Boydell Shakespeare Gallery – Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare Engraving – Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene I (1792)Large format, hand-colored stipple engraving after a painting by
18th Century
Shakespeare’s The Tempest – “Miranda” by Caroline Watson
A beautifully executed late 18th-century stipple engraving entitled Miranda, engraved by Caroline Watson after an original painting by Robert Edge
Giovanni Battista Piranesi – Campus Martius Frontispiece
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Il Campo Marzio. Frontispiece etching Giovanni Baattista Piranesi’s famous map of the Campus Martius of Ancien Rome.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi – Ruins of the Fountainhead of the Aqua Guilia, Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Le Rovine del Castello dell’ Aqua Guilia (The Ruins of the Fountainhead of the Aqua Giulia) Dimensions
Antique Etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi – the Arch of Janus
Giovanni Battista Piranesi The Arch of Janus with the Arch of the Money Changers Tempio detto volgarm di Giano Rome
Charles Antoine Coypel – Follies of Youth and Old Age
Two 18th century copperplate engravings after works by Charles Antoine Coypel engraved and published by Renée Elizabeth Marlie Lépicié and
Mark Catesby – Plate LXXXIII
Antique engraving by Mark Catesby – Plate LXXXIII from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands Original
Darly Caricature: The Fruit Stall
Engraving by Matthew and Mary Darly of a woman’s towering hairstyle entitled “Fruit Stall” – Dated July 11, 1777. Copies
Oh Heigh Oh – 1776 Darly Caricature: A Woman from the Ohio Country
Engraving by Matthew (and Mary?) Darly of a woman’s towering hairstyle seen from the back, and embellished with plumes. Entitled
The Flower Garden – 18th Century Caricature by Matthew and Mary Darly
Engraving by Matthew (and Mary?) Darly of a woman in profile, with a towering coiffure, adorned by a flower garden
Wigs – Rococo Period Caricature by Mary and Matthew Darly
Amusing caricature print by Matthew (and?) Mary Darly showing the heads of 14 aristocratic gentlemen in the fashionable wigs of
Portrait of Lutheran theologian Martinus Chladenius – Martin Chladni – Small copperplate engraving
Small copperplate potrait of the Lutheran theologian Martinus Chladenius or Martin Chladni (October 25, 1669 Kremnitz – September 12, 1725,
Woodpeckers – 18th Watercolor by Detlef Hartwig Zander after Mark Catesby
Working in the late 18th or early 19th Century, German artist Detlef Hartwig Zander created a series of ornithological illustrations
Tufted Titmouse- 18th Watercolor by Detlef Hartwig Zander after Mark Catesby
Working in the late 18th or early 19th Century, German artist Detlef Hartwig Zander created a series of ornithological illustrations
Maria Sibylla Merian – Opossum “Rat de Forest” plate 66 of Merian’s “Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium”
The Seventeenth-century German artist and natural history illustrator Anna Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) is best known for her travels and
The Kings and Queens of England – Jean Dassier
Kings and Queens of England, circa 1731: Famous set of antique medals in damascened bronze by the Swiss artist Jean
Cereus Cactus Flower – Plantae Selectae
Tab XXXII – Cereus Original 18th Century engraving from Plantae Selectae. Condition: Very good. Some light spotting. The high light
Cereus – Night Blooming Cactus – Plantae Selectae Plate XIV
Plantae Selectae – Tab XIV – CEREUS – Night Blooming Cactus Condition: Very good. Some light spotting. The high light
Red Pineapple – Plate III – Ehret / Trew – Plantae Selectae
Plate III – Ananas folio fix ferato Original 18th Century engraving from one of the greatest botanical books ever published.
Pineapple – Ehret / Trew – Plantae Selectae
Plate II – Ananas (Hawaiian Pineapple) from Plantae Selectae Condition: Very good. Some light spotting and creasing. The high light
Phyllis Holding a Lamb – 18th Century Stipple Engraving Sintzenich after Dolci
18th Century Engraving of Phyllis holding a lamb by Heinrich Sintzenich after Carlo Dolci.