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William the Conqueror Giving a Charter to his Nephew Alan Earl of Britain
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Francis Drake (English, 1696-1771)
Title: "William the Conqueror Giving a Charter to his Nephew Alan Earl of Britain" (Plate 12)
Portfolio: Eboracum: or The History and Antiquities of the City of York
Year: 1736 (First edition)
Medium: Original Engraving on watermarked light laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: William Bowyer...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving
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 Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Maria Viene Aiutata da un Angelo - Etching by G.D. Tiepolo - 1753
Located in Roma, IT
Maria viene aiutata da un Angelo is an original Artwork realized by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice, 1727-1804) in 1753.
Original Black and white etching and burin on paper.
This is the 18th plate of a series of 24 engravings by Giandomenico Tiepolo for Carlo Filippo, Prince of Greinffenklau, in which the same theme, that of the Flight into Egypt, is represented in a new and original way for each sheet.
The series entitled "Pictorial Ideas on the Flight into Egypt of Jesus, Mary and Joseph" and published in 1753 in Würzburg is considered the etching masterpiece of the old master Giandomenico Tiepolo.
Dimensions: 185 x 240 mm.
Wonderful etching in excellent impression, very fresh and bright, in a vibrant black ink.
Very good conditions.
Reference: D.V. no. 18; R. no. 84; Proutè no. 180, 1977.
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice, 1727-1804). Tiepolo was an Italian painter and printmaker, mastering the art of etching. He is well known wolrdwide as he assited his father in Wurzburg (Germany), he made stairwell fresco in Vicenza (Italy) and at the Palace of Charles III in Madrid (Spain). La Via Crucis is among the earliest works engraved by Giandomenico Tiepolo, just about twenty years old, where he translates into etchings the namesake series of paintings realised for the oratory...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Agenor and Cadmus, Ovid's Metamorphoses, French Classical engraving, 1768
By Binet after Charles Monnet (1732-1808)
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving by Binet after Charles Monnet (1732-1808).
Agenor tells Cadmus to go and look for his sister Europae.
From 'Les Metamorphoses d'...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
A View of the House of Commons /// George II English Parliament London England
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Benjamin Cole (English, c. 1697-1783)
Title: "A View of the House of Commons"
Portfolio: The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time
Year: 1756 (...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
A Greenfinch & A Sparrow: An 18th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of a Greenfinch bird and a tree sparrow ("1, Le Friquet, 2. Le Verdier") by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 227 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Joseph Addison: 18th C. Portrait of Philosopher, Poet, Playwright and Politician
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century copperplate engraved portrait of Joseph Addison, Esq. by Jacobus Houbraken after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, from "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain", published in London in 1748 by John & Paul Knapton. It depicts a bust portrait of Addison in an ornamental oval. He is turned to his right, but he is looking directly at the viewer. He is wearing a dark coat over a white shirt. Below the oval are items relating to plays, music, as well as the rod of Asclepius and books lying in foreground on the right.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. he founded The Spectator magazine with his friend Richard Steele. In 1712, Addison wrote his most famous work, "Cato, a Tragedy". It focussed on the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, He was dealing with issues of individual liberty versus government tyranny. The play was particularly popular in America. It is credited as an inspiration for the American Revolution. General George Washington had Cato performed for the Continental Army at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78.
Several famous quotations from the American Revolution were inspired by passages in Cato, including: Patrick Henry's famous "Give me liberty or give me death!", inspired by Act II, Scene 4: "It is not now time to talk of aught, But chains or conquest, liberty or death.") and Nathan Hale...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Turtledove of Senegal: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of a turtledove entitled "Tourterelle a Collier, du Senegal (Turtledove of Senegal)" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 161 from 'Histoire Naturelle...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
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
Theseus and Achelous, Ovid's Metamorphoses, French Classical engraving, 1768
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving by Massard after Charles Monnet (1732-1808).
Theseus returns from the Calydonian hunt and is met by the river god Achelous.
From...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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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 Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Europa Regnorum Provinciarum: 18th Century Hand-colored Map of Europe by Lotter
By Tobias Conrad Lotter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraved map entitled "Europa Regnorum Provinciarum Regionum" created by the German cartographer Tobias Conrad Lotter. It was publish...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
A Pair of Woodpeckers: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of male and female woodpecker birds entitled "1. Pie Male de la Encenada, 2. Petit Pic des Moluques (Woodpeckers)"...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Ricinus Africanus Maximus N. 867 J.W. Weinman original engraving 1737
Located in Paonia, CO
Mezzotint Engraving with Some Hand Coloring image size 15.25 x 10 from Johan Wilhelm Weinmann’s ( 1683-1741 ) Phytanthoza Iconographia, a comprehensive scientific eight volume set w...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Sir Francis Bacon: 18th C. Portrait of Philosopher, Scientist, Author, Statesman
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century copperplate engraved portrait of Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, Lord Chancellor by Jacobus Houbraken in 1738 after a p...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Offers and Sacrifices to the Sun among the Floridians - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Offers and Sacrifices to the Sun, among the Floridians is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.
This original print, representing the hum...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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
Flowering Livid Amaranth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
An 18th century color printed in addition to hand colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) depicting the following flowering amaranthus p...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Landscape - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was rea...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Hand-Colored Swan Engraving
Located in New York, NY
"The Wild Swan" by George Edwards from "A Natural History of Birds, Most of which have not been figured or described and others very little known..." published in London between 174...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Columbines Pl.162 Original mezzotint by J.W. Weinmann
Located in Paonia, CO
“Columbines Pl. 162” A Weinmann, Johann, Wilhelm Mezzotint Engraving With Some Hand Coloring from Johan Wilhelm Weinmann’s ( 1683-1741 ) Phytanthoza Iconographia, a comprehensive sci...
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Other Art Style Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
The artwork is depicted through confident...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Thomas Willis, MD, 17th C. Pioneer of Neurology & Psychiatry: 18th C. Portrait
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century copperplate engraved portrait of the 17th century physician and scientist Thomas Willis, MD from "The Heads of Illustrious Person...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Sacrifices Among the Natives - Original Color Etching by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Sacrifices among the natives - From “New Scientific and Curious Dictionnary concerning the Sacred and the Profane
Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Tom.VII, Plate XIV
Image Dim: cm 25....
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Portrait of Sculptor John Michael Rysbrack - Mezzotint by John Faber II - 1734
By John Faber II
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Sculptor John Michael Rysbrack, from John Vanderbank is an original mezzotint artwork realized in 1734 by John Faber II (L'Aia 1684 ca. - Londra 1756).
Signed and dated ...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
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 Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
The Painting - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Painting is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was realized ...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Sparrowhawk /// Antique Ornithology Bird Saverio Manetti Italian Watercolor Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Saverio Manetti (Italian, 1723-1785)
Title: "Sparrowhawk" (Plate XXI - 21)
Portfolio: Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)
Year: 1767-1776
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on watermarked laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: heirs of Francesco Mouck (Vols. I-III), Gaetano Cambiagi (Vol. IV), Giuseppe Vanni (Vol. V), Florence, Italy
Reference: Ayer/Zimmer page 241; Fine Bird Books page 120; McGill/Wood, page 450; Nissen IVB No. 588
Sheet size: 17.88" x 14.07"
Platemark size: 13.69" x 11.69"
Condition: A few small minor areas of discoloration in margins. Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition with strong colors
Rare
Notes:
Engraved and hand-colored by Italian artists Lorenzo Lorenzi (Active: 1750-1780) and Violante Vanni (1732-1776). Latin and Italian texts by Saverio Manetti. Comes from Manetti's monumental five volume "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", (1767-1776), which consists of 600 hand-colored engravings. Unidentified watermark in center of sheet.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk, also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Adult male Eurasian sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange-barred underparts; females and juveniles are brown above with brown barring below.
Manetti's extraordinary "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", 1767-1776 was commissioned by Maria Luisa, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. It is a massive 5 book volume set of 600 hand-colored engraved plates of birds. Engraved and hand-colored by Italian artists Lorenzo Lorenzi (Active: 1750-1780) and Violante Vanni (1732-1776). Latin and Italian texts by Manetti. Manetti created the drawings almost exclusively from real specimens, beginning with the extensive collection of Marquis Giovanni Gerini, an affluent Florentine Senator. Manetti saw the work was published in parts of 12 plates, issued every two months or so, most plates dedicated to a prominent member of the Italian nobility and gentry. Printed on handmade watermarked laid paper and published by heirs of Francesco Mouck (Vols. I-III), Gaetano Cambiagi (Vol. IV), Giuseppe Vanni (Vol. V), between 1767-1776 in Florence, Italy. It took 10 years to complete and at its time, was one of the largest surveys of ornithology attempted and the finest set of bird books to ever be created.
Biography:
Francesco Saverio Manetti...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury: An 18th C. Hand-Colored Portrait by Kneller
By (After) Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored portrait of John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury, engraved and etched by the Dutch master of portraits Jacobus Houb...
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Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching
Purple Martin Bien Ed. J.J. Audubon rare hand colored chromolithograph
Located in Paonia, CO
Two adult Purple Martins are feeding their two fledglings at the nest. This chromolithograph is from The Birds of America by John James Audubon and is ...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The South West Prospect of St. Mary's Church in the Strand /// William Maitland
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Benjamin Cole (English, c. 1697-1783)
Title: "The South West Prospect of St. Mary's Church in the Strand"
Portfolio: The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to t...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio, Etching
Glaucus, from "Le Temple des Muses" - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Glaucus.
Wonderful plate with very fresh impression and an elegant line, from the volume “Le Temple des Mus...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Johannes Wesselius Portrait: An 18th Century Engraving/Etching by Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century engraved and etched portrait of Johannes Wesselius by Jacobus Houbraken after a painting by Jan Maurits Quinkhard. It depicts a half-height image of Wesselius...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching
Hand-Colored Madagascar Parrot Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving, hand-colored at the time of publication, after the work of George Edwards from "Sammlung verschneider auslandischer und seltener Vogel" by Johann Michael Seligmann. Tab IX. Le Perroquet...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper
Funeral Ceremonies of American natives of Guiana and Brasil - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Funeral Ceremonies of natives of Guiana- Funeral Ceremonies of Brasilian indigenouses
Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Vol. VIII, Plate LXXV
Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm 37.5 x 23.8; Passepartout Dim: cm 49 x 34
Very Interesting Etchings ( two pictures in the same matrix), Hand-watercoloured, showing typical Funeral Cerimonies of American natives...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
West Coast of Africa; Guinea & Sierra Leone: Bellin 18th Century Map
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a Jacques Bellin copper-plate map entitled "Partie de la Coste de Guinee Dupuis la Riviere de Sierra Leona Jusquau Cap das Palmas", depicting the coast of Guinea and Sierra L...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
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
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Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
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Rovine del Tempio de' Castori nella città di Cora - Etching by G. B. Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions 40.6x56.8.
Belongs to the Collection "Antiquities of Cori, described and etched by Giovambat Piranesi", and printed in 1764.
Beautiful first roman edition/1st state ...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Rites of the Floridian Women - Etching by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm.
Rites of the Floridian Women is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.
This original print, representing ...
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Old Masters 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
The Study of Hand after Bouchardon - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Study of Hand after Bouchardon is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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
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Engraving
China: 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 China, Drawn from Surveys made by the Jesuit Missionaries, by order of the Emperor. The whole bein...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Veduta degli Avanzi sopra terra dell'antico Ustrino - Etching by G. B. Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions 40x60.
Veduta degli Avanzi sopra terra dell’antico Ustrino (View of the visible remains of the ancient crematorium) is a wonderful black and white etching on thick...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Les Alcyons - Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Alcyone.
Wonderful plate with very fresh impression and a beautiful use of chiaroscuro, from the volume “Le...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda - Early Lifetime Impression
Located in Roma, IT
The Piazza della Rotonda, with the Pantheon and Obelisk. Etching on fine watermarked paper. Signed on plate on lower-left margin "Piranesi del. Sc." and with the address of Bouchard...
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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
Human Anatomy from the Suite Institutiones Chirurgicae by Lorenz Heister, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750.
Etching on paper.
The work belongs to the Latin edition of the famou...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Suite of 12 Views of Italy
By Franz Weirotter
Located in New York, NY
Franz Weirotter (1730-1771), Suite of 12 Views of Italy, etchings, 1759 [most signed in the plate by Weirotter]. Reference: Nagel 5. 10 printed in pairs on one sheet; one on a small...
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Old Masters 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 Institutiones Chirurgicae by Lorenz Heister. Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750.
Etching on paper.
The work belongs to the Latin edition...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
A L'Image Notre Dame - Woodcut by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
A L'Image Notre Dame 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) - 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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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Giuseppe Adora il Bambino sotto una Palma - Etching by G.D. Tiepolo
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching and burin on wire rod paper. Second and final state, after the numbering. Signed, numbered and dated on the lower left margin of plate. 19° plate from the ser...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
18th C. Portrait of William Harvey, MD: 17th C. Circulatory System Discoveries
Located in Alamo, CA
An 18th century engraved portrait of William Harvey, MD by Jacobus Houbraken after a painting by Wilhem von Bemmel, from "The Heads of Illustrious Pers...
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Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
The Sleepy Congregation - Etching by Simon François Ravenet - 1736
Located in Roma, IT
The Sleepy Congregation is an artwok realized in 1736, by the French Artist Simon François Ravenet, after a print by William Hogarth.
Etching on paper. Monogrammed in plate on the ...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Ruine di Sepolcro antico
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ruine di Sepolcro antico
Etching, 1743
Signed in the plate bottomleft in the caaption plate
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
Coniditon: Excellent/Very good
Image size: 14 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches
Reference: Robison 17 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
Portraits after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Th...
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Surrealist Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
"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 Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
The artwork is depicted through confident s...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
St. Christophe (St. Kitts): Bellin 18th Century Hand Colored Map
Located in Alamo, CA
Jacques Bellin's copper-plate map of the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts entitled "Carte De De l'Isle St. Christophe Pour servir á l'Histoire Genle. des V...
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Other Art Style Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Old Church - Original Etching by F.E. Weirotter - Half of 1700
Located in Roma, IT
Old Church is an original artwork realized by Franz Edmund Weirotter in the first half of the XVIII Century.
Original Etching on paper. Passepartout included (cm 37 x 55).
Signed...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
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...
Category
Modern Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
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