George Greatbach, “The Miraculous Draught of Fishes”, c.1882, after Raphael

George Greatbach (1819–1884)

“The Miraculous Draught of Fishes”, c.1882, engraving after Raphael’s (1483–1520) cartoon, c.1515-16, in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. ROYAL LOANS.4; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Cartoons), from the set of seven (extant) full-scale designs  for tapestries in the Sistine Chapel (Vatican), published in London facing page 1 in “Raphael’s Cartoons” [n.d.] by The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited.

Engraving on heavy wove paper with wide margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 28 x 40cm; (image borderline) 15.9 x 21cm.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline (centre) “The Miraculous draught of Fishes./ Luke V.I.II.”

The accompanying text for this engraving offers the following insight: “…it may be noticed, that all critics have remarked on the smallness of the boats as drawn by Raphael. In regard to this, the learned Richardson has observed— ‘But the truth is, had he made the boat large enough for those figures, his picture would have been all boat […]’” (p. 2).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with full margins (as published) in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this finely executed engraving in near faultless condition after Raphael’s design, for AU$202 in total (currently US$129.91/ EUR122.82/ GBP101.91 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$202) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this superb engraving, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.