The Virtual National Gallery
A selection of prints engraved from paintings currently hanging in the National Gallery, London.
1. Leonardo da Vinci, Virgin of the Rocks, from the S. Francesco altarpiece:
[The Madonna of the Rocks]
[Charles William Campbell after Leonardo da Vinci]
[n.d., c.1880]
Rare mezzotint on chine collé, platemark 740 x 490mm (29 x 19"). Very large margins. Damage to margins, extending inside platemark bottom right but without damaging chine collé.
[Ref: 23369] £360
2. Willem van Mieris, A Woman and a Fish-Pedlar in a Kitchen (1713), here titled to focus attention on the inquisitive cat in the foreground:
The Cat.
Mieris pinxit. Burnet sculpsit.
Published by John Murray Albermarle Street MDCCCXIII [1813].
Engraving, image 280 x 220mm. 11 x 8¾". Minor handling creases; overall a good impression.
[Ref: 25935] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
3. Rubens, Portrait of Thomas Howard (1629-30):
[Thomas Howard.]
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1743. Signed by J Houbraken on verso in ink.
Engraving, scarce, proof before title. Plate 370 x 235mm. 14½ x 9¼". First state. Slight stain through middle.
From Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Ilustrious Persons of Great Britain".
Collector's Stamp: Julian Marshall (1836-1903) [Lugt: 1494.]
[Ref: 23986] £320
4. Eustache Le Sueur, Alexander and his Doctor (about 1648-9):
Alexandre étant tombé malada et ayant receu avis de Parmenion, que Philippe son medecin…
Se vend à Paris avec privil. du Roy au Palais du Luxembourg ou le dit Audran demeure. Par son tres humble et tres obeissant Serviteur Benoist Audran.
[n.d. c.1711.]
Copper engraving. Plate 411 x 368mm. 16¼ x 14½". Some creasing.
IFF 12: ii. BM: X,8.61.
[Ref: 17326] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
5. William Hogarth, 'The Inspection' from Marriage A-la-Mode (c.1743), here in Richard Earlom's
mezzotint (we also have a full set from the plates published by Hogarth):
Marriage a la Mode. Plate III. Engraved from the Original Picture. Size of the Picture 3ft by 2ft 4in.
Painted by William Hogarth. Engraved by Richard Earlom.
Published on Jan. 1, 1798, by J & J Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 495 x 650mm.
[Ref: 3229] £380.00
6. Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons (1773):
Cornelia and her Children.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxt. Charles Wilkin Sculpt.
Published Jan: 2. 1792, by C. Wilkin, No. 12 Ranelagh Street Pimlico.
Stipple and etching, 505 x 390mm. 19¾ x 15¼". A fine impression, with full margins.
Hamilton: pg.91, II of II.
[Ref: 13244] £360
7. Sir Joshua Reynolds, Colonel Tarleton (1782):
Lt. Col. Tarleton.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
London _ Publish'd Oct.r 11 1782 by J.R. Smith No31 Kings Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, platemark 640 x 390mm (25 x 15¼"). Minor printing crease on subject's right thigh, watermark in paper, large margins.
Chaloner Smith 161, iii of iii. Hamilton p.67, state iii of iii. Frankau 345, iv. See DNB "...one of Reynolds's happiest conceptions".
[Ref: 23147] £750
8. Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lord Heathfield of Gibraltar (1787):
General Eliott, Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Richd. Earlom.
Publish'd Novr. 1st. 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell. No. 90. Cheapside London.
Stipple. Plate 510 x 381mm. 20 x 15". Sheet 651 x 501mm. 25½ x 19¾".
[Ref: 12724] £280
9. John Constable, Stratford Mill (1820):
[The Young Waltonians - Stratford Mill.]
Brunet Debaines [pencil signature.]
London, Published May 25th 1883 by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., 13 & 14 Pall Mall East.
Etching, signed by the engraver. 385 x 510mm, 15 x 20". Crease within platemark.
[Ref: 10042] £220
10. Stanley Anderson's view inside the Spanish room, showing paintings by Velazquez and Zurbaran:
[The National Gallery.]
Stanley Anderson [ink signature.] ['S. Anderson' and monogram 'PC' etched in plate.]
[British, n.d., c.1940.]
Etching, signed in ink. Edition 109 proofs. With original PCQ mount & label, as published by the Print Collectors Club, with printed title pasted on inside of mount. Visible area 234 x 298mm. 9¼ x 11¾". A fine impression, scarce.
[Ref: 24420] £850
and two more National Gallery-related oddities, for the curious:
11. A print by Wallerant Vaillant of A Boy seated Drawing- the National Gallery have a painting of
this subject (not on display) believed to probably be a copy of a painting in the Louvre:
[Boy seated and reading a volume in a studio in front of a cast of the Christ-child after Michelangelo.]
W. Vaillandt fecit et Excudit. [Originally c.1670.]
Mezzotint, a later impression on wove paper, 275 x 215mm. 10¾ x 8½".
[Ref: 16244] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
12. The figures in this print are taken from a painting in the National Gallery, attributed to David Teniers the Younger, of Peasants making Music in an Inn (c.1635, not on display):
[A man tuning a lute or guitar.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Hand coloured etching, sheet 205 x 225mm. 8 x 8¾".
[Ref: 10563] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
1. Leonardo da Vinci, Virgin of the Rocks, from the S. Francesco altarpiece:
[Charles William Campbell after Leonardo da Vinci]
[n.d., c.1880]
Rare mezzotint on chine collé, platemark 740 x 490mm (29 x 19"). Very large margins. Damage to margins, extending inside platemark bottom right but without damaging chine collé.
[Ref: 23369] £360
2. Willem van Mieris, A Woman and a Fish-Pedlar in a Kitchen (1713), here titled to focus attention on the inquisitive cat in the foreground:
Mieris pinxit. Burnet sculpsit.
Published by John Murray Albermarle Street MDCCCXIII [1813].
Engraving, image 280 x 220mm. 11 x 8¾". Minor handling creases; overall a good impression.
[Ref: 25935] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
3. Rubens, Portrait of Thomas Howard (1629-30):
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1743. Signed by J Houbraken on verso in ink.
Engraving, scarce, proof before title. Plate 370 x 235mm. 14½ x 9¼". First state. Slight stain through middle.
From Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Ilustrious Persons of Great Britain".
Collector's Stamp: Julian Marshall (1836-1903) [Lugt: 1494.]
[Ref: 23986] £320
4. Eustache Le Sueur, Alexander and his Doctor (about 1648-9):
Se vend à Paris avec privil. du Roy au Palais du Luxembourg ou le dit Audran demeure. Par son tres humble et tres obeissant Serviteur Benoist Audran.
[n.d. c.1711.]
Copper engraving. Plate 411 x 368mm. 16¼ x 14½". Some creasing.
IFF 12: ii. BM: X,8.61.
[Ref: 17326] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
5. William Hogarth, 'The Inspection' from Marriage A-la-Mode (c.1743), here in Richard Earlom's
mezzotint (we also have a full set from the plates published by Hogarth):
Painted by William Hogarth. Engraved by Richard Earlom.
Published on Jan. 1, 1798, by J & J Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 495 x 650mm.
[Ref: 3229] £380.00
6. Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons (1773):
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxt. Charles Wilkin Sculpt.
Published Jan: 2. 1792, by C. Wilkin, No. 12 Ranelagh Street Pimlico.
Stipple and etching, 505 x 390mm. 19¾ x 15¼". A fine impression, with full margins.
Hamilton: pg.91, II of II.
[Ref: 13244] £360
7. Sir Joshua Reynolds, Colonel Tarleton (1782):
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
London _ Publish'd Oct.r 11 1782 by J.R. Smith No31 Kings Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, platemark 640 x 390mm (25 x 15¼"). Minor printing crease on subject's right thigh, watermark in paper, large margins.
Chaloner Smith 161, iii of iii. Hamilton p.67, state iii of iii. Frankau 345, iv. See DNB "...one of Reynolds's happiest conceptions".
[Ref: 23147] £750
8. Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lord Heathfield of Gibraltar (1787):
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Richd. Earlom.
Publish'd Novr. 1st. 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell. No. 90. Cheapside London.
Stipple. Plate 510 x 381mm. 20 x 15". Sheet 651 x 501mm. 25½ x 19¾".
[Ref: 12724] £280
9. John Constable, Stratford Mill (1820):
Brunet Debaines [pencil signature.]
London, Published May 25th 1883 by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., 13 & 14 Pall Mall East.
Etching, signed by the engraver. 385 x 510mm, 15 x 20". Crease within platemark.
[Ref: 10042] £220
10. Stanley Anderson's view inside the Spanish room, showing paintings by Velazquez and Zurbaran:
Stanley Anderson [ink signature.] ['S. Anderson' and monogram 'PC' etched in plate.]
[British, n.d., c.1940.]
Etching, signed in ink. Edition 109 proofs. With original PCQ mount & label, as published by the Print Collectors Club, with printed title pasted on inside of mount. Visible area 234 x 298mm. 9¼ x 11¾". A fine impression, scarce.
[Ref: 24420] £850
and two more National Gallery-related oddities, for the curious:
11. A print by Wallerant Vaillant of A Boy seated Drawing- the National Gallery have a painting of
this subject (not on display) believed to probably be a copy of a painting in the Louvre:
W. Vaillandt fecit et Excudit. [Originally c.1670.]
Mezzotint, a later impression on wove paper, 275 x 215mm. 10¾ x 8½".
[Ref: 16244] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
12. The figures in this print are taken from a painting in the National Gallery, attributed to David Teniers the Younger, of Peasants making Music in an Inn (c.1635, not on display):
[n.d., c.1830.]
Hand coloured etching, sheet 205 x 225mm. 8 x 8¾".
[Ref: 10563] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
