Travel, Political and Biblical Engravings, 18th Century

Item Details

Jacques Nicolas Bellin (French, 1703 – 1772)
Carte De L’Isle De Caienne et de ses Environs, 1753
Engraving on laid paper
Unsigned

Jacques Nicolas Bellin (French, 1703 – 1772)
Carte des costes de France et d’Espagne, 1749
Engraving on laid paper
Unsigned

Artist unknown
The Governor of Batavia’s Palace, in the East Indies, circa 1750
Engraving on laid paper
Unsigned

Captain James Cook (English, 1728 – 1779) and François Godefroy (French, 1743 – 1819)
Cession de l’Isle d’Ohahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Obéréa., 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Unsigned
Pulled from Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement régnante pour faire des découvertes dans l’hémisphère méridional, et successivement exécutés par le commodore Byron, le capitaine Carteret, le capitaine Wallis et le capitaine Cook dans les vaisseaux ‘le Dauphin ’, ’le Swallow’ and ’l’Endeavour’, 1774
Published by Saillant et Nyon, Paris

M. Coote (English, 18th/19th century)
View of Inverness in Scotland, with it’s Bridge over the River Ness, & Fort George, on an Eminence near it, 1786
Engraving on laid paper
Unsigned
Pulled from Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England & Wales, 1786
Published by Alexander Hogg

Artist unknown
Abdingdon, late 18th century
Engraving on laid paper
Unsigned

William Hogarth (English, 1697 – 1764)
The Bruiser, and Giants in Guildhall, 1763
Engraving on wove paper
Unsigned

Condition

- minor wear and toning to sheet; minor handling smudges; creasing to upper right; folding creases throughout; tears from binding; foxing; moderate smudging throughout; foxing to verso.

Dimensions

- measures largest; plate mark measures 13.25" W x 9.25" H.

Item #

ITMGA17901