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WILLIAM BLAKE
The Just Upright Man is Laughed to Scorn
.
Engraving on
Chine collé
, 1825. 217x170 mm; 8
5
/
8
x6
3
/
4
inches, full margins. Edition of 215.
Published by the artist and J. Linnell, London. From
Illustrations of the Book of Job
. A very
good, richly-inked, early impression with strong contrasts. Bindman 635.
[3,000/5,000]
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JOHN MARTIN
Pandemonium
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Mezzotint, 1824. 480x705 mm; 18
7
/
8
x27
3
/
4
inches, wide margins. From
Paradise Lost
by
John Milton. A superb, dark impression. Campbell/Weeks 53.
[1,000/1,500]
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THÉODORE GÉRICAULT
Le Porte-Étendard
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Lithograph on cream wove paper, circa 1817. 169x145 mm; 6
5
/
8
x5
3
/
4
inches, small margins.
One of only several proofs. Ex-collection Alexis Hubert Rouart (Lugt 2187a, lower right
recto, faded).A superb, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce, early lithograph.
According to Delteil, “Très rare.” He lists a mere 8 impressions in public collections and
only 2 in private collections, including this impression formerly in the Rouart collection.
Delteil 3.
[2,000/3,000]
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