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Period: 18th Century
William Woollett, engraver, late 18th century artist portrait engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
William Woollett, Engraver
Proof before letters. Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi after Thomas Hearne, 1795. Wove paper.
William Woollett (1735-85) was an important English 18th cen...
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Naturalistic 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Amida, a Deity of Japan – English School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Amida, a Deity of Japan; One plate from A new and complete collection of voyages and travels containing all that have been remarkable from the earliest period to the present time Vol...
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English School 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Johann Weinmann: c.18th Engraving of Fruit in a Decalcomania Frame.
Located in Richmond, GB
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Johann Weinmann (1683-1741), a G...
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18th Century Figurative Prints
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
Johann Weinmann: 18th Century Engraving. Aloe in a Decorative pot.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT.
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings of decorative urns with aloes and cacti from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand- made, parce...
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18th Century Figurative Prints
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
Johann Weinmann: c.18th Engraving of Fruit in a Decalcomania Frame.
Located in Richmond, GB
Price is for one framed print. Prints sold individually.
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised ...
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18th Century Figurative Prints
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
The Place Dauphine in Paris - Etching by Giambattista Albrizzi - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777) for Thomas Salmon's Lo Stato presente di tutti i Paesi e Popoli do Mondo. Regno di Spagna.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Untitled /// French Ornaments Designs Architecture Jean Bérain Old Master Print
By Jean Bérain
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jean Berain (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711)
Title: "Untitled" (Plate 35)
Portfolio: Ornemens Inventez par J. Berain (Ornament Designs Invented by J. Berain)
Circa: 1711 (Firs...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio, Etching
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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18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
A Japanese Temple – English School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
18th century image of a priest presiding over a traditional Japanese nuptual ceremony.
One plate from A new and complete collection of voyages and travels containing all that have b...
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English School 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Le Porc - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Porc is an etching realized by Jacques Baron in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
The Artist's signature is engraved lower right.
Good conditions wi...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$154 Sale Price
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The City of Brussels in the Duchy...- Etching by Giambattista Albrizzi - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777) for Thomas Salmon's Lo Stato presente di tutti i Paesi e Popoli do Mondo. Regno di Spagna.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Chrysanthemums and the Rising Moon
Located in Middletown, NY
An image that originally appeared in an astrological calendar for the year 1766.
Tokyo: Shuei-Sha, 1766. Woodblock print in colors printed on laid mulberry paper, 10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in...
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Edo 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Portrait of an infamous thief
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 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
Rustics of Japan – English School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
A Method of Riding as Practised by the Rustics of Japan.
One plate from A new and complete collection of voyages and travels containing all that have been remarkable from the earlies...
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English School 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
San Benedetto Con Altri Nanti, religious engraving after Veronese, circa 1700
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Religious copper-line engraving by CM after Francesco Petrucci after (Paolo Caliari) Veronese. Depicts Saint Benedict and other holy figures.
Paolo Vero...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
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 slight foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
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Surrealist 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Piazza Navona in Rome: A Framed Original 18th Century Etching by Barbault
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century etching entitled "Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo" was created by Jean Barbault (1718-1762) after a painting by...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$2,540 Sale Price
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Le Herisson - Etching by Pierre Francois Tardieu - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Herisson is an etching realized by P.F. Tardieu in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi".
Artist's s...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$46 Sale Price
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Ancient Roman Statue - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower ri...
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Contemporary 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Two military studies, a preparatory red chalk drawing by Jean-Baptiste Pater
By Jean-Baptiste Pater
Located in PARIS, FR
As Florence Ingersoll-Smouse wrote in 1921 in her book devoted to Jean-Baptiste Pater, "a painter of the Fête galante, Pater is interesting both by his intimacy with Watteau, to whom many of his works are still attributed, and by his own value as an artist.” This sanguine, full of life and spontaneity, is typical of the preparatory studies made by the painter to be used later in the composition of his paintings.
1. Jean-Baptiste Pater, pupil and disciple of Antoine Watteau
Antoine Pater, Jean-Baptiste's father, belonged to the petty bourgeoisie of Valenciennes where he worked as a merchant-sculptor. His brother Jacques was a local painter who was probably involved in his nephew's training. Born on December 29, 1695, Jean-Baptiste Pater was first trained with Jean-Baptiste Guider, a local painter whose death in 1711 was probably the reason for Jean-Baptiste’s departure alongside Watteau, who was visiting Valenciennes. Watteau's difficult character led to their separation in 1713.
Back in Valenciennes, Jean-Baptiste Pater encountered difficulties with the powerful Corporation of Saint-Luke (to which he refused to belong) which forced him to return to Paris in 1718. He reconciled with Watteau shortly before his death (on July 18th 1721), inherited the commissions that Watteau had been unable to fulfil and completed some of his paintings.
Pater was accepted by the Académie Royale in 1725 but did not produce his reception painting The soldier’s revels until three years later. Throughout his brief career (he died at the age of forty on July 25th 1736), he mainly had a clientele of amateurs and received only one royal commission, shortly before his death.
2. Description of the drawing and related artworks
Pater had adopted his master Watteau's method of composition. His study drawings were carefully glued in a notebook and were used to animate his compositions.
His paintings sometimes suffer from a somewhat artificial composition, since the figures seem to be pasted one next to the other. This point has also been made about Watteau’s.
The theme of military scenes (which was at the time included in the genre of Fêtes galantes!) was one of Pater’s favourite subjects. Together with the Bathing Women...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Chalk
The Pool Called Apollo
s - Etching by Giambattista Albrizzi - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777) for Thomas Salmon's Lo Stato presente di tutti i Paesi e Popoli do Mondo. Regno di Spagna.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
The "Water Theatre" in Versailles - Etching by Giambattista Albrizzi - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777) for Thomas Salmon's Lo Stato presente di tutti i Paesi e Popoli do Mondo. Regno di Spagna.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Court of the White Horse in... - Etching by Giambattista Albrizzi - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777) for Thomas Salmon's Lo Stato presente di tutti i Paesi e Popoli do Mondo. Regno di Spagna.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame...
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Contemporary 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Court of the Fountains and... - Etching by Giambattista Albrizzi - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777) for Thomas Salmon's Lo Stato presente di tutti i Paesi e Popoli do Mondo. Regno di Spagna.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame...
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Contemporary 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
La Porte de la Conference in Paris - Etching by Giambattista Albrizzi - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777) for Thomas Salmon's Lo Stato presente di tutti i Paesi e Popoli do Mondo. Regno di Spagna.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
La Porte de Saint Bernard, Paris - Etching by Giambattista Albrizzi - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777) for Thomas Salmon's Lo Stato presente di tutti i Paesi e Popoli do Mondo. Regno di Spagna.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Dionysus, Ancient Roman Statue - Etching by P. Campana - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Hercules, Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by P. Campana in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the...
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Contemporary 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
"The Fern Gatherers" 18th Century Antique Mezzotint Engraving by John R. Smith
Located in Carmel, CA
"The Fern Gatherers" After a painting by George Morland. 1763-1804. - Mezzotint engraving by John Raphael Smith. 1752-1812.
Print: 20.75" x 26" - With Frame: 28" x 33.5"
Published:...
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Realist 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
The Harvest, Cherubs Disporting with a Goat, Fine Framed 18th Century Engraving
By Jean Jacques Lagrenée the Younger
Located in Cotignac, FR
Fine 18th century engraving by French artist Jean-Jacques Lagrenée. Presented with hand cut mount and gilt filet in fine wood and gilt 'ribbon and reed' frame.
Very charming renditi...
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18th Century Figurative Prints
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Paper, Printer s Ink
¿De qué mal morirá? - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1799
Located in Roma, IT
¿De qué mal morirá? from the first edition of Los Caprichos is an original artwork realized by the artist Francisco Goya and published in 1799.
Etching and aquatint on paper.
The etching is part of the First Edition of "Los Caprichos" published by the Calcografia Nacional for the Real Academia of Madrid.
Plate N. 40. Numbered on the upper right corner, with very fresh inking and sheet in good condition.
Titled on the lower central margin " ¿De qué mal morirá? " (What's going to happen?).
Good conditions.
Dimensions of plate: 2 x 3.4 cm. Assez bonnes marges.
A scene that makes us reflect upon the condition of poor people during the Spanish court...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Buitenzijde Van Het Colosseum (Exterior of the Colosseum)
Located in Middletown, NY
The Hague: circa 1799.
Engraving with burin on cream laid paper, 7 7/8 x 13 inches (198 x 330 mm) full margins. Octavo fold with additional hard creases with an associated loss in t...
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Dutch School 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
Shipping on the Maas, Rotterdam in the background.
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful 18th century nautical scene filled with movement and activity.
One etching from the series of 10 lively nautical scenes entitled Seascapes. This image depicts four vesse...
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18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
A Prospect of Lincoln
s Inn; A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster
By Johannes Kip
Located in Middletown, NY
A fine prospect image of gardens at Lincoln's Inn, London.
A Prospect of Lincoln's Inn; A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster; The Fountain and Gardens in New Square, Lin...
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English School 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Casino di Villa Mattei - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Casino di Villa Mattei is an etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions.
Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone,1710 -...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century.
Signed on the pl...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
La Messe (The Mass), after Caravaggio
Located in Middletown, NY
Chiaroscuro woodcut with underlying engraving on cream laid paper, printed from two blocks in brown and olive. 10 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches (260 x 321 mm) (plate), full margins with the text printing clearly below in black ink. In very good condition with scattered surface soiling and several minor flecks of light discoloration in the margins, especially in the area of the lower right corner, well outside of image area. Unobtrusive notations in pencil in the margin and on the verso. All condition issues are consistent with age. After a drawing of the same title by Polidoro da Caravaggio...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Woodcut
The Monument of London in Remembrance of the Dreadful Fire of 1666
Located in Middletown, NY
Bowles, Thomas III (after John Donowell)
John Bowles & Richard Wilkinson, 1751.
Steel engraving with extensive hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 10 1/4 x 16 inches (...
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English School 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
A Chinese Nobleman, from The Costume of China, by G.H. Mason, engr. John Dadley
Located in Middletown, NY
London: 1799. Copperplate stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (445 x 260 mm) (sheet), full margins. In very good condition with some minor, lig...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
A Promenade to a Rout on a fair Evening
By Isaac Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Allen & West, 1797.
Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 8 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches (213 x 270 mm), wide margins. Scattered toning, mat tone, and dog-e...
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English School 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
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 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Skeleton - Etching by Françoise Guelard - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
The Skeleton is an etching realized in 1771 by F. Guelard.
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la de...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$199 Sale Price
40% Off
Apollo Emerging from the Waters
By Simon Thomassin
Located in Houston, TX
Antique engraving titled "Apollon Sortant Des Eaux" over 250 years old by Simon Henri Thomassin, circa 1720. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white ma...
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18th Century Figurative Prints
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Engraving
"King of the Friendly Islands" (Tonga); Engraving from Captain Cook
s 3rd Voyage
By John Webber
Located in Alamo, CA
"Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands, Drinking Kava" is an engraving created by William Sharp (1749-1824), from a drawing by John Webber (1752-1793), who was the artist on Captain James Cook's 3rd and final voyage of discovery. It was published in the atlas of "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere", the official British Admirality sanctioned journal published upon completion of the voyage in London in 1784 by Strahan & Cadell.
Captain Cook visited Tonga on his 3rd voyage, which he named The Friendly Islands because of the warm welcome he and his crew received, unlike some of the other more hostile Pacific islands. The engraving depicts Cook and his men observed a kava ceremony at the village of Mu’a on Tongatapu. King Paulaho sits in the centre foreground, his back to the spectator with a man kneeling before him. The ceremonial mat depicted behind Paulaho indicates that nobody was allowed to sit behind him. The figure in the centre holds a single cup, referring to the Tongan custom of offering the cup to the king first. Kava is native to the islands of the South Pacific and was first described for English readers in 1768 by Captain James Cook. The kava root has been used for centuries as a central feature of ceremonies and celebrations because it was able to bring about a calming and pleasant social atmosphere. The root was crushed and processed into coconut milk to become the focal ceremonial beverage, simply referred to as kava.
This engraving is presented in a Koa wood frame and a white mat. Koa wood is legendary in Hawaii. There are occasional faint spots, but the print is otherwise in very good condition. This amazing Koa wood is native to Hawaii and it is known for the deep rich colors and varied grain pattern. Koa has an honored heritage in Hawaii and is highly revered and sacred. The word “koa” means “warrior” in Hawaiian. The warriors of King Kamehameha the Great, created canoes and weapons from a wood plentiful on the Big Island of Hawaii. This wood became synonymous with the warriors themselves, and it became known as koa.
There are three other engravings listed from the official journal of Captain Cook's 3rd voyage available that are presented in identical Koa wood frames and mats (LU117324682422, LU117324684052, LU117324684032). They would make a wonderful grouping for a display of 2, 3 or 4 prints. A discount is available for a grouping depending on the number of items included.
Captain Cook is remembered as one of the greatest explorers and navigators in history. His explorations included Australia, New Zealand and islands of the South Pacific and the northwest coast of North America. Hawaii was discovered by Captain Cook during this voyage. Hawaii was originally called The Sandwich Islands in honor of The Earl of Sandwich...
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Realist 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Les Plaisirs du Bal [before 1st State] (The Pleasures of the Ball)
By (After) Jean-Antoine Watteau
Located in Chicago, IL
Les Plaisirs du Bal (before 1st State), 1730
The Pleasures of the Ball
Pure etching only by Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin II (born Paris 1698)
495 x 640 mm.; 19 3/8 x 25 1/8 inches
...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
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A College Trick
, English Satirist, London
s Royal Academy, Comedic, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An amusing view of an academic wagging his finger in disapproval as a young lady in a rope seat is pulled up to a college dorm window by a group of revelling students.
Thomas R...
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18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving, Lithograph
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 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Cupid prepares to shoot an arrow as Venus looks over her right shoulder
By Odoardo Fialetti
Located in Middletown, NY
from "Sport of Love" (Scherzi d'amore)
Etching on laid paper with a partial, indiscernible watermark, 5 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches (143 x 93 mm), margins. Scattered light areas of brown disc...
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Italian School 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper
Glaucus and Scylla - Etching after Salvator Rosa - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This etching, representing Glaucus and Scylla, is an 18th century copy after Salvator Rosa (ca. 1661).
Signed lower right “S.Rosa”
The state of preservation is very good. Foxings d...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Four Soldiers, one with Flag - Etching after Salvator Rosa - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This etching, representing Four soldiers, one with flag, is an 18th century copy after Salvator Rosa and it is from the series of capricci with soldiers, called Figurine.
The first ...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
William Hogarth
s "Analysis of Beauty": A Set of Two Framed 18th C. Engravings
Located in Alamo, CA
The two plates in this set were created utilizing both engraving and etching techniques by William Hogarth in 1753, originally as illustrations of his book on aesthetics, entitled "Analysis of Beauty". Due to their popularity, these plates were later published separately. The publication line in the lower right reads: "Designed, Engraved, and Publish'd by Wm. Hogarth, March 5th 1753, according to Act of Parliament." Hogarth's original copper plates were refurbished where needed by James Heath and engravings were republished in London in 1822 by Braddock, Cradock & Joy. This was the last time Hogarth's copper plates were used for printing. Most were melted during World War I for the construction of bombs.
These large folio sized "Analysis of Beauty" engravings are presented in antiqued gold-colored frames with double mats; the outer silk mats are light brown-colored and the inner mats are dark brown. Each frame measures 27.38" x 31.25" x 1.13". There is one tiny spot in the right margin of plate 1 and another in the lower margin; the latter could be from the printing process. The prints are otherwise in excellent condition.
The "Analysis of Beauty" series is in the collection of many major museums, including: The British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tate Museum, The Chicago Art Institute and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
The first engraving (Plate 1) depicts a courtyard of statues which is filled with some of the most famous works of classical sculpture. The most important sculptures are surrounded by less impressive works. The Medicean Venus (#13) is in the center with a statue of Julius Caesar (#19) to the right, elevated on a pulley with a short, overdressed Brutus stands over the falling Caesar. The Apollo Belvedere (#12) is next. A judge stands to the right with his foot on a cherub (#16). Another crying cherub holds a gallows and wipes his tears with the judge's robe.
A sphinx (#21) and the drunken Silenus (#107) are below the Venus. Michaelangelo's torso (#54) and a statue of Antonius (#6) are seen in the foreground. The Farnese Hercules (#3) and a bust of another Hercules (#4) under two statuettes of Isis are also included in the scene.
The key to these objects is included in the form of a serpentine line winding around a cone (#26), Hogarth's "Line of Beauty". For Hogarth the winding line is an essential element of beauty in art. Hogarth's theory of beauty is communicated in this plate.
Plate 2 is thought to represent the Wanstead Assembly, with the Earl of Tynley and his household. It is an adaptation of a scene in the Happy Marriage series, which complements Hogarth's Marriage à la Mode...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Engraving, Etching
Venetian School: Neoclassical banquet scene with angels and putti.
Located in Middletown, NY
Brownish black ink on dark cream, handmade, laid paper, 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (208 x 260 mm). Uniform age tone with several scattered, unobtrusive spots of brown discoloration, consistent with age. Right top corner loss, evenly trimmed, paper tape remnants at top left corner, recto. Collector's stamp in blue ink ("PRB"), lower left corner, recto. On the verso is a neoclassical graphite and brown ink study of a procession showing a woman being carried in a birthing sedan chair. The woman is being carried backwards, with putti, and horn players, leading her up an embankment, across a river. In her wake we see a crowned man...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
Veduta del Tempio della Fortuna Virile, from Raccolta delle più belle Vedute ...
Located in Middletown, NY
By Giuseppe Vasi after Giovanni Piranesi: Etching and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on laid paper with an E and R watermark, full margins. Minor...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Le Tour de Clermont en Dauphine apartenant a Monsieur de Tonnerre
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and engraving on handmade cream laid paper, 3 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches (97 x 173 mm), full margins. In good condition, consistent with age. Several small notations in pencil in t...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
John Flamsteed, astronomer, 18th century portrait engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Flamsteed'
Copper-line engraving by Joseph Baker after T Gibson. 1790.
John Flamsteed FRS (1646 - 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. He catalogued ov...
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English School 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Nude Female Figure after Salvator Rosa - Etching by Allan Ramsay - 18th Century
By Allan Ramsay
Located in Roma, IT
Nude female figure is a print realized by Scottish artist Allan Ramsay (1713-1784) after Salvator Rosa, in the late 18th century.
Etching on paper.
Good conditions, with foxing on ...
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Modern 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
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 slight folding and a yellowish stain on the right margin.
Signed in the plate.
The etching ...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
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View of Fountain Court, Middle Temple, City of London
Located in Middletown, NY
An 18th century view of the first permanent water fountain in London.
London: J.Boydell, 1753.
Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on white laid paper, laid down to a modern...
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English School 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, 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 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Drying Paper
Located in Middletown, NY
Woodcut on cream laid paper, 7 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches (182 x 63 mm), narrow margins. Laid down to non-archival board with scattered soiling and some adhesive staining.
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijin-ga ("pictures of beautiful women").
While Masanobu's early life is largely undocumented, he is believed to have been born about 1686, possibly in Edo (modern Tokyo). Edo was a small fishing village when Tokugawa Ieyasu chose it as his administrative capital of the Tokugawa shogunate, and by the early 17th century the city had prospered and its population had grown to half a million. Masanobu appears to have been self-taught painter (though he did study poetry under Tachiba Fukaku); he is not known to have belonged to any artistic school. His early work shows the influence of the Torii school of ukiyo-e painting...
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Edo 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust,, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
Good condition.
Units of measurements typic...
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Old Masters 18th Century Figurative Prints
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