Giovanni Battista Cavalieri 'D.1597', Rare Dance of Death, Ars Moriendi

On with your dead: & I’ll contrive to hurry this old Fool alive. Original Aquatint & Etching plate with original hand colour. Full margins and only very minor marginal wear. Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1815. Thomas Rowlandson: Along with Hogarth, Gillray and Cruikshank, Thomas Rowlandson is at the uppermost peak of English satirical art. Amongst these masters, however, Rowlandson was the most gifted artist and his compositions always seemed the closest to the truth for he often lived the dissipated style of life he so memorably satirized. Along with Hogarth, Gillray and Cruikshank, Thomas Rowlandson is at the uppermost peak of English satirical art. Amongst these masters, however, Rowlandson was the most gifted artist and his compositions always seemed the closest to the truth for he often lived the dissipated style of life he so memorably satirized. After studying in both Paris and London, Thomas Rowlandson began his career as a portrait painter. By 1782, however, he devoted himself almost exclusively to his first love; caricature and satirical art. After receiving a large inheritance, Thomas Rowlandson quickly gambled it away. After losing his fortune at a thirty-six hour card game he is known to have exclaimed, "I've played the fool, but (holding up his pencils) here is my resource." Working with such British publishers as Flores and Thomas Tegg, Thomas Rowlandson designed many memorable satires. His greatest work, however, lay ahead in the early nineteenth century when he collaborated with the famous London publisher, Rudolph Ackermann, to produce some of the finest satirical series in the history of art. These included The Microcosm of London (1808), the Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque (1812) and The English Dance of Death...

Dance of Death Broadside Todtentanz Einblattdruck Meyer, Conrad 1618-1689 Stirb, eh du sterbst, dass nicht verderbst [Der Todesengel zwischen Laste...

Sought after plate from the very decorative 1668 edition of Pluvinal's L'instruction du roy, en l'exercice de monter à cheval, Amsterdam 1668. Engraved by Crispijn de Passe II from ...

Etching on laid paper laid down on vellum, around 1789. Etching after Benjamin West's 1770 painting "The Death of General Wolfe" commemorating the Bat...

On offer two superb and large aquatints (with original hand color) depicting the “Explosion on, and Sinking of Her Majesty’s Ship BOYNE” Plate 1. “View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne...

Die Loewinn // Felis Leo Faemmina Landmark stone lithograph on fine Ziegler watermarked paper. Extremely rare 1816 antique hand colored stone lithograph by Carl Joseph Brod...

A large 19th Century engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi depicting the decoration on the leg armor worn by a Roman gladiator. The illustration includes masks and emblems of Bacch...

This is a Giovanni Battista Piranesi copper Etching. Giovanni made these copper plates in the 1770s and these etchings are a restrike from Rome using those copper plates. This etchin...

This is a Giovanni Battista piranesi copper etching. Giovanni did these copper plates in the 1770s and these prints are a restrike from Rome using those copper plates. This etching o...

G. B. Piranesi in his fifties was interested in archaeology and studied in Southern Italy where he produced drawings of Greek architecture. Medium: Etching on laid paper. Year: circa...

Set of etchings of views of a Greek ceremonial klismos chair. In his fifties, G.B. Piranesi was interested in archaeology and studied in Southern Ita...

Two framed original 18th century relief prints of views of the main facade of the Trajan's column in Rome by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piraneis (1720-1778). Each print in...