17 Addenda.pdf - Grosvenor Prints

humbly dedicated By his most humble &
most obedient Servant. V M. Picot.
The Landscape drawn by G. Barralet, & engraved by
V. M. Picot. The Figures drawn by J.B. Cipriani, &
engraved by F. Bartolozzi. Published as the Act directs
May 5th. 1773 by V.M.Picot Engraver & Printseller in
St. Martins Lane.
Engraving. 381 x 483mm. 15" X 19". £220
Beautiful nymphs bathe at the stream.
Ref: 9357
1152 Sun Rising. From the Original Picture
of the same size, painted by Claude le
Lorrain; In the Collection of the late Sr.
Richard Lyttelton. Col: II No. 41. [&] Sun
Setting. From the Original Picture of the
same size, painted by Claude le Lorrain;
In the Collection of the late Sr. Richard
Lyttelton. Vol: II. No. 42.
Claude le Lorrain pinxit. P. C. Canot Sculpsit [&]
Claude le Lorrain pinxit. James Mason Sculpsit. John
Boydell excudit 1771. Publised June 17th. 1771, by
John Boydell, Engraved in Cheapside, London.
A pair of engravings. 381 x 482. 15" x 19". £280
The sun rises over a beautiful seascape scene, where
two men are fishing on the shoreline, as ships set sail
from the harbour. [&] As the sun begins to set, a
mother and child relax at the water's edge whilst cows
come forward to drink.
Ref: 9358
1153 Adam and Eve In Paradise. Haste
hither Eve, and worth thy sight behold.
Eastward among those trees, what glorious
shape Comes this way moving; seems
another morn Ris'n on mid noon
~______________________Some great
behest from heav'n To us perhaps he
brings, and will vouchsafe This day to be
our guest. Milton, Book 5th.
Drawn by J.B.Cipriani R.A. & T. Hearne. The Figures
engraved by F.Bartolozzi R.A. The Landscape by W.
Byrne & B.T. Pouncy. London Pub. July.1.1794, by
Darling & Thompson. Gt. Newport Str.t and T
Simpson. St. Paul's Church Yard.
Copper engraving. Plate 362 x 387mm. 14¼" x 15¼".
19th Century impression. £220
Adam and Eve look on as an Angel from on high
descends
Ref: 9356
1154 Nymphs Bathing. Nymphes au Bain.
From an Original Drawing in the
Possession of John Smith Esq.r of Sydling
in Dorsetshire. To whom, this Plate is most
1155 Feste Bacchique. [&] La Balanceuse.
[&] Partie de Chasse. [&] Le May.
Watteau Pinxit. 1. J. Moyreau Sculp [&] 2. Le Bas
Sculp [&] 3. G. Scotin Sculp [&] 4. P Aveline Sculp a
Paris chez Gersaint M.d Pont N.D. et chez Suruque
graveur du Roy Rüe [Ruë] des Noyers Avec Privilege
du Roy.
Set of four copper engravings. 596 x 355mm. 23½" x
14". [&] 605 x 357mm. 23¾" x 14". [&] 603 x 357mm.
23¾ x 14". [&] 597 x 355mm. 23½ x 14". Damaged
with a few small holes. Time staining. £950
Four wonderful decorative engravings after Jean
Antoine Watteau (1684 - 1721). Four representations
of high society of the 18th Century. Drinking. Leisure.
Hunting. Entertaining.
Ref: 9351
1156 [Man in black velvet hat, facing to left
holding spectacles, possibly the artist's
father.]
[Thos Frye, Pictor, Invenit & Sculpsit.] [Sold at the
Golden Head & Red Lamp, near the Corner of Greville
Street, in Hatton Garden].
Mezzotint, From the first series of life-sized heads. 490
x 350mm. Margins on three sides, cut just within the
lower plate-mark, well clear of work good impression
in a late 18th cent black & gilt carved frame, ex
Artemis £780
Thomas Frye [1710-1762] was born in Edenderry,
King's Country, Ireland. His grandfather was a
dragoon officer who had fought at the battle of the
Boyne on the side of William III. It is not known what
education he had or when he came to London. He
married around 1735 and had five children. Frye is
typical of many of the artists who painted portrait
miniatures in the early 18th century - he would not
have identified himself primarily as a miniature
painter, and did not learn the art as an apprentice under
a master. Miniature painting, working in watercolour
on ivory, was an established genteel pastime, and many
artists felt able to teach themselves, and have it as
simply as another string to their bow. Frye was
involved in a wide variety of artistic activities,
including oils, mezzotint prints, crayons (also called
pastels), 'plumbago' portraits (small drawings in
graphite on vellum), miniatures in watercolour on
ivory, enamels and even oil 'miniatures' painted on
metal. He was also a founder partner and first manager
of the bow porcelain 'manufactory' in London. He
devoted so much time to the factory that he became ill
in 1759 and had to go to Wales for his health;
unfortunately the factory did not survive his absence.