José de Ribera (1591-1652)
José de Ribera The Poet 1622 Etching 163 x 128 mm Purchased 1955 (No.55.17)
Month: September 2018
Giorgio Ghisi (1520/4-1582)
An allegory of life (‘The dream of Raphael’) Paris, 1561 Engraving 380 x 540 mm Believed to have been inspired by Virgil’s Aeneid (19 B.C.), this work remains elusive in meaning. Ghisi’s frenetic attention to detail creates an intense, dream-like atmosphere of confusion. The splintered boat stranded amid the swirling water, jagged rocks and snarling … Read more
Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)
Stefano della Bella Les cinqs morts – Death in a grave with hourglass Italy, 1648 Etching with engraving 190 x 151 mm Purchased 1954 (No.55.5/5)
Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)
Stefano della Bella Les cinqs morts – Death carrying a woman Italy, 1648 Etching with engraving 190 x 151 mm Purchased 1954 (No.55.5/4)
Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)
Stefano della Bella Les cinqs morts – Death carrying a child on his back Italy, 1648 Etching with engraving 191 x 151 mm Purchased 1954 (No.55.5/3)
Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)
Stefano della Bella Les cinqs morts – Death holding a child Italy, 1648 Etching with engraving 191 x 153 mm Purchased 1954 (No.55.5/2)
Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)
Stefano della Bella Les cinqs morts – Death on horseback Italy, 1648 Etching with engraving 191 x 151 mm Here, the horse charges out of the picture frame, representing the inevitable coming of death. Breaking away from traditional equestrian portraits of rulers and generals, the horse and rider are not a unified partnership. Instead, their … Read more
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (c. 1610-1663/5)
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione The Raising of Lazarus Etching 228 x 320 mm Purchased 1955 (No.55.2)
Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675)
Gaspard Dughet Four landscapes Engraving 225 x 210 mm Purchased 1954 (No.55.1/4)
Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675)
Gaspard Dughet Four landscapes Engraving 225 x 210 mm Purchased 1954 (No.55.1/3)
Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675)
Gaspard Dughet Four landscapes Engraving 225 x 210 mm Purchased 1954 (No.55.1/2)
Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675)
Gaspard Dughet Four landscapes Engraving 216 x 213 mm Purchased 1954 (No.55.1/1)
Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
Jacques Callot View of the Louvre, Paris Paris, about 1629 Etching 170 x 345 mm Callot executed a pair of etching entitled The Grand Views of Paris, during his trip to the city in 1629. This series consists of the print displayed here, which shows a view of the Louvre Palace, and View of the … Read more
Ascribed to Paulus Potter (1625-1654)
Ascribed to Paulus Potter An Old Horse Netherlands, about 1650 Black chalk Sheet 227 x 229 mm; mount 632 x 517 mm This drawing is undated but could relate to Potter’s Book of Horses of 1652 in which there are images of horses in a similar style. Potter’s small sketches are particularly sensitive and concentrate … Read more
Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685)
Adriaen van Ostade The child and the doll 1679 Etching 104 x 93 mm A child sits on its mother’s lap and reaches for a doll while the parents fondly observe. Dolls were particularly associated with girls as they were thought to gravitate naturally towards their calling as mother and housewife even in early play. … Read more
Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685)
Adriaen van Ostade The Child and the Doll Haarlem, before 1679 Pen and ink and watercolour Sheet 110 x 92 mm; mount 557 x 408 mm In this gentle scene a family relaxes in the street, the mother and daughter playing happily with a doll. The quasi-domestic setting, including draped linen, cooking pot and toy … Read more
John Raphael Smith (1752-1812)
John Raphael Smith Dr Richard Robinson, D. D. 1775 Mezzotint 510 x 357 mm This print was made after the painting by Reynolds, which is also in the Barber’s collection. The Englishman Richard Robinson (1709-1794) was made Archbishop of Armagh in 1765, so when this portrait was painted he was Primate of Ireland. He is … Read more
John Leech (1817-1864)
John Leech Hunting Incidents of ‘The Noble Science’: Mr Jorrocks, Plate 12 1865 Lithograph 445 x 595 mm Purchased 1944 (No.44.6/10)
John Leech (1817-1864)
Hunting Incidents of ‘The Noble Science’: Gone Away!, Plate 11 1865 Lithograph 445 x 595 mm Purchased 1944 (No.44.6/9)
John Leech (1817-1864)
John Leech Hunting Incidents of ‘The Noble Science’: A Capital Finish, Plate 10 1865 Lithograph 445 x 595 mm Purchased 1944 (No.44.6/8)
John Leech (1817-1864)
John Leech Hunting Incidents of ‘The Noble Science’: Hold Hard, Master George, Plate 8 1865 Lithograph 445 x 595 mm Purchased 1944 (No.44.6/7)
John Leech (1817-1864)
John Leech Hunting Incidents of ‘The Noble Science’: Where There’s a Will, Plate 7 1865 Lithograph 445 x 595 mm Purchased 1944 (No.44.6/6)
John Leech (1817-1864)
John Leech Hunting Incidents of ‘The Noble Science’: A Frolic Home, Plate 6 1865 Lithograph 445 x 595 mm Purchased 1944 (No.44.6/5)
John Leech (1817-1864)
John Leech Hunting Incidents of ‘The Noble Science’: The Noble Science, Plate 5 1865 Lithograph 445 x 595 mm Purchased 1944 (No.44.6/4)
John Leech (1817-1864)
John Leech Hunting Incidents of ‘The Noble Science’: A Friendly Mount, Plate 4 1865 Lithograph 445 x 595 mm Purchased 1944 (No.44.6/3)
John Leech (1817-1964)
John Leech Hunting Incidents of ‘The Noble Science’: Our Friend Noddy, Plate 3 1865 Lithograph 445 x 595 mm Purchased 1944 (No.44.6/2)
John Leech (1817-1864)
John Leech Hunting Incidents of ‘The Noble Science’: Don’t Move There, Plate 1 1865 Lithograph 445 x 595 mm Purchased 1944 (No.44.6/1)
John Leech (1817-1864)
John Leech Mr Briggs contemplates a day’s fishing Coloured etching 240 x 299 mm Fishing was seen as a means of escaping urban congestion, offering the working man relaxation. Mr Briggs’s front-room construction of this contemplative sport is rather more frenetic, as his line knocks candlesticks, picture frames and vases from the mantel piece. Briggs’s … Read more
John Leech (1817-1864)
John Leech Mr Briggs Contemplates a Day’s Fishing 1850s Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil on paper mounted on card 240.5 x 299 mm Mr Briggs stands on a table in a disordered room; his fishing line knocks objects from the mantel-piece. Mrs Briggs and their two children survey the disarray with varied expressions. A … Read more
Philip William (Phil) May (1864-1903)
Philip William (Phil) May Johnny Toole, the Actor Pen with traces of pencil on card 110 x 61 mm Johnny Toole (1830-1906) was a popular comic actor. He was drawn by May several times including in a large watercolour portrait. May was a portrait and caricature artist who arrived in London in 1883 and went … Read more