5388 - 5863 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
- Sl. foxed.
= Napoleon I. im Spiegel der Karikatur 340; Broadley II, p.242-246: "... Voltz's "corpse-head", the most widely known of all the caricatures directed against Napoleon" (p.243). We see Napoleon with a face composed of bodies in agony, wearing a blood-red collar, a coat with a map showing the places of his lost battles, and a hat in the shape of the Prussian eagle that has finally defeated him. Originally it was published as a New Year's wish to the Germans, bearing the title "True Picture of the Conqueror. Triumph of the Year 1813. To the Germans for the New Year." Cf. Grand-Carteret, Napoléon en Images, p.45.
AND 2 portraits of Louis Napoleon, both framed, i.a. ''Louis Napoléon, Roi de Hollande'' (circular stippelengr., 7x7 cm.).
- Doubled w. paper remnants on verso; (finger)soiled; sm. closed tear in left margin.
= With the collector's mark of Friedrich August II of Saxony (Lugt 971).
AND ±40 other portraits, mostly 18th/19th cent., various techniques and sizes, i.a. of general Lazare Hoche (by C. JOSI, 1797), Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Nicolas-François Mollien, Louis XVI and his wife Marie-Antoinette (by L.A. CLAESSENS), Francois de Charette (rare stipple-engraving, "dessiné apres son arrival a Nantes le 7 ou il etoit fusille le 9 Germinal"); Charles Lameth and Pierre Ignace de Braux (by VAN SCHUPPEN after Beaubrun).
- Soiled. = Portrait of Georgina Quentin. Eton College in the background.
Sibelius, G. (18th cent.). "Margaret Caroline Rudd". Engraving and etching after D. DODD, 34,9x25,1 cm., publ. by W. Humphrey, London, 1775.
- Sl. duststained.
= Famous 18th century fraudster, who financially ruined her husband, began a relationship with one part of an identical twin, Daniel Perreau. While in relationship with him, she forged a bond, was caught. She succesfully put the blame on both brothers, after which they were executed by hanging. Later in life she had a short affair with James Boswell.
AND 14 other portraits of British women, 17th-19th cent., i.a. of Frances Woodley (mezzotint by J. WALKER after G. Romney. Perhaps a later impression); Frances Kemble (mezzotint by JOHN JONES after J. Reynolds. W. wormholes); Mrs. Montagu (stipple-engr. by F. BARTOLOZZI after J. Reynolds); Mary Anne Talbot (2 stipple-engr. by G. SCOTT. Female crossdresser who allegedly went to sea as navy sailor).
- Laid down on stiff paper.
Picart, B. (1673-1733). (George I of Great Britain). Engraving, 1716, 21,7x15,8 cm. Smith, J. (1652-1743). (Robert Ker, Earl of Roxburgh). Mezzotint after D. Patton, 16,2x11,9 cm. (foxed). - AND ±40 other portraits, 17th-19th cent., various techniques and sizes, i.a. a portrait of Allan Ramsay (mezzotint by G. WHITE after W. Aikman); William Ramesey of Ramsay (engr. by prob. THOMAS CROSS, w. collector's mark of Edgar Seligman (Lugt 2351c)); John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston (mezzotint after FRANCIS GRANT. Proof before letters).
- Left margin sl. cut short, w. loss of sm. part the caption; trifle foxed.
- Sl. browned; a few sm. brown spots.
= Van Beresteyn 137 (mentioning the final state), 1st state of 3, before the monogram and the horizontal lines.
AND 13 other portraits of the same by various artists, 16th-18th cent.: Van Beresteyn 13, 37, 59, 84, 85, 89, 140, 142, 156, 157, 174, 177 and 189. - WITH: E.A. VAN BERESTEYN, Iconographie van prins Willem I van Oranje (Haarlem, 1933).
- Some w. sm. defects. = Portraits of i.a. Willem I, Willem Frederik Karel and princess Sophie.
- Somewhat foxed; paper remnants in corners on verso, sl. shining through.
AND a sl. larger and later version of the same portrait. - AND a caricature on a lithograph printer by N.C. CHARLET.
- Small thin spot in blank margin. = F.M. (supplement) 5261 B; F.M. Portretten 1136.
AND 3 other engr. portraits of Dutch naval heroes by R. VINKELES: "De Ridder van Kinsbergen, Kapitein ter Zee" (Amst., J. Allart, 1781. Mediocre copy; F.M. Portretten 2903), "Johan Arnold Zoutman" (ibid., idem, ±1790. F.M. Portretten 6318-*h) and "Wolter Jan Gerrit Baron Bentinck" (ibid., idem, ±1781. Sl. foxed in blank margin; F.M. Portaits 337. With: R. SCHUTTE, "Grafschrift op de Hoogwelgeb. Gestrengen heer Baron Wolter Jan Gerrit Bentinck", letterpress leaf. F.M. Portretten 344).
- Sl. foxed; ample margins; sm. part left margin repaired.
AND 5 others, i.a. portraits of Pieter Florisz (by P. HOLSTEIJN), Michiel de Ruyter (by A. BLOTELING) and David Vlugh (by H. BARY).
- Various (sm.) defects.
= I.a. Rumold Hogerbeets (engraving by I. VAN MEURS); Anna van Ruytenburgh (etching by P. HOLSTEIJN after G. ter Borch); Balthasar Bekker (engraving by A. VAN ZYLVELT); Pieter de la Rue (stipple-engraving by G. KOEKERS); Romeyn de Hooghe (engraving by J. HOUBRAKEN); Jan Nepveu (governor of Surinam) (engr. by J. HOUBRAKEN); Caspar Barlaeus (engr. by Th. MATHAM) and Johan de Witt (engr. by J. HOUBRAKEN).
= Józef Ch³opicki (1771-1854) was a general who served with distinction in the armies of Napoleon and was briefly the dictator of Poland after the November Insurrection of 1830.
- Fine, dark impression.
= Albanian Ottoman Grand Vizier (1506-1596). Rare. First unrecorded state. Hollstein 58, not mentioning this first state with the date in lower right corner and before the trimming of the plate. The final state was published as part of series Atrium Heroicum (Augsburg, ±1600-1605). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIV.
Gole, J. (±1660-1737). (Portrait of Kara Mustafa Pasha). Engraving, 38x28,4 cm.
- W. waterstains and creases.
AND 6 other portraits of historical important Ottomans, i.a. a lithographic portrait of Selim III and a lithogr. portrait of Mohammed Ali, vice-roy of Egypt (1769-1849, founder of modern Egypt).
- Ample margins.
= On paper with partial watermark of the coat of arms of Amsterdam. Hollstein 4, 2nd state of 3.
- On paper with the watermark of a crown with a lily in a coat of arms. Ample margins.
= Hollstein 7, 2nd state (of 3; vague number 7 in lower right corner).
- Somewhat foxed and soiled in margins.
AND 4 others, i.a. by J.G. HUCK.
- Margins trimmed to the borderline/ captions.
AND 4 others, i.a. an etching and aquatint after A. CUYP (laid down on mount; yellowed; a few tears) and a col. lithograph after G.H. BREITNER.
- Yellowed; cut just outside the borderline; 3 vertical folds.
= Bartsch XIV, 104. According to the British Museum: "Copy after Marcantonio's print erroneously described by Bartsch as the 'Martyrdom of St. Felicity'. The design is after a preparatory drawing by Raphael for the fresco of the Martyrdom of St. Cecilia in the Chapel of S. Giovanni in the Villa Pontificia, Magliana commissioned by Leo X and executed by the School of Raphael between 1517-19."
- Vaguely foxed/ dustsoiled. Sl. worn copy; lower corners restored; small tear in right margin (affecting image).
= Bartsch 128.
AND an etching by P. PALMIERI and an etching and aquatint by J.B. LE PRINCE.
- Foxed in margins, mostly outside the platemark. = Andresen 129, 2nd state of 2 (with the aquatint). Rare.
AND 9 others by the same: Erste Thierfolge, 8 (of 12) etchings with animals (dated 1791-1794) (some foxing; Andresen 34-39, 42 and 44.) and "Vicib'al Circo di Caracalla" (w. waterstain in upper right corner. Andresen 73).