Lot 589: PFORR, Johan Georg (1745-1798). XVI illuminirte Kupfer zu Herrn Hunersdorf's Anleitung

Name: PFORR, Johan Georg (1745-1798). XVI illuminirte Kupfer zu Herrn Hunersdorf's Anleitung
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 5guvrzi49j

Est: £700 GBP - £1,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJanuary 26, 2006

Item Overview

Description

PFORR, Johan Georg (1745-1798). XVI illuminirte Kupfer zu Herrn Hunersdorf's Anleitung Campagne Pferde abzurichten Seiner Hochfurtslichen Durchlaucht Wilhelm IX. Frankfurt: 1792.

Oblong 2° (295mm x 245mm). Engraved title and 16 hand-coloured plates (c. 250 x 195mm. with caption) on paper watermarked 'C. & J. Honig', mounted on blank leaves. (Light marginal soiling, plate 1 with repair to a short marginal tear.) Early 19th-century maroon half morocco. Provenance: Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929, Durdans bookplate and small stamps, his sale Sotheby's 26 June 1933, lot 165).

THE ROSEBERY COPY OF THESE RARE ILLUSTRATIONS BY PFORR to accompany Hünersdorf's Anleitung zu der natürlichsten und leichtesten Art Pferde abzurichten (Marburg, 1790). Benezit notes Pforr's remarkable knowledge of horses, which he drew with true talent, and describes him as the German Wouwerman (vol. 8, pp.278-9). Cf. Huth p.57.

Artist or Maker

Johann Georg Pforr

Notes

No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.

Auction Details

Property from the Estate of H.R.H The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, KG,KT,KP

Christie's

January 26, 2006, 12:00 AM EST

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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