Karl Bodmer, “Intérieur de Forêt”, 1851

Karl Bodmer (1809–1893)

“Intérieur de Forêt” (Forest Interior), 1851 (published 1853)

Technical Details & Condition:

Lithograph on chine collé (China paper) on heavy wove paper, with full margins as issued. This lithograph is based on a painting by the artist (Karl Bodmer) and was printed in Paris by Victor Jacques Bertauts (1810–1881), renowned for his skill in tonal printing (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG19418).

It is plate 65 from the second of three volumes of “Les Artistes Anciens et Modernes”, which contains a total of 144 plates. The print bears the publisher’s blind-stamp below the image: “Les Artistes / Anciens / Et Modernes.” Additionally, this impression has a small, pale tan collector’s mark (not listed in Lugt) beneath the blind-stamp. 

The impression is richly inked, strong, and well-preserved. The sheet shows minor surface marks in the margins and a pencil inscription from a previous collector in the lower margin. Aside from these minor issues, the sheet is in very good condition, with no tears, holes, folds, or significant stains. 

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 44.6 x 31.4 cm
• Platemark: 31.5 x 20.2 cm

Plate lettering below the image borderline:

• Left: “K. Bodmer, pinx. et lith./ Intérieur de Forêt.”
• Right: “Imp. Bertauts, Paris.”

References:

•  IFF 21 (Jean Laren & Jean Adhémar, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: BOCQVIN–BYON”, 1942, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 3, p. 20, cat. no. 21 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5488545z/f29.item])
• Delteil 87 (Loys Delteil in “L'Artiste; Revue de l'Art Contemporaine,” vol. 8, 1894, Paris, p. 141, cat. no. 87 [https://archive.org/details/lartisterevuedel89pariuoft/page/141/mode/1up])
• British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1936-0302-15-18

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AU$258 (approximately US$180.17 / €157.72 / £136.25), including worldwide express shipping.
Please note: Import duties and taxes (if any) are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this dramatic lithograph depicting a hunter and his dog stalking a group of deer—note how Bodmer captures the scene’s tension through spotlighting and the looming trees—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase. 

Stefano della Bella, “A Reclining Lion, Facing Left”, c. 1641

Stefano della Bella (1610–1664)
“A Reclining Lion, Facing Left”, or “Un Lion Couché, Tourné vers la Gauche”, circa 1641

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching on fine laid paper, with a narrow margin surrounding the platemark. The impression is richly inked, strong, and faultlessly printed—likely a lifetime impression showing no signs of wear to the printing plate. The sheet is in near-pristine condition, free from tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains. 

This plate (number 5) is part of the series “Diversi Animali” (Various Animals), comprising twenty-five plates including the title plate. It is an impression from state iii (of iii), with the publisher’s details for Pierre Mariette I (c. 1603–1657) erased from the previous state.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 8.6 x 10.9 cm
• Plate mark: 8.4 x 10.6 cm

Plate Lettering:

• Lower left: “5 Stef. della Bella fecit”
• Lower centre: “Cum priuilegio”

References:

• De Vesme/Massar 694 (Alexandre de Vesme, revised by Phyllis Dearborn Massar, Stefano della Bella: Catalogue Raisonné, 1971, New York, Collectors Editions, [text] p. 111, cat. no. 694, [ill.] p. 133)
• Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200155718

Price & Shipping:

AU$266 (approximately US$187.93 / €163.33 / £140.95), including worldwide express shipping.
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If you are interested in acquiring this finely rendered etching of a reclining lion in a landscape—with a second lion seen from behind in the distance—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

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Jacob Houbraken, “William Cecil Lord Burleigh,” 1738

Jacob Houbraken (aka Jacobus Houbraken) (1698–1780)

“William Cecil Lord Burleigh,” 1738

Technical Details & Condition:

Engraving and etching on laid paper with margins as issued. This is a second state (of two), with the addition of publication details. 

The subject is William Cecil, Lord Burleigh (1520–1598), the influential English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I. The print is part of the series “Birch's Heads” (also known as “The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraved by Mr Houbraken and Mr Vertue, with their Lives and Characters by Thomas Birch, A.M.F.R.S.”), after a portrait from the collection of the Earl of Burlington (inscribed in the plate). 

It is worth noting that Lord Burleigh’s oval portrait may be a section of a larger portrait attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1561–1636), held by the National Portrait Gallery—see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Cecil,_1st_Baron_Burghley_from_NPG_(2).jpg.

This engraving was created by Jacob Houbraken in Amsterdam and published in London in 1738 by John Knapton (fl. 1735–1789) and his brother Paul Knapton (1703–1755). 

The impression is strong, well-printed, and in very good condition. Aside from a small dot stain in the left margin, the sheet shows no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains. 

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 41.5 x 26.5 cm
• Platemark: 37.3 x 23.8 cm
• Outer image borderline: 36.2 x 22.7 cm

Lettering:

• Within the image at lower centre: “WILLIAM CECIL / LORD BURLEIGH”
• Below the image borderline, from left to right: “J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.”; “In the Collection of the Right Hon: the Earl of Bulington.”; “Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1738.”

References:

• Ver Huell 18 (Alexander Ver Huell, “Jacobus Houbraken et Son Oeuvre”, 1875, Arnhem, P. Gouda Quint, p. 104, cat. no. 18)
• O'Donoghue 4 (Freeman O'Donoghue, “Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum”, 1908–25, London, cat. no. 4)
• Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200206563
• British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1858-0213-141

Price & Shipping:

AU$254 (approximately US$181.40 / €156.95 / £135.42), including worldwide express shipping. Please note: Import duties and taxes (if any) are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you’re interested in acquiring this fascinating portrait, rich with symbolic detail—such as the putto holding a caduceus (symbolic of Cecil’s diplomacy and commerce), the dog with a key (fidelity and guardianship), or the spilling cornucopia (prosperity under Cecil’s financial leadership)—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.  

Jan Sadeler I, “The Descendants of Lamech,” 1583, after Maarten de Vos (3rd copy)

Jan Sadeler I (aka Johannes Sadeler; Johann Sadeler) 1550–1600)

“The Descendants of Lamech,” 1583

Technical Details & Condition:

Engraving on fine laid paper (watermarked), with a small margin at the top and wider margins on the sides and bottom. This etching is based on a lost drawing by the Flemish artist Maarten de Vos (1532–1603). It is the ninth plate in a twelve-part series titled “The Story of the First Men” (Boni et Mali Scientia), published in Antwerp by Jan Sadeler I. 

This impression is a first state (of two), created during Sadeler’s lifetime, prior to the addition of the plate number (“9”) at the lower left. Compare with the second state impression held by the Rijksmuseum (https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200247626). 

The impression is very strong, well-printed, and nearly faultless. It shows minor surface marks within the margin, a small number “8” inscribed in brown ink at the lower right corner by an early hand, and some offsetting of ink on the verso. Aside from these minor issues, the sheet is in excellent condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 24 x 34.6 cm
• Platemark: 20.4 x 25.7 cm
• Image borderline: 18.9 x 25.4 cm

Lettering:

• Within the image along the lower edge: (left) “Ioan: Sadl: inue: et scalps:”, (on the rock) “GENES: IIII.”, (right) “M. de Vos figuravit”
• Below the image borderline, in two columns of two lines of Latin: “Excæpit Lamech ex bina coniuge natos /Huic Ada nomen erat, vocitata est altera Sella. Hæc peperit Iabel et fratrem nomine Iubal: /Sella Tubulcain peperu, natramque Noemam.”  

(Lamech begat children by two wives / One was named Adah, the other was called Sella. She bore Jabel and a brother named Jubal: Sella bore Tubalcain, and her daughter-in-law Naomi.)

References:

• TIB 7001.025 S1 (Isabelle de Ramaix (ed.) “The Illustrated Bartsch: Johan Sadeler I”, vol. 70, Part 1 (Supplement), 1999, New York, Abaris Books, p. 44, cat. no. [7001] .025 S1)
• Nagler 1835–52, no. 19; Le Blanc, no. 39; Wurzbach, no. 8.9; Hollstein 1980, vol. 21, no. 25; Edquist, p. 7, no. 11a
• Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200247626
• British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1937-0915-40

Price & Shipping:

AU$423 (approximately US$303.44 / €260.72 / £225.62), including worldwide express shipping. Please note: Import duties and taxes (if any) are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this remarkably detailed and rare first state engraving, which depicts a biblical scene featuring Lamech—showing him confessing to his wives that he has killed two men, with additional scenes in the background—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

This print has been sold