11 Attrib.
Henry William Bunbury (British,
1750-1811)
[Soldier, Maiden And Fishmonger] and [Fishermen's Catch], c1800.
Pair of watercolours with pencil, one signed lower left (item
b), 24.7 x 19cm. Framed.
The pair $3,300
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12 After
John Sigleton Copley (American,
1738-1813) and after Valentine Green (British, 1739-1813)
Youth Rescued From A Shark / Watson And The Shark, c1800. Hand-coloured
mezzotint, engraver in plate lower right, caption and text in
English and French in plate lower left to right, 36.8 x 42.5cm.
Repaired perforation to image upper left, slight creases overall,
repaired tear to upper margin, some foxing and soiling to margins.
Framed.
Text
describes a shark attack, which was the earliest attack to be
fully documented. Engraved by Perdrieau, this image is the reverse
of Copley's painting. It is more likely to be a copy of Green's
1779 mezzotint A Youth Rescued from the Shark, than Copley's
1778 painting Watson and the Shark, which the French engraver
was less likely to have seen. The painting was originally commissioned
by Brook Watson, whose story it portrays. As a 14 year old member
of the crew of a trading ship docked in Havana, Cuba in 1749,
Watson was swimming when he was repeatedly attacked by a shark.
He was rescued by the crew but lost part of his right leg. Watson
later became a successful merchant, Lord Mayor of London, and
a Baronet in 1803, with a Coat of Arms depicting the shark and
his missing leg. It is likely Watson commissioned the painting
when Copley was in London en route to Italy. The painting was
an enormous success when exhibited at the Royal Academy.
$3,300
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13 Anon.
December / Mars And Venus In Opposition / Ringing A Belle, c1810.
Three oil paintings on tin fixed to board, each titled lower
centre, old letterpress labels on frames verso, 26 x 37.5cm (approx.
each). Blistering to metal due to oxidation and slight surface
loss. Framed.
Labels
read "From Thomas McLean (Eugene Cremetti, Successor). Print
seller and publisher, dealer in works of art. No. 7, Haymarket,
London, W. Next door to Haymarket Theatre." Captions in
December include "spices, sugar, coffee, tea, mince pye
[sic]."
The set $4,400
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14 Francisco Goya
y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)
The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull, 1814-1816/later printing.
Etching and aquatint, numbered "11" in plate upper
right of image, 25 x 35.2cm. Repaired tears and slight foxing
to margins, old mount burn.
Plate
11 from the series La Tauromaquia (The Art of Bull-fighting).
Ref: Sanchez and Gallego, p153.
$1,650
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15 After
Louis Leopold Boilly (French,
1761-1845)
Les Femmes Se Battent (Fighting Women), c1820s. Hand-coloured
aquatint and engraving, artist's name,engraver and title in plate
below image, 30.8 x 39.2cm (image). Some discolouration to margins.
Framed.
Engraved
by Chaponnier.
$1,650
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16 John Martin (Brit., 1789-1854)
Book 1, Line 314 (Satan Abusing The Fallen Angels), 1824/1825.
Mezzotint with reworking, signed and dated in plate lower right,
signed "designed and engraved by J. Martin", title
and text with date in plate below image, 18.9 x 15.3cm (image).
Slight unevenness to surface of lower margin, trimmed into plate
mark.
Text
reads "London. Published by Septimus Prowett, 23 Old Bond
St, 1825." Originally published in The Paradise Lost of
Milton.
$1,100
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17 John Martin (Brit., 1789-1854)
Book 1, Line 44 (The Fall Of The Rebel Angels), 1825. Mezzotint
with etching, signed "designed and engraved by J. Martin",
title and text with date in plate below image, 19.2 x 15cm (image).
Slight creases and soiling to margins, trimmed into plate mark.
Text
reads "London. Published by Septimus Prowett, 23 Old Bond
St, 1825." Originally published in The Paradise Lost of
Milton.
$1,100
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18 John Martin (British, 1789-1854)
Book 2, Line 727 (Sin Preventing The Combat Between Satan And
Death), c1825. Mezzotint with etching, signed in plate lower
centre, signed "designed and engraved by J. Martin"
and title in plate below image, 14.3 x 20.4cm (image). Old horizontal
fold across image, slight wear to edges not affecting image,
trimmed into plate mark.
Originally
published in The Paradise Lost of Milton
$1,100
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19 John Martin (British, 1789-1854)
The Deluge, 1828. Mezzotint with etching and reworking, faintly
printed inscription with signature, title, date, text and crest
in plate below image, 47.7 x 71.6cm (image). Minor perforations
to image upper centre, slight surface loss with repairs to edges
of image and margins, retouching to text. Nineteenth century
bird's eye maple frame.
Inscription
reads "To His Imperial Majesty Nicholas the First, Emperor
and Autocrator of all the Russias. This engraving of the Deluge,
is dedicated with the greatest respect by his obedient humble
servant, John Martin." Motto in crest reads "Honi Soit
Qui Mal Y Panse [sic]." Text reads "London. Painted,
engraved and published by Mr Martin, 30 Allsop's Terrace, New
Road, September 1828. Printed by S.H. Hawkins."
$5,500
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20 After
David Roberts (British,
1796-1864)
Convent Of The Terra-Santa, Nazareth, 1839. Hand-coloured lithograph,
titled, dated "April 21st 1839" and signed in image
lower left, 35.2 x 50.7cm. Slight stain to image upper right,
laid down on original board, as issued.
From
the first edition and first issue of David Roberts' Holy Land.
Lithographed by L. Haghe. Illustrated in Bourbon, The Holy
Land Yesterday and Today: Lithographs and Diaries by David
Roberts, RA, 1996, plate 94.
$1,650
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