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    • William Elliott or Elliot (1727–1766)
      Feb. 17, 2018

      William Elliott or Elliot (1727–1766)

      Est: €150 - €300

      William Elliott or Elliot (1727–1766) A View of Tivoli, after Rosa di Tivoli From the Original Picture painted by Rosa di Tivoli, In the Collection of John Hadleyt Esqr,,', to whom this plate is dedicated by his much Oblidge and most humble Servant J. Boydell. Rosa di Tivoli Pinxt, Willm,, Elliott Sculpt. Size of picture 4F.8I by 7F in length. No,, 11. under.Publish'd accordin to Act of Parliament, by Jno. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London: November 2d. 1765. Hand coloured copper engraving 41.5 cm x 60.5 cm Footnote: Elliott was born at Hampton Court in 1727. Joseph Strutt, in his Biographical Dictionary of Engravers (1785), said that he was a man "of an amiable and benevolent disposition, and greatly beloved by all who knew him"; that he "excelled in landscape etchings, which he executed with great taste" and that "the freedom of his point, in particular, was admired". His chief engravings are the so-called View in the Environs of Maestricht, from the picture by Albert Cuyp; a View of Tivoli (companion to the above), from the picture by Rosa da Tivoli, The Flight into Egypt, after Poelemburg; Kilgarren Castle, after Richard Wilson; 'Spring' and 'Summer,' after Jan van Goyen; The Setting Sun and other landscapes, after Jean Pillement; The Town and Harbour of Sauzon, after Serres, and other landscapes after Gaspar Poussin, Paul Sandby, and the Smiths of Chichester. In a series of engravings from drawings by Captain Hervey Smyth of events during the Siege of Quebec by General Wolfe in 1759, Elliott engraved A View of the Fall of Montmorenci and the Attack made by General Wolfe on the French Intrenchments near Beauport, 31 July 1759. He exhibited some of his engravings at the Society of Artists from 1761 to 1766. Eliott died at his home in Church Street, Soho, in London in 1766.

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    • (After) CAPT. HERVEY SMYTH, THE FALL OF MONTMORENCI (SIC) AND THE ATTACK OF GEN. WOLFE, JULY 31, 1759, hand-coloured engraving by William Elliott, published 1768, 13.25 ins x 20.5 ins; 33.7 cms x 52.1 cms
      Sep. 21, 2017

      (After) CAPT. HERVEY SMYTH, THE FALL OF MONTMORENCI (SIC) AND THE ATTACK OF GEN. WOLFE, JULY 31, 1759, hand-coloured engraving by William Elliott, published 1768, 13.25 ins x 20.5 ins; 33.7 cms x 52.1 cms

      Est: $300 - $500

      (After) CAPT. HERVEY SMYTHTHE FALL OF MONTMORENCI (SIC) AND THE ATTACK OF GEN. WOLFE, JULY 31, 1759hand-coloured engraving by William Elliott, published 1768 13.25 ins x 20.5 ins; 33.7 cms x 52.1 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoEstimate: $300–500

      Waddington's
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