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| 308 |  | Details | Henri Sbonski de Passebon | 1690 | Galeasse a la voile | $5,000.00 | Henri-Sbonski-de-Passebon | Galeasse-a-la-voile | "Galeasse a la voile" depicts a Venetian galeazza (galeasse) under full sail. We know the vessel is from Venice, Italy because under close inspection one can see the faint outline of the Lion of St. Marks on the flag at the very top of the main mast. A galeasse is a larger vessel than a galley (galère, Fr.) typically powered by 3 lateen-rigged sails as well as oars. <BR> </BR>
This highly detailed plate is one of a series of 17 folio-sized copperplate engravings created ca. 1690 by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. Engraved by Claude Randon, the collection of nautical architecture plates was first published from Marseille where, in the late 17th century the arsenal was home port to the galley service of Louis XIV.<BR> </BR>
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<br>Attribution at bottom left: "Randon delineauit et sculpsit cura D'ni de Passebon Equitis"
<br>Royal privilege at bottom right: "Marsiliae cum privilegio Regis"
<br>Seller's attribution: "Se vendent a Marseilles chez Laurent Bremond sur le port au Coin de reboul" |
| 313 |  | Details | Henri Sbonski de Passebon | 1690 | Vaisseau du troiseme rang a la voille | $4,500.00 | Henri-Sbonski-de-Passebon | Vaisseau-du-troiseme-rang-a-la-voille | "Vaisseau du troiseme rang a la voille" is one of a series of 17 folio-sized copperplate engravings created ca. 1690 by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. Engraved by Claude Randon, the collection of nautical architecture plates was first published from Marseille where, in the late 17th century the arsenal was home port to the galley service of Louis XIV.<BR> </BR>
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<br>Attribution at bottom left: "Randon delineauit et sculpsit cura D'ni de Passebon Equitis"
<br>Royal privilege at bottom right: "Marsiliae cum privilegio Regis"
<br>Seller's attribution: "Se vendent a Marseilles chez Laurent Bremond sur le port au Coin de reboul" |
| 309 |  | Details | Henri Sbonski de Passebon | 1690 | Galiote a bombe | $2,400.00 | Henri-Sbonski-de-Passebon | Galiote-a-bombe | "Galiote a bombe" is one of a series of 17 folio-sized copperplate engravings created ca. 1690 by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. Engraved by Claude Randon, the collection of nautical architecture plates was first published from Marseille where, in the late 17th century the arsenal was home port to the galley service of Louis XIV.<BR> </BR>
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De Passebon was stationed at Marseilles as a Lieutenant in the Corps des Galeres during the period that he produced the drawings from which these plates were engraved. <BR> </BR>
<br>Attribution at bottom left: "Randon delineauit et sculpsit cura D'ni de Passebon Equitis"
<br>Royal privilege at bottom right: "Marsiliae cum privilegio Regis"
<br>Seller's attribution: "Se vendent a Marseilles chez Laurent Bremond sur le port au Coin de reboul" |
| 307 |  | Details | Henri Sbonski de Passebon | 1690 | Flute vaisseau de charge a la voile | $2,200.00 | Henri-Sbonski-de-Passebon | Flute-vaisseau-de-charge-a-la-voile | "Flute vaisseau de charge a la voile" is one of a series of 17 folio-sized copperplate engravings created ca. 1690 by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. Engraved by Claude Randon, the collection of nautical architecture plates was first published from Marseille where, in the late 17th century the arsenal was home port to the galley service of Louis XIV.<BR> </BR>
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<br>Attribution at bottom left: "Randon delineauit et sculpsit cura D'ni de Passebon Equitis"
<br>Royal privilege at bottom right: "Marsiliae cum privilegio Regis"
<br>Seller's attribution: "Se vendent a Marseilles chez Laurent Bremond sur le port au Coin de reboul" |
| 311 |  | Details | Henri Sbonski de Passebon | 1690 | Polacre a la voille | $2,100.00 | Henri-Sbonski-de-Passebon | Polacre-a-la-voille | "Polacre a la voille" is one of a series of 17 folio-sized copperplate engravings created ca. 1690 by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. Engraved by Claude Randon, the collection of nautical architecture plates was first published from Marseille where, in the late 17th century the arsenal was home port to the galley service of Louis XIV.<BR> </BR>
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De Passebon was stationed at Marseilles as a Lieutenant in the Corps des Galeres during the period that he produced the drawings from which these plates were engraved. <BR> </BR>
<br>Attribution at bottom left: "Randon delineauit et sculpsit cura D'ni de Passebon Equitis"
<br>Royal privilege at bottom right: "Marsiliae cum privilegio Regis"
<br>Seller's attribution: "Se vendent a Marseilles chez Laurent Bremond sur le port au Coin de reboul" |
| 50 |  | Details | Kip, Johannes | 1728 | Howland Great Dock near Deptford | $2,100.00 | Kip--Johannes | Howland-Great-Dock-near-Deptford | Very scarce beautiful view of the Howland Great Dock (now Greenland Dock) surrounded by countryside. By the Dutch engraver Johannes Kip. Drawn by J.Badslade. This view has something to offer those interested in nautical history as well as those with an appreciation for esthetics.<BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
View was created within 20 years of the completion of the dock in 1695; the trees can be seen to not yet have fully matured. Cattle graze nearby and a horse-drawn coach makes its way presumably to London which is identified in the distance. More than 35 ships are shown moored within the wet dock, underway in the Thames or under construction in drydock. During the 18th century the dock was used greatly by Greenland whalers and the dock began to be called the "Greenland Dock". Numerous details of ship construction. |
| 322 |  | Details | Henri Sbonski de Passebon | 1690 | Barque allant vent arriere | $2,100.00 | Henri-Sbonski-de-Passebon | Barque-allant-vent-arriere | This dynamic and striking engraving depicts a small sailing vessel towing the ship's boat in a stiff following breeze with an ominous fuming volcano in the background. The volcano depicted may well be Vesuvius as it was active almost continuously after 1631 with major eruptions noted in 1660, 1682, 1694, and 1698. Of all the prints in this series, this example of a bark best captures the feeling of movement and excitement as waves splash the port side of the vessel.<BR> </BR>
"Barque allant vent arriere" (Bark going downwind) is one of a series of copperplate engravings created ca. 1690 by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. Engraved by Claude Randon, "Plan de Plusieurs Batiments de Mer et ses proportions", a collection of 17 folio-sized nautical architecture plates, was first published from Marseille where, in the late 17th century the arsenal was home port to the galley service of Louis XIV.<BR> </BR>
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Attribution at bottom left: "Randon delineauit et sculpsit cura D'ni de Passebon Equitis"
<BR> </BR> Royal privilege at bottom right: "Marsiliae cum privilegio Regis"
<BR> </BR> Seller's attribution: "Se vendent a Marseilles chez Laurent Bremond sur le port au Coin de reboul" |
| 305 |  | Details | Henri Sbonski de Passebon | 1690 | La galere Patronne a la rame | $1,900.00 | Henri-Sbonski-de-Passebon | La-galere-Patronne-a-la-rame | "La galere (galère, Fr.) patronne a la rame" is one of a series of 17 folio-sized copperplate engravings created ca. 1690 by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. Engraved by Claude Randon, the collection of nautical architecture plates was first published from Marseille where, in the late 17th century the arsenal was home port to the galley service of Louis XIV.<BR> </BR>
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De Passebon was stationed at Marseilles as a Lieutenant in the Corps des Galeres during the period that he produced the drawings from which these plates were engraved. Therefore this plate, drawn from first-hand observation, is perhaps the best record of the Patronne available. There was only one Patronne in the galley corps, typically reserved for the Lieutenant General des Galeres and the Patronne was second in prominence and beauty only to the royal galley, the Reale.<BR> </BR>
<br>Attribution at bottom left: "Randon delineauit et sculpsit cura D'ni de Passebon Equitis"
<br>Royal privilege at bottom right: "Marsiliae cum privilegio Regis"
<br>Seller's attribution: "Se vendent a Marseilles chez Laurent Bremond sur le port au Coin de reboul" |
| 312 |  | Details | Henri Sbonski de Passebon | 1690 | Saique batiment dont les Turcs | $1,600.00 | Henri-Sbonski-de-Passebon | Saique-batiment-dont-les-Turcs | "Saique batiment dont les Turcs" is one of a series of 17 folio-sized copperplate engravings created ca. 1690 by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. Engraved by Claude Randon, the collection of nautical architecture plates was first published from Marseille where, in the late 17th century the arsenal was home port to the galley service of Louis XIV.<BR> </BR>
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<br>Attribution at bottom left: "Randon delineauit et sculpsit cura D'ni de Passebon Equitis"
<br>Royal privilege at bottom right: "Marsiliae cum privilegio Regis"
<br>Seller's attribution: "Se vendent a Marseilles chez Laurent Bremond sur le port au Coin de reboul" |
| 321 |  | Details | Henri Sbonski de Passebon | 1690 | Galere a la voille portant l'Estendart de chef d'Escadre | $1,575.00 | Henri-Sbonski-de-Passebon | Galere-a-la-voille-portant-l-Estendart-de-chef-d-Escadre | Price reduced until 3/1/2013: <BR> </BR>
This rare and decorative antique copper-plate engraving depicts an ordinary French galley (galère, Fr.) under sail in the Mediterranean, the cookstove billowing white smoke slightly aft of midships on the port side.<BR> </BR>
"Galere a la voille portant l'Estendart de chef d'Escadre" (Galley under sail with the banner of the squadron leader) is one of a series of 17 folio-sized copperplate engravings created ca. 1690 by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. Engraved by Claude Randon, the collection of nautical architecture plates ("Plan de Plusieurs Batiments de Mer et ses proportions") was first published from Marseille where, in the late 17th century the arsenal was home port to the galley service of Louis XIV.<BR> </BR>
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Sbonski de Passebon was stationed at Marseilles as a Lieutenant in the Corps des Galeres during the period that he produced the drawings from which these plates were engraved. His close affiliation with the galley corps resulted in highly detailed renderings that capture the technical flavor of early 18th centry seafaring along with the beauty of the nearby Mediterranean shoreline. Within 50 years of the publication of these plates the French Corps des Galeres was disbanded as the galley was no longer a cost-effective means of projecting power.<BR> </BR>
Attribution at bottom left: "Randon delineauit et sculpsit cura D'ni de Passebon Equitis"
<BR> </BR> Royal privilege at bottom right: "Marsiliae cum privilegio Regis"
<BR> </BR> Seller's attribution: "Se vendent a Marseilles chez Laurent Bremond sur le port au Coin de reboul"
<BR> </BR> This plate has been professionally restored, neutralized, and colored and contains wider margins that those shown.<BR> </BR> |
| 396 |  | Details | Brambila, Fernando | 1798 | La Corveta Atrevida entre Bancas de nieve la noche del 28 de Enero de 1794… | $1,550.00 | Brambila--Fernando | La-Corveta-Atrevida-entre-Bancas-de-nieve-la-noche-del-28-de-Enero-de-1794… | Hand-colored aquatint by Milanese artist Fernado Brambila (1763 - 1832). One of the few available works depicting the five-year scientifc expedition of Spanish naval officer Allesandro Malaspina. In that exploration Malaspina and Jose de Bustamente y Guerra commanded two frigates of approximately 118 feet in length, the Descubierta and the Atrevida and departed from Cadiz, Spain on July 30, 1789. The expedition sailed through the Pacific Ocean, exploring and mapping much of the west coast of the Americas from Cape Horn to the Gulf of Alaska, crossing to Guam and the Philippines, and stopped in both New Zealand and Australia.<BR> </BR>
The expedition carried aboard some of Spain's top scientists, as well as at least three artists: Brambila, Jose Guio, and Tomas de Suria. This intaglio plate shows the Atrevida among large ice flows. Map coordinates are based on a Prime Meridian in Cadiz, Spain but the the location is somewhere very near the Malvinas (Falkland Islands), and by the stated date of 1794 we know this was the second-to-last stop of the 62 month voyage. <BR> </BR>
Last known sale of this engraving was in 1992 and no examples of the work are known for sale anywhere. Only two examples are found on the Internet, one at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. The area within the platemark on this engraving is identical to that example at 513 x 340 mm. Wide margins and heavy paper. <BR> </BR>
Attribution line: "Brambila lo delineo y grabado en 1798". |
| 310 |  | Details | Henri Sbonski de Passebon | 1690 | La galere reale a la fonde | $1,400.00 | Henri-Sbonski-de-Passebon | La-galere-reale-a-la-fonde | "La galere reale a la fonde" is one of a series of 17 folio-sized copperplate engravings created ca. 1690 by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. Engraved by Claude Randon, the collection of nautical architecture plates was first published from Marseille where, in the late 17th century the arsenal was home port to the galley (galère, Fr.) service of Louis XIV.<BR> </BR>
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<br>Attribution at bottom left: "Randon delineauit et sculpsit cura D'ni de Passebon Equitis"
<br>Royal privilege at bottom right: "Marsiliae cum privilegio Regis"
<br>Seller's attribution: "Se vendent a Marseilles chez Laurent Bremond sur le port au Coin de reboul" |
| 457 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1700 | Combat Naval 1645 | $950.00 | Anonymous | Combat-Naval-1645 | Large and interesting depiction ca. 1700 of the "Action of 28 September 1644". In that action six Maltese galleys (galère / pl. galères; Fr.) attacked and defeated several sailing vessels of the Ottoman Sultan. This original copperplate engraving contains an elaborate border and garland wrapped with ribbons and a central portrait of Gabrielle Chambres de Boisbaudran, the leader of the Maltese contingent and a Knight of Malta, who was killed in that engagement. This engraving is a larger and more elaborate version of an engraving produced by Mathias Merian in 1707. The seller attributed this work to Stefano Della Bella but I have been unable to verify that attribution and I have been unable to find the same image elsewhere.<BR> </BR>
The engraved battle scence includes the island of Rhodes, Greece in the distance as Christian galleys engage with Greek and Turkish square-rigged sailing vessels. The six galleys depicted include" "La Capitaine de Malte, St. Jean, St. Laurent, St. Joseph, Ste. Marie, and La Victoire.<BR> </BR>
The Christian galleys engaged a Ottoman convoy carrying pilgrims bound for Mecca. The Maltese killed many pilgrims and took almost 400 prisoners as slaves including by some reports one of the Sultan's wives and her son.
On their voyage home the Maltese stopped in Crete, then a possession of Venice, for a few days. This apparent collusion between the Maltese and Venetians, previously at peace with the Turks, served as a pretense for the Cretan war between the Ottomans, Venice and Malta between 1645 and 1669. |
| 306 |  | Details | Henri Sbonski de Passebon | 1690 | Coupe d'une galere avec ses proportions | $800.00 | Henri-Sbonski-de-Passebon | Coupe-d-une-galere-avec-ses-proportions | "Coupe d'une galere avec ses proportions" is one of a series of 17 folio-sized copperplate engravings created ca. 1690 by French galley Captain Henry Sbonski de Passebon. Scarce cutaway of a standard late 17th century French galley (galère, Fr.) with a detailed legend of parts (in French). Below is a representation of the keel-form at the shipyard on which the keel was apparently built up. <BR> </BR>
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Engraved by Barthelemy Chasse the collection of nautical architecture plates was first published from Marseille where, in the late 17th century the arsenal was home port to the galley service of Louis XIV. This is the only plate in the volume engraved by Chasse. All other plates were engraved by Claude randon. <BR> </BR>
De Passebon was stationed at Marseilles as a Lieutenant in the Corps des Galeres during the period that he produced the drawings from which these plates were engraved. <BR> </BR>
<br>Attribution at bottom left: "Randon delineauit et sculpsit cura D'ni de Passebon Equitis"
<br>Royal privilege at bottom right: "Marsiliae cum privilegio Regis"
<br>Seller's attribution: "Se vendent a Marseilles chez Laurent Bremond sur le port au Coin de reboul" |
| 391 |  | Details | Huggins, W.J. | 1842 | Ships of the General Steam Navigation Company, Off Rotterdam. | $600.00 | Huggins--W-J- | Ships-of-the-General-Steam-Navigation-Company--Off-Rotterdam- | Hand-colored aquatint by William John Huggins from 1842 of the steamers Giraffe and Ocean in Rotterdam Harbor. In the foreground a small boat is shown ferrying passengers dressed in Dutch clothing of that era. <BR> </BR>
The steam side-wheelers Giraffe and Ocean were both launched in 1836 and operated as mail steamers for the General Steam Navigation Company (GSNC) . The Giraffe later saw service during the U.S. Civil War when it was purchased by the Confederate Treasury. This vessel was later controlled by the Confederate War Department. She was renamed the Robert E. Lee and used as a rebel blockade runner to transport arms and other supplies between Bermuda and Wilmington during the early 1860s. <BR> </BR>
The GSNC was founded in 1824 in Greenwich, England. For 150 years the firm was London's top short-sea shipping service with routes between the ports of Britain and north west Europe. <BR> </BR>
Attribution line below the print reads: "Painted by W.J. Huggins, marine painter to his late majesty William IV. London. Published by Mr. Huggins 105 Leadenhall Street. 1842. Engraved by E. Duncan." |
| 109 |  | Details | Tirion, Isaac | 1752 | Zes galeien overzeild en in den grond geshooten | $550.00 | Tirion--Isaac | Zes-galeien-overzeild-en-in-den-grond-geshooten | Fine engraving by Isaac Tirion of an encounter between Dutch ships and eight Spanish galleys on October 3, 1602 in the English Channel off the coast of Dover. The galleys proved to be no match for the larger Dutch ships. In that battle three Spanish galleys were lost. |
| 475 |  | Details | Gillray, James | 1851 | St. George and the Dragon | $500.00 | Gillray--James | St--George-and-the-Dragon | Spectacular re-strike caricature copperplate engraving from the original plate, by one of England's finest 18th century artists and satirists, James Gillray. The quality of engraving and the dark impression, along with Gillray's composition, and large size make this a very striking and attractive work. <BR> </BR>
The scene depicts the royal St. George (King George III) rescuing Britannia from the fangs of the Monster of France (Naploeon). The king wears the uniform of his own regiment of Guards (the Blues). <BR>
Source: Wright, Thomas and Robert Harding. "Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray" Google Books. P.242 <BR> </BR>
Originally published in 1805 this plate is a restrike by Henry Bohn printed from the original plates during 1845 to 1851. Printed on both sides of heavy wove paper, the other side contains another engraving, a satire by Gillray titled "The end of the farce of Catholic Emancipation". |
| 453 |  | Details | Theunissen, A. | 1930 | Engagez-vous dans la Marine | $475.00 | Theunissen--A- | Engagez-vous-dans-la-Marine | Large, dynamic, post-WWI recruiting poster for the French navy dated to 1930. Depicts a fast patrol boat or destroyer. <BR> </BR>
Lithograph, signed in the plate by A. Theunissen, followed by the symbol of an anchor which is one of the privileges accorded those artists who have been appointed as official "Peintre de la Marine". Theunissen was given that honor in 1925 by the French Minister of Defense in recognition of his artistic work for the French Navy or maritime subjects . Published by Devambez, Paris. 1930. |
| 438 |  | Details | Blondela, Lieut. | 1797 | Vue du Mouillage des Fregates Francaises a L'Isle de Mowee | $475.00 | Blondela--Lieut- | Vue-du-Mouillage-des-Fregates-Francaises-a-L-Isle-de-Mowee | Engraved view of ships from the La Perouse expedition anchored off of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands at an anchorage now known as "La Perouse Bay". This is the first large-format view ever published of the island of Maui. From the "Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse". From a drawing by Lieutenant Blondela, Engraved by J.J. Avril; lettered by L. Aubert. No 14. <BR> </BR>
Believe the engraving is an early 20th century re-strike from the original copper plate produced by the Chalcographie du Louvre. La Chalcographie du Louvre is a repository of more that 13,000 original plates from the Louvre's archives, housed upstairs above the Louvre's Paris galleries . Upon request visitors can have a engraving produced from one of those original plates by master printers on museum-quality paper. V. 15<BR> </BR> |
| 440 |  | Details | Duché de Vancy, Gaspard | 1797 | Vue de Macao en Chine | $450.00 | Duché-de-Vancy--Gaspard | Vue-de-Macao-en-Chine | Very attractive copperplate engraved view of the former Portugese colony of Macau as it existed in 1787. Macau is now a special administrative region of China. <BR> </BR>
Drawn by Gaspard Duchè de Vancy, a French artist of the 18th century. From the "Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse" published by Jean-Francois La Perouse. La Perouse led a scientific exporation to the Pacific from 1785, accompanied by Duchè de Vancy, and sent the drawing on which this engraving is based to France in 1788 with the intention of returning home by 1789. Departing Botany Bay, Australia in March 1788 neither La Perouse, his ships the Boussole or Astrolabe, nor his men were ever seen again. Number 40.<BR> </BR>
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| 427 |  | Details | Gildersleave, Charles F. | 1860 | Steam Ship Commodores and United States Mail Contractors | $420.00 | Gildersleave--Charles-F- | Steam-Ship-Commodores-and-United-States-Mail-Contractors | Pre-civil war lithographed political cartoon on the topic of awarding contracts to carry the mail by steamboat from New York to San Francisco via Nicaragua. Many of the references in the cartoon are now opaque but in the 1850's contracts to carry the U.S. Mail were the subject of great controversy and competition. This cartoon refelects that competition in the context of the leading-edge technologies of that time.<BR> </BR>
At center a gas-filled balloon labeled "California Mail Balloon via Nicaragua" rises above the sea. Mail transport by balloon was first attempted in the United States in 1859 by John Wise aboard the balloon 'Jupiter'. Not a commercial success, nevertheless it was doubtless a major topic of conversation in that period. <BR> </BR>
Below another figure balances two steamboats (Star of the West and Moses Taylor) on a pole as he walks a high-wire strung between two steamships shaped as rocking horses. One ship is labeled U.S.M. (U.S. Mail Steamship Company) and the other Cornelius Vanderbilt's Independent Line steamer 'Northern Light' which operated between Nicaragua and New York City.
At left, aboard the ship 'Baltic' a gentleman in top hat (Edward Knight Collins ?) watches through a telescope. The 'Baltic' a 282 foot wooden-hulled sidewheel steamboat was owned by the American Collins Line, a competitor to Vanderbilt, and was for five years the fastest steamship in the Atlantic.
Ships mentioned include: 1) The 'San Francisco' a 280 foot steamship owned by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company . 2) S.S. Moses Taylor owned by the U.S. Mail Steamship Company. 3) The 'Star of the West' , a paddlewheel steamer owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt (known as the 'Commodore') one of the richest men in the United States with extensive interests in steamboats. The vessel was launched in 1852 and from July 1853 to March 1856 was operated on a mail route between New York City and San Juan de Nicaragua.<BR> </BR> |
| 303 |  | Details | Rigaud, Jacques | | Feste des Galeres dans le Port de Marseille | $420.00 | Rigaud--Jacques | Feste-des-Galeres-dans-le-Port-de-Marseille | Beautiful early 18th century copperplate engraving of the Feste des Galeres (Galère, Fr.) (Galley Festival) held annually in Marseilles, France which was the home port of the galley corps during the reign of Louis XIV and Louis XV. At the time the engraving was produced the galley corps was in decline but the pomp and grandeur continued. The engraving shows several dozen galleys, moored stern-first as is the custom in that area, firing a trbute from cannon. The work is full of minute details of the festivities on shore among the onlookers and participants. <BR> </BR>
Jacques Rigaud (1680-1754) was a French draftsman, artist, and engraver who worked for a time at the Arsenal in Marseille, home to the galley fleet. His first known work is "The View from the Fortress of Toulon" published in 1707. Rigaud was in Marseille during the great plague of 1720 and is well known for his prints of that event as well as for his series of engravings of the royal houses of France. Plate 3. |
| 314 |  | Details | Wagner, Johann Christoph | 1684 | Untitled - Ship firing on attacking sea serpents | $410.00 | Wagner--Johann-Christoph | Untitled---Ship-firing-on-attacking-sea-serpents | Highly decorative, whimsical, rare wood-block engraving of a sailing ship firing at sea monsters on both sides of the vessel. Ship bears an ensign of a forearm bearing a sword. A great chance to have a plate that was first published in Furtenbach's very scarce 1629 classic of naval architecture "Architectura Navalis" . <BR> </BR>
Note: Seller has attributed the source as Wagner's "Delineatio Provinciarum Pannoniae et Imperii Turciciin Oriente Eine Grundrichtige Beschreibung deß ganzen Aufgangs", published in Augsburg 1684. "N4" at upper left. |
| 445 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1772 | Hydrographie Francoise (Title Page) | $400.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Hydrographie-Francoise-(Title-Page) | Gorgeous copperplate re-strike engraving of the title page to Bellin's sea-atlas, the Hydrographie Francoise. With the circular stamp of the Depot de la Marine. Undated. Price One and one-half francs. No. 1. <BR> </BR>
We believe the engraving is an early 20th century re-strike from the original copper plate produced at the French Chalcographie du Louvre. La Chalcographie du Louvre is a repository, consisting of more that 13,000 original plates from the Louvre's archives, housed upstairs above the Louvre's Paris galleries . Upon request visitors can have a engraving produced on museum-quality paper from the original plate by a master printer. V.196 <BR> </BR> |
| 448 |  | Details | Benard, Robert | 1770 | Fonte des Canons | $400.00 | Benard--Robert | Fonte-des-Canons | Pair of (2) archivally-matted copperplate engravings by Robert Benard depicting large mortars ca. 1738. In the early 18th century a mortar was essentially a short tube with a relatively large diameter whose purpose was to lob steel or stone cannonballs of great weight for a somewhat short distance. The cannon are decorated with crown and globe containing three fleur-de-lis, figures representing the French royal coat of arms in the eigthteenth century. Plates probably are sourced from a mid-to-late 18th century French encyclopedia. Total dimensions with mat about 16.5" W x 19.5" H. Mat approx 5" per side. "Benard direxit".<BR> </BR>
Plate 9 (page 54) depicts detailed dimesional, cutaway and elevation engineering drawings of three smaller and medium-sized mortiers (mortars). <BR> </BR>
Plate 10 depicts detailed dimesional, cutaway and elevation engineering drawings of two larger mortiers and pierriers (stone-shot mortars). |
| 324 |  | Details | Wagner, Johann Christoph | 1684 | Untitled - Kriegsschiff | $400.00 | Wagner--Johann-Christoph | Untitled---Kriegsschiff | Decorative 3 masted sailing vessel firing stern cannon. This early wood-block print shows a early 17th century vessel of war. Interesting feature of this time period are the six crows nests. These would have been used in battle to hurl stones, javelins and even caustic substances down on the heads of the opposition forces. An opportunity to own a plate that was first published in Furttenbach's very scarce 1629 classic of naval architecture "Architectura Navalis" . Interesting rigging! <BR> </BR>
Note: Seller has attributed the source as Wagner's "Delineatio Provinciarum Pannoniae et Imperii Turcici in Oriente Eine Grundrichtige Beschreibung deß ganzen Aufgangs", published in Augsburg 1684. "N3" at upper left. |
| 459 |  | Details | Diderot, Denis | 1730 | Marine Pavillons (Flags) | $395.00 | Diderot--Denis | Marine-Pavillons-(Flags) | Very decorative pair of 18th century copper-plate engraved prints depicting naval flags, pennants, and ensigns from across the world. Several flags contains the coat-of-arms of a royal family. Archivally matted, and ready for framing. With matting, each engraving measures approximately 14" W x 19" H. <BR> </BR>
A scarce and colorful grouping. Source: Diderot & D'Alembert. L'Encyclopédie. Plate 18 and Plate 19. |
| 441 |  | Details | Duché de Vancy, Gaspard | 1797 | Vue de Cavite dans la Baie de Manille | $375.00 | Duché-de-Vancy--Gaspard | Vue-de-Cavite-dans-la-Baie-de-Manille | Engraved view of two boats and passengers with Cavite Philippines in the background as it was seen from Manilla Bay in January 1787.<BR> </BR>
Drawn by Gaspard Duchè de Vancy, a French artist of the 18th century. From the "Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse" published by Jean-Francois La Perouse. La Perouse led a scientific exporation to the Pacific from 1785, accompanied by Duchè de Vancy, and sent the drawing on which this engraving is based to France in 1788 with the intention of returning home by 1789. Departing Botany Bay, Australia in March, 1788 neither La Perouse, his ships the Boussole or Astrolabe, nor his men were ever seen again. Number 41.<BR> </BR>
Believe the engraving is an early 20th century re-strike from the original copper plate produced by the French Chalcographie du Louvre. La Chalcographie du Louvre is a repository of more that 13,000 original plates from the Louvre's archives, housed upstairs above the Louvre's Paris galleries . Upon request visitors can have a engraving produced on museum-quality paper from the original plate by a master printer. V.27 <BR> </BR> |
| 393 |  | Details | Fontana, Fulvio | 1701 | Presa di Due Galee Turchesche | $375.00 | Fontana--Fulvio | Presa-di-Due-Galee-Turchesche | Scarce copperplate engraving depicts a battle between Ottoman galleys and galleys from the military order of Saint Stephen (Santo Stefano) Pope and Martyr. Location of that engagement was near the Strait of Bonifacio (Bocche de Bonifazio), between Corsica and Sardegna. The order of Santo Stefano was founded by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1561. The purpose of the order , with financial support from the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, was to free Christians from slavery by fighting Ottomans and pirates. Vessels of the order of Santo Stefano are marked by flags with the symbol of their order, an eight-pointed cross much like that of the Knights of Malta.<BR> </BR>
From: "I pregi della Toscana nell' imprese piu segnalate de' Cavaliere di Santo Stefano opera dat a in luce da Fulvio Fontana della Compagnia di Gesu dedicata all' Altezza Reale di Cosimo III, Gran Duca di Toscana e Gran Maestro dell' Ordine. Published in 1701 from Florence by Mattia Miccioni and Michele Neftenus. Plate 2. Probably from a later state.<BR> </BR>
Reference: http://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/ihd/content/pageview/3361129 |
| 394 |  | Details | Fontana, Fulvio | 1701 | Presa di Cinque Legni Turcheschi | $375.00 | Fontana--Fulvio | Presa-di-Cinque-Legni-Turcheschi | Scarce copperplate engraving depicts a battle in 1596 conducted by galleys from the military order of Saint Stephen (Santo Stefano) Pope and Martyr and muslim corsairs. The battle was led by Franceso Borbolani, eighth Admiral of the order of Santo Stefano. <BR> </BR>
The order of Santo Stefano was founded by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1561. The purpose of the order , with financial support from the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, was to free Christians from slavery by fighting Ottomans and pirates. Vessels of the order of Santo Stefano are marked by flags with the symbol of their order, an eight-pointed cross much like that of the Knights of Malta.<BR> </BR>
From "I pregi della Toscana nell' imprese piu segnalate de' Cavaliere di Santo Stefano opera dat a in luce da Fulvio Fontana della Compagnia di Gesu dedicata all' Altezza reale di Cosimo III, Gran Duca di Toscana e Gran Maestro dell' Ordine. Published in 1701 from Florence by Mattia Miccioni and Michele Neftenus. Plate 10. Probably from a later state of the engraving.<BR> </BR>
Reference: http://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/ihd/content/pageview/3361129 |
| 149 |  | Details | Tassin, Nicholas | 1636 | Tour de Corduan | $350.00 | Tassin--Nicholas | Tour-de-Corduan | Extremely scarce view by Nicolas Tassin of the "Tower of Corduan" after an earlier work by Claude Châtillon in 1612. The oldest lighthouse in France and one of the oldest lighthouses in the world, it was completed in 1611 more than 35 years after its intial design by Louis de Foix. Sometimes called the King of Lighthouses because of its large size and extravagant construction details, Le Phare Corduan marks the entrance to the Gironde river near Royan, France. As is common with Tassin engravings numerous sailing vessels are shown offshore the lighthouse, with one firing a blast from its cannon. |
| 126 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1660 | Untitled - Stockholm mid 17th century | $325.00 | Anonymous | Untitled---Stockholm-mid-17th-century | This view of Stockholm with 'Admiralty Island' in the background records a procession of robed Senators and other nobles including King Carolus. In the distance to the left is the "Palatium Admiralitatis", the Skeppsholmen Admiralty palace built in 1650 and to the right- Kastellholmen. Depicts numerous naval vessels firing a salute. Contains emblems for Livonia, Scania, Finnonia Meridionalis, Finnonia Septentrionalis, and Uplandia. <BR> </BR>
It is unclear what occasion this engraving commemorates but it is likely after 1658 when Denmark was forced to cede control of Scania to Sweden. Possibly records the coronation procession of King Charles XI in 1672. |
| 490 |  | Details | Sylvester, Israel | 1663 | Veduta e prospectiva della Piazza di St. Marco di Venezia | $325.00 | Sylvester--Israel | Veduta-e-prospectiva-della-Piazza-di-St--Marco-di-Venezia | Rare antique copperplate etching of St Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, an oblique view from the Northeast looking down the Grand Canal with the lagoon to the left. At right are the Doge's palace and Biblioteca Marciana with Punta della Dogana and the entrance to the Grand Canal in the background. Shows numerous small vessels underway and moored; at far left the decoratively carved stern of a sailing vessel with banners fluttering in the breeze.
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Engraved and drawn by artist Israel Sylvestre (1621-1691). Published by Pierre Mariette (1634-1716) "avec privilege du Roy" in Paris. The print was likely published after 1663 when Sylvestre was appointed court painter and engraver by Louis XIV and would have been able to claim royal privilege. Title also in French at bottom of engraving. Number 11. |
| 496 |  | Details | Hogenberg, Franz | 1585 | Fin de La Guerre (warship) | $295.00 | Hogenberg--Franz | Fin-de-La-Guerre-(warship) | Copperplate-engraved oblique profile of the Dutch fighting ship "Fin de la Guerre". This large fortress-like, four masted ship saw action at the battle of Antwerp in 1585. The engraving is notable because the ship is much like a U.S. Civil war monitor or WWI battleship with a design emphasis on firepower and protection for the fighting forces. The vessel is shown firing cannon as it is attacked by smaller vessels including at least one small galley or galliot. Lacks the explanatory text found in other versions of the print… possibly a later version. Attributed to Hogenberg and Michael Aitzinger. |
| 489 |  | Details | Sylvester, Israel | 1642 | Altra veduta della due piazza di San Marco visto dell'Orloge | $295.00 | Sylvester--Israel | Altra-veduta-della-due-piazza-di-San-Marco-visto-dell-Orloge | Rare antique etching of St Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, looking much as it does today. The lagoon in the foreground, at left the Biblioteca Marciana with the campanile behind, and at right the Doge's palace; with some gondolas moored to the quay. Far right shows the stern of a large sailing vessel covered with a cloth awning.
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Engraved and drawn by artist Israel Sylvestre (1621-1691). Published by Pierre Mariette (1634-1716) 'avec privilege du Roy' in Paris. The print was likely published after 1663 when Sylvestre was appointed court painter and engraver by Louis XIV and would have been able to claim royal privilege. Number 10. |
| 410 |  | Details | Morghen, Filippo | 1766 | Pianta del Cratere | $295.00 | Morghen--Filippo | Pianta-del-Cratere | 18th century scarce copperplate engraved plan of the Phlegraean Fields (Campi Flegrei) near Pozzuoli west of Naples, Italy by Florentine artist Filippo Morghen in his "Views of Ruins in the Environs of Naples". <BR> </BR>
Noted geographic features include Capo di Posilipo, Miseno, Campana, Bacoli, Mare Morto, Lago Fusaro, Cuma, and Lago di Patria. This finely engraved plan contains inset plans of grottos in the vicinity including Grotta a Miseno, Grotta Lago Averno, and the Grotta a Cuma Superiore and Grotta a Cuma Inferiore. These geographical features and inset items and many more are among the 40 places of interest denoted by numbers on the plan and explained in a legend at the bottom of the engraving. Number 1. "Anno 1766". |
| 407 |  | Details | Jenkins, James | 1816 | Capture of La Vestale | $295.00 | Jenkins--James | Capture-of-La-Vestale | The hand-colored aquatint depicts the capture near Rochefort of the 36 gun French frigate Vestale by the British 38 gun 5th rate vessel Clyde. <BR> </BR>
One of 55 plates from Jenkins' famous volume: "The Naval Achievements of Great Britain, From the Year 1793 to 1817" after a painting by T. Whitecombe. Attribution at bottom of plate reads: "Published Aug 1st, 1816 at 48 Strand for J. Jenkins' Naval Achievements". |
| 408 |  | Details | Jenkins, James | 1816 | Capture of La Tribune | $295.00 | Jenkins--James | Capture-of-La-Tribune | The engraving depicts the capture of the 44-gun French frigate La Tribune by HMS Unicorn on June 8, 1796. <BR> </BR>
One of 55 hand-colored aquatint plates from Jenkins' famous volume: "The Naval Achievements of Great Britain, From the Year 1793 to 1817" after a painting by T. Whitecombe. Attribution at bottom of plate reads: "Published Feb 1st, 1817 at 48 Strand for J. Jenkins' Naval Achievements". |
| 451 |  | Details | Decaris, Albert | 1958 | Salon de la Marine | $290.00 | Decaris--Albert | Salon-de-la-Marine | Medium sized original two-color poster shows Neptune grasping a trident while cradling a sailing vessel. The poster was produced to promote the Salon de la Marine, held in 1958 at the Paris Musee de la Marine. The Salon is an event held at the National Marine Museum in Paris to display maritime art by invited artists and by artists named as "Peintre de la Marine" or official marine painter. <BR> </BR>
By Albert Decaris, one of France's top engravers in the 20th century. Decaris was honored with the post of the official painter of the Marine Francaise in 1962. Archivally matted. Total size 20"x25" including mat. |
| 439 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1744 | A Whale Female and the Windlass | $275.00 | Anonymous | A-Whale-Female-and-the-Windlass | Copper-plate engraving of a dead whale lying on the Greenland shore prior to butchering. A worker has marked a grid on the whale and is about to begin work removing the blubber with a large flensing tool. Shows windlasses and a sled used to haul the carcass ashore. Originally published in 1619, this state is from Churchill's Collection of Voyages & Travel (1744) vol. I. Page 444. |
| 417 |  | Details | Ralfe, James | 1820 | Situation of the Temeraire | $275.00 | Ralfe--James | Situation-of-the-Temeraire | Hand-colored aquatint engraving depicts the 98-gun British ship HMS Temeraire on October 21, 1805 at the battle of Trafalgar off the coast of Cape Trafalgar, Spain.<BR> </BR>
From James Ralfe's 'The Naval Chronology of Great Britain'. Attribution line: "Pub'd. By Pyall & Stroud, 19 Hanway Street Oxford Street." On wove paper . |
| 129 |  | Details | Lotter, T.C. | 1749 | Novissimum Astronomiae | $275.00 | Lotter--T-C- | Novissimum-Astronomiae | Contemporary handcolor livens this dense chart of Astronomical and Geographic theory. Graphic elements that make the mid-eighteenth century Latin explanations spring to life include a backstaff, sundial and astornomical diagram. Single verical centerfold. |
| 102 |  | Details | Morisot, C.B. | 1643 | Title Page Orbis Maritimi | $260.00 | Morisot--C-B- | Title-Page-Orbis-Maritimi | Decorative title page from the first comprehensive work on maritime history. Adorned with sea shells, anchors, and implements of war. First and only edition. |
| 415 |  | Details | Ralfe, James | 1820 | The Prometheus and Melpomene | $250.00 | Ralfe--James | The-Prometheus-and-Melpomene | Hand-colored aquatint engraving depicts the day following a battle in which the Melpomene, Implacable, Bellerophon, and Prometheus captured six Russian gunboats and 12 supply vessels near Percola Point, Frederikshavn, Denmark.<BR> </BR>
From James Ralfe's 'The Naval Chronology of Great Britain'.Attribution line: "Pub'd. By Pyall & Stroud, 19 Hanway Street Oxford Street." On wove paper . |
| 416 |  | Details | Ralfe, James | 1820 | The Imperieuse & Thames attacking a Castle and Gunboats | $250.00 | Ralfe--James | The-Imperieuse-&-Thames-attacking-a-Castle-and-Gunboats | Hand-colored aquatint engraving depicts two British ships, 38-gun frigate Imperieuse and 32-gun Frigate Thames, in the harbour of Palinuro on the coast of Calabria in November 1811. The ships sank two gunboats and captured the fort after a just 15 minutes of shelling, and took two gunboats and 22 smaller vessels as prizes.<BR> </BR>
From James Ralfe's 'The Naval Chronology of Great Britain'. Attribution line: "Pub'd. By Pyall & Stroud, 19 Hanway Street Oxford Street." On wove paper . |
| 474 |  | Details | Gillray, James | 1851 | The Hero of the Nile | $245.00 | Gillray--James | The-Hero-of-the-Nile | Re-strike caricature copperplate engraving from the original plate, by one of England's finest 18th century artists and satirists, James Gillray. Gillray's topic in this plate, first published in 1798, is one of Britain's naval heros, Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). <BR> </BR>
Today, without an explanation many readers would not realize that this engraving is a caricature of Nelson, generally considered to be a great naval leader. The Greenwich Royal Museum explains Gillray's point of view:<i> " In contrast to other unquestioningly adulatory prints of Nelson’s victory at the Battle of the Nile, Gillray here sardonically points to the very large material rewards heaped upon Nelson as a result. Burlesquing the genre of heroic portraiture, he presents Nelson in solitary full-length, on deck and enveloped in smoke. Gillray draws attention to the diamond chelengk in Nelson’s hat, presented to him by the Sultan of Turkey, and in the adapted coat of arms below the main image satirizes his recent baronetcy. In November Nelson was created Baron Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe and was awarded a pension of £2000 a year. Gillray substitutes for the correct arms on the original shield a bulging purse and scroll inscribed ‘£2000 pr Ann’. Placed alongside Nelson’s motto ‘Palmam qui meruit ferat’ (Let he who has earned it bear the Palm), Gillray undermines the motto’s meaning, to question whether such a large material reward really is merited.</i><BR>
Source: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.Collections.
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Originally published in 1798 this plate is a restrike by Henry Bohn printed from the original plates during 1845 to 1851. Printed on both sides of heavy wove paper, the other side contains another engraving, a biting satire by Gillray titled "Destruction of the French Collossus". Plate 211. |
| 485 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 | een Veerpont | $225.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | een-Veerpont | Detailed etching of a small ferry with both sails and a sweep, or large oar, used to propel and steer the vessel. The ferry is laden with horse-drawn carriages and passengers.
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From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen".
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume F, number 12. |
| 411 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1750 | A Prospect of Mount Vesuvius with its Irruption in 1630 | $225.00 | Anonymous | A-Prospect-of-Mount-Vesuvius-with-its-Irruption-in-1630 | Hand colored engraving depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius near Naples, Italy more than a century earlier. From the April 1750 edition of Gentleman's Magazine. Features depicted include the catastrophic explosion of Vesuvius, the Torre del Greco (Greek Tower) covered with ashes, two barges on which several people saved themselves, and the bridge "la Nunciato". |
| 437 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1790 | Au nom du Peuple Francais | $225.00 | Anonymous | Au-nom-du-Peuple-Francais | Large copperplate of Neptune poised on the stern of a French sailing vessel wielding a trident above the French cypher "RF" (Republique Francais). This fine work from the original 18th century plate, is an early 20th century restrike from the original plate by the Louvre of an etching and engraving by Tardieu created ca. 1790. Believe the engraving is similar to the letterhead that Hue designed for the French Ministry of Marine. <BR> </BR>
La Chalcographie du Louvre is a repository of more that 13,000 original plates from the Louvre's archives, housed upstairs above the Louvre's Paris galleries . Upon request visitors can have a engraving produced from one of those original plates by master printers on museum-quality paper. V. 202<BR> </BR> |
| 128 |  | Details | Chatelain | 1695 | Gouvernement Militaire de France | $225.00 | Chatelain | Gouvernement-Militaire-de-France | Folio-size copperplate engraving on chain-laid paper by Chatelain that records the state of France's land and naval forces in 1695. Contains detailed textual information on the finances and disposition of France's military not found elsewhere and a wealth of images related to those forces. Includes views of major naval ports, weapons, emblems, and flags associated with both the regular navy and the galley corps. <BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
There was considerable inter-service rivalry between the sailing navy (vaisseaux) and the galley corps (galeres) of which there were then 40 vessels. The lower left quadrant contains a breakdown by type of the total 665 vaisseaux then in service. The lower right quadrant is dedicated solely to the galley corps, which was then near the peak of its power, listing the number of officers of each rank and the count of each galley type- for instance 1 Galere Reale (Royal Galley, the premier vessel). From the information provided by Chatelain we learn that 6 galleys would have been stationed outside the Mediterranean or Levant: 2 each in Bordeaux, St Malo, and Dunkirk. <BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
Less than 30 years after this engraving was published the Corps des Galeres was disbanded (1748), not able to compete against larger, better armed ships of the line. This sheet provides detailed historical background for collectors of <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Michelot and Bremond</a> charts which were created during the period represented by this plate. Plate 28. |
| 486 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 | Barkentyn Zeylende by de wind | $215.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | Barkentyn-Zeylende-by-de-wind | Small detailed etching of a two-masted 'barkentine' running with in rough weather on starboard tack. In today's terminology this vessel would likely be considered as a brig, a two-masted vessel with square rigged fore and main masts and a gaff-rigged sail on the main mast.
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From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen".
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume E, number 7. |
| 418 |  | Details | Ralfe, James | 1820 | Capture of La Sparviere, May 3rd 1810. | $200.00 | Ralfe--James | Capture-of-La-Sparviere--May-3rd-1810- | Hand-colored aquatint engraving depicts the British 46-gun Spartan capturing the French vessel Sparviere in the Bay of Naples in 1810.<BR> </BR>
From James Ralfe's 'The Naval Chronology of Great Britain'. Attribution line: "Pub'd. By Pyall & Stroud, 19 Hanway Street Oxford Street." On wove paper . |
| 414 |  | Details | Ralfe, James | 1820 | Capture of La Thetis | $195.00 | Ralfe--James | Capture-of-La-Thetis | Hand-colored aquatint engraving depicts the capture of 40-gun French frigate La Thetis by the British 36-gun frigate Amethyst. From James Ralfe's 'The Naval Chronology of Great Britain'.<BR> </BR>
Attribution line: "Pub'd. By Pyall & Stroud, 19 Hanway Street Oxford Street." On wove paper . |
| 409 |  | Details | Ralfe, James | 1820 | Capture of La Furieuse | $195.00 | Ralfe--James | Capture-of-La-Furieuse | Depicts the British vessel Bonne Citoyenne towing the Furieuse after defeating her in an eight hour battle. Hand-colored aquatint engraving from James Ralfe's 'The Naval Chronology of Great Britain'.<BR> </BR>
Attribution line: "Pub'd. By Pyall & Stroud, 19 Hanway Street Oxford Street." On wove paper with watermark "1825". |
| 473 |  | Details | Gillray, James | 1851 | End of the Irish Invasion | $195.00 | Gillray--James | End-of-the-Irish-Invasion | Re-strike satirical copperplate engraving from the original plate by one of England's finest 18th century artists and satirists, James Gillray. <BR> </BR>
The prospect of invasion by sea has threatened the British Isles several times beginning in Roman times, notably during the "Invincible Armada" sent by Spain in 1588. This engraving by James Gillray reflects the fear of invasion from France at the end of the 18th century, just a few years after the French revolution. <BR> </BR>
The New York Public Library website explains the plate: <i>"From the beginning of the conflict with France, the British feared a French invasion. In October 1796, the King warned against such a threat, which was dismissed by the Opposition as a fantasy. However, on December 15, 1796, a French force of 15,000 troops with an armada of ships, led by General Lazare Hoche, sailed from Brest and anchored in Bantry Bay off southern Ireland, assuming that their invasion would prompt a popular uprising against the British. Like the Spanish Armada two hundred years before, this plan was undone primarily by stormy weather. The winds in Gillray’s version emanate from (left to right) the mouths of Prime Minister Pitt, Secretary of War Henry Dundas, Foreign Secretary William Wyndham Grenville, and War Minister William Windham. One ship, Le Révolutionare with a Fox figurehead, is tossed by wind and waves, the L’Egalité is swamped, and the Whigs aboard The Revolutionary Jolly Boat appear doomed.</i>"
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Source: New York Public Library. Print Collection. No. 49.<BR> </BR>
Originally published in 1797 by Hannah Humphrey this plate is from the Henry Bohn restrikes printed from the original plates during 1845 to 1851. Printed on both sides of heavy wove paper, the other side contains another fine engraving by Gillray titled "The Lion's Share". |
| 483 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 | Boot Schip, zeylende voor de wind | $195.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | Boot-Schip--zeylende-voor-de-wind | Small detailed etching of a large Dutch three-masted ship (Boot Schip) running with a heavy breeze from astern- the crew attending to the main top-gallant sail- probably reefing the sail due to the heavy weather. From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen".
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume E, number 8. |
| 487 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 | een Beurtschip | $185.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | een-Beurtschip | Small detailed etching of a "beurtschip" or sailing barge. Built with a flat bottom and leeboards to compensate for lack of a keel, the beurtship could carry passengers or freight.
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From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen".
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume F, number 9. |
| 291 |  | Details | Baugean, Jean-Jerome | 1814 | Vaisseau de Ligne Francais, au Plus Pres du vent, le Perroquet de Fougue Sur le Mat | $185.00 | Baugean--Jean-Jerome | Vaisseau-de-Ligne-Francais--au-Plus-Pres-du-vent--le-Perroquet-de-Fougue-Sur-le-Mat | This small, highly-detailed copperplate engraving by the French artist Jean-Jerome Baugean published circa 1814 details a French ship-of-the-line close to the wind. <BR> </BR>
This engraving is from a series of 72 fine engravings of merchant and naval vessels created and engraved by Baugean (1764-1830)- "Collection de Toutes les Especes de Batimens de Guerre et de Batimens Marchard." Baugeans engravings are notable for their accuracy and detail. |
| 295 |  | Details | Baugean, Jean-Jerome | 1814 | Bombardes Francaises de la Mediterranee | $175.00 | Baugean--Jean-Jerome | Bombardes-Francaises-de-la-Mediterranee | This small, highly-detailed copperplate engraving by the French artist Jean-Jerome Baugean published circa 1814 details two French bombardes (or bomb-vessels) at sea. A bombarde relied on mortars mounted near the bow with high elevation to lob exploding shells down on the enemy. Early French bomb-vessels had two mortars placed side-by-side in the bow that were aimed while at anchor by pulling in or letting out a spring anchor. The heavy armament explains the wide and somewhat barge-like bow depicted in this engraving. The extra width would have been needed to support the weight of the mortars.<BR> </BR>
This engraving is from a series of 72 fine engravings of merchant and naval vessels created and engraved by Baugean (1764-1830) in the series: "Collection de Toutes les Especes de Batimens de Guerre et de Batimens Marchard." Baugeans engravings are notable for their accurate and detailed depictions of ship construction and rigging. |
| 484 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 | Koopvaardy-buys Zeylende by de wind | $175.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | Koopvaardy-buys-Zeylende-by-de-wind | Etching of a Dutch three-masted square-rigged ship running on port tack. <BR> </BR>
From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen".
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| 480 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 | Een eenmast koopvaardy Hoeker | $175.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | Een-eenmast-koopvaardy-Hoeker | Small, nicely detailed copperplate etching of a Dutch two-masted merchant Hoeker with the mainsail partially furled. From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen". Note from the stern view the gaff-rigged mizzen-mast and the steering tiller.
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume 'B' number 5. |
| 481 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 | Driemast Hoeker Zeylende voor de wind | $175.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | Driemast-Hoeker-Zeylende-voor-de-wind | Small beautifully detailed etching of a large Dutch three-masted merchant Hoeker running before the wind. From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen". Note the gaff-rigged mizzen-mast, the long steering tiller, and clothes drying above the cabin.
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume C, number 8. |
| 465 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1858 | The British Fleet at Spithead | $175.00 | Anonymous | The-British-Fleet-at-Spithead | Very attractive uncolored woodblock engraving from the London Illustrated News August 14, 1858. Pages 146 and 147. Shows warships from the British Navy at Spithead near the Isle of Wight at an early period in the transition from sail to steam power. Archivally matted. Dimensions with the mat are approx. 26" W x 20" H. |
| 470 |  | Details | Delisle, Guillaume | 1750 | Title Page-Atlante Novissimo | $175.00 | Delisle--Guillaume | Title-Page-Atlante-Novissimo | Undated decorative copperplate title-page from Delisle's Atlas 'Atlante Novissimo'. The atlas was published from Venice, Italy in 1750. As the author's name is spelled 'Guglielmo' we assume this engraving is from an Italian edition of the atlas. Bottom vignette contains a view of St. Marks square in Venice with the Campanile to the left. |
| 482 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 | een Kat of houthaalder zyn anker opwindende | $165.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | een-Kat-of-houthaalder-zyn-anker-opwindende | Small detailed etched engraving of a large Dutch three-masted kat with the crew hauling the wood-stocked anchor at the port bow. From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen". Note that the maisail and foresail are furled and the topsails are at right angle- probably to help the vesel stay in place while weighing anchor.
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume E, number 10. |
| 286 |  | Details | Baugean, Jean-Jerome | 1814 | Navire Danois embarquant de Blocs de Marbre | $165.00 | Baugean--Jean-Jerome | Navire-Danois-embarquant-de-Blocs-de-Marbre | A gem! This small, highly-detailed copperplate engraving by the French artist Jean-Jerome Baugean published circa 1814 depicts a Danish sailing vessel at anchor loading large blocks of marble from a lighter. The mizzen sail is set, presumably to help maintain the ship's position while loading.<BR> </BR>
This engraving is from a series of 72 fine engravings of merchant and naval vessels created and engraved by Baugean (1764-1830)- "Collection de Toutes les Especes de Batimens de Guerre et de Batimens Marchard." Baugeans engravings are notable for their accuracy and detail. |
| 124 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1795 | External and Internal Views of a first rate Ship of War. | $165.00 | Anonymous | External-and-Internal-Views-of-a-first-rate-Ship-of-War- | A detailed copperplate engraving of a first rate British 'line of battle' ship with 3 gun decks. Shows full rigging and a below-decks cross-section. Includes detailed insets of the sail plan, yard rigging and the ship's chain pump. A good find as many similar ship views are steel-plate engravings that lack the character and warmth of this fine late 18th century example. |
| 468 |  | Details | Lodge, J. | 1780 | Facing Cannon | $150.00 | Lodge--J- | Facing-Cannon | Copperplate engraving depicting design and cutaway views of a British field cannon ca. 1780 by London engraver John Lodge. This 18th century engraving shows three views of a highly decorated cannon measuring over 11 feet long, adorned with many decorations including the British royal arms and two dolphins (lifting handles) mounted above the trunnions. Includes two side elevation views of cannon on field carriages. A small detail on the drawings shows the arrangement of a "burning glass" or magnifying glass on the touch-hole that could be used to fire the cannon. |
| 511 |  | Details | Lochtefeld, John | | Tidal River | $150.00 | Lochtefeld--John | Tidal-River | Modern 20th/21st century etching in blue ink by Nantucket artist John Lochtefeld. Number 37 of a series of 100 prints.<BR> </BR>
Lochtefeld operates a studio and gallery on the island where he has worked since 1969. Lochtefeld's work is influenced by the architecture, nature and history of Nantucket. Matted. Dimensions with mat are 9"x11". |
| 505 |  | Details | Brockhaus, F.A. | 1870 | Seewesen (Sailing Ship with Rigging) | $150.00 | Brockhaus--F-A- | Seewesen-(Sailing-Ship-with-Rigging) | Original antique steel engraving of a 19th sailing ship and its rigging. Ship dates to the early period when ships converted from sail to steam- a single smokestack is visible amidships. Details of numerous ship's blocks, sails, spars, and nautical knots. Plate 12. Leipzig, Germany. |
| 290 |  | Details | Baugean, Jean-Jerome | 1814 | Chebec espagnol a voiles latines, courant vent largue. | $145.00 | Baugean--Jean-Jerome | Chebec-espagnol-a-voiles-latines--courant-vent-largue- | This small, highly-detailed copperplate engraving by the French artist Jean-Jerome Baugean published circa 1814 details a xebec (also 'zebec') underway. Xebec's are small vessels similar in size to a frigate and characterized by 2 or 3 lateen sails and a promiment overhanging bow and stern.<BR> </BR>
This engraving is from a series of 72 fine engravings of merchant and naval vessels created and engraved by Baugean (1764-1830)- "Collection de Toutes les Especes de Batimens de Guerre et de Batimens Marchard." Baugeans engravings are notable for their accuracy and detail. |
| 508 |  | Details | Cruikshank, George | 1835 | The Sailors Progress | $135.00 | Cruikshank--George | The-Sailors-Progress | Naval-themed frontispiece to a series of eight British naval caricature engravings by George Cruikshank depicting the life of Master Blockhead. Copperplate etching published by Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, London. August 1, 1835. Printed on an 11"x17" sheet of heavy wove paper the etching measure 5" by 7". |
| 325 |  | Details | Baugean, Jean-Jerome | 1814 | Sloop vu par l'avant; Prame venant de mouiller | $125.00 | Baugean--Jean-Jerome | Sloop-vu-par-l-avant;--Prame-venant-de-mouiller | "Sloop vu par 'l'avant" is a highly-detailed nautical copperplate engraving by the French artist Jean-Jerome Baugean. Published circa 1814 the small plate shows a sloop from the bow under full sail after it has passed a pram at anchor (Fr. Prame). In this context the pram is a large 3-masted flat bottom ship with about 10 cannon.<BR> </BR>
This engraving is from a series of 72 fine engravings of merchant and naval vessels created and engraved by Baugean (1764-1830) in the series: "Collection de Toutes les Especes de Batimens de Guerre et de Batimens Marchard." Baugeans engravings are notable for their accurate and detailed depictions of ship construction and rigging. |
| 467 |  | Details | Hogg, Alexander | 1782 | System of Naval Architecture- Shipping | $110.00 | Hogg--Alexander | System-of-Naval-Architecture--Shipping | Large engraving shows several types of sailing vessels and their construction details. Mediterranean and Western European sailing ships are depicted including : ketch, snow, bilander (be'landre), brig, galliot, schooner, xebec (zebec), sloop, galleys and dogger. Several detailed drawings of a three-masted square-rigged ship are useful in understanding how the vessel was built including diagrams of: hull pieces, sail plan, elevation, horizontal and projection views. <BR> </BR>
Published as the Act directs by Alex. Hogg at the King's Arms, No. 16. Paternoster Row. Plate 126. |
| 160 |  | Details | Pluche, N.A. | 1736 | A Galley on Her Oars | $95.00 | Pluche--N-A- | A-Galley-on-Her-Oars | Small copperplate engraving by Pluche showing a galley (galère) with 27 oars per side with the sails furled as it heads into harbor. Large banners attached to the antennae drift in the breeze as several sailors work on the rigging in the forward part of the ship. Plate 15. Vol 3. Page 132. |
| 161 |  | Details | Pluche, N.A. | 1736 | A Galley under Sail | $95.00 | Pluche--N-A- | A-Galley-under-Sail | Small copperplate engraving by Pluche showing a galley (Galère, Fr.) with 27 oars per side under sails with the oars stowed. The ships boat is clearly visible as is a cloud of smoke which may originate from the cooking 'galley'. Plate 14. Vol 3. Page 132. |
| 115 |  | Details | Thevet, Andre | 1575 | Palimbotre | $90.00 | Thevet--Andre | Palimbotre | Attractive early woodblock engraving by Andre Thevet of a perhaps mythical island 'Palimbotre' that he places south of the Ganges River in the Bay of Bengal. About Palimbotre Thevet writes " in this island most of the inhabitants idolize and respect their idols which are made of decorous ebony, where their neighbors of the continent fashion them from marble, stone, sandalwood and other materials" (Conley, Tom. P. 195).<BR> </BR>
Thevet, born around 1516, became a Franciscan friar and wrote extensively about his travels in both the old world and new, widely embellishing the stories and images with myth and fiction. |
| 425 |  | Details | Gudin, Baron Theodore | | D'Espineville de Harfleur brule une flotte Hollandaise | $90.00 | Gudin--Baron-Theodore | D-Espineville-de-Harfleur-brule-une-flotte-Hollandaise | This engraving depicts a battle in 1555 between twenty-two Dutch warships and twenty-five French off Dover in the English channel. During the battle five French vessels were set on fire. French crews jumped overboard and swam to the nearest vessel for safety, whether friend or foe. The Dutch recovered so many French sailors that it was impossible to guard them thoroughly, the result of which was that the rescued French sailors overpowered and captured five Dutch vessels and brought them as prizes to Dieppe. In all, 1000 Dutch and 400 French sailors are thought to have perished (although Dutch sources disagree). The French Admiral, d'Espineville was one of the casualties. <BR> </BR>
This fine work from the original 19th century plate, is a 20th century reprint from the Louvre of an etching and engraving on steel plate by Chavane. Subject matter is based on a painting by French Marine Painter Baron Theodore Gudin (1802-1880 ) in 1839. <BR> </BR>
With the circular embossed stamp of "Chalcographie Musee National du Louvre". La Chalcographie du Louvre is a repository of more that 13,000 plates from the Louvre's archives, housed upstairs above the Louvre's Paris galleries . Upon request visitors can have a engraving produced from one of those original plates by master printers on museum-quality paper. |
| 436 |  | Details | Gudin, Baron Theodore | | Combat d'une vaisseau Francais contre quatre vaisseaux Anglais | $90.00 | Gudin--Baron-Theodore | Combat-d-une-vaisseau-Francais-contre-quatre-vaisseaux-Anglais | Depicts a battle in 1655, near Majorca, between a French ship of 30 cannon "Le Persee" and a group of 4 English vessels. The Persee, captained by the Chevalier de Valbelle, a Knight of Malta, was attacked by a group of 4 English warships in retribution for his previous action in which he attacked and boarded an English vessel after the English vessel demanded a salute. (Source: England in the Mediterranean: A Study of the Rise and Influence of British …, Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, Google Books. 1917)<BR> </BR>
This fine work from the original 19th century plate, is a 20th century reprint by the Louvre of an etching and engraving on steel plate by Chavane. Subject matter is based on a painting by French Marine Painter Baron Theodore Gudin (1802-1880 ) in 1846. <BR> </BR>
With the circular embossed stamp of "Musee Louve Chalcographie". La Chalcographie du Louvre is a repository of more that 13,000 plates from the Louvre's archives, housed upstairs above the Louvre's Paris galleries . Upon request visitors can have a engraving produced from one of those original plates by master printers on museum-quality paper. |
| 429 |  | Details | Senex, John | 1786 | Celestial Globe | $90.00 | Senex--John | Celestial-Globe | Small delicate copperplate engraving of a John Senex armillary sphere possibly by Guthrie. Senex (1690-1740) was a successful London Fleet-street engraver and globe maker. |
| 462 |  | Details | Brockhaus, F.A. | 1870 | Naval Flags | $80.00 | Brockhaus--F-A- | Naval-Flags | German lithograph ca. 1870 of naval flags and ensigns. Shown with nautical and navigational artifacts including a compass, taffrail log, sextant, speaking trumpet and sounding lead. <BR> </BR>
Attribution at bottom beneath mat reads : "Druck und verlag von F.A.Brockhaus in Leipzig". Archivally matted. Total size with mat is 17" W x 14" H. |
| 472 |  | Details | Luyken, Jan | 1694 | de Bootsgesel | $75.00 | Luyken--Jan | de-Bootsgesel | Small engraved print from a book of professions produced in 1694. Shows a Venetian sailor, with glass in hand (discarded bottles below) on shore with his sea chest. With a small poem below that ends in ' Myn Godt ! '. (Dutch translations accepted :] ).
By Amsterdam artists Jan and Casper Luyken in 'Spiegel van het Menselyk Bedryf.' Page 298. |
| 471 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1750 | La Boussole | $55.00 | Anonymous | La-Boussole | Mid 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of a ship's compass mounted in a binnacle. Detailed views of the compass card and compass needle. |
| 434 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1804 | The Mariner | $50.00 | Anonymous | The-Mariner | Small etching depicting a British sailor holding an octant, titled "The Mariner". From "The Book of Trades, or Library of the Useful Arts"; Part 1. Published by Tabart & Co. London 1804. Matted with archival materials. Overall size with the mat is about 8"x10". |
| 171 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1600 | Des Dieux | $50.00 | Anonymous | Des-Dieux | Fanciful woodblock engraving of a small galley. French text at bottom and verso. Vines cover the mast, oars and rudder and several lions are seen on deck while in the foreground two sea creatures swim menacingly. Ca 1600. Unknown origin. Page 543. |
| 103 |  | Details | Morisot, C.B. | 1643 | Navigium corum qui Cocorum et Proditorum Insulas habitant | $0.00 | Morisot--C-B- | Navigium-corum-qui-Cocorum-et-Proditorum-Insulas-habitant | <BR> </BR>
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Single sheet of chain laid paper with two illustrations from this early work on maritime history set amid Latin text. Page 723 contains a 5 1/2" x 6" engraving of Guinean canoes. The obverse, page 724, contains a 6 1/2" x 8" engraving of a canoe like vessel (Cocos islands?) as they are fired on from a small boat of Europeans. This enraving is labeled: "Navigium corum qui Cocorum et Proditorum Insulas habitant." |
| 105 |  | Details | Morisot, C.B. | 1643 | Piraticum Malabarum | $0.00 | Morisot--C-B- | Piraticum-Malabarum | <BR> </BR>
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Single sheet of chain laid paper with two engraved illustrations from this early work on maritime history by Morisot (1592-1661). Page 719 contains a 5 1/2" x 6 1/2" view of natives from the East Indies piloting small craft. The obverse contains a 5 1/2" x 5" print of a small European-style galley with a single sail and 20 oars. That illustration is titled: "Tabula tertia Piraticum Malabarum describit." |
| 106 |  | Details | Morisot, C.B. | 1643 | Coracora a siue Carcola | $0.00 | Morisot--C-B- | Coracora--a-siue-Carcola | <BR> </BR>
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Single sheet of chain laid paper with two engraved illustrations from this early work by Morisot (1592-1661) on maritime history. Page 721 contains a profile view of three small vessels, one labeled "Ioncos" and another "Paros" (5 1/2" x 6 1/2") . Page 722 contains a outrigger canoe containing many warriors with spears labeled "Coracola a siue Carcola" (5 1/2" x 5"). Both illustrations accompanied with Latin text. |
| 111 |  | Details | Morisot, C.B. | 1643 | Antiqua Triremis Nova Triremis | $0.00 | Morisot--C-B- | Antiqua-Triremis-Nova-Triremis | <BR> </BR>
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Single sheet of chain laid paper with two engraved illustrations from this early work on maritime history by Morisot (1592-1661). First is titled "Antiqua Triremis" and shows a small galley in an ancient style (6 1/2" x 5 1/2"). On the obverse is an engraving of a 'modern' trireme "Nova Triremis quam dicimus, Galere" (6 1/2" x 6 1/2"). The depiction of this two masted 'nova' galley is noteworthy for its plan of the oarsmen's seating and 'alla scaloccio' rowing arrangment with four men to one oar. From "Orbis Maritimi siue Rerum in Mari et Littoribus Gestarum Generalis Historia". |
| 95 |  | Details | Merian, M. | 1707 | Pugna nautica inter Melitenses et Turcos in Mari Mediterraneo | $0.00 | Merian--M- | Pugna-nautica-inter-Melitenses-et-Turcos-in-Mari-Mediterraneo | Sorry, this item has been sold. For a larger version of this engraving in our inventory please see our new acquisition: <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/ShowDetail/Creator/Anonymous/Title/Combat-Naval-1645/457">Combat Naval 1645</a><BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
Finely engraved and labeled naval battle scene between Maltese galleys and the Ottoman Turks. Although labeled '1645' this detailed copperplate engraving certainly depicts an action on September 28, 1644 bewteen six Maltese galleys and a fleet of Ottoman galleons. The galleys San Lorenzo, Santa Maria, Vittoria and others engaged a Turkish convoy carrying pilgrims bound for Mecca. The Maltese killed many pilgrims and took almost 400 prisoners as slaves including by some reports one of the Sultan's wives and her son.<BR> </BR>
On their voyage home the Maltese stopped in Crete, then a possession of Venice, for a few days. This apparent collusion between the Maltese and Venetians, previously at peace with the Turks, served as a pretense for the Cretan war between the Turks, Venice and Malta between 1645 and 1669. |
| 435 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1804 | The Shipwright | $0.00 | Anonymous | The-Shipwright | <BR> </BR>
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Small etching depicting a British ship-yard worker with a caulking hammer at work pounding pegs into the hull of a wooden vessel. Titled "The Shipwright" this 200+ year old work is from "The Book of Trades, or Library of the Useful Arts"; Part 1. Published by Tabart & Co. London 1804. Matted with archival materials. Overall size with the mat is about 8"x10". |
| 442 |  | Details | Duché de Vancy, Gaspard | 1797 | Insulaires et monumens de l'lle de Paque | $0.00 | Duché-de-Vancy--Gaspard | Insulaires-et-monumens-de-l-lle-de-Paque | SOLD<BR> </BR>
View of inhabitants and monuments on Easter Island, in the Pacific Ocean, now a possession of Chile. Two of the famous stone heads are shown along with crew members and islanders.<BR> </BR>
Drawn by Gaspard Duchè de Vancy, a French artist of the 18th century. From the "Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse" published by Jean-Francois La Perouse. La Perouse led a scientific exporation to the Pacific from 1785, accompanied by Duchè de Vancy, and sent the drawing on which this engraving is based to France in 1788 with the intention of returning home by 1789. Departing Botany Bay, Australia in March, 1788 neither La Perouse, his ships the Boussole or Astrolabe, nor his men were ever seen again. Number 11.<BR> </BR>
Believe the engraving is an early 20th century re-strike from the original copper plate produced by the French Chalcographie du Louvre. La Chalcographie du Louvre is a repository of more that 13,000 original plates from the Louvre's archives, housed upstairs above the Louvre's Paris galleries . Upon request visitors can have a engraving produced on museum-quality paper from the original plate by a master printer. V.15 <BR> </BR> |
| 447 |  | Details | Justus, Roy Braxton | 1944 | Your fleet guarantees freedom (WWII lobby card) | $0.00 | Justus--Roy-Braxton | Your-fleet-guarantees-freedom-(WWII-lobby-card) | <BR> </BR>
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Medium-sized WWII Navy Day lobby card by Minneapolis Star editorial cartoonist Roy B. Justus (1901-1983). Titled "Your Fleet Guarantees Freedom. Navy Day, October 27, 1944" the item depicts a naval fleet and numerous aircraft circling the globe. No other examples of this smaller lobby card are found online but two larger format (28x40) posters are located in museums. This card was printed less than 4 months after the Allied forces landed in Normandy, France while the wars in Europe and Japan were still in progress. <BR> </BR>
Navy Day was first celebrated in 1922. October 27 was selected because it was the birthday of Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, President of the United States from 1901 - 1909.<BR> </BR>
At bottom: ORDER NO. 83 / NAVPERS-NRB-44115-6 SEP 44-90M. On medium-weight card stock. |
| 323 |  | Details | Wagner, Johann Christoph | 1684 | Untitled - Maltese galley | $0.00 | Wagner--Johann-Christoph | Untitled---Maltese-galley | SOLD<BR> </BR>
Highly decorative, whimsical, rare wood-block print of a Maltese galley . This detailed plate shows a galley with 27 oars per side and 5 men to each oar, making it among the largest galleys of its time. Soldier mass on the bow platform above cannon as the oarsmen are motivated by overseers threatening them with long poles. (The union shop-steward is not identified :) . An opportunity to own a plate that was first published in Furttenbach's very scarce 1629 classic of naval architecture "Architectura Navalis" . Early depictions of galleys from Malta are uncommon. <BR> </BR>
Note: Original seller has attributed the source as Wagner's "Delineatio Provinciarum Pannoniae et Imperii Turcici in Oriente Eine Grundrichtige Beschreibung deß ganzen Aufgangs", published in Augsburg 1684. "N1" at upper left. |
| 466 |  | Details | Heck, Georg | 1851 | Sailing Ship and Rigging | $0.00 | Heck--Georg | Sailing-Ship-and-Rigging | <BR> </BR>SOLD
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Steel-plate line engraving depicting a triple-decked ship-of-the-line and some of the rigging and equipment with special emphasis on blocks, tackle, and armament. From Georg Heck's "Iconographic Encyclopedia" published by Rudolph Garrigue in New York in 1851. Archivally matted. Dimensions with the mat are approximately 16" W x 15" H. |