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Sir Horace Walpole era un grande ammiratore delle sue opere e Füssli descrisse i disegni del giovane Lock come \"ineguagliabili da qualsiasi uomo di quest'epoca... per invenzione, gusto e spirito\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuesto disegno fa parte di una collezione di disegni di Lock che abbiamo in vendita, la cui copertina recava la firma di Lock (vedi foto).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Sebbene questo disegno non sia datato, altri del gruppo sono datati 1780. Ciò colloca le opere all'inizio dell'adolescenza di Lock e dimostra il suo precoce talento e la precoce influenza di Henry Fuseli.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A carboncino, sanguigna e acquerello marrone su carta vergata con filigrana GR.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Il foglio è disposto su un foglio di supporto in carta ruvida color cuoio, che era la pagina di supporto corrispondente di un folio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Provenienza: Covent Garden Gallery. 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William Lock fu un talentuoso disegnatore che lavorò nella cerchia di Henry Füssli a Roma verso la fine del XVIII secolo, noto per i suoi disegni di soggetti storici, mitologici, biblici e shakespeariani. Sir Horace Walpole era un grande ammiratore delle sue opere e Füssli descrisse i disegni del giovane Lock come \"ineguagliabili da qualsiasi uomo di quest'epoca... per invenzione, gusto e spirito\". Questo disegno fa parte di una collezione di disegni di Lock che abbiamo in vendita, la cui copertina recava la sua firma (vedi foto). Sebbene questo disegno non sia datato, altri del gruppo riportano la data del 1780. Questo colloca le opere all'inizio dell'adolescenza di Lock e dimostra il suo precoce talento e la precoce influenza di Henry Füssli. In grafite e inchiostro marrone (verso) su carta vergata. Il foglio è accompagnato da un foglio di supporto in carta ruvida color cuoio, che era il corrispondente foglio di supporto di un folio. Provenienza: Covent Garden Gallery. 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Acquaforte e incisione a puntini.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Il foglio è stato posato su cartoncino, incollato agli angoli e al centro. Sul retro sono presenti iscrizioni a matita che sembrano riferirsi all'incorniciatura, e iscrizioni parziali visibili sul bordo inferiore del foglio, come mostrato.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Foglio: 25,2 x 31,3 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51994978713929,"sku":"JL-677","price":78.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/jl-677.jpg?v=1743169530"},{"product_id":"j-roberts-after-j-chatelain-south-west-view-willsdon-church-c-1750-engraving-jl-678","title":"J. Roberts da J. Chatelain, South West View Willsdon Church – incisione del 1750 circa","description":"\u003cp\u003e Stampa originale incisa di J. 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L'acquerello presenta certamente somiglianze con l'opera di Dighton: la forte resa del tessuto, lo sfondo sfumato a più strati e la qualità caricaturale delle figure. Il fisico prosperoso e i lineamenti esagerati della madre, e il bambino paffuto e angelico sulle sue spalle, presentano una visione idealizzata ma al tempo stesso delicatamente satirica della vita rurale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acquerello su carta vergata.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Sul retro del documento è inciso '1[8]th cent. 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Il Dr. Monro, medico del Re, invitava i giovani artisti a casa sua nei venerdì sera d'inverno, conservando le loro opere e offrendo loro tre pence e sei pence e una cena a base di ostriche. Tra i giovani artisti più noti si distinguevano Turner e Girtin, a cui fu commissionata la copia di schizzi di artisti più anziani come John Robert Cozens, Thomas Hearne ed Edward Dayes. Anche Henderson mise a disposizione i suoi disegni per la copia e si pensa che, a sua volta, abbia copiato le opere dei giovani artisti.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eI prodotti della Scuola Monro erano spesso, come l'opera in oggetto, disegni monocromi acquerellati grigi o blu. Alcune opere erano frutto di collaborazioni, e in particolare Henderson sembra aver avuto un ruolo nella serie di disegni grigio-blu di soggetti navali a Dover, alcuni dei quali si trovano nel lascito Turner al British Museum. La località costiera del soggetto in oggetto è sconosciuta, ma opere di Henderson o a lui attribuite nelle collezioni della Tate, del British Museum e dello Yale Centre for British Art includono soggetti a Dover, Weymouth e Yarmouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Per il collezionista moderno, le opere della Monro School risultano particolarmente intriganti a causa della complessa interrelazione tra Turner, Girtin e altri artisti associati a Monro, nonché per l'uniformità stilistica presente in tutte le loro opere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIl figlio maggiore di John Henderson, anch'egli John, fu un importante collezionista che lasciò in eredità una vasta collezione di opere, tra cui gli acquerelli di Girtin, al British Museum e opere di maestri antichi alla National Gallery di Londra. Il figlio minore era il pittore sportivo Charles Cooper Henderson, specializzato in cavalli e carrozze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Provenienza: dalla collezione del Dott. 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Il motto che circonda il leone sembra recitare: \"Pro Patria Eiusque Libertate\" (Per la Patria e la Libertà) e uno stendardo sottostante reca la parola olandese \"Vryheid\", \"libertà\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52010981458249,"sku":"JQ-752","price":280.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/jq-752.jpg?v=1743411548"},{"product_id":"william-barrett-satyr-mathematician-cartouche-design-1750-watercolour-jt-552","title":"William Barrett, Satiro e matematico, disegno del cartiglio – acquerello del 1750","description":"\u003cp\u003e Dipinto ad acquerello originale del 1750, William Barrett, Satiro e matematico, disegno del cartiglio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Questo insolito cartiglio, datato 1750, è opera dell'antiquario e chirurgo inglese William Barrett (1733–1789). L'immagine è un curioso ibrido di matematica razionale e di opposta sensualità dionisiaca. Due satiri circondano il cartiglio, con le ali a forma di farfalla, gioco di parole che ricordano il \"satiro\", e reggono forme tridimensionali; la figura al centro è probabilmente Euclide, il matematico greco spesso definito il \"fondatore della geometria\". La composizione è anche un sontuoso esempio di fluido e voluttuoso design rococò, con un tocco di grottesco.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarrett è noto soprattutto per il suo libro \"The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol\" del 1789, illustrato con incisioni su lastre di rame e che si apre con un cartiglio dallo stile simile al disegno in oggetto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acquerello a grisaglia su carta vergata. 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Gli scheletri fungono da promemoria della nostra mortalità, un tema senza tempo affrontato dagli artisti e riconducibile a Socrate e alla sua convinzione dell'importanza di contemplare la propria morte. La composizione è anche un sontuoso esempio di fluido e volute rococò, con un tocco di grottesco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Barrett è noto soprattutto per il suo libro \"The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol\" del 1789, illustrato con incisioni su lastre di rame e che si apre con un cartiglio dallo stile simile al disegno in oggetto.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcquerello a grisaglia su carta vergata. 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Pond visitò l'Italia nel 1725–27 con il pittore George Knapton, il pittore e poeta John Dyer e l'antiquario Daniel Wray. Questa stampa proviene dalla serie \"Prints in Imitation of Drawings\" del 1734 di Pond, realizzata in collaborazione con il fratello di George, Charles Knapton, anch'egli artista.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e L'opera grafica del Parmigianino era molto ricercata e apprezzata in Inghilterra alla fine del XVIII secolo. Sir Joshua Reynolds e Benjamin West erano avidi collezionisti di disegni e stampe originali del Parmigianino.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUn'iscrizione associata (vedi foto) fornisce la provenienza di questo disegno: donato a Mary Twopenny dal cugino David a Little Casterton nel 1832. David Twopenny, frequentatore dell'Oriel College di Oxford e per tutta la vita vicario di Stockbury nel Kent, era un collezionista d'arte (una vendita della sua collezione da Christie's includeva un'ampia raccolta di pregiate incisioni da Turner).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Ritagliato in base all'immagine e disposto su carta di supporto con bordo smerigliato.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52017232871753,"sku":"JT-555","price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/jt-555.jpg?v=1743497628"},{"product_id":"william-alexander-ruins-on-the-eu-ho-river-china-18th-century-graphite-drawing-ju-667","title":"William Alexander, Rovine sul fiume Eu Ho, Cina – disegno a grafite del XVIII secolo","description":"\u003cp\u003eDisegno originale a grafite del XVIII secolo, William Alexander, Rovine sul fiume Eu Ho, Cina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Questo fantastico piccolo disegno è opera del pittore, illustratore e incisore inglese William Alexander (1767–1816). Alexander accompagnò l'ambasciata Macartney in Cina nel 1792 e fu l'unico artista inglese della fine del XVIII secolo a penetrare nell'entroterra cinese. Il disegno mostra le rovine di una torre in pietra, probabilmente una sorta di fortificazione, e reca sul verso l'iscrizione dell'artista: \"Rovine sul fiume Eu Ho\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIl fiume Eu Ho, noto anche come Wei Ho, è un fiume importante nelle province del Gansu e dello Shaanxi, nella Cina centro-occidentale. Storicamente, la valle del fiume Wei fu il primo centro della civiltà cinese e, fino al X secolo d.C., fu sede di una serie di capitali. Il Gran Canale, il canale o fiume artificiale più lungo del mondo, che ebbe un ruolo fondamentale nella riunificazione della Cina settentrionale e meridionale e negli scambi commerciali e nella trasmissione culturale all'interno dell'impero, sfociava nell'Eu Ho e lo collegava al fiume Hoang Ho.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlla fine del XVIII secolo, Cina e Gran Bretagna erano mondi completamente diversi. Nel 1792, Giorgio III incaricò la prima missione diplomatica britannica in Cina, guidata dal conte Macartney di Lissanore, di negoziare un trattato preferenziale di commercio e amicizia con l'imperatore Qianlong. William Alexander fu uno dei due illustratori (l'altro era Thomas Hickey) che accompagnarono la missione, incaricati di documentare i nuovi luoghi incontrati. I disegni di Alexander furono riprodotti come tavole nell'\"Authentic Account of Lord Macartney's Embassy\" di Sir George Leonard Staunton nel 1797. Realizzò anche \"Vedute di promontori, isole, ecc. scattate durante il viaggio in Cina\" (1798), tavole per \"Travels in China\" di Sir John Barrow (1804) e \"Voyage to Cochin China\" (1806).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAl suo ritorno, Alessandro pubblicò una serie di incisioni colorate a mano raffiguranti la corte cinese e scene di vita quotidiana in Cina, intitolata \"Il costume della Cina, illustrato in quarantotto incisioni a colori\" (1805). Pur rappresentando principalmente figure, le incisioni includono anche edifici e monumenti, come una postazione militare, una torre di castello, un ponte di pietra, una porta cittadina e una tomba funeraria. L'opera fu accolta così bene che nel 1814 pubblicò un altro libro intitolato \"Rappresentazioni pittoresche dell'abito e dei costumi dei cinesi, illustrate in cinquanta incisioni a colori, con descrizioni\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eL'Ambasciata Macartney non riuscì a raggiungere i suoi obiettivi ufficiali, ma in seguito si distinse per le vaste osservazioni culturali, politiche e geografiche che i suoi partecipanti registrarono in Cina e riportarono in Europa. Se da un lato l'Ambasciata contribuì a demistificare la percezione britannica dell'Oriente, le osservazioni orientaliste dei suoi membri alimentarono l'immaginario imperialista britannico e il suo gusto per le cineserie. Come scrisse trionfalmente Macartney nel suo diario: \"Ora siamo padroni della geografia della costa nord-orientale della Cina e abbiamo acquisito una conoscenza del Mar Giallo che non era mai stata navigata prima dalle navi europee\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Provenienza: dalla collezione del Dott. 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One of the plates (Sea Pie) is from 'A Natural History of British Birds', 1775; one (Ruff) is after a known watercolour by Hayes dated 1779; one (Carolina Duck) matches an engraving by Hayes signed and dated 1780; the final two (male and female Curassow) are subjects that feature in 'Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds' but the poses of the birds differ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHayes evidently produced illustrations that did not ultimately end up in his publications. It is also possible that the pictures relate to another extremely rare compilation by Hayes, 'The Portraits of British and Exotic Birds Coloured from Nature', 1778, of which only a single copy is known. 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One of the plates (Sea Pie) is from 'A Natural History of British Birds', 1775; one (Ruff) is after a known watercolour by Hayes dated 1779; one (Carolina Duck) matches an engraving by Hayes signed and dated 1780; the final two (male and female Curassow) are subjects that feature in 'Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds' but the poses of the birds differ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHayes evidently produced illustrations that did not ultimately end up in his publications. It is also possible that the pictures relate to another extremely rare compilation by Hayes, 'The Portraits of British and Exotic Birds Coloured from Nature', 1778, of which only a single copy is known. 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One of the plates (Sea Pie) is from 'A Natural History of British Birds', 1775; one (Ruff) is after a known watercolour by Hayes dated 1779; one (Carolina Duck) matches an engraving by Hayes signed and dated 1780; the final two (male and female Curassow) are subjects that feature in 'Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds' but the poses of the birds differ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHayes evidently produced illustrations that did not ultimately end up in his publications. It is also possible that the pictures relate to another extremely rare compilation by Hayes, 'The Portraits of British and Exotic Birds Coloured from Nature', 1778, of which only a single copy is known. 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