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Period: Mid-18th Century
Roman Theater - Etching after Michelangelo Specchi - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Theater is an original etching on paper realized after Michelangelo Specchi, the engraver is anonymous.
Signed on the plate, lower left.
With the description on the lower.
T...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Surgical Instruments - Etching by Lorenz Heister - 1750
Located in Roma, IT
Surgical Instruments is part of the suite realized by Lorenz Heister in the series of Institutiones Chirurgicae, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750.
Etching on paper.
The work be...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Royal Militia District - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 1753
Located in Roma, IT
The architect is Paolo Posi, and the image is engraved by Giuseppe Vasi. Etching on paper.
Good condition.
The title: Celebratasi colla Machina della precedente sera la beneficenz...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Ruins of an Ancient Tomb - G. B. Piranesi - 1762
Located in Roma, IT
Ruins of an Ancient Tomb is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1762.
Image dimensions: 41.5x56 cm
Very precoius and rare lifetime spec...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Veduta del Porto di Ripa Grande - View of the Port of Ripa Grande - 1753
Located in Roma, IT
G. B. Piranesi, Veduta del Porto di Ripa Grande (View of the port of Ripa Grande)
Etching, Burin and Drypoint on fine watermarked paper (with lily watermarked). Signed on plate lower-right: “G.B. Piranesi Architetto fec.”.
2nd State/ VI (Hind 27)
Image Dim: cm 38.2 x 61.5, Dim: 53.3 x 77.3.
Good conditions, with some normal fold of paper at the center
From one of the most important series of etchings by G.B. Piranesi, ”Views of Rome drawn and etched by Giambattista Piranesi...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Veduta della Spelonca, detta il Bergantino - Etching by G. B. Piranesi - 1762
Located in Roma, IT
Veduta della Spelonca, detta il Bergantino is an original etching realized by G. B. Piranesi in 1762.
Image Dimensions: 43 x 63 cm
Very good condition.
Ref. Ficacci., p.442
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Set of Two Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by George Edwards /// Bird Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: George Edwards (English, 1694-1773)
Title: "Set of Two Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by George Edwards"
Portfolio: A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals / Gleanings Of Natural History
Year: 1743-1764
Medium: Set of Two Original Hand-Colored Engravings on watermarked laid and wove papers
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: C. Rickaby, London, UK
Publisher: William Gardiner and Messrs. Robinson, London, UK
Reference: Mullens and Swann page 194-195; Anker No. 124-126; Fine Bird Books page 93; Lisney page 128-144; Nissen IVB No. 286-288; Zimmer page 192-198
Sheet size (each): approx. 11.25" x 9"
Image size (each): approx. 8.63" x 7.38"
Condition: "90" has faint offsetting to sheet. "308" has one foxmark center right. They are both otherwise in excellent condition with strong colors
Notes:
Comes from Edwards seven volume portfolio "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals" / "Gleanings Of Natural History" (1743-1764), which consists of 362 hand-colored engravings. "90" is on laid paper with a "fleur-de-lis" watermark at center left edge. "308" is on wove paper with no watermark. The last image of the cover title sheets is for reference/provenance; it is not included.
Biography:
George Edwards FRS (3 April 1694 – 23 July 1773) was an English naturalist and ornithologist, known as the "father of British ornithology". Edwards was born at West Ham...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
The Ornament - Etching by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Ornament is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755.
Good conditions.
The print was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - M...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Ears - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Ears is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755”
The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Wedding and Divorce among the Canadians - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Wedding and Divorce among the Canadians
Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Tom.VIII , Plate LII
Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm 37.5 x 23.8; Passepartout Dim: cm 49 x 34
Very fine Etching, Hand-watercoloured, showing the nuptial ceremony and the divorse among the Canadian indigenouses...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Capital Letter - Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s
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...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Animal Figures - Original Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In ...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is anoriginal etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In v...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Map of Oxfordshire coloured 18th century engraving by Thomas Kitchin
Located in London, GB
To see our other original maps, 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 poster you want....
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Pair of Hand-Colored Pelican Engravings
Located in New York, NY
The Merican Pelican and The Pelican from George Edwards "A Natural History of Birds, Most of which have not been figured or described and others very little known..." published in Lo...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Atraphaxis (Shrub); Cabomba (Carolina Fanwort) /// Botanical Botany Plants Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788)
Title: "Atraphaxis (Shrub); Cabomba (Carolina Fanwort)" (Hexandrie, Digynie, Plate 265)
Portfolio: Histoire Naturel...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
Apples
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm.
Apples
Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745.
attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing.
Johann Weinmann (16...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Mezzotint
18th-century celestial - Cetus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Cetus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas published up to that ti...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving
The Column of Marcus Aurelius
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine impression with the address of the artist (Autore, Strada Felice) and the price (Paoli 2 1/2) as well as Hind Watermark no.3 (Fleur-de-lys-in-a-Double-Circle), all correspondi...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Ostrich, Porcupine and Hedgehog Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving with later hand-coloring from "Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historia...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper
Johann Weinmann : Mezzotint 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...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Mimufops (Mimusops); Ibricaria (Shingle Oak) /// Botanical Botany Plants Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788)
Title: "Mimufops (Mimusops); Ibricaria (Shingle Oak)" (Octandreie, Monogynie, Plate 300)
Portfolio: Histoire Nature...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
18th Century Etching of Ancient Roman Architectural Objects by Giovanni Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
A. Tigna Protensa Super Media Epistylia, B. Praecisiones Tigorum Quaqua Versus Extrinsectus Apparentium, C. Opae Extremitates Tigorum Contintes, Fig. I, plate 88 from "Vasi, Candelab...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Ornament - Etching by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Ornament is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755.
Good conditions.
The print was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - M...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Ornament - Etching by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Ornament is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755.
Good conditions.
The print was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - M...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Ornament - Etching by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Ornament is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755.
Good conditions.
The print was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - M...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Ornament - Etching by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Ornament is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755.
Good conditions.
The print was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - M...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Ornament - Etching by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Ornament is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755.
Good conditions.
The print was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - M...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Ornament - Etching by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Ornament is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755.
Good conditions.
The print was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - M...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Ornament - Etching by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Ornament is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755.
Good conditions.
The print was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - M...
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Modern 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...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint, Handmade Paper
Picris (Sunflower); Helmintia (Bristly Oxtongue) /// Botanical Botany Plants Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788)
Title: "Picris (Sunflower); Helmintia (Bristly Oxtongue)" (Syngenesie; Polygamie, Plate 648)
Portfolio: Histoire Na...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
Animal Figures - Original Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Temple of Peace - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Temple of Peace is an original black and white etching realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Good conditions except for the trace of being fold at the middle.
Sheet dimention:42 x 56
The...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Wedding among the Indians of Panama - Etching by G. Pivati - 1746/1751
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm.
Wedding among the Indians of Panama; Relatives and friends tilling the couple's soil is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver G...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
A Harlot's Progress - Etching after William Hogarth - 1732
Located in Roma, IT
A Harlot's Progress is an etching print realized after William Hogarth in 1732
Signature on the plate on the lower right.
Good conditions, with some foxing.
A Harlot's Progress" i...
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Surrealist 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
Colorful Parrot: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of a parrot bird entitled "La Perruche-Ara, de Cayenne (Parrot)" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 864 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in ass...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Il Giocolare - Etching by Giovanni Volpato - 1765 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and burin on paper.
Image dimension: 37.8x29
On the lower margin from left to right under the composition "Fran. co Maggiotto inv." and then "Gio. Volpato Sculp. appo Nic. ...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Johann Weinmann : Mezzotint 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...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Four 18th Century Optical views of Paris etc.; "Vue des Rives de la Seine ....
Located in Middletown, NY
Four 18th Century Optical views
"Vue des Rives de la Seine prise du Pont Neuf à Paris"
"Vue de la Place de l'Hôtel de Ville et du Phare à Calais"
"Vue de Paris prise du Port de la Co...
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French School Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
The South West Prospect of London – English School 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
A stunning 18th century optical view of London from the Thames.
London: 1760.
Copper plate engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid paper with a large circular wate...
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English School Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Camera sepolcrale
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Camera sepolcrale
Etching 1743
Signed in the bottom left corner
From: Prima Parte, 1743
Second edition: 1750-1778
Watermark: R 37-39
A lifetime impression printed during Piranesi’s life, before the plates are moved to Paris by his sons in the 1790’s
Condition: Excellent
Image size: 14 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches
Reference: Robison 20 iii/V
Piranesi In Rome: Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive
"Although Piranesi studied architecture in Venice, he never was able to find work in the field other than a few jobs involving remodeling in Rome. While Piranesi was struggling to support his architectural endeavors upon his arrival in Rome in 1740, he spent a short period of time in the studio of master painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) in addition to his apprenticeship with Giuseppe Vasi. The first production of Piranesi’s early years in Rome and a culmination of his training under Vasi, Tiepolo, and his uncle, was the Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive (1743). The Prima Parte was a collection of twelve etchings of imaginary temples, palaces, ruins, and a prison. During this time, Piranesi was still developing the unique style of etching he is known for today, and as such the Prima Parte differs significantly in technique compared to later works. In the Frontispiece of the Prima Parte, Piranesi’s lines are definite and exact with very little flow to them, designed in the form of traditional etching. The detail is immaculate, and yet perspective of the piece is oddly simple and familiar to the viewer. Piranesi’s technique employs miniscule markings and lines, intricately woven together to create a stippling effect. The Prima Parte, described as “rigid” by art historian Jonathan Scott, came to be seen as a stark contrast to his later sketches, which were much lighter and freer. Influenced by the style of Tiepolo, which epitomized the lightness and brightness of the Rococo period, Piranesi adopted some of the more painterly techniques of the masters he apprenticed under. Piranesi made the medium of etching appear as though it was a sketch or a painting, hence a “freer” and more fluid design in his later works. For example, the frontispiece of the Prima Parte read as an etching to Piranesi’s audience, but in his later vedute, the style of etching almost appears to be made of brushstrokes. Moreover, at the same time Piranesi was working on the Prima Parte, he aided the artist Giambattista Nolli. There is a small section of Nolli’s map...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The South East Prospect of Westminster Bridge
By Alfred Benjamin Cole
Located in Middletown, NY
After Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Copper plate engraving with hand coloring on cream laid paper with the Arms of France watermark (a crown in shield topped by a fleur-de-lys and the letters GR), 22 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (576 x 400 mm), wide to full margins. Multiple vertical and horizontal creases from folding and rolling; none appear to be particularly hard, there is however some associated cockeling. While there is some minor mat tone visible around the perimeter of the sheet, the extensive handcoloring remains extremely fresh and saturated in the intended areas. There are edge tears at each the right and left sheet edge (outside of the image area) due to an improper effort to mount the sheet to a mat. Otherwise in very good condition with all issues being consistent with age.
The print is wrongly titled "The South East Prospect of Westminster Bridge...
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English School Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Watercolor
Kabuki Actor in Blue Kimono - Original Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Kabuki Actor in Blue Kimono - Original Woodblock Print
Original woodblock print depicting a Kabuki actor in a blue kimono by Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). The actor holds u...
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Edo Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Group of Four Mezzotint Hunting Plates.
Located in London, GB
4 mezzotint engravings by and after Ridinger (c.55 x 43 cm.) with margins on all sides.
[Published: Augsburg, 1750].
A fine group showing 2 male and 2 female hunters along with the ...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint
Traveling animals - Original etching enhanced with watercolor
Located in Paris, IDF
George EDWARDS
Traveling animals
Original engraving enhanced with watercolor
Signed in the plate and dated, 1746
28.6 x 23.5 cm
From Volume II of the Natural History of Birds, plat...
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Academic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Flowering Sweet Pea: 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Red Sweet Peas which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Lathyrus Flore Majore Pur...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
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
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Etching
Carcere ascura
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Carcere ascura
Etching, 1743
Signed in the plate bottom left corner
From: Prima Parte, 1743
Second edition: 1750-1778
Watermark: R 37-39
A lifetime impression printed during Piranesi’s life, before the plates are moved to Paris by his sons in the 1790’s
This image foretells Piranesi's famous set, Carceri (Prisons) which is his next creative effort.
Condition: Horizontal crease midway in the sheet associated with the manufacture of the paper.
Visible watermark verso
Small printer crease in the bottom right below the caption plate.
Image size: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Reference: Robison 3 iii/VI
Piranesi In Rome: Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive
"Although Piranesi studied architecture in Venice, he never was able to find work in the field other than a few jobs involving remodeling in Rome. While Piranesi was struggling to support his architectural endeavors upon his arrival in Rome in 1740, he spent a short period of time in the studio of master painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) in addition to his apprenticeship with Giuseppe Vasi. The first production of Piranesi’s early years in Rome and a culmination of his training under Vasi, Tiepolo, and his uncle, was the Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive (1743). The Prima Parte was a collection of twelve etchings of imaginary temples, palaces, ruins, and a prison. During this time, Piranesi was still developing the unique style of etching he is known for today, and as such the Prima Parte differs significantly in technique compared to later works. In the Frontispiece of the Prima Parte, Piranesi’s lines are definite and exact with very little flow to them, designed in the form of traditional etching. The detail is immaculate, and yet perspective of the piece is oddly simple and familiar to the viewer. Piranesi’s technique employs miniscule markings and lines, intricately woven together to create a stippling effect. The Prima Parte, described as “rigid” by art historian Jonathan Scott, came to be seen as a stark contrast to his later sketches, which were much lighter and freer. Influenced by the style of Tiepolo, which epitomized the lightness and brightness of the Rococo period, Piranesi adopted some of the more painterly techniques of the masters he apprenticed under. Piranesi made the medium of etching appear as though it was a sketch or a painting, hence a “freer” and more fluid design in his later works. For example, the frontispiece of the Prima Parte read as an etching to Piranesi’s audience, but in his later vedute, the style of etching almost appears to be made of brushstrokes. Moreover, at the same time Piranesi was working on the Prima Parte, he aided the artist Giambattista Nolli. There is a small section of Nolli’s map...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Flamingo Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving, hand-colored at publication, after the work of Mark Catesby by Johann Michael Seligmann from "Sammlung verschneider auslandischer und seltener Vogel." Nuremberg:...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper
Portrait of an infamous thief
By Abraham Bosse
Located in Middletown, NY
A fascinating image of a well-known theif robbing a merchant of goods held atop her head.
Paris: circa 1670.
Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 4 15/16 inches (17...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
Portrait of a Man after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Dupuis - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait After Raphael is an etching realized by N. Dupuis Junior in 1755.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was re...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Prospectuum Aedium Viarumque Insignorum Ubis Venetiarum -by G.B. Brustolon- 1763
By Giovanni Battista Brustolon
Located in Roma, IT
Complete series of 20 original black and white etchings on oblong folio and laid paper, in first state before numeration.
On frontispiece with date “1763”, dedication to Prince Marco Foscareno and name and address of Ludovico Furlanetto. Each plate is titled and signed on plate "Jo. Bap. Brustoloni sculp." on the lower right margin.
Complete title of the series: Prospectuum aedium, viarumque insigniorum Urbis venetiarum nautico certamine, ac nundinis adiectis. Tomus Primus, tabulas XII complectens, quas Antonius Canale coloribus expressit – Joannes Baptista Brustolon aere incidit. Serenissimo Principi D.D. Marco Foscareno Egregio, emerito, sapientissimo Augustae Republicae Duci D.D.D. Anno AE C. 1763 ab V.C. 1341.
This series is considered the most important one by Brustolon after Canaletto (from the engravings of Visentini), and was edited in a first version of 12 tables and in a second version of 22 tables. However, Succi affirms that the I state series includes just 20 tables, and the missing two vary from suite to suite so that this series can be considered complete.
Very fresh and bright sheets in wide margins, with restored little tear on 4 sheets and a very light vertical fold on center. Papers show the following watermarks:
Big cartouche with half-moon
Big cartouche with letters “FO” and “AS”
Bound and ripples on paper.
In detail: Prospectuum Aedium Viarumque Insignorum Ubis Venetiarum is one of the finest of Venetian topographical print suites, equal in relevance to the publications of Carlevarijs, Canaletto-Visentini, and Marieschi, preciously rare, especially in the first edition (of four) with all plates in first state and in excellent state of preservation.
Ten of its twenty vedute of the Serenessima derive from the paintings of Canaletto, drawn and engraved by Antonio Visentini, adapted to a larger size by Brustolon. The Bellunese artist extended the views and enriched the landscapes with new objects and figures that animate the scenes.
Other four views are deeply inspired by Michele...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724) Nova Anglia. Septentrionali Americæ implantat
Located in Bristol, CT
Map Sz: 18 3/4"H x 22 5/8"W
Frame Sz: 27 1/2"H x 31"W
Nuremberg: Homann Heirs, [circa 1740]. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour.
A highly fascinating and attractive ma...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Paper
'Bacchus' — 18th Century Classical Italian Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, 'Bacchus', engraving, 1734, edition unknown. Signed 'Dom. Campiglia del.' in the plate, lower left. Engraving by Gabbugiani, after the original by Giovan...
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Realist Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Veduta Della Gran Curia Innocenziana from Vedute di Roma, 1752
Located in San Francisco, CA
This exceptional mid-18th century etching by Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Piranesi (b. 1720-1778) is titled “Veduta della Gran Curia Innocenziana” (“View of the Palazzo di Montecitorio”). It is from Piranesi’s Vedute di Roma...
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Realist Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
"La Nouvelle" Tulip Hand-Colored Engraving
By Christoph Jacob Trew
Located in New York, NY
"La Nouvelle" is from Christoph Trew's Hortus Nitidissimis omnem per annum superbiens Floribus ... Der das ganze Jahr hindurch im schönsten Flor stehende B...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving
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