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'Dei Praestitis Signumexaere' — 18th Century Classical Italian Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, 'Dei Praestitis Signumexaere' (God's Providence Signumexaere), engraving, 1734, edition unknown. Signed 'Dom. Campiglia del.' in the plate, lower left. E...
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Realist Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
View of Fountain Court, Middle Temple, City of London
Located in Middletown, NY
An 18th century view of the first permanent water fountain in London.
London: J.Boydell, 1753.
Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on white laid paper, laid down to a modern...
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English School Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
Four Framed Hogarth Engravings "Four Times of the Day"
Located in Alamo, CA
The four plates in this "Four Times of the Day" set were created utilizing both engraving and etching techniques by William Hogarth in 1738. Hogarth's original copper plates were refurbished where needed by James Heath and these engravings were republished in London in 1822 by Braddock, Cradock & Joy. This was the last time Hogarth's original copper plates were used for printing. Most were melted down during World War I for the construction of bombs. Printed upon early nineteenth century wove paper and with large, full margins as published by William Heath in 1822. The inscription below each print reads "Invented Painted & Engraved by Wm. Hogarth & Publish'd March 25. 1738 according to Act of Parliament".
These large folio sized "Four Times of the Day" engravings/etchings are presented in complex gold-colored wood frames with black bands and scalloped gold inner trim. A majority of each thick impressive frame is covered with glass applied near the outer edge. Each frame measures 25.75" high, 22.25" wide and 1.88" deep. There are a few small dents in the edge of these frames, which are otherwise in very good condition. "Morning" has two focal areas of discoloration in the upper margin and some discoloration in the right margin, a short tear in the left margin and a short tear or crease in the right margin. "Noon" has a spot in the upper margin that extends into the upper image, but it is otherwise in very good condition. "Evening" has a faint spot in the upper margin, but it is otherwise in very good condition. "Night" is in excellent condition.
The "Four Times of the Day" series is in the collection of many major museums, including: The British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tate Museum, The Chicago Art Institute and The Victoria and Albert Museum.
Through this series Hogarth is portraying early 18th century London street life at "Four Times of the Day". His characters are exhibiting their personalities, quircks, strange activities, but he also wants to draw attention the disparities between the wealthy aristocracy and the common working class.
Plate 1, "Morning" depicts morning in Covent Garden in the winter in front of Tom King...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching
Apuleius, Ancient Roman, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Apuleio' (Apuleius)
Copper-line engraving by N Billy after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni...
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Renaissance Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Basilica of San Lorenzo in Rome: A Framed 18th Century Etching by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi entitled "Veduta della Basilica di S. Lorenzo fuor della mura" (Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls), published in Rome in 1750 in Piranesi's Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), This etching depicts the Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls, which is a Roman Catholic papal basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy. The Basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and one of the five "papal basilicas". It was built as a shrine to the martyred Roman deacon St. Lawrence.
This Piranesi etching is held by many museums and institutions, including: The Metropolitan Museum, The British Museum, The National Gallery of Art, The Yale University Art Gallery, and The Harvard Museum of Art.
This magnificent etching is presented in a brown-colored wood frame and a tan French...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Roman Colosseum: A Framed 18th Century Etching of the Interior by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi entitled "Veduta dell'interno dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo" (View of the interior of the Flavian Amph...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Appearance - Etching by C.N. Cochin the Elder - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Appearance is a black and white etching on cream-colored paper, realized by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder (1688-1754) in 1750s.
Good condition.
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
18th Century Catesby Hand-colored Bird & Plant Engraving "The Crested Titmous"
By Mark Catesby
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored copperplate engraving of a bird and plants by Mark Catesby (1683-1749) entitled "The Crested Titmous" from "The Natural History of Carolina, Georgia, Florida and the Bahama Islands", published in 1731. It depicts a small Crested Titmous bird, facing left, perched on the stem of a plant with clusters of mauve colored star-like flowers.
This original Catesby hand-colored engraving, on laid paper with a large central Fleur-de-Lys watermark, is presented in a cream color French mat. The mat measures 20" x 15.5" and the sheet measures 18.75" x 14.75".
Mark Catesby was born in England to a prosperous family, but he traveled to America, first to visit his sister and her husband in 1712. From 1712 to 1719 he explored America observing its birds and plants, taking notes, creating drawings and collecting specimens. He returned to England with this material and created more detailed drawings. His next visit to America 1722-1726 allowed for more detailed research. Upon his return to England he created his monumental and beautiful work "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and Bahama Islands", which was published in London in two folio volumes of 11 parts each consisting of 20 plates...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Rococo interior design and furniture, German mid 18th century etching
By Franz Xaver Habermann
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Rococo interior design and furniture, etching, by Franz Xaver Habermann (1721-1796), circa 1750.
Lettered 'F. X. Haberman, inv. et del. loh. Georg Hertel, excud : Aug. Vind., number...
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Rococo Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching
Shunga - Woodcut by Katsukawa Schuncho - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Shunga is an original modern artwork realized by Katsukawa Schuncho (1726 – 1793) in the half of the 18th Century.
Erotic scene from the series "Koshuko zue juni ko".
A courtesan with a customer under a kimono stand...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
The Giant Wheel (Carceri IX), (2nd State)
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a second state impression from three states.
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
The Windmill by François Vivares, after Rembrandt
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 x 5 7/8 inches (202 x 149 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Adhered at each corner to a small sheet of archival laid paper. Horizontal edge loss at the ...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio
Etching, 1752
Signed in the plate lower left (see photo)
From: Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna ( The Magnificense of Ancient and Mod...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Temple of Asclepius with the Chariot - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 1753
Located in Roma, IT
The architect is Paolo Posi, and the image is engraved by Giuseppe Vasi.
The title: Prospetto della prima machina de fuochi d'artifizio, rappresentante il Tempio di Esculapio figl...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Ponte and Castel S. Angelo (Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant' Angelo)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Ponte and Castel S. Angelo
Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant' Angelo
Etching, 1754
Signed in the plate lower right above the caption
From: Vedute di Roma
A proper Roman printing w...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Well, Carcere XIII - Etching by G.B.Piranesi - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Well, Carcere XIII , from “ Images of Prisons”, Buchard , Rome, 1749-50
Etching on laid paper. Signed on plate “ Piranesi F.” lower-right. Very good ...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Al Dolo - Etching by Giovanni Antonio Canal - 1735/44
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Roma, IT
Al Dolo is an original Artwork realized by Giovanni Antonio Canal, commonly known as Canaletto (Venice, 1697 - 1768).
Original Etching on Laid paper...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Shunga - Woodcut by Katsukawa Schuncho - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Shunga is an original modern artwork realized by Katsukawa Schuncho (1726 – 1793) in the half of the 18th Century.
Oban yokoe.
Erotic scene from the series "Koshuko zue juni ko" (Erotic pictures...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
XXXIII Fig. I Avanzo del Tempio di Castore e Polluce
Located in Fairlawn, OH
XXXIII Fig. I Avanzo del Tempio di Castore e Polluce .View of the Remains of the Peristyle of the House of Nero,
Etching, 1756
Signed in the plate (see photo)
From: Le Antichità Roma...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Flowering Wild Bean Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Phaseolus Americanus purgans, b. Phaseolus Brasilianus". It is plate 8...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Ancient Roman Marble Vase: 18th C. Piranesi Etching Vaso Cinerario di Gran Mole
Located in Alamo, CA
"Vaso Cinerario di Gran Mole. Le Teste dei Giovenchi mostrano di reggere it pesante Festone composto di Frutti Fiori Grans ed use. Il tuto Necefsario all Vita Umana. Il Restante degl...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
'The Deluge' from 'The Temple of the Muses' — 18th Century Engraving
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Picart, 'The Deluge' from 'The Temple of the Muses', engraving, 1730. Signed in the plate and dated
'1730' lower left. Titled in French, English, German, and Dutch. A superb...
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Baroque Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Flowering Bardana Daisy: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Bardana Major Folio Non Serrato, Napoliere, B. Bdellifera Arbor, de Qu...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Flowering Apple Plant: 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This striking hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving is entitled Malus domestica, Pomier, Apfelbaunt (Apple)". It is plate 704 in Johann Weinmann's monumental publicatio...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Piazza Navona allagata solito farsi nelle Feste di Agosto
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Piazza Navona allagata solito farsi nelle Feste di Agosto
Etching, 1752
Signed in the plate lower right (see photo)
From: Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna ( The Magnificen...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
'Bacchus Cumampelo' — 18th Century Classical Italian Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, 'Bacchus Cumampelo', engraving, 1734, edition unknown. Signed 'Dom. Campiglia del.' in the plate, lower left. Engraving by Gabbugiani, after the original...
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Realist Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Hadrian's Mausoleum, Castel S. Angelo: A Framed 18th Century Etching by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi entitled "Veduta del Mausoleo d'Elio Adriana ora chiamato Castello S. Angelo nella parte opposta alla Facciata de...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Terence, Ancient Roman, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Terenzio' (Terence)
Copper-line engraving by Silvestro Pomared after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) w...
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Renaissance Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Pomona Gallica, Muscat Rouge - Botanical Grape Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Pomona Gallica, Muscat Rouge - Botanical Grape Print
Botanical Print depicting a grape vine by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (French, 1700-1782). Red grapes hang from a vine, in fr...
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Impressionist Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Ink
Hollyhock Plant: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741), entitled "A. Alcea Folio Lacinato, B. Alcea Vesicaria, C. Alchimilla minima, D. ...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
The plan of St. Martin's Church, St. Martin in the Fields
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Society of Antiqauries London, 1744. Engraving on buff wove paper with a large heraldic watermark with Strasbourg lily with a crown and shied and the letters LVG, 9 1/2 x 14 ...
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English School Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Handmade Paper
Flowering Medlar Tree: An 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Mespilus Aronia Azarolie B. Mespilus Vulgaris Neflier". It is plate 7...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Flowering Trumpet Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Stramonia Aegyptiaca foetida semine pallido flore albo duplici triplicive...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Flowering Pea Plant: An 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Lathyrus Major Peremis Richern B. Lathyrus Narbonensis Flore Albescen...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Suite de Vases - Original Etching By Jacques François Saly - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Suite de Vases is an original artwork realized by the French artist Jacques François Saly (1717-1776)
Etching print. drawing on the back, 1750 c. Passepartout cm 21x22,5
Good cond...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Ancient Roman Temple Architecture: An 18th Century Framed Etching by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi entitled "Veduta del Tempio detto della Tosse su la Via Tiburtina, un miglio vicino a Tivoli" (View of the so-called Tem...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.
Located in Richmond, GB
From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame. So...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint, Handmade Paper
Flowering Chestnut Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Castanea Equina, Chateignier amaire (Horse Chestnut)". It is plate 342 in...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Brown Pelican: An Original Audubon 1st Edition Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original rare and extremely collectible first octavo edition John James Audubon hand colored lithograph entitled "Brown Pelican, Young First Winter", No. 85, Plate 424, fr...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Sepolcro dè tre fratelli Curazj in Albano - Etching by G. B. Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 39.8x60.4 cm.
Sepolcro de’ tre fratelli Curazj in Albano (Tomb of the three brothers Curazj in Albano) is a wonderful etching on thick laid paper with watermark (a...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
THE COMMON BUZZARD
By Peter Mazel
Located in Portland, ME
(Mazell, Peter). THE COMMON BUZZARD after Charles Collins. Engraving with hand-coloring, c. 1766. A plate from The British Zoology, London 1777. Titled in the plate, top, and with th...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
"February Bouquet" from 'The Twelve Months of Flowers' series by Robert Furber
By Robert Furber
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed hand-colored engraving entitled "February Bouquet" is from 'The Twelve Months of Flowers' by Henry Furber, published in London in 1730 by Robert Sayer and John King. Each of the twelve hand-colored engravings in the book were produced from paintings by Pieter Casteels (1684-1749) and engraved by Henry Fletcher (1710-1753). The book featured twelve detailed engravings of seasonal plants in bloom in the form of a bouquet. More than 400 different species of flowering plants were included with each plant numbered and accompanied by a list of the corresponding species names. Thirty-five species of flowers are depicted in this engraving in a bouquet sitting in an ornate attractive bowl. A few of the flowers lie loose on a table. The flower species are listed in a table in the lower portion of the plate, along with the month that these flowers are in bloom.
This colorful print is presented in a gold-colored wood frame with a cream-colored double mat with a heather green inner mat. The frame measures 23.5" High, 19" wide and 1.63" deep. There are a few small frame abrasions, but the print is in very good condition.
Robert Furber...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
18th-century celestial - Hydra Crater Corvus Sextans Virgo
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Hydra Crater Corvus Sextans Virgo
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star a...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Skeleton after Titian - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Skeleton after Titian is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident stroke...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Fabricius (Ponte Cestio) Bridge : Framed 18th C. Piranesi Architectural Etching
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi is entitled "Dimostransi nella Tav. presente la Pianta, ed Elevazione del Ponte, oggi detto Quattro Capi egli è antichissimo, e chiamavasi Fabrizio da L. Fabrizio Presid. delle Strade, che lo fabbrico' nel fine della Repubblica. "(The Plan and Elevation of the Bridge, today called Quattro Capi. The architect is very ancient, and was called Fabrizio da L. Fabrizio Presid. delle Strade, who built it at the end of the Republic). This is plate 18 in volume 4 of Piranesi's "Le antichita romane opera di Giambatista Piranesi architetto veneziano" (Roman antiquities by Giambatista Piranesi Venetian architect). It was published in Rome in 1756-1757.
This etching depicts the plan and elevation of the bridge now called the Ponte dei Quattoro Capi or Ponte Cestio (Bridge of the Four Heads), which in antiquity was called the Bridge of Fabricius after L. Fabricius, the Superintendant of the Streets who built it at the end of the Republic, around 62 BC. It was also been known in the Middle Ages as ‘Ponte Giudeo’ (Bridge of the Jews). The bridge crossed from the left bank or northeast side of the Tiber River to Tiber Island...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Chrysanthemum: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Chrysanthemum matricaria plants. It is entitled "A. Chrysanthemum Matricarice Folus Flore...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Flowering Masterwort Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Weinmann Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Imperatoria seu ostrution Imperatoire Meisterwirk". It is plate 604 in We...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
BATHOS / Tail PIece
Located in Santa Monica, CA
WILLIAM HOGRATH (1767- 1764)
THE BATHOS / Tail Piece 1764 (Paulson 1989: 216 I/I Paulson 1965/70: 216 I/I)
Engraving Plate 12 7/8 x 13 3/8, sheet 17 ¾ x 18 ¾ Designed & Engrav’d by Wm Hogarth at left and Published according to Act of Parliam’t March 3, 1764 at right. Good condition on thick laid paper Small bit of tape on the left & right sheet edges small stan lower sheet edge all on recto.
This Hogarth’s last print is fascinating as it is prophacy about death.
Various institutions have interesting commentaries - to wit:
Chicago Art Institute: Hogarth created The Bathos toward the end of his life. It is considered one of the bleakest artworks of the 18th century because it depicts the Apocalypse without an afterlife. The Angel of Death even collapses in exhaustion after having destroyed the world. In his hand is an execution decree and around him lies a mass of broken objects.
Princeton: Hogarth’s last print, The Bathos,….. is filled with all manner of images denoting the end of life as we know it. Entry no. 216 in Ronald Paulson’s catalogue raisonne Hogarth’s Graphic Works, 3rd revised edition says “This print is the culmination of such pessimistic images . . . . [taking] his general composition, the configuration of objects, and some of the particular items, from Dürer’s engraving, Melancholia; but he also recalls Salvator Rosa’s Democritus in Meditation (which derives from Dürer’s print) with a scroll at the bottom of the etching: ‘Democritus the mocker of all things, confounded by the ending of All Things’ (Antal, p.168).”
Newfields (Indianapolis Museum of Art): Hogarth intended this engraving to serve as the tailpiece to bound volumes of his collected engravings and, appropriately, it proved to be his last engraving. Father Time has died and his last will and testament has been witnessed by the three Fates. He is surrounded by a landscape of death, decay, and ruin. Hogarth aimed this print at dealers in “dark” Old Masters paintings who promoted the idea that ruins evoked sublime feelings in viewers—a sentiment, Hogarth wrote, that was reducing the world to ruin.
British Caricature...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Flowering Sweet William Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Caryophyllus Arborescens, b. Caryophyllus Barbatus". It is plate 327 i...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
18th-century celestial - Camelopardal & Auriga
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Camelopardal & Auriga
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by John Mynde, from the s...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Flowering Digitalis Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Digitalis rubra floribus albis maculatis. Digitalis angustifolia flore fe...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
The So-Called Tempio della Tosse, Near Tivoli. Interior Upright
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The So-Called Tempio della Tosse, Near Tivoli. Interior Upright (Veduta interna del Tempio della Tosse)
"Temple of the Cough"
Etching, 1764
Signed in the plate
From: Vedute di Roma...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Corn, Maize: 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 engraving of two varieties of corn or maize, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Frumentum ...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Terence, Ancient Roman, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Terenzio' (Terence)
Copper-line engraving by Silvestro Pomared after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) w...
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Renaissance Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Flowering Garden Pea Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Pisum Mapis flore pupureo". It is plate 818 in Weinmann's monumental publ...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Gardens of the Chateau Rueil, Paris, France, mid 17th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Prosp. horti Auraicorum Pomorum a Ruel'
Copper-line engraving by Matthaeus Merian.
From 'Topographia Galliae', a fine series of engravings of 17th-century French landscapes, gard...
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Rococo Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Piazza Navona in Rome: A Framed Original 18th Century Etching by Barbault
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century etching entitled "Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo" was created by Jean Barbault (1718-1762) after a painting by...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Hand-Colored Houbraken Portrait of "Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James"
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored portrait of Henry Prince of Wales, Son of James, engraved and etched by the Dutch master of portraits Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
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