5865 - 6291 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
= Wentworth 39, only state. Although Wentworth mentions only one state, this impression seems somewhat darker and occas. trifle reworked.
- Fine dark impression. = Wentworth 28, only state; Tissot 22; Béraldi 21.
= Wentworth 84, only state, published in an edition of 30 copies; p.334: "William Eglinton was one of the more widely known mediums of the nineteenth century"; not in Tissot and Béraldi. With a contemp. annot. and crossed out property stamp of the Marylebone Spiritualist Association on verso. On paper with part of a large crowned watermark.
- A few tiny tears in fold; verso sl. foxed; a few sm. stains.
= Curious satirical transformation print, showing a poorly dressed farmer with his wife when the folded sections are folded downwards, but revealing a patriot of a volunteer corps with his welldressed lady when the folded sections are folded upwards. F.M. 4572; Atlas van Stolk 4549. Very rare.
- Trimmed to the image and laid down on modern paper; sm. portion lower left corner, next to cartouche repaired(?).
= The only known engraving (and artwork?) by this artist.
- Very good impression, cut to the border line; some foxing.
= Hollstein 252, 2nd state (of 3), the number "23" replaced by "9" in lower right corner. With the collector's stamp of J.E. Wetterauer on verso (Lugt 4267).
Idem. Dilapidated church-tower surrounded by houses. Etching from the fourth part of the series of 60 Landscapes, 12x18,8 cm., on laid paper w. watermark showing "COMP".
- Very good impression, with ample margins, the three holes of the original stitching preserved in left blank margin.
= Hollstein 275, the 4th and final state, the numbers removed.
- Fine impression on 17th cent. laid paper; sl. agetoned.
= Hollstein 244, the 2nd state (of 4), with "Twede Deel" added underneath Visscher's address in the banderol. The first print of the second series of 5 series of landscapes, each consisting of twelve prints. De Jongh/ Luijten, Mirror of everyday life p.149-150: "In Van de Velde's Vegetable market there is not a single unnatural motif". With the collector's mark of J.E. Wetterauer on verso (Lugt 3870). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIV.
- Sm. chips in margins, 1x just within the image; lower margin repaired on verso.
= Bartsch XIV, 50, 2nd state with the address. With the manuscript collector's mark of W. Sharp (Lugt 2650) on verso.
- Some (vague) waterstains and sm. (marginal) defects; Muiden w. sharp folds; Purmerend doubled and w. collector's stamp on verso (W.A. Beelaerts van Blokland); Abcoude w. sm. hole in image, doubled and cut inside platemark; Toutenburch w. thin spot and creased fold in the middle.
= With a mediocre duplicate of Muiden. Hollstein 165-167, 2nd and final states (w. the number) and 168, 1st state (without the number. Rare). Repetitions in reverse of the same etchings as described by Hollstein under number 162-164, of which only a few copies are known: "It may be assumed that Visscher discarded these plates because they were in reverse of the castles, which was unacceptable for the market, and they had no adequate margin for the caption." (Hollstein).
- Each w. one or two handcol. figures; trimmed on/ just within the borderline.
= Mostly smaller copies after Bolswert. Hollstein 268, 272, 273, 279, 280, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286 and 290.
- Two sm. holes in margin (just next to the borderline) in upper left corner; browned.
= Partly after David Vinckboons. Very rare print showing the famous naval victory of the Dutch fleet, led by Jacob van Heemskerck, against the Spaniards. Hollstein 19, 1st state of 2; F.M. 1241. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIV.
= Interesting copy printed in reverse, with the key to the topographical sites replaced by an image of ships sailing into a harbour on the left and a beached whale to the right; the print also shows some variants in the left and right sides of the arch. Variant not listed by Hollstein 150. No copy traced.
= Hollstein 70, 2nd state (of 2).
AND 5 others similar after Nicolaes BERCHEM, i.a. Farrier shoeing a donkey (by Johannes DE VISSCHER, Hollstein 120, state unidentified) and (Cows and sheep) (2 anonymous engravings).
- A few sm. vague brownish stains. = Hollstein 107, 3rd state (of 3).
Idem. Washerwoman drying clothes in the sun. Etching and engraving after Nicolaes BERCHEM, 28,5x38,5 cm., "CBerghm f. Johan de Visscher aqua for." engr. in upper left corner.
= Hollstein 118, 2nd state (of 2). With the collector's mark of Christian Gottlieb Crusius on verso (Lugt 548).
AND 9 others by/ after the same, partly w. small defects, i.a. Herd playing the bagpipe and girl milking sheep (Hollstein 105, 3rd state (of 3)), A girl tripping on stones in a ford (Hollstein 115, 2nd state (of 2)) and Mounted farmer giving alms to a begging boy (Hollstein 103, 3rd state (of 4)).
- Laid down on paper mount along upper margin. = Hollstein 45, 2nd state (of 5).
Idem. Title: A sheperdess at a spring. Title engraving after Nicolaes BERCHEM from a series of four Pastoral landscapes, 26,5x20,5 cm., "CBerghem delin" and "J. Visscher fecit" engr. in the image, "'t Amsterdam (...) in D'Anckers" engr. below.
- Two neat horizontal folds. = Hollstein 58, 4th and final state.
AND 6 others after the same, partly w. small defects, by the same, Abraham BLOOTELING, René LE CHARPENTIER and Jean PELLETIER.












































