1800s Charles Lock Eastlake Engraving "Woman in Greek Dress" Framed Signed COA

Description: --> Four Centuries of the world's finest artists from our collection to yours --> Thank you for visiting... Click here for HOT DEALS | Click here for our NO RESERVE AUCTIONS Please feel free to ask any questions you might have about this work and we will answer promptly.International bidders are always welcome to bid and we combine shipping on all orders. --> Artist: Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (English, 17 1793 – 1865) Title: A Greek Girl Medium: Antique engraving on wove paper after the original oil on canvas by master engraver Robert Graves (English, 1798–1873). Year: 1850 Signature: Signed in the plate. Condition: ExcellentDimensions: Image Size 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Framed dimensions: Approximately 17 x 19 inches. Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials. Additional notes: This is not a modern print. This impression is more than 165 years old. The strike is crisp and the lines are sharp. The original oil on canvas is part of the Tate Collection. Extra Information:Painted in Rome this is a realisation of the beautiful island-dweller in Byron's controversial and sensual poem 'Don Juan'. Haidée personifies the philhellenic spirit of the times and a northerner's yearning for the warmth and freedom of the South or the exotic East. This picture is a striking image of a Byronic type, and was considered by the Duke of Wellington to be the best exhibit in the Royal Academy in 1831. Haidée, a Greek girl; a character from Byron's 'Don Juan', half-length of a young woman in Greek dress, looking three-quarter to the right, with her long hair down over shoulders, a view in the left background. Don Juan is a satiric poem by Lord Byron, based on the legend of Don Juan, which Byron reverses, portraying Juan not as a womaniser but as someone easily seduced by women. It is a variation on the epic form. Byron himself called it an "Epic Satire". Byron completed 16 cantos, leaving an unfinished 17th canto before his death in 1824. Byron claimed that he had no ideas in his mind as to what would happen in subsequent cantos as he wrote his work. When the first two cantos were published anonymously in 1819, the poem was criticised for its "immoral content", but it was also immensely popular. Artist Biography: Sir Charles Lock Eastlake was an English painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the early 19th century. Eastlake was born in Plymouth, Devon, the fourth son of an Admiralty lawyer. He was educated at local grammar schools in Plymouth and, briefly, at Charterhouse. He was committed to becoming a painter, and in 1809 he became the first pupil of Benjamin Haydon and a student at the Royal Academy schools in London — where he later exhibited. However his first exhibited work was shown at the British Institution in 1815, a year in which he also visited Paris and studied works in the Louvre. His first notable success was a painting Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon in Plymouth Sound. Like many other people at the time, Eastlake had hired a boat to take him to the ship on which Napoleon was held captive in Plymouth harbor. He sketched him from the boat. In 1816, he traveled to Rome where he painted members of the British elite staying in Italy including fellow artists Sir Thomas Lawrence and J. M. W. Turner. He also travelled to Naples and Athens. Despite being based predominantly in mainland Europe, Eastlake regularly sent works back to London for an exhibition, and in 1827 he was elected a member of the Royal Academy. Three years later, he returned to England permanently where he continued to paint historic and biblical paintings set in Mediterranean landscapes. As an art scholar, he translated Goethe's Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours, 1840). He edited with extensive and valuable notes the 'Handbuch der Geschichte der Malerei (Handbook of the History of Painting) by Franz Kugler, which in its first English version was translated by 'A Lady', Mrs. Margaret Hutton. These publications and Eastlake's reputation as an artist led to his nomination in 1841 to become secretary of the Fine Arts Commission, the body in charge of government art patronage. In his On Vision and Colors, § 14, Schopenhauer praised Eastlake's translation of Goethe. Eastlake, the painter and gallery inspector, furnished his countrymen, in 1840, with such an excellent translation of Goethe's theory of color that it is a perfect reproduction of the original and reads more easily; in fact, it is understood more easily than the original. Having already advised the National Gallery, London on acquisitions, he was appointed the Gallery's second Keeper in 1843, a post he later resigned to resume writing and painting. In 1845, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician. In 1849 he married Elizabeth Rigby, an art historian and translator of German art histories, forming a formidable art history writing partnership. From 1850–1865, he was the second president of the Birmingham Society of Artists. Elected President of the Royal Academy and knighted in 1850, he became a notable figure in the British art establishment, being appointed the first President of the Photographic Society in 1853 and, in 1855, the first Director of the National Gallery. His directorship was marred by the signal failure of the National Gallery to fulfill the terms of the bequest of J.M.W.Turner, his erstwhile friend. Cambridge University awarded him an honorary degree in 1864. Eastlake died in Pisa, Italy, on Christmas Eve 1865, and is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London. His will provided for the Gallery to purchase his own collection of paintings. Lady Eastlake sold her husband's art history book collection to the Gallery's library. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and is Fully Guaranteed to be Certified as Described Framing Any framing included in a listing is double matted and framed in a solid wood moulding. We can also frame any pieces not listed as such. Please contact us for pricing. We are usually half the price of a regular framer. Shipping Packages are shipped the next business day after confirmed payment is received. If you are making multiple purchases, please request an invoice so that we may combine shipping charges for you. Guarantee We guarantee all our listings to be 100% as described Returns Returns are accepted up to fourteen days after receiving your purchase. Buyer accepts responsibility for any additional shipping charges. | Click here for HOT DEALS | Click here for our NO RESERVE AUCTIONS |

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