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Lot 690M: Rare Edition of Stipple Engraving Entitled DAVID AND GOLIATH After Francesco Mazzola Parmigianno, 1776

Est: $800 USD - $1,400 USDSold:
Worthington GalleriesGallatin (Nashville), TN, USJune 22, 2019

Item Overview

Description

Rare & Important 18th Century Stipple Engraving of Francesco Mazzola Parmigianno's 16th Century Drawing Entitled "David And Goliath" 1776 | This Engraving is dated 1776 & predates the later version published in Roger's book "A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawings" in 1778 | Engraved in brown ink on paper by the famous (notorious) English Engraver William Wynne Ryland (English, 1732 - 1783), who pioneered the art of stipple engraving; the first to introduce chalk-engraving, in which the line is composed of stippled dots | The engraving was later published in 1778 by Charles Rogers (1711 - 1784) in his "A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawings: To which are Annexed Lives of Their Authors with Explanatory and Critical Notes, Volume 2, First Edition | The Engraving is inscribed as follows: On plate lower right "W.W. Ryland sct. 1762"; On plate lower center "Videntes autem Philisthijm, quod mortus esset fortissimus eorum, fugerunt. [roughly translated: When they saw the Philistine, that their champion was dead, they fled], also in the lower center of the plate "In the Collection of George Earl of Cholmondeley / CR edit."; On plate lower left "Parmigianino delt.", inscribed in verso in pencil "25[circled]" | Matted and encased with mylar sheets | Approx. Measurements: Plate mark is 11" x 10.5"; Sight 12" X 10.5" | In the Preface of "A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawing," Rogers states "...that these prints may be faithful Imitations, they are engraved in the same way, as well as of the same size, as the Originals are drawn; and printed, as nearly as possible, in the same colours" (Preface).

Dimensions

Plate mark is 11" x 10.5"; Sight 12" X 10.5"

Artist or Maker

Medium

Brown Ink on Paper

Date

Engraved 1762; Published1778

Exhibited

Many of the largest and most respected Museums in the world hold engravings from Charles Rogers important work Titled "A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawings," including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The British Museum, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery (Scotland), The Royal Collection (London, England), The Royal Academy, MET, Art Institute of Chicago, and many more. The engravings have also been sold by the largest auction houses in the world including Christie's, Bonhams & Sotheby's.

Literature

Published in 1778 by Charles Rogers (1711 - 1784) in his "A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawings: To which are Annexed Lives of Their Authors with Explanatory and Critical Notes, Volume 2, First Edition - In the Preface Rogers states "...that these prints may be faithful Imitations, they are engraved in the same way, as well as of the same size, as the Originals are drawn; and printed, as nearly as possible, in the same colours" (Preface) | | | About The Publisher: Charles Rogers (1711–1784), an art collector, was born on 2 Aug. 1711, the second surviving son of William and Isabella Rogers of Dean Street, Soho, London. In May 1731 he was placed in the custom house under William Townson, from whom he acquired a taste for the fine arts and book-collecting. Townson and his two sisters left by will all their estate, real and personal, to Rogers, a bequest which included a house at 3 Laurence Pountney Lane, London, containing a choice museum of art treasures. Here Rogers in 1746 took up his residence, and, aided by several friends who lived abroad, made many valuable additions to the collection. In 1747 he became clerk of the certificates. Through the interest of his friend Arthur Pond [q. v.] he was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 23 Feb. 1752, and several times served on the council. He became fellow of the Royal Society on 17 Nov. 1757 (Thomson, Hist. of Royal Society, App. iv. p. xlviii). Among his friends were Sir Joshua Reynolds, Horace Walpole, Richard Gough, Paul Sandby, Cipriani, Romney, and Angelica Kauffmann. He died unmarried on 2 Jan. 1784, and was buried in Laurence Pountney churchyard. The chief work of Rogers's life was a series of carefully executed facsimiles of original drawings from the great masters, engraved in tint. The book was issued in 1778, with the title ‘A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawings … to which are annexed Lives of their Authors, with Explanatory and Critical Notes,’ 2 vols. imperial folio. The plates, which are 112 in number, were engraved chiefly by Bartolozzi, Ryland, Basire, and Simon Watts, from drawings some of which were in Rogers's own collection.

Provenance

Includes a Certificate of Authenticity

Notes

William Wynne Ryland (1732 – 1783) was an English engraver, who pioneered stipple engraving, and who was later executed for forgery. Ryland was born in London, the eldest of seven sons of Edward Ryland (died 1771), an engraver and copper-plate printer. He studied engraving under Ravenet in London, and, in Paris, drawing under François Boucher and engraving under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas. After spending five years on the continent he returned to England, and having engraved portraits of George III and Lord Bute (after Ramsay), and a portrait of Queen Charlotte and the Princess Royal after Francis Cotes, R.A., he was appointed engraver to the king - a position that carried a salary of £200 per annum. In 1766 he became a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists, and he exhibited with them and in the Royal Academy. In his later life Ryland abandoned line engraving, and introduced chalk-engraving, in which the line is composed of stippled dots, and in which he transcribed Mortimer's "King John Signing Magna Carta", and copied the drawings of the Old Masters and the works of Angelica Kauffman. Ryland became prosperous, and seeking an investment, went into partnership with a pupil, Henry Bryer, putting his money into a print shop in Cornhill, London; the business went bankrupt in December 1771. After an interval, he resumed business as a print-seller in the Strand, but before long retired to a private residence at Knightsbridge. By 1783 Ryland was suspected of involvement in forgery. He disappeared from his home on 1 April 1783. An advertisement was issued offering a reward for his apprehension, on a charge of forging and uttering two bills of exchange for £714 with intent to defraud the East India Company. On the arrival of officers to arrest him in a small house near Stepney, he made a desperate attempt to commit suicide by cutting his own throat. On 27 July he was tried at the Old Bailey before Sir Francis Buller. Suspicion had been raised when two bills had been found with the same number, however there was no evidence from the engravings as to which was the real bill and which the forgery. Only the evidence of the paper manufacturer, that the paper upon which Ryland's bill was printed had not been sold until after the date of the bill resulted in his being convicted, and sentenced to death. He was hanged at Tyburn on 29 August 1783, and buried at St Dunstan's Church in Feltham Middlesex. According to Walford, " It is worthy of record that the last criminal executed here was one Ryland, who was hung for forgery in 1783; after which the gallows were taken down about London in order to concentrate the executions at Newgate and Horsemonger Lane". Interestingly enough, the poet William Blake prophesied 12 years earlier that Ryland would be hung. This prophecy was made when Blake was sent to be apprenticed to Ryland, however, he refused, saying "I do not like the man's face: it looks as if he will live to be hanged!" He left a widow and six children. His widow kept a print-shop for many years in Oxford Road, and his daughter became a teacher of drawing, and instructed the Princess Elizabeth and others of the royal family. One of Ryland's brothers was, in 1762, convicted of highway robbery, committed in a drunken frolic, and was reprieved only on the morning of the day of execution through his brother's personal influence with the king. [Courtesy of Wikipedia]

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Auction Details

Summer Books, Maps, Documents, Prints & More

by
Worthington Galleries
June 22, 2019, 10:30 AM CST

805 Teal Drive, Gallatin (Nashville), TN, 37066, US

Terms

Live bidding may start higher or lower

Buyer's Premium

$0 - 499:20.0%
$500+:25.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
$0$49$5
$50$149$10
$150$499$25
$500$999$50
$1,000$2,999$100
$3,000$9,999$250
$10,000$19,999$500
$20,000$49,999$1,000
$50,000+$5,000

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