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Gravures anciennes – Oude prenten
Oude prenten
Gravures anciennes
128 [British]
BARRY, James - King Lear gazing down to left, left hand to his
head, holding back windswept hair. 1806.
Pen lithograph, 23,2 x 31,8 cm, lettered at the base of the image «J. Barry del.»
(trimmed to the borderline). Stuck by right corners under passe-partout.
2.000 / 2.500 €
130 [British]
PLACE, Francis - Roundels with Italianate seascapes and coastal
scenes. Amsterdam, Frederik De Wit.
4 (of 12) engravings, 12,5 x 12,3 cm, numbered 4 to 7 (wide margins). Stuck by
upper corners under passe-partout.
150 / 200 €
Second state (with yellow support sheet) published in Philip André’s «Specimens
of Polyautography». After Aloys Senefelder’s invention of lithography around
1799, Barry’s «King Lear» was one of the most impressive early English
lithographs with few parallels.
Ref. Pressly 38.
129 [British]
BROWNE, John. After Peter Paul RUBENS - «Going to
market». London, John Boydell, 1783.
Etching and engraving, 56 x 79 cm, laid paper, signed in lower margin (sl. toned).
Stuck under passe-partout. Fine, clear impression.
600 / 800 €
131 [British]
WATSON, Thomas. After Nathaniel DANCE - Lord Apsley and
his brother. London, T. Watson, 1776.
Mezzotint, 35,5 x 50,5 cm, lettered «N. Dance R.A. 1775» and «Engrav’d by
Thos. Watson», on ivory laid paper (wide margins). Stuck by corners under passepartout.
300 / 400 €
A landscape with a city in the distance, large trees on the right on the bank of
a stream, a cottage on the left and men and women, some driving cows, one in
the foreground leading a horse drawing a cart laden with vegetables. After the
painting by Rubens in the Royal Collection, Windsor Castle.
Double child portrait, full-length, standing in front of a riverbank. Fine example
of late 18th century British mezzotint.
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