Baron Dominique Vivant Denon, “Four Head Studies”, 1799

Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (aka Vivant De Non; Vivant Denon) (1747–1825)

“Four Head Studies”, 1799, published in Paris in 1802 as plate 109 (CIX.iii.1-4) to Denon's “Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte”, volume III.

Denon offers the following description of the men portrayed in this print: (transl.) “[from the left] Head of a Bedouin Arab (see the journal, volume 1, page 91) - 2. A sheikh of Fua; his brown complexion and white beard made a beautiful contrast; they offered me the image of Laban. 3 and 4. Two brothers, sheikhs of Ballasse, of a Raphaelesque character” (see p. 194, plate CIX, number 3 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65015577/f204.item]).   

Etching on wove paper with small margins backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 13.9 x 18.7cm; (plate) 12.5 x 17.5cm

Lettered in plate: (lower left) “Denon Del et Sculp.”

TIB 12101.452 (Petra ten-Doesschate Chu 1988, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Dominique Vivant Denon: French Masters of the Nineteenth Century”, Vol. 121 [Part 2], New York, Abaris Books, p. 24, cat. no. [12101].452).

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1952-0405-86.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression with small margins and laid onto a sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions of significant stains.

I am selling this freely drawn etching executed with great confidence and knowledge—notice, for example, how the artist has altered the strength of the lines so that the closest head is the darkest to project it forward and the furthest heads are the lightest—for AU$256 (approximately US$168.31, EUR 143.30, or GBP 124.73), with worldwide express shipping included. Please note that any applicable import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in this carefully organised composition of head studies showing a Bedouin Arab at left and three sheikhs including one with a white beard beside him on the right, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Joseph Burn Smeeton, “Head Study”, mid-1800s, after Correggio

Joseph Burn Smeeton (aka Joseph Burn-Smeeton) (1815–1890; fl.1840–1879)—famous as an English wood engraver working in Paris with Auguste Tilly (1840–1898) as the engraving business, Smeeton and Tilly.

“Head Study” (descriptive title only), mid-1800s, wood-engraving after a chalk drawing by Antonio Correggio (aka Antonio Allegri; Antonio Allegri da Correggio) (1489–1534)—see a reproduction of Correggio’s drawing illustrating the frontispiece to Allen W Seaby’s (1921) “Drawing for Art Students and Illustrators” (https://archive.org/details/drawing-for-art-students-and-illustrators-by-allen-w.-seaby/page/n7/mode/2up)—with a pencil inscribed dedication.

Wood-engraving printed in black on tissue-thin washi paper with a pencil-signed dedication by the artist to his friend, Gilbert, backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 40.6 x 31.5 cm.

Inscribed in pencil: (lower right) “à l’ami Gilbert/ Souvenir Amical/ J Burn Smeeton” (to friend Gilbert/ Friendly Remembrance/ J Burn Smeeton).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with generously wide margins. There are small holes and breaks in the margin, otherwise the sheet is in a good condition with no folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this incredibly fine wood-engraving that could easily be mistaken for a lithograph (before close inspection reveals the telltale burin marks), for AU$256 (approximately US$168.31, EUR 143.30, or GBP 124.73), with worldwide express shipping included. Please note that any applicable import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in purchasing this pencil-signed tour de force of engraving that is so rare I have been unable to find another copy—perhaps it was a showpiece of skill for his friend, Gilbert? —please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Noël François Bertrand, “Plate 3: Four Studies of Eyes”, 1814, after Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson

Noël François Bertrand (1784-1852)

“Plate 3: Four Studies of Eyes” (descriptive title only), 1814, crayon-manner stipple engraving after studies by Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson (aka Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson; Anne Louis de Roussy Girodet-Trioson) (1767–1824), published in Paris by Paul André Basset (fl.1785–1819) as an illustration (plate 3) to the fifth book of studies for art students to copy, “Cahiers de Principes, Imitation libre de l'Antique et d'après nature” (1826) (see the IFF 43, vol. 2, p. 329 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5488531x/f338.item])

Crayon-manner stipple engraving on laid paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 50.5 x 34.3 cm; (plate) 34 x 25.9 cm.

Lettered in plate: (upper left) “5^eme. Cah.”; (lower left) “Girodet – Trioson del./ A Paris chez Basset rue S^t. Jacques N^o. 64.”; (upper right) “Pl. 3.”; (lower right) “N. Bertrand sculp./ Déposé”.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with wide margins. There are surface marks (recto and verso), otherwise the sheet is in a good condition with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this finely executed stipple engraving designed as a drawing model for art students in the early 1800s to copy, for AU$256 (approximately US$169.57, EUR 143.93, or GBP 124.84), with worldwide express shipping included. Please note that any applicable import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in purchasing this very beautiful crayon-manner stipple engraving of eyes, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Mademoiselle Bareuille & D P Pariset, “Eleanor Sucks the Wound of Edward I, King of England”, 1780, after Angelica Kauffman

Mademoiselle Bareuille (fl.c.1780) in collaboration with D P Pariset (1740–fl.1783)

“Eleanor Sucks the Wound of Edward I, King of England” (aka: “Eleanora sucking the Venom out of the wound which Edward I, her Royal Consort, received from a poisoned dagger by an Assassin in Palestine”), 1780, after the design by Angelica Kauffman (aka Angelica Maria Catherine Kauffman; Maria Anna Angelika Catharina Kauffmann) (1741–1807), published in London and Paris by William Wynne Ryland (1733–1783) and probably Elisabeth Challiou (fl.c.1780).

Interestingly, the British Museum holds an almost exact copy of this print executed and published by William Wynne Ryland also in 1780 (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1992-U-9). Although I do not have knowledge regarding the reason for there being two copies of this print showing different etchers’ names, I am mindful that William Wynne Ryland was executed only three years after the publication of this print for forging bills of exchange (see transcript of his trial: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t17830726-1).  

Colour stipple etching printed in red-brown and sanguine inks on laid paper, trimmed with a small margin around the image borderline and writing edge and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 33.5 x 38.1 cm; (image borderline) 27 x 36.9 cm.

Lettered below the image borderline: (left) “Peint par Angelique Hauffman”; (centre with text divided by a coat of arms at midway) “ÉLÉONORE SUCE LA BLESSURE D’EDOUARD I^R. ROI D'ANGLETERRE./ Eleanora sucking the Venom out of the wound which Edward I, her royal Consort, received from/ a poisoned dagger by an assin in Palestine Rapin’s Hist. Vol. III. Page 179./ Dedicated to the Queen by her Majesty’s dutiful and most obedient humble servant W Wynne Ryland/ Publish’d as the Act directs Ma[r]ch I 1780 for the Proprietor W. W. Ryland N^o. 159 Strand London./ A Paris ch[ez Challiou s]alle neuve du Palais Marchand.”; (right) “Gravé par Pariset et M^elle. Bareuille/ A. P. [D. R.]”.

The British Museum offers a description of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1873-0809-310.

Condition: a strong impression trimmed with a small margin around the image borderline and writing edge and laid onto a sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet has staining in the lower margin, closed tears in the upper and lower edges with a replenished lower right corner and abraded areas.

I am offering this rare etching showing Eleanor of Castile sucking poison out of the wound of her husband Edward I of England (aka Edward Longshanks or Hammer of the Scots [1239–1307]), after an assassination attempt on him with a poisoned dagger, for the total cost of AU$285 (approximately US$186.96, EUR 159.27, or GBP 138.29), with worldwide express shipping included. Please note that any applicable import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this luminous jewel of a colour etching, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I will gladly send you a PayPal invoice to facilitate an easy and secure payment process.