Description: EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MINIATURE STIPPLE ENGRAVING. “CHILDREN PLAYING WITH A BIRD” AFT. WILLIAM HAMILTON AND ENG. FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI. ORIGINAL TURNED EBONISED FRUITWOOD FRAME WITH ORIGINAL HANDMADE WAVY GLASS. C.1780-90 GOOD CONDITION. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AN ANTIQUE LATE C18th GEORGIAN MINIATURE ENGRAVING IN ITS ORIGINAL TURNED EBONISED FRAME DATING TO C.1780-90. THIS VERY RARE PRINT IS A HAND COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING ENTITLED “CHILDREN PLAYING WITH A BIRD” AFTER THE RENOWNED GEORGIAN ARTIST WILLIAM HAMILTON (1751-1801) AND ENGRAVED BY MASTER ENGRAVER FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI (1727-1815). THE HAND COLOURING IS ORIGINAL AND THE ENGRAVING IS VERY FINE QUALITY & HIGHLY DETAILED AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM BARTOLOZZI. THE ENGRAVING IS HOUSED IN ITS RARE ORIGINAL TURNED EBONISED FRUITWOOD FRAME WITH GILDED OUTER & SIGHT EDGES. THE FRAME RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL BRASS HANGING BALE & RING AND ULTRA THIN HAND MADE WAVY GLASS. THE ENGRAVING HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME AS THE BACKING PAPER IS UNDISTURBED. THE ENGRAVING IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO VISIBLE TEARS, CREASES OR FOXING. THERE IS A VERY LITTE AGE-TONING MAINLY VISIBLE TO THE MARGINS. THE ORIGINAL HAND COLOURING HAS GENTLY FADED. THE ORIGINAL EBONISED FRAME HAS A RE-GLUED SPLIT AT 3 O’CLOCK. THE FRAME RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL ULTRA THIN HAND MADE WAVY GLASS, BRASS HANGING BALE & RING AND SOFTWOOD BACKBOARD. THE ENGRAVING MEASURES 8 4/8” X 7 2/8” INCLUDING THE FRAME AND 6 7/8” X 5 5/8” FOR THE VISIBLE SIZE OF THE IMAGE. THIS IS A RARE & CHARMING ANTIQUE LATE C18th GEORGIAN MINIATURE ENGRAVING BY BARTOLOZZI STILL HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL TURNED EBONISED FRUITWOOD FRAME - WHOEVER WINS IT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED!
Price: 78 GBP
Location: Pewsey
End Time: 2024-02-27T16:42:59.000Z
Shipping Cost: 37.5 GBP
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Type: Print
Year of Production: 1790
Framing: Framed
Subject: Birds
