Unknown artist, after Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564; Italian) Battle of Pisa Engraving (?) Date of acquisition unknown (by 1905) Unidentified; present location unknown In 1504-5, Michelangelo produced a full-scale cartoon of the battle of Cascina, at which the Florentines defeated the Pisans, in 1364, thus securing access to the Mediterranean via the Arno. It was designed for
Girardet, Edouard (1819-80; Swiss), after Long, Edwin (1829-91; English) An Egyptian Feast 1879 Engraving, c.48.2 x 87.5 cm (plate) Purchased 1883 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.231-1) Both Long and Girardet are identified in the inscriptions below the image. Long’s original painting, dating from 1877, is in the Bradford Art Gallery. It typifies his lavish Orientalist style
Lemon, Henry (1822-1902; English), after Le Jeune, Henry (1819-1904; English) Pity 1867 Engraving, 49.2 x 60.7 cm (image); 62.6 x 78.3 cm (sheet) Gift of John Pascoe Fawkner 1868 National Gallery of Victoria (p.180.15-1) This typically Victorian image shows three girls discovering a sick bird in the snow. The engraved inscriptions identify the title, the artists
Works included in this catalogue Willmore (J.) after Leitch Villa of Lucullus at Misenum 1851 {1868} NGV [PR] Willmore (J.) after Turner (J.M.W.) Italian Landscape {1868} Loc? [PR] Willmore worked mainly as a landscape engraver, reproducing paintings by various contemporaries, amongst them Creswick and Ansdell (see Creswick & Ansdell England 1850 {1878} NGV [PA]), Landseer,
Willmore, James Tibbits (1800-1863; English), after Turner, J.M.W. (1775-1851; English) Italian Landscape (River Scene in Italy) Engraving Gift of John Pascoe Fawkner, 1868 Unidentified; present location unknown Willmore was known particularly for his engravings of the landscape paintings of Turner, with whom he worked closely between 1828 and 1842. Unfortunately, this impression no longer appears to
Willmore, James Tibbits (1800-1863; English), after Leitch, William Leighton (1804-83; Scottish) The Villa of Lucullus at Misenum 1851 Engraving Gift of John Pascoe Fawkner, 1868 National Gallery of Victoria (p.180.20-1) The artists are identified in the inscriptions below the image, which also indicate that the original painting was “in the possession of John Purser Esq.,” and that
Lucas, David (1802-81; English), after Lee, Frederick (1798-1879; English) A River scene in Devonshire (1839) Mezzotint Gift of John Pascoe Fawkner, 1868 National Gallery of Victoria (p.180.13-1) The artists responsible are identified in the inscriptions below the image. Lucas is best known for his mezzotints after John Constable, of which the NGV holds a considerable collection,
Ryall, Henry Thomas (1811-67; English), after Landseer, Edwin (1802-73; English) Deer stalkers returning (1864) Engraving and mezzotint, 58 x 71.3 cm (sheet; trimmed) Gift of John Pascoe Fawkner 1868 National Gallery of Victoria (p.180.12-1) Landseer’s 1827 painting (Coll.Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle) typifies his popular highland subject-matter. Another impression of this print, auctioned by Bonhams
Michiels, Jan Baptist (1821-90; Belgian) after Dyckmans, Joseph (1811-88; Belgian) The Blind man (L’Aveugle) Engraving, 32.5 x 25.5 cm (image) Presented by the Belgian Government 1868 National Gallery of Victoria (p.179.8-1) The inscriptions indicate the French title, and the names of the painter and print-maker. Dyckmans painted domestic images indebted to Dou and other 17th-century Dutch
Unknown printmaker after Dawe, George (1781-1829; English) Duke of Wellington 1842 Mezzotint Presented by the executors of the late Dr Augustus Greeves, 1875 National Gallery of Victoria (p.182.4-1) This print was bequeathed to the Melbourne collection together with Maile Napoleon I {1875} NGV [PR]. The inscription identifies the printers/publishers as Welch & Gwynne, 24 St James’s
Unknown lithographer after Carew, John Edward (c.1785-1868; Irish) The Death of Nelson Lithograph Presented by A.H.Christy, 1871 Unidentified; present location unknown [photo: Carew’s bronze relief (photo: Jacqueline Bannerjee)] Carew’s panel, showing Nelson’s death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, was the most famous of the four large bas-reliefs at the foot of Nelson’s Column
Van Loo, Florimond (1823-1901; Belgian), after Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912; Dutch/English) Frédégonde et Prétextat (1865) Lithograph Presented by the Belgian Government 1868 National Gallery of Victoria (p.179.9-1) This print reproduces a painting of 1864 (now in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow), depicting Praetextatus, Bishop of Rouen from 549 to 586, on his death-bed, accusing the Merovingian Queen Fredegund of ordering