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• Subject: An unknown classical figure depicted in profile, originally carved onto a carnelian intaglio gemstone. • Artist/Engraver: Engraved by John Spilsbury (1730?–1795?). • Publisher: Published in London by John Boydell on March 25, 1791. • Provenance: The original antique gem was part of the collection of the prominent British mineralogist and antiquarian The Honourable Charles Francis Greville. • Origin: This plate is from Spilsbury's well-known series titled A Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems in the Collections of the Right Honourable Earl Percy, the Honourable C.F. Greville, and T.M. Slade, Esquire. If you would like, I can provide more details about Charles Francis Greville's collection or give you more information about 18th-century antique gem print series. Let me know how you'd like to proceed!
18th century engravings
18th century engravings Greville
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engravings made from the ancient gemstone collection of the Honourable Charles Francis Greville

SET OF FIVE FRAMED PRINTS

An attractive set of five prints from antique gems in the collection of the Right Honourable Earl Percy, the Honourable Charles Francis Greville and T.M. Slade, Esquire. Engraved by John Spilsbury ( 1730-1795? ) and published by John Boydell between 1785 – 1791.

  1. An unknown classical figure depicted in profile, originally carved onto a carnelian intaglio gemstone. 
  2.  Antinous, Bithynian Greek youth who was the favorite companion of Roman Emperor Hadrian. From an ancient engraved sapphire intaglio.
  3. Portrait of Triptolemus in Sardonice.
  4. The Roman god Mercury with a lyre.
  5. Bacchus & Ariadne riding in an oval chariot.

 

 

$600.00