grand version of the Louis XIV style remained popular into the 1730s.
Historical Background: In October 1677, Mary Stuart, niece and possible successor of Charles II of England, married Louis XIV's arch enemy William III of Orange...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
THORNTON. The Roses
Located in London, GB
Magnificent print by Robert John Thornton. Aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora.
[London 1799]
First state.
Thornton was a prolific medical author and Doctor of Medicine, practicing at St Andrews University and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. However, he is best remembered for this great botanical publication The Temple of Flora, which formed a part of the larger work - New Illustration of the Sexual system of Linnaeus.
In 1797, he also began advertising for subscribers to his planned natural history publishing venture, which eventually comprised of 30 folio botanical plates. For these remarkable illustrations, he engaged the services of the leading artists and engravers of his day: Sir William Beechey, James Opie, Henry Raeburn, John Russell, Philip Reinagle and others as painters; Francesco Bartolozzi, Richard Earlom and John Landseer. Most of the images were painted by Peter Charles Henderson and Philip Reinagle.
These botanical illustrations are unique as they were the first flower prints with landscape backgrounds, depicting the natural habitat of the plant. The life-size flowers stand out dramatically and the whole effect is startlingly modern. Thornton's announced intention was to make this work the most magnificent tribute ever paid to the famous Swedish botanist Linnaeus by illustrating his Sexual System with the finest possible prints. All these were engraved on a larger scale than anything which had hitherto appeared and then were printed in colour, an expensive and uncommon method in England at this time. A brilliant effect.
This rare and celebrated plate of the Roses...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Engraving
View of Blackfriars Bridge from Somerset Place, C18th English aquatint
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
View of Blackfriars Bridge from Somerset Place'
Aquatint by JC Stadler after J Farmington.
Published c1795 for Boydell's 'History of the River Thames'. Joseph Constantine Stadler (...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Acer & Carduus - 18th century Weinmann botanical plant flower engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Acarna Theophrasti' and 'Acer Campestre minus'
Mezzotint printed in colours. Circa 1740.
From Johann W Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia, published in Regensburg 1737-45. The fi...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Antirrhinum Orontium - 18th century Weinmann botanical plant flower engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Antirrhinum Orontium'
Mezzotint printed in colours. Circa 1740.
From Johann W Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia, published in Regensburg 1737-45. The first botanical series to u...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
"Three Herons" from a collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational History of the Different Bird...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Engraving
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