Joseph Félon, “Infant Sleeping”, 1853

Joseph Félon (1818–1896)

“Infant Sleeping” (descriptive title only), 1853, plate 6 from the series of six lithographs, “Petits Études pour le Genre et la Figure”, that is part of a larger set of twenty-four lithographs by the artist, printed in Paris by Lemercier & Cie (fl.1827–1899) and published in Berlin, Paris, London and New York by Goupil & Cie (fl.1827–1919) in 1953 with the Goupil blindstamp at lower centre.

Lithograph on buff tinted heavy wove paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 33.3 x 51.8cm.

Lettered in the stone/plate below the image: (left) “Berlin_Verlag von GOUPIL C^ie”; (centre) “PETITS ÉTUDES POUR LE GENRE ET LA FIGURE/ N^o 6/ Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1853, by M Knoedler, in the clerk's Office of the district Court of the United States of the Southern district of New York/ [Goupil blindstamp]”; (right) “Imp Lemercier, Paris/ Paris, GOUPIL & C^ie.”

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression with full margins as published. Beyond a 1cm closed tear in the centre of the lower edge, the sheet is in an excellent condition with no holes, folds, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this large and exquisitely drawn lithograph for the total cost of AU$258 (approximately US$168.21, EUR 145.24, or GBP 126.11), with worldwide express shipping included. Please note that any applicable import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in this superb depiction of a sleeping infant—bearing in mind that in the early 1800s, an emphasis on sentimentality in art was often regarded as a true reflection of beauty—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I will then send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment process smooth and easy.

Paolo Mercuri, “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey”, c.1858, after Paul Delaroche (2nd copy)

Paolo Mercuri (aka Paul Mercury) (1804–1884)

“The Execution of Lady Jane Grey” (aka “Jane Gray”), c.1858, after Paul Delaroche’s (aka Hippolyte Delaroche) (1797–1856) painting (1833) in the National Gallery, London (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Execution_of_Lady_Jane_Grey), printed in Paris by Goupil & Cie (fl.1827–1919) with the inscribed note: “Tiré de la Galerie du Prince Anatole Demidoff” (From the Gallery of Prince Anatole Demidoff [Count Anatole Nikolaievich Demidov, 1^st Prince of San Donato, 1812–1870]).

Etching with engraving on heavy wove paper, trimmed within the platemark with a margin around the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 32.7 x 37.5 cm; (image borderline) 29.2 x 35.3 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Peint par Paul De la Roche”; (centre) “Tiré de la Galerie du Prince Anatole Demidoff (right) “Gravé par P. Mercury”.

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print (before lettering): (transl.) “Lady Jane Gray is kneeling on a cushion. She is blindfolded and fumbles forward with her hands. In front of her is a chopping block. A man in a rich fur-trimmed cloak bends over her. Next to [them] is the executioner with an axe ready. In the background two crying women” (http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.339926).

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression with small margins around the image borderline (1 cm on top and sides and 2.5 cm on the lower margin) and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this large and finely executed etching (with engraving)—a true masterwork of nineteenth century reproductive printmaking— for AU$300 (approximately US$192.40, EUR 169.73, or GBP 142.93), including express mail shipping worldwide.  Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this magnificent and historically important etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold

Paolo Mercuri’s etching with engraving, “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey”, c.1858, after Paul Delaroche

Paolo Mercuri (aka Paul Mercury) (1804–1884)

“The Execution of Lady Jane Grey” (aka “Jane Gray”), c.1858 (date based on my earlier listing of another impression of this print [now sold] inscribed with this date), after Paul Delaroche’s (aka Hippolyte Delaroche) (1797–1856) painting (1833) in the National Gallery, London (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Execution_of_Lady_Jane_Grey), printed in Paris by Goupil & Cie (fl.1827–1919) with the inscribed note: “Tiré de la Galerie du Prince Anatole Demidoff” (From the Gallery of Prince Anatole Demidoff [Count Anatole Nikolaievich Demidov, 1^st Prince of San Donato, 1812–1870]).

Etching with engraving on heavy wove paper with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 53.9 x 58.1 cm; (plate) 43.4 x 48.4 cm; (image borderline) 29 x 35.1 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Peint par Paul De la Roche”; (centre) “Tiré de la Galerie du Prince Anatole Demidoff/ JANE GRAY/Imprimé par GOUPIL & C^IE. À PARIS”; (right) “Gravé par P. Mercury”.

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print (before lettering): (transl.) “Lady Jane Gray is kneeling on a cushion. She is blindfolded and fumbles forward with her hands. In front of her is a chopping block. A man in a rich fur-trimmed cloak bends over her. Next to [them] is the executioner with an axe ready. In the background two crying women” (http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.339926).

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression with generously wide margins. Beyond minor surface marks and chips, the sheet is in an excellent condition for its size and age.

I am selling this large and finely executed etching (with engraving)—a true masterwork of nineteenth century reproductive printmaking—for the total cost of AU$306 (currently US$204.53/EUR185.06/GBP162.90 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this magnificent and historically important etching with engraving, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold

Hubert von Herkomer’s etching with drypoint, “The Swing”, 1878

Hubert von Herkomer (aka Sir Hubert von Herkomer) (1849–1914)

“The Swing” (aka “Femme se Balançant”), 1878, printed and published in Paris by Goupil & Cie (fl.1827–1919).

Etching and drypoint with plate tone printed on laid paper (“Van Gelder” watermark) with wide margins.

Size (sheet) 64.7 cm: (plate) 38 x 30.5 cm; (image borderline) 37 x 29.5 cm.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline (please be mindful that there may be errors in my reading of the inscription): (lower left corner) “The Swing/ Imprimé et publié par Goupil et C^ie Paris// H.H. 78/ Op:16”.

Henri Beraldi (1889) in “Les Graveurs du XIX Siecle: GUÉRIN – LACOSTE” (Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, vol. 8) lists this print as one of Von Herkomer’s eleven important etchings (p. 109).

Hubert von Herkomer offers the following description of this print: “Also a portrait. The figure is burin work (with the feeling of a wood-draughtsman), and the rest is all ‘‘chance work”—relying on the accidents of biting in with acids through imperfect grounds” (Hubert von Herkomer’s (1882), “Descriptive catalogue of the portraits, etchings and engravings by Hubert von Herkomer”, exh. cat. [Nov. 25, 1882], New York, M. Knoedler's Gallery, p.11, cat. no. 9; see https://archive.org/details/frick-31072000213902/page/n13/mode/2up).

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression with generously wide margins in near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this large etching and drypoint of a young woman on a swing—a subject famously explored in Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s painting, “La Balançoire”, executed two years before this print—for a total cost of AU$283 (currently US$189.16/EUR171.15/GBP150.66 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this extraordinarily fine etching exemplifying what the artist describes as the “etching fever” that took hold of him in the Spring of 1878 (see Herkomer’s catalogue [1882] entry for cat. no. 1, p. 10), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.