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51. Frederic Auguste Roi De Saxe Duc De Varsovie
&c. &c. &c.
Mezzotint
William Dickinson after Baron François Gérard
Published by William Dickinson. 1811
Image 651 x 445 mm, Plate 705 x 445 mm, Sheet 723 x
473 mm
unmounted
Inscription below title reads Dédié avec permission à Sa
Majestè par son humble et très obéissant Serviteur /
Paris, Gravé d’après l’Original qui se trouve dans le
Cabinet de Son Altesse le Prince de Benevent.
W,Dickinson.
almost immediately to place himself under Jacques-
Louis David. In 1794 he obtained the first prize in a
competition, the subject of which was The Tenth of
August, that is, the storming of the Tuileries Palace. By
1808 as many as eight, and in 1810 no less than
fourteen, portraits by him, were exhibited at the Salon,
and these figures afford only an indication of the
enormous numbers which he executed yearly; all the
leading figures of the Empire and of the Bourbon
Restoration, all the most celebrated men and women of
Europe, sat to Gérard. This extraordinary vogue was
due partly to the charm of his manner and conversation,
for his salon was as much frequented as his studio;
Madame de Staël, George Canning, Talleyrand, the
Duke of Wellington, have all borne witness to the
attraction of his society.
Chaloner Smith 73a
Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
Condition: Strong clean impression, trimmed to plate
mark at bottom of sheet.
[27619]
£500
Banking, Financial & Philanthropists
Frederick Augustus III, Elector of Saxony, (23
December 1750 - 5 May 1827) was Elector of Saxony
from 1763 to 1806 , then under the name of Frederick
Augustus I, 1st King of Saxony in the August 6 1806 to
5 May 1827 and Duke of Warsaw from 1807 to 1815.
William Dickinson (1746 - 1823). Mezzotinter, began
his career with Bowles and was awarded premium of
Society of Arts in 1767. In 1773 he set up as his own
publisher and from1779-81 in partnership with Thomas
Watson, in 1797 went bankrupt, and emigrated to Paris
where he died in 1823.
François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard (1770 – 1837)
was a French painter born in Rome. At the age of
twelve Gérard obtained admission into the Pension du
Roi in Paris. From the Pension he passed to the studio
of the sculptor Augustin Pajou followed by that of the
history painter Nicolas-Guy Brenet, whom he quit
52. Viva Effigies Preclarmi Domi Thomae Gresham
Eqvi Aura [The lively portraiture of ye most worthy
Cittizen, Sr Thomas Gresham...]
Copper engraving
Francis Delaram
J. Sudbury and G. Humble c.1630
Image 152 x 116 mm, Plate 177 x 120 mm, Sheet 223 x
154 mm
unmounted
Sir Thomas Gresham (c.1519-1579) was the founder of
the Royal Exchange. He played a vital part in the
management of the finances of Elizabethan England. He
was present at the Queen Elizabeth I's first council. As
Crown Agent at Antwerp (1551-74) he arranged loans
at favourable rates and exported weapons and pictures