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Click here to subscribeStanley William Hayter, (British 1901-1988) Le Couple, 1952, signed lower right, S W Hayter 52, titled and numbered and dated in pencil, and on Japon paper, original engraving and soft ground etching with scorper work, signed proof aside from the normal edition, printed in black, pinkish orange, lime green, and bistre on smooth Japon paper, 46 x 31cm. Literature: Black and Moorhead, No.206
A RARE ETCHED PARTISAN OF THE GUARD OF THE ELECTOR FRIEDRICH AUGUST I OF SAXONY, 'THE STRONG', CIRCA 1694-97 with central blade of flattened-diamond section, broad base formed of a pair of flat notched flukes, etched at the base with a pattern of scrolling foliage on each side and surmounted on the respective faces with the crowned electoral arms and the initials CFA for Friedrich August Churfürst, moulded collar, faceted socket and a pair of long straps, on a wooden haft painted with an inventory number 61.2cm; 24 1/8in head PROVENANCE The Saxon Electoral Armoury, Dresden Friedrich August I ruled as Elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and twice as King August II of Poland (1697-1704 and 1709-1733). Similar partisans are preserved in the Wartburg (inv.no. 461) and the Wallace Collection (inv. Nos. A1002 & A1003). Another partisan from this group with the same notable style of etching is preserved in the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte, Berlin. See H. Müller and H. Kölling1981, p.311 no. 395.
AN ETCHED GERMAN COMB-MORION, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1580 formed in one piece with a hemispherical crown rising to a high roped medial comb, and an integral brim turned down at each side, rising to an obtuse point at the front and rear (the front one slightly bruised), decorated around its edge with a file-roped inward turn, the front struck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg (the rear and sides each pierced with later wiring-holes), the base of the crown encircled by twelve round-headed lining-rivets with rosette-washers of iron (one washer missing), finely etched on each side of the crown with a circular cartouche enclosing, on the right, a representation of the Sacrifice of Isaac, and on the left, a mounted huntsman carrying a spear, in each case overlaying a pattern of alternating vertical bands respectively comprised of arabesque interlace and scrolling foliage inhabited by birds of prey, the latter design repeated on the comb and the brim and involving in the case of the former, oval cartouches enclosing, on the right, a soldier holding a banner, and on the left, a drummer, each in contemporary dress, the etching executed throughout on a blackened and stippled ground (light wear and patination overall) 29.1cm; 11 1/2in high The decoration of the helmet anticipates that found on a distinctive group of Nuremburg morions of the early 17th century formerly preserved in the armoury of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg in the Wartburg, Thuringia. The scrolling foliage and birds are similar in execution to those found on a series of morions of about 1570 made for the Schurff family, hereditary huntsmen of the Tyrol, examples of which are to be found in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, and the Musée de l'Armée, Paris. See J-P. Reverseau 1982, p. 50, fig. 2. A morion of similar form decorated with arabesque interlace is preserved in the Historisches Museum, Dresden (Schöbel 1976, fig. 40)
MORTIMER MENPES RI RBA RE, SIGNED TO IMAGE, BLACK AND WHITE ETCHING, DATED 1884, Portrait of an Old Lady with Cloth Headress; and 19TH CENTURY BLACK AND WHITE ETCHING, A Brigand, 10” x 7” and 8” x 5” (2). 225. JOHN CYRIL HARRISON, SIGNED IN PENCIL TO MARGIN, A FOLDER OF LIMITED EDITION COLOURED PRINTS, (FOR THE NORFOLK NATURALISTS TRUST), Published 1981, “Brent Goose”, “Shoveler”, “Shelduck”, “Pintail”, 10” x 6” (4)
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