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Jul. 27, 2023
Ottley (William Young) under Peltro William Tomkins. Engravings of the Most Noble The Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures, in London, 4 vol., 1818, & c.35 others, mainly relating to art (c.40)
Est: £300 - £400
Ottley (William Young) under Peltro William Tomkins. Engravings of the Most Noble The Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures, in London, 4 vol., plans and plates, some spotting, red half calf, spine in compartments, title with decorative border to covers, slightly torn on vol.3 and 1, some marks on covers, slightly bumped at extremities, 1818; and c.35 others, mainly relating to art, v.s. (c.40)
Forum Auctions - UK
Jul. 31, 2020
Ottley (William Young, 1771-1836; attributed). Sketchbook, [1791-99]
Est: £700 - £1,000
Attributed to William Young Ottley (1771-1836). Sketchbook from the artist's tour of Italy, circa 1791-99, 75 leaves of laid paper (cockerel watermark; countermarked 'D'), unfoliated, leaves [1-2] with pencil annotations in Italian and an architectural pencil sketch (somewhat faded), leaf [3] with annotated bookplate of Thomas Ashby and additional annotation 'Drawings by Wm Young Ottley' probably in Ashby's hand, 4 medial leaves left blank, the remaining 68 leaves containing 25 sketches in pen and brown ink over occasional traces of pencil and approximately 43 pencil sketches, nearly all rectos only (one sketch to a page; one pencil sketch double-page; one on verso), mainly studies after paintings but several apparently from life (including landscapes, clothed figures, and 3 sketches captioned 'Nature' and depicting a boy with a dog, a woman with a child on her back, and a crouching boy), 12 further sketches with legible manuscript captions (see note), tide-mark to upper outer corners gradually fading and receding but touching edges of image in about 10 cases, cords split between penultimate and final quires, first 3 leaves and final quire (6 leaves) with modern clear tape reinforcement in gutter, floral-patterned endpapers, contemporary Italian vellum binding with envelope flap, vellum soiled, tie perished, 4to (18.2 x 13.7 cm) Qty: (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Feb. 14, 2018
Marquis of Stafford's Art Collection - Ottley, William Young
Est: £200 - £300
Marquis of Stafford's Art Collection - Ottley, William Young Engravings of the Most Noble the Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures in London. London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1818. 4 volumes in one, large 4to, 13 plans and 126 engraved plates [13, 25, 31, 59, 11], contemporary green half morocco, t.e.g., scattered spotting to plates
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 19, 2016
Old Master's Landscape & William Young Ottley (English, 1771-1836) Mountain Lake Scene
Est: $300 - $500
Old Master's Landscape. Village scene, bridge, figures. Watercolor. Laid down, a few foxing spots. Image: 12 1/2" x 18 1/2". William Young Ottley (English, 1771-1836) Mountain Lake Scene. Initialed lower right. Watercolor. A few foxing spots. 6" x 9".
Cottone Auctions
Nov. 29, 2014
Books -Engraving William Ottley- 1816
Est: -
2 volumes by William Young Ottley(English 1771-1836) "An Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving from Copper and in Wood with an Account of Engravers and Their Works , from the Invention of Chalcography by Maso Finiguerra, to the Time of Marc Antonio Raimondi. In 2 volumes (London: John and Arthur Arch, 1816)-Large 4 vo (11 x 8 3/4 ") - Vol. I , 478 pages : Vol. 2 , 479 -836 pages in excellent condition . Complete with 22 original engraved copper plates and 4 original Durer plates printed from the original 1507 to 1511 blocks.
Captain Ahab's Antiques
Sep. 25, 2014
An Inquiry Into the Origin and Early History of Engraving...
Est: $500 - $800
<p> 2 volumes. xxii, 478, [1]; [6], [479]-836 pp. Errata slip tipped in at rear of Vol. II. 22 inserted engravings and woodcuts; additional illustrations in text. (4to) 27x21 cm. (10¾x8½"), period calf, geometric gilt borders on covers, spines tooled & lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. First Edition.</p>
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Jul. 17, 2014
A Series of Plates Engraved after the Paintings and Sculptures of the most eminent masters of the Early Florentine School; intended to illustrate the history of the restoration of the arts of design in Italy; and dedicated to John Flaxman, Esq.
Est: $400 - $600
[12] pp.+ 56 engraved plates, with protective interleaves. (folio) 55.6x36 cm. (22x14¼"), period half gilt-ruled green morocco & marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First Edition.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Jul. 17, 2014
The Italian School of Design: Being a Series of Fac-similes of Original Drawings of the Most Eminent Painters and Sculptures of Italy; with Biographical Notices of the Artists, and Observations on Their Works
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
[8], 72, [4] pp. With 71 etched or engraved plates, including two with two images, and one fold-out; 11 illustrations in the text. (folio) 55.6x36 cm. (22x14¼"), period half gilt-ruled green morocco & marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First Edition.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Mar. 25, 2014
OTTLEY (WILLIAM YOUNG)- The Italian School of Design: being a Series of Fac-similes of Original Drawings, by the Most Eminent Painters and Sculptors of Italy, 1823
Est: £200 - £300
The Italian School of Design: being a Series of Fac-similes of Original Drawings, by the Most Eminent Painters and Sculptors of Italy, 84 plates (including head- and tail- pieces), smudges to title and occasional paint stains on final leaves, contemporary half morocco gilt, g.e., worn, marbled board paper lifting with some loss, large folio, J. McCreery, 1823
Bonhams
Jul. 10, 2012
William Young Ottley (Thatcham 1771-1836 London)
Est: £800 - £1,200
William Young Ottley (Thatcham 1771-1836 London) A Vision of the True Cross appearing to St Helen signed 'W.Y. Ottley' (lower right) and annotated with numbers (lower left) pencil and black chalk, the sheet extended along the lower edge, on paper 9½ x 6¾ in. (24.2 x 17.2 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 16, 2012
OTTLEY, WILLIAM YOUNG. 1771-1836. The Italian School of Design: being a Series of Fac-similes of Original Drawings. London: for the Author / Taylor and Hessey, 1823.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
The Italian School of Design: being a Series of Fac-similes of Original Drawings. London: for the Author / Taylor and Hessey, 1823. Folio (565 x 400 mm). [4], ii, [2], 72, [2, duplicate copy of pp 1-2], [4] pp. 72 mostly etched and aquatint plates by G. Bartolozzi, J.J. de Claussin, F.C. Lewis, G. Lewis, W. Long, G. Vandramini, J. Vivares, T. Vivares, Ottley, and others, printed in various tints, 6 being present in 3 states (variously etching, etching with aquatint, and before letters), and 26 being present in 2 states, plus 2 proofs of headpieces on india paper mounted, a few of the additional states inlaid. Period diced russia, covers gilt with broad border of alternating palmette and floral devices surrounding elaborate corner-pieces and multiple-filet rules, wide gilt turn-ins. A few plates and text-leaves toned or lightly foxed, rebacked preserving some of original spine. Provenance: Joseph Neeld [1789–1856], Conservative MP for Chippenham and himself a noted art collector (bookplate). LARGE-PAPER COPY, the most expensive issue with multiple proof plates, and with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED of Ottley mounted on a stub. Ottley's correspondent is Dawson Turner [1775-1858], the English banker, botanist and antiquary whose Architectural Antiquities of Normandy (1822) featured etchings by his friend John Sell Cotman. In the 1¼-page January 23, 1819 letter, Ottley discusses in detail the forthcoming completion of the present work. The binding may be by Philipp Selenka of Wiesbaden, who is known to have bound other large-paper Ottleys and who favored unusual endpapers like the lilac-coated examples found here. The drawings, taken from Ottley's own collection, were "engraved in exact conformity to the originals," and issued by serial subscription from 1808. Each number contained 4 or occasionally 5 plates at the price of one guinea. Later, the work could be had complete from Taylor and Hessey, priced at £12 in boards, 18 guineas for the large-paper issue, or a full 24 guineas with proof plates as here. Almost half the plates reproduce drawings by Michelangelo and Raphael. Brunet IV 255; Graesse V 63; Lowndes IV p 1740.
Bonhams
Nov. 04, 2010
William Young Ottley (Thatcham 1771-1836 London) and others
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
William Young Ottley (Thatcham 1771-1836 London) and others Twenty studies after works in Pisa and Orvieto including: frescoes in Campo Santo, Pisa, by Buffalmacco; Christ by Ugolino di Prete Ilario (illustrated); relief-sculpture on the facade of the Duomo, Orvieto, by Lorenzo de Maitani; sculpture from the Pisa Baptistery by Nicolo Pisano; and The Wicked Destroyed at the end of the World by fire from Heaven by Luca Signorelli variously inscribed, one signed and dated 'W.O.dυt.ab Orig.1793' (lower left) three pencil, six pen and black ink, seven pen and brown ink, one pencil, pen and black ink and grey wash, three pencil, pen and black ink, sixteen on paper, four on tracing paper, one with watermark J HONIG, one with watermark JH&Z (Honig & Zoonen), one with watermark coat-of-arms with initials CLC (?) 12½ x 18 in. (31.8 x 45.7 cm.) (20)
Christie's
Nov. 04, 2010
William Young Ottley (Thatcham 1771-1836 London) and others
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
William Young Ottley (Thatcham 1771-1836 London) and others Fifteen studies after works in Perugia, Viterbo, Lucca, Venice and Rome including: S. Bernardino in Glory with Angels by Duccio (illustrated); St Stephen Preaching by Fra Angelico; St Catherine disputing with the Doctors by Masaccio; Abraham-Isaac-Jacob-Judah from the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo; relief-sculpture on the fountain at Perugia by Giovanni Pisano; and relief-sculpture on the facade of Lucca Cathedral by Nicolo Pisano variously incribed, one signed and dated 'W.O.dυt.ab Orig.1793' (lower left), one signed and dated 'Carlo Cencione dυt. ab Orig 1793' (lower left) three pencil, two pencil and gum arabic, seven pencil, pen and black ink, one pen and black ink and grey wash, two pen and brown ink, thirteen on paper, three on tracing paper, one on two joined sheets, one with watermark coat-of-arms with fleur-de-lis, one with watermark cot-of-arms with initials CLC (?), one with partial watermark PRO PATRIA 20¼ x 11 3/8 in. (51.4 x 28.9 cm.) (15)
Christie's
Nov. 04, 2010
William Young Ottley (Thatcham 1771-1836 London) and John Sartain (London 1808-1897 Philadelphia)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
William Young Ottley (Thatcham 1771-1836 London) and John Sartain (London 1808-1897 Philadelphia) Twelve studies after works in Florence including: Deposition by Donatello; A scene from The Legend of the True Cross by Taddeo Gaddi; the Baptistery doors by Ghiberti (two illustrated); An Angel Appearing to Zacharias by Ghirlandaio; and Coronation of the Virgin by Giotto one signed and dated 'WYO.delυt.ab Orig. Feb. 1798' (lower right); the others variously inscribed in English and one in Italian five pencil, pen and black ink, three pen and black ink, three pen and brown ink, one pen and black ink and grey wash, one squared for transfer, two on tracing paper, eleven on paper, one on two joined sheets, two with watermark J HONIG & ZOONEN, one with partial watermark 12 1/8 x 19 3/8 in. (30.8 x 49.2 cm.); and smaller (12)
Christie's
Nov. 04, 2010
William Young Ottley (Thatcham 1771-1836 London)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
William Young Ottley (Thatcham 1771-1836 London) Fifteen studies after works in the Upper and Lower Churches, San Francesco, Assisi including: The Martyrdom of St Catherine by Andrea de Bartoli (illustrated); Henry of Hungary by Simone Martini, 1318; a detail from St Clare grieving over the body of St Francis by Giotto ; and Creation of Man by Cimabue all signed, inscribed and dated 'W.Y.O. del.υt.ab Orig. 1792' or '1793' three pencil, one pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour with scratching out, nine pencil, pen and black ink and grey wash, two pencil, pen and black ink, on paper, one on two joined sheets, one with watermark FABRIANO with encircled fleur-de-lys, one with watermark encircled (?), one with partial Pro Patria watermark, one with partial watermark 12 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. (31.4 x 35.3 cm.); and smaller (15)
Christie's
Jun. 03, 2009
OTTLEY, William Young (1771-1836). The Italian School of Design: being a series of facsimiles of original drawings, by the most eminent painters and sculptors of Italy; with biographical notices . London: Printed for the Author by J. M'Creery
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
OTTLEY, William Young (1771-1836). The Italian School of Design: being a series of facsimiles of original drawings, by the most eminent painters and sculptors of Italy; with biographical notices. London: Printed for the Author by J. M'Creery ... Published by Taylor and Hessey, 1823. 2° (560 x 410mm). 84 etched plates and illustrations by G. Bartolozzi, J.J. de Claussin, F.C. Lewis, G. Lewis, W. Long, G. Vandramini, J. Vivares, T. Vivares, Ottley and others, in various tints. (Intermittent spotting, heavy to a few plates.) Contemporary russia by Ph. Selenka, Wiesbaden, with his ticket, roll tool borders in gilt and blind, gilt edges. A work commenced by serial subscription in 1808, each number containing 4 or occasionally 5 plates at the price of one guinea. The drawings, taken from Ottley's own collection, were 'engraved in exact conformity to the originals'. Almost half the 84 facsimiles are reproductions of drawings by Michelangelo and Raphael. Brunet IV, 255; Graesse V, 63; Lowndes IV, p. 1740; Rudolph Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen (Leipzig 1865), pp. 71-72 no. 103.
Christie's
Jun. 03, 2009
OTTLEY, William Young (1771-1836). Engravings of the Most Noble the Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures in London ... with remarks .... The executive part under the management of Peltro William Tomkins. London: Bensley and Son for
Est: £400 - £600
OTTLEY, William Young (1771-1836). Engravings of the Most Noble the Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures in London ... with remarks .... The executive part under the management of Peltro William Tomkins. London: Bensley and Son for Longman [et. al.], 1818. 4 volumes in one, 2° (395 x 315mm). 291 engravings on 126 leaves by Tomkins and others, 13 numbered engraved plans. (Some spotting to plate margins, earlier part of text to vol. IV bound into vol. III.) Contemporary russia gilt, gilt edges (slight wear to one corner). An uncoloured copy (ordinary issue). A few copies are known on large paper with the illustrations coloured and mounted on stiff card (published at the enormous price of £171 14s). The work was regarded as an artistic triumph but was not a success financially, and Tomkins had to bear great losses. Abbey Scenery 210; Lowndes III, p. 858.
Christie's
Nov. 22, 2006
William Young Ottley (1771-1836)
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a cream coat and waistcoat with gold buttons and trim, leaning against a stone plinth in a landscape signed 'Ottley Pinx' (lower right) oil on canvas 39 1/2 x 32 3/4 in. (100.3 x 83.2 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 19, 2002
William Young Ottley (1771-1836) & Peltro William Tomkins (1759-1840)
Est: $6,200 - $9,300
Engravings of... the Marquis of Stafford's collection of pictures, in London, arranged according to schools, and in chronological order, with remarks on each picture. London: Bensley & Son for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Cadell & Davies and P.W.Tomkins, [1808-] 1818[-1819]. 4 volumes, imperial 2o (550 x 420mm). Half-titles. 13 hand-coloured engraved plans, 289 hand-coloured engravings, trimmed and mounted in imitation of watercolours on 125 tinted card mounts, all within ink-ruled borders. (Old staining to two mounts, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt (one endpaper watermarked 1824), spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third, the others with repeat decoration built up from various small tools, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A VERY FINE SET OF THE DELUXE ISSUE OF THIS CONTEMPORARY RECORD OF THE EARL OF STAFFORD'S FAMOUS COLLECTION. This work was issued in three forms: the regular issue in four quarto volumes with uncoloured line engravings at 12 guineas; a large paper issue in four folio volumes with uncoloured proof engravings on india paper at œ35 14s. and the present issue which originally appeared, according to Lowndes 'coloured and mounted in four portfolios, 4 vols. imp.folio. Published at œ171 14s' (To put this huge price into perspective: in 1821 the Duke of Sussex paid œ168 for a Gutenberg Bible). Although the work, particularly in its present form, was an artistic triumph, it was not a success financially. Tomkins bore the heavy financial loss personally and 'he was compelled to obtain an act of parliament authorising him to dispose of the collection of watercolours from which his engravings were executed, together with the unsold impressions of the plates, the whole valued at œ150,000' ( DNB ). Lowndes II,p.858. (4).
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