after northcote (9 Ergebnisse)

Gilt-illustrated Brown Cloth. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. After Frederick J Widgery (illustrator). New Edition, Revised. xii, 322pp, illustrated with 50 colour plates after Frederick J Widgery, frontispiece with tissue, (browned with loss to top corner), ink name of previous owner to front free endpaper, free endpapers a little tanned, brown cloth, black lettering to spine and upper board, gilt vignette to upper board, spine ends and joints rubbed, two small bleached marks. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A HEAVY BOOK AND THAT EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED FOR AN OVERSEAS BUYER OF Size: 8vo. Topography.

No Binding. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Original Engraving. One Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. Henry Meyer (12 June 1780 - 28 May 1847)[1] Was An English Portrait Painter, More Known As A Stipple And Mezzotint Engraver. Meyer Was Born John Meyer In London - A Son Of John Meyer And Anna Torade Hoppner Who Married At St James Westminster 22 December 1767. Contrary To Other Accounts Henry Meyer's Father Was A Hairdresser And Not An Engraver.Joseph Farington Recorded That Henry Meyer Was A Nephew Of John Hoppner, Referring To Him As 'Mier' (8 February 1810), And In The Obituary Of Meyer In Gentleman's Magazine (1847 Ii 665). A Prominent Early 19Th-Century Artist, Henry Meyer Was Admitted As A Pupil To Christ's Hospital, London In 1791 Where He Studied Under Benjamin Green. On 25 August 1794 He Was Apprenticed To Benjamin Smith For Seven Years And Ultimately Trained In Engraving Techniques At The Royal Academy Schools Under Francesco Bartolozzi. His First Published Engravings Appeared In The Early 19Th Century Attributed To J. H. Meyer, He Later Dropped The J And Most Of His Works Were Published Under The Name Henry Meyer Or H. Meyer. In The Ensuing Years He Showed His Skill At Portraits And Decorative Subjects. He Produced Engravings Of Such Notables As Lady Hamilton, Admiral Nelson, Sir John Nicholl, Lord Hawkesbury, Lord Byron, And Giuseppe Ambrogetti. His Painting Of Charles Lamb Was Hung In The India Office For Many Years. He Was A Founding Member Of The Society Of British Artists, Exhibiting Many Of His Works With This Association Between 1824 And 1830, And Acting As Its President In 1828/9.

Zustand: Good. Engraving. Oval. 4" x 3.5", Very Good. Name penciled on verso.

Zustand: Good. Stipple Engraving. Oval. 4" x 3.5", Very Good. Name penciled on verso.

Zustand: Good. Stipple engraving by Conde after a painting by Northcote of Prince Hoare (1755-1834), painter and dramatist, son of William Hoare. Image size: 118 x 85 mm. Trimmed within image. Light staining.

Zustand: Good. Mezzotint after painting by James Northcote (1746-1831). 55 x 40 cm. One three inch tear on right side and small tears around the border.

A young girl walking bare foot to the right with her hand extended to feel her way, led by a dog; oval design. Lettered below image with title, verse: "Pity the Blind all you that Sees, Grudge not a sous for Charity", production detail: "I. Northcote delt.", "T. Gaugain Sculpt." and publication line: "Pubd as the Act directs May 20, 1785 by Torre & Co, No. 28 Hay Market" Stipple engraving and etching, colored a la poupé; plate mark: 277 x 214 mm, total: 322 x 237 mm; yellowed paper, some damp stains on the margins. Date of print: 1794.

Paris, Boulet, [1799]. Oblong broadsheet (over 48.5 x 60.5 cm). Colour etching, finished by hand. Framed and glazed. Simple modern green wooden frame. = A fine, lively, powerful illustration of a lion fighting a snake. After an original drawing by the British artist James Northcote (1746-1831), whose illustrations of lions and tigers are among his most captivating. Northcote was a pupil of the great British portrait painter Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. The French engraver Renard, about whom little else is known - he is not listed by Bénézit - enhanced Northcote's original by a skilful use of shades. Published by the firm of Boulet, rue Chabannais, in Paris. Some spotting, but hardly visible. A small defect in the upper margin, otherwise very good.

Paris, Boulet, [1799]. Oblong broadsheet (over 48.5 x 60.5 cm). Colour etching, finished by hand. Framed and glazed. Simple, modern green, wooden frame. = A fine, lively, powerful illustration of an angered tiger attacking a porcupine in vain - being deterred by the porcupine's sharp and painful spines. After an original drawing by the British artist James Northcote (1746-1831), whose illustrations of lions and tigers are among his most captivating. Northcote was a pupil of the great British portrait painter Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. The French engraver Renard, about whom little else is known (he is not listed by Bénézit), enhanced Northcote's original by a skilful use of shades. Published by the firm of Boulet, rue Chabannais, in Paris. Some spotting, but hardly visible. A small defect in the upper margin, otherwise very good. Very rare. We found no auction records.