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copperplate engraver, Lithographer

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    • SHARP & ALLEN CHRIMOLITHOGRAPHS OF VICTORIA REGIA
      Dec. 09, 2023

      SHARP & ALLEN CHRIMOLITHOGRAPHS OF VICTORIA REGIA

      Est: $50,000 - $70,000

      SHARP, William (1749-1824), For John Fisk Allen (1785-1865). From Victoria Regia or The Great Water Lily of America. Set of six chromolithographs. Boston, 1854-1856. dims. Comparables: Christie's, Oct 19, 1999, lot 1, $64,990; Christie's, Mar 22, 2000, lot 1, $55,300. "The most refined and elegant men and women that I have known over the last 53 years have treasured hanging this series in their home" - Graham Arader IN ADDITION TO BEING THE FIRST COLOUR-PRINTED LITHOGRAPHS PRODUCED IN AMERICA, THE 'VICTORIA REGIA' IS ONE OF THE THREE GREAT FOLIO WORKS ON THE AMAZONIAN WATER-LILY. An English emigrant to America, William Sharp arrived in the United States in 1839 and worked on perfecting the recently developed chromolithographic process during the following decades. The culmination of his efforts was the publication of the illustrations for John Fisk Allen's Victoria Regia, or The Great Water Lily of America in 1854. For the publication, six illustrations in all were executed on elephant folio sheets. The most beautiful of all these images are these four, showing the stages from the beginning of the Bloom to the Complete Bloom. To achieve the proper coloration, four separately inked stones were utilized. The resultant images are among the finest botanical chromolithographs ever published. Chromolithographs were first executed around 1835 in England and France. Sharp had been one of the first to explore this process while in England, and he continued his experimentation after he immigrated to America in the late 1830's. As opposed to hand-colored lithographs, which consisted of printing the image in black and white and then adding color by hand, chromolithography called for the printing of the image in successive stages of color. Initial attempts in chromolithography used two stones in the creation of any image. The first stone was normally inked in black. After the image was thus defined, a second stone inked in one color was applied to the black and white image. As the process was refined, more colored stones were utilized in creating the final colored image. Sharp's illustrations for Allen's Victoria Regia are among the most sumptuous images to use the medium ever done, and major landmarks in the history of printmaking.

      Arader Galleries
    • W.SHARP (*1749) after WOODFORDE (*1763), Charles I with his children, 1821, Copper engraving
      Oct. 22, 2022

      W.SHARP (*1749) after WOODFORDE (*1763), Charles I with his children, 1821, Copper engraving

      Est: €300 - €400

      William Sharp (1749 - 1824 ) after Samuel Woodforde (1763 - 1817 ibid.): Charles I with his children and Oliver Cromwell, 1821, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper, rolled-on on Paper Date: 1821 Description: Unter der Darstellung innerhalb der Druckplatte bezeichnet mit Titel, Dedikation und Produktionsdetails: "Sam. Woodforde R. A. pinxit / London published Ja. 1821 by Will. Sharp. Memb. of the Imperial Academy at Vienna / Will. Sharp sculpsit." "The Interview of Charles I With His Children during His Misfortunes in the Presence of Oliver Cromwell". Person: King Karl I., England, Scotland and Ireland (1600 - 1649 ) Keywords: 19th century, Romanticism, Politics, United Kingdom,

      Fichter Kunsthandel
    • William Sharp (1749 - 1824), Shakespeare. King Lear. Act III. Scene IV. Da Benjamin West. 1793
      Jun. 14, 2016

      William Sharp (1749 - 1824), Shakespeare. King Lear. Act III. Scene IV. Da Benjamin West. 1793

      Est: €200 - €400

      Bulino e acquaforte. mm 495x630. Foglio: mm 540x675. Titolo in basso al centro, ai lati il testo ed i nomi degli autori, sotto dell'editore. "Published March 25. 1793 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall & at No. 90, Cheapside, London." Una delle più celebri e riuscite incisioni contenute nella cosiddetta "Boydell Shakespeare Gallery": Collection of Prints, from Pictures for the Purpose of illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Artists of Great Britain (London: John Boydell, 1803-[1805]). All'esecuzione dei dipinti commissionati da Boydell, destinati ad essere tradotti in incisioni allo scopo di finanziare l'impresa, collaborarono Joshua Reynolds, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Angelica Kauffman, Robert Smirke, John Opie, Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Kirk, Henry Thomson e Josiah Boydell.

      Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
    • W. Sharp (1749-1824) after John Trumbull (1756-1843) Fine American and European Furniture, Silver, Folk and Decorative Arts and Clocks
      Sep. 23, 2014

      W. Sharp (1749-1824) after John Trumbull (1756-1843) Fine American and European Furniture, Silver, Folk and Decorative Arts and Clocks

      Est: -

      The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibralter in the Morning of the 27 of Nov. 1781, 1798 Colored engraving Published by John Trumbull, W. Sharp and A.C. de Poggi, London 19 3/4 x 30in (50.2 x 76.2cm)

      Bonhams
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